TV UI Highlighting Program Time and Channel
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Solution Overview
Problem
In large-screen televisions, users face difficulty in quickly identifying the broadcast time and channel of a selected program cell due to the placement of time zone information at the left end and channel information at the right end of the electronic program table, making it hard to grasp when and which channel a program is broadcasted, especially from a viewing angle and when the selected program cell is positioned at the right end.
Innovation Solution
A display control device that generates a user interface with horizontal and vertical strip regions around the electronic program table, displaying the broadcast time zone and channel name in peripheral regions, which are highlighted differently to attract attention, allowing users to easily identify the selected program's broadcast time and channel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the electronic program table is displayed with time zone information at the left end and channel information at the right end, then the display can show comprehensive program information, but it becomes difficult for users to quickly identify the broadcast time and channel of a selected program cell
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making the peripheral regions (top, bottom, left, right of the selected program cell) have different display characteristics from the center region. The peripheral regions display time zone and channel information with enhanced visibility (different background color or brightness), allowing users to quickly identify broadcast time and channel without sacrificing the completeness of program information displayed in the center region.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If the selected program cell is located at the center of the display screen, then the program cell is easily visible, but the correspondence between channel name and time zone becomes difficult to understand at a glance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces peripheral regions as intermediary elements that mediate between the selected program cell at the center and the user's need to understand channel-time correspondence. These peripheral regions act as visual connectors that display the relationship between the selected program and its broadcast parameters (channel and time zone) in an easily comprehensible format, resolving the information loss problem even when the program cell is centrally located.
3Area of stationary object
If a reduced image of the electronic program table is displayed on a large-screen television, then most of the whole electronic screen table can be displayed at once, but a large number of program cells are displayed making it difficult to determine the selected program cell
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes color changes by displaying the peripheral regions with a background color or brightness that differs from the center region. This visual differentiation allows users to easily identify the selected program cell even when a reduced image of the entire electronic program table is displayed on a large-screen television, maintaining both comprehensive display coverage and clear program cell identification.
Data Source
AI summary
The television (1) includes: an infrared radiation receiver (119) which receives from a user an instruction to select a program cell; and a CPU (118) which generates a user interface screen of an electronic program table to be displayed on an LCD (110). The CPU (118) generates the user interface screen of the electronic program table such that a time zone item column located in a left direction of a selected program cell and a time zone item column located in a right direction of the selected program cell are indicated with deep blue, and other time zone item columns are indicated with light blue.