Display Output via Printer Driver for Flexible Screen Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display systems face challenges such as the need for improved flexibility, reduced complexity in installation and configuration, and efficient data transfer and representation, particularly in environments with multiple display devices or screens, where direct connections and specialized software are often cumbersome and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that utilizes a printer driver to seamlessly communicate between the data processing device and the display device, utilizing a printer driver to generate a print image, which is stored in the printer memory and retrieve the display system, which is in the printer memory.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a direct connection between data processing device and display device is used, then data transfer can be controlled by specialized graphics drivers, but the system requires special cables and connections which limits flexibility and mobility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling a display device to function both as a traditional display and as a printer output device. The display device can receive and process both display data and print data through a unified interface, allowing it to serve multiple purposes without requiring separate dedicated connections or drivers for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism where the display device acts as a mediator between the data processing device and the final output. By implementing a printer driver on the display device itself, it mediates the data flow and processing, allowing seamless switching between display and print functions without requiring separate dedicated hardware paths.
2Adaptability or versatility
If specialized graphics drivers are used for display control, then comprehensive display functions are available, but installation and configuration becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling a display device to function both as a traditional display and as a printer output device. The display device can receive and process both display data and print data through a unified interface, allowing it to serve multiple purposes without requiring separate dedicated connections or drivers for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements self-service by allowing the display device to autonomously function as a printer without requiring complex external configuration. The printer driver installed on the display device enables it to independently process print jobs received from the data processing device, reducing the need for manual setup and configuration by the user.
3Ease of operation
If the data processing device must remain switched on for display operation, then real-time control is possible, but system availability is reduced when the processing device is off
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism where the display device acts as a mediator between the data processing device and the final output. By implementing a printer driver on the display device itself, it mediates the data flow and processing, allowing seamless switching between display and print functions without requiring separate dedicated hardware paths.
Data Source
AI summary
In many instances, information is depicted on screens since this saves paper, and changes may be made quickly and easily. In particular for distributed information, it may be updated centrally, so that in addition to the paper, also time and energy for traveling to the site may be saved. To simplify the playing of content on the display devices provided for this purpose, the invention proposes to connect the display devices via an interface to a data processing device, which addresses the display device via a printer driver. By use of a simple printout, an image to be represented may thus be output on the screen from any desired software having a printing function.