Multi-display alignment via observed user interactions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multiple display systems require cumbersome and imprecise manual alignment processes to ensure smooth cursor and graphical object movement between displays, which deteriorate over time due to changes in display positioning.
Innovation Solution
A computing device performs multi-display alignment through observed user interactions, using alignment objects and display buffer adjustments based on user input and interaction data to dynamically align displays, allowing for precise alignment without explicit user configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual alignment configuration is used to position multiple displays, then initial alignment can be achieved, but the alignment deteriorates over time due to display positioning changes and requires repeated user intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs alignment by observing user interactions with graphical objects across displays. The computing device monitors drag operations, cursor movements, and user corrections without requiring explicit user configuration, allowing the system to self-adjust and maintain alignment precision indefinitely.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from user interactions (such as trajectory corrections when moving graphical objects between displays) to continuously refine and update the alignment model. This feedback loop enables the system to adapt to display positioning changes automatically, eliminating the need for repeated manual configuration.
2Measurement precision
If explicit user configuration is required for display alignment, then alignment can be established, but the process becomes cumbersome and complex for users
Solution Approach 1:
The system eliminates the need for explicit user configuration by automatically observing and learning from natural user interactions with graphical objects. Users simply move objects between displays as they would normally, and the system infers alignment information from these interactions, making the process transparent and effortless.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs alignment adjustments in the background based on observed user interactions before users even notice any misalignment. By continuously monitoring and adjusting display buffer positions based on user behavior patterns, the system maintains alignment without requiring users to initiate any configuration process.
3Ease of operation
If display buffers are not dynamically aligned, then system performance is maintained, but graphical objects do not move smoothly across displays when display positioning changes
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically updates display buffer positions based on observed user interactions and display positioning changes. Instead of static alignment configuration, the system continuously adapts the alignment model to reflect current display positions, ensuring graphical objects always move smoothly across displays without requiring complex manual reconfiguration.
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AI summary
In some implementations, a computing device can perform multi-display alignment through observed user interactions. The computing device can receive user input aligning a first alignment object on a first display device with a second alignment object on a second display device. The computing device can align the display buffers for each display device based on the positions of the alignment objects in each display buffer corresponding to each display device. The computing device can align display buffers based on observed movements of graphical objects between multiple display devices. When display buffers corresponding to the display devices are misaligned, the user may correct the path of a graphical object when moving the graphical object between display devices. The computing device can detect the correction and align the display buffers of the display devices so that graphical objects are presented at the appropriate locations when moved between the display devices.