Dynamic Icon Display State Management for User Operation Frequency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems face challenges in distinguishing frequently and infrequently accessed content, leading to increased user operational burden, as users struggle to find desired content amidst numerous options, and existing techniques require unnecessary access operations to restore icons to their original state.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that detects user operations to dynamically change the display state of icons based on access frequency, using visual indications like dirt accumulation or depression to differentiate access levels, and allows easy reversal of these changes through user interactions, such as drag operations, without requiring content activation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If contents are displayed in list order by access frequency, then accessibility to frequently used content is improved, but infrequently accessed content becomes difficult to find
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies visual changes to icons based on access frequency, where frequently accessed icons maintain their original appearance while infrequently accessed icons undergo visual transformations such as becoming transparent, changing color, or appearing degraded. This allows users to quickly distinguish between frequently and infrequently accessed content without requiring selection operations, resolving the contradiction by making infrequently accessed content visually distinguishable rather than hidden.
2Loss of information
If visual changes are applied to icons based on access frequency, then content distinction is improved, but operational burden increases due to unnecessary access operations required to restore icons
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a mechanism where icons automatically restore to their original state when users perform drag operations or other interaction operations on them, without requiring the user to explicitly access the content first. The system detects the interaction operation and automatically reverses the visual degradation, eliminating the need for unnecessary access operations and reducing operational burden while maintaining content distinction.
3Productivity
If icons are selected to access content, then content activation is achieved, but operational steps increase for simple viewing purposes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes drag operations serve dual purposes: both as a means to visually restore degraded icons to their original state and as a valid method for activating content. This multi-functionality allows users to perform a single operation that achieves both icon restoration and content activation, eliminating the need for separate access operations and reducing the total number of steps required.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus is provided that comprises a first detection unit configured to detect a first user operation on a first object and a first display unit configured to generate signals to display the first object in a first display state. The apparatus further comprises a second display unit configured to generate signals to change the display state of the first object from the first display state to a second display state. The apparatus further comprises a third display unit configured to generate signals to change the display state of the first object from the second display state to the first display state in response to the detection of the second user operation on the first object.