Gesture Guidance Display for Input Apparatus Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current input display systems for image forming and imaging apparatuses lack effective methods to guide users in setting print or image-capturing settings through intuitive gestures, leading to user confusion and inefficiency.
Innovation Solution
An input display apparatus that includes a display unit, a receiver to detect gestures, and a setting unit that sets print or image-capturing settings based on gesture input, along with a display controller to show guidance information for the settings, allowing users to interactively set preferences through a touch panel interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If gesture-based input interface is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to need for gesture recognition and guidance display systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a display controller as an intermediary component that receives gesture information from the receiver, determines appropriate guidance information, and displays it on the display unit. This mediator coordinates between the gesture input system and the user interface, managing the complexity internally while maintaining simplicity for the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by displaying guidance information that shows users what gestures to perform and what settings will result. This feedback loop helps users understand the relationship between gestures and settings, improving ease of operation while the system manages the underlying complexity through automated guidance generation.
2Loss of information
If multiple settings are displayed simultaneously, then information completeness is improved, but readability deteriorates due to information overload
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display area into multiple regions, with each region dedicated to displaying specific setting information or guidance information. This segmentation allows multiple pieces of information to be presented simultaneously in an organized manner, maintaining information completeness while ensuring each segment remains readable and not overly crowded.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the display are assigned different qualities or functions - some regions display gesture guidance information while others display setting results. This local differentiation allows the system to present comprehensive information while optimizing readability in each specific area according to its purpose.
Data Source
AI summary
An input display apparatus includes the following elements. A display unit has a display area. A receiver receives plural types of gestures which are performed on the display area. A setting unit sets plural settings for an apparatus in accordance with the types of gestures received by the receiver. A display controller controls the display unit to display at least one of the plural settings and gesture guidance information for guiding an input of a gesture which is associated with the setting to be displayed.