Multi-screen Control System Centralized Image Focus

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional multi-screen control systems face difficulties in allowing users to easily focus on key information from multiple displays, leading to visual and physical fatigue due to the overwhelming amount of image information displayed simultaneously.

Innovation Solution

A multi-screen control system that integrates image focuses from multiple screens into a centralized image, using a video switching device or second video receiver to receive control operations and transmit partial images to a centralized display device for unified viewing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If multiple displays show output images simultaneously, then the user can receive a large amount of image information, but the user has difficulty obtaining image focus and experiences visual and physical fatigue

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveamount of image informationVSAvoidease of obtaining key information
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the large amount of image information across multiple display devices, with each display showing a portion of the total information. The video switching device can selectively switch between different displays or combine them, allowing users to access comprehensive information while the centralized display provides focused key content to reduce cognitive load.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The video switching device acts as an intermediary between multiple video sources and display devices. It receives control operations from the console device and intelligently switches or combines video signals, enabling centralized control over distributed displays and facilitating easier access to key information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Quantity of substance

If the number of displays and display images increases, then the multi-screen control system can display more image content, but the user finds it difficult to interpret image information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of display imagesVSAvoiddifficulty of interpreting image information
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges multiple display images into a centralized image displayed on the centralized display device. The video switching device combines video signals from multiple sources and displays them together, allowing users to view and interpret all image information in one location rather than switching between multiple displays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from a spatial distribution of images across multiple physical displays to a centralized dimensional representation. By consolidating multiple images into a single centralized display, the system changes the dimensional organization from distributed spatial arrangement to unified centralized presentation, making interpretation easier.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Quantity of substance

If multiple displays are used to show output images, then the system can provide comprehensive image content, but the user experiences visual and physical muscle fatigue

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomprehensive image contentVSAvoidvisual and physical fatigue
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts key information from multiple display sources and presents it on the centralized display device. The video switching device identifies and prioritizes important content, separating it from the full set of displayed images, allowing users to access comprehensive information while focusing on extracted key elements to reduce fatigue.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS11409490B2Multi-screen control system
Publication Date: 2022.08.09 ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO LTD
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AI summary

A multi-screen control system is provided. The multi-screen control system includes a plurality of display devices, at least one console device, a video switching device, and a centralized display device. The display device respectively shows output images provided by a plurality of video sources. The console device receives a control operation to the at least one of the output images. The video switching device is connected to the display device and the at least one console device. The video switching device transmits the output images provided by the video sources to the display device, and obtains at least one partial image from the at least one of the output images according to the control operation. The centralized display device is connected to the video switching device. The video switching device outputs the at least one partial image to the centralized display device.