GUI Icon Layout Based on Hand Dominance and Interaction Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is no system or method to determine the most efficient interaction for users with the graphical user interface of computing devices, leading to decreased efficiency and increased battery and processing load.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that analyze user interaction data to customize the graphical user interface by arranging user interaction icons on a lower and side portion based on hand dominance, reducing cognitive load and optimizing device usage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the graphical user interface uses traditional icon arrangement, then the interface is simple to implement, but user interaction efficiency is low and cognitive load is high

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interaction efficiencyVSAvoidinterface customization complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of user interaction data to determine hand dominance before generating the customized interface. By pre-determining the optimal icon arrangement based on user characteristics, the system eliminates the need for users to manually configure their interface, thereby improving interaction efficiency without increasing user-side complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The graphical user interface system automatically analyzes user interaction data and generates customized icon arrangements without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously determining optimal interface configurations based on detected hand dominance, reducing both user cognitive load and the complexity burden on users while maintaining high interaction efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If the graphical user interface requires more processing for customization, then user interaction efficiency improves, but battery drain increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interaction efficiencyVSAvoidbattery drain
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs interface customization analysis periodically rather than continuously. By analyzing user interaction data at specific intervals to determine hand dominance and generate customized interfaces only when needed, the system achieves improved interaction efficiency while minimizing continuous processing and associated battery drain

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of icon arrangement based on detected hand dominance characteristics. By adjusting only the spatial parameters of icon placement rather than fundamentally redesigning the interface architecture, the system achieves personalized efficiency improvements with minimal processing overhead and battery consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If the graphical user interface uses standardized layout, then implementation is simple, but it does not adapt to individual user needs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinterface adaptability to user needsVSAvoidinterface implementation ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different icon arrangements to different portions of the interface based on user-specific hand dominance characteristics. By customizing only the relevant spatial parameters of icon placement rather than the entire interface architecture, the system achieves high adaptability to individual users while maintaining the simplicity of standardized implementation principles

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20250370588A1System and method for generating an output to a graphical user interface
Publication Date: 2025.12.04 IDEAS TO MOVE FORWARD LLC
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AI summary

A technique for generating an output to a graphical user interface to improve the operation of a computing device, the system constructed according to the technique may include receiving, by a processor of at least one computing device, a plurality of information from a user; analyzing, with the at least one computing device the plurality of information; generating, by the at least one computing device, an output to a graphical user interface having user interaction icons on a lower portion and a side portion of the interface.