Touch Interface Remote Control Supplemental Content Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumer electronics remote controls lack integrated solutions for seamlessly receiving and displaying supplemental content, such as advertising or viewing information, alongside controlling video content on various devices, limiting user interaction and engagement.
Innovation Solution
A remote control system with a touch interface that receives user inputs, generates control communications to manage video content, and simultaneously receives and displays supplemental content, enabling wireless communication between the remote control device and video control system to integrate these functionalities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a remote control is used to control video content, then the user can operate the video display system, but the user cannot simultaneously view supplemental content on the remote control
Solution Approach 1:
The remote control device is designed to perform multiple functions: it not only controls the video display system but also displays supplemental content such as advertising, viewing information, and schedule information. The touch interface serves both as a control input device and as a display output device, enabling the remote to function as both controller and information presentation device simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the control functionality and display functionality into a single integrated remote control device. The touch interface merges the input surface with the display surface, allowing the remote to present supplemental content while receiving user inputs for video control, eliminating the need for separate control and display devices.
2Ease of operation
If supplemental content is displayed on the video display system, then the content can be viewed, but the user interaction through remote control is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The display functionality is segmented between two devices: the video display system displays the primary video content, while the remote control device displays supplemental content. This segmentation allows both types of content to be presented simultaneously without interfering with each other, and enables user interaction with the supplemental content through the remote's touch interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote control device acts as an intermediary between the user and the supplemental content delivery system. It receives supplemental content from the video control system, displays it on its touch interface, and allows the user to interact with it, thereby mediating the delivery and presentation of supplemental information in an user-friendly manner.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the remote control has a touch interface, then user input can be received, but the interface cannot display supplemental content simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The touch interface is designed to serve dual purposes: it functions as both an input device for receiving user commands and as an output device for displaying supplemental content. This multi-functionality allows the same interface to both present information to the user and capture user responses, eliminating the need for separate input and display interfaces.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a method of operating a remote control system having a touch interface. The method comprises receiving a user input through the touch interface, generating a control communication corresponding to the user input and transferring the control communication from a communication transceiver to remotely control a display of content on a video display system, receiving into the communication transceiver supplemental content for display on the touch interface, and displaying the supplemental content on the touch interface while the video display system displays the content.