Audio Feedback for Setting Items in Information Processing Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current information processing apparatuses do not effectively assist users in navigating and understanding setting contents through audio feedback, particularly when specific operations like device shaking are performed, leading to confusion in managing setting items and values.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a detection unit that identifies specific operations, such as device shaking, and a controller that outputs audio information related to setting items satisfying predetermined standards, aiding users in understanding and managing setting contents through audio feedback before and after setting contents are determined.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If audio feedback is provided for all setting items, then user understanding is improved, but information overload and user confusion worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing audio feedback selectively for specific setting items rather than uniformly for all items. The detection unit identifies particular operations (like shaking) and triggers audio output only for relevant setting items, making the information presentation non-uniform and context-dependent, thus improving understanding without causing overload.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial action by providing audio feedback for only a subset of setting items based on detected operations. Instead of comprehensively announcing all setting items, the system selectively provides audio information for items related to the detected operation, achieving sufficient user understanding with reduced information quantity.
2Ease of operation
If audio feedback is provided for each setting item operation, then user guidance is improved, but operation complexity and processing overhead worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The detection unit serves multiple functions: it detects various user operations (shaking, touching, scrolling), determines the type of operation, identifies relevant setting items, and triggers appropriate audio feedback. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate processing mechanisms for each function, thereby providing comprehensive user guidance without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically detects user operations and provides appropriate audio feedback without requiring users to manually select what information they need. The detection unit and controller work autonomously to analyze operations and generate relevant audio output, reducing the burden on users while maintaining manageable system complexity through integrated processing.
3Loss of information
If comprehensive audio information is output, then user awareness of setting contents is improved, but information processing time and energy consumption worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of user operations before generating audio feedback. The detection unit identifies operations like shaking or scrolling in advance, and the controller pre-determines which setting items are relevant based on the detected operation type. This preliminary action allows the system to prepare and output only necessary audio information, improving user awareness while minimizing processing time and energy consumption compared to comprehensive audio output.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit and a controller. The detection unit detects a specific operation which is an operation to output audio related to a setting screen, and refers to an operation not to be performed for each setting item displayed on the setting screen. The controller performs control so as to output first audio information related to setting items satisfying a predetermined standard by audio, among setting items included in the setting contents, in a case where the specific operation is detected by the detection unit at a first stage before the setting contents are determined.