Marine Electronics Mirroring Smart Device GUI
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Solution Overview
Problem
Marine electronics devices lack the ability to seamlessly integrate and control smart devices for navigation and other functions, limiting user interaction and functionality.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a non-transitory computer-readable medium with instructions that establish a connection between a marine electronics device and a smart device, enabling GUI mirroring and application control, allowing users to interact with smart devices through the marine electronics interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If marine electronics device displays only native applications, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability and functionality are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent mirrors the graphical user interface of the smart device onto the marine electronics device display, creating a visual copy of the smart device interface. This allows the marine electronics device to display and control smart device applications without actually running them natively, thereby expanding functionality while maintaining relatively simple device architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The marine electronics device is designed to serve multiple functions: it can display and control both native marine applications and mirrored smart device applications through a unified interface. The system universally handles different application types through the same mirroring mechanism, making the device more versatile without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Ease of operation
If marine electronics device integrates smart device control, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mirroring application as an intermediary layer between the smart device and the marine electronics device. This intermediary handles the complexity of communication and interface rendering, allowing users to easily control smart device applications through the marine electronics device while the intermediary manages the underlying complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
By copying the smart device's graphical user interface to the marine electronics device display, the system provides a familiar and intuitive interface that users can easily operate. The copied interface maintains the original smart device's usability characteristics while being controlled through the marine electronics device, improving ease of operation without requiring users to learn new interaction patterns.
3Adaptability or versatility
If marine electronics device mirrors smart device interface, then adaptability is improved, but loss of information increases due to display resolution differences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent addresses display resolution differences by treating the mirroring problem as a dimensional transformation issue. The system scales and transforms the smart device interface to fit the marine electronics device display dimensions, effectively changing the dimensional representation of the interface while maintaining all functional elements accessible.
Solution Approach 2:
The mirroring system dynamically adjusts the display of the smart device interface based on the marine electronics device's screen characteristics. The interface scaling, positioning, and element sizing are dynamically optimized to ensure all information remains accessible and legible, preventing information loss while adapting to different display dimensions.
Data Source
AI summary
Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to establish a connection between a marine electronics device and a smart device. The computer may initialize a graphical user interface (GUI) mirroring application on the smart device. The computer may receive a GUI from the smart device. The computer may display the GUI on the marine electronics device. The computer may also transmit commands or selections received on the marine electronics device to the smart device.