Screen Mirroring Display Device Splitting Tasks

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing screen mirroring technologies do not effectively enhance user convenience by efficiently displaying multiple tasks performed on a mobile device on a larger display device, often resulting in low-quality image output and requiring manual user intervention to adjust screen sizes.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for a display device to split its screen into partial screens based on control signals from a mobile device, receiving and displaying multiple windows of data corresponding to tasks, and selectively outputting audio data, allowing for improved visualization of multiple tasks without user manual adjustments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If screen mirroring is performed without screen splitting, then the entire screen can be displayed, but multiple tasks cannot be viewed simultaneously and user convenience is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidscreen display complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display screen is divided into multiple partial screens (first partial screen, second partial screen, etc.) to simultaneously display multiple tasks from the mobile device. This segmentation allows users to view multiple applications or windows at once without requiring manual screen adjustment, directly improving user convenience while the system automatically manages the complexity of the divided display.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If manual user intervention is required to adjust screen sizes, then screen display can be customized, but user convenience is reduced and operation becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescreen adjustment convenienceVSAvoidtime for manual adjustment
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The display device automatically performs screen splitting and task distribution without requiring manual user intervention. The system self-adjusts the display configuration by receiving control signals from the mobile device and automatically dividing the screen into appropriate partial screens for multiple tasks, eliminating the time users would otherwise spend manually adjusting screen settings.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Manufacturing precision

If multiple tasks are displayed on a single screen without splitting, then the display device can show all content, but image quality deteriorates and tasks become difficult to distinguish

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage qualityVSAvoiddisplay area per task
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

By dividing the display screen into multiple partial screens, each task is allocated a dedicated display area with sufficient resolution and image quality. The first task is displayed on the first partial screen and the second task on the second partial screen, ensuring that each task maintains high image quality without competing for the same limited display space.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Extent of automation

If the display device automatically splits the screen and displays multiple tasks, then user convenience is improved, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomatic screen splittingVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display device acts as an intermediary that receives control signals from the mobile device and automatically processes the screen splitting and task distribution. This intermediary function enables automatic multi-task display while the mobile device maintains its existing operating system and task management, thereby achieving automation without significantly increasing the complexity of either device.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11435974B2Display device, mobile device, screen mirroring method of display device, and screen mirroring method of mobile device
Publication Date: 2022.09.06 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A screen mirroring method includes: when a display device mirrors a screen of a mobile device simultaneously performing a plurality of tasks, splitting a screen of the display device into a plurality of partial screens; receiving a plurality of pieces of window data corresponding to the plurality of tasks, respectively; and displaying a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of tasks, on the plurality of partial screens, respectively, based on the plurality of pieces of window data.