Multidimensional Image Navigation via Swipe Interaction Zones
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for navigating multidimensional spaces lack intuitive and continuous motion controls, often requiring multiple inputs to distinguish between movement and orientation changes, and do not allow for seamless exploration within these environments.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that uses an overlay line to indicate navigation direction in a multidimensional space, allowing users to swipe across the display to transition between images connected in a graph, with features like interaction zones, transition images, and adaptive line visibility to enhance navigation and reduce clutter.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If overlay line and interaction zone are always visible to assist navigation, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity and visual clutter increase
Solution Approach 1:
The overlay line and interaction zone dynamically adjust their visibility and properties based on user interaction state. The overlay line fades out after a threshold period without user action, and interaction zones are selectively activated based on swipe proximity to the overlay line, making the interface adaptive rather than static
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the display have different interaction properties. The interaction zone is defined as a specific area around the overlay line with enhanced sensitivity, while other areas maintain normal behavior. This creates localized functional zones rather than uniform interaction across the entire display
2Measurement precision
If multiple inputs are required to distinguish movement from orientation changes, then measurement precision improves, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different interpretation rules to different spatial locations. Swipes occurring within the interaction zone (near the overlay line) are interpreted as movement commands, while swipes outside this zone are interpreted as orientation changes. This spatial differentiation eliminates the need for multiple input types while maintaining accurate command discrimination
Solution Approach 2:
The interaction zone acts as an intermediary spatial region that mediates between the overlay line and the rest of the display. Its presence allows the system to distinguish user intent based on swipe location rather than requiring complex multi-input sequences, simplifying the interaction model while preserving precision
3Measurement precision
If transition images with full detail are displayed during navigation, then measurement precision improves, but use of energy and processing demands increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system displays only the necessary portion of image detail during transitions. Thumbnail images provide sufficient contextual information for navigation without the full computational overhead of rendering complete high-resolution images, achieving adequate precision with reduced processing
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses temporary low-resolution thumbnail images during transition moments rather than persistent full-resolution images. These thumbnail images serve their purpose briefly during navigation transitions and are discarded, reducing overall processing demands and energy consumption while maintaining user orientation
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to providing a user with an image navigation experience. For instance, a first image of a multidimensional space is provided with an overlay line indicating a direction in which the space extends into the first image such that a second image is connected to the first image along a direction of the overlay line. User input indicating a swipe across a portion of the display is received. When swipe occurred at least partially within an interaction zone defining an area around the overlay line at which the user can interact with the space, the swipe indicates a request to display an image different from the first image. The second image is selected and provided for display based on the swipe and a connection graph connecting the first image and the second image along the direction of the overlay line.