Menu Display Unit Horizontal Region Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional digital cameras require cumbersome navigation through multiple screens and tabs to set photographic and use-functional settings, leading to operational inefficiencies and increased time to achieve desired settings.
Innovation Solution
A unit that displays all functional particulars of a chosen menu group on a single screen, allowing independent selection and setting of functional condition values using directional keys, reducing the need for scrolling and minimizing operator errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If menus are displayed by changing over screens one group at a time, then each menu group can be displayed completely, but the operator must perform long scrolling operations to return to the first tab when switching between groups
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a new spatial dimension by displaying multiple menu groups simultaneously across different horizontal regions of the LCD screen. Instead of sequential vertical navigation through tabs, users can horizontally access multiple menu groups at once, eliminating the need to scroll back to the first tab when switching between groups.
Solution Approach 2:
The LCD screen is divided into multiple display regions, with each region displaying a different menu group. This segmentation allows parallel presentation of multiple menu groups, enabling users to switch between them without returning to the first tab, thus reducing operational time and burden.
2Ease of operation
If only one menu group is displayed at a time, then the display can focus on specific functional particulars, but the operator bears operational burden due to long scrolling operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple menu groups into a single display screen simultaneously. By combining the display of multiple menu groups in different horizontal regions, users can access and operate different menu groups without performing lengthy scrolling operations, thereby improving ease of operation and reducing time to set functional conditions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If tabs are arranged along the periphery of the LCD screen, then menu groups can be selectively displayed, but the cursor must be brought back to the first tab position when switching between groups
Solution Approach 1:
The patent repositions menu group selection from vertical tab navigation to horizontal region-based selection. By displaying multiple menu groups across horizontal regions, users can directly access any menu group without cursor management issues, as the selection is made through horizontal positioning rather than vertical tab scrolling.
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AI summary
In a unit for setting a function of a displayed menu, a choosing and displaying operation of selecting one of a plurality of groups of a menu and displaying all the functional particulars belonging to the chosen group chosen from the plurality of divided groups of the menu, on a same screen page of a display is performed, a choosing operation of selecting one of the plurality of functional particulars displayed on the display and a choosing and setting operation of selecting and setting one of a plurality of functional condition values displayed on the display corresponding to the selected functional particular are performed, and a displaying operation of displaying the plurality of the functional condition values which correspond to the selected functional particular.