User Interface for Efficient Input Technique Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing user interfaces for electronic devices are often cumbersome and inefficient, requiring longer navigation and consuming more time and energy, particularly in battery-operated devices.
Innovation Solution
Implementing methods and interfaces that identify and display the most recently accessed user input technique, along with affordances for less recently accessed techniques, to facilitate faster and more efficient user input, such as through touch-sensitive displays and gestures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional user interfaces are used, then users can access all input techniques, but navigation becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically displaying the most recently accessed user input technique at the top of the interface, and providing affordances for other frequently used techniques. This pre-arrangement eliminates the need for users to search through multiple menus or screens to find their preferred input method, thereby reducing navigation time and improving operational efficiency.
2Ease of operation
If conventional user interfaces are used, then all input methods are available, but cognitive burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and highlights only the most relevant user input techniques (most recently accessed and other frequently used methods) while keeping less frequently used techniques accessible but not prominently displayed. This extraction approach maintains availability of all input methods while reducing the visual and cognitive complexity of the interface by focusing attention on the most important options.
3Productivity
If faster input methods are implemented, then user productivity increases, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically tracking and identifying the most recently accessed user input technique and displaying it prominently, along with other frequently used techniques. This automation eliminates the need for users to manually configure or search for their preferred input methods, thereby increasing input speed and productivity while consuming minimal additional energy compared to static interface displays.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to user interfaces for receiving user input. In some examples, a device determines which user input technique a user has accessed most recently, and displays the corresponding user interface. In some examples, a device scrolls through a set of information on the display. When a threshold criteria is satisfied, the device displays an index object fully or partially overlaying the set of information. In some examples, a device displays an emoji graphical object, which is visually manipulated based on user input. The emoji graphical object is transmitted to a recipient. In some examples, a device displays paging affordances that enlarge and allow a user to select a particular page of a user interface. In some examples, the device displays user interfaces for various input methods, including multiple emoji graphical objects. In some examples, a keyboard is displays for receiving user input.