Conditional Guide Display on Function Screens for User Awareness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of multifunctional electronic devices often remain unaware of available functions and their operation methods, leading to inefficient utilization due to cumbersome guide displays and unnecessary operation steps.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device is designed to display a first screen with predetermined items, execute functions based on user interactions, and selectively show guides only when specific conditions are met, such as after a certain number of displays without user interaction with the item.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a guide is continuously displayed to notify users of function existence and operation methods, then users can become aware of available functions, but the guide becomes cumbersome for users who are already proficient in the operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter of guide display frequency from continuous to conditional based on user behavior history. The system monitors whether users have operated on guide targets and adjusts guide display accordingly - showing guides only when users have not operated on them within a predetermined number of displays, thereby adapting to user proficiency levels
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by monitoring user operations on guide targets and using this information to control subsequent guide displays. The guide display is conditioned on feedback from user behavior - if users have not operated on a guide target within a certain number of displays, the guide is shown again; otherwise, it is suppressed
2Adaptability or versatility
If the screen transitions to a customization screen to add or delete menu items, then all menu items can be managed, but users need to give instructions through the customization screen which increases operation trouble
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the guide display function from the standard screen flow and implements it as a conditional overlay that appears only when specific conditions are met. This allows guide information to be separated from the main operation flow, providing necessary information without forcing users through customization screens for routine operations
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a conditional guide display mechanism as an intermediary between the main screen and full customization mode. Instead of requiring users to enter customization mode to manage all menu items, the system provides targeted guide information as an intermediate solution that helps users understand and operate functions without unnecessary navigation steps
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device performs a process of displaying a first screen including a predetermined item, control to execute a predetermined function based on an operation on the predetermined item on the first screen, control to display the first screen without displaying a guide regarding the predetermined item when an event where the first screen is to be displayed occurs and in a case where a predetermined condition corresponding to a state where the predetermined item is not operated even in a case where the first screen has been displayed is not satisfied, and control to display the guide when an event where the first screen is to be displayed occurs and in a case where the predetermined condition is satisfied.