Vehicle Touch Panel Gesture Menu Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicle-mounted navigation and content reproduction systems present users with complex interfaces due to hierarchically structured menus and the need for manual input, leading to increased operational burdens and decreased ease of use.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle-mounted apparatus with a touch-sensitive panel that allows users to switch displays using fingertip gestures, reducing the number of operations required and simplifying menu navigation by enabling display changes with a single gesture.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If hierarchically structured menus are used to provide comprehensive navigation and content reproduction functions, then the functionality and information display capability are improved, but the operational complexity and user burden increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the menu navigation layer from the operational interface, allowing users to directly access desired functions and content without traversing hierarchical menu structures. The system presents a simplified interface that directly displays available functions and content, separating the comprehensive functionality from the complex menu navigation that previously obscured it.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring users to navigate from general menus to specific functions (traditional hierarchical approach), the patent inverts the interaction by allowing direct access to specific functions and content through simplified input methods. Users can directly select and execute operations without passing through intermediate menu levels, reversing the traditional navigation flow.
2Reliability
If manual input operations are required for menu selection and display switching, then precise control over system functions is achieved, but the number of operations and time required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-organizing and pre-displaying available functions and content in an accessible format. Rather than requiring users to navigate through menus to discover available options, the system proactively presents the information and control options, allowing users to make selections more quickly while maintaining precise control over the chosen functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables users to skip intermediate menu navigation steps and rush directly to function execution. By eliminating unnecessary intermediate operations and allowing direct access to desired functions, the system reduces the number of操作步骤 while maintaining reliable control, enabling users to quickly accomplish tasks without time-consuming menu traversal.
3Loss of information
If multiple display screens and content options are provided to enhance functionality, then the information display capability is improved, but the interface complexity and difficulty of operation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the comprehensive information and control options into clearly separated, independently accessible display elements. Rather than presenting a cluttered unified interface, the system divides functions and content into distinct segments that can be individually selected and displayed, reducing perceived complexity while maintaining full information availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system organizes multiple display screens and content options in a spatial or hierarchical dimension that makes navigation intuitive. By arranging information in a structured dimensional layout rather than a flat complex interface, users can easily locate and access desired content without being overwhelmed by interface complexity, effectively adding organizational dimension to manage the multifunctional display capabilities.
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AI summary
A vehicle-mounted apparatus is disclosed which includes a displaying unit for providing information to a user, an inputting unit for inputting operations carried out by the user, and a controlling unit for controlling a display of the displaying unit based on the operations input through the inputting unit. The inputting unit has at least a touch-sensitive panel attached to a display screen of the displaying unit. The controlling unit causes the displaying unit to display a menu screen based on the operations input through the inputting unit. The controlling unit also causes the displaying unit to switch the displays based on menus selected on the menu screen. Furthermore, the controlling unit causes the displaying unit to switch, as when a specific menu is selected on the menu screen, the displays in response to a fingertip gesture made by the user for detection on the touch-sensitive panel.