Virtual Whiteboard Region Capture for Selective Presentations

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Solution Overview

Problem

Presenting expansive and freeform virtual whiteboard content during virtual conferences is inefficient due to the need for presenters to scroll or pan around the whiteboard, potentially disclosing unwanted information and wasting time in real-time searches for relevant content.

Innovation Solution

A method where presenters can pre-capture and curate relevant regions of a virtual whiteboard as presentation slides before the meeting, allowing direct access and manipulation during the presentation, with embedded links to the whiteboard for interactive editing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If presenters navigate the virtual whiteboard in real-time during the meeting, then they can access the full expansive content, but it causes navigational delays and wastes time searching for relevant content

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess to full whiteboard contentVSAvoidnavigational delays

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system allows presenters to pre-capture and curate specific regions of the virtual whiteboard as presentation slides before the meeting begins. These pre-prepared slides contain only the relevant content needed for the presentation, eliminating the need to search through the entire whiteboard during the meeting while still providing access to the full whiteboard content when needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If presenters scroll or pan around the virtual whiteboard to find relevant content, then they can locate specific information, but it potentially discloses unwanted information to participants

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelocating specific informationVSAvoidunwanted information disclosure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and isolates only the specific regions of the whiteboard that contain relevant presentation content, capturing them as separate slides. This extraction process allows presenters to selectively share only the intended information with participants, preventing accidental disclosure of unwanted content that exists elsewhere on the full whiteboard.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the virtual whiteboard is made expansive and freeform to accommodate all content, then it provides flexibility for adding material, but it makes efficient sharing during meetings difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflexibility for adding materialVSAvoidefficient sharing

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the expansive virtual whiteboard into discrete, manageable regions that can be individually captured as presentation slides. This segmentation maintains the flexibility of the full whiteboard for content creation while enabling efficient sharing during meetings by allowing presenters to select and share only the specific segments that are relevant to the current discussion.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250274494A1Sharing virtual whiteboard content

Publication Date: 2025.08.28 ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INC

AI summary

One example method includes accessing, by a client device associated with a user, a virtual whiteboard; receiving navigational inputs to select a portion of the virtual whiteboard; receiving an input to capture the selected portion of the virtual whiteboard; generating a presentation slide based on the selected portion of the virtual whiteboard; and inserting the presentation slide into a presentation.