Grouped Progress Display for Multi-Stage Information Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing progress bars fail to clearly display the progress of information processing across multiple stages, making it difficult for users to understand how many steps have been completed in each stage.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that manages and displays the progress of processing in each stage by dividing information processing steps into multiple processing groups, generating progress display images for each group, and arranging these images on a single screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single progress bar is used to display processing progress, then the display is simple, but the user cannot understand the progress details at each stage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the processing progress into multiple segments by creating separate progress bars for each processing stage (e.g., initial setting, account creation, user setting). This segmentation allows users to understand the progress at each stage while maintaining a simple overall display structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single-dimensional progress bar to a multi-dimensional display by arranging multiple progress bars vertically on the screen, with each progress bar representing a different processing stage. This dimensional change enables detailed progress tracking without complicating the user interface.
2Loss of information
If multiple progress bars are displayed for each processing stage, then the progress at each stage is clear, but the display becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the processing workflow into distinct stages (initial setting, account creation, user setting) and assigns a separate progress bar to each stage. This segmentation preserves all processing stage information while maintaining a clean, organized display structure that is not overly complex.
Solution Approach 2:
Each progress bar serves multiple functions: it indicates the current stage, shows the progress within that stage, and provides a visual reference for overall completion. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional display elements, keeping the structure simple while preventing information loss.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus that sequentially executes a plurality of information processing steps, includes: a management section that manages the plurality of information processing steps by dividing the plurality of information processing steps into a plurality of processing groups; an information processing section that processes at least some of the plurality of information processing steps included in each of the plurality of processing groups in a selection order according to a predetermined rule, for each of the plurality of processing groups; a group progress image generating section that generates a progress display image representing a progress of processing of the plurality of information processing steps included in each of the plurality of processing groups; and a display control section that outputs and displays a screen in which the generated progress display image for each of the plurality of processing groups is arranged at each predetermined position in one screen.