Multi-Screen Hold and Page-Flip Gesture for Complex Device Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
As computing devices become increasingly complex with numerous functions and features, traditional interaction techniques such as mice and keyboards become less efficient, posing a challenge for designers to create intuitive and efficient interaction methods for users to navigate and select relevant commands.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of multi-screen gestures that allow users to input commands on multiple screens of a multi-screen system using various gestures like pinch, expand, hold, and page-flip, enabling intuitive interaction and navigation across multiple screens, whether physically connected or communicatively linked.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional input devices (mouse, keyboard) are used, then device compatibility is maintained, but interaction efficiency decreases as device functions increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends interaction from single-screen 2D space to multi-screen 3D space, allowing users to navigate complex functions by physically moving across screens rather than navigating through nested menus. The hold input on one screen combined with motion input on another screen creates a spatial dimension for command selection that scales with device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the interaction space across multiple screens, with each screen handling specific functions or command categories. The hold input segments the selection process (maintaining reference point) from the navigation process (motion on second screen), allowing efficient exploration of complex functions without overwhelming the user.
2Adaptability or versatility
If more functions and features are incorporated, then device capability increases, but ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
By distributing functions across multiple screens and enabling cross-screen gestures, the patent provides intuitive spatial navigation for complex functions. Users can visually scan across screens to locate desired functions rather than searching through hierarchical menus, making the increased device capability easier to access.
Solution Approach 2:
The hold input automatically maintains the selected journal page or function state while the user explores other screens, eliminating the need to continuously monitor or re-select the reference point. This self-maintaining feature allows users to freely navigate complex functions without worrying about losing their place.
3Ease of operation
If multi-screen gestures are implemented, then interaction intuitiveness improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal gesture recognition framework that handles multiple gesture types (hold, motion, combined hold-and-motion) across multiple screens using a unified coordinate system and event processing mechanism. This multi-functional approach allows intuitive cross-screen interaction without requiring separate processing systems for each gesture type.
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AI summary
Embodiments of a multi-screen hold and page-flip gesture are described. In various embodiments, a hold input is recognized at a first screen of a multi screen system, and the hold input is recognized when held to select a journal page that is displayed on the first screen. A motion input is recognized at a second screen of the multi-screen system, and the motion input is recognized while the hold input remains held in place. A hold and page-flip gesture can then be determined from the recognized hold and motion inputs, and the hold and page-flip gesture is effective to maintain the display of the journal page while one or more additional journal pages are flipped for display on the second screen.