Continuous-Operation Display Layout for Information Beyond Screen Limits
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing diversification of device and application functions results in an excess of relevant information that cannot fit within a single display screen, leading to users being unable to view all necessary information during continuous operations.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device that displays relevant information on a screen by scrolling, pagination, or reversing the display based on the progress and speed of user operations, allowing for the seamless presentation of information that exceeds the initial screen capacity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all relevant information is displayed on a single screen, then information completeness is improved, but screen area is exceeded and usability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display area into multiple regions (first display region and second display region) to simultaneously show different types of information. The first display region shows operation-related information while the second display region shows setting information, allowing both to be visible without exceeding screen boundaries.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes spatial arrangement by positioning the second display region adjacent to the first display region in a different spatial dimension. This allows information that would normally require sequential scrolling to be displayed simultaneously in parallel regions, effectively adding a spatial dimension to information presentation.
2Productivity
If a continuous operation is accepted to execute a function, then operation speed is improved, but the ability to view all relevant information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent displays relevant setting information in the second display region before the continuous operation is completed. This preliminary display ensures that users can view all necessary information (such as printing settings, paper types, etc.) prior to executing the function, even though the operation itself is performed continuously and quickly.
Solution Approach 2:
The second display region acts as an intermediary that provides additional information context without interrupting the primary operation flow. Users can glance at the second display region while performing the continuous operation on the first display region, obtaining necessary information without breaking their workflow.
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AI summary
An information processing device includes a processor, in which the processor causes an operation part for executing a predetermined function and relevant information related to the predetermined function to be displayed on a screen of a display, accepts execution of the predetermined function by a continuous operation on the operation part, and changes a portion of the relevant information to be displayed on the screen according to progress of the continuous operation on the operation part during a period from the start of the operation on the operation part to the acceptance of the execution.