Virtual Instrument Interface with Enhanced String Spacing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Virtual musical instruments with numerous input options, such as those resembling actual instruments with many strings, present cumbersome selection challenges and difficulties in emulating stylistic features due to conventional user interfaces.
Innovation Solution
A computing device-based user interface system that provides an enhanced view of virtual instruments, allowing users to select a subset of strings with wider spacing, enabling more accurate input options and simulating playing techniques like tremolo and pitch bending through touch inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the virtual instrument displays all strings to closely resemble the actual instrument, then the visual accuracy and completeness are improved, but the ease of selecting individual strings deteriorates due to crowded spacing
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is segmented into multiple viewing modes: a full view displaying all strings for visual accuracy, and enhanced views that display subsets of strings with wider spacing for easier selection. This segmentation allows users to switch between completeness and ease of operation depending on their current need.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an additional dimension of interaction by providing multiple viewing perspectives. Instead of a single fixed view, users can access enhanced views that present strings in a different spatial arrangement (wider spacing), effectively adding a dimensional transformation to resolve the contradiction between displaying all strings and making them easy to select.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the virtual instrument provides all input options to maintain completeness, then the versatility is improved, but the device complexity increases making the interface more cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The interface dynamically adapts its complexity based on user needs. The system provides a full view showing all strings for completeness, but also offers enhanced views that display only relevant subsets of strings with simplified spacing. This dynamic adjustment allows the interface to maintain versatility while reducing perceived complexity during actual interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial action by allowing users to access enhanced views that display only the necessary subset of strings for a given context, rather than requiring all strings to be visible simultaneously. This partial display approach maintains input completeness when needed while reducing interface complexity during selection tasks.
3Quantity of substance
If the strings are displayed with standard spacing to show all options, then the information completeness is improved, but the measurement precision of user input deteriorates due to difficulty in accurate selection
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into full view mode (showing all strings for information completeness) and enhanced view mode (showing subsets with wider spacing for precise selection). This segmentation allows the system to optimize for either completeness or precision depending on the user's current task.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the spatial dimension of string display by providing enhanced views with different spacing characteristics. This dimensional transformation enables users to achieve more precise input selection by accessing views where strings are spaced further apart, while the full view maintains information completeness.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present disclosure can provide systems, methods, and computer-readable medium for implementing user interfaces and user interface elements for interacting with a virtual instrument. For example, a user interface for a virtual instrument may be presented on a display of a device. The user interface may have any suitable number of strings having a first spacing. Each string may correspond to an associated audio file. User mode input may be received at the user interface. In response to receiving the user mode input, a user interface element (e.g., a corresponding enhanced selection area) may be presented. The presented user interface element may include a subset of the plurality of strings and may have a second spacing that is greater than the first spacing. By utilizing the user interface element, a user is enabled to make more accurate input than conventional techniques allow.