Monday, January 1, 2007

Inventions on Three Dimensional GUI- A TRIZ based analysis

Author: Umakant Mishra
Abstract:
The graphical user interface has become popular because of its simplicity and user friendliness. The user can do very complex operations through GUI by simple pointer movements. One of its major drawbacks is that it consumes active display area. Every icon, every window and every other GUI element occupies some amount of screen space. It is desirable to display more GUI features within the limited amount of display screen.
           
Adding another dimension to a graphical user interface can yield tremendous benefits such as improving aesthetics, data presentation, screen-space utilization and user friendliness. The user can easily locate the objects in a three-dimensional environment by using his spatial memory. Many people think that a three-dimensional GUI is the future of the current trend in the evolution of graphical user interface.

Keywords: TRIZ, Innovation, Invention, Inventive Problem Solving, Software Patents, Software inventions, Graphical User Interface, GUI design, 3D elements, 3D graphics, GUI elements, dynamic Interface, look and feel,  GUI efficiency, information presentation,


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