Wheel Input Device Rotation Speed Analysis for Display Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current display devices lack an efficient method to differentiate between unit and continuous operations based on wheel input device rotation speed, leading to inconsistent user interface responses.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that analyze the average interval between wheel events to determine if the rotation speed exceeds a reference speed, switching between unit and continuous operations accordingly, allowing the display device to perform appropriate actions such as item selection or scrolling.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the display device performs unit operations for each wheel event, then the operation precision is high, but the productivity is low due to frequent discrete operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation precisionVSAvoidoperation speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the operation mode between unit operations and continuous operations based on the detected rotation speed of the wheel input device. When rotation speed exceeds the reference speed, continuous operations are performed; when it is below the reference speed, unit operations are performed. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by allowing the system to optimize between precision and speed based on actual user input characteristics.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the operational parameter (operation mode) based on the rotation speed parameter of the wheel input device. By monitoring the rotation speed and switching between unit and continuous operations, the system achieves both high precision when needed and high productivity when appropriate, resolving the technical contradiction between operation precision and productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If the display device performs continuous operations based on wheel rotation speed, then the productivity is improved, but the measurement precision of rotation speed detection must be high

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation speedVSAvoidrotation speed detection precision
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors the rotation speed of the wheel input device and uses this feedback to determine whether to perform continuous or unit operations. By implementing feedback-based control, the system ensures that continuous operations are only performed when the rotation speed reliably exceeds the reference speed, thus maintaining measurement precision while achieving high productivity when conditions are appropriate.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If the display device switches between unit and continuous operations, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation mode flexibilityVSAvoidcontrol logic complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary detection of the rotation speed before deciding on the operation mode. By pre-establishing the reference speed threshold and detecting whether the current rotation speed exceeds it, the system simplifies the control logic while maintaining high adaptability. This preliminary action approach allows the system to switch between operation modes based on a clear, pre-defined criterion rather than complex real-time analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11995248B2User interface device of display device and method for controlling the same
Publication Date: 2024.05.28 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A user interface device and method for controlling a screen by a wheel input signal in a display device. The display device, based on wheel events that continuously occur according to manipulation of a wheel input device by a user reaching a reference number, obtains an average interval of intervals between occurrence times at which the wheel events occur, respectively. The display device displays a result of performing a continuous operation through a display based on the obtained average interval being shorter than a reference interval.