Clipboard Manager Icon Interface for Multi-Object Paste Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing terminal devices can only paste the most recently copied text when multiple text selections and copies are performed, limiting the targets that can be copied and pasted, causing inconvenience to users.
Innovation Solution
A terminal with a display unit and control unit that displays a plurality of icons representing copied objects, allowing users to select and paste multiple copied objects by detecting specific user inputs, such as touch and drag gestures, and providing information about each object including its application, date, and order of copying, enabling the user to manage and paste the desired objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple text selections and copies are performed, then the quantity of copied objects increases, but only the most recently copied text can be pasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system stores multiple copied objects in advance in a list structure, maintaining them ready for future selection and pasting operations. This preliminary storage enables users to access any previously copied object later, rather than losing access after the copy operation completes.
Solution Approach 2:
A clipboard manager interface acts as an intermediary between the copy operation and the paste operation. This intermediate storage system allows users to select from multiple copied objects before pasting, providing flexibility without requiring direct access to all copied items simultaneously.
2Ease of operation
If a list of copied objects is displayed with detailed information, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates simplified icon representations of copied objects that display essential information (thumbnail, title, date) without requiring the full object data to be permanently stored in the interface structure. These icon copies provide sufficient information for user identification and selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The clipboard manager interface is segmented into distinct functional areas: a list area for displaying copied objects with their metadata, and an input area for paste operations. This segmentation allows each area to be optimized independently, reducing overall interface complexity while maintaining ease of operation.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a terminal and a method of operating the same. The terminal includes a display unit displaying a plurality of icons that respectively represent the plurality of objects and detecting a user input; and a control unit displaying the plurality of icons on the display unit according to a first user input, displaying at least one icon to be identified according to a second user input that selects the at least one icon selected from the plurality of icons, and pasting an object corresponding to the selected icon on an input window according to a third user input that inputs the selected at least one icon into the input window.