Touch Screen Image Display with Swipe Gesture Time Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices with touch screens have limited input areas, requiring users to perform multiple operations to search and select images by date or time, which lacks intuition and requires prior knowledge, especially when compared to using separate input devices like keyboards or mice.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that display images on a touch screen by matching time information, allowing users to input touch directions to change the displayed image's date or time, using a swipe, drag, or flick input, and displaying search bars for easy image selection based on dates and times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a touch screen is used as both input and output units, then space efficiency is improved, but operation complexity increases due to limited input area
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the touch screen with both input and output functions in a single integrated unit. The touch screen serves dual purposes: displaying images and receiving user input through swipe gestures, eliminating the need for separate input devices while maintaining space efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces gesture-based input (swipe directions) as a new dimension of interaction. Instead of traditional point-tapping or keyboard input, users perform swipes in different directions (first direction for date navigation, second direction for time navigation) to control image selection, making the limited touch screen area more effective.
2Measurement precision
If multiple operations are required to search images by date or time, then search precision is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-configures the image gallery with time information (dates and times) associated with each image. The system automatically organizes and indexes this metadata, allowing users to directly access images by time without performing multiple sequential operations to filter or search through large datasets.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables direct navigation to specific time periods through swipe gestures. Users can skip through multiple images or time periods by performing continuous swipes in the appropriate direction, rapidly accessing desired images without stopping or pausing for each individual selection, thus reducing time consumption while maintaining precision.
3Ease of operation
If separate input devices like keyboard or mouse are connected, then input capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the touch screen universally functional for both output (displaying images) and input (receiving swipe gestures) purposes. The same touch screen surface serves dual functions, eliminating the need for separate keyboards or mice while maintaining comprehensive input capabilities through gesture recognition.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch screen performs self-service by incorporating both display and input functions within itself. The system uses the touch screen's own surface to receive swipe gestures that control image navigation, making the device self-sufficient without requiring external input peripherals.
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AI summary
A method of displaying an image on a touch screen, the method including: displaying a first image to which time information is matched; receiving a touch input on a region displaying the first image; changing the time information matched to the first image, based on a direction of the touch input; and displaying a second image matching the changed time information.