Cross-Device Region Interaction via Optical Copying

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current computing systems lack the ability to seamlessly overlay a secondary screen to view specific regions of interest from a main display, limiting user interaction and flexibility.

Innovation Solution

The system enables a user to define and interact with a region of interest on a main display, which can be dynamically displayed and controlled on a secondary device, such as a smartphone or tablet, using camera-based image capture and processing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a secondary screen is used to display content from a main display, then user flexibility and interaction capability are improved, but the system complexity and device requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser flexibilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses camera-based image capture to create a visual copy of the main display content, which is then processed to identify and transmit region of interest coordinates to the secondary device. This optical copying approach avoids complex direct digital connections while achieving seamless content transfer and interaction between devices.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Ease of operation

If camera-based image capture is used to identify region of interest, then ease of operation and intuitiveness are improved, but measurement precision and detection accuracy may be reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidregion identification precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system displays a visual overlay on the main display showing the detected region of interest boundaries and coordinates. This feedback mechanism allows users to verify and adjust the region selection, compensating for any precision limitations of camera-based detection while maintaining intuitive operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical or manual region selection methods (such as drag-and-drop interfaces on the main display) with camera-based optical detection. The camera captures the display content, and image processing algorithms automatically identify region boundaries, substituting physical interaction with optical-field-based detection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentEP4517523A1Methods and apparatus to facilitate user interaction across multiple computing systems
Publication Date: 2025.03.05 INTEL CORP
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AI summary

Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods to facilitate user interaction across multiple computing systems are disclosed. An example apparatus includes interface circuitry, machine readable instructions, and programmable circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to, cause content to be provided to a host computing system to present the content via a display, access an edit instruction from a user of the apparatus, the edit instruction to cause a change of the content, and cause the edit instruction to be provided to the host computing system to apply the change to the content presented on the display.