Touchscreen Icon Slide Operation for Reliable Equipment Power Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing touchscreen-based equipment management systems require complex two-step operations to prevent erroneous changes in equipment state, which complicates the operation for administrators.
Innovation Solution
An equipment management device with a touchscreen that generates display information for a management screen with laterally elongated icons, allowing administrators to perform slide operations within specific detection areas to switch the on/off state of equipment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If two-step operation is implemented to prevent erroneous operations, then operational reliability is improved, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The icon is segmented into multiple functional areas: a first area for initiating operation and a second area for confirmation. This spatial segmentation allows the system to distinguish between accidental touches and intentional operations without requiring complex multi-step procedures, thereby maintaining reliability while simplifying operation.
Solution Approach 2:
Different areas of the icon are assigned different functions: the first area triggers operation initiation while the second area confirms it. This local differentiation enables the system to interpret touch location as operational intent, reducing erroneous operations while keeping the interface simple and intuitive.
2Ease of operation
If touchscreen operation is simplified to single touch, then ease of operation is improved, but operational reliability deteriorates due to increased erroneous operations
Solution Approach 1:
The icon's surface is divided into regions with different functional qualities. The first area responds to touches for operation initiation, while the second area requires additional confirmation. This local quality differentiation enables reliable operation recognition while maintaining touchscreen simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution adds a spatial dimension (touch location within different areas) to distinguish operational intent. Instead of requiring multiple temporal steps, the system uses spatial positioning of the touch within the icon's divided areas to differentiate between intentional and accidental operations.
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AI summary
An equipment-management device associated with at least one of multiple pieces of equipment in a building under management, the equipment-management device including a display-information generator, a touchscreen, and an action-control-information generator. The display-information generator generates display information on a management screen wherein icons are arranged, each of the icons including an outer frame and a first area set at one end along the major axis within the outer frame. The touchscreen displays the display information and receives an input of information relating to an operation performed on the management screen. Upon detecting that a slide operation performed on one of the icons of the management screen 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 generates action-control information that switches the power supply of the corresponding equipment on or off.