Multi-Screen Context Visual Organizer for Asset Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for organizing and reviewing assets, such as photos and printouts, are labor-intensive and not up-to-date, making it difficult to effectively manage and collaborate during planning and creative processes in a collaborative setting.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows for context visual organization across multiple display devices, enabling users to retrieve and organize assets from various sources, manipulate them using touch gestures, and display them in containers that can be viewed and interacted with across a network of screens, treating multiple devices as a single display for fluid object movement and organization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional analog methods (pinboards, light tables) are used to organize photos and printouts, then physical organization is achieved, but the process is labor intensive and not up-to-date
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses digital copies of photos and printouts instead of physical originals. Assets are stored as digital files that can be instantly replicated, searched, and manipulated without handling physical materials, thereby reducing labor intensity and time consumption while maintaining organization capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical physical organization systems (pinboards, light tables) with digital computing systems. Digital assets are organized through software interfaces and algorithms rather than manual physical manipulation, enabling automated sorting, searching, and displaying of assets much faster than conventional methods
2Productivity
If digital assets are organized in traditional computing environments, then speed is improved, but collaboration in real-time across multiple screens is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple display screens into a unified collaborative workspace. Multiple monitors are combined to form a large virtual pinboard that spans several devices, allowing users to collaborate in real-time by interacting with assets across the extended display surface simultaneously
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides multi-functional capabilities by supporting both individual asset organization and real-time collaborative workflows. The same digital platform enables single-user editing, multi-user collaboration, and integrates with various input devices (touchscreens, mice, keyboards) to serve different user needs and collaboration scenarios
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple display devices are used for collaborative work, then versatility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the collaborative workspace into modular display units that can be independently configured. Each display device can function as an independent workspace while being connected to form a larger collaborative environment, allowing users to selectively activate only the necessary portions of the multi-screen system for different collaboration scenarios
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a software intermediary layer that mediates between multiple physical display devices and the user's collaborative tasks. This intermediate software layer handles the complexity of coordinating assets across screens, managing user interactions, and synchronizing workflows, thereby abstracting away the underlying hardware complexity from the user
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AI summary
In various example embodiments, a system and method for context visual organization for multi-screen display are provided. In example embodiments, assets are retrieved from one or more external sources. The assets are organized into containers that are viewable across multiple display devices that function as a single display. Each of the containers includes a portion of the plurality of assets that correspond to a context of the container. The assets are displayed in their respective containers across the multiple display devices. An indication of a touch gesture applied to one of the multiple display devices to manipulate an object presented on the multiple display devices is received. An action based on the touch gesture is performed.