Access Authority Icon Display During File Drag Operations

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Solution Overview

Problem

Checking the correct setting of access authority for data files is cumbersome and difficult for users.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus with a controller that displays a data icon and an access authority icon on a screen, allowing users to easily check and edit the access authority state by detecting user operations and displaying the icons accordingly during drag operations, including displaying a copy of the data icon and access authority editing icons on the screen.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the user checks the access authority setting by traditional methods (opening file properties), then the access authority can be verified, but the operation becomes troublesome and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess authority verification accuracyVSAvoidtime required for checking access authority

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system displays the access authority icon in advance during the drag operation, allowing users to verify access authority before completing the file transfer. This preliminary display eliminates the need for post-operation verification through file properties, saving time while maintaining verification accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

An access authority icon is introduced as an intermediary visual element between the file icon and the destination folder. This icon serves as a mediator that conveys access authority information during the drag operation, enabling quick verification without interrupting the workflow.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If the access authority icon is displayed continuously during drag operation, then the user can easily check the access authority state, but the screen information becomes cluttered

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess authority checking convenienceVSAvoidscreen information density

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The access authority icon is displayed locally at the specific position along the drag trajectory where the file icon is being moved, rather than cluttering the entire screen. This localized display provides necessary information without overwhelming the user interface.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The access authority icon dynamically follows the file icon during the drag operation, appearing only when needed and disappearing when the drag operation completes or is cancelled. This dynamic behavior ensures information is available when required while maintaining a clean interface during other operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS8863017B2Electronic apparatus, program, and control method for displaying access authority for data files

Publication Date: 2014.10.14 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

An electronic apparatus includes an input unit and a controller. The input unit is configured to detect a user operation and output a signal corresponding to the user operation. The controller is configured to cause a data icon to be displayed on a screen of a display unit, judge a drag operation with respect to the data icon based on the signal from the input unit, and cause an icon to be displayed on the screen according to the drag operation, the icon indicating a state of an access authority of data related to the data icon.