Touch Panel Contact Strength Detection for Image Processing Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image processing systems on touch panels require users to perform multiple operations, such as pressing buttons, to initiate and cancel image processing, leading to increased user burden.
Innovation Solution
A program that allows users to initiate and manage image processing by interacting with the touch panel using contact strength and position, enabling start, store, and cancel operations without the need for explicit button inputs, by detecting contact strength and position to control image processing and storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If decision buttons or cancel buttons are used for image processing operations, then the system provides clear operation confirmation, but the number of operations increases and user burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple operation buttons (decision button and cancel button) into a single touch panel interaction area. When a user touches the object image, the same area serves as both the selection target and the operation confirmation target, eliminating the need for separate buttons and reducing the number of operations required.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch panel area displaying the object image is given multiple functions: it serves as both the selection target and the operation confirmation interface. By detecting touch position and contact strength, the system determines user intent (save or cancel) without requiring separate buttons, making the interface more versatile and efficient.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple buttons are used for image processing operations, then the system provides explicit operation control, but the interface complexity and number of operations increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses touch parameters (position and contact strength) to differentiate between different operations. By monitoring changes in these parameters during the touch process, the system determines whether the user wants to save or cancel the image processing, replacing multiple buttons with parameter-based control.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical button system with a touch-based system that uses contact strength detection. Instead of requiring physical button presses, the system detects the force applied during touching to determine user intent, simplifying the interface while maintaining precise control.
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided a non-transitory recording medium storing a program for an information processing apparatus including a display and a touch panel. In a case that an indication object is in contact with or has approached a display range of the object image, the touch panel detects a contact strength of the indication object and a first indication position. In a case that the contact strength has exceeded a first threshold value, the display displays a first image representing at least one of multiple kinds of image processing. The computer accepts input designating the at least one of the multiple kinds of image processing in a state where the first image is displayed. The computer performs the at least one image processing designated by the input. The display displays an object image after being subjected to the at least one image processing designated by the input.