Mobile Terminal Touch Data Overlay on Video Playback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mobile communication terminals lack the capability to insert characters and pictures into image data and display touch data associated with image data during playback.

Innovation Solution

A data input method that generates touch data based on user inputs in a touch area corresponding to the image display area, associates it with image data, and stores it for simultaneous display when the image data is played back, using a mobile communication terminal with components like a display module, input module, and data configuration module to control the display and storage of touch data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If mobile communication terminal displays only image data without touch data, then device complexity is reduced, but user interaction and communication effectiveness deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interactionVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges image data and touch data into a unified display system. The display module simultaneously renders both image data and touch data (characters, pictures, icons) overlaid on the same screen, allowing users to interact with both data types through a single interface without requiring separate devices or complex processing pipelines

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The mobile communication terminal is designed to handle multiple data types through a single unified system. The display module serves multiple functions by displaying both image data and touch data, while the input module accepts various input types (touchscreen, keyboard, mouse) and converts them into universal touch data formats that can be processed and displayed consistently

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If mobile communication terminal cannot insert characters and pictures into image data, then data processing simplicity is maintained, but communication effectiveness and user enjoyment deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication effectivenessVSAvoiddata processing capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the data processing into distinct modules: an input module that captures user input and generates touch data, a data configuration module that manages both image data and touch data separately, and a display module that combines them for presentation. This segmentation allows the system to handle complex data integration tasks through modular processing rather than monolithic handling

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The data configuration module acts as an intermediary between the input module and display module. It receives image data and touch data from the input module, associates them together, and prepares them for display. This intermediary layer simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing data association logic and allowing other modules to focus on their specific functions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If touch data is not displayed alongside image data, then display simplicity is maintained, but user experience and communication quality deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoiddisplay system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent adds a new dimension to the display system by overlaying touch data (characters, pictures, icons) onto the image data display. Instead of requiring separate display devices or complex multi-screen systems, the invention utilizes the existing display module's capability to render multiple layers of information at different positions and depths, creating a rich interactive experience without proportionally increasing system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS10325394B2Mobile communication terminal and data input method
Publication Date: 2019.06.18 APPLE INC
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AI summary

A communication terminal includes a transceiver to receive first touch information from a counterpart terminal, the first touch information having coordinate information of a touch input inputted by a user of the counterpart terminal, the coordinate information being identified based on a coordinate of the touch input on an image displayed on the counterpart terminal. An image signal processor of the communication terminal controls the first touch information to be displayed on a display of the communication terminal, and controls image information corresponding to the image displayed on the counterpart terminal to be displayed on the display in association with the first touch information, and controls the first touch information to be displayed on the image information.