Display Device Icon Setup Window Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users find it difficult to grasp the correspondence between setup items indicated in the attribute indicator and the setting options in existing tape printing systems, making it hard to associate and select appropriate settings for printing.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a screen that displays characters to be printed, along with icons representing setup items and a setup window for designating settings, allowing users to easily recognize and select options through a intuitive interface, including icons and a setup window that associates with the subject icon, facilitating the selection of setting options for each setup item.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a selective screen is displayed to allow users to select setting options, then users can designate print settings, but users find it difficult to grasp the correspondence between setup items and setting options
Solution Approach 1:
An indicator is introduced as an intermediary element that visually connects the setup item and its corresponding setting options. The indicator is displayed in association with both the setup item and the setting option, serving as a mediator that maintains the relationship between them even when they are displayed in different locations on the screen. This resolves the information loss by providing a visual reference that preserves the association.
Solution Approach 2:
The association between setup items and setting options is extended into a new visual dimension by displaying the indicator in a position that associates it with both elements. Rather than requiring the setup item and setting option to be adjacent, the indicator creates a visual link across the display space, allowing users to trace the relationship between the two elements through the indicator's positioning.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple setup items are displayed with their options, then comprehensive printing settings are available, but the interface becomes complex and hard to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is segmented into distinct functional areas: a setup item display region, a setting option display region, and an indicator region. This segmentation allows each element to be displayed independently in optimized positions rather than requiring all elements to be crowded together. Users can navigate through setup items systematically, with the indicator providing continuous visual feedback about the current selection, thereby reducing perceived complexity while maintaining comprehensive functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
A display device, having a screen, a memory device storing a plurality of setup items, and a controller connected with the screen and the memory, is provided. Each of the setup items includes information concerning a setting for a character to be printed on a printable medium. The controller controls the screen to display the character to be printed; a plurality of icons, each of which identifies one of the setup items; and a setup window, in which a subject setup item and one of setting options for the subject setup item are displayed in association with a subject icon identifying the subject setup item among the plurality of icons being displayed. The controller accepts selection of one of the setting options for the subject setup item and designates the accepted one of the setting options to be the setting for the subject setup item.