Calendar Schedule Input via Dedicated Plan Window
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current calendar applications on mobile devices face challenges in providing easy, quick, and intuitive input and editing of schedules without compromising readability, especially on small screens, due to complex interfaces and difficulties in selecting and manipulating small time blocks.
Innovation Solution
A device and method that control the display to show a predetermined window for schedule information in a specific area, allowing users to select and move this information as a time block on the calendar, utilizing a multi-layered control system to enhance user input and maintain readability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If calendar applications provide complicated images for inputting and editing schedules, then the functionality is comprehensive, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the schedule input function from the complicated calendar interface and places it in a separate, dedicated plan window. This allows users to input and edit schedules in a simplified environment without the complexity of the main calendar view, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining comprehensive functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a plan window as an intermediary component between the user and the calendar. This plan window serves as a mediator that simplifies the input process by providing a dedicated space for schedule entry, separate from the main calendar display, thus reducing operational complexity.
2Ease of operation
If calendar applications provide direct selection and dragging of time blocks, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the calendar interface into distinct functional areas: the main calendar display and the separate plan window. This segmentation allows the plan window to handle drag-and-drop operations independently, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional calendar grid to a three-dimensional interaction model by introducing a pop-up plan window. This dimensional change allows users to access schedule input functionality without increasing the complexity of the base calendar interface, as the plan window operates in a separate visual layer.
3Ease of operation
If users enlarge and reduce plan windows to select small time blocks, then the ease of operation improves, but the time required for operation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-displaying schedule information in the plan window before the user needs to edit it. When a user taps on a date in the calendar, the corresponding schedule information is automatically loaded into the plan window in advance, eliminating the need for time-consuming enlargement operations and reducing the time required for editing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a copy of the schedule information in the plan window that mirrors the calendar data. This copy allows users to work with schedule details in a simplified view without needing to constantly reference or enlarge the main calendar grid, thereby reducing operational time while maintaining ease of use.
4Ease of operation
If voice input is used for schedule entry, then the ease of operation improves, but the measurement precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the plan window universally applicable to different input methods. While voice input is supported for convenience, the plan window also accommodates touch input and other interaction modes, ensuring high precision for complex schedule edits while maintaining ease of operation through multiple input channels.
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AI summary
A device for controlling displaying of a user plan for inputting schedules in a calendar includes a display unit displaying a plan window for inputting one or more pieces of schedule information in a calendar, and a control unit controlling the display unit to display a predetermined window including schedule information, which a user intends to input in the plan window, in a predetermined area of the display unit, and controlling the display unit so that when the schedule information included in the predetermined window is selected and moved on the calendar in response to input from the user, the selected and moved schedule information is inputted as a time block at a date where the schedule information has moved on the calendar.