3D GUI Elements for Enhanced User Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Two-dimensional graphical user interface (GUI) elements are limited in functionality and interactivity due to their restrictive nature, which prevents them from effectively presenting and interacting with information in three dimensions, limiting user experience and device control.
Innovation Solution
The development of three-dimensional GUI elements generated from point clouds and other 3D file formats that can dynamically manipulate and respond to user input, sensor outputs, and environmental conditions, allowing for enhanced interaction and control of computer operations across various devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If two-dimensional graphical user interface elements are used, then the interface is simple to implement and maintain, but the functionality and interactivity are restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional two-dimensional GUI elements to three-dimensional GUI elements that can be manipulated in depth (z-axis) in addition to width and height. This dimensional expansion enables new interaction modes such as rotating icons to access different functions, pinning applications to specific 3D positions, and creating layered interfaces, thereby significantly enhancing functionality and interactivity while maintaining implementation feasibility through software-based 3D rendering.
2Loss of information
If three-dimensional graphical user interface elements are implemented, then information presentation and interaction capabilities are enhanced, but the complexity of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
By adding the z-dimension to GUI elements, the system can present more information within the same screen real estate. For example, multiple application functions can be arranged in 3D space around an icon, and users can rotate or zoom to access different information layers, effectively reducing information loss without requiring proportionally more system resources.
Solution Approach 2:
The 3D GUI elements are designed to be multi-functional, where a single icon or element can serve multiple purposes based on its 3D orientation, position, and interaction type. This universality allows the system to handle diverse information presentation needs using a unified 3D element framework, thereby managing complexity through standardization rather than proliferation of separate systems.
3Ease of operation
If traditional two-dimensional GUI elements are used, then the interface is easy to operate, but the user experience and control capabilities are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The 3D GUI elements maintain ease of operation by using intuitive gestures such as tapping, dragging, and rotating that extend natural 2D interactions into 3D space. The system provides visual feedback and guidance to help users understand 3D element orientations and functions, ensuring that enhanced device control capabilities do not come at the cost of operational simplicity.
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AI summary
Disclosed are three-dimensional (“3D”) graphical user interface (“GUI”) elements for improving user interactions with a digital environment or a device by simplifying access to different data, functionality, and operations of the digital environment or the device. A 3D GUI element may include first visual information at a first position and second visual information at a second position within the 3D space represented by the 3D GUI element. In response to first input directed to the first visual information, the 3D GUI or system may perform a first action that is mapped to the first input and the first visual information within the 3D GUI element. In response to second input directed to the second visual information, the 3D GUI or system may perform a second action that is mapped to the second input and the second visual information within the 3D GUI element.