Dynamic Access Authority Editing Icon for Data Files

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for an electronic apparatus that allows users to easily edit the access authority settings of data icons, such as file icons, through intuitive screen input methods.

Innovation Solution

The apparatus includes a display unit, a sensor to detect user operations, and a controller that displays a data icon and an access authority editing icon, allowing users to edit access authorities by judging user operations and changing the access authority state accordingly, with features like displaying the editing icon near the data icon, changing states through drag, tap, or flick operations, and showing the editing icon at appropriate times based on drag positions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the access authority editing icon is always displayed on the screen, then users can easily access and edit access authority settings, but the screen becomes cluttered and the interface becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess authority editing accessibilityVSAvoidinterface complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The access authority editing icon is prepared and displayed in advance near the data icon when a drag operation is initiated, so that users can immediately access the editing function without searching for it, yet it does not permanently clutter the interface

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The access authority editing icon dynamically appears and disappears based on user operations - it appears near the data icon during drag operations and disappears when the operation completes, making the interface adaptive to user needs rather than statically complex

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Device complexity

If the access authority editing icon is displayed only when needed, then the interface remains clean and simple, but users may not easily notice or access the editing function

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinterface simplicityVSAvoidaccess authority editing accessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The editing icon is displayed in advance near the data icon when a drag operation begins, ensuring users can immediately access the function before the operation completes and the icon disappears

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides visual feedback by displaying the access authority editing icon in response to the user's drag operation, and the icon's disappearance provides feedback that the editing opportunity is time-limited, prompting users to act

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of operation

If the access authority editing icon is displayed near the copy of the data icon, then users can intuitively understand the relationship between the icon and the data being copied or moved, but the icon may be positioned far from the original data icon

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperational intuitivenessVSAvoidspatial relationship information

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The access authority editing icon serves as an intermediary element that bridges the original data icon and the copy, displaying near the copy to indicate the editing target while maintaining visual connection to the original through the drag operation context

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS9009627B2Electronic apparatus, program, and control method for displaying access authority for data files

Publication Date: 2015.04.14 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a sensor, and a controller. The display unit includes a screen. The sensor is configured to detect a user operation with respect to the screen and output a signal corresponding to the user operation. The controller is configured to cause a data icon and an access authority editing icon for editing an access authority of data related to the data icon to be displayed on the screen, judge a user operation with respect to the access authority editing icon based on the signal from the sensor, and change a state of the access authority of the data related to the data icon according to the user operation.