Wireless Display Configuration via Spatial Signal Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multi-display computing systems face challenges in accurately configuring display attributes, leading to awkward mouse movement and distorted application windowing due to clumsy and inaccurate logical configuration of displays.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing wireless sensors and a processor to determine the location within a three-dimensional space and configure display attributes, allowing for precise alignment and adjustment of display settings across multiple displays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual configuration methods are used for multi-display systems, then users can configure display settings, but the configuration becomes clumsy and inaccurate leading to awkward mouse movement and distorted windowing
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects display devices and configures display attributes based on spatial relationships without requiring manual user input. The processor receives wireless signals from displays, determines their locations and orientations in three-dimensional space, and automatically configures the logical display arrangement, eliminating the need for clumsy manual configuration while achieving accurate results
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual configuration operations with wireless signal-based automatic detection and configuration. Instead of users manually adjusting display settings through software interfaces, the system uses wireless sensors to detect display locations and automatically configures the display arrangement, substituting mechanical/manual operations with automated sensing and processing
2Measurement precision
If automatic detection using wireless sensors is implemented, then display configuration accuracy improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor performs multiple functions: it manages display output, receives wireless signals from display devices, determines spatial locations and orientations of displays, and configures display attributes. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single processor, the system achieves high measurement precision without proportionally increasing overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
Wireless signals act as intermediaries between the physical display devices and the processor. These signals carry information about display locations and orientations, enabling the processor to automatically detect and configure displays without requiring complex direct physical connections or manual intervention, thus managing system complexity while achieving high precision
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AI summary
In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a system includes a display, a processor and a wireless sensor. The processor receives remote wireless signals from the wireless sensor corresponding to another display. The processor determines a physical locational relationship and orientation in three-dimensional space based on the received signal. The processor logical represents the relationship and orientation in a configuration screen and sets attributes of the display based on the representation.