Dynamic Menu Screen Adaptation via External Definition Updates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display systems struggle to dynamically update menu screens based on user situations and environments, making it difficult to display relevant options to users.
Innovation Solution
A method and system where a display device and an information processing device collaborate to generate and update definition information for menu screens, allowing the display device to dynamically create menu screens based on received update information, enabling flexible and situation-specific menu configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If setting items are predetermined and extracted according to installation state, then device configuration is simplified, but menu screens cannot be displayed for other situations of use
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses data processing devices to generate and transmit definition information (copies of menu configuration data) to the display device. This allows multiple menu screen configurations to be stored and transmitted without physically modifying the display device, achieving versatility while maintaining simple device structure
Solution Approach 2:
The display device is designed with universal capability to display various menu screens by receiving different definition information from external data processing devices. The same hardware can adapt to different situations of use through software-based definition information updates, eliminating the need for multiple specialized devices
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual editing of definition information is required, then menu screens can be customized, but user operation becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The data processing device automatically generates definition information and transmits it to the display device without requiring manual editing by users. The system performs self-service by autonomously creating and updating menu configurations, making customization accessible to non-technical users while maintaining high adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces definition information as an intermediary data structure that mediates between the user's needs and the display device's functionality. Users can select from pre-generated definition information or provide simple input, and the system handles the complex configuration processes automatically, simplifying user operation while enabling customization
3Productivity
If definition information is stored in the display device, then menu screens can be displayed, but updates require device access and modification
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the information management function from the display device by using external data processing devices to generate and transmit definition information. This separates the complex information management tasks from the display device, allowing efficient updates without modifying the display device's core structure or requiring device access for configuration changes
Data Source
AI summary
A method for controlling a projecting system is provided. The method includes: causing a projector projecting a menu screen onto a screen to store definition information defining the menu screen; causing the information processing device to generate update information used to update the definition information; causing the information processing device to transmit the update information to the projector; causing the projector generating an updated definition information, based on the update information; by updating the definition information and causing the projector to generate the menu screen, based on the updated definition information.