XR Application UI with External Comprehensive Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing XR devices face issues with numerous controls on the user interface (UI) making the UI unaesthetic and inconvenient for users to operate.

Innovation Solution

Integrate multiple interactive functions of an application into a first comprehensive control located outside the UI, allowing operations such as minimizing, moving, and invoking a title bar through a single control.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple controls are displayed on the UI of an application, then the application provides comprehensive interactive functions, but the UI becomes unaesthetic and inconvenient for users to operate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinteractive functionsVSAvoiduser operation convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts multiple control functions from the UI and consolidates them into a single comprehensive control element. This control is positioned outside the traditional UI boundaries, allowing the UI itself to remain clean and aesthetic while still providing access to all necessary interactive functions through the consolidated control mechanism.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges multiple separate control functions (such as minimize, maximize, close, and other window management operations) into a single comprehensive control element. This consolidation reduces the number of discrete controls needed while maintaining full functionality, thereby improving UI aesthetics and user operation convenience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple controls are displayed on the UI of an application, then the application provides comprehensive interactive functions, but the UI becomes complex and difficult to maintain

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinteractive functionsVSAvoidUI complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts control functionality from the UI structure itself and relocates it to a separate comprehensive control mechanism. This separation reduces UI complexity by removing multiple individual controls while preserving all necessary interactive capabilities through the external control system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The comprehensive control element serves multiple functions simultaneously, replacing what would traditionally require multiple separate controls. This multi-functional approach reduces overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive interactive capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250370587A1Control method, apparatus, device, and medium for an application in an extended reality space

Publication Date: 2025.12.04 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD

AI summary

Embodiments of the application provide a control method, apparatus, device, and medium for an application in an extended reality space. The method includes: in response to an opening instruction for an application in an extended reality space, displaying an UI of the application and a first comprehensive control of the application, wherein the first comprehensive control is located outside the UI, the first comprehensive control integrates a plurality of interactive functions of the application, and the first comprehensive control is displayed following the UI; and in response to an operation on the first comprehensive control, controlling the application to perform an interactive function corresponding to the operation.