Multi-Vision Screen Area Adjustment via Bezel Touch

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for a method to control and manage the display of content across multiple display apparatuses, particularly in scenarios where high-resolution images or moving pictures are displayed, as existing technologies lack efficient ways to dynamically adjust the main and sub areas of a multi-vision screen in response to user input, such as touches on the bezel.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus with a communication unit and a controller that connects multiple display apparatuses to change the area and position of a main and sub area on a multi-vision screen in response to user input detected on the bezel, including displaying a division guide line to facilitate these changes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a multi-vision screen displays content in a fixed main area and sub area configuration, then the display layout is stable and simple to implement, but the user cannot dynamically adjust the display areas to suit different viewing preferences or content types

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedynamic adjustment capabilityVSAvoidcontrol system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic screen area adjustment by allowing users to touch the bezel at different positions to resize the main and sub areas. The main area and sub area boundaries become movable rather than fixed, enabling real-time adaptation to different viewing preferences and content types while maintaining a relatively simple control interface through touch gestures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If the main area and sub area boundaries are fixed, then the display configuration is easy to implement and maintain, but the user interaction capability and customization options are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interaction capabilityVSAvoidimplementation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a division guide line as an intermediary visual element that appears on the screen to indicate the boundary between the main area and sub area. This guide line serves as a mediator that helps users understand and control the area division, improving ease of operation by providing clear visual feedback during the adjustment process while managing implementation complexity through a standardized graphical interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If multiple display apparatuses are connected for high-resolution display, then the display capability is enhanced, but the control and management of the multi-vision screen becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay resolutionVSAvoidsystem control complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal control approach where the same touch-based interface and control logic are applied across all display apparatuses in the multi-vision configuration. The controller manages multiple displays using a unified method for adjusting main and sub areas, allowing the system to scale to multiple devices without proportionally increasing control complexity. Each display apparatus can independently respond to touch inputs on its bezel while maintaining coordinated operation within the multi-vision screen.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10048767B2Electronic apparatus and method of controlling multi-vision screen including a plurality of display apparatuses
Publication Date: 2018.08.14 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A display apparatus, an electronic apparatus, and a method of controlling a screen of a display apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus is configured to display a division guide line in response to a touch being detected on a bezel of a plurality of display apparatuses displaying a multi-vision screen including a main area and a sub area to change the main area and the sub area, and change a size and a position of a main area based on a division guide line displayed in response to a touch being detected on a bezel of the plurality of display apparatuses displaying a multi-vision screen including the main area and a sub area.