Digital Television Control Interface with Customizable Tab Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional on-screen interfaces for digital televisions are not customizable, leading to complex menus with distracting elements and require extraneous actions, making it difficult for device manufacturers to provide optimal control and user experience across different product markets.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for a digital television that detects commands to present a control interface with an expanded tab element and tab elements in a horizontal bar configuration, allowing for customizable graphical elements and hierarchical navigation, enabling personalization and user profile-based configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional on-screen interfaces are used, then the interface structure is simple and standardized, but the interface is not customizable and requires complex menus with distracting elements
Solution Approach 1:
The interface enables dynamic customization where users can modify tab element configurations, graphical elements, and navigation behaviors according to their preferences. The system adapts the interface structure based on user input rather than presenting a fixed conventional layout.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface is divided into modular components including selectable tabs, graphical elements, and navigation elements that can be independently customized. This segmentation allows users to personalize specific portions of the interface without redesigning the entire system.
2Ease of operation
If conventional interfaces are used, then the interface design is standardized across devices, but extraneous actions are required and user experience is degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary customization during setup procedures, allowing users to define their preferred interface configurations in advance. This preliminary action eliminates the need for extraneous adjustments during normal operation, as the interface is pre-optimized for user needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface enables users to self-customize according to their preferences without requiring manual intervention or complex configuration steps. Users can independently modify interface elements through intuitive controls, reducing the time and effort needed for setup and operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If device manufacturers provide menu based configurations, then the interface can be adapted to different markets, but it is difficult to provide optimal control for all devices
Solution Approach 1:
The interface framework provides universal customization capabilities that work across different device types and markets. A single customizable interface system serves multiple purposes, allowing manufacturers to adapt configurations for various markets without creating separate interface systems for each device.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables parameter changes in interface configurations through standardized modification mechanisms. Manufacturers can adjust interface parameters such as tab arrangements, graphical elements, and navigation behaviors to optimize for different markets while maintaining a consistent underlying framework.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to digital television processes and systems. In one embodiment, a method for control of a digital television includes detecting a first command for presentation of a control interface for the digital television, and presenting the control interface, wherein the control interface is presented to include an expanded tab element configured to provide a plurality of selectable elements associated with a category of the expanded tab element, and a plurality of tab elements configured in a horizontal bar configuration on a display of the digital television, the expanded tab element presented within the horizontal bar. The method also includes detecting a command for the control interface to select one of the plurality of tab elements, and updating presentation of the control interface in response to the second command, wherein the digital television presents a selected tab element with expanded configuration and provides a plurality of graphical elements.