Voice Message Display Control for Alternative Option Guidance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing voice message processing systems fail to guide users on selecting alternative options when the entered voice message does not comply with the criteria for an option of attention, and do not provide guidance on identifying alternative options as attention options.

Innovation Solution

A display control apparatus and method that accepts voice messages, identifies options of attention and alternative options based on the voice message, and displays information to guide users on selecting the correct voice message to identify alternative options as attention options.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If one option is identified as option of attention based on some criteria, then the system can execute processing efficiently, but no guide is given to users regarding what kind of voice message should be entered to select alternative options

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing efficiencyVSAvoiduser guidance information
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system displays guidance information showing what voice message should be entered to identify alternative options as option of attention. This feedback mechanism provides users with information about how to change their input to achieve different processing outcomes, resolving the contradiction between efficient processing and user guidance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system displays guidance information in advance before the user enters a voice message, showing what kind of input will result in which option being selected. This preliminary action prepares users with the necessary information to make appropriate input choices, preventing information loss while maintaining processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Extent of automation

If the system automatically selects an option of attention, then processing can be executed without user intervention, but users cannot select alternative options that were not actually selected

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomatic option selectionVSAvoiduser control capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides feedback to users by displaying guidance information that shows what voice message should be entered to select alternative options. This maintains automation while giving users control capability through informed input choices.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The guidance information acts as an intermediary between the automatic selection system and the user, translating system criteria into user-friendly instructions that enable users to control the selection process while maintaining system automation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple options are available, then the system provides more functionality, but users receive no guidance on how to select different options

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoption varietyVSAvoiduser guidance
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system displays guidance information that specifically indicates what voice message should be entered to identify each alternative option as option of attention. This feedback mechanism maintains option variety while providing clear user guidance on how to access different functionalities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS9519412B2Display control apparatus, display control method, program, and information storage medium
Publication Date: 2016.12.13 SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
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AI summary

A display control apparatus includes: a voice message acceptance block configured to accept a voice message; an option identification block configured to identify, from among a plurality of options related with information indicative of voice messages, in accordance with acceptance of a voice message by the voice message acceptance block, an option of attention that is an option related with information indicative of the accepted voice message and an alternative option other than this option of attention identified on the basis of the information indicative of this voice message or this option of attention; and a display control block configured to display information indicative that the option of attention is in a selected state and information indicative of a voice message by which the option identification block identifies the alternative option as the option of attention in accordance with the acceptance by the voice message acceptance block.