Remote Operation System Screen Area Segmentation for Portable Terminals

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional remote operation systems face difficulties in displaying full screen information from a computer to a portable terminal due to size differences, leading to the need for frequent scroll operations, which complicates readability and usability.

Innovation Solution

A remote operation system is designed with an area recognition processing part to extract size information from a rectangular area on the computer's display, modify it to fit the terminal's screen, and transmit the adjusted information, allowing for seamless display without requiring extensive scrolling.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If screen information from a computer is displayed on a portable terminal with a smaller screen, then the terminal can access computer information remotely, but the display requires frequent scroll operations reducing readability

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveremote access capabilityVSAvoidreadability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the computer screen display into multiple rectangular areas, each representing a portion of the overall screen content. Instead of transmitting the entire screen at once, the system divides and transmits specific regions separately, allowing the terminal to reconstruct and display them appropriately for the smaller screen format.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a new dimension of display by showing multiple rectangular areas simultaneously on the terminal screen rather than sequentially scrolling through them. This multi-area display approach transforms the traditional single-view scrolling interface into a multi-region concurrent display, improving readability by allowing users to see multiple portions of the computer screen at once.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Loss of information

If the entire computer screen is transmitted to the terminal, then complete information is available, but the terminal screen cannot display it all due to size constraints

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidterminal screen area

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the computer screen display into multiple rectangular areas, each representing a portion of the overall screen content. Instead of transmitting the entire screen at once, the system divides and transmits specific regions separately, allowing the terminal to reconstruct and display them appropriately for the smaller screen format.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal display solution that adapts to different screen sizes. The rectangular area display system can accommodate various terminal screen dimensions by dynamically adjusting which areas are displayed and how they are arranged, making the system versatile across different device types while maintaining information accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Area of stationary object

If a reduced screen is displayed on the terminal, then the display fits the terminal screen size, but it becomes very difficult to read

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveterminal screen areaVSAvoidreadability

Core Design Contradiction:

Area of stationary objectVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a new dimension of display by showing multiple rectangular areas simultaneously on the terminal screen rather than sequentially scrolling through them. This multi-area display approach transforms the traditional single-view scrolling interface into a multi-region concurrent display, improving readability by allowing users to see multiple portions of the computer screen at once.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS7506261B2Remote operation system, communication apparatus remote control system and document inspection apparatus

Publication Date: 2009.03.17 PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORP

AI summary

This invention is, in a remote operation apparatus which transmits information to a terminal device having a display part which displays received information, for the purpose of operability improvement on the occasion of inspecting structured documents such as Web pages, in a document inspection apparatus with a small screen size, equipped with an input part which inputs various instructions, a display part which displays various information, a communication processing part which obtains display information which is displayed on a display screen of the display part through a network, an area recognition processing part which extracts a size of a rectangular area which is included in a window which was obtained by the communication processing part and is displayed on the display part, and display information in the rectangular area, a storage part which stores size information of the display screen of the display part of the terminal device, an area change processing part which modifies a size of the rectangular area to a size of the display screen which was stored in the storage part, and obtains display information in the rectangular area, and control means which controls the communication processing part so as to transmit the display information which was modified by the area change processing part to the terminal device.