Television Program Display Apparatus Enlarged Channel Selection
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional television program display apparatuses make it difficult for viewers to recognize program contents during channel selection in a multi-screen-display state, as they display still images in a reduced scale on small areas.
Innovation Solution
A television program display apparatus that divides the screen into small areas, determines an enlargement reference position based on position and magnification information, and displays the selected small area in an enlarged scale, showing program information and video data to facilitate easy content recognition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the screen is divided into multiple small areas to display multiple channels, then the convenience of channel selection is improved, but the program contents become difficult to recognize due to reduced image scale
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by enabling the display to switch between different states: multi-screen mode for channel selection and enlarged single-screen mode for content viewing. The display dynamically adapts its configuration based on user interaction, transitioning from displaying multiple small channels to enlarging a selected channel's content, thus resolving the contradiction between channel selection convenience and content recognition
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes dimensionality change by transitioning from a two-dimensional multi-screen layout to an enlarged single-screen display. When a user selects a small area, the system expands it to occupy the full display area, effectively moving from one dimensional arrangement to another, thereby enhancing content visibility while maintaining channel selection functionality
2Device complexity
If a still image is displayed on each small area in a multi-screen state, then the channel selection interface is simplified, but the image is displayed in a reduced scale making contents difficult to recognize
Solution Approach 1:
The display system dynamically changes its state based on user selection. When a user interacts with a small area, the system transitions from displaying multiple small channels to enlarging the selected channel's content to full screen, thus maintaining interface simplicity while improving image display quality on demand
Data Source
AI summary
A television program display apparatus displays a small area selected from a plurality of small areas in an enlarged scale on the basis of position information and magnification information of the small area, and displays program information indicating the contents of a received program and video data of the program in the small area displayed in an enlarged scale.