Visual Icon Layout for Intuitive Linked Operation Setting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing user interface for setting linked operations of hardware and software elements is text-based, leading to a lack of intuitiveness in operation.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and method that displays icons representing hardware or software elements performing linked operations, with a spatial sequence of icons corresponding to a temporal sequence of operations, allowing for intuitive setting of these operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a text-based user interface is used for setting linked operations, then the system can register and manage apparatus operations, but the intuitiveness of operations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses visual icons that replicate the actual appearance of hardware elements (smartphone, tablet, PC, etc.) in the user interface. These icon images serve as visual copies of the real devices, allowing users to intuitively identify and select the desired apparatus without needing to interpret text labels or technical specifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a one-dimensional text-based interface to a two-dimensional visual interface where icons are arranged spatially. The spatial arrangement of icons on the screen creates a visual map that corresponds to the logical connections between devices, adding a spatial dimension to the interaction model.
2Ease of operation
If icons with spatial sequence are displayed to represent temporal operation sequence, then intuitiveness of operation setting is improved, but the complexity of display control increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent maps the temporal dimension (operation sequence) onto the spatial dimension (icon arrangement on screen). Icons are positioned in a spatial sequence that directly corresponds to the temporal sequence of operations, allowing users to understand the operation flow simply by observing the spatial layout without needing to interpret complex temporal relationships.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses visual differentiation of icons based on their role in the operation sequence. Selected icons or icons representing different operation stages may be highlighted or distinguished visually, helping users quickly identify the current position in the sequence and the overall flow direction.
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided an information processing device to enable a user to intuitively perform an operation of setting a linked operation of hardware elements or software elements, the information processing device including: a display control unit configured to cause a plurality of icons indicating hardware elements or software elements that perform a linked operation together, and a link connecting the plurality of icons to each other to be displayed. A spatial sequence of the plurality of icons formed by the link corresponds to a temporal sequence of operations of the software elements or the hardware elements indicated by the plurality of icons.