Virtual Object Mapping for Accurate Electronic Sign Arrangement

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for managing and arranging signs at different locations, such as table cards and display signs, are labor-intensive and inefficient, requiring manual operations and lacking accuracy.

Innovation Solution

A page presentation method and display system that utilizes virtual objects to identify electronic signs, allowing users to intuitively bind sign content to these signs through various input operations, including clicking, dragging, voice input, and eye gaze, with modes like manual, random, and role-based binding.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If manual arrangement methods are used for table cards and signs, then flexibility in customization is improved, but labor cost and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomization flexibilityVSAvoidarrangement efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses virtual objects as digital copies representing physical signs, allowing users to arrange and bind content to virtual representations before deploying to physical devices. This copying approach enables automated distribution of arrangement data to multiple electronic signs, dramatically improving productivity while maintaining customization flexibility through the virtual interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical arrangement operations with automated digital binding operations. Instead of physically moving and arranging table cards, users interact with virtual objects through clicking or voice commands, and the system automatically distributes content to corresponding electronic signs. This substitution eliminates manual labor while preserving customization capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Ease of manufacture

If traditional printed name cards are used, then simplicity of implementation is improved, but accuracy and efficiency of seat arrangement deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimplementation simplicityVSAvoidarrangement accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates virtual copies of physical signs that can be precisely positioned and configured digitally. These virtual objects serve as accurate representations that can be bound to specific locations with high precision, eliminating the inaccuracies inherent in manual physical arrangement while maintaining implementation simplicity through intuitive virtual interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enables preliminary arrangement and content binding to be performed in advance through virtual objects. Users can configure all arrangement details digitally before deployment, ensuring high accuracy in the final arrangement while simplifying the actual implementation process. The preliminary digital configuration phase separates complex decision-making from physical execution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple locations require sign management, then coverage scope is improved, but complexity of data correspondence increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemulti-location coverageVSAvoiddata correspondence complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal virtual object system that can represent signs across multiple locations with a consistent data structure. The same virtual object binding mechanism works for single or multiple locations, eliminating the need for different management approaches. The system automatically handles location-specific correspondence through the virtual representation layer, reducing perceived complexity while maintaining broad coverage capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

Virtual objects serve as intermediaries between the control system and physical signs at multiple locations. This intermediary layer abstracts the complexity of location-specific data correspondence, allowing users to manage multiple locations through a unified interface. The virtual objects handle the translation and distribution of arrangement data to appropriate physical devices, reducing the complexity of direct multi-location management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP4080338B1Page display method, display system and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.09.03 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a page presentation method, a display system, and a storage medium, which belong to the internet of things technologies. The method includes: presenting, on a page, a map comprising one or more virtual objects used to identify one or more corresponding electronic signs; and binding a sign content to be presented to the electronic signs corresponding to the one or more virtual objects. The present disclosure can improve the accuracy and efficiency of seat arrangement.