Display Apparatus Sharing Area Customization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display systems fail to efficiently allow multiple users to resume a shared event by displaying a desired screen area based on individual user operation logs, leading to difficulties in smoothly resuming events as each user may require a different display of the shared screen.

Innovation Solution

A data sharing system and method that acquire history data from multiple display apparatuses, generating a sharing area and setting a display area for each user based on their operation log, allowing each user to view a desired portion of the shared area during event resumption.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a single shared screen is displayed for all users, then data sharing is simplified, but individual user display needs cannot be met

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to individual user display needsVSAvoidcomplexity of display area setting
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically performs preliminary actions by acquiring operation logs from multiple display apparatuses before event resumption, and pre-generates personalized display areas for each user based on their historical operations. This eliminates the need for manual setup during event resumption while ensuring individualized display configurations are ready in advance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates copies of the shared screen content tailored to each user's needs by generating display areas that replicate relevant portions of the original screen based on operation logs. Each user receives a customized copy of the shared content that reflects their specific interaction history and display preferences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Ease of operation

If manual screen arrangement is required for each user, then personalized display is achieved, but operation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of event resumptionVSAvoidtime for screen setup
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by automatically analyzing operation logs and generating personalized display areas without requiring user intervention. Each display apparatus autonomously configures its own display settings based on stored operation history, eliminating the need for manual screen arrangement and reducing setup time during event resumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system utilizes feedback from operation logs to automatically adjust and optimize display area configurations. By continuously analyzing user interaction data stored in the operation logs, the system learns and adapts to individual display preferences, automatically refining personalized display areas for each user without requiring manual reconfiguration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Loss of information

If the entire sharing area is displayed, then complete information is provided, but relevant content identification becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of shared contentVSAvoiddifficulty of finding relevant content
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the large shared screen into multiple smaller, personalized display areas for each user based on their operation logs. This segmentation preserves all shared content while organizing it into user-specific regions that highlight relevant portions, making it easier for each user to locate and interact with content that matters to them without overwhelming them with the entire screen.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11687312B2Display apparatus, data sharing system, and display control method
Publication Date: 2023.06.27 RICOH CO LTD
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AI summary

A display apparatus includes circuitry to acquire history data including a record of an event executed with a plurality of display apparatuses including the display apparatus. The plurality of display apparatuses shares data of a sharing area shared by the plurality of display apparatuses. The sharing area is generated based on the history data. The circuitry displays, on a display screen, at least a part of the sharing area as a display area for the display apparatus. The display area is set based on an operation log included in the history data. The operation log is related to a user at the display apparatus.