Multi-Device Screen Capture Integration for Unified Content Images
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies fail to effectively capture and integrate multiple device experiences (MDE) by combining screens of communicatively connected devices, limiting the ability to provide differentiated user experiences.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus with a display, communication interface, and processor that captures and integrates images from multiple connected devices, including screens of external apparatuses and its own display, to create a combined image based on identified capture events, and stores or transmits this integrated image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing technologies are used to capture screens of multiple devices, then individual device screens can be captured, but the ability to integrate and combine screens of communicatively connected devices is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges screen captures from multiple communicatively connected devices into a single integrated image. The processor combines the first image from the external apparatus and the second image from the electronic apparatus's own display into a third image that presents unified multi-device content, thereby capturing complete multi-device experiences without information loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The processor acts as an intermediary that receives screen capture data from multiple devices, processes and integrates this information, and generates a unified capture image. This intermediary function enables the system to combine disparate device screens into a coherent integrated representation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple device screens are captured and integrated, then unified multi-device content is achieved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor is designed with multi-functionality to handle various aspects of the capture and integration process. It can identify capture events, obtain images from multiple devices, determine content relationships, and generate integrated images, thereby managing complexity through a universal processing component that performs multiple functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by identifying capture events and obtaining images from multiple devices before integration. The processor proactively monitors for capture events, pre-loads necessary image data, and prepares content for integration, thereby simplifying the subsequent image combination process.
3Speed
If capture events are monitored and images are obtained in real-time, then timely capture is achieved, but processing time and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The processor employs periodic action by monitoring for capture events at specific intervals rather than continuously processing. It waits for identified capture events before initiating image acquisition and integration, thereby reducing unnecessary energy consumption while maintaining timely response to actual capture requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses self-service mechanisms where the processor automatically identifies capture events and triggers image acquisition without requiring continuous external intervention. This automated event-driven approach reduces processing overhead and energy consumption by activating processing only when necessary.
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AI summary
Provided is an electronic apparatus that includes: a display; a communication interface; a memory storing at least one instruction; and at least one processor operatively connected with the display, the communication interface, and the memory. The electronic apparatus is configured to: based on identifying a capture event, obtain a first image that captures a screen of an external apparatus providing a first content, and obtain a second image that captures a screen of the display providing a second content, the external apparatus being communicatively connected, through the communication interface, with the electronic apparatus, obtain a third image comprising the first content and the second content based on the first image and the second image, and store the third image in the memory.