Button-Linked Display Transitions for Clear Image Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users may not notice when images are switched on electronic devices, as existing technologies do not provide a clear rendering process during transitions, leading to potential confusion.
Innovation Solution
A display control apparatus that detects user button operations and executes a rendering process, including disappearance rendering to clear the previous image and appearance rendering to display the new image associated with the button, ensuring the user is aware of the switch by moving the new image to the center of the display from the button's position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If image switching is performed without rendering process, then operation speed is improved, but user awareness of image switch deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies visual transformation effects (rendering processes) when switching between images. The first image is gradually transformed into the second image through rendering, creating a visual transition that makes the image switch noticeable to users while maintaining relatively fast switching performance.
2Loss of information
If rendering process is executed during image transition, then user awareness of image switch is improved, but processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent executes a rendering process that partially transforms the first image into the second image during transition, rather than completely processing the full transformation. This partial rendering approach provides sufficient visual feedback to users while reducing the overall processing load compared to complete rendering of the transition.
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AI summary
A display control apparatus includes a display having a plurality of buttons arranged on a side, and a controller that controls images displayed on the display. Upon detecting an operation of a first button by a user, the controller causes a transition to a first image from a second image. The first image is associated with the first button and is different from the second image. The second image is associated with a second button that had been displayed on the display before the operation was performed. The controller executes a rendering process during the transition. Rendering processes include appearance rendering, in which the first image is moved to a center of the display from a direction of a position of the first button, and disappearance rendering, in which the second image is cleared from the display. The appearance rendering is executed after the disappearance rendering.