US 2026/0115596 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TECHNICAL PROCESSES

Abstract

In a method and a system for improving a user's experience with a graphical user interface corresponding to a gaming or simulation environment on an electronic device, the interface renders multiple graphical objects and user selectable options corresponding to the graphical object. The user selects one or more selectable option, and performs a touching or a swiping operation through multiple points on the display screen. The touching or swiping operation leads to deploying of multiple resources corresponding to the selected option, at different locations on the interface. For controlling the different deployed resources, the user can swipe through different regions of the display screen. The number of resources deployed at the different locations on the screen depends on certain parameters, including the pressure applied by the user on the screen. Results of the simulation can be employed to control real technical systems, for example for food production.

Claims15

Dependent claims

1-17. (canceled)

A graphical user interface for a simulation and control system, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display screen configured to simultaneously sense touching operations performed at multiple points of the screen;
a processor configured to execute non-transitory machine readable instructions embodied on a software product, wherein execution of the non-transitory machine readable instructions by the processor is configured to:
render the graphical user interface on the display screen;
generate one or more graphical objects on the graphical user interface;
generate one or more selectable options on the graphical user interface, the one or more selectable options being configured, when selected, to perform an operation on one or more of the one or more graphical objects;
detect a selection of one of the one or more selectable options;
render one or more resources corresponding to the selected option at multiple locations on the graphical user interface, wherein the multiple locations are selected by first detecting a touching action at the multiple locations for a predetermined period of time;
a rapidity of the rendering of the one or more resources is based on a speed of the touching action from one location to a next location and a number of the one or more resources is based on detection of a pressure applied during the touching action at the multiple locations;
cause the one or more resources to execute an operation corresponding to the selected option on the one or more graphical objects;
and
update a presentation of the one or more graphical objects on the graphical user interface based on execution of the operation.

8 more elements

A method of facilitating user interactions with a graphical user interface for a simulation and control system, the graphical user interface comprising a touch-sensitive display screen configured to simultaneously sense touching operations performed at multiple points of the screen and a processor configured to execute non-transitory machine readable instructions embodied on a software product, wherein the method comprises execution of the non-transitory machine readable instructions by the processor is configured to:

render the graphical user interface on the display screen;
generate one or more graphical objects on the graphical user interface;
generate one or more selectable options on the graphical user interface, the one or more selectable options being configured, when selected, to perform an operation on one or more of the one or more graphical objects;
detect a selection of one of the one or more selectable options;
render one or more resources corresponding to the selected option at multiple locations on the graphical user interface, wherein the multiple locations are selected by first detecting a touching action at the multiple locations for a predetermined period of time;
a rapidity of the rendering of the one or more resources is based on a speed of the touching action from one location to a next location and a number of the one or more resources is based on detection of a pressure applied during the touching action at the multiple locations;
cause the one or more resources to execute an operation corresponding to the selected option on the one or more graphical objects;
and
update a presentation of the one or more graphical objects on the graphical user interface based on execution of the operation.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/985,157Filed 18 Dec 2024

Priority

GB 1222096.87 Dec 2012

Published

30 Apr 2026

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification22 codes

A63F 13/533
Involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser…:…
A63F 13/2145
For locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads: the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
A63F 13/218
Characterised by their sensors, purposes or types: using pressure sensors, e.g. generating a signal proportional to the pressure applied by the player
A63F 13/42
Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment: by mapping the input…

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