Lazy Susan Menu Arc Interface for Mobile Screen Clutter
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Solution Overview
Problem
The limited screen size of mobile devices restricts the number of user-selectable items that can be displayed in a user interface, potentially overwhelming users and cluttering the screen, while also needing to provide a positive experience for customers during selection and ordering processes.
Innovation Solution
A method of displaying user-selectable item icons along an arc on a screen, allowing iterative presentations as the user scrolls, with additional information such as names, prices, and ingredients, and enabling selection and addition to an order list, using a device with processor-executable instructions to manage the interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a pull or drag or drop down menu is used to display user selectable elements, then the interface structure is simple and easy to implement, but the limited screen size restricts the total number of user selectable elements that can be displayed at a reasonable size
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a traditional linear vertical menu to a circular lazy susan interface, changing the dimensional arrangement of menu items from a straight line to a curved path around a central point. This dimensional change allows multiple menu categories and items to be displayed simultaneously in a radial layout, effectively increasing the display capacity without requiring additional screen real estate.
Solution Approach 2:
The menu items are arranged along a circular arc rather than a straight line, creating a curved lazy susan interface. This curvature allows the menu to wrap around the screen space efficiently, displaying more items at appropriate sizes by distributing them along the circular path, thus resolving the contradiction between quantity of items and available display area.
2Loss of information
If more information is provided to customers during the selection process, then the customer experience is enhanced, but the screen becomes cluttered and overwhelming
Solution Approach 1:
The lazy susan interface segments the menu into distinct circular categories with clear visual separation. Each category is organized radially, allowing customers to easily distinguish between different menu sections. This segmentation maintains information completeness while preventing screen clutter by structuring the layout in an intuitive circular pattern that guides customer attention naturally.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for presenting items on a computer display for selection by a user. A subset of the items is arranged along an arc that stretches across the display, and the items can be scrolled based on user input. The user can select an item displayed along the arc to navigate to a separate display that has information about the selected item. Users can select items for purchase from the various displays.