Portable Stationary Display Information Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to effectively present information across multiple display devices in a virtual space, leading to cluttered screens and difficulty in accessing relevant information, particularly when displaying comments or messages from other users.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium to execute an information processing program, allowing a computer to function as an input acquiring portion, position setting portion, and displaying portions across portable and stationary-type display devices, where the position of a virtual camera is set based on user input, and information is displayed accordingly on each device to optimize visibility and usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all information is displayed on the stationary-type display device, then information completeness is improved, but screen clutter and difficulty in accessing relevant information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments information display across two types of devices: the stationary-type display device shows presence indicators (icons) for information items, while the portable-type display device displays the actual information content when selected. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by distributing information across multiple display contexts, maintaining completeness while improving accessibility.
2Ease of operation
If information is displayed on the portable-type display device, then accessibility is improved, but information completeness and visual clarity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts specific information items from the overall information set and displays them selectively on the portable-type display device based on user selection through virtual camera positioning. This extraction approach allows the portable device to show only relevant information content while the stationary device maintains the complete overview, resolving the contradiction between accessibility and completeness.
3Loss of information
If detailed information is displayed on the stationary-type display device, then information completeness is improved, but screen clutter increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by displaying different types of information content in different locations/devices: the stationary-type display device displays presence indicators (icons) that represent information items without showing detailed content, while the portable-type display device displays detailed information content when selected. This resolves the contradiction by optimizing each display location for its specific function.
Data Source
AI summary
A non-limiting example game system includes a game apparatus to which a television functioning as a stationary-type display device is connected. The game apparatus performs game processing basically according to operation data from a controller. An input terminal device functioning as a portable-type display device is kept at a user's hand, for example. A course selecting screen is displayed on a screen of the television and an information presenting screen corresponding to the course selecting screen is displayed on a screen of the input terminal device. In the information presenting screen, a comment input by another user is displayed near a course mark, and a designating object which designates the presence of the comment is displayed at a corresponding position in the course selecting screen.