Selective Image Data Transfer for User Equipment
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Solution Overview
Problem
User equipment, such as mobile devices, face limitations in size and functionality when trying to transfer image data to external devices, often displaying all image data without user control, which can lead to embarrassment due to private content being displayed publicly.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for selectively transferring image data from user equipment to external devices, allowing users to choose which applications' data is shared, with options for positive, negative, or mirrored data transfer, enabling control over what is displayed on the external device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If all image data is transferred to external device for display, then display quality and screen size are improved, but user privacy and content control deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments image data into different categories (private content vs. public content) and applies different transfer rules to each segment. The controller identifies which applications generate private content and selectively prevents their image data from being transferred to the external device, while allowing other applications' image data to be displayed on the external device's larger screen.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different quality characteristics to different portions of image data based on their source application. Image data from designated private applications is blocked from transfer, while image data from other applications is allowed to transfer with full display quality on the external device.
2Ease of operation
If selective application data transfer is implemented, then user control and privacy protection are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically designates certain applications as private based on pre-defined criteria without requiring continuous user intervention. Once the user initially designates an application as private, the system autonomously manages the selective blocking of image data from that application, reducing ongoing operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The user performs preliminary designation of private applications during setup or initial configuration. This preliminary action establishes the selective transfer rules in advance, allowing the system to automatically apply these rules without requiring complex real-time user decisions during operation.
3Device complexity
If mirrored image data transfer is used, then simplicity of connection is maintained, but user privacy control is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static mirrored transfer mode into a dynamic selective transfer mode. The system continuously monitors which applications are active and dynamically adjusts which image data is transferred based on the application's privacy designation, while maintaining the simplicity of the original connection setup.
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AI summary
Described embodiments provide a method and user equipment for selectively transferring image data from user equipment to a coupled external device. The method may include determining whether user equipment is coupled to an external device, receiving selection inputs from a user for selecting at least one of applications installed in the user equipment when the user equipment is determined as being coupled to the external device, and selectively transferring image data produced in the user equipment based on the selected application. The method may further include controlling the coupled external device to display the transferred image data on a display unit of the coupled external device.