Gesture-Based Navigation Interface for Simultaneous Scrolling and Expansion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computing device interfaces often require multiple clicks or navigational steps to access detailed information, leading to inefficient user experiences and increased customer wait times, especially when dealing with hierarchical or chronological data.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a single gesture-based user input system that allows for simultaneous scrolling and expanding/contracting of information on a computer or mobile device screen, enabling seamless navigation through layers of information with a single gesture, such as swiping or clicking, to maintain focus and workflow efficiency without switching screens.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional multi-click interfaces are used to access detailed information, then information access accuracy is improved, but user operation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple navigation operations (scrolling and expanding/contracting) into a single gesture input. The gesture recognition system detects a single user gesture and translates it into coordinated scrolling and expanding/contracting actions, allowing users to access detailed information in one operation rather than requiring multiple sequential clicks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension of interaction by using gesture recognition that can simultaneously control multiple interface dimensions (scroll position and expand/contract state). This allows the interface to navigate through both spatial (scrolling) and hierarchical (expanding/contracting) dimensions of information in a single user action.
2Stability of the object's composition
If multiple navigational steps are required to access detailed information, then information hierarchy is maintained, but customer wait time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic information display where the interface can smoothly transition between different levels of information detail while maintaining hierarchical structure. The gesture-based system dynamically adjusts the display between summarized and detailed views, allowing the interface to adapt its level of detail based on user intent while preserving the underlying information hierarchy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-loading and preparing detailed information in the background while maintaining the current view. When a user gesture is detected, the system can quickly transition to detailed information because it has already prepared the data, reducing customer wait time while maintaining hierarchical organization.
3Loss of information
If users switch screens to access detailed information, then information completeness is improved, but workflow continuity is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested information display where detailed information is embedded within the current screen context rather than requiring a separate screen. The interface allows users to expand information layers in-place, creating a nested view where detailed information coexists with the parent context, maintaining workflow continuity while providing complete information.
Solution Approach 2:
The gesture-based navigation system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it can scroll through information, expand detailed views, contract summaries, and maintain context awareness. This multi-functional capability allows the interface to provide complete information while maintaining workflow continuity through a single unified interaction paradigm.
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AI summary
The information navigation interface facilitates receiving an indication of a discrete physical contact event with a user input device. The contact event is associated with a user request for navigating an assembly of displayable information. A navigation action based on the received indication is then determined. The navigation action may include either (a) both scrolling and expansion of currently displayed information wherein the scrolling and expansion occur simultaneously or nearly simultaneously, or (b) both scrolling and contraction of currently displayed information wherein the scrolling and contraction occur simultaneously or nearly simultaneously. Once determined, the navigation action is applied, resulting in a display of a second portion of the assembly of information.