Touch-Sensitive Display Object Icon Rendering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional computer systems using graphical user interfaces require cumbersome mouse operations for navigating and viewing the contents of multiple folders, which can be inefficient for users.
Innovation Solution
A touch-sensitive display system that allows users to select and view the contents of object icons using finger gestures, such as moving two fingers apart to display additional object icons and animating them in a circular pattern, enabling efficient navigation and selection of constituent elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If mouse-based graphical user interface is used to navigate folders, then system compatibility and broad user base are maintained, but user operation efficiency and ease of navigation deteriorate due to cumbersome clicking operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical mouse-based clicking system with a touch-sensitive display system that directly responds to finger gestures. This substitution eliminates the need for physical mouse manipulation and enables more intuitive direct manipulation of interface elements through natural touch gestures, thereby improving ease of operation while reducing operational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic visual feedback where object icons animate and expand in response to touch gestures. The circular pattern of icons dynamically adjusts and responds to user interaction, creating a more fluid and responsive interface that adapts to user actions rather than requiring rigid sequential clicking operations
2Productivity
If multiple folders are searched using traditional clicking operations, then comprehensive search coverage is achieved, but time consumption and user effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the folder structure into visually distinct object icons arranged in a circular pattern, allowing users to perceive and access multiple folder contents simultaneously rather than sequentially. This segmentation enables parallel visual scanning and selection, dramatically improving search efficiency while reducing navigation time
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from the traditional linear hierarchical folder view to a circular spatial arrangement that adds dimensional context. This dimensional change allows users to navigate and search across multiple folders more efficiently by visually scanning the circular pattern rather than sequentially clicking through nested directories
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AI summary
A device detects objects touching a first object icon representing a folder on a touch sensitive display and then moving in generally opposing directions, where the folder includes a plurality of constituent elements. In response to the detecting, additional object icons are rendered to display on the touch sensitive display, each additional object icon representing a respective constituent element, where the additional object icons are rendered in a pattern around the first object icon. The pattern of the additional object icons is animated.