Continuous Swipe Gesture Numerical Input Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for numerical input are cumbersome and resource-intensive, often leading to errors and unnecessary resource usage, particularly when inputting data that requires multiple digits or values, as they require repetitive interactions and scrolling through picker interfaces.
Innovation Solution
A gesture-based GUI system that uses continuous swipe gestures to refine numerical inputs, starting with a gross number control and progressing to finer specificity through successive controls, allowing users to define numbers with precision by varying the direction and distance of the swipe, with each gesture refining the input further until a specific number is set.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional picker interface is used for numerical input, then users can select from available numbers, but the operation becomes cumbersome and resource-intensive requiring multiple scrolling and separate touches
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a continuous swipe gesture that allows users to input numerical values without lifting their finger from the screen. The gesture maintains continuous contact with the display surface throughout the entire numerical input process, eliminating the need for multiple separate touches and scrolling actions required by traditional picker interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the numerical input process into hierarchical levels (gross number control and finer number control) that can be accessed through different phases of a single continuous gesture. This segmentation allows the interface to handle both coarse and fine adjustments within one uninterrupted action sequence.
2Reliability
If traditional picker interface is used for numerical input, then numbers can be selected, but typing errors occur and error correction is required
Solution Approach 1:
The continuous swipe gesture system is self-correcting in nature. As the user sweeps across the display, the system continuously updates the selected value based on the current position of the gesture, eliminating the need for separate error correction actions. The gesture naturally progresses through values and can be adjusted mid-sweep without requiring backspacing or correction inputs.
3Adaptability or versatility
If picker interface requires scrolling to find desired number, then selection is possible, but multiple separate touches are occasioned increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the scrolling function and the selection function into a single continuous swipe gesture. Instead of requiring separate actions for scrolling through options and then selecting, the gesture simultaneously performs both functions throughout its duration, reducing the overall interaction complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The continuous swipe gesture serves multiple functions: it scrolls through numerical values, selects the desired number, and can adjust between gross and fine precision levels all within one universal interaction pattern. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate specialized controls for each operation.
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AI summary
There is provided a gesture-based GUI (system, method, etc.) to facilitate input of numerical data using a continuous swipe gesture. A gesture-based I/O device displays a GUI presenting a gross number and a gross number control to initially define a specific number for further defining with specificity. In response to a first gesture (hard click or pause) interacting with the gross number control, the specific number is initially defined as the gross number and a finer number control is presented to refine the specific number. In response to a continuous swipe gesture continuing from the first gesture and interacting with the finer number control, the interface further defines the specific number with finer specificity where a quantum varies in response to a direction and distance of the continuous swipe. Successive finer number controls may be also be presented to refine the specific number by continuing the swipe.