Display Control System Transparency Density Overlap

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Solution Overview

Problem

In three-dimensional space graphics, areas with higher specificity on the far side from the user's viewpoint are rendered non-transparent, leading to reduced visibility and potential oversight of critical information, such as manufacturing apparatus abnormalities.

Innovation Solution

A display control system that adjusts transparency based on the density of display contents in overlapping areas, increasing transparency in overlapping portions according to the density of data in both overlapping components, ensuring visibility of all data elements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If areas with higher specificity are rendered non-transparent to improve visualization clarity, then the clarity of specific areas is improved, but the visibility of overlapping areas on the far side is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisualization clarityVSAvoidvisibility of overlapping areas

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different transparency values to different display components based on their local characteristics. Specifically, it calculates a transparency value for each display component based on the density of display contents within that component, allowing areas with different information densities to have different transparency levels, thus resolving the contradiction between clarity and visibility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent dynamically changes the transparency parameter of display components based on the density of display contents. By calculating density values and adjusting transparency accordingly, the system adapts the visualization parameters to maintain both clarity of specific areas and visibility of overlapping areas

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Quantity of substance

If multiple display components are displayed with high specificity to improve information density, then the information density is improved, but the visibility of overlapping data elements is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation densityVSAvoidvisibility of data elements

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent assigns different transparency values to different display components based on their local content density. This allows the system to maintain high information density by displaying multiple components while ensuring that overlapping elements remain visible through appropriate transparency adjustments

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The transparency values are dynamically adjusted based on the density of display contents in each component. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain both high information density and element visibility by responding to the actual distribution of display contents

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS10055863B2Display control system, and display control method for visual presentation data

Publication Date: 2018.08.21 FUJITSU LTD

AI summary

A display control system includes: at least a display control device including a transparency control unit that, when displaying a first display component and a second display component such that at least parts of the first display component and the second display component overlap each other, increases a transparency of at least one of the first display component and the second display component in an overlapping portion according to one of a density of display contents contained in the first display component and a density of display contents contained in the second display component in the overlapping portion.