Text Display Interference Reduction via Local Character Deemphasis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for displaying original and translated texts simultaneously on a webpage cause interference, leading to reduced readability and layout disruptions, as they either replace the original text or spread it out, resulting in decreased functionality and information density.
Innovation Solution
The method involves modifying characters by scaling down their outer airspaces and deemphasizing interfering portions to minimize footprint and interference, while preserving the layout and legibility of the original text.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If original and translated texts are displayed simultaneously with overlapping arrangement, then reader's learning experience is improved by providing reference text, but distractive interference between the two texts increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by selectively modifying only the interfering portions of characters in the original text while leaving non-interfering portions unchanged. This is achieved by detecting overlapping regions between original and translated text, then applying deemphasis (such as transparency reduction or stylization) only to the interfering parts, thereby reducing distraction while preserving reference text availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes visual parameters of the original text in interfering regions, such as adjusting transparency, applying grayscale conversion, or modifying font weight locally. These parameter changes reduce the visual dominance of original text in overlapping areas, allowing translated text to be more clearly perceived while the original text remains accessible for reference.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If lines of original text are spaced apart to create room for translated text, then text crowding is reduced and readability is improved, but layout harmony decreases and information density is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves the spatial conflict between original and translated text by transitioning from a horizontal layout to a vertical stacking arrangement. Each line of original text is paired with its corresponding translated text below it, creating a vertical dimension for translation display. This eliminates the need to spread original text lines apart while maintaining both texts' readability and preserving the overall layout harmony.
3Loss of information
If translated text is displayed immediately above original text, then correspondence between texts is improved for reader understanding, but interference between the two texts increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent maintains the vertical stacking arrangement for text correspondence but applies local quality by selectively deemphasizing only the interfering portions of the original text where overlap with translated text occurs. This localized modification preserves the correspondence benefit while reducing interference in specific overlapping regions rather than uniformly modifying the entire text.
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AI summary
Methods and systems of displaying a first string of characters and a second string of characters on an electronic display in a manner to reduce interference between the first and second strings, where a layout of displayed content is preserved, the method including steps of receiving a first string of characters, receiving a second string of characters, identifying a first character in the first string that interferes with a second character in the second string, receiving a modified character corresponding to the first character, rendering the first string and the second string for display, and displaying the first string and the second string on an electronic display. In some embodiments, airspace scaling or deemphasis is used to generate modified characters.