Touch Interface Move Button for Icon Repositioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
In electronic apparatuses with touch panel systems, inexperienced users face difficulties in accurately moving icons to desired positions due to sensitivity issues, leading to unintended icon placement during drag and drop operations.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus with a processor and memory that displays move buttons adjacent to icons, allowing users to exchange display positions with a single touch operation, eliminating the need for conventional drag and drop techniques.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If drag and drop operation is used to move icons, then users can reposition icons on the display screen, but inexperienced users cannot accurately move icons to desired positions due to sensitivity issues
Solution Approach 1:
The icon moving operation is segmented into two distinct phases: selection phase (touching the icon to initiate move) and placement phase (touching the destination to complete move). This segmentation eliminates the continuous drag motion that causes sensitivity problems, allowing users to simply tap the icon and then tap the destination without worrying about motion precision.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of moving the icon continuously through drag and drop, the system inverts the approach by having the user select the icon first, then select the destination position. The icon moves directly to the destination without passing through intermediate positions, reversing the traditional motion-based interaction paradigm.
2Adaptability or versatility
If drag and drop operation is used, then icon movement is possible, but the operation becomes complex and error-prone for inexperienced users
Solution Approach 1:
The complex drag and drop motion sequence is extracted and replaced with simple tap operations. The continuous motion requirement is removed, leaving only two discrete tap actions: one to select the icon and one to select the destination. This extraction of essential functionality eliminates operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides visual feedback during the icon moving operation, showing the icon at its destination position before the user confirms. This self-service feature allows users to verify the intended placement and make corrections if needed, reducing errors without adding operational complexity.
3Ease of operation
If continuous touch operation is used for icon movement, then icon can be moved to any position, but sensitivity decrease causes unintended icon placement
Solution Approach 1:
The continuous touch operation is segmented into discrete selection and placement steps. Users tap the icon to select it, then tap the destination to place it. This segmentation eliminates the sensitivity problems of continuous dragging while maintaining the freedom to move icons anywhere on the screen, as each tap independently defines the start and end positions.
Data Source
AI summary
In one embodiment, an image processing apparatus has a display, a memory and a processor. The display displays a plurality of objects. The memory stores display setting data for displaying the objects. When a move button which is added to the object detects an operation of a user, the processor edits the display setting data so that display positions of the relevant object and an object which is paired with the relevant object are exchanged.