Corner-Based Touchscreen Menu Navigation for Ergonomic Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large touchscreen devices on intelligent mobile terminals lead to inconvenient operation due to the need for extensive touch actions, failing to meet ergonomic requirements and causing user discomfort.
Innovation Solution
An interaction device and method featuring a display area with multiple boundaries, where corner areas between adjacent boundaries form a main menu selection area, allowing users to select and move objects across boundaries to replace them with upper or lower level objects, facilitating easy and ergonomic operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the touchscreen size is increased to provide more desirable visual experience, then the display area is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to requiring touch operations across the screen
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into multiple boundary regions, with specific corner areas designated as main menu selection areas. This segmentation allows critical interaction elements to be concentrated in specific zones that are easier to access, rather than requiring users to reach across the entire large screen.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the touchscreen are assigned different functional qualities. The corner areas are specifically designed as main menu selection areas with higher interaction density, while other areas serve different purposes. This local differentiation optimizes the user experience by placing frequently accessed elements in ergonomically favorable zones.
2Area of stationary object
If the interaction interface size increases to match the large touchscreen, then the display capability is improved, but the operational convenience deteriorates due to requiring extensive touch actions
Solution Approach 1:
The interaction interface utilizes the corner areas of the touchscreen, effectively using the spatial dimension at the edges of the display. By positioning main menu selection areas in the corners rather than centering them or distributing them evenly, the design creates efficient access zones that reduce the distance users need to reach for common operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The main menu selection areas are pre-positioned in the corner regions of the touchscreen, anticipating user interaction needs before the actual touch occurs. This preliminary positioning of critical interface elements in ergonomically optimal locations allows users to quickly access frequently used functions without needing to navigate across the entire screen.
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AI summary
The present invention provides an interaction device including an interaction interface, where a display area is formed of multiple display boundaries among which a corner area is formed between every two adjacent display boundaries; an interface interaction unit, for generating two first boundaries at a position that is corresponding to at least one corner area in the display area, where the two first boundaries and corner sides display boundaries form a main menu selection area which includes a selectable object; a processing unit, configured to, when the selectable object in the main menu selection area is selected and moves towards a position where any one of the two first boundaries is located and the selected selectable object crosses over a predetermined position, replace the selected selectable object in the main menu selection area with predetermined upper level selectable objects or lower level selectable objects correlated to the selected selectable object.