Screen Content Segmentation for Visual Clutter Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
During communication sessions, screen sharing often results in cluttered visuals due to multiple layers of controls and extraneous information being shared, making critical portions difficult to see and wasting bandwidth.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that determine a primary portion of content to share during a communication session using machine learning techniques, adjusting the content to focus on this primary portion, and displaying it to participants, thereby reducing visual clutter and bandwidth usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the entire desktop screen or application window is shared during a communication session, then all content including controls and extraneous information is visible to participants, but this causes visual clutter and wastes bandwidth
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the shared screen content by identifying and separating the primary content area from extraneous elements such as title bars, toolbars, navigation panes, and window frames. This segmentation allows the system to selectively share only the relevant content portions while excluding cluttering interface elements, thereby maintaining content visibility while reducing visual complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts and removes extraneous interface elements (title bars, toolbars, navigation panes, add-ons panes, window frames) from the shared content. By taking out these non-essential components, the system preserves the critical content while eliminating the visual clutter and bandwidth waste associated with sharing the entire screen.
2Loss of information
If the entire desktop screen or application window is shared during a communication session, then all content is transmitted, but this wastes bandwidth by sharing extraneous visuals
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential content portions from the full screen, identifying and removing extraneous interface elements before transmission. This extraction process ensures that complete relevant content is shared while eliminating bandwidth-wasting extraneous visuals such as title bars, toolbars, and navigation panes.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of sharing the entire screen (excessive action), the system shares only the necessary content portions (partial action). By transmitting a reduced set of relevant content areas rather than the complete screen, the system maintains information completeness for critical content while significantly reducing bandwidth consumption.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple layers of controls and interface elements are included in screen sharing, then the complete application interface is visible, but this makes critical portions difficult to see
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the interface into distinct functional areas, identifying which portions contain critical content versus which contain extraneous controls. By segmenting the display this way, the system can selectively render and transmit only the critical content areas, ensuring they remain visible and prominent while excluding overlapping or distracting interface elements.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method for adjusting content shared during communication sessions, comprising: obtaining, through a first device, a content to share, determining a primary portion of the content to share, adjusting the content to share based on the primary portion to generate a first adjusted content to share and causing the first adjusted content to share to be displayed on a second device.