Video Selection Screen Viewer Count Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Information processing devices struggle to enable users to easily recognize the distribution status of multiple videos being shared in real-time, as the excitement or engagement level of the videos affects user selection, but existing interfaces do not effectively convey this information.
Innovation Solution
The device displays a distributed video selection screen with each video accompanied by a viewer image indicating the number of current viewers, using unit images arranged around a thumbnail or preview video to visually represent the number of viewers, thereby conveying the distribution status intuitively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the interface displays detailed distribution status information for each video, then users can better recognize video popularity and engagement, but the interface complexity and information overload increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses color-coded indicators (e.g., colored bars or icons) to represent different levels of viewer engagement and distribution status. Different colors correspond to different engagement thresholds, allowing users to quickly assess video popularity at a glance without reading detailed numerical data, thus reducing interface complexity while preserving information.
Solution Approach 2:
The distribution status information is segmented into discrete visual units (e.g., individual viewer icons or segmented progress bars) that are displayed alongside each video thumbnail. This segmentation allows the information to be processed in small, manageable chunks rather than as a continuous complex dataset, reducing cognitive load while maintaining information completeness.
2Measurement precision
If the interface displays numerical viewer counts for each video, then users can accurately assess distribution status, but the visual impact and ease of quick recognition decrease
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of displaying only numerical viewer counts, the patent employs color-coded visual indicators where different colors represent different ranges of viewer engagement. This allows users to instantly grasp the relative popularity of videos through color perception, which is processed faster by the human brain than numerical comparison, while still maintaining accurate measurement through the underlying data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms one-dimensional numerical data (viewer counts) into two-dimensional visual representations (such as stacked viewer icons or progress bar lengths). This dimensional transformation allows users to perceive magnitude differences more intuitively through spatial arrangement and visual density, improving quick recognition while preserving the precision of the original numerical measurements.
3Ease of operation
If the interface shows visual indicators for each video, then users can quickly assess engagement levels, but the display space required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The visual engagement indicators are segmented into compact, modular elements that can be efficiently arranged around video thumbnails. Each segment represents a discrete unit of engagement information, allowing the display to fit within limited space while maintaining visual clarity. The segmented structure enables flexible layout arrangements that optimize space utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The engagement indicators are nested within or around the video thumbnail boundaries, utilizing the existing display real estate efficiently. The visual elements are contained within the video card structure, with indicators positioned in corners or along edges, ensuring that the additional information does not significantly increase the overall display footprint while remaining clearly visible.
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AI summary
An information processing device that presents a distributed video selection screen including a plurality of distributed videos as selection candidates to a user, and which, in the distributed video selection screen, presents, in association with each of the plurality of distributed videos, distribution status information related to a distribution status of the distributed video. The information processing device displays, as the distribution status information, a viewer image including a number of unit images, the number being determined according to the number of viewers viewing the corresponding distributed video, in the vicinity of an image representing the distributed video.