Touch Input Evaluation for Diverse Interaction Patterns
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing touch-based input systems for games and information processing methods are limited in variety, leading to monotonous user interactions, as they primarily rely on touch-on operations without considering timing and movement nuances.
Innovation Solution
An information processing program that uses a pointing device to store instructed coordinates, decide input timing and kind, and execute processing based on comparisons, allowing for various inputs such as touch-on, touch-off, sliding, and shifting states, thereby enhancing user interaction variety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the evaluation of touch is merely performed based on touch-on operations, then the system is simple to operate, but the input patterns are limited and user interaction becomes monotonous
Solution Approach 1:
The touch input evaluation is segmented into multiple independent dimensions: touch-on timing, touch-off timing, sliding distance, and shifting amount. Each dimension can be evaluated separately and combined to create diverse input patterns, allowing the system to recognize various interaction types without requiring a completely complex evaluation framework
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from evaluating only touch-on timing (one dimension) to incorporating touch-off timing, sliding distance, and shifting amount as additional dimensions. This multi-dimensional approach enables richer input pattern recognition while maintaining manageable complexity through modular evaluation of each dimension
2Adaptability or versatility
If the marker image is variably displayed on the game screen, then visual interest is improved, but the input operation remains monotonous without considering timing and movement nuances
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides visual feedback through the timer circle image that shows the optimal touch timing, and through evaluation results that indicate successful or failed inputs. This feedback mechanism guides users in performing diverse interactions without making the determination process overly complex, as the system clearly communicates what is expected and what has been achieved
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-calculates and displays the optimal touch timing through the timer circle image before the user performs the input. This preliminary indication simplifies the user's task of determining the correct timing, while the system simultaneously prepares the evaluation framework for multiple input dimensions (timing, sliding, shifting) to recognize diverse interaction patterns
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AI summary
A game apparatus includes two LCDs, and a game screen is displayed on one LCD, and a touch panel is set on the other LCD. A game screen for teaching an input timing and an input kind that are set in advance is displayed, and music for teaching the input timing is output. A player performs a touch-on operation, a touch-off operation, a flipping operation and a rubbing operation on the touch panel by viewing the game screen, and listening to the music. The input timing and input kind that are performed by the player and the input timing and the input kind that are set in advance are compared to thereby produce a situation corresponding to the comparison result.