UHD TV Home Screen Template Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Ultra-high definition (UHD) TVs present multiple panes of content, which can overwhelm some viewers while not utilizing the full potential of the large screen real estate, necessitating a user-defined home screen that can be easily and intuitively customized to suit individual preferences.
Innovation Solution
An audio video device (AVD) with a processor configured to present multiple templates selectable by the user, allowing for customization of home screen layouts, including resizing and adding/deleting panes, and the ability to populate panes with user-selected or automatically chosen content, enabling personalized content presentation based on user input or genre identification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If multiple panes of content are presented simultaneously on UHD display, then the screen real estate is utilized and crisp visual presentation is achieved, but some viewers are overwhelmed
Solution Approach 1:
The home screen is segmented into multiple selectable templates, each with different pane configurations. Users can choose templates that divide the screen into 1-4 panes depending on their preference, allowing them to utilize screen real estate without being overwhelmed by too many simultaneous content panes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides dynamic template selection where users can switch between different home screen layouts. The processor presents multiple templates and enables users to select and customize their preferred configuration, making the display adaptable to individual viewing preferences rather than forcing a fixed multi-pane layout on all users.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users can customize home screen layout, then personalized content arrangement is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple home screen templates are pre-configured with different pane layouts and content arrangements. Users don't need to create layouts from scratch but can select from pre-prepared templates and make simple modifications, reducing the complexity of customization while maintaining personalization capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The processor acts as an intermediary that manages the complexity of template selection and customization. It presents templates to users, processes their selection and modification inputs, and handles the complex operations of resizing, adding, or deleting panes automatically, shielding users from the underlying complexity while enabling personalization.
3Device complexity
If templates are presented sequentially, then device complexity is reduced, but user selection time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor can present multiple templates in a sequential periodic manner, cycling through available templates automatically or in response to user input. This periodic presentation allows users to review multiple options over time without requiring all templates to be displayed simultaneously, balancing device complexity with user selection efficiency.
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AI summary
A viewer of a UHD may configure one or more home screens that are associated with that viewer at viewer login by selecting one or more home screen templates, each of which includes multiple content panes arranged in a unique layout. The viewer may modify the layout. Each home screen may be associated with a respective content genus so that, for example, when a sports program is presented and the viewer selects a “home” key on a remote commander, a sports-related home screen is presented based on the viewer-selected sports home screen template, whereas when a feature movie is presented and the viewer selects the “home” key, a movie-related home screen is presented based on the viewer-selected movie home screen template.