Display Input Apparatus Gesture Control for Setting Lists
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display input systems for electronic devices with multiple setting items require cumbersome navigation between setting select and change screens, making it operationally troublesome for users to change settings efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A display input apparatus and computer-readable medium with a touch panel and gesture recognition system that allows users to change settings by scrolling through lists of items and candidates on a single screen, using intuitive gestures to select and modify settings without returning to a select screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional multi-step navigation between setting select and change screens is used, then setting items can be changed, but operational complexity increases and user-friendliness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the setting item list and setting candidate list into a single integrated display screen. Users can navigate both lists simultaneously using the same gesture control mechanism, eliminating the need to switch between separate select and change screens. This integration directly reduces operational complexity while improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The gesture control mechanism serves multiple functions: it can scroll through the setting item list, scroll through the setting candidate list, and select settings all through the same gesture-based interface. This multi-functionality reduces the number of different operations users need to learn, thereby improving user-friendliness.
2Productivity
If separate setting select screen and setting change screen navigation is used, then settings can be changed, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
By combining the setting select and setting change functions into a single screen with integrated lists, users can change settings without returning to the select screen. This eliminates redundant navigation steps and significantly reduces time consumption while improving setting change efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-loads both the setting item list and setting candidate list on the same screen before the user needs to make changes. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for subsequent screen transitions and reduces the time required to complete setting changes.
3Ease of operation
If touch panel with gesture recognition is used, then intuitive manipulation is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical button navigation with a touch panel gesture recognition system. Users interact through intuitive gestures (swiping, tapping) rather than pressing physical buttons, making the interface more intuitive while the gesture recognition handles the complexity of input processing in the background.
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AI summary
In a display input apparatus, a display control section allows a display to display a setting item list of setting items lined up in a first direction and a first setting candidate list of setting candidates lined up in a second direction for one of the setting items, one list across the other, and provide, when a gesture receiving section receives a scroll gesture in the first direction via a touch panel, a scrolling display of the setting item list and a display of the first setting candidate list for the setting item presented in an intersecting region thereof with the setting item list, and provide, when the gesture receiving section receives a scroll gesture in the second direction via the touch panel, a scrolling display of the first setting candidate list. A setting receiving section receives as a changed setting the setting candidate presented in the intersecting region.