Controller Button Mapping Interface With Essential Function Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing adaptive controllers lack usability improvements for users with diverse needs and conditions, particularly in assigning functions to buttons and handling button operations.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device connected with an operation device that displays an edit screen for assigning user-desired functions to buttons, provides notifications for unassigned essential functions, and includes a toggle mode for easier button operations, with auditory feedback for sensitivity adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users can freely customize button assignments, then adaptability to various users is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides default button assignments that are pre-configured for common usage scenarios. Users can start with these pre-set configurations and only customize what they need, rather than configuring everything from scratch. This reduces the initial complexity burden while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system includes automated detection and notification features that guide users through the customization process. When essential functions are not assigned to any button, the system automatically notifies the user, reducing the cognitive load and making the complex customization process more manageable.
2Reliability
If the system notifies users about unassigned essential functions, then reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a notification mechanism that provides feedback to users when essential functions are not assigned to any button. This feedback loop ensures that critical configuration issues are brought to the user's attention, improving reliability without significantly complicating the operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system activates selectively only when essential functions are unassigned, rather than continuously monitoring and notifying about all possible configuration states. This partial action approach maintains ease of operation by avoiding unnecessary notifications while still ensuring reliability for critical functions.
3Loss of time
If the edit screen is ended without saving, then loss of time is reduced, but loss of information occurs
Solution Approach 1:
Before ending the edit screen, the system provides feedback to the user about any unassigned essential functions. This allows users to make informed decisions about whether to save their changes or exit, reducing information loss while maintaining quick exit capability when appropriate.
Solution Approach 2:
The system takes preliminary action by notifying users of potential information loss before the edit screen is actually ended. This advance warning allows users to prevent information loss if needed, while still enabling quick exit when no changes were made or when users intentionally want to discard changes.
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AI summary
A controller includes a plurality of buttons. An information processing device displays an edit screen in which a function desired by a user is assigned to any one of the buttons of the controller according to an operation performed by the user. In a case where an end operation is input to the edit screen with a predetermined function assigned to none of the plurality of buttons, the information processing device displays a predetermined notification in the edit screen. In a case where a predetermined operation is input after display of the notification, the information processing device ends display of the edit screen.