Wireless Display System with Voice-Activated Sensing for Collaborative Workspaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
In large workspaces with multiple offices or rooms, employees face challenges in accessing information from a central database while maintaining face-to-face interaction, as current solutions like desktop computers disrupt personal interaction by requiring users to turn away from others to operate them.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising video displays and a server connected over a wireless network, with sensing units such as beacons or wireless voice command devices that automatically actuate the nearest video display to the user, allowing them to request and view information without turning away, using portable electronic devices or voice commands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If employees use portable electronic devices to access database information, then information accessibility is improved, but the viewing space is limited and face-to-face communication is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from two-dimensional portable device screens to large three-dimensional video displays that can be positioned throughout the workspace, providing both extensive viewing space and maintained proximity for face-to-face communication
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces wireless displays and automatic activation technology as intermediaries between employees and database information, eliminating the need for personal computers while maintaining easy access to information
2Area of moving object
If employees use desktop computers to access database information, then viewing space is improved, but personal interaction is reduced as employees must turn away from each other
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the workspace into multiple zones with distributed video displays throughout, allowing employees to access information locally without concentrating all computing resources at individual desks, thereby maintaining social proximity
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automatic display activation based on employee presence detection, eliminating the need for manual computer activation and allowing employees to access information passively while maintaining natural social interactions
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AI summary
A system and method for facilitating access to requested information in building. The system includes a database, a server having a central processing unit, a wireless network, video displays disposed in rooms, and a sensing unit in communication with the server over the wireless network. The sensing unit has a microphone and disposed in each of the rooms. The sensing units are configured to detect the presence of a user and actuate an associated video display. The microphone is configured to receive requested information from the user. The central processing unit processes the requested information so as to retrieve the requested information from the database and display the requested information on the associated video display. In one embodiment, the sensing unit is a beacon and a portable electronic device. In another embodiment, the sensing unit is a wireless voice command device.