Draggable Time Display for Seamless Image Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for displaying time-dependent information, such as those using fixed-point image capturing, require users to revisit websites or change computer time to view images from different time periods, and involve determining and preparing time-changing image portions in advance, limiting seamless association of time information with changing content.
Innovation Solution
A user interface and information processing method that allows users to intuitively slide across a display to change the displayed image in accordance with time information, using a device with processing circuitry to receive slide operations and update the displayed image accordingly, enabling seamless association of time information with changing content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If an image corresponding to the current time is displayed using fixed-point image capturing, then time-dependent information can be displayed, but users must revisit the website or change system time to view images from different time periods
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the displayed image changeable through user interaction. The time displaying portion is made draggable, allowing users to dynamically navigate through different time periods. This transforms the static display into an interactive dynamic interface, enabling users to view historical images without revisiting the website or changing system time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism - the draggable time displaying portion - that mediates between the user and the historical images. This intermediary element allows users to access different time periods through a simple drag operation, eliminating the need to revisit the website or change system time while maintaining the time-dependent nature of the displayed content.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the shape of a changing portion is determined in advance and images are prepared in advance, then time-changing content can be displayed, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by separating the time information display from the image content. The time displaying portion is segmented as an independent draggable element, while the background image remains as a separate component that changes in response to the time display. This segmentation simplifies the system by avoiding the need to prepare and manage multiple preprocessed images with predetermined shapes, reducing device complexity while maintaining adaptability to time changes.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing device includes processing circuitry that receives slide information from an operation unit regarding a slide operation performed on a displayed time that is slid across at least a portion of a display. The processing circuitry also changes a displayed image in accordance with time information associated with the slide operation of the displayed time.