Shortcut Menu with Notification Icons for Display Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display systems do not effectively notify users of job or machine states across different application screens, requiring users to navigate back to the home screen to check for user notification information, which complicates operations and makes it difficult to find relevant applications with notifications amidst numerous icons.

Innovation Solution

A display apparatus with a display control section that displays a list of application programs with user notification information in a shortcut menu, allowing users to invoke and access applications with notifications directly from any screen, by incorporating a shortcut menu button that pops up a list of applications with user notification information when operated.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If users navigate back to the home screen to check for user notification information, then they can see all application icons, but the operation becomes more complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser notification information accessibilityVSAvoidoperation complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-organizing application icons with user notification information into a dedicated shortcut menu structure. When a user enters a screen, the system proactively displays the shortcut menu containing applications with notifications, eliminating the need for users to navigate back to the home screen. This preliminary organization of information reduces operational complexity while maintaining complete information accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The shortcut menu serves as an intermediary between the current screen and the home screen. Instead of requiring users to return to the home screen to check notifications, the shortcut menu acts as a mediator that provides notification information and application access directly from the current screen context. This intermediary structure simplifies the operation path while preserving information completeness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If users navigate back to the home screen to check for user notification information, then they can access all applications, but it takes more time

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser notification information accessibilityVSAvoidtime to access applications

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system segments the application access path by creating a separate shortcut menu section specifically for applications with user notification information. This segmentation allows users to quickly access only the relevant applications (those with notifications) without needing to scan through all applications on the home screen, thereby reducing time loss while maintaining information accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Adaptability or versatility

If the shortcut menu displays all application programs, then users can find any application, but it becomes difficult to find relevant applications with notifications

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication access flexibilityVSAvoiddifficulty to find applications with notifications

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the application display into different categories: applications with user notification information and applications without notifications. By segmenting applications based on their notification status, the shortcut menu makes it easier for users to detect and access relevant applications (those with notifications) while maintaining the flexibility to access any application through the organized structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The shortcut menu applies local quality by highlighting or marking applications with user notification information differently from applications without notifications. This local differentiation (such as using distinct icons, colors, or badges) allows users to quickly identify and detect applications with notifications without compromising the overall versatility of the application access system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11470210B2Display apparatus for displaying shortcut menus with notification information of applications and non-transitory computer readable medium

Publication Date: 2022.10.11 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

A display apparatus includes a display section and a display control section. The display control section displays a list of application programs in a shortcut menu in the case where a user performs a specific screen operation on a desired screen displayed on the display section, the application programs having user notification information at the time of the operation.