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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solutions for ubiquitous access to information, such as laptops and portable devices, are burdensome to transport, prone to damage, theft, and do not provide optimal screen space for collaborative work, leading to productivity issues and increased costs due to the need for separate workstations and collaboration spaces.
Innovation Solution
Emissive surface configurations, including horizontal, ridge, and valley surfaces, arranged in specific juxtapositions to create workstations that allow for individual and collaborative work, enabling users to access personal content and share information without the need for multiple devices, while maintaining privacy and optimizing screen space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If portable personal computing devices are provided to employees for ubiquitous access to information, then employees can access information at any location, but the devices have relatively small display screens that are insufficient for effective manipulation and sharing of information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple display surfaces (laptop screen, peripheral display screens, projector) into a unified information access system. The portable computing device serves as a central hub that can output information to various display surfaces depending on the work environment, effectively merging the functionality of multiple devices with different screen areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The portable computing device is designed to function universally across different environments by supporting multiple output modes (laptop screen only, laptop plus peripheral displays, laptop plus projector). This multi-functionality allows the same device to adapt to both individual work with limited screen space and collaborative work requiring larger display areas.
2Area of stationary object
If additional stationary peripheral input and output devices are provided to compensate for small portable device screens, then screen space is increased for effective information manipulation, but device complexity and the need for multiple devices increases
Solution Approach 1:
The portable computing device is designed as a universal platform that can work with various peripheral devices (display screens, projectors) depending on the situation. This multi-functionality reduces the need for dedicated devices for each work scenario, as one portable device can adapt to different display configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adapts the display configuration based on the work environment. The portable computing device can switch between different output modes (single screen, multiple screens, projector) as needed, making the system flexible rather than requiring fixed, complex multi-device setups for every scenario.
3Ease of operation
If laptops are used as the personal computing device of choice, then privacy for displayed information is provided and effective interaction with applications is enabled, but the laptop is larger and more difficult to transport compared to other personal computing devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the portable computing device with various display peripherals to create a system where the laptop's privacy benefits are maintained while the transport burden is shared across multiple components. The laptop remains the central processing unit that can be easily secured and transported, while larger displays are stationary peripherals that don't need to be moved.
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AI summary
An apparatus for sharing information in a space comprising a first two dimensional outer emissive surface, a first two dimensional inner emissive surface, a support structure resting on and extending upward from the support floor, the support structure supporting the first outer emissive surface with a first outer surface bottom edge at a work surface height, a first outer surface top edge at a ridge height above the work surface height and supporting the first inner emissive surface with a first inner surface bottom edge at a valley height below the work surface height, a first inner surface top edge at a height above the work surface height, the first inner emissive surface spaced behind the first outer emissive surface by at least twelve inches to form a space between the first outer emissive surface and the first inner emissive surfaces.