Consolidating Redundant Widgets on Shared Display Overlaps
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Solution Overview
Problem
When multiple computers share a common display, the limited real estate on the display surface becomes a challenge as users often need to project their content simultaneously, leading to inefficiencies in using available space, especially when redundant resources are displayed.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that detect overlapping areas on a shared projection, identify redundant resources from multiple projections, and consolidate them into a single resource, optimizing the use of display space by removing or replacing redundant widgets and interfaces with a consolidated resource that provides the same function.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple computers project content simultaneously on a shared display, then content sharing and collaboration are enabled, but display space becomes cluttered and inefficient due to redundant resources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges redundant resources from multiple computer projections into a single consolidated representation on the shared display. When the same resource (e.g., application window, file, or tool) appears in multiple projections, the system combines them into one instance that serves all projecting computers, thereby eliminating clutter while preserving full content sharing functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The consolidated resource acts as a universal interface that serves multiple projecting computers simultaneously. A single resource instance on the shared display can be controlled and modified by any of the projecting computers, making it multi-functional and eliminating the need for separate instances for each computer.
2Loss of information
If redundant resources are displayed from multiple projections, then all projected content is visible, but resource management efficiency decreases due to duplication
Solution Approach 1:
The system identifies redundant resources across multiple projections and merges them into a single consolidated instance. This merging process preserves complete content visibility since the consolidated resource represents all projected content, while simultaneously improving resource management efficiency by eliminating duplicate instances and their associated overhead.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the display surface is shared by multiple computers, then collaboration is enhanced, but the limited real estate leads to clutter and reduced usability
Solution Approach 1:
By merging redundant resources into consolidated instances, the system maintains enhanced collaboration capability while improving display usability. The consolidated resources reduce visual clutter and make the display easier to navigate and interact with, without compromising the ability of multiple users to collaborate on shared content.
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AI summary
A method, system, and/or computer program product enables the sharing of an overlapping area on a shared projection. A system detects an overlapping area on a shared projection, which presents content from a first projection and a second projection. A computing device identifies any redundant resources, which perform the same function as one another, in the first projection and the second projection. A consolidated resource, which provides the same function as the redundant resources, is defined and/or created, and then displayed in the overlapping area.