WO2012118332A2 - Hybrid user interface using vertical notation - Google Patents

Abstract

(A) Technological field: The present invention relates to a user interface having a vertical writing introduced thereto for enhancing the usability. (B) Problem to be solved: General and touch screen type user interfaces are only manufactured in a horizontal writing method, thus making reading of the characters inconvenient and reducing the speed of recognition. Therefore, the present invention proposes a novel user interface that is suitable for the Korean alphabet, and enhances usability. (C) Means of solving the problem: The vertical writing method is introduced to menu and contents on general and touch screens, wherein each of the horizontal and vertical contents are given rules, and are arranged appropriately, thereby improving the speed of recognition, and leaving the position of the letters unchanged even when rotating and looking at the screen horizontally. (D) Effects: The present invention can be applied to all products having switches and knobs, and information displaying screen (general, touch, 3D), enhances the speed of recognition, usability, malfunction prevention, and safety, and provides to users a user interface that is convenient and intuitive.

Description

Hybrid user interface with vertical notation

The present invention relates to a user interface in which vertical writing is introduced to improve usability.

Analyze the human visual ability as follows and apply it to invention.

1. Shift your eyes while unconsciously repeating horizontal and vertical views to find and manipulate the desired information. At this time, the brain first decides whether to view vertically or horizontally, and when the user knows where the desired information is located, the cognitive speed becomes faster. Therefore, if the recognition time and operation time according to the eye movement are reduced by using the vertical writing law, a more comfortable user interface is made.

2. Looking horizontally, it's hard to have a vertical view up or down, but looking vertically up or down, it's possible to have a horizontal view left or right.

3. If you arrange the letters with vertical and horizontal rules, the recognition area can be clearly identified, so that various menu windows and information can be displayed on one screen.

4. When looking at the horizontal letters due to optical illusion, the vertical letters are not displayed. (Intensive recognition effect of horizontal letters) When reading the vertical letters, the user can recognize one or two horizontal letters in parallel. Letter recognition effect). When recognizing horizontal letters, the eyes move only from left to right. However, when recognizing vertical letters, eyes can move up and down while looking at the left and right while looking at them. Therefore, it is difficult to see the landscape view vertically up or down, but it is possible to see the landscape view up or down while viewing the landscape up or down.

5. Due to the characteristics of Hangul, the vertical notation is faster than the horizontal notation, so it can read up to two or three lines at a time. Horizontal writing causes obstacles when moving the gaze from left to right due to the long vertical stroke, which slows down the recognition speed. This is to effectively implement Hangul's excellence in mobile devices and various industrial product interfaces.

6. Most Asian cultures influenced by Chinese characters in China have traditionally used vertical writing, and early Hangul was also invented considering vertical writing. Vertical writing is a unique culture that lasts over 500 years. Therefore, Korean thoughts, philosophy and emotions are based on vertical writing. Therefore, vertical writing is more suitable for Korean emotion. Therefore, Hangeul maximizes the recognition effect when the function is parallel and vertical writing.

1. Information displays are consistent in horizontal writing across all current mobile devices and common & touch screens used in cars. Inconvenient to use.

2. Horizontal writing is not effective for displaying a lot of information at the same time on the mobile device. To make it easy to hold, the menus and contents are written in a horizontal format on a mobile device that is made in a vertical form. Therefore, it is inconvenient to read the text, and it takes time to understand many contents.

3. To see the screen wider, even if you hold the product horizontally and rotate the screen 90 degrees, the screen narrows up and down, and the area that you hold by hand is narrow, and there is a risk of dropping the product.

4. In landscape view, the starting position of the contents is changed, and you lose the moment you read.

5. In the future, cars will be integrated with mobile devices and evolve into smart cars. Therefore, when driving, the driver is required to process more information than in the past. The driver often moves his eyes vertically towards the front, instrument panel and center fascia. However, the current way of displaying information causes confusion for the driver and makes it difficult to acquire various information. In addition, distracting eyes prevents proper operation and operation of functions, which can cause a big problem in safety.

1. By applying a new user interface that mixes vertical writing and horizontal writing to various information and contents output from computer, mobile device, and transportation device information window, it effectively delivers information to users.

2. Apply a set of rules to the vertical and horizontal notation so that users can intuitively know if the information they need is in the column or column.

-Example of vertical notation: Display various user information according to user information and situation.

-Example of horizontal notation: display fixed system information, input window command, menu.

3. Finally, help users to command effectively.

1. All industrial products can be applied and usability is improved. Prevent malfunction, improve safety. Provide user friendly and intuitive user interface.

2. Every time the user looks at the screen, he or she will pay more attention to one of the columns or columns when searching for the necessary information, so that the desired information can be obtained more quickly and accurately, and unnecessary information can be omitted visually.

3. The user can avoid wasting time and unnecessary energy to find the desired information on the screen.

4. Increased the speed of letter recognition, making it possible to learn more information in a short time.

5. Effectively applicable to all products with user interface.

-Tablet PC, General PC

-Smartphone (iPhone), Smart Pad (iPad), Smart TV, Smart CAR

-Portable music player (iPods)

-E-books, electronic dictionaries

-Transportation equipment (inside car window, navigation)

6. It is particularly convenient to use in countries with Eastern culture (from ancient times, vertical writing has been used in China, Japan, Korea).

7. Increased usability of information equipment in the car. Increase safety by increasing recognition speed. People perceive and respond quickly to what they expect based on their experiences. This helps drivers expect to see either landscape or portrait to get the information they want.

8. There is no change in the position of the menu and information even when switching to landscape view. It is possible to implement an effective and convenient interface by mixing horizontal writing and vertical writing on the operating system (OS), software and application (APP).

Figure 1 illustrates increased usability, improved search speed, and improved input speed.

Figure 2 explains the principle of easy-to-view screen composition

Figure 3 provides intuitive and fast search

4 shows the preview screen function.

5 illustrates the user convenience enhancement function applied to the operating system.

6 is a description of providing a convenient search function.

Figure 7 improves web browser recognition.

8 is an example of application of a vehicle information display window.

9 is an example of application of a center fascia for automobiles.

10 is an example of applying Chinese and Japanese.

Figure 11 explains how to improve reading speed.

12 provides a wider touch recognition area.

Figure 13 shows the change in the position of the character in portrait view.

14 is a problem of the existing mobile device UI.

FIG. 15 is an explanation of the visual phenomenon in the horizontal / vertical recognition direction. FIG.

◎ Explanation of the sign ◎

 No sign used. Operation description of the interface is written in the drawing.

Accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

 1 is a screen design applied to a text message or a chat application, and shows a sequence of operations in three steps from left to right. The final step, the message creation step, shows that the search and input speeds are improved when the vertical writing method is introduced. It also improves usability by making Shift (large) key larger by using vertical writing method for convenient input of Korean characters (Hangul uses Shift key more than English).

 2 is a screen design applied to a music / video player, and shows a sequence of operations in three steps from left to right. The introduction of the vertical writing method shows that the search function is improved and usability is improved on the music playback screen and the related music list view screen which are the 2nd and 3rd stages. It is possible to compose a textured screen in parallel with horizontal writing and vertical writing, and to improve recognition speed by applying certain rules to vertical notation and horizontal notation.

 -Example of vertical notation: song lyrics information, song title display.

 -Horizontal notation example: fixed system command icon, mantissa name, remaining time display.

 FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a detailed description of an intuitive and quick search function of the music / video player of FIG. 2, and illustrates an operation method for searching Korean data and searching English data. It can be seen that the usability and recognition are improved by introducing the vertical writing method.

 FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a function in which a vertical writing interface, which is associated with respective command icons in an operating system, provides various previews.

 5 is a screen design applied to the operating system, by introducing a horizontal writing method, showing an easy to see and textured screen. Preview shows how to reach the detailed information in three steps from left to right. It can be seen that the search function has been improved by introducing the vertical writing method in the second step of contact search, and the usability and recognition are improved even in the final step of detailed person information. Applicable to computer OS and software.

 Figure 6 is a screen design applied to the operating system, shows the steps to reach the detailed information through the phone preview divided into three stages from left to right. It can be seen that the usability and recognition are improved by introducing a vertical writing method to the missed call history list which is the second step, and the usability and recognition is improved even in the last step of the missed call details.

 7 is a screen design applied to a web browser, it can be seen that the usability and recognition is improved by introducing a vertical writing method when searching for information, and a textured screen configuration is possible. Improves recognition speed by applying certain rules to vertical and horizontal notation.

 -Example of vertical notation: Displays the subtitle, various menus and related contents.

 -Example of horizontal notation: display of picture and annotation, company logo, search box, system command.

 8 is a screen design applied to a vehicle interior information display window, and the information window is improved by introducing vertical writing. The average driver's perception-response time averages 2.5 seconds. Therefore, reducing the driver's late time and improving the response time will improve safety. Therefore, vertical writing is applied to clusters and heads (HUDs), which are main information display windows, to prevent distraction and to effectively concentrate on driving. In this way, the rule is applied to the vertical notation and the horizontal notation content to improve the recognition speed.

 -Vertical notation: Function setting knobs, system setting menu, navigation directions.

 -Horizontal display: Vehicle status display (vehicle speed, engine speed, coolant temperature, mode, wind strength, etc.)

 9 is a screen design applied to a full touch input method center fascia, and constitutes an information window having improved recognition by introducing vertical writing. When driving a car from time to time, vertical writing is introduced according to the characteristics of looking at the instrument panel, center fascia, and the front, and the line of sight and letters are consistent to improve recognition and operation speed. Finally, it prevents distraction and helps to operate the vehicle effectively, improving safety. The center fascia can be attached and detached, so it can be removed after parking and used as a tablet PC, PDA, or e-book.

 FIG. 10 is a screen design applied in various languages, and illustrates that the vertical writing can be effectively performed even in the case of applying vertical writing in Chinese and Japanese, which have been vertical writing for a long time.

 FIG. 11 is a comparative analysis of the advantages of enabling the content acquisition to be faster on the vertical writing screen than on the horizontal writing screen. Long vertical strokes make text recognition easier, faster and more rhythmically in the vertical direction. Horizontal writing slows down the recognition when the eyes move from left to right due to long vertical strokes.

 12 is a view showing that the vertical display method provides a wider touch area than the conventional horizontal display method, and provides about 30% wider touch area in the vertical display.

 13 is a view for explaining the advantage that the application of the vertical writing in portrait or landscape view does not change the position of the character is easier to see and improve the recognition speed. Since only the letters need to be rotated 90 degrees, it is easy to remember the reading position and can immediately recognize the contents without having to wait when switching to horizontal view.

 FIG. 14 is a view illustrating a problem of user interfaces of an existing mobile device, and a general interface has a waiting time due to a problem that a start position of a content is changed when switching from a portrait view to a landscape view and a screen change animation. Momentary flickering to rearrange letters appears. These factors slow down recognition. 15 is a description of visual phenomena that appear when recognizing horizontal / vertical letters. When reading horizontally, the line of view is narrowed so that only one line can be recognized, and to recognize other contents, you need to perform a zigzag movement, which looks back to the left. However, in the hybrid user interface where the vertical read and the horizontal read are mixed, the vertical line 1 can be quickly moved to the horizontal 1 while viewing the vertical line 1 so that the vertical line and the horizontal line can be quickly recognized.

Claims (7)

1. New screen layouts that combine vertical writing and horizontal writing on switches and knobs, and information display screens (normal, touch, and 3D) and related user interface technologies and screen configurations.
2. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the application and software are applicable.
3. The user interface of claim 1, which is applicable to applicable music / video players.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein all user interfaces of the applicable web browser and operating system are applicable.
5. The user interface of claim 1, which is applicable to industrial products.
6. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the applicable vehicle is applicable.
7. The user interface of claim 1, including the above claims 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, which apply various languages such as Chinese and Japanese.

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