Conference Terminal Clone Interface for Large-Screen Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

The high cost and operational inconvenience of controlling large-screen conference terminals in video conferences, particularly due to their size, necessitate a more efficient and cost-effective control method.

Innovation Solution

A conference terminal control method that includes displaying a clone interface on the terminal in response to a user's instruction, allowing operations to be performed on the clone interface to control the terminal, thereby reducing the need for additional hardware and simplifying interactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If an additional terminal is configured for controlling the conference terminal, then the control function is achieved, but the cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol functionVSAvoidcost
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The conference terminal is designed to perform both display functions and control functions through its touchscreen interface. The same device serves multiple purposes: displaying conference content and receiving user operations, eliminating the need for separate control terminals and reducing overall system cost.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The conference terminal controls itself by receiving operations directly on its own touchscreen display. The device serves its own control needs through the clone interface mechanism, where users can interact with the display content directly without external control devices, thereby reducing dependency on additional terminals.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Area of stationary object

If the display screen size is increased to meet conference scale requirements, then the display capability is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay screen sizeVSAvoidoperation convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The conference terminal creates a clone interface that replicates the main graphical interface content on the same touchscreen. This allows users to interact with a copy of the display content at the same physical location, making operations convenient despite the large screen size. The clone interface acts as a virtual copy that maintains operational accessibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The graphical interface is divided into multiple regions, with certain areas being cloned and displayed on the touchscreen. This segmentation allows the system to present only the relevant portions of the interface for interaction, making the large screen manageable by focusing user attention and operations on specific cloned regions rather than the entire large display.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Area of stationary object

If the display screen size is increased to meet conference scale requirements, then the display capability is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay screen sizeVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The conference terminal integrates multiple functions into a single device, including display, control, and interaction capabilities. By making the display terminal also serve as the control terminal through the touchscreen interface, the system reduces the number of separate components needed, thereby simplifying the overall system architecture despite the large screen size.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Measurement precision

If operations are performed directly on the graphical interface, then the control accuracy is improved, but the operation difficulty increases due to large screen size

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol accuracyVSAvoidoperation difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates a clone interface that copies the graphical interface content to the touchscreen display area. This allows users to perform operations on the cloned content with high accuracy since the clone is displayed at the exact location where interactions occur, eliminating the disconnect between display location and interaction point that plagues large screen systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS12381921B2Conference terminal and control method and apparatus thereof
Publication Date: 2025.08.05 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

This application discloses a conference terminal and a control method and apparatus thereof, and belongs to the field of computer technologies. The method is applied to the conference terminal, and the conference terminal displays a graphical interface. The method includes: receiving a clone interface starting instruction, where the clone interface starting instruction instructs to display a clone interface of the graphical interface on the conference terminal; displaying the clone interface on the conference terminal in response to the clone interface starting instruction; receiving a user operation instruction executed on the clone interface; and in response to the user operation instruction, performing, on the clone interface, an operation instructed by the user operation instruction.