Noncontact UI Gesture Guidance via State Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of contact-type or noncontact-type UIs often struggle to understand available operations and functions, especially when they are unaware of the necessary gesture operations, leading to difficulties in utilizing the apparatus effectively.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus equipped with a processor that detects specific noncontact states and presents guide information to users, including explanations of operation methods or functions, to help them understand and navigate the available operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a noncontact-type UI is used to enable intuitive operation, then ease of operation is improved, but users cannot precisely understand information regarding functions and operations when they do not know the gesture operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system detects the noncontact state and automatically presents guide information explaining operation methods and functions. This feedback mechanism provides users with necessary information about available operations when they are in a noncontact state, resolving the information loss problem while maintaining the intuitive noncontact operation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The system proactively presents guide information before the user attempts to perform operations they may not know. By detecting the noncontact state in advance, the system prepares and displays explanatory information about available functions and operation methods, ensuring users understand what operations are possible before they try to execute them
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: detect a specific noncontact state established by a user for an operation surface; and present, if the specific contact state is detected, an explanation of an operation method used for the operation surface or a function of an object displayed on the operation surface.