Designing User Interface for a Totally New Area: Radio Wave Detection
BUSINESS:
Giano project innovates the radio wave scanning industry. When you will see the size of the machines that performs this task, you will immediately understand, why a tablet sized device is a wonderful thing.
I was asked by the owner to design the UI of the screens of the product. But once I understood the market, and the user's process, I also offered several more innovative ideas to cut down the work time of the user at the field. All these ideas either became immediate tasks for development team, or changed the roadmap plan of the product.
Programming the multitouch system to support the zoom in and out gestures. Not as simple as you would expect.
Developing in Java for an Embedded Device with a Multi-touch Screen
DESIGN:
During the design phase, I learned about the process of radio wave detection, triangulation and identifying the source of a surveillance device with 2 antennas. I surveyed the competitors for existing features, and realized the potential features that would differentiate this product from the crowd. Added a new work process to the table, and validate it with a live user test.
Then, armed with a detailed design document, I was asked to develop the UI to the next level. The device was written in Java and running on Linux, both new for me. So it took me 2.5 months to develop the whole thing with help from the dev team (if its unclear - it was fast).
The UI was ready on time for the conference, and now it is part of the full production.
COPYRIGHT NOTE:
This is a product of CESI Sicurezza (security in Italian). Product site is here. If you are interested in technical details or to acquire a device, please contact them (tell them I sent you :).
Implementing the UX wireframe of the UI
final version for production
sliders, buttons, and panels - all needed to be customized.
Normally I dont do graphics, but we didnt have the time.
UX Wireframe implementation of my first UI system
