Multi-Screen Window Drag Icons for Intuitive Display Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing apparatuses with multiple displays face difficulties in intuitively recognizing which display corresponds to a selection icon, especially when icons have similar designs or use numbers like '1' and '2', making it hard to select the correct display destination.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus employs a processor to control display modes and icons in a way that differentiates between screen areas by using distinct icons and display modes, allowing intuitive selection through drag operations, and includes design variations for embedded and external displays to distinguish them.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If icons for selecting multiple displays are displayed with the same design or numbered only, then the system settings remain simple, but it becomes difficult for users to intuitively recognize which display each icon corresponds to
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by giving each display selection icon unique visual characteristics that correspond to the specific display it represents. Icons are designed with distinctive shapes, colors, or patterns that match the physical appearance or position of the associated display, allowing users to intuitively identify which icon controls which display without complex numbering systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating visual representations of the actual displays within the icons themselves. Each icon contains a simplified copy or representation of the display's physical characteristics, such as screen shape, aspect ratio, or distinctive features, enabling users to recognize the display identity through visual similarity rather than abstract numbers.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple displays are supported with basic icon selection, then the system can handle multiple screens, but the operability and user experience deteriorate when users cannot easily distinguish between display options
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by assigning distinct colors to different display selection icons, making it easy for users to differentiate between multiple displays. The colors may correspond to the actual display colors, positions, or types, providing an intuitive visual coding system that enhances display selection clarity while maintaining full multi-display support.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses segmentation by dividing the display selection interface into distinct, visually separated icon elements, each representing a specific display. The icons are segmented with clear boundaries and unique visual identifiers, allowing users to independently recognize and select each display option without confusion, thereby improving operability while supporting multiple displays.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus, that controls display in a plurality of screen areas that do not overlap with each other, includes: a memory configured to store a program of an application; and a processor configured to control displaying a window of the application in at least one of the plurality of screen areas by executing the program of the application stored in the memory. The processor is configured to perform: when a drag operation is accepted for the window displayed in at least one of the plurality of screen areas, a first display process of displaying icons corresponding to the plurality of screen areas in a screen area in which the drag operation is started, and making display modes of a first icon corresponding to the screen area in which the drag operation is started among the icons corresponding to the plurality of screen areas and a second icon.