Screen Division Management for Multi-Display Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing techniques for displaying a single screen using multiple display devices require creating individual screens for each device, leading to increased labor hours, and existing methods do not effectively combine display areas of multiple devices to display a single screen.
Innovation Solution
A screen-creation assistance device that generates a first screen data element and divides it into multiple second screen data elements, which are then output to respective display devices, allowing each device to display a portion of the single screen, thereby reducing labor hours.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If individual screens are created for each display device to display a single screen across multiple devices, then the display area is extended, but the labor hours required for screen creation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides a single screen into multiple screen parts, where each screen part is assigned to a different display device. The screen division management unit automatically segments the original screen data into appropriate portions for each device, eliminating the need to manually create separate screens while still achieving extended display area coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates screen part data by copying and adapting the original screen data for each display device. The screen division management unit generates screen part data based on the original screen, automatically reproducing necessary elements while adjusting for individual device characteristics, thereby reducing manual creation effort.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual screen creation is performed for each display device, then screen customization is possible, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by automatically dividing the screen and generating screen part data before deployment to multiple devices. The screen division management unit pre-processes the screen data, determining optimal divisions and generating appropriate screen parts for each device in advance, which maintains customization while improving productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal screen division management unit that can handle multiple display devices with different characteristics. This unit serves multiple functions: dividing screens, generating screen part data, and adapting to various device configurations, thereby maintaining versatility while automating the process to improve productivity.
3Ease of operation
If existing techniques are used to display screens on multiple devices, then each device can display independently, but the ability to combine display areas to show a single screen is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a screen division management unit as an intermediary between the original screen and multiple display devices. This intermediary automatically manages the division and distribution of screen content, enabling both independent display operation on each device and coordinated combined display area functionality, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability.
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AI summary
A screen-creation assistance device includes a screen-data-element generation unit to generate a first screen data element that is a screen data element of a first screen, a division unit to divide the first screen into a plurality of second screens to be displayed respectively on a plurality of display devices, and to generate a plurality of second screen data elements that are respective screen data elements of the second screens, and an output unit to output the second screen data elements.