Parent-Child Image Distribution for Dual-Screen Gameplay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems face challenges in enhancing user convenience when distributing images from a parent apparatus to child apparatuses during gameplay, particularly in terms of screen utilization and input methods.
Innovation Solution
The system allows for the display of different images on separate display devices by a parent and child apparatus, enabling a first image on a stationary monitor and a second image on a mobile device, with input options including controllers and touch panels, facilitating seamless gameplay across multiple devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single information processing apparatus displays both game images and UI images on the same screen, then the device complexity is low, but the user convenience deteriorates due to limited screen real estate and inability to view game environment broadly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display output into two separate screens: a first display device showing the first image (game scene) and a second display device showing the second image (UI). This segmentation allows each screen to be optimized for its specific content, providing broader view of game environment on one screen while maintaining intuitive control interface on the other, thereby improving user convenience without requiring complex multi-device coordination
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single-screen two-dimensional display to a multi-screen three-dimensional spatial arrangement. By distributing images across different display devices positioned at different locations, the system creates additional spatial dimension for viewing, allowing users to simultaneously observe game scene and UI without screen real estate constraints, thus enhancing user convenience
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system transmits images to multiple child apparatuses, then the versatility increases, but the device complexity increases due to additional communication and synchronization requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal image transmission mechanism where the information processing apparatus can transmit the same image data to multiple child apparatuses simultaneously. Each child apparatus independently displays the received image, enabling flexible configuration where any number of child apparatuses can participate without requiring device-specific customization, thereby enhancing versatility while maintaining manageable system complexity through standardized communication protocols
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AI summary
An information processing system includes a parent apparatus and a child apparatus. The parent apparatus acquires parent apparatus operation data relating to an operation on an operation device of the parent apparatus and acquires child apparatus operation data from the child apparatus. The parent apparatus performs information processing based on the parent apparatus operation data and the received child apparatus operation data and generates a first image and a second image that is a UI image based on the information processing. The parent apparatus outputs one of the first image and the second image to a display device of the parent apparatus and transmits the other image to the child apparatus. The child apparatus transmits the child apparatus operation data relating to an operation on an operation device of the child apparatus to the parent apparatus and outputs the other image received from the parent apparatus to a display device.