Projector Capture Merging for Display and Drawn Images

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display systems require separate file saving for display images and drawn images, increasing user workload when integrating them into a viewable format.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that captures and saves both display and drawn images sequentially in a single application file, reducing the need for separate file management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If separate files are created for each capture request, then each file can be saved independently, but the user workload increases when integrating multiple files

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefile saving processVSAvoiduser workload for integrating files
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple capture requests into a single application file. The information processing terminal accumulates captured data from multiple capture requests and saves them all in one file, eliminating the need for users to manually integrate multiple separate files. This directly resolves the contradiction by combining the file saving process (improving ease of manufacture) while reducing user workload (improving ease of operation).

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If display images and drawn images are saved separately, then each type of content can be managed independently, but the process becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent management flexibilityVSAvoidfile management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines display images and drawn images into a single application file structure. The captured data includes both the display image and drawn image components, which are integrated and saved together in one file. This maintains the adaptability to manage different content types while significantly reducing file management complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the captured data into distinct components (display image data and drawn image data) within the single application file. This allows the system to maintain organized management of different content types while saving them in one unified file, balancing versatility with simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Productivity

If multiple separate files are created for captures, then each capture is saved independently, but time is consumed for integrating files

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecapture saving efficiencyVSAvoidtime for integrating files
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The information processing terminal performs preliminary accumulation of captured data before saving. Multiple capture requests are processed and accumulated in memory, then saved as a single application file in one operation. This preliminary action eliminates the need for subsequent integration time, directly resolving the contradiction between capture efficiency and time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges multiple capture operations into a single saving operation. By accumulating all captured data and saving it in one file, the system achieves high productivity in capture saving while eliminating the time-consuming integration process that would otherwise be required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS20250307973A1Display screen saving method and display system
Publication Date: 2025.10.02 SEIKO EPSON CORP
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AI summary

Receiving a capture request by a projector 100, capturing a projection image by the projector 100 to generate first save data, transmitting the first save data to an information processing terminal 200 by the projector 100, saving the first save data in an AP file 265 by the information processing terminal 200, receiving a capture request by the projector 100, capturing a projection image by the projector 100 to generate second save data, transmitting the second save data to the information processing terminal 200 by the projector 100, and saving the second save data in the AP file 265 by the information processing terminal 200 are performed.