Touch Gesture Facility Display With Persistent Content Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information systems for facility management, such as building systems, rely on tree-structured navigation optimized for traditional PC interfaces, limiting user access and interaction, especially in touch/gesture controlled environments like wall-mounted displays.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method for displaying building information using a touch/gesture driven user interface on a display screen, featuring a map layer with content control objects that adapt based on navigation data and user attributes, enabling pan, zoom, and persistent content positioning, as well as content sharing between networked devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If tree-structured navigation is used for facility information systems, then the system is optimized for traditional PC interfaces (keyboard and mouse), but the system becomes difficult to operate in touch/gesture controlled environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic navigation that adapts to different input methods. The system detects whether the user is employing touch/gesture controls or traditional keyboard/mouse input, and automatically adjusts the navigation interface accordingly. This dynamic adaptation allows the same system to be optimized for different operational contexts without requiring separate interface designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal navigation system that can handle multiple input methods through a single interface framework. The touch/gesture controlled map interface serves as a universal entry point that can accommodate both touch-based navigation and traditional keyboard/mouse operations, eliminating the need for separate interface optimizations for different device types.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a touch/gesture controlled map interface is implemented, then user interaction and content management are enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs familiar map interface metaphors and visual conventions that users already understand from common applications. By copying and adapting well-known interface patterns rather than creating entirely new interaction paradigms, the system enhances user interaction capabilities while minimizing the cognitive complexity users must manage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the complex facility information system into manageable spatial zones represented on the map interface. Content is divided into discrete, location-based elements that can be independently accessed and managed, reducing overall system complexity by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable components organized in familiar spatial relationships.
3Measurement precision
If resolution dependent display is implemented, then content positioning accuracy is improved, but the loss of information increases when navigating between different map resolutions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested structure where high-resolution map content is contained within low-resolution overview contexts. When users navigate between different resolutions, the system maintains hierarchical relationships between zoom levels, allowing seamless transitions without losing contextual information. The nested organization ensures that detailed content remains accessible within the broader map context regardless of current resolution level.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent pre-loads and caches map content at multiple resolution levels and maintains persistent content positioning data across navigation sessions. By preparing content in advance at various resolutions and storing positioning information, the system enables rapid resolution switching without information loss, as all necessary data is already available in the appropriate format.
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AI summary
Described herein are frameworks, devices and methods configured for enabling display for facility information and content, in some cases via touch/gesture controlled interfaces. Embodiments of the invention have been particularly developed for allowing an operator to conveniently access a wide range of information relating to a facility via, for example, one or more wall mounted displays. While some embodiments will be described herein with particular reference to that application, it will be appreciated that the invention is not limited to such a field of use, and is applicable in broader contexts.