Portable Scanner Association with Nearby Devices for Adaptive Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable scanning devices face limitations in capabilities due to their portability, which compromises their interaction with both printed and digital worlds, particularly in effectively utilizing nearby devices for input/output operations and delivering multimedia content.
Innovation Solution
A system that associates a portable scanner with nearby devices, such as displays, computers, and audio devices, to create an adaptive distributed user interface, allowing these devices to be used for input/output operations and enabling the delivery of multimedia content by scanning device identifiers and session IDs, thereby enhancing the capabilities of the portable scanner.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If portable scanning devices are made more portable and compact, then ease of operation and mobility are improved, but device capabilities and multimedia content delivery are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of nearby display devices, computers, and audio devices that act as mediators between the portable scanner and the user. These intermediary devices provide the missing multimedia capabilities (display, audio output, storage) while the portable scanner maintains its compact form factor for ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal system where multiple types of devices (displays, computers, audio devices, storage devices) can be associated with and serve the portable scanner. This multi-functional approach allows the scanner to leverage capabilities from various device types without requiring those capabilities to be built into the scanner itself.
2Weight of moving object
If portable scanning devices are made more portable, then mobility is improved, but interaction with printed and digital worlds is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the interaction capability from a single-dimension (scanner alone) to multiple dimensions by associating the portable scanner with nearby devices in the spatial environment. The scanner becomes part of a distributed system where nearby displays, computers, and other devices provide additional interaction dimensions for both printed and digital content.
3Ease of operation
If portable scanning devices are made more portable, then ease of operation is improved, but multimedia content delivery is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the multimedia content delivery function from the portable scanner itself and places it in nearby devices such as displays, computers, and audio devices. This extraction allows the scanner to remain lightweight and portable while the heavy multimedia content handling is performed by external devices with sufficient capacity.
Data Source
AI summary
A device identifier is scanned with a portable scanner and communicated to a service provider. The service provider associates the device with the portable scanner. Information is scanned from a printed source and communicated to the service provider and subsequent information is received in response at a device identified by the device identifier. In some embodiments, a communication session identifier is scanned with a portable scanner and communicated to the service provider rather than (or in cooperation with) the device identifier.