Directional Operation Device for Cross-Category Input Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional operation devices lack the ability to change function allocations between operation members of different categories, limiting user convenience and flexibility in operation inputs.
Innovation Solution
An operation device and information processing apparatus that includes a direction indication operation member and a different category operation member, allowing for alternative input functions through a tilting operation member to simulate inputs on other operation members, with a system to generate and transmit operation data reflecting these alternative inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If function allocation is changed among operation members of the same category, then user convenience is improved, but function allocation change to operation members of different categories remains impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The direction indication operation member is designed to perform multiple functions: its original direction indication function and an alternative function that simulates operations on operation members of different categories. This multi-functionality allows the same operation member to serve different purposes based on user needs, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a virtual copy of the operation member of a different category within the direction indication operation member. When the user operates the direction indication operation member, the system generates operation data that mimics the operation of the target operation member, enabling cross-category function allocation without adding physical components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If operation members of different categories are used as alternatives, then user preferences are accommodated, but conventional technology becomes insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism that translates operations on the direction indication operation member into equivalent operations on the target operation member of a different category. This intermediary layer handles the complexity of cross-category mapping, allowing users to benefit from enhanced adaptability without directly managing the underlying system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the operational parameters by allowing the direction indication operation member to represent multiple different operation types. Through parameter changes in how the operation data is generated and interpreted, the system enables different category operation members to be used as alternatives without requiring physical modifications to the device structure.
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AI summary
An operation device includes a direction indication operation member that is subjected to a user depression operation toward any direction, and an operation member that is different in category from the direction indication operation member. The operation device generates operation data that includes operation information describing operations on the direction indication operation member and the operation member of the different category, and transmits the operation data to an information processing apparatus. In a case where a use request for an alternative input function of using the direction indication operation member as an alternative to the operation member of the different category is given, operation information describing an operation on the operation member of the different category to be included in the operation data is identified according to a user operation performed on the direction indication operation member.