Dual Display Hinge Synchronization for Mobile Filming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile computing devices with cameras often require multiple devices and complex setups to provide coordinated visual feedback to both the user and the subject during filming, leading to synchronization issues and time delays.
Innovation Solution
A mobile computing device with a housing featuring two displays connected by a hinge, allowing them to rotate between face-to-face and back-to-back orientations, equipped with cameras and sensors, and a processor that can simultaneously display image data and secondary content on both screens, enabling real-time feedback without additional devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple separate devices are used to provide visual feedback to both user and subject, then visual feedback can be provided, but device complexity and synchronization issues increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (user display, subject display, camera control, and visual feedback) into a single mobile computing device with two displays. The first display serves the user while the second display serves the subject, eliminating the need for multiple separate devices and reducing synchronization complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile computing device performs multiple functions simultaneously: capturing image data with the camera, displaying real-time feedback on the first display for the user, and displaying the same feedback on the second display for the subject. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by providing comprehensive visual feedback through a single universal device.
2Ease of operation
If multiple separate devices are used to provide visual feedback, then feedback can be provided, but synchronization accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the display functions into a single device with two displays controlled by one processor, the system ensures automatic synchronization between what the user sees on the first display and what the subject sees on the second display, eliminating timing delays inherent in separate devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides real-time visual feedback by displaying captured image data on both displays simultaneously, allowing the user to monitor framing and the subject to see themselves, with automatic synchronization ensuring both views remain coordinated without manual intervention.
3Ease of operation
If additional devices are used to provide subject feedback, then visual feedback is available, but loss of time in setup and operation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the subject feedback display (second display) into the same device as the user interface, eliminating the need to set up and coordinate separate devices. The dual-display mobile device provides both user control and subject feedback in a single unit that requires minimal setup time.
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AI summary
A mobile computing device is provided that comprises a housing having a first part and a second part coupled by a hinge, the first part including a first display and the second part including a second display, wherein the hinge is configured to permit the first and second displays to rotate between angular orientations from a face-to-face angular orientation to a back-to-back angular orientation. The mobile computing device further includes a camera mounted in the first part of the housing and configured to capture image data, the camera and the first display both facing a first direction, and a processor mounted in the housing. In the back-to-back angular orientation, the processor is configured to cause the second display to display the image data while simultaneously causing the first display to display the image data and secondary content.