Methods and systems for simultaneous local and contextual display
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorMichael J. Wilsher
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Abstract
Methods and systems for simultaneous local and contextual display comprise displaying a smaller, “local” image on a first surface using a first device having limited screen real estate. A second, larger, “contextual” image is simultaneously displayed on a larger second surface, which may comprise a projector screen or a separate computer monitor screen. The contextual image may be projected onto the second surface using the first device, or the first device may be coupled to a second device for displaying the contextual image. The local image comprises a subset of the contextual image such that a user may view both the fine detail of the local image using the first device and the context of the local image within the contextual image on the second surface.
Claims25
A method of simultaneously displaying local and contextual images, comprising:
- displaying a first image on a first surface, wherein the first surface comprises a first device screen associated with a first device;
- and
- displaying a second image on a second surface of a second device screen associated with a second device that is external to the first device, wherein:
- the first image corresponds to a subset of the second image;
- the first image is computed based at least in part on a determined distance to the second surface;
- the first surface is smaller than the second surface;
- and
- the first and second images are displayed simultaneously.
A system for simultaneously displaying local and contextual images, comprising:
- a first display screen of a first device;
- a processing system comprising one or more processors;
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- a memory system comprising one or more computer-readable media, wherein the computer-readable media contain instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- displaying a first image on a first surface of the first display screen;
- computing a second image to be displayed on a second surface of a second display screen of a second device that is external to the first device, the first image being computed based at least in part on a determined distance to the second surface;
- and
- displaying the second image on the second surface, wherein
- the first image corresponds to a subset of the second image;
- the first surface is smaller than the second surface;
- and
- the first and second images are displayed simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.