Remote Display Selection Interface Using Positional Icons
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Solution Overview
Problem
In remote control scenarios, users face difficulties in distinguishing between multiple remote displays connected to a remote computer, leading to a trial-and-error process when selecting the desired display for viewing on a local computer.
Innovation Solution
A user interface is developed that incorporates positional orientation information, using icons to represent the physical positions and sizes of remote displays relative to each other, allowing users to easily select and activate the desired displays for viewing on a local display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple remote displays are connected to a remote computer, then the display capacity and versatility are improved, but the difficulty of identifying and selecting the desired display increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates visual representations (icons) of the remote displays that copy their physical characteristics (position, size, orientation) and presents them on the local display. Users can identify which remote display they want by matching the icon's visual characteristics to the physical display arrangement, eliminating the need to physically visit each display or use trial-and-error selection.
2Ease of operation
If positional orientation information is added to the user interface, then the ease of display selection is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is segmented into multiple independent icons, each representing a specific remote display. Each icon contains only the necessary visual information (position, size, orientation) for that individual display, making the overall interface manageable and intuitive while avoiding the complexity of presenting all displays at once with all their attributes.
3Device complexity
If trial-and-error selection process is used, then the simplicity of the selection interface is maintained, but the time required for selection increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides immediate visual feedback by displaying icons that reflect the actual physical state and position of remote displays. When users select an icon, the system feedbacks by activating the corresponding remote display and showing its content on the local display, allowing users to quickly identify and select the correct display without time-consuming trial-and-error processes.
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AI summary
A user interface presented on a local display eases user discrimination between multiple remote displays connected to a remotely controlled computer, thereby easing selection of remote display(s) for remote viewing on the local display. The user interface can incorporate information indicating physical positional orientations of remote displays relative to each other, such as whether one remote display is physically located to the left of another remote display. The icons can additionally illustrate sizes of the remote displays relative to each other. Each remote display can be represented within a particular user interface icon as a rectangle whose size and position relative to the other remote display(s) reflect that remote display's actual physical size and position relative to those other remote display(s). Different icons can show different subsets of active and inactive remote monitors, and can be selected to activate different subsets of remote monitors for presentation on the local display.