Gesture-Based Group Alarm Setting on Display Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current display devices are inconvenient for setting multiple alarms at intervals, as users must set each alarm individually, leading to a cumbersome process.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a sensor unit and processor that allows users to set, delete, or switch multiple alarms using intuitive gesture inputs, such as drag and touch gestures, to simplify the process of setting group alarms and increment/decrement information in spreadsheets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple alarms are set individually through conventional methods, then each alarm can be configured with specific parameters, but the setting process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple alarm settings into a single group alarm operation. By detecting a first gesture input on base alarm information, the system generates multiple additional alarm information items that are collectively set through one gesture, rather than requiring separate settings for each alarm. This merging approach directly resolves the contradiction by making the alarm setting process easier while reducing the time required.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary generation of multiple alarm information items based on the detected gesture input pattern. When a user performs a gesture on base alarm information, the system pre-generates multiple additional alarm entries with inferred parameters before final confirmation, allowing rapid setup of multiple alarms without manual configuration of each individual alarm's parameters.
2Device complexity
If individual alarm settings are used, then precise control over each alarm is achieved, but the complexity of managing multiple alarms increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple alarm management operations into unified gesture-based commands. A single gesture input can simultaneously affect multiple alarm information items (creation, deletion, switching), reducing the operational complexity compared to handling each alarm individually while maintaining precise control through gesture-specific functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The gesture input mechanism serves multiple functions: it can create additional alarms, delete alarms, switch alarm states, and modify alarm parameters. This universal gesture-based interface simplifies alarm management by providing a single mode of interaction that handles diverse alarm operations, reducing the overall complexity of the system.
3Productivity
If conventional alarm setting methods are used, then each alarm can be independently configured, but the process requires multiple separate operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple alarm setting operations into a single gesture input sequence. By detecting a first gesture on base alarm information, the system generates multiple additional alarm information items in one operation, dramatically improving productivity by reducing the number of separate operations from multiple individual alarm settings to a single group operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates copies of the base alarm information to generate additional alarm entries. When a gesture is detected, the base alarm parameters are copied and adapted to create multiple additional alarms with modified parameters (such as different times or days), enabling rapid proliferation of alarm settings through a single operation rather than requiring manual creation of each alarm from scratch.
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AI summary
Disclosed are a display device and a method of setting group information by displaying additional information to be added to base information via first and second gesture inputs. The display device includes a display unit configured to display visual information, a sensor unit configured to detect an input signal and transmit a detected result to a processor, and the processor configured to control the display unit and the sensor unit. The processor is configured to display base information, detect a first gesture input to the displayed base information, determine an interval of additional information based on a position of the detected first gesture input, detect a second gesture input, determine the number of additional information based on a position of the detected second gesture input, and display at least one additional information according to the determined interval and the determined number of the additional information.