Headset Transparent Display Extends Content Area
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Solution Overview
Problem
The limited size of video display devices, such as smartphones, can lead to user frustration due to the need to strain eyes to view content or the inability to present an adequate amount of content at once, with current solutions being inadequate.
Innovation Solution
A headset with a partially transparent display that identifies and presents additional content not visible on a connected device's display, allowing the content to be viewed adjacent to the device's display, using augmented reality processing to maintain a continuous viewing experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If content is displayed on a small video display device, then the device is portable and easy to carry, but the user must strain their eyes and cannot view adequate content at once
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the display area by projecting additional content onto a surface in three-dimensional space adjacent to the device. This allows content to spill over from the limited device display into surrounding physical space, effectively increasing the display area without making the device itself larger, thereby improving viewing comfort while maintaining portability.
2Area of stationary object
If content is displayed on a small video display device, then the device maintains compact size, but adequate content cannot be presented at once
Solution Approach 1:
By projecting content onto surfaces in three-dimensional space around the device, the system increases the effective display area available for presenting content. This allows more content to be visible simultaneously without requiring a larger device display, reducing information loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses an external projection surface as an intermediary to display additional content. The projection surface acts as a mediator that extends the device's display capabilities, allowing content to be presented on a larger area while the device itself remains compact.
3Ease of operation
If the display area is extended using a headset, then viewing comfort improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The headset serves multiple functions: it acts as a display device, a projection device, and an optical system. By making the headset multi-functional, the patent reduces the need for separate dedicated components, thereby managing system complexity while achieving extended display capabilities that improve viewing comfort.
Data Source
AI summary
In one aspect, a headset includes a housing, a processor coupled to the housing, and a first, at least partially transparent display coupled to the housing and accessible to the processor. The headset also includes storage coupled to the housing and accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to identify at least a portion of content presentable on a second display that is not currently presented on the second display and present at least the portion of the content on the first display based on the identification.