Portable Monitor Profile Storage via HID Binary Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience when switching between monitors, as they need to manually adjust settings each time they use a different monitor, lacking a seamless way to port and apply personalized monitor profiles.
Innovation Solution
A method that maps monitor settings to shortcut keys, translates these settings into binary data, and stores them in a human interface device, allowing users to save, recall, and apply these settings across different monitors using a human interface device report.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users manually adjust monitor settings each time they use a different monitor, then they can ensure correct settings are applied, but it consumes time and reduces efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically translating monitor settings into binary data and storing them in the human interface device before the user needs to switch monitors. The lookup table is pre-configured with setting mappings, so when the user activates a shortcut key, the corresponding binary data is already prepared and can be immediately retrieved and applied to the new monitor without manual adjustment time.
2Ease of operation
If monitor settings are stored locally on each monitor, then settings are easily accessible, but they cannot be ported across different monitors
Solution Approach 1:
The human interface device serves as an intermediary between the user and multiple monitors. It stores the binary data representing monitor settings and enables retrieval and application of these settings across different monitors through shortcut key activation. This intermediary mechanism allows settings to be ported without requiring direct integration between monitors themselves.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a copy of the monitor settings in binary format within the human interface device. Instead of storing settings natively on each monitor, the system copies the setting data into a portable format that can be transferred to different monitors. When the user activates a shortcut key, the copied binary data is retrieved and applied to the target monitor, enabling seamless portability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a complex translation system is used to convert monitor settings to binary data, then portability is achieved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system manages complexity by changing the representation parameters of monitor settings from their native format to a standardized binary format. The lookup table establishes a mapping between monitor setting parameters and their corresponding binary representations. This parameter transformation approach simplifies the translation process while enabling portability, as the binary data can be directly interpreted by different monitors without complex conversion logic.
4Productivity
If shortcut keys are mapped to monitor settings, then quick switching is enabled, but the mapping system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts the essential information needed for quick switching by mapping shortcut keys directly to binary data representations of monitor settings. Instead of storing complex setting configurations and translating them on-demand, the system extracts and stores only the critical binary data associated with each shortcut key. This extraction approach enables instant retrieval and application of settings when the user activates the corresponding shortcut key, significantly improving switching speed while keeping the mapping system relatively simple.
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AI summary
A method includes mapping a monitor setting to a shortcut key associated with a human interface device, and translating the monitor setting of a first monitor into binary data based on a lookup table. The method may also generate a human interface device report; embed the binary data in the human interface device report, and store the human interface device report with the binary data in the human interface device. The method may also detect invocation of the shortcut key using the human interface device, match an identifier in the human interface device report associated with the shortcut key; and retrieve the binary data based on the identifier. The method may also transmit the binary data to a second monitor.