Pressure Sensor Message Reply Control for Mobile Terminals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication terminals do not provide a simple operation method for users to reply to received messages, which can enhance user convenience.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device with pressure sensors that control the display and transmission of message candidates, allowing users to switch between candidates and transmit them with simple pressing actions, enabling easy message replies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional message reply operations are used, then message transmission can be achieved, but the operation process is complex and user convenience is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-provides multiple message reply candidates to the user before the actual reply is needed. When a message is received, the terminal automatically generates or selects several possible reply messages and presents them to the user in advance, so the user only needs to select from these pre-prepared options rather than composing a message from scratch.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates copy variations of message replies by modifying templates or previous messages. Instead of requiring users to write unique replies each time, the system generates copied versions of standard reply patterns and allows users to select and send these copied messages with minimal modification, significantly reducing the effort and time required for message replies.
2Ease of operation
If pressure sensors are added to enable simple message reply, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pressure sensors are designed to serve multiple functions beyond just message reply selection. The same sensors can detect user intent for different operations such as marking messages as important, deleting messages, or initiating voice calls, thereby amortizing the added hardware complexity across multiple useful functions rather than requiring separate sensors for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the pressure sensing function with the existing touch interface system. The pressure sensors are integrated into the display structure, merging the tactile input capability with the visual output interface. This consolidation allows the system to use a unified input mechanism for both selection and confirmation operations, reducing the need for separate physical buttons or controls.
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AI summary
It is desirable to provide a technology for enabling to make a reply to a received message by simple operation.There is provided an information processing device including an output control unit that, in a case where a received message has been obtained through a communication unit, controls display of first and second candidates of a transmission message, and sets the first candidate as a candidate in a selected state, in which: in a case where first pressing force has been detected by a first pressure sensor, the output control unit switches the candidate in the selected state from the first candidate to the second candidate; and in a case where second pressing force has been detected by a second pressure sensor, the output control unit controls the communication unit in such a manner that the candidate in the selected state is transmitted as the transmission message.