Digital Sticky Note Orientation Adjustment for Horizontal Displays

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Solution Overview

Problem

In digital sticky-note systems, users face difficulties in aligning the orientation of sticky notes with a horizontal screen during meetings, as the orientation of the notes does not necessarily match the screen, especially when users are not positioned directly in front of it.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus with a display controller, detector, and corrector that adjusts the image orientation based on user position and screen orientation, ensuring sticky notes are correctly aligned with the horizontal screen.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a horizontal screen is used for digital board display, then users can access the board from multiple directions, but the orientation of sticky notes does not match the screen orientation, making it difficult to work on the display

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccessibility from multiple directionsVSAvoidalignment of sticky note orientation

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the orientation of sticky notes based on the user's detected position and the screen's orientation. The adder rotates and positions each sticky note automatically to match the screen orientation, transforming a static orientation problem into a dynamic adaptation process that resolves the contradiction between multi-directional accessibility and proper alignment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The detector captures user position information and provides feedback to the adder, which then adjusts sticky note orientation accordingly. This feedback loop enables the system to adapt to different user positions around the horizontal screen, maintaining proper alignment while preserving multi-directional accessibility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If users generate sticky notes on their own terminals, then individual contribution is enabled, but the facilitator must manually add all notes to the board, increasing operational complexity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveindividual contribution efficiencyVSAvoidmanual addition process

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by allowing users to generate sticky notes on their own terminals, which are then automatically added to the digital board by the adder without requiring facilitator intervention. This automated process maintains individual contribution efficiency while eliminating manual operational complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The adder acts as an intermediary component that receives sticky notes from multiple user terminals and automatically integrates them onto the digital board. This mediator eliminates the need for manual facilitator involvement while preserving individual user contribution capabilities

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11256399B2Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

Publication Date: 2022.02.22 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a display controller, a detector, a corrector, and an adder. The display controller performs control to display an image on a horizontal screen. The detector detects a position of a user. The corrector corrects an image in accordance with an operation performed on the horizontal screen by a user. The adder adds the image corrected by the corrector to the horizontal screen in accordance with the position of the user and an orientation of the horizontal screen.