Touch Panel Submenu for Direct Detailed Settings Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image forming apparatuses, such as printers and multifunction peripherals, require users to navigate through multiple screens to access detailed settings for functions, which can be cumbersome and inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a touch panel display with a hierarchical structure that allows users to access detailed settings directly from the home screen via a long-press on an icon, displaying a submenu image with options, and transitioning to the detailed setting screen without needing to go through the top operation screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users navigate through multiple screens to access detailed settings, then the hierarchical structure is maintained, but the number of操作步骤 increases and user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The submenu image is nested within the home screen display area, allowing users to access detailed settings functions directly from the home screen without navigating through intermediate top operation screens. The submenu acts as a nested layer that provides direct access to setting functions while maintaining the overall hierarchical structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The submenu image is displayed in advance at a predetermined position near the icon, showing available detailed settings options before the user commits to navigating through the full hierarchical path. This preliminary display of options allows users to make informed decisions and access settings more efficiently.
2Ease of operation
If a submenu image is displayed on the home screen, then direct access to detailed settings is enabled, but the display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The submenu image is displayed at a specific predetermined position near the relevant icon on the home screen, rather than occupying the entire display area. This localized display approach provides direct access to detailed settings while maintaining the overall simplicity and clarity of the home screen layout.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the submenu image is arranged at a layer lower than the top operation screen, then the hierarchical structure is maintained, but the navigation path becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The detailed settings function is extracted from the deep hierarchical structure and made accessible through the submenu image on the home screen. While the submenu remains at a lower layer in the hierarchy for structural stability, the extraction of the settings access path allows users to reach detailed settings without traversing through intermediate top operation screens, simplifying navigation.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device includes an operation unit and a controller. In a case of detecting a long-press at an icon arranged on a home screen, the controller allows a display unit to display, at a predetermined position near a display region of the icon, a submenu image for selecting detailed settings for a function associated with the icon. When detecting that a touch operation performed by a user is moved from the icon to the submenu image and then ended at the submenu image, the controller allows the display unit to display a detailed setting screen for setting detailed setting items indicated by the submenu image.