Touch panel operation switch, facility management device, and facility management screen generation method
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing touchscreen operation systems for equipment management, such as those used in large commercial facilities, often require multiple steps to prevent erroneous operations, which complicates the operation process for administrators.
Innovation Solution
A touchscreen operation switch that includes a display-information generator, a touchscreen, and an action-control-information generator, which allows administrators to perform intended operations on icons with a single slide operation starting within a designated area and passing a detection line within the icon's outer frame.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple steps are required to change equipment operational state, then erroneous operations are prevented, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The icon is divided into multiple functional areas: a first area for initiating operations and a second area for confirming operations. This segmentation allows the system to distinguish between intentional and accidental touches, preventing erroneous operations while maintaining simple user interaction through spatial differentiation within the icon structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Different areas of the icon are assigned different functions: the first area triggers operation initiation while the second area confirms the operation. This local quality differentiation enables the system to implement multi-step verification for error prevention without requiring the user to navigate through multiple screens or complex menus, thus maintaining ease of operation.
2Ease of operation
If a single touch operation is used, then ease of operation is improved, but erroneous operations may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The icon is divided into multiple functional areas: a first area for initiating operations and a second area for confirming operations. This segmentation allows the system to distinguish between intentional and accidental touches, preventing erroneous operations while maintaining simple user interaction through spatial differentiation within the icon structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The second area of the icon acts as an intermediary confirmation mechanism. When a user touches the first area, the system waits for additional confirmation through touch on the second area before executing the operation. This intermediary step filters out accidental touches while maintaining the simplicity of touch-based interaction.
3Ease of operation
If icon areas are expanded for easier selection, then ease of operation is improved, but precision of operation control is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The icon is divided into multiple functional areas: a first area for initiating operations and a second area for confirming operations. This segmentation allows the system to distinguish between intentional and accidental touches, preventing erroneous operations while maintaining simple user interaction through spatial differentiation within the icon structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Different areas of the icon are assigned different functions: the first area triggers operation initiation while the second area confirms the operation. This local quality differentiation enables the system to implement multi-step verification for error prevention without requiring the user to navigate through multiple screens or complex menus, thus maintaining ease of operation.
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AI summary
Provided is a tablet terminal (50) as an equipment management device associated with at least one of multiple pieces of equipment in a building under management, the tablet terminal (50) including a display-information generator (53), a touchscreen (51), and an action-control-information generator (54). The display-information generator (53) generates display information on a management screen wherein a plurality of icons are arranged, each of the icons including a rectangular outer frame and a first area set at one end along the major axis within the outer frame. The touchscreen (51) displays the generated management screen display information and receives an input of information relating to an operation performed on the management screen. Upon detecting that a slide operation has been performed on one of the icons of the management screen displayed on the touchscreen from the first area through a first slide-operation detecting line set inside the outer frame excluding the first area, the action-control-information generator (54) generates action control information that switches the power supply of the corresponding equipment on or off.