EP1709524A1 - Systeme d'affichage a ecrans multiples - Google Patents

Systeme d'affichage a ecrans multiples

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EP1709524A1
EP1709524A1 EP05702699A EP05702699A EP1709524A1 EP 1709524 A1 EP1709524 A1 EP 1709524A1 EP 05702699 A EP05702699 A EP 05702699A EP 05702699 A EP05702699 A EP 05702699A EP 1709524 A1 EP1709524 A1 EP 1709524A1
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devices
screen
display
sharing
capabilities
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Gerrit Hollemans
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Koninklijke Philips NV
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/14—Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
    • G06F3/1454—Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/14—Display of multiple viewports
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G2370/00—Aspects of data communication
    • G09G2370/02—Networking aspects
    • G09G2370/027—Arrangements and methods specific for the display of internet documents

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  • the present invention generally relates to a method and device for utilizing a distributed screen system to facilitate operation of a given device and particularly relates to a method and system for sharing functionality between devices having limited display capabilities.
  • a conventional system is known that enables a master device to display a given display area across multiple displays.
  • many current video cards for conventional computers allow a display area to be shared by two or more computer monitors.
  • an ATI Radeon 9800 ProTM video card can share a display area across two monitors. The left border of a monitor positioned to the right of a user's view shares a right border of a monitor positioned to the left of a user's view. The two monitors together, display a single display area.
  • the server acts similar to the ATI Radeon 9800 ProTM video card described above in that the server also decides how the images are distributed across the multiple wireless devices.
  • multiple wireless devices can also share a single user interface with functions of the user interface distributed across the wireless devices.
  • these devices operate in a server/client environment and therefore, the relationship between the devices is determined by the server.
  • SametimeTM is a product, by IBM Corp. that enables a user to share a display experience across multiple distributed computer systems.
  • the display of actions on one computer system are mirrored on one or more other computer systems to enable a visual display of the actions across the distributed computer systems.
  • a mobile phone is utilized by another device to enable connection of intelligent devices to a network via the mobile phone and mobile phone network.
  • the phone is the means for the intelligent device to access the wireless network.
  • a screen connect function is resident on at least one of the devices. Activation of the screen connect function initiates the screen sharing between the devices.
  • the screen sharing may include a sharing of a display capability of one device with the other device. Additionally or in place of the sharing of the display capability, other functionality such as processing capabilities, touch screen control, etc. may be shared between devices.
  • the screen sharing may include a transfer of a user interface or a portion thereof from a first device to a second device.
  • This user interface or portion thereof operated on the second device functions as a user interface or together with the user interface of the first device.
  • the screen sharing may be enabled when the devices are brought into proximity with each other.
  • a screen connect function may initiate the screen sharing. In either event, by initiating the screen sharing, functionality on one of the devices is utilized to enhance or add functionality for the other device.
  • FIG. 1 shows an illustrative system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram illustrating operation of a system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present invention will be described below with reference to an illustrative system for the purposes of facilitating a description. It should not be interpreted as limiting the claims appended thereto.
  • the present inventive system is applicable to numerous alternate embodiments that would readily occur to a person of ordinary skill in the art.
  • FIG. 1 shows an illustrative embodiment of a system 100 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention including a portable wireless device 110 and portable wireless device 150.
  • the device 110 includes a display portion 120, one or more control buttons 130, and an antenna 140.
  • the device 110 is illustratively shown having the form of a personal digital assistant (PDA).
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • the device 150 includes a display portion 160, one or more control buttons 170, and an antenna 180.
  • the device 150 is illustratively shown having the form of a cellular phone.
  • either of the forms of the devices 110, 150 may be substituted for other known devices and still be within the scope of the present invention.
  • both devices 110, 150 may be different types of devices.
  • both devices may be cellular telephones.
  • one of the devices may have better display or other capabilities than the other of the devices.
  • a sharing of capabilities in accordance with the present invention will enhance the capabilities of any one of the individual devices.
  • Clearly other devices may also be operated in accordance with the present invention such as portable multimedia players, portable memory devices, digital still cameras, digital video cameras, wristwatches, other wearable micro displays, such as embedded in glasses, etc.
  • Each of these devices have limitations in abilities including the display of images (e.g., size, functionality, etc.) that would be enhanced by use of the present invention as will be illustratively discussed further below. It should be understood that in one environment, one of said devices may have capabilities (display, processing, functionality, etc.) superior to those of another of said devices. However, in another environment, the device with inferior capabilities may be superior or equal to another device. For example, with the illustrative devices 110, 150, the device 150 being a telephone device, may have inferior capabilities than the device 110 that is illustratively shown as a PDA.
  • the device 150 may have superior capabilities to the portable multimedia player and therefore operate as the device 110 operates in the included illustrative description. So it should be understood that capabilities may be transferred to or from one device in a given combination of devices, and be transferred from or to that device in another combination of devices.
  • One aspect of the present invention is that the devices 110, 150 each have the ability to communicate to each other. This may be accomplished via a communication system particularly adapted for operation in accordance with the present invention or it may be accomplished as a by product of a communication system that also has other functionality. Illustratively, this communication may be via a short range communication system, such as Bluetooth communication protocol.
  • the system aspects and protocols for enabling communication between the devices 110, 150 are beyond the scope of the present invention and should not be understood to limit the present invention unless specific elements are claimed.
  • IR infrared communication
  • RF radio frequency
  • the devices 110, 150 are shown respectively having antennas 140, 180 that may be enabled for standard operation and/or may be enabled for communication between the devices 110, 150.
  • the antennas 110, 150 may be unnecessary or may be concealed. Further operation of the present invention will be described herein with regard to the illustrative system 100, shown in FIG. 1, and with regard to FIG.
  • FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram 200 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • two devices such as mobile devices
  • This proximity condition may have occurred during act 210 or may have been in existence prior to act 210.
  • the devices 110, 150 be in sufficient proximity to enable communication between the devices 110, 150.
  • the devices 110, 150 due to proximity, depression of a control button 130, 170 operating as a screen connect button, or other means are enabled for screen sharing that occurs during act 240 in accordance with the present invention.
  • Screen sharing in accordance with the present invention is intended to mean that a display, functionality, user interface or portion thereof etc. of one device, such as device 110, may be utilized to operate functionality, etc. on another device, such as device 150.
  • device 150 is illustratively shown as a cellular telephone. Cellular telephones typically have very limited display capabilities.
  • Device 110 is illustratively shown as a PDA. PDAs typically today have greater capabilities including better processing capabilities and better display capabilities such as larger displays, better visibility, more functionality, such as touch screens, etc.
  • the capabilities of the devices may also be equal and yet, by sharing capabilities to perform an operation, the capabilities of any one of the devices would still be enhanced.
  • at least one of functions, operations, etc. of one device are enabled for manipulation on the other device.
  • the phone book and dialing capabilities of the device 150 shown as a cellular telephone
  • the PDA may now be manipulated on the PDA. It should be understood that this is not intended to show a conventional PDA that is also a cellular phone and thereby the communication in accordance with the present invention does not add functionality.
  • What is intended in accordance with the present invention is that by the direct communication between the devices 110, 150, the heretofore functionality not present on the one device, such as device 110, is enabled or accomplished. Accordingly, prior to the communication between the devices 110, 150, the ability for instance to manage an address book of the device 150 on the device 110 was not present on the device 110. However, after the communication between the devices 110, 150 in accordance with the present invention, the ability for instance to manage the address book of the device 150 on the device 110 is present on the device 110. This is not the only functionality that may be enhanced however in accordance with the present invention. Other capabilities may also be enabled between the devices 110, 150, such as an ability to view an image on one device, e.g., device 110, which is stored on the device 150.
  • the device 110 may be manipulated to make a telephone call using the display and manipulation capability of the device 110 and the calling capability of the device 150.
  • the display and functionality of the device 110 may now show display and functionality of the device 150.
  • the display 120 of the device 110 may now show, for example, a virtual keypad that may be operated for initiating a telephone call.
  • the display 120 may also be enabled for touch input as is typical for a PDA device.
  • the touch input capability of the display 120 may be utilized to manipulate the dialing features of the device 150 to initiate a telephone call. Further, perhaps even microphone and speaker capabilities of the device 110 may operate to further facilitate use of the calling capabilities of the device 150. These abilities may also be a true sharing in that the operation heretofore resident and/or operating on one of the devices, are now operated through use of both devices. For example, it may be useful to edit on the device 110 textual portions of a phone book entry that are resident on the device 150. However, for this same phone book entry, it may be useful to enter a voice identification for this entry directly on the device 150.
  • the term "screen sharing" as utilized herein should be understood to encompass any one or combination of each of these shared capabilities in accordance with the present invention.
  • the functionality may be simply facilitating operation of one device, such as device 150, having limited display capabilities, by displaying the same or similar displays on a device, such as device 110, having less limited display capabilities.
  • the typical displays of the device 150 may merely be shown in a larger format on the device 110.
  • the device 150 may transmit complete display information to the device 110.
  • simple screenlike descriptions such as HTML descriptions may be shared by the device 150 with the device 110.
  • the device 110 may operate to enhance the capability of the device 150 such as through the use of the touch screen described above or through other added functionality borrowed from the displaying device (e.g., device 110).
  • the processing capabilities of the device 110 may be utilized to further enhance functionality of the device 150 such that more elaborate or configurable display and functionality of the device 150 is enabled by operation through the device 110.
  • these features may be brought about by a transfer of the user interface (UI) or portion thereof of the device 150 to the device 110.
  • UI user interface
  • the operation of other portions of the device 110, such as the control buttons 130, may also manipulate features of the device 150 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • These transfers of display capability, UI capability, etc. may optionally occur during act 230 as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the device 110 may be enabled by having program portions that are resident on the device 110 and that are directed to providing functionality to other devices, such as device 150.
  • the program portions are resident on the device 110, however are not enabled for operation until the proximity condition between the devices 110, 150 exists or until operation of a screen connect command is initiated on one of the devices 110, 150.
  • proximity between the devices 110, 150 may initiate an appearance of a screen connect icon 125 on the device 110 or on the device 150 (not shown).
  • the screen connect icon 125 may thereafter be utilized to enable operation in accordance with the present invention as described above, such as previously discussed with regard to the control buttons 130.
  • the proximity condition may actually be a touching of one device to another. This touching or other instantiation (e.g., activation of the screen connect function) may also control what functionality is transferred from a first of these devices to another of these devices.
  • the editing capabilities (larger screen, touch display, etc) of the device 110 may be enabled for editing of the phone book entry resident on the device 150 as described above.
  • the voice input capabilities of the device 150 may be enabled for operation of functions resident on the device 110.
  • text entry on one device e.g., device 110
  • functions on the other device e.g., device 150
  • Other functions may enable drag and drop operations between devices and in effect may operate as a drag and drop on a single device.
  • a color display of one device may be useful for applications on the other device.
  • a display on a PDA may only support a grayscale image
  • a display on a phone may support color images.
  • the color display on the phone in accordance with the present invention may be utilized to view, edit, manipulate, etc. a photo that is resident on the PDA.
  • a scroll wheel resident on a phone may be very useful in going through lists that are stored on a PDA.
  • the screen sharing abilities may migrate from either device to another device. This may be selectable by the user or may be a function of what screen sharing capability is being shared between the devices. Another example of screen sharing capabilities may be utilizing processing capabilities of the device 110 to edit an image that is resident on the device 150.
  • the screen sharing may be utilized to enable the device 110 to edit and enhance the photo and thereby, make a better quality photo available for use on the device 150 than otherwise may be available.
  • a person of ordinary skill in the art would readily appreciate that there are numerous ways of achieving the above described functionality. Accordingly, the described embodiments should be understood to not be limited to any one particular alternative. The embodiments of the invention described above are intended for purposes of illustration only, and should not be construed as limiting the appended claims to any particular embodiment or group of embodiments.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un système comprenant deux ou davantage de dispositifs permettant un partage d'écran. Au moins un des dispositifs comporte une fonction de connexion d'écran résidente. Cette fonction, une fois activée, lance le partage d'écran entre les dispositifs. Le partage d'écran comprend le partage de la fonction d'affichage entre un dispositif et un autre. De façon complémentaire ou substitutive au partage de la fonction d'affichage, d'autres fonctionnalités telles que puissances de traitement, commande tactile, etc., peuvent être partagées entre les dispositifs. Le partage d'écran comprend le transfert d'une interface utilisateur ou d'une partie de celle-ci, d'un premier dispositif vers un second dispositif. L'interface utilisateur ou la partie de celle-ci, mise en oeuvre sur le second dispositif, sert d'interface utilisateur du premier dispositif. Le partage d'écran peut être activé lorsque les dispositifs sont mis à proximité l'un de l'autre. Une fonction de connexion d'écran permet de lancer le partage d'écran.
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