Linkage Mark Detection for Multi-Terminal Application Grouping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques fail to effectively facilitate the linkage of applications among multiple information processing terminals, such as head-mounted displays, for group sharing and execution, as they lack methods for selecting specific terminals to start applications and rely on image identity for linkage without enabling application start or linkage.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system where each terminal includes a detector to identify a predetermined linkage mark, allowing associated applications to be executed in linkage with other terminals that have detected the same mark, thereby forming a group automatically without manual selection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If applications are started in all information terminals capable of starting the applications, then application linkage is established, but it is difficult to form a targeted group of users to share applications
Solution Approach 1:
A marker object is introduced as an intermediary element that users can detect to join application linkage groups. The marker object serves as a shared reference point that enables targeted group formation without requiring complex user selection processes, resolving the contradiction between linkage capability and ease of group formation
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses marker objects that can be copied and distributed to represent different application groups. Users detect these marker copies to join corresponding groups, enabling easy and targeted group formation while maintaining application linkage functionality
2Reliability
If device linkage is controlled based on image identity determination, then device linkage is achieved, but application startup and linkage are not enabled
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the linkage process into two independent stages: device linkage based on image identity determination, and application linkage based on marker object detection. This segmentation allows each stage to fulfill its specific function - device linkage ensures reliability through image verification, while marker-based application linkage enables versatility in application execution and group formation
3Ease of operation
If manual selection of terminals for application startup is implemented, then targeted linkage is achieved, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service group formation where users automatically join the correct application linkage group by detecting marker objects associated with the application they wish to use. This eliminates the need for manual terminal selection or complex configuration processes, reducing operational complexity while maintaining targeted linkage capability
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AI summary
Linkage of application software among a plurality of information processing terminals is easily and conveniently realized. An information processing system for executing application software by a plurality of information processing terminals in linkage with each other, each of the information processing terminals including: a detector that detects a predetermined linkage mark; and an execution section that executes, as linkage application software, application software associated with the linkage mark as detected, in linkage with the other information processing terminal which has detected the same linkage mark.