Image Display Device Integrated Multi-Device Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image display devices, such as head-mounted displays, lack the ability to integrate and manage multiple external device displays effectively, leading to limited versatility, usability, convenience, reliability, and increased manufacturing costs.
Innovation Solution
An image display device that generates an integrated image with distinct regions for multiple external device identification images and a selected device's display image, allowing users to visually recognize and dynamically update the displays, with features like distance-based ordering and sizing of identification images and augmented reality enhancements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple external devices are connected to the image display device, then the versatility and functionality are improved, but the device complexity and difficulty of management increase
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated image is segmented into multiple distinct display regions, with each region corresponding to a specific external device. This segmentation allows the system to manage multiple devices independently while presenting them in a unified visual interface, reducing the complexity of managing multiple connections.
Solution Approach 2:
The image display device is designed to universally connect with multiple types of external devices through standardized interfaces (wired and wireless). The device can simultaneously receive and process video signals from different device types, making it adaptable to various scenarios without requiring device-specific configurations.
2Ease of operation
If multiple external devices are integrated on one screen, then the usability and convenience are improved, but the display area for each device is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple segmented regions, with each region dedicated to displaying content from a specific external device. This segmentation enables simultaneous visualization of multiple devices while maintaining distinct and recognizable display areas for each, balancing usability with adequate display space.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a single full-screen display mode to a multi-region spatial arrangement. By organizing multiple device displays in a two-dimensional grid layout across the screen, the system maximizes the use of available display area while ensuring each device has a dedicated visual space.
3Ease of operation
If identification images are displayed for all connected devices, then the ease of device selection is improved, but the clutter and visual complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions of the display are assigned different functions: some regions display identification images for device selection, while others display actual content from selected devices. This local differentiation allows the interface to provide both device identification and content display without mutual interference, reducing overall visual complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The display interface is segmented into functional zones, with identification images placed in specific designated areas. This segmentation allows users to easily locate and identify devices without the entire screen being cluttered with identical-looking icons, thereby reducing visual complexity while maintaining ease of selection.
Data Source
AI summary
An image display device includes a generating unit configured to generate an integrated image including first display regions where at least a part of a plurality of identification images for distinguishing a plurality of external devices connected to the image display device from one another are displayed as a list and a second display region where a display image, which is an image displayed by one external device selected out of the plurality of external devices, is displayed and an image display unit configured to cause a user of the image display device to visually recognize the integrated image.