Foldable Touchscreen Interface for Stable Multi-Display Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display devices with touch screens are prone to accidental drops or changes in location, posing risks when used for input, and existing interactive control systems do not effectively minimize these risks.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a foldable touchscreen that integrates a display and sensor layer, allowing for user input on overlapping areas and enabling control of multiple devices through a single interface, utilizing separate drivers for the display and sensor components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a touch screen display device is used for user input, then the display screen can be wide and mechanical buttons are not necessary, but the device may fall or get dropped, or the location may change causing problems
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides control functions across multiple display devices. The primary display device handles main operations while secondary display devices assist with specific input tasks, distributing the operational load and reducing reliance on a single device's physical stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a communication system that mediates between multiple display devices and a server. This intermediary layer allows input from one device to be processed and reflected across other devices, providing backup input pathways that reduce the impact of accidental drops or location changes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple display devices are used for control, then user input flexibility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each display device in the system is designed to perform multiple functions - serving as both a display output and an input device. The devices can independently handle various input operations (touch, gesture, etc.) and communicate with the server, allowing any device to potentially take on control responsibilities, thus providing universal functionality across the system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the functionality of multiple display devices into a unified control system. By combining their input and output capabilities through a common communication protocol and server interface, the system achieves coordinated control where devices work together as a single integrated unit, managing complexity through unification rather than multiplication.
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AI summary
Provided herein is a display device and a method of controlling a plurality of display devices. The method may include displaying, on a first display device, a first image including a first partial image, a second partial image, and a third partial image, transmitting, by the first display device, a second image including a fourth partial image corresponding to the first partial image, a fifth partial image corresponding to the second partial image, and a sixth partial mage corresponding to the third partial image to a second display device, displaying the second image on the second display device, receiving, by the first display device, a first touch input for a first input interface included in the third partial image, and receiving, by the first display device, a second touch input for at least one of the fourth, fifth partial image, and sixth partial images.