Projected Display Layout for Multi-Content Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display technologies, such as picture-in-picture on TVs, compromise viewing quality by reducing the size and resolution of multiple content items displayed simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
The method involves projecting content onto available non-screen surfaces near a display device, using a projector to determine and optimize the projection area, location, and content layout based on the environment and user preferences, without reducing the viewing quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If picture-in-picture capabilities are used to display multiple content items simultaneously on a TV screen, then the quantity of content items displayed is improved, but the viewing quality (size and resolution) of each content item deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from displaying content on a single 2D screen surface to utilizing multiple 3D spatial surfaces (wall, floor, ceiling) around the display device. This dimensional expansion allows multiple content items to be projected onto different surfaces simultaneously, maintaining full resolution and size on each surface while accommodating multiple content streams without compromising viewing quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system nests multiple content items within the three-dimensional space surrounding the display device, with each content item projected onto a separate surface (wall, floor, ceiling). This nesting approach allows multiple content items to coexist in the projection environment without overlapping or reducing resolution, as each item occupies its own spatial zone.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple content items are displayed on a single TV screen by dividing the screen area, then the quantity of content items is improved, but the viewing quality (size and resolution) of each content item deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the display from a single 2D plane to multiple 3D surfaces surrounding the viewer. By projecting content onto the wall, floor, and ceiling simultaneously, the system creates additional display area without constraining content items to a single screen, thereby maintaining full area availability for each content item while displaying multiple items concurrently.
Solution Approach 2:
The projection system segments the three-dimensional space around the display device into distinct zones (wall area, floor area, ceiling area), with each zone dedicated to a specific content item. This segmentation allows multiple content items to occupy separate spatial segments simultaneously, each with full resolution and area, rather than dividing a single screen area.
Data Source
AI summary
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an image of a scene that includes a display device and at least a portion of an environment of the display device, where the portion of the environment includes a surface in the vicinity of the display device. The method further includes determining, based on the portion of the environment of the display device, a region of the surface that is available to project one or more content items onto; and projecting, by a projector, the one or more content items onto at least a portion of the determined region of the surface that is available to project one or more content items onto.