Icon Display Area Multi-Function Touch Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
In image processing apparatuses, the limited space for arranging hardware such as display panels and touch sensors restricts the size and positioning of display panels, necessitating effective space utilization.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus comprising a display, a coordinate detection portion, and a controller that executes instructions to display icon images, accept user operations, and display slider indicators for parameter settings, allowing efficient use of space by enabling both icon selecting and indicator displaying operations on the same icon image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If touch sensors are provided on both sides of the display panel, then the user can touch the display panel from either side, but the space for arranging hardware is limited and restrictions on size and arranging position are caused
Solution Approach 1:
The icon image display area serves multiple functions: it displays icon images, accepts icon selection operations, and displays slider indicators for parameter settings. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate display areas for each function, thereby maximizing the use of limited display panel space while maintaining full touch functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the icon display function and the parameter setting function into the same display area. The slider indicator is displayed within the icon image display area, merging two previously separate functions into one space, thus resolving the space limitation issue.
2Ease of operation
If separate areas are provided for icon selection and parameter settings, then each function can be performed independently, but the display panel space is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The icon image display area is designed to handle multiple operations independently: icon selection by touching the icon image, and parameter setting by touching and dragging the slider indicator. Both functions can be performed independently within the same display area, maintaining ease of operation while optimizing space usage.
3Area of moving object
If the display panel size is increased, then the display quality and user interface are improved, but the hardware arrangement space becomes more constrained
Solution Approach 1:
The slider indicator can be displayed in different positions and orientations within the icon image display area, utilizing the two-dimensional space efficiently. The indicator can be positioned above, below, or within the icon image, and can scroll in vertical or horizontal directions, maximizing the use of available display space without requiring additional hardware area.
Data Source
AI summary
An image processing apparatus may comprise a display; a coordinate detection portion; a controller; and a main memory storing computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions may cause the image processing apparatus to perform causing the display to display a plurality of icon images. The computer-readable instructions may cause the image processing apparatus to perform accepting a first user operation. The computer-readable instructions may cause the image processing apparatus to perform accepting a second user operation executed. The computer-readable instructions may cause the image processing apparatus to perform executing a specific process corresponding to the image processing function assigned to the selected icon image in a case where the first user operation is accepted. The computer-readable instructions may cause the image processing apparatus to perform causing the display to display a first parameter setting image for setting a first parameter in a case where the second user operation is accepted.