Multi-Area Graphic Device for Multi-Dimensional Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current user navigation and control methods in computer displays are limited in their ability to efficiently handle multi-dimensional interactions and context-aware navigation, particularly in scenarios requiring complex gestures or real-world parameter control, such as scrolling through large datasets or controlling ambient settings.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a graphic device with multiple independently operable active areas, allowing users to perform gestures that correspond to different directions or parameters, enabling the control of object movement, scrolling, or operational parameters of devices through a computer program product, which generates display data sets reflecting user inputs and updates the display accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional single-direction control methods are used, then the control mechanism is simple, but the user cannot efficiently navigate multi-dimensional content or perform complex gestures
Solution Approach 1:
The graphic device is segmented into multiple independently operable active areas, where each active area corresponds to motion in a different direction. This segmentation allows the device to handle multi-dimensional navigation tasks by dividing the control space into discrete, manageable regions that can be independently activated.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extends traditional single-direction control by adding multiple directional dimensions through the graphic device's multiple active areas. Each active area represents a different spatial dimension or direction, enabling users to navigate complex content across multiple axes simultaneously rather than sequentially.
2Productivity
If discrete displayed objects are controlled individually, then the control precision is high, but the efficiency of navigating large datasets or scrolling is low
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges multiple control functions into a single graphic device with multiple active areas. Instead of requiring separate controls for different directions or functions, the graphic device integrates directional control, scrolling, and navigation operations into one unified interface that responds to gestures across its various active areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The graphic device serves multiple functions simultaneously - it can control displayed object movement in various directions, perform scrolling operations, and navigate through content. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate controls for each operation type, significantly improving navigation efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If touchscreen gestures are used for control, then the ease of operation is improved, but the precision of controlling specific parameters or directions is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Different active areas of the graphic device have specialized functions corresponding to specific directions or parameters. When a user gestures on a particular active area, the system interprets it with high precision for that specific function, maintaining measurement precision while preserving the ease of touchscreen gesture operation.
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AI summary
A graphic device for computer displays (for example, touchscreen style computer displays) with multiple independently operable active areas, each of which can be operated to change a different dimensions. In some embodiments, the dimensions correspond to spatial dimensions in which a selected object in the display can be moved. In some embodiments, the dimensions correspond to spatial dimensions in which the display can be scrolled. In some embodiments, the dimensions correspond to actions performed on real world devices and/or objects (for example, motions of a remote control aerial vehicle, operations of an Internet of Things type video monitor).