Shared Workspace Aspect Ratio Consistency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional content sharing systems often lose information and fail to maintain a consistent layout and appearance across devices with different display aspect ratios, as they convert the aspect ratio of shared workspaces to match local displays, leading to suboptimal user experiences.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that displays a shared workspace with its original aspect ratio on multiple devices, using a preview window for panning and maintaining consistency, while allowing interactions to be automatically displayed on all viewer devices, regardless of their aspect ratios.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the aspect ratio of shared workspace is converted to match local display, then the display fits the local device, but information is lost and layout consistency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into two distinct regions: a main display area that shows a portion of the workspace at its original aspect ratio, and a preview window that displays the entire workspace. This segmentation allows the system to preserve the original workspace dimensions while providing users access to the complete view through the preview window, eliminating information loss during aspect ratio conversion.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution introduces a temporal dimension to the display problem by allowing users to switch between different views (main display and preview window) rather than forcing a spatial transformation of the workspace. This dimensional approach enables the workspace to maintain its original aspect ratio in the main view while the preview window provides access to the complete workspace, effectively resolving the information loss issue without compromising display compatibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the aspect ratio of shared workspace is converted to match local display, then the display adapts to the device, but layout consistency across devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a copy of the entire workspace in the preview window that maintains the original aspect ratio and layout. This copy serves as a reference that preserves the authentic workspace composition across different devices with varying aspect ratios, allowing users to see the true layout while the main display adapts to the local device dimensions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the display parameters by introducing a preview window that displays the workspace at its original aspect ratio parameters, while the main display area uses different parameters adapted to the local device. This parameter differentiation allows the system to simultaneously maintain layout consistency in the preview and provide device adaptability in the main view.
3Ease of operation
If pan operations are used to convert aspect ratio, then the display fits the device, but user interaction complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts the navigation function from the main display and places it in the preview window. The preview window serves as a separate navigation interface where users can perform pan operations to explore different portions of the workspace, while the main display maintains a stable, device-adapted view. This extraction reduces the complexity of the main interaction by isolating the panning operations to a dedicated preview area.
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AI summary
An appliance device to display a workspace with an aspect ratio assigned to the workspace, regardless of the aspect ratio of a local display. The appliance device displays only a portion of the workspace in a viewport window at one time. The appliance device also displays a preview version of the entire workspace. The preview version comprises a user-interface tool which enables panning of the workspace in the viewport window. A presenter device makes a presentation while interacting with a workspace while viewer devices watch the presentation. A viewer device displays the workspace with the assigned aspect ratio and displays only portion of the workspace at one time. When the presenter device interacts with a location of the workspace, the presenter device operates in conjunction with a messaging infrastructure and the viewer devices to automatically cause each of the viewer devices to display the location of interaction in the workspace.