Signage Design Device for Multi-View Display Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process for designing static and electronic multi-view displays to present different content to various viewing locations is cumbersome, lacking efficient tools for correlating content with the environmental context and requiring improvements for next-generation displays that can serve hundreds to thousands of viewers with unique viewing angles.
Innovation Solution
A signage design device (SDD) comprising a camera, computer, and input mechanism that determines its position relative to a multi-view display, allowing users to select and visualize content for different viewing locations, facilitating the design of content for both static and electronic multi-view displays by displaying simulated images and enabling the definition of viewing zones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If standard signage displays the same content to all viewers, then manufacturing and design are simple, but content relevance to different viewing locations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The signage display is segmented into multiple viewing zones, each with its own tailored content. The system divides the audience based on their spatial location relative to the signage, allowing different content to be presented to different segments of viewers simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
Different content is assigned to different local viewing zones around the signage. Each zone has optimized content specifically relevant to viewers in that location, making the signage adaptable to local contexts rather than using a single universal message.
2Adaptability or versatility
If lenticular signage is used to display different content to different locations, then content relevance improves, but the design process becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
A computational intermediary system processes the relationship between viewing locations and content selection. This intermediary handles the complex calculations of viewing angles, zones, and content matching, shielding the user from the underlying complexity while enabling multi-view functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters such as viewing angle, distance, and position to determine which content should be displayed to which viewer. By dynamically adjusting these parameters based on viewer location, the system achieves multi-view functionality without requiring complex manual design configurations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If electronic multi-view display controls images for hundreds to thousands of viewers, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic multi-view display system performs self-service by automatically detecting viewer positions and independently determining which content to display to each viewer. The system autonomously manages the complexity of coordinating hundreds or thousands of viewing angles without requiring external manual control for each viewer.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system achieves multi-functionality by serving multiple viewing purposes simultaneously - it can display different content to different groups of viewers at the same time, making a single display device equivalent to multiple dedicated displays for different audiences.
Data Source
AI summary
The specification and drawings present a signage design device (SDD) and a method for using such a device for designing content for a multi-view display (MVD) intended for simultaneously displaying multiple versions of content to multiple corresponding viewing zones. The multi-view display may be a static multi-view signage print (SMVSP) or an electronic multi-view display (EMVD), as described herein.