Reduced-Size Calendar Interface with Touch and Rotary Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing user interfaces for managing calendar information on portable electronic devices are inefficient and do not effectively facilitate seamless access and navigation across different calendar views.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of touch-sensitive displays that detect user inputs and transitions through intermediate user interface screens, including the use of icons, affordances, and rotatable mechanisms to launch calendar applications and display calendar entries, while also utilizing touch intensity and movement to enhance interaction and navigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional user interfaces are used for calendar management on portable devices, then device portability is maintained, but user interaction efficiency and navigation seamlessness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple interaction modalities (touch-sensitive display inputs and rotatable mechanism inputs) into a unified interface system. The touch-sensitive display detects touches, drags, and swipes, while the rotatable mechanism provides rotational input, and both are integrated to control calendar application navigation and viewing, creating a more efficient interaction system without adding physical bulk.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a rotational dimension to the traditional two-dimensional touch interface. The rotatable input mechanism introduces a third dimension of interaction (rotation) that works complementarily with the flat touch-sensitive display, enabling more intuitive calendar navigation (e.g., rotating to switch between months or years) without requiring additional physical space.
2Ease of operation
If multiple intermediate user interface screens are displayed during application launch, then user navigation control is improved, but access time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic transition behavior where the number of intermediate screens displayed during application launch is not fixed but adapts based on the input method used. When a touch is detected on the calendar application icon, multiple intermediate screens are shown for controlled navigation. When the rotatable mechanism is used, the system dynamically adjusts to show fewer or no intermediate screens, enabling faster access while maintaining user control when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of transition screen count based on the detected input type. The interface detects whether input came from touch or rotation, and accordingly modifies the number of intermediate screens displayed during application launch, optimizing both navigation control and access speed for different interaction scenarios.
3Adaptability or versatility
If touch-sensitive displays with multiple input detection capabilities are implemented, then user interaction versatility is improved, but device manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a unified touch-sensitive display system that serves multiple functions: detecting simple touches, dragging gestures, swipe gestures, and rotational movements. Rather than adding separate physical components for each input type, the system uses the touch-sensitive display's capability to detect various touch patterns and combines this with the rotatable mechanism, allowing one component (the display) to perform multiple detection functions, thereby reducing overall manufacturing complexity while maintaining versatility.
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AI summary
Techniques for a displaying user interfaces screens of a calendar application include displaying different screens based on an input modality. The calendar application may respond differently to inputs from a touch-sensitive screen, inputs from a rotatable input mechanism, inputs having higher intensities, inputs having lower intensities, and so forth.