Portable Terminal Gesture Screen Transition for Glove Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users wearing gloves, such as in factory settings, face difficulties in causing screen transitions on portable terminals using touch operations, as the touch panel does not register the gestures effectively.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a communication section, display section, and sensors like acceleration and gyroscope sensors in portable terminals to detect gesture motions involving changes in orientation, allowing screen transitions based on these motions and operational information, enabling screen changes even when the same gesture is detected with differing operational information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If touch operation on touch panel is used for screen transition, then screen transition can be achieved, but operation fails when user wears gloves
Solution Approach 1:
The portable terminal implements multiple input methods including both touch panel operation and gesture motion detection. The system can switch between different operation modes depending on the detected input type, making it universally operable whether the user is wearing gloves or not. The gesture detection function serves as an alternative input channel that works reliably with gloves on.
2Ease of operation
If gesture motion detection is added to enable glove operation, then operation with gloves becomes possible, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical touch input system with a motion-based detection system using acceleration and gyroscope sensors. Instead of relying on physical contact with the touch panel, the system detects gesture motions through inertial sensors, substituting mechanical interaction with physical motion detection. This approach enables glove-compatible operation while using standard sensor components.
3Device complexity
If screen transition is based only on gesture type, then simple control logic is maintained, but contextual information is not considered
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates feedback from the display section's current state into the screen transition control. The processor determines the type of object currently displayed on the screen and uses this information to select appropriate target screens based on the detected gesture motion. This feedback mechanism enables context-aware navigation while maintaining relatively simple control logic through rule-based decision making.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to navigate and view urgent information without removing their gloves by using intuitive gesture motions, such as tilting or rotating the device, to switch between screens and access high-priority information efficiently.
Implementation Method 1
a detector configured to detect a gesture motion involving a change in orientation of the portable terminal
Implementation Method 2
a detector configured to detect a gesture motion involving a change in orientation of the portable terminal
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a portable terminal including a communication section configured to acquire operational information about a monitoring target device, a display section, a detector configured to detect a gesture motion involving a change in orientation of the portable terminal, and a processor configured to, when the gesture motion is detected while a first screen including an object in accordance with content of the operational information is displayed on the display section, cause a screen in accordance with a type of the gesture motion and a type of the object included in the first screen to be displayed on the display section. When the operational information differs, the object included in the first screen differs and, even when the same gesture motion is detected, a different screen is displayed.