Multi-Display Image Transfer With Assisted Target Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display control systems struggle with accurately selecting and transferring images between different display devices, leading to potential display errors when the wrong device is chosen.
Innovation Solution
A display control device and method that assists in selecting a second display device by providing visual cues and operations such as swiping, tapping, or pronouncing device names, ensuring accurate image transfer from a first display device to a second display device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a display control system allows selection of multiple display devices for image output, then the versatility and flexibility of the system is improved, but the reliability of accurate device selection deteriorates due to potential selection errors
Solution Approach 1:
The system displays a selection interface showing multiple display devices with visual indicators. When a user selects a target display device, the system provides feedback by highlighting the selected device and confirming the selection before executing the image output, ensuring accurate device selection while maintaining multi-device versatility
Solution Approach 2:
The control device introduces an intermediary selection interface between the user and the actual image output. This intermediary layer presents a list or grid of available display devices, allowing the user to explicitly choose the target device, thereby preventing selection errors while maintaining the ability to output to multiple displays
2Ease of operation
If the system provides detailed assistance for selecting display devices, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional interface elements
Solution Approach 1:
The selection interface is segmented into distinct visual elements: each display device is represented as a separate selectable item with clear boundaries. The interface divides the selection process into discrete steps (viewing available devices, selecting target device, confirming selection), making the operation intuitive while keeping each interface element simple and manageable
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses color changes and visual highlighting to indicate the selected display device. When a user hovers over or selects a device, it changes color or brightness to provide clear visual feedback, improving ease of operation through intuitive visual cues without adding complex interface elements
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AI summary
A display control device includes: a first-operation assist that assists a first operation of selecting a second display device from among display devices, each configured to display an image, the second display device being selected to receive an output of and display a target image that is the image displayed on a first display device among the display devices, the second display device being different from the first display device; and a second display controller that outputs the target image to the second display device selected by the first operation to cause the second display device to display the target image.