Two-Dimensional Image Scrolling for Efficient Content Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multimedia reproducing apparatuses require cumbersome navigation to select content icons, as users need to first select a media icon and then scroll through content icons in a specific direction to find a desired content, which is inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A display program that allows images to be easily scrolled along two axes (up-down and right-left directions) using a controller with a display unit and operation portion, determining the scroll direction and setting the next image based on arrangement information, enabling seamless navigation through image data stored in a memory.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If content icons are arranged in a fixed content-icon array that extends in the up-down direction, then the menu structure is simple and easy to implement, but the user needs to perform multiple scrolling operations to select different content, making the operation cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the traditional single-direction (up-down) content-icon array into a two-dimensional arrangement that supports both up-down and right-left scrolling directions. This dimensional expansion allows users to navigate content more efficiently by scrolling horizontally to switch between different content categories or vertically within categories, significantly reducing the number of operations needed to reach desired content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic scrolling direction determination based on the current display state and user interaction. The system automatically determines whether to scroll in the first direction (up-down) or second direction (right-left) based on arrangement information and current context, making the navigation adaptive rather than fixed, thereby optimizing the selection path.
2Ease of operation
If the content-icon array displays preset contents first, then the frequently accessed contents are easily reachable, but selecting content from different media icons requires re-scrolling through the entire array, increasing operation complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the content-icon array into multiple scrollable regions or groups associated with different media icons. Each segment can be independently navigated, and the system determines which segment to display based on the selected media icon and scrolling direction. This segmentation allows users to access preset contents quickly while reducing navigation complexity by organizing content into logical groups.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal scrolling mechanism that works across different media icons and content types. The same scrolling interface and navigation logic can be used regardless of which media icon is selected or which direction is scrolled, providing a consistent multi-functional navigation system that reduces the need for separate navigation paths for different content categories.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a two-dimensional media-icon array and content-icon array are used, then comprehensive content organization is achieved, but the initial display and selection process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary arrangement of content icons based on arrangement information before user interaction. The system pre-organizes content into logical groups and determines optimal display configurations in advance, so that when users interact with the interface, the content is already structured for efficient navigation. This preliminary organization reduces the cognitive load and operational complexity during actual content selection.
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory storage medium storing a display program that causes a display device to execute: an image display processing; a storage processing for storing arrangement information for arranging image data along a first and a second direction; a determination processing for determining whether a scroll direction of a currently displayed image is in a first or a second direction; a first image-setting processing for setting, as a target image, an image arranged in the first direction with respect to the currently displayed image, based on the arrangement information, when the direction is the first direction; and a second image-setting processing, for setting, as the target image, an image arranged in the second direction with respect to the currently displayed image, based on the arrangement information, when the direction is the second direction, wherein the target image is displayed when it is set in the first or second image-setting processing.