Video Peek Interface Gesture Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video display systems lack efficient navigation and interaction methods for large datasets, particularly in media applications, where users struggle to quickly and accurately access and manage content across multiple sources, leading to suboptimal user experience.
Innovation Solution
A grid display interface utilizing gestures and touch-sensitive devices to navigate and interact with content, minimizing display elements and optimizing navigation efficiency, allowing users to seamlessly browse and select content from a large database across multiple dimensions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If picture-in-picture functionality is used to display secondary video content, then users can view multiple video sources simultaneously, but the secondary video has low resolution and occupies limited screen space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic picture-in-picture functionality where the secondary video display area can be resized and repositioned by user interaction. The PIP window transitions from a small default state to a larger expanded state when activated, allowing users to adjust the balance between primary and secondary video visibility dynamically.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces depth layering in the display hierarchy, with the secondary video content existing in a layered dimension above or beside the primary video. This allows multiple video sources to coexist in the same screen space by utilizing different spatial layers and z-depth positions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If picture-in-picture functionality is used to display secondary video content, then users can view multiple video sources simultaneously, but the secondary video resolution is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts video resolution allocation based on the size and position of the PIP window. When the secondary video area is expanded, the system allocates higher resolution resources to maintain image quality, and adjusts scaling parameters to optimize clarity within the available space.
3Ease of operation
If traditional remote control navigation is used to change channels, then channel switching is possible, but the process requires separate actuation and is not seamless
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-loads and prepares secondary video content in the background, so when a user activates picture-in-picture mode, the content is already ready for immediate display without requiring separate activation steps. The transition is seamless because the secondary content is pre-positioned and ready to render.
Solution Approach 2:
The picture-in-picture functionality automatically manages the secondary video display without requiring users to manually turn it on or off through separate remote control actuations. The system self-manages the overlay state based on user interaction patterns.
4Loss of information
If a large dataset is displayed in a grid interface, then comprehensive content browsing is possible, but the number of display elements increases complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the large dataset into organized grid cells arranged in rows and columns, with each cell representing a discrete content item. This segmentation allows comprehensive display of numerous items while maintaining visual order and reducing perceived complexity through systematic layout.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes two-dimensional grid spatial arrangement to organize content, adding the dimension of spatial positioning to data presentation. This transforms a potentially overwhelming linear list into a structured 2D matrix that users can navigate more efficiently.
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AI summary
A new user interface and display system for a video display device with a touch screen makes it possible to peek at, that is view briefly, a selected video content while watching other content. During a video peek, video from a second video source will be seen to partially displace and temporarily replace a portion of a video presently being viewed. Selection of the other video sources can be controlled, for example, by swiping with one, two, three or four finger tips and by swiping inwardly from any one of the four edges of a video display. Moreover, the video presently being viewed can be interchanged with the video being peeked at.