Multi-device Display Configuration via Proximity Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices with smaller display screens limit the viewing experience of video or image content due to size constraints, restricting users' ability to enjoy content on larger screens while being mobile.
Innovation Solution
A proximity-based multi-display configuration that allows multiple devices to communicate and display portions of a single image or video content by determining each device's position relative to others, enabling a larger collective display when devices are placed together.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If users use mobile devices with smaller display screens, then mobility is maintained, but viewing experience is limited due to size constraints
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple mobile devices are merged to form a unified display system. The patent combines the display screens of multiple devices into a single large virtual display that functions as one cohesive unit, allowing users to experience large-screen viewing while maintaining mobility. Each device displays a portion of the overall content, creating a collaborative display environment that overcomes the individual size limitations of single devices.
2Ease of operation
If users want to view content on larger displays, then viewing experience improves, but mobility is restricted due to stationary nature of large screens
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables display devices to serve multiple functions: each device acts as both an independent mobile unit and a component of a larger display system. The same device can function individually for personal use or combine with other devices to create a collaborative display, providing versatility that eliminates the need to choose between mobility and large-screen viewing experience.
3Area of stationary object
If multiple devices are combined to form a larger display, then display size increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The overall display content is segmented into multiple portions, with each device displaying a specific section. This segmentation approach simplifies the system by distributing the display workload across individual devices, each of which only needs to process and display its allocated portion rather than managing the entire large display independently.
Solution Approach 2:
A master device is introduced as an intermediary to coordinate the multi-device display system. The master device receives content, divides it into appropriate portions, and distributes them to slave devices based on their positions and capabilities. This intermediary simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing the coordination function and reducing the complexity burden on individual devices.
Data Source
AI summary
A process provides a multi-device display configuration. The process receives, at a master device, one or more device parameters from a plurality of display devices. The process also determines, at the master device, an arrangement of the plurality of display devices that provides a multi-device display. Further, the process sends, from the master device, one or more display indicia to the plurality of display devices that each of the plurality of display devices displays to allow one or more users to position the plurality of display devices in the arrangement. The process sends, from the master device, a first portion of the content to a first display device, and a second portion of the content to a second display device for the first and second display devices to simultaneously display the first and second portions of the content.