Touch Panel Command Table for Intuitive Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing editing tools require frequent visual checks of manipulation tools, disrupting the editing process and reducing efficiency, as editors need to look away from the material to verify tool actions.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a touch panel that detects touch coordinates, determines finger number and manipulation type, and uses a command table to specify commands for editing tasks, allowing intuitive manipulation without frequent visual checks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional manipulation tools (keyboard, mouse, software buttons) are used for editing tasks, then the editor can perform editing operations, but the editor must frequently visually check the manipulation tool and take eyes away from the material, causing interruption and reducing work efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical manipulation tools (keyboard, mouse, hardware buttons) with a touch panel that directly displays editing materials. This substitution allows editors to manipulate content directly on the displayed material without switching between tools and materials, eliminating frequent visual checks and maintaining continuous focus on the editing content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the manipulation interface with the content display by implementing a touch panel that overlays controls directly on the editing material. This integration allows the editor to access manipulation functions at the exact location of the content being edited, eliminating the need to look away at separate tool interfaces and improving both efficiency and intuitiveness.
2Reliability
If the editor visually checks the manipulation tool each time manipulation is executed, then the editor can verify the action, but the editing task is interrupted and work efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The touch panel provides immediate visual feedback by displaying manipulation results directly on the editing material in real-time. As editors touch and manipulate content, the changes are instantly reflected on the same screen without requiring verification through separate tool interfaces, maintaining continuous visual feedback and eliminating interruptions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates an equipotential working environment where the manipulation interface and content display exist at the same visual level on the touch panel. This eliminates the need to shift focus between different planes or interfaces, allowing continuous verification of manipulation actions without breaking concentration or causing time loss.
3Ease of operation
If a touch panel is used for manipulation, then visual checking can be minimized, but the system requires complex detection and processing of touch coordinates, finger number, and manipulation type
Solution Approach 1:
The touch panel serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays editing materials, detects various touch manipulations (tap, swipe, pinch), determines finger count and manipulation type, and issues corresponding commands. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise be separate systems into a single integrated interface, managing complexity through consolidation rather than multiplication.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically detects and processes touch manipulation details (coordinates, finger number, manipulation type) without requiring manual input or configuration from the editor. The touch panel self-services by interpreting raw touch data and automatically translating it into appropriate editing commands, reducing the perceived complexity for the user while handling the technical complexity internally.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is an information processing apparatus including a contact detection unit that detects coordinates of a position of a touch manipulation with respect to a touch panel, a storage unit that stores a table that is a command table relating to an editing process with respect to a material that is an element of content, and that at least includes a command to change a reproduction position of the material that is reproduced on a separate information processing apparatus, according to a distance that the touch manipulation moves, and a command specification unit that specifies the command issued to the separate information processing apparatus, from the table stored in the storage unit, based on a detection result obtained by the contact detection unit.