Touch-Sensitive Interface Gesture Navigation for Input Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for navigating between user interfaces on electronic devices with touch-sensitive surfaces are cumbersome and inefficient, requiring multiple inputs and causing a cognitive burden, especially in battery-operated devices where they also consume excessive energy.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a method that utilizes a single gesture dynamically adjustable based on position, timing, and movement parameters to navigate between different user interfaces, such as application-switcher, home screen, and control panel interfaces, while allowing for customizable control panels with enhanced functions and tactile feedback to reduce input complexity and conserve power.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional mouse-based inputs are used to select user interface objects and perform actions, then the user can manipulate user interfaces, but the process becomes tedious and creates significant cognitive burden
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate input actions (selecting objects, navigating menus, performing actions) into a single continuous gesture on the touch-sensitive surface. Users can select multiple user interface objects and invoke actions by performing one continuous gesture sequence, eliminating the need for multiple discrete mouse-based inputs.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch-sensitive surface serves multiple functions: it acts as both the display surface and the input device. The same surface that shows the user interface also detects gestures for manipulating those interfaces, eliminating the need for separate input devices like mice or trackballs.
2Productivity
If conventional mouse-based inputs are used for navigating user interfaces, then user interface manipulation is possible, but the process takes longer than necessary and wastes energy
Solution Approach 1:
The system detects gestures on the touch-sensitive surface and processes them in real-time, providing immediate response without the delays associated with traditional mouse-based navigation. The continuous gesture detection and real-time processing enable faster user interface manipulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch-sensitive surface automatically detects and processes gestures without requiring additional input devices or complex processing steps. The system uses the natural touch input directly to manipulate user interfaces, eliminating intermediary processing steps that would consume additional energy and time.
3Ease of operation
If multiple separate inputs are required for user interface navigation, then precise control is possible, but the number of inputs increases and user satisfaction decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the response based on the characteristics of the gesture (duration, distance, position). A single gesture can have different effects depending on its parameters, allowing the system to provide precise control through gesture variation rather than through multiple discrete inputs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses different gesture parameters (duration, distance, position on the touch surface) to differentiate between various user interface operations. By changing these parameters, the system can perform multiple functions with a single gesture type, reducing the total number of inputs required.
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AI summary
An electronic device responds to a user input that includes a movement detected while displaying a user interface object at a first position relative to a first user interface of a first application. If the user input is directed to a location that corresponds to the first user interface object at a start of the movement, the electronic device moves a respective representation of the first user interface in accordance with the movement, relative to a background located behind the first user interface and remaining visible during the movement. If the user input is directed to a portion of the first user interface that is away from the location that corresponds the first user interface object, at the start of the movement, the electronic device performs an operation within the first user interface without moving the respective representation of the first user interface relative to the background.