Electronic Whiteboard Track Grouping for Message Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional electronic whiteboards fail to recognize multiple writing actions as part of a single object, leading to inefficient processing and increased communication resource usage.

Innovation Solution

An electronic whiteboard system that groups multiple writing tracks into a single object using a track grouping mode, executed through specific operation commands, reducing the message amount and enhancing transmission speed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If multiple writing tracks are treated as separate line objects, then each writing action is independently recognized, but the system cannot perform uniform subsequent processing and message amount increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewriting track recognition accuracyVSAvoidmessage amount
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple writing tracks that belong to the same graphic object into a single line object by detecting continuity between tracks and grouping them together. This combining approach reduces the total message amount while maintaining accurate recognition of the underlying writing content, directly resolving the contradiction between recognition accuracy and message volume.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Reliability

If multiple writing tracks are treated as separate line objects, then each track is independently processed, but communication transmission resources are wasted and transmission speed decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing reliabilityVSAvoidmessage transmission speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

By merging multiple writing tracks into a single line object when they belong to the same graphic object, the system reduces the number of separate processing operations and message transmissions required. This improves transmission speed and resource efficiency while maintaining processing reliability through continuous track detection and grouping mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Device complexity

If traditional electronic whiteboard system processes each writing action separately, then simple processing is achieved, but uniform subsequent processing of text or graphic objects is impossible

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing complexityVSAvoiduniform processing capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a dynamic processing approach where the system automatically detects whether writing tracks are continuous and belong to the same graphic object, then adaptively groups them accordingly. This dynamic detection and grouping mechanism enables uniform subsequent processing of graphic objects while maintaining simple processing for isolated tracks, resolving the contradiction between processing simplicity and versatility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12001671B2Electronic whiteboard system and operation method thereof
Publication Date: 2024.06.04 CORETRONIC CORPORATION
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AI summary

An electronic whiteboard system and an operation method are provided. The electronic whiteboard system includes an electronic device. The electronic device includes a whiteboard module. The whiteboard module performs a writing operation. The whiteboard module groups a plurality of writing tracks to one grouping object in a track grouping mode of the writing operation according to a first operation command, and generates a writing message of the one grouping object.