Portable presentation system and methods for use therewith
13 claims: 11 independent, 2 dependent
- 1共同作業のためのプレゼンテーションユニットを構築する方法において、 (a)表示画面と少なくとも1つの入力装置とを備えたマスタープレゼンテーションユニットを会議スペース内に設けるステップと、 (b)前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットと関連付けされたプロセッサを設けるステップと、 (c)複数の移動式プロジェクタを前記会議スペース内に移動するステップと、 (d)前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットを、前記会議スペース内に移動された前記複数のプロジェクタのうち少なくとも2つのプロジェクタと関連付けするステップと、 ( e )前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットの前記表示画面に画像を提示するステップと、 ( f )前記複数のプロジェクタのうち前記関連付けされたプロジェクタのいずれかを、前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットに提示された前記画像を表示するプロジェクタとして、指定するための、制御インタフェースを前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットの前記表示画面に設けるステップと、 ( g )前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットから提示された前記画像を表示するように指定された前記プロジェクタを用いて、前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットから提示された前記画像を、前記会議スペース内のプレゼンテーションスペース上に映し出すステップと、 (h)どのプロジェクタが前記会議スペース内に配置されているかを判定するためのセンサシステムを前記会議スペースに設けるステップと、を含み、 前記(d)前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットを前記複数のプロジェクタのうち少なくとも2つのプロジェクタと関連付けするステップが、前記複数のプロジェクタのリストを前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットの表示画面を介して提示すること、および、前記複数のプロジェクタのうち少なくとも2つのプロジェクタを前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットの前記入力装置により指定すること、をそれぞれ含み、 前記複数のプロジェクタが、それぞれ、識別タグを有しているとともに、前記会議スペースに設けられた前記センサシステムが前記識別タグを読取るための少なくとも第1のタグリーダを有しており、これにより、前記プロジェクタが前記会議スペース内に入ると前記会議スペース用の前記リストに前記プロジェクタを追加し、前記プロジェクタが前記会議スペースから撤去されると該プロジェクタを前記会議スペース用の前記リストから削除することによって、どのプロジェクタが前記会議スペース内に配置されているかを判定する ことを特徴とする共同作業のためのプレゼンテーションユニットを構築する方法。
- 2前記IDタグがRFIDタグとされているとともに、前記センサ システム がRFセンサとされていることを特徴とする請求項 1 に記載の方法。
- 3前記複数のプロジェクタを前記会議スペース内に設けるステップが、ワイヤレス送信機をそれぞれ有する複数のプロジェクタを設けることを含み、前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットを前記複数のプロジェクタのうち少なくとも2つのプロジェクタと関連付けするステップが、前記会議スペース内の前記複数のプロジェクタに一意のプロジェクタ識別子を前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットへ送信させるステップをさらに含み、そして、前記複数のプロジェクタのリストを提示するステップが、前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットによって受信された前記一意のプロジェクタ識別子のそれぞれのための互いに独立な項目を含むリストを提示することを含むことを特徴とする請求項 1 に記載の方法。
- 4前記複数のプロジェクタが、それぞれ、少なくとも第1の画像と第2の画像とを、少なくとも第1のプレゼンテーションスペースと第2のプレゼンテーションスペースとにそれぞれ映し出し、そして、前記制御インタフェースを設けるステップが、前記複数のプロジェクタのいずれかと関連付けされた前記第1のプレゼンテーションスペースおよび第2のプレゼンテーションスペースのいずれかを指定するためのインタフェースを設けることを含むことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の方法。
- 5前記制御インタフェースを設けるステップが、前記複数のプロジェクタのいずれかによって提示された前記画像のいずれかを指定して、その指定内容を前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットによって該マスタープレゼンテーションユニットの表示画面に表示させるための、インタフェースを設けることを含むことを特徴とする請求項 4 に記載の方法。
- 6前記複数のプロジェクタユニットを前記会議スペース内に移動するステップが、各プロジェクタユニットを互いに独立な複数のプロジェクタカートにそれぞれ配置することを含み、そして、前記プロジェクタカートには、それぞれ、前記プロジェクタの搬送および該プロジェクタカートと該プロジェクタとの前記会議スペース内への移動のためのホイールが設けられていることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の方法。
- 7前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットを前記複数のプロジェクタのうち少なくとも2つのプロジェクタと関連付けするステップが、前記複数のプロジェクタカートをそれぞれ前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットに機械的に接続するステップを含むことを特徴とする請求項 6 に記載の方法。
- 8前記複数のプロジェクタカートを移動するステップが、該複数のプロジェクタカートを互いに隣り合うように配置することを含み、そして、前記複数のプロジェクタカートをそれぞれ前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットに機械的に接続するステップが、該マスタープレゼンテーションユニットと前記プロジェクタとを通信ケーブルで接続することを含むことを特徴とする請求項 7 に記載の方法。
- 9前記複数のプロジェクタカートをそれぞれ前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットに機械的に接続するステップが、前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットと前記プロジェクタとを電源ケーブルで接続することを含むことを特徴とする請求項 8 に記載の方法。
- 10前記複数のプロジェクタのうち前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットと関連付けされたプロジェクタ、と関連付けされた前記プロジェクタカートを、互いに隣り合うように配置するステップと、前記互いに隣り合うように配置されたプロジェクタカートどうしを機械的に接続して、搬送のためにカートチェーンを構成するステップと、を備えていることを特徴とする請求項 6 に記載の方法。
- 11プレゼンテーション面をなす垂直な部材とともに用いられる画像プレゼンテーションキットシステムにおいて、 入力装置および表示画面を有しているマスタープレゼンテーションユニットと、 前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットと関連付けされたプロセッサと、 会議スペース内における移動のためのホイールを有するとともに、前記プレゼンテーション面に隣接して位置付けられて該プレゼンテーション面に画像を映し出すように互いに並置されるプロジェクタがそれぞれ設けられた、少なくとも第1の移動式プロジェクタカートおよび第2の移動式プロジェクタカートと、 前記プロセッサを前記移動式プロジェクタのそれぞれに接続するためのネットワークと、 前記会議スペースに設けられたセンサシステムと、 を備え 、 前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットの前記表示画面には、前記複数のプロジェクタのうちいずれかを、前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットに提示された前記画像を表示するプロジェクタとして指定するための制御インタフェースが設けられ、 前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットの表示画面を介して前記プロジェクタのリストを提示すること、および、前記プロジェクタを前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットの前記入力装置により指定することにより、前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットを前記プロジェクタと関連付けするよう構成され、 前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットから提示された前記画像を表示するように指定された前記プロジェクタを用いて、前記マスタープレゼンテーションユニットから提示された前記画像を、前記プレゼンテーション面に映し出すよう構成され、 前記複数のプロジェクタが、それぞれ、識別タグを有しているとともに、前記会議スペースに設けられた前記センサシステムが前記識別タグを読取るための少なくとも第1のタグリーダを有しており、これにより、前記プロジェクタが前記会議スペース内に入ると前記会議スペース用の前記リストに前記プロジェクタが追加され、前記プロジェクタが前記会議スペースから撤去されると該プロジェクタが前記会議スペース用の前記リストから削除されることによって、どのプロジェクタが前記会議スペース内に配置されているかを判定するよう構成されている ことを特徴とする画像プレゼンテーションキットシステム。
- 12前記ネットワークがワイヤレスネットワークで構成されていることを特徴とする請求項1 1 に記載のシステム。
- 13前 記複数のプロジェクタのうち少なくとも2つのプロジェクタを、機械的ネットワークを介して前記プロセッサに機械的に接続するステップ と、 前 記プロセッサにより前記ネットワークをポーリングし、該ネットワークに接続されている前記プロジェクタの台数とそれらプロジェクタの、該ネットワーク上における論理的な位置を識別するステップと、 を含む ことを特徴とする 請求項1に記載の 方法。
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The present invention relates to an interface for a large-scale presentation system, and more particularly to an interface and a function thereof that allows conference participants to intuitively and easily share information in a conference space and / or in a remote participation state. ..
This patent application is a partial continuation of US Patent Application No. 11 / 446,019 (title of the invention "Virtual Flip Chart Method and Device") filed on June 2, 2006, and this US Patent Application No. 11 / 446,019. No. is a partial continuation of US Patent Application No. 11 / 096,969 (title of the invention "Virtual Flip Chart Method and Device") filed on April 1, 2005, and this US Patent Application No. 11 / 096,969. Issue is a partial continuation of US Patent Application No. 10 / 816,537 (title of the invention "Virtual Flip Chart Methods and Devices") filed April 4, 2004. Also related to this patent application are the US Patent Provisional Application No. 60 / 687,389 filed June 2, 2005 (invention title "Virtual Flip Chart Methods and Devices") and the February 9, 2006 application. U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 771,908 (Invention title "Virtual Flip Chart Method and Device") exists.
With reference to the above-mentioned documents incorporated herein by reference as well as the parent application of the present application, a plurality of conference systems are taught in these documents, but at least some of them are informational. It is equipped with a master presentation unit and one or more slave presentation units installed in a conference space (ie, conference room) to share.
In at least some embodiments, the master unit comprises a large flat panel display device, a sensor system, and a display processor. The processor is configured to display software applications, still images, videos, electronic whiteboard images and other information on the display screen. The sensor system is connected to a processor to receive information indicating user behavior (activity) on or near the display screen and to perform functions associated with the received information and user behavior attributes. belongs to. For example, when a system operator (conference moderator) draws on the screen using a mechanical stylus as a pen device, the processor is programmed to follow the movement of the stylus chip and present a virtual ink mark. Has been done. Similarly, when an application interface with a selectable button icon is presented on the screen, the processor senses when the stylus touches the position on the screen corresponding to the button icon and associates it with the button icon. It is programmed to perform other user actions.
The slave presentation unit is a large unit having a presentation surface of a predetermined type having a size equal to or larger than the display screen of the master unit. The slave unit (plural) is expected to be positioned adjacent to the master unit so that it can be seen by people in the conference space. In at least some progressive embodiments, the operator of the master unit can use the master unit to have any of the slave units present the information presented to the master unit. That is, if the operator instructs one of the slave units to display the master unit information, the master unit information can also be displayed on the slave unit side. Such a master-slave system, in at least some aspects, is similar to a traditional paper-based flip chart, allowing the master unit to generate and modify images as well as images. After generation, the operation target image can be displayed on the slave unit side.
In at least some embodiments, the slave unit comprises one or more projectors, each of which is configured to project one or more slave images onto a slave presentation surface. In at least some embodiments, two or more master / slave subsystems can be networked so that all remote conference participants can view the same image at the same time.
The method of constructing a presentation unit for collaborative work according to at least one embodiment includes (a) a step of providing a master presentation unit having a display screen and at least one input device in the conference space, and (b). ) A step of providing a processor associated with the master presentation unit, (c) a step of moving a plurality of mobile projectors into the conference space, and (d) moving the master presentation unit into the conference space. A step of associating with at least two of the plurality of projectors, (d) a step of presenting an image on the display screen of the master presentation unit, and (e) the associated projector of the plurality of projectors. A step of providing a control interface on the display screen of the master presentation unit for designating any of the above as a projector for displaying the image presented to the master presentation unit, and (f) from the master presentation unit. It is characterized by including a step of projecting the image presented by the master presentation unit onto a presentation space in the conference space using the projector designated to display the presented image. To do.
In some cases, in the step of associating the master presentation unit with a part of the projector group, a list of the projectors is presented via the display device of the master presentation unit, and a part of the projector group. The selection of the above is received via the input device of the master presentation unit.
Some embodiments further include a step of providing a sensor system for determining which projector is located in the conference space. In some cases, the projectors each have an identification tag, and the sensor system has at least a first tag reader for reading the identification tag. In some cases, the ID tag is composed of an RFID tag, and the sensor is composed of an RF sensor.
In some cases, the step of providing the plurality of projectors in the conference space includes providing a plurality of projectors each having a wireless transmitter, and the associated step is a projector unique to the projector in the space. It further comprises the step of transmitting the identifier to the master presentation unit, and the step of presenting the list presents a list having independent input items for each of the unique projector identifiers received by the master presentation unit. Including doing.
In some cases, the projector may project at least a first image and a second image into at least a first presentation space and a second presentation space, respectively, and in the step of providing the control interface. , Includes providing an interface to assist in designating any of the first and second presentation spaces associated with any of the projectors. In some cases, in the step of providing the control interface, any designation of the image presented by any of the projectors is displayed by the master presentation unit via the display device of the master presentation unit. It involves providing an interface that allows for this.
In some embodiments, the step of moving the plurality of projector units into the conference space includes arranging the projector units in projector carts that are independent of each other. The wheels are provided so that the projector can be easily transported and the projector cart and the projector can be easily moved into the conference space.
In some cases, the step of associating the master presentation unit with a part of the projector group includes a step of mechanically connecting each projector cart to the master presentation unit. In some cases, the step of moving the projector cart involves arranging the projector carts next to each other, and the mechanically connecting step includes the master presentation unit and the projector. It involves connecting a communication cable between them.
In some cases, the mechanically connecting step includes connecting a power cable between the master presentation unit and the projector.
In some cases, the projector carts associated with the associated projectors belonging to the projector group are further arranged adjacent to each other, and the adjacent projector carts are mechanically connected to each other for transport. Includes steps to configure the cart chain for.
The mobile assembly used with the data cable having the data connector according to at least some embodiments is configured to be used with the members forming the presentation surface and includes a projector cart. The projector cart includes (a) a support member forming a support surface, (b) a moving wheel that supports the support surface, and (c) a first data port and a data connector supported by the projector cart. A projector configured to accommodate the data port and (d) a projector supported by the support surface and connected to the first data port, the image being placed on a presentation surface adjacent to the cart. It is equipped with a projector arranged to project.
A mobile assembly used with a power cable having a power connector and a data cable having a data connector, according to some embodiments, comprises a cart. The cart is composed of (a) a first substantially vertical side wall member and a second substantially vertical side wall member, each of which has an upper end and is provided apart from each other from both sides of the internal chamber, and (b). A substantially vertical rear wall member extending substantially perpendicular to the first side wall member and the second side wall member between the first side wall member and the second side wall member. , (C) A door member or front that extends between the first side wall member and the second side wall member and is perpendicular to the first side wall member and the second side wall member. At least one of the wall members, (d) a wheel that supports the first side wall member, the second side wall member, and the rear wall member and facilitates the movement of the cart, and (e) the side wall member. A substantially horizontal transparent upper member supported by each of the wall members adjacent to the upper end of the door, and (f) a first piece of data configured to accommodate the data connector while being supported by the cart. It has a port.
In some cases, the assembly is configured to be used with members that form a substantially vertical presentation surface, and is further supported by wall members and with a first power port and a first data port. It has a projector connected to. The projector is arranged so that the image is projected onto a presentation surface adjacent to the cart via a transparent top member. In some cases, the assembly is further supported by a wall member within the internal chamber and side walls such that the upper chamber is formed above the support member and below the transparent top member. It is provided with a support member provided at a distance from the upper end of the member. Further, the projector is supported by this support member.
An image presentation kit system used with a substantially vertical member forming a presentation surface according to another embodiment includes a master presentation unit including an input device and a display screen, a processor associated with the master unit, and a projector cart. The projector cart has a wheel for moving the projector in the conference space, and has projectors juxtaposed with each other so as to project an image on the presentation surface when the projector cart is positioned adjacent to the presentation surface. The mobile projector cart and the second mobile projector cart, and a network for connecting the processor to each of the mobile projectors are provided. In some cases, the network is composed of a wireless network.
The method of constructing the presentation system for image display according to some other embodiments includes (a) a step of providing a master presentation unit including a display device and at least one input device in the conference space, and (b) the above. A mechanical network of the steps of providing a processor associated with the master presentation unit, (c) moving multiple mobile projectors into the conference space, and (d) at least two of the multiple projectors. The steps of mechanically connecting to the processor via (e) the number of projectors connected to the network by polling the network by the processor and the logical position of the projectors on the network. And (f) the interface display screen for controlling the image presented by the projector mechanically connected to the processor by using the input device of the master presentation unit. It comprises the steps of constructing the projector to be presented on the display screen of the unit.
<figref num="1">It is a perspective view which shows the example of the flip chart imitation type presentation system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention which includes a master presentation unit, a 1st slave presentation unit, and a 2nd slave presentation unit.</figref><figref num="2">It is an enlarged perspective view of the master presentation unit shown in FIG.</figref><figref num="3">It is a partial cross-sectional view which shows the outline of the master unit shown in FIG.</figref><figref num="4">It is a perspective view of the slave unit shown in FIG.</figref><figref num="5">It is a partial cross-sectional view which shows the outline of the slave presentation unit shown in FIG.</figref><figref num="6">FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the master unit and the slave unit used as shown in FIG.</figref><figref num="7">It is the same figure as FIG. 5 which shows the other design example of a slave presentation unit.</figref><figref num="8">It is the same figure as FIG. 7 which shows one more slave presentation unit.</figref><figref num="9">It is the same figure as FIG. 7 which shows the embodiment of still another slave presentation unit.</figref><figref num="10">It is a figure which shows the portable interface unit shown in FIG. 1, (A) is a perspective view of the interface unit, (B) is a schematic view of the component which constitutes one Embodiment of the interface unit shown in (A).</figref><figref num="11">FIG. 5 is a diagram similar to FIG. 1 showing a presentation system with different types of slave presentation units.</figref><figref num="12">It is the same figure as FIG. 1 which shows the slave presentation unit equipped with the flat panel type display device.</figref><figref num="13">It is a flowchart which shows the flip method which concerns on the uniform phase of this invention used in the presentation system shown in any one of FIGS.</figref><figref num="14">It is a figure which shows a part of the flip method shown in FIG. 13 and an alternative sub-procedure for reading an image from a slave unit and re-presenting the image on the master unit side.</figref><figref num="15">It is a figure which shows the method of reading an image on the slave unit side which can be uniquely identified after flipping an image from a master unit to a slave unit.</figref><figref num="16">After a quick save of the images currently displayed by the master and slave presentation units, they are accessed again and the image is presented by the same unit that was presenting the image before saving it. It is a flowchart which shows the method of re-presenting.</figref><figref num="17">It is the same figure as FIG. 2 which shows the master unit which provided the control button of another form.</figref><figref num="18">FIG. 5 is a plan view of a presentation system consistent with some aspects of the invention, with a single presentation unit configured to divide the display space into multiple presentation planes to mimic flip chart operation.</figref><figref num="19">It is the same figure as FIG. 18 except that the way of handling the display image is different.</figref><figref num="20">FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another progressive embodiment including three projectors and an associated projection screen / assembly.</figref><figref num="21">FIG. 5 shows another embodiment in which the master unit is in the form of an easel assembly and the slave unit is wall mounted.</figref><figref num="22">It is a schematic diagram which shows the presentation system which provided the interface unit for remote-controlling a presentation by using the master unit and the slave unit installed remotely.</figref><figref num="23">FIG. 5 illustrates an example of an additional and progressive presentation system with a single projector that projects a main image and two flip images.</figref><figref num="24">A presentation system with multiple mobile flat panel displays, where any one of the display devices can be selected as the master display and all or part of the other display devices are used as slave displays. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of other presentation system which can be done.</figref><figref num="25">It is a flowchart which shows the other method which concerns on at least some aspect of this invention.</figref><figref num="26">FIG. 4 is a diagram similar to FIG. 24 showing a presentation system with a mobile unit selected as the master unit.</figref><figref num="27">The figure is similar to that of FIG. 26 except that the presentation system has already selected the slave unit.</figref><figref num="28">It is a figure which shows the other embodiment including one mobile flat panel type display device unit, and a plurality of projectors for projecting a flip image.</figref><figref num="29">It is a schematic diagram of a presentation system having two subsystems similar to the configuration shown in FIG. 28 connected to a wide area network (WAN).</figref><figref num="30">It is a schematic diagram of a presentation system similar to the presentation system shown in FIG. 28 in which a flat panel type display device is rotatably attached between the vertical direction and the horizontal direction (in this figure, the display is shown in the vertical direction). ..</figref><figref num="31">FIG. 30 is a diagram similar to FIG. 30, showing a presentation system in which a flat panel display device is oriented in the horizontal direction.</figref><figref num="32">It is a schematic diagram (vertical direction display) of the aspect ratio 16: 9 presented by the master unit according to at least one embodiment of the present invention.</figref><figref num="33">It is the schematic which shows four slave images presented in the slave presentation space which concerns on at least some aspect of this invention.</figref><figref num="34">FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a screenshot displayed on the laptop computer shown in FIG. 29.</figref><figref num="35">It is the schematic which shows the tool area shown in FIG. 32 in more detail.</figref><figref num="36">It is a schematic similar to the diagram shown in FIG. 32 showing the additional information presented in the workspace area.</figref><figref num="37">It is the same figure as FIG. 32 which shows the initial image which was reduced in size and the additional information added to the workspace area.</figref><figref num="38">It is a schematic diagram similar to the diagram shown in FIG. 32 showing the user operation corresponding to moving a part of the information from the workspace area to the panel icon.</figref><figref num="39">It is the same figure as FIG. 38 which shows the image in the workspace area to which the information is moved.</figref><figref num="40">It is a schematic diagram similar to the diagram shown in FIG. 32 showing a screenshot of an aspect ratio of 16: 9 in a state where the display unit is rotated from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction.</figref><figref num="41">It is the same figure as FIG. 33 which shows the slave image displayed in the horizontal direction.</figref><figref num="42">It is a schematic view similar to FIG. 32 showing a vertical screenshot of an aspect ratio of 4: 3.</figref><figref num="43">It is the same figure as FIG. 42 which shows the horizontal direction screenshot of the aspect ratio 4: 3.</figref><figref num="44">FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing another example of a tool area similar to the area shown in FIG. 35 and six slave presentation spaces associated with panel icons in the tool area.</figref><figref num="45">FIG. 4 is a diagram similar to FIG. 44 showing different states of the tool area and the associated slave presentation space.</figref><figref num="46">It is a figure which shows another state of the tool area shown in FIG. 44.</figref><figref num="47">It is the same figure as FIG. 44 which shows the different state of a tool area and a slave presentation space.</figref><figref num="48">It is the same figure as FIG. 46 which shows another state of a tool area.</figref><figref num="49">It is the same figure as FIG. 44 which shows the different state of a tool area and a slave presentation space.</figref><figref num="50">The tool shown in FIG. 44, according to at least some progressive embodiments, with a primary slave display area, a secondary slave display area, and two different slave presentation space groups corresponding to two connected remote systems. It is a figure which shows another version of an area.</figref><figref num="51">It is a figure which shows the tool area which provided a relatively large slave display area.</figref><figref num="52">It is a figure which shows the screenshot including the print window which concerns on at least some progressive embodiments.</figref><figref num="53">It is a flowchart which shows the method of identifying the printing apparatus associated with the computer apparatus connected to the network.</figref><figref num="54">It is a flowchart which shows the printing method which concerns on at least some progressive embodiments.</figref><figref num="55">FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a room wizard that assists in the distribution of electronic copies of session images.</figref><figref num="56">It is a flowchart which shows the method of identifying and storing the e-mail address of a meeting participant.</figref><figref num="57">It is a flowchart which shows the method of sending the electronic version of a session image to a conference participant.</figref><figref num="58">FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a self-contained mobile presentation unit as an example.</figref><figref num="59">FIG. 5 is a diagram similar to FIG. 58 showing another embodiment of the mobile device.</figref><figref num="60">It is a schematic diagram showing a display unit, a light sensing device, and a wireless receiver, and also showing a method of supporting interaction with a display surface (here, "interactivity", that is, interactivity is for interacting with the display surface. Is a function of the object).</figref><figref num="61">It is a figure which shows the help function which concerns on at least some progressive embodiments.</figref><figref num="62">It is a schematic diagram which shows the master unit screenshot and a plurality of slave presentation spaces in the state of using the help function.</figref><figref num="63">It is a schematic diagram which shows the presentation system which can easily control the brightness of a projector by the screenshot of a master unit.</figref><figref num="64">Master unit screenshots are schematic representations of a presentation system used to control indoor and environmental equipment.</figref><figref num="65">A screenshot showing additional features that can be implemented in the master presentation unit.</figref><figref num="66">FIG. 6 is a diagram similar to FIG. 65, showing the additional features and aspects of at least some embodiments.</figref><figref num="67">It is a schematic diagram which is similar to the area shown in FIG. 44 but shows the tool area under different conditions.</figref><figref num="68">It is the same figure as FIG. 67 under other other conditions.</figref><figref num="69">It is the same figure as FIG. 67 under other other conditions.</figref><figref num="70">FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a side table with a projector assembly according to at least one progressive embodiment.</figref><figref num="71">It is a figure which shows the side table assembly shown in FIG. 70 which the upper member and the door member were removed.</figref><figref num="72">It is a side view which shows the side table assembly shown in FIG. 70 in the state which is adjacent to a wall structure (the projector assembly is shown in a perspective view).</figref><figref num="73">A perspective view of a frame or border for determining when to reduce the size of an image displayed in the workspace so that the user can add additional information along the edges of the image. It is a screenshot similar to the image shown in FIG. 65.</figref><figref num="74">A screenshot similar to the image shown in FIG. 73, wherein the image presented in the workspace is reduced in size to allow the user to add additional information to the periphery of the image.</figref><figref num="75">FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a reduced image and a shift operation for the user to readjust the stylus chip position to accommodate a new image modification operation so that the user operation can continue.</figref><figref num="76">It is the same figure as FIG. 75 which shows the state which the size-reduced image was moved and aligned using the stylus chip.</figref><figref num="77">It is a screenshot showing a sticky note summary page that is compatible with at least some assumed embodiments.</figref><figref num="78">It is the schematic which shows the example of the wireless mobile kit system which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.</figref><figref num="79">It is a perspective view which shows one of the mobile projector carts shown in FIG. 78.</figref><figref num="80">It is the same figure as FIG. 79 with the door of the projector cart closed.</figref><figref num="81">It is a side perspective view of the projector cart shown in FIG. 79 in the state where the door of the projector cart is closed.</figref><figref num="82">It is a perspective view which shows the mobile podium assembly shown in FIG. 78.</figref><figref num="83">It is the schematic which shows various components of the podium assembly shown in FIG. 78.</figref><figref num="84">It is a figure which shows the method which can be performed using the kit system shown in FIG. 78.</figref><figref num="85">It is a figure which shows a part of the steps of the method shown in FIG. 84, and the sub-procedure which can be replaced.</figref><figref num="86">It is a schematic diagram showing another kit assembly similar to the assembly of FIG. 78 except that it includes a hardware cable for interconnecting the components.</figref><figref num="87">It is a partial side view which shows one of the projector carts shown in FIG. 86.</figref><figref num="88">It is a partial perspective view of the power supply / data / video connector cable shown in FIG. 87.</figref><figref num="89">It is the schematic which shows the other kit system similar to the kit system shown in FIG. 78.</figref><figref num="90">It is the schematic which shows the connection method of the component of the kit system shown in FIG. 89.</figref><figref num="91">It is a figure which shows one of the booster cable assemblies shown in FIG. 90.</figref><figref num="92">FIG. 9 is a diagram similar to FIG. 91 showing another embodiment of the booster cable assembly.</figref><figref num="93">FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a group of mobile projector carts locked or fixed to each other by a fastener assembly.</figref><figref num="94">FIG. 5 shows some of the steps of the method shown in FIG. 84 and alternative sub-procedures.</figref>
The embodiments of the present invention described herein are exemplary, and the present invention can be implemented in a number of different embodiments. In addition, none of the disclosed contents described herein is intended to limit the present invention to the concrete embodiments explicitly described, and it is possible to carry out the present invention. It should be understood as an example of morphology.
Explaining with reference to the drawings, especially Figure 1, the system components in mind in each figure facilitate the presentation of information to the audience and / or the collaboration between the system operator and the audience. Therefore, it can be used in any space. For convenience of explanation, the system and components will be described assuming the situation of a typical conference room (conference room) 11. The conference room 11 includes a presentation wall portion 12 generally provided at the front end of the conference room 11, a door 14 used for entering and exiting the conference room 11, and a plurality of conference tables or desks (2 in the figure). There is a stand, which is indicated by quotation marks 16 and 18, respectively). Tables 16 and 18 are chairs that direct the audience in the conference room 11 in a predetermined direction so that the information presented to the audience can be easily viewed in front of the conference room 11 adjacent to the wall 12. It is located in the conference room 11 together with (not shown). In addition, the same or similar reference numerals shall be attached to the same or similar components throughout each figure.
In at least some embodiments of the invention, an elongated horizontal rail 40 is attached to the presentation wall 12 at a height of about 6 to about 7 feet above the floor of the conference room 11. There is. The rail 40 provides temporary or permanent support for the master presentation unit and slave presentation unit in close proximity to the presentation wall 12. As shown in FIG. 3, the rail 40 has a height dimension H1 and a width dimension W1 perpendicular to the total length of the rail 40, and forms a horizontal upper surface 41. The rail 40 is attached to the presentation wall 12 in a bolt or any other safe manner so that the distal end of the presentation unit mounting member described below (eg, 74 in FIG. 3) is attached to the wall and the back of the rail 40. It is held away from the surface of the presentation wall 12 so as to fit between them.
As shown in FIG. 1, the first presentation system 10 as an example includes a master presentation unit 28, a first slave presentation unit 22a, and a second slave presentation unit 22b. As shown in FIG. 1, the front presentation surface (generally shown in quotation marks 48 or in lowercase letters) is readily visible to the audience in the conference room 11. , Presentation units 28, 22a, 22b, etc. are attached to the rail 40 and suspended adjacent to the presentation wall portion 12, respectively. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the master presentation unit 28 is an electronic image generator, which in the illustrated embodiment is rigid, but made of substantially linear and relatively thin plastic or metal. A plasma display or liquid crystal display type flat panel display screen 48, a transceiver 20, a first mounting hook (or mounting member) 72, and a second mounting hook (or mounting) mounted in the housing assembly 52. Member) 74 and.
As shown in FIG. 3, the housing 52 includes a front surface 53 and a back surface 55 that face each other. The front surface 53 of the housing 52 has an opening 57, and the display screen 48 is mounted inside the opening 57 so that the front surface 54 (width dimension W2 × height dimension H2) of the display screen 48 can be visually recognized. ing. The back surface 55 of the mounting members 72 and 74 is provided so that grooves 17 and 19 are formed between the back surface 55 and the opposite surface (opposite surface indicated by reference mark 59 in FIG. 3). It is provided so as to extend downward from both upper corners of the side surface thereof and at its distal end. Each of the grooves 17 and 19 has a recessed dimension R1, and the recessed dimension R1 is substantially the same as the width dimension W1 of the rail 40 (see FIG. 3).
To mount the master presentation unit 28 on the rail 40, it is easy to understand by referring to FIGS. 1 and 3, but the unit 28 is mounted so that the groove formed by the mounting member 72 and the mounting member 74 is higher than the rail 40. Lift and position with respect to rail 40. Subsequently, until a part of the rail 40 is accommodated in the groove formed by the mounting member 72 and the mounting member 74, and the mounting member 72 and the mounting member 74 are generally on the upper rail surface 41. Lower the position of the unit 28 so that it is supported by (see Fig. 3). Although not shown, one or more additional presentation unit 28 extends from the back surface 55 close to its bottom edge and is in contact with the front surface of the presentation wall 12 to stabilize the master presentation unit 28 in a substantially vertical direction. Extension member may be provided.
As shown in FIG. 3, in addition to the components described above, the master presentation unit 28 as an example is provided by the processor 80 and other means such as a keyboard or other form of control interface 30 (such as screen-selectable icons). A keyboard is not required if interactivity is ensured) and a digital memory 88. The processor 80 and the memory 88 are mounted in a cavity 61 formed by the housing 52, and the keyboard 30 is provided with a key supported by the housing structure. Processor 80 is connected to transceiver 20, display screen 48, keyboard 30 and memory 88 via multiple data buses (unsigned). In general, the transceiver 20 is a variety of transceivers using any different radio technology, such as radio frequency (RF) communication, infrared communication, and any different radio communication protocol (eg, IEEE802.11b, Bluetooth, etc.). Information can be transmitted and received within 20 ranges (for example, inside the space partitioned by the conference room 11).
The memory 88 is a digital storage device, and has a plurality of types of information that can be used by the processor 80 to perform various processes. In general, the information stored in the memory 88 belongs to two series, a program executed by the processor 80 and data such as an image presented via the display screen 48. The program executed by the processor 80 may be a position sensing program for detecting the position of the virtual ink pen device and the virtual ink eraser device used to add and remove information on the display screen 48. Includes a display drive program for displaying information via the display screen 48.
In addition, the memory 88 contains a program for managing images displayed via the display screen 48. For example, in at least some embodiments of the invention, the program in memory 88 is unique to each image "flip" from the master presentation unit 28 to one of the slave presentation units. An identifier number or the like may be assigned, and each flipped image and the corresponding identifier number may be stored in the memory 88 for later access. As another example, when an image is flipped to a particular slave presentation unit, the master unit processor 80 uniquely identifies the flipped image as the slave unit to which the image is flipped. It may be programmed to store the image and the unit identifier after correlating with the identifier. If the identifier and the image are already stored in the memory 88, the image can be accessed by referring to the unique identifier.
Further, in at least some embodiments of the invention, a copy of a conventional software application such as a power point, spreadsheet application, CAD application, word processor application, internet browser application, etc. is stored in memory 88 and accessed by processor 80. You may do it. Here, in at least some embodiments of the present invention, if the conventional software application cannot be used with the presentation system 10, a copy of the conventional software application is, of course, not stored in memory 88. .. Further, in at least some embodiments of the invention, software applications such as PowerPoint, spreadsheets may be stored and accessed through a small or laptop computer that can be used with the Master Presentation Unit 28. it can. In this case, although the processor 80 is used to display the images supported by traditional software applications, the processor 80 itself does not run the software application. Here, the computer is configured to execute a program, provide information to the processor 80, and drive the display screen 48.
As shown in FIG. 3, the control interface 30 includes various types of input devices. For example, in at least some embodiments of the present invention, a flip command (a command indicating the content such as "send the image currently displayed on the display screen 48 to the slave presentation unit and delete the image from the display screen 48"". ) And other commands related to data access, program control, etc., are provided on the front 53 of the housing 52 with mechanical hardware buttons such as the keys shown in FIG.
In place of or in addition to the hardware-type buttons, or in addition to the hardware-type buttons, in at least some embodiments of the present invention, a touch select icon for selection by the system operator is provided on the display screen 48. ing. By selecting this touch select icon, a command signal is transmitted to the processor 80 and processing is executed. In some cases, the input device 30 has an image magnifying function, i.e., a partially augmented interface, so that marks can be added and removed from the image on the display screen 48. interface) is given. For this purpose, see U.S. Patent Application No. 10 / 452,178, filed June 2, 2003, the title of the invention, "Electronic Whiteboard," which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. It is something that is. Alternatively, in at least some embodiments of the invention, the input to the master presentation unit 28 may always be via a small or laptop computer device (eg, a mobile control interface). In that case, the command to processor 80 will be received via transceiver 20.
Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the master presentation unit 28 will be described assuming that the mechanical keyboard 30 is provided for convenience. Unless otherwise noted, small and laptop computers and controls are collectively referred to as "portable devices (HHD)". Further, the communication of the unit / device may be a wired communication, but here, it is assumed that all the communication of the unit / device is performed by a wireless communication protocol and a transceiver (for example, see 20 in FIG. 2).
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the keyboard keys of the master unit as an example are the resume key 56, the send or flip key 58, the store key 60, and the retrieve key. It has a key 62, a left transmit key 68, a right transmit key 70, and a numeric keypad 67. The selectable keys described herein are merely exemplary, and in many cases additional selectable keys or a subset of the keys described herein can be displayed by the display screen 48. Here, the selectable keys depend on the features supported by Presentation System 10 and, in at least in some cases, on the relative side-by-side relationships of the system components. .. In addition, if the traditional software program is being executed by processor 80, or if the display screen 48 is used as a large display for a portable device (HHD) that runs the traditional software program. The mouse or touch select icon required to support the software application may be displayed on the display screen 48.
In at least some cases, the master presentation unit 28 is on one side of the slave presentation units 22a, 22b, etc. with respect to the audience viewing the unit in the conference room 11, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. It may be positioned. In this case, in order to flip the image from the display screen 48 to the slave presentation units 22a and 22b, the target slave unit is specifically specified in some way, and the flipped image is transferred to the specified slave unit. Need to receive. In the exemplary embodiment described here, unique slave unit identifiers "1" and "2" are assigned to the slave units 22a, 22b, etc., respectively, and the system operator interacts with the master presentation unit 28. This allows the operator to easily see the slave unit identifier when in a standing position to support collaborative work. As shown in FIG. 1, the slave unit identifiers "1" and "2" are permanently printed on one end of each slave unit housing assembly.
In this example, processor 80 is programmed to monitor keyboard 30 for evidence that the image on display screen 48 has been flipped to slave unit units 22a or 22b. In this case, to flip the image to either the slave unit 22a or 22b, the system operator selects the unit identifier number of the image flip destination unit with the numeric keypad 67, and then selects the transmit key 58. Is supposed to be. For example, to flip an image from the display screen 48 to the slave unit 22a, the operator selects the number "1" on the numeric keypad 67 and then the transmit key 58. Similarly, to flip the image to the slave unit 22b, the operator selects the number "2" on the numeric keypad 67 and selects the transmit key 58.
Here, it is assumed that each slave unit can be individually addressed, and in some embodiments, the master presentation unit 28 has a unique network address used for data transmission. ing. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the slave unit 22a and the slave unit 22b are given the unique wireless addresses "XP45519784" and "QZ1433217", respectively, while the address given to the master presentation unit 28 is " AM7966142 ". The address of the slave screen is correlated with the uniquely determined slave unit identifier (for example, "1" and "2" in this example), and the mutually correlated address and identifier are stored in the memory 88 of the master unit. Has been done. In addition, the slave uni processor such Tsu bets 22a and 22b are programmed to respectively, to monitor and receive wireless signals transmitted to the network address of each unit.
When the slave unit is selected as the image flip destination, the processor 80 identifies the network address associated with the target slave unit and generates and generates an image data packet containing the image and the address of the target slave unit. The data packet is sent to the selected slave unit, and in some of the best embodiments, a clear surface with nothing written in it, in a manner that mimics a traditional notepad type flip chart. Either the image is erased from the display screen 48 (ie, the blank display screen 48) or the image is processed so that it is not visible on the display screen 48 so that 48 is presented. In other embodiments, a second specific step may be required to make the master side image invisible.
In at least some embodiments of the present invention, the master presentation unit 28 side reads out the images presented via the slave presentation units 22a, 22b, etc., edits the images, and then edits the edited image. Can be presented to the slave unit. For this purpose, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, if the image is flipped from the master presentation unit 28 to any of the slave units 22a, 22b, etc., at least in some progressive embodiments. , The image data received by the slave unit is temporarily stored in the memory of the slave unit (see 119 in FIG. 5).
If, after the image is presented via the slave unit, the system operator wants to further edit the image to flip the image to the slave unit 22b in a manner similar to that described above, the system operator The identifier number corresponding to the slave unit may be selected with the numeric keypad 67, and the read key 62 may be selected. When the read key 62 is selected, the master processor 80 generates a read data packet containing an image read request and the address of the slave unit that is the image read source, and wirelessly transmits the read data packet to the slave unit. .. In response, the slave unit generates an image data packet containing the slave image and the network address of the master unit, and sends the image data packet back to the master presentation unit 28. When the master presentation unit 28 receives the image data packet, the master presentation unit 28 is configured to represent the image on the display screen 48 for further viewing and editing collaboration.
Instead of accessing the slave image from the memory of the slave unit as described above, in at least some progressive embodiments, when the master presentation unit 28 flips the image to the slave unit, the image has a unique slave unit identifier. Is correlated with and stored in the master unit memory 88 together with the unique slave unit identifier. After that, when the operator wants the master presentation unit 28 to present the slave image for editing or the like, the operator accesses the image in the memory 88 previously saved in the processor 80 by the read key 62, and is more appropriate. Slave unit identifier (ie, the identifier number associated with the slave unit to present the re-accessed image) can be selected using the numeric keypad 67 and the image can be presented on the display screen 48. it can.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, according to at least the uniform phase of the present invention, during a presentation or collaboration, the operator after the image is presented by one or more presentation units 28, 22a, 22b, etc. If you decide to cancel the presentation with the intention of resuming the presentation later, the presentation or collaboration will be provided by the operator with the ability to immediately save all the images currently presented by the presentation unit. When resumed, all currently presented images will be immediately and quickly re-presented in the same arrangement via the presentation unit. For this purpose, the processor 80 is programmed to monitor the save key 60, and when the icon 60 is selected, a unique presentation unit identifier (eg, "1", "2", etc., master presentation unit). Each of the identifiers uniquely given to 28) is correlated with the image currently presented by the corresponding presentation unit to form an "image-unit group", and the image-unit group is further stored in memory 88. It is programmed to save. Then, to re-present the images via the master and slave units at any subsequent point in time, the operator selects the resume key 56 and the processor 80 accesses the image-units to view those images. Have the master unit and slave unit re-present.
Here, when the image-units are saved or re-accessed, the processor 80 is a name for recognizing a particular image-units so that the operator can uniquely identify the image-units. Is programmed to give. In this case, two or more image-units are stored in memory 88 and are read correctly later to resume the presentation.
It can be seen that saving the image with the network address when the save key 60 is selected achieves the same result as saving the image with the unit identifier. Now, when the session is resumed, the processor 80 only accesses the stored image and address and correlates the image without the need to perform an intermediate step to correlate the unit identifier with the address. Flip to the given address.
In at least some embodiments, the number of slave units used with the master unit is invariant, and the keys and functions dedicated to the individual slave units are provided on the keyboard 30. It is supposed. For example, if the presentation system 10 consists of only the master presentation unit 28 and the two slave units 22a and 22b, the slave units 22a and 22b are provided with independent transmit and search keys, respectively, and are single. Images can be flipped and read by selecting only the key.
Similarly, as shown in FIG. 1, in at least some cases, the master presentation unit 28 may be positioned between the two slave units (ie, the master presentation unit 28 is the slave unit 22a and the slave unit. The master presentation unit 28 and the slave unit 22a are swapped so that they are placed between the 22b). In this case, the image is simply flipped from the master presentation unit 28 to the slave unit using the left send icon 68 and the right send icon 70, that is, flipped to the left and right sides of the master unit, respectively. become. Although not shown, a simple left read arrow icon and right read arrow icon similar to the left send icon 68 and the right send icon 70 are provided, and they are operated to read the image from the slave unit and display it on the display screen 48 again. You may let them present.
As shown in FIG. 1, in at least some embodiments of the present invention, the slave presentation units 22a and 22b have similar configurations and operations to each other, and for convenience of explanation, only the unit 22a is used here. I will explain in detail. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the slave presentation unit 22a is a pull-out, roller window shade style unit, and is a housing assembly 100 (hereinafter, housing). Body 100 ), transceiver 34a, deployable / retractable presentation screen 38, first mounting member (or hook) 102, second mounting member (or hook) 104, processor 110, It includes a motor 112, an electric screen spindle 114, a slave-side presenter / print applicator in the form of a printer 116 in this example, an Erasa 118, and a memory 119.
The housing 100 is generally a rigid box-like assembly in which cavities 105 are formed between the upper wall 107 and the bottom wall 109 and between the front wall 111 and the rear wall 113, respectively. .. The front wall 111 and the rear wall 113 define a front surface 101 and a back surface 103 facing each other, respectively. The bottom wall 109 is provided with a slit or an opening 122 substantially in the length direction of the housing 100, and the lower end of the presentation screen 38a extends through the opening 122.
The mounting members 102 and 104, like the mounting members 72 and 74 fixed to the housing 52 of the master unit, are respectively rearward from the back surface 113 of the housing 100 and from both ends of the housing 100, respectively. It is fixed while extending. The distal ends of the members 102 and 104, respectively, extend downward, with the member 102 defining the groove 117 with the groove dimension R2, and similarly the member 104 defining the groove 115 with the groove dimension R2. There is. The groove dimension R2 is the same as the width dimension W1 of the rail 40. In this way, as in the case of the main unit 28, the mounting member 102 and the mounting member 104 are positioned above the rail 40 so that the rail 40 is accommodated in the groove 115 and the groove 117, and the slave unit 22a is placed on the rail 40. Can be attached to.
Transceiver 34a is mounted on the top wall 107 and extends from there to the information. The presentation screen 38a, in at least some embodiments of the invention, is a flexible and retractable substantially linear member that, in its unfolded state, extends through an opening 122. A presentation surface 48a is provided below the opening 122, which faces the same direction as the front surface 101 of the housing 100. In at least some embodiments, the presentation surface 48a is a writable / erasable surface, such as Mylar (a registered trademark of polyester material developed and sold by DuPont), on which the surface. Erasable ink can be printed or plotted and then erased. In some cases, a bar 106 with a weight may be attached to the lower opposite end of the presentation screen 38a. This bar is for keeping the presentation screen 38a substantially flat when the presentation screen 38a is extended and extends under the housing 100.
In the illustrated embodiment, the processor 110, the motor 112, the spindle 114, the printer 116 and the Erasa 118 are each mounted inside the housing cavity 105. The processor 110 is connected to the motor 112, the printer 116 and the eraser 118, respectively, and is configured to control these components. Further, the processor 110 is connected to the memory 119 so that the information stored in the memory can be accessed, and is connected to the transceiver 34a so that the data packet can be sent and received. The motor 112 is connected to the spindle 114 in order to extend the slave-side presentation screen 38a, whose upper end is attached to the spindle 114, from the spindle 114 and wind it around the spindle 114.
When the image is flipped from the master presentation unit 28 to the slave unit 22a, the processor 110 controls the printer 116 to extend the presentation screen 38a, or instead, raises and lowers the presentation screen 38a by a spindle. It is configured to print an image on the presentation surface 48a by moving one or more printer heads adjacent to the presentation surface 48a while moving to. In either case, the processor 110 controls the printer 116 to reproduce the image flipped from the master presentation unit 28 to the slave unit 22a. The reproduction may be color or black and white. In addition, in other cases, the user may choose color printing or black and white printing.
The eraser 118 is controlled by the processor 110 and is configured to erase the ink applied to the presentation surface 48a by the printer 116. For this purpose, the eraser 118 simply moves back and forth along the length of the housing 100, applying the eraser pad to the presentation surface 48a as the spindle 114 winds up the presentation screen 38a. Alternatively, the processor 110 may control the eraser 118 to erase specific information from the presentation surface 48a while leaving other information on the presentation surface 48a. Here, for example, when the system operator re-accesses the image from the slave unit 22a for editing on the master presentation unit 28, the editing work simply edits a specific part of the image on the master presentation unit 28 side. And if it is a simple task of flipping the modified image back to the slave unit 22a, the modified image can be obtained by erasing the appropriate information from the presentation surface 48a and then the modified image. May be presented to the slave unit 22a by deploying the presentation screen 38a so that is visible through the presentation surface 48a.
Thus, in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, when the operator instructs that the image on the master display screen 48 should be flipped to the slave unit 22a, the image data packet is sent to the transceiver 22 and the processor 110. It is transmitted to the processor 110 via the transceiver 34a of the processor 110, after which the processor 110 controls the motor 112 and the printer 116 to extend the presentation screen 38a and at the same time apply ink to the presentation surface 48a. A flipped image is formed on the presentation surface 48a. If the system operator flips another image to unit 22a after the image is formed on the presentation surface 48a, the processor 110 first controls the motor 112 and the eraser 118 to bring the presentation screen 38a. Wind up, while erasing the ink printed on the presentation screen 38a. When the presentation surface 48a is clean, the processor 110 then controls the motor 112 and the printer 116 to reapply ink to the presentation surface 48a and present the newly flipped image on the presentation surface 48a. And make it available for viewing by the audience.
It takes a while (eg, for example) for either the slave unit 22a or the slave unit 22b to erase the existing image and apply ink to form an image on the presentation surface 48a after the image is flipped from the master presentation unit 28. , 30 seconds or more) may take some time, but the delay in image generation as described above is a collaborative work, as the display screen 48 can be cleared immediately and continuously used for collaborative sessions. It will not delay the whole thing.
Referring to FIG. 1, the dimensions of the master-side display screen 48 and the dimensions of the extended portion of the slave-side presentation screen 38a that presents the image are the same, and the presentation screen 38a, which is the image flip destination, is based on the same. It can be understood that the image dimensions presented in are almost the same dimensions as the original image presented by the display screen 48.
As shown in FIGS. 1-5, it will be understood that if the master presentation unit 28 and slave units 22a, 22b, etc. are removable from the rail 40, then the entire presentation system described above It can be easily moved from one conference room 11 to another, and by attaching the mounting member extending from the back surface of each presentation unit to the rail of another conference room similar to the rail 40. , Can be easily installed in the other conference room. During transport, the screen of the slave unit (eg, 38a) can be fully wound for protection and for compact construction.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the slave presentation unit 120 according to the second embodiment. The slave presentation unit 120 includes an upper header portion 122, a housing 124, a transceiver 130, a screen 126, and a first mounting member. It includes 132 and a second mounting member 134. Since the mounting members 132 and 134 are the same as the mounting members 102 and 104 described above in their configuration and operation, detailed description thereof will be omitted. Here, it seems sufficient to state that the mounting members 132, 134 extend from the back surface of the header 122 in order to mount the unit 120 on a rail similar to the rail 40 described above. ..
In the second embodiment, the screen 126 is firmly fixed to the lower surface of the header 122, and the lower housing 124 is formed with an opening (not shown). The lower end of the screen 126 opposite to the end of the screen 126 fixed to the lower surface of the header 122 extends through this opening, and the inside of this opening is described with reference to FIG. A screen spindle similar to the spindle 114 described above is attached. In addition, in the present embodiment, the processor 110, the motor 112, the printer 116, the memory 119, and the Erasa 118 described with reference to FIG. 5 are also mounted in the housing 124, and the transceiver 130 is mounted in the housing 124. It extends upward from. Here, when the image is flipped from the master presentation unit 28 to the slave unit 120, the transmitted image data packet is received by the transceiver 130, and the processor in the housing 124 is simultaneously arranged in the housing 124. And the printer to control and extend the screen 126. As the housing 124 moves downward from the header 122 (see arrow 128), ink is applied to the screen surface 126 to form a flipped image on the screen surface 126. The advantage of this is that the image is printed from top to bottom. Similarly, when erasing the image on the screen surface 126, the processor in the housing 124 simultaneously controls the motor and erasa in the housing 124 to wind up the screen 126 and erase the ink from the surface 126. take.
7, 8 and 9, respectively, are diagrams showing slave presentation units 171, 173 and 175 according to three embodiments, similar to the slave presentation unit in FIG. In FIGS. 7-9, the slave units are the processor 110, the motor or motivator 112 of a given type, the printer 118, the eraser 116, the memory (not shown), the mounting member (104), respectively. It includes transceivers 34a, but these are similar to those described in FIG. 5, so for convenience of explanation, these components will not be restated separately. The main difference between the embodiments shown in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 and the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 lies in the method of deploying and winding the presentation screen.
The embodiment of FIG. 7 is generally a pull-out endless loop style unit, including both an electric spindle 151 and a freewheel spindle 148. The electric spindle 151 is driven by a motor 112 under the control of the processor 110. In FIG. 7, the screen 144 is an integral, continuous belt-shaped or loop-shaped screen that is wound around an electric spindle 151 in the housing 100 and extends downwardly, below the housing 100. It is wound on a freewheel type spindle 148. The front portion of the screen 144 forms the front presentation surface 155, and the rear portion of the screen 144 forms the back surface 159 facing the opposite direction of the front surface 155. In at least some embodiments, the housing 100 is formed with two slit-shaped openings 140, 142, which are approximately the entire length of the housing 100 so that the screen 145 is passed through the interior. It extends along.
In at least some embodiments, the spindle 151 is driven clockwise or counterclockwise so that the screen 144 can be moved either vertically as indicated by arrow 146, thereby freewheeling. The spindle 148 is rotatable in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction indicated by the arrow 150. Here, in at least some embodiments of the invention, when the image is flipped to the slave unit 171 the processor 110 controls the motor 112 and the printer 116 while the spindle 151 rotates clockwise. Ink is applied to the screen 144 at the same time to form an image on the screen 144.
After image formation, the image is viewable on the front 155 between the housing 100 and the freewheel spindle 148. In this case, to erase the image, the spindle 151 may be rotated counterclockwise while the eraser 118 removes the ink from the screen 144. Alternatively, to erase the image from the front 155, rotate the spindle 151 clockwise so that the image rotates along the circumference of the freewheel spindle 148 and moves upward towards the electric spindle 151. Further, it may be moved downward through the eraser 118 so that the eraser 118 erases the ink on the screen in the meantime. Then, in another further embodiment not shown in FIG. 7, the eraser 118 is placed in the housing 100 on the opposite side of the screen 144, as the front presentation surface 155 moves upward through the opening 140. It is configured to erase the image presented on screen 144.
As shown in FIG. 8, the slave presentation unit 173 as an example is a pull-out drop loop style unit, and the first electric spindle 163 and the first electric spindle 163 mounted in the housing 100 It is equipped with a second electric spindle 165 and a freewheel type spindle 167.
The first and second ends of the presentation screen 181 are attached to and wound around the spindles 163, 165, respectively, and the central portion of the screen 181 is of the housing 100. It wraps around a freewheel spindle 167 suspended below. In this case, the electric spindles 163, 165 are used to move the presentation surface 183 of the screen 181 upward or downward as indicated by arrow 146, around the spindle 167 as indicated by arrow 187. You can move in either direction. As in the slave unit embodiment described above, whether the printer 116 and the eraser 118 are controlled to apply ink to the presentation surface to reflect the image flip operation resulting from the interaction with the master presentation unit 28. Or, it is configured to remove ink on the presentation surface.
As shown in FIG. 9, the unit 175 is a pull-out accordion style unit similar to the units shown in FIGS. 5, 7 and 8, except that the spindle is A point replaced by a take-up / extension assembly 174, and a plurality of long horizontal shapes in which the screen is connected to each other along the end of the horizontal long shape in place of the take-up screen member. The point is that it is a segmented accordion type screen 172 composed of screen members (two of which are collectively indicated by reference numeral 189). Here, the motivator 112 is controlled by the processor 110 to pull the screen 172 adjacent to the printer 116 and pull the screen 172 adjacent to the eraser 118, as indicated by the arrow 170.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 10 (A) and 10 (B), the portable device (HHD) interface unit 200 as an example is a unit component including a display screen 204, a keyboard 209, a transceiver 211, and a processor 203. It is equipped with a rigid and substantially linear plastic or metal housing 199, which protects and supports the device. Processor 203 is connected to transceiver 211, display screen 204, memory 207 and keyboard 209, respectively, and is configured to receive or provide information from them as needed. Further, the processor 203 executes various programs stored in the memory 207. In addition, in at least some embodiments of the invention, the processor 203 is a conventional computer network (eg, a local area network) via wireless communication and an access point located in or near the room of the conference room 11. , Wide area network, internet, etc.). Communication between the HHD interface unit 200 and a wireless device such as a network server via an access point is well known in the field of wireless communication, and therefore, for convenience of explanation, the details will not be discussed here.
The keyboard 209 has hardware keys similar to the keyboard keys described above with reference to FIG. More specifically, the mechanical keys 208, 210, 216, 220 are similar to the keys 56, 60, 62, 58 described above, by resuming the presentation, saving the images associated with the presentation, and by the slave unit. It is used for reading the presented image for re-presenting the presented image on the master presentation unit 28 side and for transmitting the image from the master presentation unit 28 to any of the slave units. The numeric keypad 214 can be used in the same manner as the numeric keypad 67 described with reference to FIG. For example, to display the slave unit associated with the identifier number "2" and the image flip destination, the operator must select the "2" key on the keyboard 209 and then the key 220. Just do it.
The left arrow key 222, as the name suggests, "send left" to indicate that the image currently presented by the master presentation unit 28 is sent to the slave unit located to the left of the master presentation unit 28. The key. Similarly, the right arrow key 228 is a "send to right" key indicating that the image currently presented by the master presentation unit 28 is sent to a slave unit located to the right of the master presentation unit 28. Further, the right arrow key 223 is a "read from left" key indicating that the image currently presented by the slave unit on the left side of the master presentation unit 28 should be read and displayed on the master unit. Similarly, the left arrow key 226 is a "read from right" key indicating that the image currently presented by the slave unit on the right side of the master presentation unit 28 should be read and displayed on the master presentation unit 28.
In addition to each of the keys described above, the HHD interface unit 200 is provided with an "Enter" key 212. The "Enter" key 212 can be used to indicate that the information input from another keyboard key should be the operation target. For example, if the presentation is resumed and the resume button 208 is selected when the resume button 208 is selected when a specific 7-digit digit code must be entered to access a particular image-unit group previously saved, the processor 203. To display a session identification number field on the display screen 204 for entering a specific 7-digit numeric code to access the image corresponding to the image-unit group and have the presentation unit present the image. It may be configured. In at least some embodiments of the present invention, the HHD interface unit 200 is actually used as a complete laptop computer that can be used interactively with various software applications (eg, power points, spreadsheets, word processing software, etc.). The HHD interface unit 200 may have a full keyboard configuration with letters, numbers and function keys as is normally implemented in computer keyboards.
In at least some embodiments, the display screen 204 is a full-featured touch-sensitive flat panel display screen, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 10 (A), and is substantially of any type. It can be used to display any visual image. Examples of such images are images corresponding to various software applications, images corresponding to information applied to the display screen 204 by a stylus 202 or other similar type of interface tool, and possibly various software. Examples include an image that combines the created image and the applied information. Thus, for example, when a PowerPoint slide is presented on the display screen 204, in at least in some cases the system operator uses the stylus 202 to display a mark (eg, 229 in FIG. 10a). Create on 204. At this time. The operation of the stylus 202 is tracked by the processor 203, which modifies the image on the display screen 204 accordingly to present the mark. The "mark" here means a virtual ink mark in the sense that the mark is displayed on the surface of the display screen 204 even though the real ink is not applied.
Importantly, according to the uniform phase of the present invention, the information presented on the display screen 204 of the control interface 200 is immediately updated on the master side display screen 48 of the master presentation unit 28. In this way, while the system operator is using the portable device (HHD) 200 at any place in the conference room 11, the operator uses the HHD200 to display the image displayed on the display screen 48 in real time. In addition, it can be modified in a collaborative and flip-chart manner. When the image on the display screen 48 is complete and the operator wants to flip the image from the master presentation unit 28 in FIG. 1 to either the slave unit 22a or the slave unit 22b, the operator uses the HHD200 to display the image. Flip to the appropriate slave unit. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 1, to flip an image from the master presentation unit 28 to the slave unit 22a, the operator selects the "1" key on the HHD200 and the transmit key 220. After selecting the transmit key 220, processor 203 directs an image flip to the selected slave unit, generates a flip command data packet containing the master unit network address, and processes the flip command data packet into processor 80 (see Figure 3). Transmit via transceivers 211 and 20. Upon receiving the flip command, the processor 80 generates an image data packet containing the currently displayed image and transmits the image data packet to the slave unit selected by the HHD200.
As shown in FIGS. 10 (A), 10 (B), and 1, unit 200 is a stand-alone laptop computer that constitutes a complete data processing platform and is a master presentation unit 28. Is a simple input / output device. Here, for example, a program that tracks interaction with the display 20 is executed by the unit 200, which simply provides display-driven data to the master unit processor 80.
In addition, in this case, the unit 200 completely organizes the image presentation, and the master presentation unit 28 does not perform the flip and read processing. Here, for example, the unit 200 may store all images, including images displayed by the master and slave units. When the moderator instructs the master presentation unit 28 to flip the master side image to the slave unit, the command is received by the unit 200, and the unit 200 flips by sending the master side image to the specified slave unit. To generate. In addition, the unit 200 may be configured to automatically send commands to the master unit to erase the flipped image. Further, the read command may be executed by the unit 200 instead of the master processor 80.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a second presentation system 230 as an example according to at least some aspects of the present invention. The presentation system 230 is illustrated in a conference room situation similar to the conference room 11 described above with reference to FIG. 1, where the presentation units 48, 232 are presentation surfaces to which the audience is associated. Is mounted on rail 40 indoors for easy viewing. Here, the master presentation unit 28 is the same as the above-mentioned master presentation unit 28 described with reference to FIG. 3, but there are some differences. That is, the master unit processor 80 in the embodiment of FIG. 11 is programmed slightly differently from the program shown in FIG. 3 in the above-mentioned processor described with reference to FIG. More specifically, since the presentation system 230 has only one slave unit 232, the processor 80 is programmed to flip all images to a single slave unit 232 upon receiving a send command. Has been done.
Second, prior to flipping the image to the slave unit 232, processor 80 is programmed to attach an image identifier number to the flipped image, which image identifier number is in the example herein. Is attached to the upper left corner of the flipped image. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the image identifier numbers "6" and "7" are associated with the images presented on surface 250 and surface 248, respectively. Therefore, the identifier numbers "6" and "7" are added to each image so that the image can be uniquely identified later.
Third, prior to flipping the image to the slave unit 232, the processor 80 correlates the image with the image identifier number and stores it in the master unit memory 88 for later access. In the above example shown in FIG. 11, master unit processor 80 (see FIG. 3) stores an image on surface 250 with identifier number 6 and is also an image on surface 248. The images with identifier number 7 are stored, where each of these images is flipped to the slave unit 232.
The slave presentation unit 232 is a large format printer or plotter with a subset of components or a set of components similar to those shown in FIG. 5, as shown in FIG. For this purpose, the slave unit 232 includes a processor 336, a motor 338, a printer 340, a large format roll paper 342, and a transceiver 240. In the case of slave unit 232, processor 336 is connected to motor 338, transceiver 240 and printer 340, and when an image is flipped to slave unit 232, processor 336 controls motor 338 and printer 340. At the same time, it is configured to stretch a portion of the roll paper and apply ink to the front surface 250 while the unstretched portion of the roll paper falls downward. In addition to applying the image to the surface 250, the printer 340 applies an image identifier number (eg, "6" in FIG. 11) to the upper left corner of the image.
After the image is printed, the portion of the roll that is placed outside the slave unit 232 can be stripped off and pasted adjacent to the slave unit 232 for continuous viewing. To this end, in at least some embodiments, the rail 40 comprises a front surface constructed of corkboard so that stripped sheets can be affixed along the front surface. As shown in FIG. 11, the stripped sheet 234 as an example is given the number 7 as an identifier number, and is attached to the rail 40 adjacent to the slave unit 232. Since the perforated cut lines are provided on the roll paper at intervals, the sheet can be peeled off cleanly.
In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11, in order to re-present one of the images printed by the slave unit 232 on the master presentation unit 28 side, the system operator uses the numeric keypad as shown in FIGS. 2 to 11. The pad 67 is used to select and re-present the number associated with the image, and then select the read key 62. For example, to re-present the image on sheet 234 in FIG. 11, the operator selects number "7" and read key 62. When the read key 62 is selected, as shown in FIG. 3, the master unit side processor 80 accesses the image stored in the memory 88 and corresponds to the image identifier number 7, and the image is displayed. Is re-presented on the display screen 48. Once the image is re-presented, it is modified and re-flip to the slave unit 232 for printing and registration.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another additional presentation system 251 according to the present invention. Here, the presentation system 251 includes a master presentation unit 48, a first slave unit 252a, and a second slave unit 252b. In the described embodiment, the master unit 48 is sandwiched between the slave unit 252a and the slave unit 252b and mounted on the rail 40, and the slave unit 252a is the master when viewed from the audience's point of view. The slave unit 252b is located to the left of the unit 48 and to the right of the master unit 48.
Since the master unit 48 is the same as the master unit described above, detailed description thereof will be omitted. Since the slave unit 252a and the slave unit 252b have similar configurations and operations, only the unit 252a will be described in detail for convenience of explanation. The unit 252a includes a hardened, substantially linear plastic or metal housing 258a, a transceiver 254a, and a large / thin, plasma, LCD or other display screen 256a. In addition, slave unit 252a includes a processor and memory connected to the processor, but neither the processor nor the memory is shown. The slave-side processor is connected to the display screen 256a, the slave-side transceiver 254a, and the slave-side memory.
When the image is flipped from the master unit 48 to the slave unit 252a, the image is wirelessly transmitted to the slave unit 252a and immediately presented via the display screen 256a, as shown in FIG. As in the example above, when an image is flipped from the master presentation unit 28, the master presentation unit 28 is immediately blanked out to mimic the sheet flipping of a traditional notepad type flip chart. Here, when the image is flipped from the master presentation unit 28, the image and the slave unit to which the image is flipped are correlated and stored in either the master unit memory 88 or the slave unit memory.
When the image is displayed and read on the slave unit side and then displayed on the master presentation unit 28 side again, the slave unit that is the image reading source is identified by using the keyboard of the master presentation unit 28, and then the reading process is performed. Will be done. Here again, the reading process can be completely internal on the master presentation unit 28 side, and the image presented on the slave unit side is stored in the master unit memory 88. Alternatively, if the slave image is stored in the slave unit's memory, the read process would require a read request packet from the master presentation unit 28 to the slave unit (eg, 252a in FIG. 12). Further, after reading the image, it is necessary to transmit the second packet in the reverse direction from the slave unit to the master presentation unit 28.
FIG. 18 shows one additional presentation system 470 consistent with at least some aspects of the invention. The presentation system 470 comprises a single presentation unit (indicated by quotation marks 470), the presentation unit 470 comprising a display screen 474 mounted inside a rigid housing assembly 472, the display surface thereof. The 475 is visible to the audience. Here, the display surface 475 is generally divided into a plurality of subspaces including adjacent spaces 476, 478, and 480 according to the presentation application. In at least some embodiments, there is no mechanical delineator between the presentation spaces 476, 478 and 480. Instead, those mutually independent spaces are recognizable only when the information is presented on the display surface 475. Thus, for example, as shown in FIG. 23, the presentation system 470 has a front projection unit 471 that projects an image into each presentation space 476, 478, 480 and a sensor assembly 473 that senses motion on the display surface 475. And have. As an alternative, the unit 470 is a flat panel plasma type, LCD type or other thin display in which independent images are displayed in each space 476, 478, 480.
As shown in FIG. 18, four touch-sensitive arrow icons 482, 484, 486, and 488 facing in a predetermined direction are provided below the display surface space 478. By selecting the flip icon 484, the image presented in the display surface space 478 can be flipped to the left on the display surface space 476 as indicated by the arrow 490. By selecting the flip icon 486, the image presented in the display surface space 478 can be flipped to the right on the display surface space 480 as indicated by the arrow 492. Similarly, by selecting the arrow icon 482, the image is displayed. The left image in the surface space 476 can be read and presented in the display surface space 478 as indicated by the arrow 494. By selecting the arrow icon 488, the image on the right side in the display surface space 480 can be read out and presented in the central display surface space 478 as shown by the arrow 496. In this case, the central display surface space 478 can be used in the same manner as when an image is edited by the master unit described above, the image is flipped to the slave unit, and the image is read out by the slave unit.
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a presentation system 520 similar to the presentation system of FIG. The presentation system 520 is a single presentation unit 522, which is an electronic flat panel unit with a presentation screen 524 forming a visible surface 526. Similar to the embodiment of FIG. 18, in FIG. 19, a predetermined model for determining a specific location on the surface 526 selected or instructed by the system operator (eg, with a stylus or a user's finger). Sensor components (not shown) are provided. In the case of the presentation system 520, the master presentation space 530 is presented on the surface 526 in a visually distinguishable manner, such as by arranging boundaries and outlines around it. As shown in FIG. 19, the master space 530 is shown in a state of being arranged substantially in the central portion of the surface 526. In some cases, more elaborate visual graphics may be provided to clearly demarcate the master space 530. For example, the space 530 may be clearly distinguished by the graphics representing the flip chart for the purpose of mimicking the flip chart.
As shown in FIG. 19, in some cases, the control icon 536 is provided in the master space 530. The control icon 536 can be used to flip the image from the master space 530 to another space on the surface 526.
In the embodiments described herein, after the image has been created in master space 530, the system operator positions the tip of the stylus at icon 536 and drags the image elsewhere on the surface 526. be able to. Here, as the image is dragged from the master space 530, the master space and its visually distinct features will remain in their conventional position on the surface 526. One image that was last flipped or flipped from master space 530 is labeled 528, as shown in Figure 19, and is the second image, indicated by arrow 540 from master space 530. The image flipped like this is written as 532. Arrow 542 indicates the tip of the stylus used by the operator to perform the drag process.
In at least some cases, when the image is dragged from the master space 530, the control icon moves with it, allowing the flipped image to move the surface 526 for a flip operation. There is. In addition, in at least some embodiments, the previously flipped image is for the master by selecting the control icon on the flipped image and dragging the selected icon back into the master space 530. Read in space 530. Here, as in the above embodiment, software for master space editing and software screenshot display is assumed.
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing another progressive embodiment 550 with a master unit and two slave units. The master unit includes a master display screen or assembly 554 and a master projector unit 560. The first slave unit comprises a slave screen 552 and a first slave projector unit 558, and the second slave unit has a second slave screen 556 and a second slave projector unit. It is equipped with 562. Screens 552, 554, and 556 include display projection planes 564, 566, and 568, respectively, because they are of similar size and can be viewed simultaneously by a collaborative audience or group. Are arranged in parallel with each other. In addition, the master assembly 554 includes a laser sensor unit 570 installed along the top edge of the screen 554 to detect the position of stylus, pen, erasa, etc. on or near the surface 566. ..
As shown in FIG. 20, the projector units 558, 560, and 562 are arranged so as to project images independent of each other on the surfaces 564, 566, and 568, respectively. The master assembly 554 is connected to or comprises a processor (not shown) similar to the processor described above for controlling images and system software in general, more specifically the processor , The purpose is to control the image flip operation and the re-reading of the image to the master side surface 566 for viewing / editing.
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing another presentation system 600 that is compatible with the progressive uniform phase. The presentation system 600 includes a master presentation unit 610 and three slave units 604, 606, and 608. Since each of the slave units 604, 606, and 608 is the same as the slave unit described above with reference to FIGS. 1, 4, and 5, a detailed description will not be given, but here, the slave units 604 and 606 will be described. , 608 can be mounted on the wall 601 (more specifically, the rail 602 mounted on the wall), and the flipped image from the master unit 610 can be received on the slave units 604, 606, 608 side. It is only stated that it is possible and is configured so that the received image can be presented on slave presentation surfaces (ie, surfaces 622, 624 and 626).
The slave units 604, 606, and 608 are wall-mounted, respectively, but the master unit 610 is a mobile, floor-supported easel-type assembly with an internal space of 614 and one or more shelf members 616. It has an easel structure with and (also indicated by reference mark 610). In the illustrated embodiment, casters 618 (only two labeled) are attached to the lower end of the easel structure 610 for movement within the facility. Computer projectors and other system components are also located on shelves 616 within internal space 614. The master unit 610 includes a master presentation surface 612 to present and modify the master image and generally support collaboration. In the above embodiments, on-screen selectable icons are provided on the master presentation surface 612 to perform flipping of the master image to the slave unit, reading of the image and other image management functions. Here, the master presentation surface 612 can take any of a plurality of forms such as a plasma screen, a rear projection screen in which the projector is arranged in the space 614, and a front projection screen.
FIG. 24 shows one additional presentation system 700 that is compatible with other aspects of the invention. The presentation system 700 includes a plurality of mobile presentation units 702, 704, 706, 708, 710, 712. Since the presentation units 702, 704, 706, 708, 710 and 712 have the same configuration and perform the same operation, only the presentation unit 702 will be described in detail for convenience of explanation. ..
The presentation unit 702 includes a flat panel electronic display screen 714 mounted on the top surface of the mobile display stand 716. Caster 718 is provided at the bottom of stand 716 for the movement of unit 702. For example, the presentation unit 702 can be used in any of a number of different conference rooms, and can be used, for example, in a conference space or, in some cases, in a private office. Although not shown, the electronic display screen 714 includes a tracking system for tracking an operation performed on or in the vicinity of the front surface of the electronic display screen 714. Thus, for example, as described above, when modifying or selecting the information presented on the display screen 714 using a pen, eraser or other electronic device, the pen or eraser motion is sensed and the result. , The information presented on the display screen 714 will be modified or selected.
In addition, the presentation unit 702 includes a wireless transceiver (not shown) similar to the transceiver described above for other embodiments, the presentation unit 702 providing information to the other presentation units 704, 706, 708, 710, 712. Information can be received from other presentation units as well as being sent to. In this embodiment, any one of the presentation units 702, 704, 706, 708, 710, and 712 is used as the master unit, and the other presentation unit or a subset thereof is used as the slave unit.
FIG. 28 illustrates one additional presentation system 800 that is compatible with at least some aspects of the invention. The presentation system 800 includes a relatively wide display screen or display surface 802, two video projectors 804 and 806, one presentation unit 808 with a mobile flat panel display, and a rack mount processor. It has an 810, a local area network (LAN) 812, a wireless access point 814, a DVD / VCR818, and a scanner / printer 816. Since the mobile presentation unit 808 is similar to the presentation unit described above with reference to FIG. 24, the presentation unit 808 is a flat panel mounted on a mobile cart type device (unsigned). It should be pointed out that it has a type display screen 838 and a wireless transceiver 836 for transmitting and receiving information via the access point 814, and further details are omitted.
The rack-mounted processor 810 is connected to the access point 814 via the LAN 812, and transmits / receives information on the presentation unit 808 via the access point 814. In addition, the processor 810 is wired and connected to the DVD / VCR818, the scanner / printer 816, and the projector units 804 and 806. The projector unit 804 is configured to project information on approximately the left half of the display surface 802, and the projector unit 806 is arranged and configured to project information on approximately the right half of the display surface 802. There is. More specifically, the projector unit 804 is configured to project two images next to each other in the adjacent spaces 820 and 822 on the left half of the display surface 802, and the projector unit 806 is configured. The images are configured to be projected next to each other in the third space 824 and the fourth space 826, which are approximately on the right half of the display surface 802.
When either an image containing information or a blank image is projected in the spaces 820 and 822, the projector unit 804 is configured to project the image identifier in the space. In the image identifiers shown in FIG. 28, the identifiers "1" and "2" (with quotation marks 828 and 830, respectively) correspond to them. Similarly, the projector unit 806 projects the identifiers "3" and "4" (quoted with 832 and 834) in spaces 824, 826. The numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 are numbered to distinguish spaces 820, 822, 824, and 826 from each other during system operation.
In at least some configurations, processor 810 drives presentation unit 808 and projector units 804, 806, respectively, thereby controlling all displayed or presented images. In these configurations, the presentation unit 808 is a simple interface and the flip / read process is performed by processor 810. For example, when an image is flipped from presentation unit 808 to space 822, presentation unit 808 sends a "flip" command to processor 810, which in turn causes processor 810 to space in display screen 838 by projector unit 804. Display the image on the 822. When the image from the space 822 is read, a read command is transmitted to the processor 810, and the processor 810 sends the read image to the presentation unit 808 again for display.
As shown in FIG. 28, a control icon is provided near the lower portion of the mobile display screen 838. The control icons include space selection icons 842, 844, 846, 848, a read icon 840 and a send or flip icon 850. The space selection icons 842, 844, 846, 848 correspond to the labels indicated by 828, 830, 832, 834 associated with spaces 820, 822, 284, 826, respectively, space numbers 1, 2, 3 , 4 are equipped.
For actual operation, to flip the image from the display screen 838 to one of the spaces 820, 822, 824 and 826, the user selects one of the space selection icons 842, 844, 846, 848 and Then select the flip icon 850. For example, if the user wants to flip an image from the display screen 838 to the space 822 on the display surface 802, the user may select the space selection icon 844 and then the flip icon 850. Similarly, to read an image from any of the spaces 820, 822, 824, 826, the user selects one of the corresponding space selection icons 842, 844, 846, 848, and then selects the read icon 840. do it.
As shown in FIG. 28, when the image is flipped from the display screen 838, information is transmitted from the mobile presentation unit 808 to the access point 814 via the transceiver 836 and then to the processor 810 via the LAN 812. The processor 810 then controls one of the projector units 804, 806 associated with it to update the image projected in any of the corresponding spaces 820, 822, 824, 826. When the read icon 840 is selected on the display screen 838, information is sent to the processor 810 via the access points 814 and LAN812, but this information is from the image displayed on either the projector units 804 or 806. This is information that requires that the associated one be read out and displayed on the display screen 838. In this embodiment, the previously displayed image during a session is stored in associated memory by processor 810 and, in at least some embodiments, is currently displayed by mobile unit 808. Only images are stored in the memory of unit 808.
Referring again to FIG. 28, in addition to having the display unit 808 display the image in spaces 820, 822, 824, 826, in at least some embodiments, the DVD and VCR played by the DVD / VCR unit 818 , Is presented on the display screen 838 or in the projected space. In addition, while the image is projected on the display screen 838, selecting the Print icon 870 presented just above the space control icon on the display screen 838 causes the processor 810 to display on the display screen 838. Have the scanner / printer 816 print the currently displayed image. Here, the information can be scanned by the scanner 816 for display on the display screen 838 or for information correction. When the image is scanned, the processor 810 transmits the image from the access point 814 to the display unit 808 via the LAN 812 in order to display the image on the display unit 808.
13 to 16 show various procedures and sub-procedures relating to a certain aspect of the present invention. Each procedure described herein can be used with at least one system of the presentation system described above or a derivative system thereof, and in some cases two or more systems, or all systems.
FIG. 13 shows step 270 of flipping an image from the master presentation unit 28 to the slave unit. The procedure 270 will be described in relation to the presentation system 10 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5. First, in block 272, the system operator appropriately arranges the master presentation unit, the slave presentation unit, or the device so that the audience in the conference room 11 can view them. At block 274, information is presented on the master display screen 48. In block 276, the processor 80 monitors the radio control signal generated by the input device such as the keyboard 30, the portable device (HHD) 200, etc., and displays the image currently presented to the master unit 28 as the slave presentation unit 22a. And monitor for the presence of a command instructing you to flip to either 22b. If no flip command is detected in determination block 278, the control loop returns to block 274 and the above procedure is repeated. At block 278, when a flip command is received, control proceeds to block 280, where the master unit 48 sends an image data packet, including a master image, to the selected slave unit. At block 282, the selected slave unit presents the received image according to any of the above embodiments.
FIG. 14 shows blocks 280 and 282 of FIG. 13 and an alternative sub-procedure 284. Sub-procedure 284 is for correlating the flipped image with the image identifier so that the master presentation unit 28 can later re-access, re-present, and edit the image. To this end, sub-step 284 assigns a unique image identifier to the image generated by the slave unit, which is subsequently assigned to the image identifier when the slave unit generates the image (eg, by printing). Used with a presentation system to be included in an image. That is, sub-procedure 284 is described in the context of presentation system 230 in FIG.
When block 278 is instructed to flip from the master presentation unit 28 to the slave unit 232, control proceeds to block 286 of FIG. 14, as shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 11, 13, and 14. At block 286, the master image is correlated with a unique image identifier number (eg, "6" or "7" shown in FIG. 11). At block 288, master processor 80 stores the correlated image and image identifier number in master memory 88. At block 290, the master presentation unit 28 transmits the master image to the selected slave unit. In block 292, the selected slave unit presents the transmitted image along with the image identifier number. Thus, for example, in FIG. 11, the slave unit 232 generates an image on the surface 250 and adds the image identifier number "6" to the upper left corner of the image. At this point, the image flip is complete.
Subsequently, in block 294, after the image flip is completed, the master processor 80 monitors whether or not there is a request to read the image associated with the specific identifier number. For example, when the identifier number "7" is added to the image on the sheet 234 as shown in FIG. 1, the system operator inputs the number "7" and reads the image on the sheet 234. Requested by selecting the read key 62 (see Figure 2). If no read is requested in block 296, the control loop returns to blocks 292-294. If the read command is received in block 296, control proceeds to block 298 and the master processor 80 accesses the image correlated with the identifier number entered by the operator. At block 300, the master presentation unit 28 represents the correlated image to the master display screen 48.
FIG. 15 shows a procedure 330 for managing a flip chart image when each slave unit is identified by a unique slave unit identifier as in the embodiment of FIG. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 1, the slave unit 22a is uniquely identifiable by the number "1", and the slave unit 22b is similarly identifiable by the number "2". As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 15, in block 334, a slave unit identifier (for example, 24a, 24b, etc.) is given to each slave display device, and the slave unit identifier is a slave unit identifier. Is associated with the corresponding wireless network address in a predetermined manner. The associated slave unit identifier and network address are stored in memory 88 of the master unit. In block 332, the master presentation unit 28 and the slave presentation units 22a, 22b are appropriately arranged in the conference room 11 for viewing by the audience.
At block 336, the image is presented and / or manipulated on the master display screen 48. At block 338, processor 80 of the master unit monitors for the presence of a flip command indicating that the currently displayed image should be flipped to one of the slave presentation units. If no flip command is detected in block 340, control returns to block 336 or 338. When a flip command is detected in block 340, control proceeds to block 342, where the master image is correlated with the slave unit identifier specified by the operator (ie, the identification information of the slave unit to which the image is flipped). To.
At block 344, the master processor 80 stores the correlated image and the slave unit identifier number in memory 88. At block 346, the master processor 80 transmits the master image to the slave unit. At block 348, the slave unit presents the received image.
In block 350, the master processor 80 monitors the presence or absence of a read request indicating a specific slave unit identifier associated with the slave unit as the image read source. At block 352, if no read command is received, control returns to block 348 and the loop described above is repeated. At block 352, if a read command is received, control proceeds to block 354, where processor 80 accesses the image associated with the slave unit identifier in master-side memory 88. At block 356, processor 80 represents the correlated image on the master display screen 48.
FIG. 16 shows step 360 performed by the master unit processor 80 in parallel with any of the above steps described with reference to FIGS. 13-15. Step 360 involves (a) associating the currently displayed image with a particular presentation unit and (b) associating the correlated image with the unit identifier for later access when a save session command is received. And (c) when the resume command is received, the procedure for redisplaying the image by the presentation unit associated with the image when the session save command is received.
For example, as shown in FIG. 1, when the save key 60 is selected, during the joint session, the first, second and third images are displayed by the slave units 22a, 22b and the master presentation unit 28, respectively. It is assumed that it will be displayed. Here, when the key 60 is selected, the first image, the second image, and the third image are correlated with the unit identifiers associated with the slave units 22a, 22b, and the master unit 28, respectively. The attached data is saved in the master side memory 88 as an image group, and the presentation screens of the slave units 22a and 22b and the master unit 28 are cleared. After that, when the operator resumes the session corresponding to the saved image group, the processor 28 flips the first and second images to the slave units 22a and 22b for presentation, respectively, and the session starts from the session interruption point. A third image is presented on the display screen 48 so that it can be resumed.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 16, in block 362, the images are presented on the master side display screen 48 and the slave units 22a, 22b. At block 364, processor 80 monitors whether save key 60 has been selected. In block 366, if the save key 60 is not selected, control returns to block 362. When the save key 60 is selected in block 366, control proceeds to block 368, the processor 28 sets the master display screen 48 as a blank screen, sends a signal to each slave unit (22a, 22b, etc.), and each slave. Let the unit make each presentation screen a blank screen. Here, while the presentation screen is in the blank state, the data corresponding to the image of the presentation screen is held in the master side memory 88, or is appropriately determined by the combination of the master side memory 88 and the slave side memory. It is retained (eg, 119 in Figure 5).
Subsequently, in block 371, processor 80 requests the operator for a session identifier. This session identifier is used when accessing the session image later. For example, the processor 80 includes a session identifier field and presents a query on the master display screen 48 that prompts the operator to appoint a session image group. If a textual session identifier is preferred, the processor 80 may provide a touch select icon on the display screen 48 consisting of a keyboard containing all letters of the alphabet, or, as an alternative, a handwriting-recognizable session identifier. A field may be provided. Instead of requesting the session identifier in block 371, processor 80 may simply assign a random access code to the session image group and temporarily provide the code to the operator via the display screen 48. ..
In block 369, the processor 80 is uniquely assigned to each image in the group of images and a unique presentation unit identifier (ie, an identifier uniquely assigned to the master presentation unit 28 or a slave unit (22a, 22b, etc.)). Correlate with the given identifier). In block 370, the master processor 80 stores the session images along with the session identifier, where each image is associated with one of the specific master unit and slave unit identifiers in the master memory 88. Become. After block 370, all session images are stored in an accessible format for ex post facto reference.
Then, in block 374, the master processor 80 has selected the resume icon 56, which indicates that the previous collaborative session should be resumed and therefore the saved images should be re-accessed and re-presented. To monitor. At block 376, control returns to block 374 if no resume command has been received. When the resume command is received at block 376, control proceeds to block 377.
At block 377, the master processor 80 presents a request to the system operator to provide the session identifier corresponding to the previously saved image set. Here, the prompt comprises a text query and session identifier field and an appropriate set of touch-sensitive icons (eg, numbers, alphanumeric characters, etc.) for specifying the identifier.
In block 378, the image group associated with the input session identifier is read from memory 88, and in block 380, the image group can be restarted from where the previous session stopped. The image to which it belongs is displayed by the master display and the slave unit. After block 380, control returns to block 362 and the process described above continues.
In addition to being able to store images presented simultaneously to multiple system presentation units for later access, in at least some embodiments of the invention, for storage and later access. It is possible to select images that are independent of each other, regardless of whether the images have been flipped to the slave unit. For example, referring to FIGS. 2 and 3 again, in at least some cases, the master processor 80, once the save key 60 is selected, is the currently presented image and is presented on the display screen 48. When the existing image is saved and the save key 60 is quickly selected twice (for example, like a double mouse click), the processor 80 is programmed to save the entire session image as a set of images. ing. When a single image is saved for later access, in some cases those images are added to the session group associated with the collaborative session that was in progress at the time the image was saved. To.
As an alternative, in some cases, when a single image is stored, processor 80 performs a process similar to the process described above for storing session images. At that time, an image identifier composed of text or numbers is requested from the system operator, which is an image identifier used to re-access the image later.
When the images are stored separately and independently, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, when the read key 62 is selected, the images may be read from the master memory or from either slave presentation device. it can. For this reason, the processor 80 has an option menu indicating the target sources from which the images can be read and appropriate tools for accessing those images.
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a master presentation unit 528 similar to the master presentation unit 28 in FIG. The master unit 528 has a touch-sensitive icon group on the lower edge 530. Here, the resume icon 56, the send icon 58, the save icon 60 and the read icon 62, as well as the left flip icon 68 and the right flip icon 70, closely adhere to the above-mentioned functions with respect to the similarly numbered keys in FIG. Since it has a function to reproduce in, it will not be described in detail here for convenience of explanation. However, the main difference between the icons provided by master unit 528 and the keys provided by master unit 28 is that the numeric keypad 67 in Figure 2 is replaced by the thumbnail sketch bar 450 in Figure 17. Is.
When an image is flipped from the master unit 528 to one of the slave units, a thumbnail of the flipped image is presented in the thumbnail sketch bar 450. In FIG. 17, two exemplary thumbnail sketches are shown with quotation marks 452 and 454. Here, to re-present the image presented on any of the slave units on the master display screen 48, instead of determining the image identifier applied to each image to access a particular unit or image. , The system operator only has to select one of the thumbnail sketches (eg, 452, 454, etc.) and the read icon 62, which allows the image to be re-presented on the display screen 48.
In at least some cases, one of the master unit 528 to the slave unit until the system operator ends the collaborative work session and the corresponding thumbnail sketch (eg, 452, 454, etc.) is added to the thumbnail sketch bar 450. All images flipped to are stored and retained in the master memory 88. Here, as is often the case with prolonged collaborative sessions, system operators can quickly and easily access all flipped images, even if the number of flipped image points exceeds the number of slave presentation units. can do. It does not matter whether the image is currently presented by the slave unit or simply stored in master memory.
Icons 64 and 66 are left-scrolling and right-scrolling icons that allow the operator to graphically search a large number of thumbnail sketches to re-present a particular image. In some cases, all flipped images and all images saved without flipping may be stored in master memory 88 and re-presented in thumbnail sketch bar 450 as selectable thumbnail sketches. Will be.
Referring again to FIG. 24, in at least some progressive embodiments, a system where multiple presentation units are available and any of the presentation units can be used as a master unit or a slave unit. It quickly assists the user in identifying the unit acting as the master unit and selecting the unit acting as the slave unit from a large number of units, associating the master side and the selected slave unit, and mastering the image. And certain processing procedures are implemented as software to provide tools for flipping between slave units.
To this end, the example shown in FIG. 24 shows that the presentation units 702, 704, 706, 708, 710, 711 have various purposes, such as in a private office, in a conference room, in a public space such as a front door or cafeteria entrance. It is assumed that it can be used. To this end, each unit is equipped with a flat-panel display 714 mounted on top of the caster stand 716, allowing the presentation unit to be easily moved from one location to another. If two or more presentation units are used together to support the conferencing process, and one of the presentation units is used as the master unit and one or more of the other units are used as slave units. It is assumed that multiple presentation units are brought into the conference space, associated with each other, and then the conference process support application is executed.
FIG. 25 shows step 730 where it is compatible with the process described above. Further, in the block 732, a plurality of presentation units (for example, 702, 704, 706, 708, 710, 712) are installed as shown in FIG. 24. Here, each presentation unit has its own unique wireless address. For example, the presentation unit 702 has a wireless address "00425A1", the presentation unit 704 has a wireless address "54478B1", the presentation unit 706 has a wireless address "89908B1", and so on. At processing block 734, some of the presentation units are brought into the conference space (see Figure 24).
In processing block 736, the power of each presentation unit in the conference space is turned on, and the system operator specifies that one of the presentation units should be used as the master unit. To this end, as shown in FIG. 24, in at least some embodiments, each time one of a plurality of presentation units (eg, 702) is powered on, the system operator uses that unit as the master unit. Information (ie, the initial interface) instructing how to make a selection is presented on the display screen (eg, 714) of the presentation unit. In this regard, instruction 720 is presented on display 714, along with a "Master" icon 722 for recognizing display unit 702 as a master unit.
Similar instructions and Master icons (see, eg, 724) are presented in presentation units 704, 706, 708, 710, and 712, respectively. If the operator specifies one of the presentation units as the master unit, the default settings recognize each other unit in the conference space as a slave unit candidate. In this example, it is assumed that the operator designates the display unit 702 as the master unit by selecting the master icon 722 on the display screen 714.
Subsequently, in block 736, when the operator designates the presentation unit 702 as the master unit, the master-designated presentation unit 702 wirelessly polls the conference space and other presentation units 704, 706, 708 in the conference space. , 710, 712 are identified. When the presentation units 704, 706, 708, 710, 712 receive a polling signal requesting each presentation unit to claim that its own unit is a candidate slave unit, the presentation units 704, 706, 708, 710 , 712, respectively, send back an information packet to the master unit 702 that identifies the slave unit by a unique wireless network address. For example, according to the above exemplary address, the presentation unit 704 transmits an information packet containing the unique address "54478B1" and the presentation unit 706 transmits an information packet containing the unique address "89908B1". When the master unit 702 receives the information packet returned from the slave unit candidates, the master unit 702 identifies each slave unit candidate and associates a unique simple identifier with each slave unit to assist in the configuration process. To do.
For this purpose, in this example, the master unit 702 identifies five independent slave units 704, 706, 708, 710, 712 and gives them the simple identifiers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. To associate with.
After identifying the five slave units in block 738, as shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, the master unit 702 sends back information packets to each of the five slave units 704, 706, 708, 710, 712. And assign a simple identifier label to each. In this example, the identifier labels include the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, which are transmitted to the slave units 704, 706, 708, 710, and 712, respectively. When the slave unit receives a simple identifier label, the slave unit displays the label on its display screen. In FIG. 26, the simple labels displayed are indicated by quotation marks 752, 754, 756, 758 and 760.
In addition, as shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, in block 738, the master unit 702 is provided with a configuration interface. The configuration interface has a simple label with a "Master" label 750 near its top and instructions 780 to select a subset of slave units in the conference space that will be used with the master unit 702 to assist the conference process. It has an icon corresponding to (for example, 752, 754, etc.) and an icon associated with the slave units 704, 706, 708, etc., respectively. For example, icon 762 is associated with label 752 and is therefore associated with slave unit 704. Similarly, the icons 766, 768, 770, 772 are associated with labels 754, 756, 758 and 760, and thus are associated with slave units 706, 708, 710, 712, respectively.
In addition, an "Enter" icon 774 is provided near the bottom of the display screen of the master unit. Here, corresponding to instruction 780, a subset of slave units 704 to 712 can be selected by selecting a subset of icons 762, 766, 768, 770, 772 and selecting the Enter icon 774. For example, to select slave units 706, 708, 710 as units to use with master unit 702 during a conference session, the operator may select icons 766, 768, 770 and then the Enter icon 774. .. The monitoring process for the configuration operation of a subset of slave units corresponds to blocks 740 and 742 in Figure 25.
When the Enter icon 774 is selected, in processing block 744, master unit 702 provides a control interface with the Mater label 750 designation. The control interface is provided with an icon for flipping the master image to a subset of the selected slave units and reading the image from the selected subset of slave units. To this end, as shown in FIG. 27, the master unit 702 provides independent flip / read icons 782, 784, 786 for each of the subsets of selected slave units 706, 708, 710. Since the flip / read icons 782, 784 and 786 have similar configurations and operations, only the icon 784 will be described in detail for convenience of explanation.
Icon 784 includes flip arrow icon 769 and read arrow icon 771. When flip icon 769 is selected, does the image currently displayed on the master display screen flip to slave unit 708 associated with icon 784 (ie, unit 708 associated with simple label 754)? , Or sent. Similarly, when the read arrow icon 771 is selected, the image currently displayed on the slave unit 708 is read and displayed by the master presentation unit 702. The End icon 788 is an icon provided to end the current conferencing process.
Thus, it will be appreciated that versatile electronic display devices can be constructed in different ways for stand-alone or combined use. In addition, if the display device has a wireless communication function, software may be provided to streamline the configuration process.
FIG. 29 illustrates an additional presentation system 890 that is compatible with at least some aspects of certain embodiments of the invention. Further, as shown in FIG. 28, the presentation system 890 includes a first subsystem 900 and a second subsystem 901 similar to the above-mentioned presentation system 800 described with reference to FIG. 28. Thus, subsystems 900 and 901 have a mobile master presentation unit, a first projector unit, a second projector unit, a display screen, a rack-mount processor, and a local area network, respectively. , Wireless access points, but none of them are numbered separately in FIG. 29.
As in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 28, each projector is configured to project two mutually independent images onto a display screen. For example, in FIG. 29, one of the projectors in subsystem 900 projects a first image and a second image that are independent of each other in the first space 904 and the second space 906 that are independent of each other. Further, one of the projectors of the subsystem 901 is configured to project the first image and the second image in the first space 903 and the second space 905, respectively. In FIG. 29, in addition to the components described above, a plurality of local area networks are connected via a wide area network (WAN) 920.
As shown in FIG. 29, in at least some configurations, subsystem 901 is remote from subsystem 900, and any mobile presentation unit is used as the master presentation unit. It is assumed that it can be done. Also, in at least some applications, when a system user gives a presentation using any of the master presentation units, all the behavior that occurs in the corresponding subsystem is reproduced in the other subsystem. For example, when the system user changes the information on the master display screen 902, the changes are reproduced in near real time on the presentation screen 907 of the remote master unit at a remote location.
In addition, when the system user flips the image from the master presentation space 902 to any of the slave presentation spaces (eg, 904, 906, etc.), the flip operation is also reproduced on the subsystem 901 side. For example, if the system user flips an image from space 902 to space 904 on the subsystem 900 side, the same image is flipped from space 907 to space 903 on the subsystem 901 side. Similarly, when the system user reads the image from the space 906 again to the master presentation space 902, the image from the space 905 is read again to the master presentation space 907 on the subsystem 901 side.
In addition, the action of changing the image in the master presentation space 907 will automatically and in near real time change a similar image in at least some embodiments and in the master presentation space 902. Similarly, image flips and readouts by presentation space 907 will be reflected by similar behavior that occurs in subsystem 900, at least in some embodiments.
FIG. 30 is a diagram showing another embodiment 950 that is associated with at least some aspects of some embodiments of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 28, the presentation system 950 is similar to the presentation system 800 in that it includes a mobile master presentation unit 951, a display screen 953, a first projector 964, and a second projector 966. belongs to. The other components shown in FIG. 28 are not shown in FIG. 30 for convenience of explanation. The main difference between the system of FIG. 30 and the system of FIG. 28 is that the presentation unit 951 moves from the vertical display (portrait display) shown in FIG. 30 to the horizontal display (landscape display) shown in FIG. It is equipped with a rotatable flat panel display screen 955.
Here, when the display screen 955 is rotated from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction, at least two changes are automatically generated in at least some embodiments. First, the score of the projected slave image may depend on the orientation of the display screen 955. For this purpose, in at least some embodiments, when the display screen 955 is oriented vertically as shown in FIG. 30, the projector 964 and the projector 966 each produce two independent adjacent images. It is programmed to project. For example, as shown in FIG. 30, the projector 964 projects the first and second images into spaces 956 and 958 adjacent to each other, while the projector 966 projects the first and second images. Are projected in spaces 960 and 962 adjacent to each other, and the projected images are projected in portrait form, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 31, when the display screen 955 is rotated in the horizontal direction, the processor that drives the projector is programmed to automatically reformat, with one projector 964 and one 966 respectively. It is configured to project only the horizontal image. In FIG. 31, the projector 964 projects the first horizontal image in the horizontal space 980, and the projector 966 projects the second image in the horizontal space 982.
Second, when the display screen 955 is rotated from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction, the control icon 954 presented on the display screen 955 is first directed in a better direction within the viewing portion of the display screen 955. Modified to accommodate changes that occur in the slave presentation space. For this purpose, as shown, four slave-side space selection icons are shown in FIG. 30, while only two slave-side space selection icons are shown in FIG. 31, which is a slave. Independent slave side space selection icons corresponding to side spaces 980 and 982, respectively.
From the above description, it will be understood that a number of changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concept of the present invention. It is also understandable that the present disclosure is intended to provide an illustration of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention to the specific embodiments described herein. Let's go. For example, the master presentation unit 28 is simply a conventional whiteboard with a camera, where the camera is presented through the master unit when the image is flipped from the master unit to one of the slave units. It may be something like taking a still image of an image and sending the image to a slave unit selected for presentation.
In addition, all presentation units described herein are being equipped with mounting members for mounting the presentation unit on wall-mounted rails, but the following will be understood: That is, it may be another type of support structure for the presentation unit, for example, the master presentation unit 28 may be supported by an easel-type assembly or may be a cart-installed assembly. Such carts are equipped with casters to facilitate the movement of units within the facility.
Further, although simple erasers and printers are described as described above, various types of printers and erasers may be used as long as they can be used with various embodiments of the present invention. For example, in some cases, the slave-side presentation surface may be configured with a rigid whiteboard member, or the printer described above may be configured as a plotter moving along or relative to the presentation surface. Well (ie, the rigid whiteboard will actually move relative to the plotter), and Erasa is supported by the presentation surface to present the image on the presentation surface as well as the image. It may be configured to move on the presentation surface in a similar manner to erase from it.
In addition, both the slave presentation unit and the master presentation unit are supported in any manner, including a permanent wall mount structure and an easel-type support structure (see Figures 24, 26 and 27), and are mobile casters. , Ceiling mounting structure, structure to fix the unit to the partition wall, etc. are provided as appropriate.
Although the systems described herein have only two slave units, some systems may have three or more slave units. In addition, some systems may include more than one type of slave unit. For example, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, a printer-type slave unit such as the slave unit 232 can be added to the system 251 of FIG. 12, and the system includes the flat panel units 252a, 252b together with the printer 232. Can be done. You can also think of other combinations of slave units.
In at least some cases, all system units (eg, so that images can be edited from any presentation unit, flipped from any presentation unit, and read to any presentation unit). The master unit and the slave unit) may have the same configuration and function. Thus, for example, when the presentation system is composed of three presentation units similar to the master presentation unit 28, the operator can move between the presentation units and edit in a more enhanced collaborative work environment. Flip and read operations can be performed.
In addition, although a simple configuration consisting of only one rail 40 has been described above, the present invention may have many different types of rail configurations. For example, hook-to-hook type rails, rails that can accommodate wheels that can be mounted between master and slave units, and rails that can only be mounted via their ends (eg,). Rails limit the detachment of attached devices due to vertical movement, etc. This is especially important if the presentation unit is relatively expensive) and other system units are benefited by the rail member 40. It may be a presentation unit or the like provided with a fixed structure that can be fixed.
As shown in Figure 28, in addition to the components mentioned above, any of the progressive systems can be made available to meeting participants during the meeting or taken home after the meeting, or Equipped with a standard size printer / scanner (eg 8.5x11 size, legal size, etc.) for printing a copy of the displayed image so that the document can be quickly scanned for system viewing and editing. You may.
In addition, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 22, in at least some cases, the master unit 28 and / or all of the slave units 221, 22b are master and slave units using a laptop or personal computer. It may also be located at a location 798 remote from the moderator that controls the images presented therein.
For example, if a moderator in Chicago makes a mark on the display screen of a presentation unit 800 installed in Chicago, the mark will be placed on the master presentation unit 28 installed in a conference room in New York (see Figure 1). Will be provided immediately to. Here, when the user instructs to flip the master image to the first slave unit 22a, the image on the New York side is flipped to the first slave unit 22a installed in New York. Similarly, the image from the slave unit installed in New York is read by the master presentation unit 28 and edited by the instruction input on the Chicago side. In the above case, as shown in FIG. 22, the remote control unit 200 (see FIG. 10a) communicates with the master presentation unit 28 via the network link 810 (for example, the Internet) to advance the presentation on the New York side. ..
In some cases, the presentation unit 800 may have display screens for each image of the master unit and the slave unit so that the moderator can follow the remote presentation. To achieve this goal, the display screen 812 of FIG. 22 includes a master unit image box 814, a first slave unit image thumbnail sketch 816, and a second slave unit image thumbnail sketch 818.
In this case, flipping and reading can be as simple as dragging an image from a box or thumbnail sketch. For example, to flip to the first slave unit 22a, the moderator simply drags the master image in box 814 to thumbnail 816. Similarly, to read the second slave unit image, the user simply drags the second slave unit thumbnail 818 into the master box 814. By using this function together with the presentation unit 800 (that is, with the presentation unit 800 arranged in the same space as the presentation unit), the master image and the slave image can be controlled locally.
In some cases, the master presentation unit 28 and a subset of slave units 22a and 22b are located in Chicago, while one or more slave units are located away from Chicago, such as New York. May be good. Here, the moderator can control the flip process to different slave units in the same manner as described above.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 24, in at least some cases, a handheld interface device 731 is provided to designate the master unit and the slave unit. For this purpose, the interface device 731 wirelessly polls the presentation units 702, 704, 706, 708, 710, 712 to recognize master and slave unit candidates and presents selectable icons on the display screen 733. Is programmed to. Here, when a subset of the master unit and the slave unit is selected, the interface device 731 transmits the unit designation information to the corresponding presentation units 702, 704, and the like. This allows you to build an appropriate configuration to support image flip / read from the master unit or image flip / read to the master unit. After construction, control interface tools are provided by at least one of the master unit or interface device 731.
Further, although the presentation system of FIG. 24 is described assuming wireless communication, in at least some cases the communication may be wired communication by hard wire connection.
In addition, the configurations to support the above process described with respect to FIGS. 24 to 27 can be used with other types of presentation units, such as roll-down or projection, and all steps in FIG. 25. Is not mandatory to implement. For example, the master unit may be specified in advance, or one type of presentation unit may always be the master unit when used in combination with other types of units. For example, if one presentation unit is an electronic flat panel touch screen and the other presentation unit is roll-down type, the touch screen unit is always used as the master unit and the other presentation units in the conference room during the conference. May be configured to poll.
An example interface with multiple progressive features will then be described in the context of the system 890 illustrated in FIG. Here, the person in charge of presentation (moderator) presents information to the conference participants in the conference room using the master unit 902. The conference room is also equipped with components that make up the first subsystem 900, and also informs another group or participant in the remote conference room that has the components that make up the second subsystem 901. Is presented. At least some conference participants have and use personal interface devices, such as laptop computers 911, 913, 915, etc. for attending meetings.
As shown in FIG. 29, the laptop personal computers 911 and 913 are connected to the first subsystem 900 via LAN, and the laptop personal computer 915 is connected to the first subsystem 900 via WAN 920. In the illustrated embodiment, laptop computers 911, 913 are used in a conference space with a first subsystem 900 and are presented to the laptop display screen and master unit 902 by the user of the laptop computer. The image and the slave image (for example, 904, 906, etc.) presented in the slave presentation space 969 can be viewed. Similarly, one or more laptop computers are used in the conference space associated with the second subsystem 901. In addition, in the illustrated embodiment, the laptop computer 915 is used remotely to provide temporary connection, monitoring and participation in conference activities. In the following, unless otherwise specified, laptop computers 911, 913, 915, etc. will be referred to as "personal interface devices".
As shown in FIGS. 29, 32 and 33, in this example, at some point during the presentation, the properties are consistent with screenshot 1000, with the moderator four images 1022, 1024, 1026, It is assumed that the master unit 902 provides the moderator with an interface for displaying an instance of 1028 on the slave side presentation surface 969. In this way, the conference participants in the conference room equipped with the first subsystem 900 can view the images presented to the master unit 902 and can view each of the four images in FIG. 33. it can.
As shown in FIGS. 29, 32 and 33, in at least some embodiments, two subsystems with similar presentation performance, namely the first subsystem 900 and the second subsystem 901, are connected and subsystems. All of the images presented by one of the systems (eg, first subsystem 900) are repeated or re-presented by components of the other subsystem (eg, second subsystem 901). Thus, for example, if the images shown in FIGS. 32 and 33 are presented by master unit 902 and space 969, then five identical images are presented simultaneously by presentation unit 907 and slave presentation space 971.
Similarly, in at least some embodiments, any action performed by the components of the first subsystem 900 is repeated by the components of the second subsystem 901 in near real time, with the first subsystem 900 and Attendees in independent conference spaces associated with the second subsystem 901 can see image movements at the same time. So, for example, if the image displayed in the subspace of space 969 numbered "2" is changed, so is the image displayed in the subspace of space 971 numbered "2". Whatever image is displayed in the first subsystem 900, it will be presented by the second subsystem 901 as well. As another example, if the image presented to the master unit 902 is modified, the similar image presented to the presentation unit 907 will also be modified in a similar manner.
The interface screenshot 1000 is shown in a format suitable for display on a display screen with an aspect ratio of 16 × 9, as shown in FIG. 32, in which the display screen is vertical 16 vertical and horizontal 9 horizontal. Is the portrait orientation. If a 16x9 size screen is arranged vertically as shown, then in at least some embodiments, the screenshot 1000 as an example will be with the tool area 1002 provided along the top edge of the screenshot 1000. , Has a workspace area 1004 provided below the tool area 1002.
Speaking of the typical 16: 9 vertical layout shown in Figure 32, a typical mechanical flip chart pad or a typical personal computer is used to maintain the form factor that is customary for a large number of conference participants. It has been recognized that it is advantageous to provide a workspace area 1004 with dimensions similar to those of the screen. A typical flip chart pad generally has an aspect ratio of width 2 x height 3, while a personal computer display screen typically has an aspect ratio of approximately width 4 x height 3.
Here, in at least some embodiments, the workspace area 1004 has a 2: 3 aspect ratio (eg, width 2 x height 3) when the master unit is oriented vertically and horizontally as shown in FIG. And the remaining space is space for the tool area 1004. As detailed below, if the master unit is in the landscape orientation shown in Figure 40, the workspace area 1216 has a 4: 3 aspect ratio (ie, width 4 x height 3) and the rest. The space will be the space for the tool area 1202.
As shown in FIG. 32, a screen with an aspect ratio of 16: 9 provides a tool area along the top edge of the screen or, in at least some embodiments, along the bottom edge (not shown) to minimize size. It can be formatted to an aspect ratio of 2: 3 (ie, width 2 x height 3). Here, if the workspace area 1004 in the 2: 3 format is provided, the tool area 1002 in the 18: 5 format can be configured.
The 18: 5 tool area format was chosen mainly because this ratio generally fits the largest 2: 3 workspace area 1004 feasible with a 16: 9 display screen. Is. Here, other screen layouts that would be consistent with the general teaching that workspace area 1004 should be dimensioned in the range 2: 3 to 3: 4 are also envisioned. It should be noted that. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 32, in another embodiment, the tool area 1002 can be provided along the bottom edge instead of being provided along the top edge of the screen.
Similarly, the tool area 1002 can be divided into first and second mutually independent tool areas located along the top and bottom edges of the screen. In that case, each tool area has an aspect ratio of 36: 5, or an aspect ratio of 18: 5 in total. In yet another embodiment, the workspace area 1004 can be smaller than the maximum size possible on a 16: 9 screen, while having the desired 2: 3 to 3: 4 aspect ratio. Other screens with an aspect ratio of 4: 3 that are displayed in the vertical and horizontal directions, and screens that have an aspect ratio of 16: 9 that are displayed in the horizontal direction. Screenshots as an example are described below with reference to FIGS. 40, 42 and 43.
The tool area 1002 has multiple on-screen icons that the moderator chooses to change the information displayed on the slave presentation space 969 by the master unit 902, as the quotation marks shown in Figure 32 suggest. ing. On-screen icons can be selected according to a number of different methods, such as touch, stylus, mouse-controlled pointer icon movement and its activation, and trackball. For convenience of explanation, unless otherwise specified, the master unit 902 is provided with a sensor for identifying when a position on the display screen was touched and where the touch operation was performed. Will be explained on the premise of.
FIG. 34 is an example screenshot 1030 that may be presented to a user using any of the personal interface devices 911, 913, 915, etc. shown in FIG. 29, according to at least some progressive embodiments. It is a figure which shows. Also, as shown in FIGS. 32 and 33, the information presented to the remote user shown in FIG. 34 was presented to the conference participants in the conference space with the first subsystem 900. It contains all the information. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 34, in screenshot 1030 as an example, the image currently displayed in master unit 902 and the slave images 1022, 1024, 1026, 1028 presented in space 969 correspond to each other. It contains five independent windows. Window 1032 corresponds to the image displayed on the master unit 902, as shown in FIG. 34, and windows 1034, 1036, 1038, 1040 correspond to the slave images 1022, 1024, 1026, as shown in FIG. It corresponds to 1028 respectively.
Windows corresponding to master unit 902, similar to screenshot 1000 with tool area 1002 and workspace area 1004, as shown in Figures 32 and 34 (more specifically, window 1032 in Figure 34). The 1032 includes a tool area 1031 and a workspace area 1033 arranged in the same manner as the areas 1002 and 1004. As shown in the figure, the tool area 1031 includes a group of icons that can be selected on the screen, which corresponds to the group of tool icons shown in FIG. 32.
In at least some progressive embodiments, in addition to the moderator using the master unit 902, which can modify the image information, any conference attendee will have the image information in part 1033 of the workspace. You can fix it. When an image is modified in part 1033 of the workspace, the modification is used to modify the image presented to master unit 902 in near real time, thus displaying all images that iteratively display the master unit image. Used to modify. That is, in at least some embodiments, all attendees or some of the attendees can perform the same image manipulation functions as the moderator using the master unit 902.
Similarly, in at least some embodiments, any attendee using the personal interface devices 911, 913, 915, etc. is used by the moderator using the master unit 902, using the tools in tool area 1031. You can change which images should be displayed in screen windows 1032, 1034, 1036, 1038, 1040 in the same way as you do. Thus, for example, an attendee using personal interface device 911 can move a new image into window 1036 using the tools in tool area 1031 in this example. As a result, the same new image will be displayed on the presentation space 969 as one of the slave images (see Figure 29).
FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a tool area 1002 as an example. The tool area 1002 comprises a first tool section 1052, a target section 1054, a panel section 1056, a source section 1058, and a second tool section 1060. As the label suggests, Tool Section 1052 and Tool Section 1060 have on-screen selectable icons for different types of tools used to modify the image displayed within the corresponding workspace section. (See 1004 in Figure 32), as well as other types of icons described below. The first tool section 1052 comprises an eraser icon 1062, a pointer icon 1064, a pen icon 1070, a drop-down arrow icon 1068, and a "current settings" indicator 1066.
Selecting the pen icon 1070 can instruct the master unit 902 to use the mechanical stylus or electronic stylus device used with the master unit 902 as a pen to add information to the displayed image. When the pen icon 1070 is selected, a mechanical stylus or electronic stylus is available to mark the image in the workspace area 1004.
The eraser icon 1062 is an icon that, by selecting, can instruct the master unit 902 that the mechanical stylus should be regarded as an eraser for removing the upper part from the master unit display screen. When the Erasa icon 1062 is selected, the tip of the mechanical stylus can move over the screen surface within the workspace area 1004, thereby removing the information previously applied by the pen tool. it can. In at least some embodiments, a button (not shown) provided on the stylus may be selected to indicate that the stylus should be used as an eraser. If the sensor of the master unit detects a stylus motion with the stylus laser button selected, the stylus motion is considered to be an erasing motion.
The pointer icon 1064 selects information within the workspace area 1004, for example, selects information on the screen icon within the workspace area 1004 when a software application that uses the screen icon as input is running. And / or display deselected information For actions such as moving the deselected information on the screen, rotating the screen information, resizing the screen information, etc., for the master unit 902, the stylus as an eraser or pen It is an icon that can be selected to indicate what to use as a pointing device.
When any of the icons 1062, 1064 or 1070 is selected, the selected icon is highlighted according to any method in at least some embodiments to indicate that the icon has been selected. For example, when the pen icon 1070 is not selected, a pen cap is displayed to cover the pen tip (see Figure 32). When the pen icon 1070 is selected, the cap disappears and the tip of the pen is exposed (see Figure 35). Similarly, if the Erasa icon 1062 and the pointer icon 1064 are selected, they will be displayed in a predetermined manner to be visually distinguished from the others.
The drop-down arrow icon 1068 is the icon selected to open one or more drop-down menus associated with any currently selected icon 1062, 1064 or 1070. So, for example, if icon 1068 is selected with pen icon 1070 selected, a drop-down menu will open and the moderator will select the pen type, line thickness, line effect (solid line, dotted line, etc.) as appropriate. can do. In another example, if the icon 1068 is selected with the Erasa icon 1062 selected, a drop-down menu will open and the moderator will be asked to erase the Erasa, what information to erase with the Erasa, etc. Characteristics (eg, whether only specific color markings are targeted for erasure, etc.) can be selected.
The "current settings" icon 1066 is an on-screen indicator, as the name suggests, the current settings, such as pen color, line thickness, effects on lines, or erasure width of Erasa. An icon for displaying the current characteristics associated with the selected tool.
Source section 1058 is provided with a plurality of icons, as shown in FIG. 35, each of which corresponds to a different source of information that can be presented in the master unit workspace area 1004. In FIG. 35, the source icons are a total of 12 independent icons in a 1-row 4-icon and 3-row configuration. The icons illustrated are three different types of icons, namely computer icons (eg 1102), 1103, etc., video icons (one of which is shown at 1100 in Figure 35), and another similar to Master Unit 902. Consists of an easel icon 1098 corresponding to the device of. Independent computer icons, such as Icon 1102, are provided, corresponding to personal interface devices 911, 913, 915, etc. used to temporarily connect to a conference. Thus, for example, corresponding to FIG. 29, independent computer source icons 1102 are provided separately for the personal interface devices 911, 913, 915, and the like.
Here, when a person temporarily connects to the meeting and becomes an attendee, the personal information is acquired according to a predetermined method (for example, received from the attendee, automatically acquired by the system processor, etc.). It is assumed that. Further, in this example, it is assumed that the system processor extracts a unique identifier such as the initials of the attendees from the personal information. In this example, attendee initials are provided by each of the independent computer icons so that the attendees associated with each particular icon can be easily identified. For example, in FIG. 35, the initial "ASD" is associated with the computer icon 1102 and the initial "SSC" is associated with the icon 1103 and the attendees themselves using the interface devices associated with the icons 1102 and 1103, respectively. Gender is being shown.
Here, in at least some embodiments, when any of the computer icons (eg, 1102) is selected, the information currently displayed on the laptop computer associated with the selected icon is the master unit. It is expected to be displayed on 902 at the same time. More specifically, when one of the computer icons is selected, a window corresponding to the associated laptop will open on the master unit screen and the information currently displayed on the associated laptop will be displayed. Displayed on the master unit at the same time.
For example, as shown in FIGS. 29, 35 and 36, personal interface devices 911 and 913 are used by conference participants with initials "ASD" and "SSC", respectively, and are attended by the two. Suppose a person wants to share sales information with other attendees for comparison. Here, each attendee (Mr. ASD and Mr. SSC) can use the interface device software to access sales information that should be presented and compared in a dedicated window, and the attendee's interface device. Using the tool area 103 provided (see Figure 34), an icon (ie, icon 1102 or icon 1103) can be selected from the space 1058 corresponding to a particular user, and information is maximized (ie, ie). , Expanded to occupy the entire screen of the interface device) and present sales information on the master unit screen.
As shown in FIG. 36, the above-mentioned operation opens windows 1178 and 1181 as examples, and causes the attendees ASD and SSC to display the sales information as images 1179 and 1183, respectively. .. When computer icon 1102 is selected (ie, double-click and drag to workspace area 1032, etc.), window 1178 opens, in which the interface device associated with computer icon 1102, as shown in Figure 36. The image 1179 corresponding to the currently displayed image is displayed in.
In Figure 36, user ASD maximizes a window on her laptop that shows performance that is aggregated twice a quarter, compared to window 1178 in the quarter. It is assumed that only the achievements that are aggregated at a two-time pace are displayed. Similarly, when computer icon 1103 is selected, window 1181 opens with image 1183 corresponding to the image currently displayed on the interface device associated with computer icon 1103. In this way, multiple windows corresponding to multiple sources can be opened in the workspace area 1004 by the master unit 902.
As shown in FIGS. 29 and 36, information including windows 1178 and 1181 displayed in workspace area 1004 can be "moved" and projected into a slave projector unit (ie, space 969). ), So that the "live view" of multiple personal computer devices (ie, the information currently displayed by the personal computer devices 911, 913, 915, etc.) can be displayed in space 969 by multiple slaves. It can be displayed on the image. For example, in FIG. 36, the user of the master unit can increase the size of windows 1178 and 1181 (ie dragging the corners of the window, etc.), with windows 1178 and 1181 above the workspace area 1004. You can move both windows so that they occupy half and the bottom half, respectively (for example, drag the top window bar to another location to move the window). In addition, images containing windows 1178 and 1181 can be moved to slave-side space 904.
The user of the master unit then selects two additional computer icons from the source section 1158 (see Figure 35) and currently displays them on two other personal computer devices (eg, 911, 913, 915, etc.). You can view the sales performance that is being done, which allows you to open two other windows within the workspace area 1004. After each newly opened window is resized to occupy the upper half of workspace area 1004, the user can move the image containing the new window to slave-side space 906 in Figure 29. This process can be repeated multiple times, allowing multiple live windows to appear in space 969.
In at least some embodiments, the icon in the source section 1058 can be selected by touching the icon with the tip of the mechanical stylus and by dragging the icon into the workspace area 1004. In other cases, the icon in the source section 1058 can be selected by tapping the icon once or twice with the tip of the stylus. To close an open window (eg 1178), each window is provided with a selectable "close" icon 1185 (only one shown) on the screen. Although not shown, the sizes of window 1178, window 1181, etc. are, for example, in at least some embodiments, such that window 1178 and window 1181 of FIG. 36 occupy the upper and lower halves of the workspace area 1004. Can be changed.
When a window (eg, 1178, 1181) is opened in workspace area 1004, the pen icon 1070 is used in workspace area 1004, including on the window image and between windows, and other spaces within workspace area 1004. Marks can be placed anywhere in the window. For example, in FIG. 36, marking 1187 is added to the information displayed in workspace area 1004 to highlight the differences between each piece of information in window 1178 and window 1181. It extends between windows 1178 and 1181 and between windows.
In at least some embodiments, (a) the image displayed in the workspace area 1004 includes windows 1178, 1181, etc., and (b) the image is another image in the workspace area 1004. If minimized so that it can be viewed or created in (ie, the image has been removed from workspace area 1004, but is still visible as a panel icon in panel section 1056). The open window remains associated with the minimized image.
If the minimized image is re-maximized (ie, displayed in workspace area 1004), the window is presented again. Similarly, when an image containing a window is saved, its window information is saved with the image, and when the image is re-accessed, the window is re-presented. In short, in these embodiments, all information presented in workspace area 1004 will continue to be preserved after being minimized and / or stored for subsequent access.
As shown in FIG. 36, the stop icon 1197 and the resume icon 1199 are provided adjacent to the icon (eg, 1158) at the top of each window 1178, 1181, etc. associated with any of the personal computer devices. You can freeze the information displayed in the corresponding window by selecting the stop icon 1197. For example, when the stop icon 1197 is selected, the information currently displayed in window 1178 is maintained regardless of which information is displayed through the personal computer device associated with window 1178. After the stop icon 1197 is selected, you can select the resume icon 1199 to update window 1178 to reflect the information currently displayed on the personal computer device associated with window 1178.
The video icon 1100, in at least some progressive embodiments, is a video source such as a DVD player, camera, tape player, hard drive, etc., and is a streaming video clip that can be used by the moderator or attendee during the meeting. Can be provided. Select the video icon 1100 that corresponds to one video source and the corresponding video clip will be provided to the window. In FIG. 36, the video window 1180 corresponding to the video icon 1100 indicating the video source is shown in the open state, and the video clip image 1190, the source identifier information 1182, the "pause" icon 1184, and the "play" icon 1186 are shown. And a control bar with a "close" icon 1188.
Identifier information 1182 provides initials that identify attendees who control the video device as the source of the video. When the video window 1180 opens, in at least some embodiments, the video clip image 1190 automatically begins playing. The video clip image 1190 can be paused by selecting icon 1184 and resumed by selecting the play icon 1186. To close the video window 1180, select the "close" icon 1188. In at least some embodiments, window control icons 1184, 1186, 1188, etc. can be connected to the conference room control system, which allows physical control of window movements (eg, play, pause, etc.). it can.
Here, as with windows 1178 and 1181, in at least some embodiments, the video window 1180 can also be moved and / or shrunk within the workspace area 1004. In addition, multiple video type windows such as video window 1180 can be opened at the same time, and multiple video clips can be played back at once. In addition, the Pen Tool 1070 can be used to mark video clip images and / or still video clip images. In at least some embodiments, when an image containing a videotype window is minimized and / or saved, the window is also included in the image and re-accessed with the image in workspace area 1004. Presented.
The easel icon 1098 is associated with an interface unit similar to the master unit 902. The presentation unit 907 shown in FIG. 29 is a second large interface device similar to the master unit 902 and can be used in a number of different ways.
First, the presentation unit 907 can actually be used in such a way as to shadow the master unit 902, and as described above, the content displayed by the master unit 902 can be accurately and constantly displayed. Second, the presentation unit 907 can be used independently like any of the personal interface devices 911, 913, 915, etc., and can be used for application execution and / or image creation. In this second case, the presentation unit 907 can be used as a source, such as interface devices 911, 913, 915, etc., and the image displayed thereby is a master unit by selecting the master unit icon 1098. It can be duplicated on the 902 side. Although not shown, the number of presentation units may exceed two (presentation units 902 and 907).
To add a new source, select the "+" icon 1104, which is spatially associated with the icon in source section 1158. When icon 1104 is selected, in at least some embodiments, a window (not shown) opens, which can be used to identify new sources to add. In some embodiments, a user of the new source wants to attend a conference, such as through a personal interface device. In this case, it can be similarly considered that participation in the conference is automatically permitted, or that the current attendee is permitted by a predetermined method or by entering a password or the like. In any case, when a new source is added, the icon for the new source will also be added to the source section 1058. If the source becomes inaccessible to the conference, such as when an attendee using interface device 915 disconnects from the conference, the associated source icon is removed from source section 1058.
Panel section 1056 is provided with independent panel icons for images that have not been deleted and closed or newly opened images during the presentation, as shown in Figure 35. In FIG. 35, a plurality of 12 independent panel icons are illustrated. Each panel icon is assigned one of the numbers 1-12. Each panel icon is a thumbnail sketch of the image associated with the panel icon. In this example, the image is associated with panel icons 1, 2, 3, and 5, respectively, but no information is associated with panel icons 4 and 6-12 (ie, icons 4 and 6-12). Correspondingly, a blank page is created that does not contain any images). To create a new blank page, select the "+" icon 1094, which is spatially associated with panel section 1056. To remove a panel icon, select it and go to the Recycle Bin icon 1074 (more on this later).
As shown in FIGS. 29 and 35, the panel icon corresponding to the image currently displayed on the master unit 902 is visually distinguished from the other panel icons in panel section 1056. For example, in FIGS. 32 and 35, when the image corresponding to panel icon 3 is displayed in workspace area 1004, the third panel icon is highlighted by a visually distinguished box 1079 around the panel icon. .. In addition, as shown in FIG. 32, an icon number associated with the panel icon corresponding to the image currently displayed on the master unit is presented as part of the displayed image. For example, in FIG. 32, the number "3" is illustrated in the upper right corner of the image displayed in the workspace area 1004.
In at least some embodiments, in addition to visually distinguishing the panel icon corresponding to the image currently displayed on the master presentation unit 902 as shown in FIG. 35, the interface software is currently presented to the slave unit. Visually distinguish between panel icons. For this purpose, in FIG. 35, slave markers 1082, 1084, 1086, 1088 are located above each panel icon corresponding to the currently displayed slave image. Slave markers are provided above each panel icon associated with the panels labeled 1, 2, 3, and 5 to correspond to the description in FIG. Although not shown, in at least some embodiments, the moderator and attendees see the information below the markers, even though the slave markers 1082, 1084, 1086, 1088 contain slave markers. And, in general, it is semi-transparently visible, at least in some way, so that you can see which panel corresponds to which icon.
As shown in FIG. 29, in at least some embodiments, if two or more subsystems 900, 901, etc. are interconnected for a conference, the subsystems 900, 901, etc. will have different scores of slave images. At a given point in time (for example, it means that one subsystem has more slave-side hardware than another subsystem has). For example, subsystem 900 displays four slave images, while subsystem 901 displays six slave images, eight slave images, and the like (not shown).
When multiple subsystems display slave images with different scores, in at least some embodiments, the panel icons corresponding to the commonly displayed images are visually distinguished by the master presentation unit 902. Panel icons corresponding to uniquely displayed slave images (ie, images displayed only through a subset of one subsystem or multiple subsystems) are visually distinguished in different ways. .. For this purpose, as shown in FIGS. 29 and 35, in this example, the images corresponding to the panel icons 1, 2, 3, and 5, respectively, are common to subsystems such as subsystem 900 and subsystem 901. The images displayed, on the other hand, corresponding to the panel icons 7 and 8 are displayed exclusively by the projector 899 associated with subsystem 901. Here, the commonly displayed panel is marked by a particular type of marker (see markers 1082, 1084, 1086, 1088), and the uniquely displayed panel is a different type of second marker (1090, 1092). (See) marked by.
As shown in FIGS. 33 and 35, when a slave image is displayed, in at least some embodiments, an image label corresponding to the panel icon number associated with the slave image is presented as a component of each slave image. .. For example, if the panels 1, 2, 3, and 5 of FIG. 35 are marked in correspondence with the markers 1082, 1084, 1086, and 1088, the number labels 1 are shown in the images 1022, 1024, 1026, and 1028 of FIG. , 2, 3 and 5 are given respectively.
To change the displayed slave image, the moderator or meeting attendee must select one of the markers 1082, 1084, 1086, 1088 and then place the marker on one of the other panel icons in panel section 1056. Just move. So, for example, if the moderator moves the marker 1084 from panel icon 2 to panel icon 10, the image corresponding to panel icon 10 is in the space occupied by image 1024 in FIG. 33 in presentation space 969. Is displayed. Here, the displayed image is labeled "10" in the upper right corner thereof to indicate which image is currently displayed.
In addition to the panel icon and the "+" icon 1094, in at least some embodiments, a "Session" icon 1091 is provided in panel section 1056. The "Session" icon 1091 is the icon that corresponds to all images associated with the panel icon in panel section 1056.
The second tool section 1060 includes a save icon 1108, a settings icon 1110, and a zoom icon 1106, as shown in FIG. In at least some embodiments, the images generated by the master unit 902 need to be stored individually. Here, for example, to save the image currently displayed on the master unit 902, the icon 1108 may be selected. Selecting the save icon 1108 will, in at least some embodiments, a "save" icon to save the image during the session, an "open" icon to open another image, and a "close" to end the session without saving the image. A menu is opened with multiple icons that can be selected on the screen, such as an icon and a "print" icon to print the session image.
In another embodiment, when the save icon 1108 is selected, all images that currently correspond to any of the panel icons in panel section 1056 are saved as part of the session database and the session database is accessed later. All panels are then re-presented, and the meeting can be resumed where it was actually interrupted. In yet another embodiment, session icon 1091 can be selected to drag the image onto icon 1108 or associate it with icon 1108 to save all session images.
The setting icon 1110 sets the time until the master unit 902 shifts to the hibernation mode, the mode of operation of the mechanical stylus (for example, one or two tap movements), the mode of operation of the keyboard or mouse input device, and the like. , The icon you select to access the tool for changing the settings of the current session.
The zoom icon 1106, as its name suggests, is an icon for resizing the information currently displayed in the workspace area 1004. For this purpose, the zoom icon 1106 has selectable plus and minus ends and a slide button indicator. Selecting the negative end of the zoom icon 1106 reduces the size of the image currently displayed in the workspace area 1004, and selecting the positive end increases the size of the displayed image. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 37, the initial image 1156 corresponding to the panel icon 3 is shown in reduced size in the dashed box 1158, which additional dashed box 1158. Free up space 1157 of workspace area 1004 so that information can be added.
In Figure 37, additional information 1160 is added by the pen tool 1070. Although not shown, if the image is enlarged and too large to fit within the workspace area 1004, different parts of the image can be accessed by providing scroll icons for left / right scrolling and up / down scrolling. it can. In other cases, you may limit the enlargement of the image within the workspace area 1004 so that it does not extend beyond the displayed area, in which case scrollbars and / or tools are not needed. can do.
The target space 1054 includes an envelope icon 1072, a printer icon 1076, and a trash can icon 1074, as shown in FIG. The envelope icon 1072 is an icon that supports the e-mail function. When the panel icon in panel section 1056 is associated with the envelope icon 1072, the image associated with that panel icon is emailed to a given recipient.
For example, in at least some embodiments, when the moderator selects panel icon 1 in panel section 1056 and drags that panel icon onto envelope icon 1072, the master unit software is associated with the image to whom the email is sent. Request your email address. In other embodiments, when a panel icon is associated with the envelope icon 1072, the associated image is a registered meeting attendance, such as an attendee associated with one of the sources corresponding to the icon in source section 1058. An email is automatically sent to each of the people. Email information is stored on a separate device such as the Room Wizard.
In yet another embodiment, if the envelope icon 1072 is selected while the image is displayed in the workspace area 1004, a copy of the image in the workspace area 1004 is emailed to one or more recipients. In some embodiments, when Session icon 1091 is dragged to envelope icon 1072 or associated with envelope icon 1072, a copy of all images associated with that session is emailed to one or more recipients. Will be sent. It should be noted that other mail routing methods can also be used.
The printer icon 1076 is an icon corresponding to the printer. As the name suggests, when the panel icon or Session session icon 1091 in panel section 1056 is associated with the printer icon 1076, a hard copy of the image or the image corresponding to the panel icon or session icon 1091 is printed. To. Here, the association takes the form of dragging the panel icon onto the printer icon 1076.
The trash can icon 1074 is an icon for removing or erasing a panel icon from panel section 1056. For this purpose, when the panel icon in panel section 1056 is dragged to the trash can icon 1074 or associated with the trash can, the dragged panel icon is removed from panel section 1056. When a panel icon or image in the workspace area 1004 is associated with the Recycle Bin icon 1074, a video or audio presentation that dumps the page to the trash can is performed, at least in some cases. For example, when an image is thrown into the trash, a large video that crumples the page is output to the workspace area 1004 and / or a sound that crumples the paper.
In addition to being able to select on-screen button icons in workspace area 1004, as shown in FIG. 32, the pointer tool corresponding to pointer icon 1064 can be used for other purposes. For example, in at least some progressive embodiments, the pointer tool 1064 can be used to select the information contained in the image within the workspace area 1004 for resizing. For this purpose, the pointer icon 1010 shown in FIG. 32 is used to select a linear space 1008 that contains some of the information displayed within the workspace area 1004 (the linear space is a dotted line). Is displayed).
When space 1008 is selected, the pointer icon 1010 can be used to select the corners of the box around space 1008, and then drag the corners outward or inward with respect to space 1008. It allows you to resize the portion of the image in the box.
As another example, the pointer icon 1010 can be used to select any space within the workspace area 1004 and then move the information within that space to another location within the workspace area 1004. .. Thus, for example, not shown, in FIG. 32, after space 1008 is selected, icon 1010 moves the information in space 1008 from the upper left corner of workspace area 1004 and in the lower right corner. Can be used to drop.
Let me give you another example. In at least some embodiments, the pointer 1010 can move information from the image displayed in the workspace area 1004 to any of the panel icons in the tool area 1002 and is therefore associated with the panel icon. It can be moved to the new image. In this regard, as shown in FIG. 32, after the space 1008 is set, the pointer icon 1010 is associated with the information in the space 1008 upwards and for any of the panel icons in the area 1002. It can be used to move to a position.
Further, as shown in FIG. 38, the space 1008 is shown in a state of being added to the pointer icon 1010 which is moved to the panel icon 6 in order to move the information in the space 1008 to the image associated with the panel icon 6. Has been done. Further, as shown in FIG. 39, the next time the image associated with the panel icon 6 is displayed by the master unit 902 or any of the slave images after the information has been moved to the image associated with the panel icon 6. In addition, the information moved there is presented as a visually distinct part of the image.
In FIG. 39, space 1008 is illustrated in the upper left corner with a linear dotted box around it to visually distinguish that information from the rest of the image. The pointer icon can now be used to move space 1008 anywhere within the workspace area 1004. The pointer icon can also be used to perform clicks, double clicks, drags and other actions in its "remote view" because the personal computer device is locally connected. In addition, a separate keyboard can be used to type input information into a personal computer device.
Here again, as shown in FIGS. 30 and 31, as described above, in at least some embodiments, the display screen 955 of the master unit 951 can be moved in the vertical and horizontal directions, and When the display is rotated, several things happen. First, as shown, when the screen 955 is rotated from vertical to horizontal, the on-screen icons or tools are rearranged to optimally present information. For this purpose, as shown in Figure 32, wherever possible, the workspace area 1004 has typical flip chart page dimensions (aspect ratio) and regardless of the master unit display format. The dimensions should be similar to the orientation.
In this regard, typical flip chart pages typically have 3: 2 and 4: 3 formats, whereas master unit display screens typically have 4: 3 or 16 :. Often offered in two different formats, including one of nine formats. In at least some embodiments, to provide a workspace area 1004, which typically has a 4: 3 or 3: 2 format, the tool area is when the master display screen is arranged vertically. It is oriented in a different direction than when it is arranged in the horizontal direction.
In this regard, as shown in FIG. 32, where in at least some embodiments, the 16: 9 format master unit screen 955 is oriented vertically, the tool area 1002 is along the top edge of screenshot 1000. It is presented. In at least some cases, the tool area 1002 is in 18: 5 format (ie, width 18 x height 5), and a 2: 3 format workspace area 1004 is reserved. In this case, in at least some embodiments, the presented master image is in 2: 3 format, so each displayed slave image is also in 2: 3 format (generally see Figure 30). Become.
As shown in FIG. 40, when the 16: 9 format master unit screen is rotated horizontally, in at least some embodiments, the tool area 1202 is along the left edge of the rotated screenshot 1200. Arranged, workspace area 1216 is located to the right of it. Here, the workspace area 1216 is presented in 4: 3 format and the tool area 1202 is presented in 4: 9 format. In FIG. 40, all the tool icons housed in area 1002 (see FIG. 32) have been rearranged so that they fit within area 1202. However, the tool has the same look and feel as was provided with the screen oriented vertically, and therefore its behavior appears to be intuitive.
In at least some embodiments, when the master unit screen is rotated in the horizontal direction, the slave image is also rotated from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction, and the size of the slave image is reduced by the score of the slave image. (See and compare FIGS. 33 and 41) has been expanded to be presented. In the example shown in FIGS. 33 and 41, instead of presenting the four vertical slave images as shown in FIG. 33 after horizontal rotation, only two slave images are presented in space 969, and these images are presented. Each is in the horizontal direction. Just as the workspace area 1216 in Figure 40 had a 4: 3 format, the slave image in Figure 41 would also have a 4: 3 format in this example.
In at least some embodiments, when the master unit screen is rotated between the vertical and horizontal directions, the tool area / workspace area is automatically repositioned and the slave image is rotated. In other embodiments, however, the moderator needs to take proactive steps in addition to physical rotation to bring the presentation changes into effect. In this regard, as shown in FIG. 35, in at least some embodiments, a direction change button icon 1112 for switching the vertical and horizontal directions is provided in the tool section 1060. In this way, when button 1112 is selected and the workspace area is in the vertical direction and the information is currently displayed on the master unit screen, the workspace area is in the horizontal direction and the tool area is correspondingly. The displayed information is rearranged as appropriate, such as being rearranged.
Here, as shown in FIG. 40, the concern is the changes that occur to at least some tool icons when the master screen is in the horizontal direction. First, instead of presenting the panel icons indicated by reference numerals 1 to 12 in the vertical direction as shown in FIGS. 32 and 40, in FIG. 40, the panel icons 1 to 12 are the workspace area 1216. It is presented in the horizontal direction as well as in the direction of. Second, in the embodiment in which the number of slave image points displayed differs depending on whether the master screen is in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction, the number of markers on the panel icon reflects only the displayed image. It is automatically changed to. In this respect, in FIG. 40, consistent with the above example where the number of slave images displayed is reduced from 4 to 2 when the master unit screen is rotated from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction, with reference numerals 1 and 2. Only the two markers 1204 and 1206 associated with the panel shown are shown in Figure 40, and the marker icons previously associated with panels 3 and 4 have been removed.
FIG. 42 shows a vertical screenshot 1221 of a 4: 3 format screen as an example, and FIG. 43 shows a horizontal screenshot 1240 of a 4: 3 format screen as an example. It is a figure. In FIG. 42, the vertically oriented screenshot 1221 includes a relatively thin tool area 1225 extending to its left edge and a workspace area 1223 to the right of the tool area 1225. The format of the tool area is 1:12 and the format of the workspace area 1223 is 2: 3.
In FIG. 43, the on-screen tool icons are grouped into two independent subgroups and placed in two independent tool areas. The first tool area 1242 is provided along the left edge of screenshot 1240 and the second tool area 1246 is provided along the lower edge of screenshot 1240. The source icon is provided in the second tool area 1246, as shown in FIG. 43, and the other tool icons are provided in the first tool area 1242. The remaining area 1244 is, in this embodiment, a workspace area having a 4: 3 format. In at least some embodiments, the format of the first tool region 1242 is 1: 9 and the format of the second tool region 1246 is 16: 1. However, it may be in another screenshot format.
FIG. 44 is a diagram showing a second tool area 1300, which is similar to the tool area 1002 of FIG. 35, and of course this is also an example. Many of the tool icons in the tool area 1300 have almost the same configuration and operation as the tool icons in FIG. 35. Therefore, for convenience of explanation, the tool icons in FIG. 44 will not be described in detail again in principle, but the tools. The main difference between area 1300 and tool area 1002 is the display of the panel icon or session image corresponding to the image presented to the slave presentation space or unit within tool area 1300, and the display of other panel icons or session images. There is a way of visually distinguishing (displaying a session image that is not associated with the currently presented slave image).
In the case of FIG. 44, the currently presented slave images are identified at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, but these images are the slave presentation spaces 1310, 1312, 1314, 1316, 1318, It is presented in 1320 respectively. In this regard, the panel icon associated with the currently displayed slave image in FIG. 35 is marked by the token icon (eg, 1083, 1084, etc.) in the tool area 1300, whereas in FIG. 35 And in the case of FIG. 44, a panel icon associated with the currently presented slave image is provided in the slave display area 1302, which is surrounded by a boxed field boundary (indicated by reference numeral 1302). .. In the illustrated example, the slave display area 1302 is provided in the upper left corner of the space within the panel icon tool area 1300.
The slave display area 1302 is further divided into a plurality of slave display fields, which are independent of each other for each of the slave image presentation spaces in which the slave image can be displayed, as shown in FIG. It is a field. For example, if the presentation system has three projectors so that the system can present a total of six slave images, and each projector can project two mutually independent images, then the slave display Region 1302 has six independent slave display fields. According to this example, as shown in FIG. 44, six independent slave presentation spaces 1310, 1312 presenting six slave images 1i, 2i, 3i, 4i, 5i, 6i for viewing by conference participants. , 1314, 1316, 1318, 1320 are provided.
Here, the slave display area 1302 is divided into first to sixth slave display fields independent of each other, and these fields (indicated by quotation marks 1301, 1303, 1305, 1307, 1309, and 1311, respectively) are slaves. They are arranged in a row in the display area 1302. Additional session image display fields 1313, 1315, 1317, 1319, 1321, 1323 are provided outside the slave display area 1302, all for panel icons that are not associated with the currently presented slave image. It is a field. In FIG. 44, the panel icons within the slave display area 1302 are indicated by quotation marks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and within the slave presentation spaces 1310, 1312, 1314, 1316, 1318, 1320. Corresponds to the currently presented slave images indicated by the symbols 1i, 2i, 3i, 4i, 5i and 6i, respectively.
There are several possible ways to modify the slave image presented by the conferencing system by manipulating the icons within the tool area 1300. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 45, one way to modify the presented slave image is to select one of the panel icons in the slave display area 1302, such as with a mouse-controlled cursor. Drag the icon (or display) to another location outside area 1302. FIG. 45 shows such a dragging operation, in which the panel icon 4 is dragged from the slave display field 1307 to the field 1325 located outside the area 1302, as indicated by the arrow 1340. When icon 4 is undragged, panel icon 4 is positioned in field 1325 next to panel icon 12.
When the panel icon 4 is removed from the slave display area 1302, the field 1307 is emptied, as shown in FIG. 45, and image 4i previously presented in the slave presentation space 1316, as shown. (Compare Figure 44 and Figure 45) is removed and space 1316 is left blank.
Another technique for modifying the currently presented image in the slave presentation space is to select the panel icon in the slave display area 1302, such as with a mouse-controlled pointing icon, and then select that selected panel, as shown in Figure 44. Drag the icon to another location in area 1302. For example, although not shown, the pointing icon is an icon that can be used to select the panel icon 4 and drag the selected display to a location between fields 1301 and 1303.
When the selected panel icon 4 is dragged between fields 1301 and 1303, panel icon 4 enters field 1303, and panel icons 2 and 3 are shifted to the right by one field, field 1305. , Enter 1307 respectively. Since the panel icons in the slave display area 1302 are rearranged in this way, the images presented in presentation spaces 1312, 1314, 1316 are similarly modified, and images 4i, 2i, 3i are in presentation spaces 1312, 1314. , Presented at 1316.
Another technique for modifying the currently presented slave image is to move the panel icon from outside the slave display area 1302 to anywhere in the slave display area 1302, as shown in FIG. For example, as shown in FIG. 46, the pointer icon selects the panel icon 11 and drags the selected panel icon 11 as shown by arrow 1342 to a location in the slave display area 1302 between fields 1303 and 1305. It is an icon that can be used to do.
Now, when the panel icon 11 is dragged between the field 1303 and the field 1305, the panel icon 3 shifts from its previous location in the field 1305 to the field 1307, as shown in FIG. 47. Icon 11 is positioned in field 1305. Reflecting this change, the slave images presented in the slave presentation spaces 1314 and 1316 are updated in the slave display area 1302 to become images 11i and 3i (see FIG. 47), respectively. In addition, since the panel icon 11 has been moved from field 1321, the panel icon to the right of field 1321 is offset to the left by one field, as indicated by arrows 1350 and 1352, so panel icons 12 and 4 are You can see that it is moving to the left. In this way, when the panel icon is moved into the slave display area 1302 and moved to the location immediately before the blank field, the panel icon in the slave display area 1302 on the right side of the location where the panel icon was dragged is 1. Move to the right by the field, and the next blank field on the right will accept the panel icon.
As shown in FIG. 48, when another panel icon is moved to a specific position in the slave display area 1302 together with each different panel icon in each slave display field in the slave display area 1302, the slave display area 1302 The panel icon in the field on the right side of the specific location moves to the right by one field, and the panel icon in the slave display area 1302 on the far right moves out of the slave display area 1302. For example, as shown in FIG. 48, when the panel icon 12 is selected from the field 1321 and dragged to a location in the slave display area 1302 between the fields 1301 and 1303, and the panel icon 12 is undragped there. Panel icon 2 is shifted to the right by one field, icon 11 is also shifted to the right by one field, icon 3 is shifted to the right by one field, and so on, field 1303 for panel icon 12 is cleared. Will be done.
The wavy movement of this panel icon is indicated by multi-directional arrows 1362 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 49, the panel icon 6 originally located in the field 1311 in the slave display area 1302 shifts to the field 1313 outside the slave display area 1302. Also, as shown in Figure 49, the panel icons in fields 1301, 1303, 1305, 1307, 1309, 1311 have been modified and presented in slave presentation spaces 1310, 1312, 1314, 1316, 1318, 1320. Similar modifications occur in the image. Thus, the panel icons 1, 12, 2, 11, 3, and 5 are shown in fields 1301, 1303, 1305, 1307, 1309, and 1311, respectively, so that the corresponding images 1i, 12i, 2i, 11i, 3i and 5i are presented in spaces 1310, 1312, 1314, 1316, 1318 and 1320, respectively.
For at least some applications, it is assumed that two presentation systems located in different conference spaces are interconnected to support remote conferences between two different groups of conference participants. There is. Also, as mentioned above, it is assumed that one presentation system supports more slave presentation space than the other presentation system. For example, the first presentation system comprises three projectors, each capable of presenting two separate images, and thus a total of six slave images. The second presentation system is then equipped with four projectors, each capable of displaying two separate slave images, and thus a total of eight slave images.
Here, in at least some cases, panel icons corresponding to slave images common to the first and second presentation systems are presented within the shared or primary slave display area, and exclusively on the one hand. The panel icon corresponding to the currently displayed slave image presented on the presentation system side of is assumed to be displayed in the secondary slave display area. To this end, as shown in FIG. 50, the secondary slave display area 1366 is provided adjacent to the primary slave display area 1302 and is the seventh slave presentation space 1321a and the eighth slave presentation space of one presentation system. It has two additional slave display fields 1368 and 1370 corresponding to 1323a.
In FIG. 50, slave presentation spaces 1310, 1312, 1314, 1316, 1318, 1320 corresponding to the first presentation system present images 1i, 12i, 2i, 11i, 3i, 5i, and these images are slaves. It is associated with the panel icons 1, 12, 2, 11, 3, and 5, respectively, in display area 1302. Similarly, images 1i, 12i, 2k, 11i, 3i, 5i are presented in slave presentation spaces 1310a, 1312a, 1314a, 1316a, 1318a, 1320a, respectively, on the side of the second presentation system, images 6i, The 7i is presented in the presentation spaces 1321a and 1323a corresponding to the fields 1368 and 1370 of the secondary slave display area 1366, respectively.
In at least some embodiments, if two presentation systems are interconnected to support a remote conference between two groups of conference participants, the link between the two presentation systems will be broken. , Each presentation system is configured to keep a copy of the session image so that the session can continue despite the termination of the remote link. When the remote connection ends, if the number of slave presentation spaces supported by the first presentation system is less than the number of slave presentation spaces supported by the second presentation system, the link is broken. The secondary slave display area 1366 is removed so that the panel icons are no longer visually distinguishable in the first presentation system. Now, on the side of the second presentation system, the primary slave display area 1302 is expanded to display panel icons and associated fields for all supported slave presentation spaces.
Thus, for example, if the first presentation system and the second presentation system are interconnected and the slave display area 1302 is occupied by an icon as shown in FIG. On the side of the first presentation system, a tool area 1300 as shown in FIG. 49 is generated. Here, in FIG. 49, six panel icons are provided in the slave display area 1302. Then, on the side of the second presentation system, a tool area 1300 as shown in FIG. 51 is generated. Here, in FIG. 51, the slave display area 1302a is provided with eight panel icons and eight slave display fields (unsigned) that are independent of each other.
In at least some embodiments, a computer or secondary conferencing system is used to participate in a conference from a remote location, and in at least some cases, a computer device used to assist the conference. It is advantageous to be able to output the session image to any print resource connected to. For example, four participants are remotely attending a meeting from four remote laptops (where each laptop is located near the laptop, such as in the same office. At the end of the conference, the conference organizer may want to distribute a copy of the session image to each remote participant, if it is associated with a particular primary printer. ..
To assist in the remote distribution of hard copies of session images, in at least some progressive embodiments, the server that manages the conference is remote when a remote device is used to connect to the conference. It polls the location device to identify the printer associated with it and saves the network address associated with that recognized printer for later use. The system user then selects the printer icon 1076 to open the print window 1380 at any time during the meeting or after the meeting, as shown in FIG.
As an example, the Print window 1380 includes a list of printers associated with the device for conferencing session support 1382, a separate selection field 1384 for each associated printer, and a print button icon 1386. Now, to print to a subset of printers associated with the conference support device, the system user can select the subset of fields 1384 that corresponds to the printer to print in Listing 1382, and then print. Select icon 1386 to send a complete copy of the session image to each print selected printer.
FIG. 53 is a diagram illustrating procedure 1390 for identifying a printer associated with a network device while the device is connected to a conference. At processing block 1392, the conference is initiated by the master presentation unit. In block 1394, the conference server monitors the network connected to the master presentation unit to see if there is a connection request from a remote device (eg, laptop computer, desktop computer, secondary master presentation unit, etc.). In determination block 1396, if no connection request is received, control returns to block 1394 and monitoring continues. When a connection request is received in block 1396, control proceeds to block 1398, where the conference server polls the connected device to identify the presence or absence of an associated printer. At block 1400, the conference server stores the identified printer's network address in an associated database for later use. Control then returns to block 1394, where the server monitors for conference participation requests from additional devices.
FIG. 54 is a diagram showing a procedure for outputting a session image to a printer associated with the conference support device. At block 1404, the conference server monitors for print commands. At block 1406, if no print command is received, control returns to block 1404 and monitoring continues. In decision block 1406, when a print command is received, control shifts to block 1408 and the list of printers saved in block 1400 of FIG. 53 is accessed and the list is printed in the print window (see 1380 in FIG. 52). Presented in. In the determination block 1410, the conference server monitors to determine whether the print option is selected. The control loop returns to block 1408 until the print option is selected. When the print option is selected, control shifts to block 1412 and the conference server prints the session image to all selected printers. Control then returns to block 1404, where the conference server monitors for print commands.
In addition to being able to send the session image for printing to all devices connected to the conference session, in at least some embodiments, a quick and easy electronic copy of the session image is local to the conference. It would be even more advantageous if it could be distributed to both participants and remote participants. For this purpose, in at least some cases, if a person agrees to join the conference or consents to remote login to the conference session, some processors associated with the conference will It is programmed to request or retrieve and store the attendee's email address.
Then, as shown in FIG. 55, if at least one session image is generated and then the mail icon 1072 is selected, in at least in some cases the session image is already saved, associated with a particular session. It will be distributed electronically to all of your e-mail addresses. In other cases, when the mail icon 1072 is selected, a "mail" window (not shown) similar to the print window 1380 in Figure 52 is opened, allowing the system user to select a subset of conference participants. It will be possible to receive an electronic version of the session image.
As an example, the presentation system 1420 includes a master presentation unit 1422, a conference server 1432, a room wizard 1434, a network server 1430, and a network 1426, as shown in FIG. 55, and is located in multiple remote locations. Remote connection of laptop computers 1428a, 1428b, 1428c, 1428d is supported. Master unit 1422 is connected to conference server 1432, and conference server 1432 is further connected to Room Wizard 1434. Room Wizard 1434 is connected to network server 1430, which is connected to remote computers 1428a to 1428d via network 1426.
Here, in at least some cases, Room Wizard 1434 is used to set up or schedule a conference for the conference room in which Master Presentation Unit 1422 is used. When conference participants register via a remote computer (eg, 1428a, 1428b, etc.) and network 1426, Room Wizard 1434 receives and stores each attendee's email address. Then, when the session image is emailed to the attendees, Master Unit 1422 sends the image to Room Wizard 1434, which delivers the image to the session attendee's stored email address.
FIG. 56 is a diagram illustrating procedure 1440 for obtaining the email addresses of conference participants. At block 1442, the conferencing organizer connects to Room Wizard 1434 using a remote device such as laptop computer 1428a to schedule the conference. As part of the conference scheduling process, block 1444 identifies other people that the conference initiator wants to invite to the conference. At block 1446, Room Wizard 1434 recognizes the email address of each conference invitee and saves the address for later use.
FIG. 57 is a diagram illustrating a procedure 1450 for emailing a session image to conference participants. In processing block 1452, server 1432 monitors for email commands from master unit 1422. At decision block 1454, control returns to block 1452 until an email command is received. When an email command is received in block 1454, control proceeds to block 1456 and server 1432 sends a session image from Room Wizard 1434. Further, in block 1458, Room Wizard 1434 emails a copy of the session image to a conference participant with a stored email address.
Here, it will be understood that it is not necessary to provide the Room Wizard 1434 if the Room Wizard 1434 function or a similar function is executed by the conference server 1432 in at least some cases. For this purpose, instead of scheduling a meeting with Room Wizard 1434, it is possible to schedule a meeting or schedule for a meeting system with software running on the meeting server 1432.
Most of the systems described above are either master and slave presentation units that are independent of each other, or a fixed stand-alone with multiple presentation spaces that include at least one master presentation space and multiple slave presentation spaces. Although a presentation unit, in at least some cases it is advantageous to provide a mobile presentation system with both a master presentation space and one or more slave presentation spaces. To this end, FIG. 58 illustrates the mobile presentation system 1460 as an example.
The mobile presentation system 1460 is a single presentation housing structure 1462 mounted on top of the foot members 1470, 1472, in which the casters (or wheels) collectively indicated by quotation marks 1474 are the foot members 1470. , 1472 is provided on the bottom surface. Here, a master presentation space 1464 and two slave presentation spaces 1466 and 1468 are provided on the front surface (unsigned) of the housing structure 1462.
In at least some embodiments, presentation spaces 1464, 1466, 1468 are all provided by a single flat panel monitor screen. In other embodiments, the three presentation spaces 1464, 1466, 1468 may be provided by electronic flat panel display screens that are independent of each other. In yet another embodiment, the master space 1464 may be provided by an interactive flat panel display screen, and the spaces 1466, 1468 may be provided by a rear projector unit. In yet other cases, all three spaces 1464, 1466, 1468 may be provided by a single projector unit provided within the housing structure 1462. In at least some cases, a position-sensing device is provided to detect the location of the pointing device (eg, stylus or user's finger) within space 1464.
FIG. 59 is a diagram showing a second mobile conferencing system 1480 as an example. The mobile conferencing system 1480 has a single housing structure 1482 with a master side presentation space 1484 and two slave side presentation spaces 1486, 1488, and a single front (unsigned) housing structure 1482. It is prepared inside. The slave presentation spaces 1486 and 1488 are installed so that they are horizontally longer in the horizontal direction than in the vertical direction, as shown in Figure 59, and this arrangement is for the system shown in Figure 58. The opposite is true.
In at least some embodiments, any type of pointing device can be used and can interact directly with the master presentation unit by contact. For example, the unit operator uses the tip of her finger to select an on-screen icon, draw in the workspace, erase objects in the workspace, select and drag objects in the workspace, and so on. Can be operated. Alternatively, the same function can be performed using a stylus or pen-type device.
When a finger or stylus-type device is available, respectively, in at least some embodiments, the interaction between the operator and the master unit is performed interactively using either a finger or another pointing device. Depending on what it is, it can be enhanced by dual sensing technology and different algorithms.
In at least some embodiments, the primary sensor that senses interactivity with the display surface 1604 of the master presentation unit 1602 is parallel to the surface 1604 and slightly (due to the surface 1604 and the gap 1612), as shown in FIG. For example, it is equipped with a laser 1606 or other system that produces a laser beam surface 1610, which is provided at a distance of about 1/8 to 1/4 inch). In these systems, the surface interaction and the location of the interaction are generally determined by sensing the penetration and penetration position on the laser beam surface 1610.
The laser beam type sensing system has good functions, but has some drawbacks. One major drawback when exclusively sensor systems are used is that interactivity is often perceived shortly before and shortly after contact with the surface 1604. In this regard, the majority of users interacting with the display surface rather prefer interactivity that mimics traditional entry surface interactions, such as paper flip chart sheets where interaction occurs only during contact with the sheet surface. .. Due to the presence of the gap 1612, the light surface sensing system senses motion whenever the laser light surface 1610 is penetrated, regardless of whether or not simultaneous contact with the surface 1604 is occurring.
In this way, the fingertip or stylus tip is moved detachably to the surface 1604 to generate a stroke, so that if the tip is prior to and / or after contact with the surface 1604, the laser beam is emitted. When moving within the surface 1610, the stroke includes the portion that occurs during contact with the surface 1604, as well as its preceding and / or succeeding portions. After that, this non-contact activity will be generally referred to as "non-contact activity" unless otherwise specified. However, the non-contact operation usually occurs only in a very short time (for example, 0.5 to 1.0 second).
It is not hard to imagine that non-contact movements are awkward in all cases (eg, interference between unwanted words and letters), but such movements are especially made with stylus / pen-type devices rather than fingertips. It is especially troublesome in cases where interactions take place. In this respect, the fingertips are more of a tool than the tip of a stylus / pen, but with the fingertips, non-contact movements are relatively less annoying.
In at least some progressive systems, in addition to the laser light surface sensing system for sensing the penetration position, a secondary sensing system is used to sense the contact between the stylus / pen tip and the display surface. .. For this purpose, the secondary sensing system includes a stylus / pen device 1620 and a receiver 1608, as shown in FIG. The stylus / pen device 1620 comprises a tip contact sensor 1622 and an RF transmitter or other type of transmitter 1624. The tip contact sensor 1622, as the name suggests, senses when the tip of the stylus / pen device 1620 comes into contact with a surface, such as the display surface 1604. When the surface 1604 is touched, the transmitter 1624 sends an RF signal or other signal to the receiver indicating that a device other than the fingertip has touched the surface 1604. In addition, the stylus / pen device 1620 may transmit additional information including the attributes of the stylus / pen device 1620 (eg, pen, eraser, pointing device, etc.), color, erasing width, and the like.
The processor 1630, which is connected to the receiver 1608 and the penetration sensor (not individually numbered) that forms part of the laser light surface sensing system, identifies the position by the laser light surface sensing system and from the receiver 1608. It is programmed to identify a contact by a signal. This causes a non-contact operation when a fingertip is used to interact with the surface 1604, whereas a non-contact operation occurs when a stylus-type device for transmission is used, according to one progressive method. Can be eliminated.
To distinguish between stylus and finger interactions, at least some progressive embodiments include a system processor programmed to perform the distinction process shown in Figure 61 (see 1630 in Figure 60). ing. It is now assumed that the processor 1630 is programmed to operate according to one of two interactive modes consisting of finger mode and stylus mode. In finger mode, interaction with all perceived display surfaces 1604 yields interactive results. In contrast, during stylus mode operation, the interactive movement that occurs when the stylus touches the opening tip of a "contact signal" that is in contact with a surface (eg, surface 1604). Produces interactive results only when sent from 1622.
When the master unit of FIG. 60 is activated, the processor 1630 of the master unit sets the operating mode to finger mode, as shown in block 1562. In block 1564, the timer T is set to zero, the flag "flag 1" is set to zero, and the threshold period Tr is set to, for example, 1 second.
As shown in FIGS. 60 and 61, in block 1566 monitoring the presence or absence of laser light surface penetration and subsequent block 1568, control returns to block 1566 if no laser light surface penetration is detected by the processor. After laser light plane penetration occurs in block 1568, control proceeds to block 1570.
At block 1570, processor 1630 determines whether the currently set mode is finger mode or stylus mode. If stylus mode is set, control goes from block 1570 to block 1572. At block 1572, processor 1630 stores penetration position information. At block 1574, processor 1630 activates timer T. At block 1578, processor 1630 determines if a stylus signal from a transmit stylus, such as the stylus 1620 shown in FIG. 60, has been received. When the transmitted stylus signal is received, control proceeds to block 1569, where the stored penetration data is deleted. At block 1571, "flag 1" is set to "1", which indicates that a stylus signal has been received for the current laser light plane penetration. At block 1573, processor 1630 starts drawing lines from its current position. Control then returns to block 1578.
If the stylus signal continues to be received, control proceeds from block 1578 to block 1573 and line drawing continues. At block 1578, when the user of the stylus lifts the stylus 1620 and its tip is no longer in contact with the display surface 1604, control proceeds from decision block 1578 to decision block 1576. If the flag "flag 1" is "1" indicating that the stylus signal has been received in the past during the interaction on the display surface, control proceeds from block 1576 to block 1577 and the processor 1630 masters. Control the unit to stop line drawing. Control then returns to block 1564 and timer T and "flag 1" are reset. Block 1564 is followed by the process described above.
As shown in FIG. 61, after the timer T has started in block 1574 and control has advanced to block 1578, control proceeds to block 1576 if no stylus signal is received by processor 1630. Control proceeds in the order of block 1574, block 1578, and block 1576. Control proceeds from block 1576 to determination block 1565 because "flag 1" is no longer equal to "1" because the stylus signal corresponding to the current laser light plane penetration has not been received. At block 1565, processor 1630 determines if penetration is ongoing. When penetration is stopped, control proceeds from block 1565 to block 1578, and line drawing is performed using the stored penetration data. After block 1578, control returns to block 1562 as shown and finger mode is reset.
If penetration continues in block 1565 of FIG. 61, control proceeds to block 1580. The timer value T is compared with the threshold period Tr. Here, whenever a stylus, fingertip, or other device touches the display surface 1604, between the point at which the tip or device passes the laser beam surface 1610 and the point at which the tip or device contacts the surface 1604. It can be seen that there is a short time interval in. The threshold period Tr is set to a considerable time width required to pass through the laser beam surface level and reach the surface contact level.
For example, in some cases, the duration Tr may be 1 second, 2 seconds, or 1.5 seconds. When the threshold period is exceeded, the processor 1630 is programmed to operate as if the tip or device passing through the laser beam surface 1610 is a tip or device other than the transmit stylus type device, and control is blocked. Proceed to 1561. At block 1561, processor 1630 sets the operating mode to finger mode. At block 1563, processor 1630 uses the stored data to perform line drawing at the penetration position. Following block 1563, control proceeds to block 1631 in FIG.
In block 1570 of FIG. 61, if the system is in finger mode, control proceeds to block 1579 and line drawing begins at the current laser light plane penetration position. From block 1579, control goes further to block 1631 and processor 1630 determines if penetration is ongoing. If penetration stops, control proceeds to block 1577 and processor 1630 stops line drawing. Control then proceeds to block 1564.
At block 1631, control proceeds to block 1632 while penetration continues, and processor 1630 controls the master unit to continue drawing lines at the current penetration position. At block 1634, processor 1630 determines if a stylus signal has been received. If no stylus signal has been received, processor 1630 continues to operate in finger mode, control returns to block 1631, where the process described above is repeated. If a stylus signal is received at block 1634, control proceeds to block 1636 and processor 1630 sets the stylus mode. Processor 1630 erases the currently drawn line to the current penetration position, after which control proceeds to block 1571 and "flag 1" is reset to "1" to indicate that a stylus signal has been received. To.
The stylus mode / finger mode setting algorithm has been described above assuming a stylus that continuously transmits a signal when the stylus chip touches the display surface, but in other embodiments, the stylus makes initial contact with the stylus. It may be configured to transmit a "pen-down" signal and a "pen-up" signal, respectively, at a point in time and when the contact is stopped, so that the processor recognizes the period from the pen-down signal to the pen-up signal as the contact period. May be programmed.
According to another progressive aspect, a system with a master unit and multiple slave presentation spaces can be used to assist in its own help function. The help information for this help feature can then be provided simultaneously by a subset of the presentation space and / or during normal operation of the system to perform interactive tasks. For this purpose, FIG. 62 illustrates a screenshot of the master unit 1509 and associated first to sixth slave presentation spaces 1522, 1524, 1526, 1528, 1530, 1532. Screenshots of the master unit include, but are not limited to, a workspace area 1510, a tool area 1300, a slave display area 1302, and a help button 1512.
In at least some progressive embodiments, selecting the help button 1510 opens a help window 1516 within the workspace area 1510 with a help topic, the "Close Help" icon 1521 and in certain manners. A window icon 1518 is provided to close the help. To close the window after opening the window 1516, select the icon 1518. When the icon 1516 is selected, the window 1516 is closed, but in at least some embodiments, other help information already accessed is maintained for viewing in any presented format. In at least some cases, you can select the "Close Help" icon 1521 to close all help information and present the information that was presented before the help window was opened.
In FIG. 62, the help topics are shown in list format 1514, which can be selected by the mouse or other controlled pointing icon 1520. When the icon 1520 is positioned above the topic, the topic is highlighted to indicate that it matches the topic. Also, when a topic is selected, the topic is highlighted in a different way to indicate that the selection has occurred.
When a topic is selected from Listing 1514, in at least some embodiments, the system processor accesses the help database, reads the help information, and the help information appears in the workspace area 1510 or on screenshot 1509. Display in the window. Here, and in other intended embodiments, the help information presented includes simple text, hyperlinks or other text to link to other relevant information when selected, and , Animation showing the operation, etc.
In at least some cases, a system user may want to use a system with a master unit and a slave unit at the same time while viewing or accessing help information. For example, if the system user does not know how to move the panel icon inside or outside the slave display area 1302, or for an image presented by a slave presentation space (eg, 1522, 1524, etc.). You may not know what the impact of the move will be. In such cases, help information explaining how to move the panel icon inside and outside area 1302 and its effect on the slave image, with the panel icon dragging and undragping operations possible at the same time. It is advantageous for the user to have access to (eg, text, video, etc.).
In order to support concurrent access to help information and interactive operation, in at least some embodiments, when help information is presented to master workspace area 1510, the system user transfers help information from master area 1510. It can be flipped to any of the slave presentation spaces 1522, 1524, etc., and can operate using the master unit with help information presented in the slave side space.
If, instead of displaying the help information directly within the workspace area, the help information is presented within a window that is displayed above the workspace area 1510, the window is in at least some embodiments. Slave by selecting a window (ie selecting the top bar of the window), dragging the window to a position above the desired panel icon in the slave presentation space 1302, and then dragging the panel icon off. Can be flipped into the presentation space. When the panel icon is undragged, the help window is moved to the slave presentation space associated with the panel icon and displayed above the image currently present in the slave presentation space.
The flipped help window is associated with the slave presentation space, or with the image where the help window was flipped over it. If the help window is associated with the slave presentation space to which the help window is flipped, the help window will not move accordingly, even if other images move over the slave space. If the help window is associated with the image on which the help window was originally flipped, the help window will move as the image moves.
The advantage of presenting help information in a windowed format is that you can still see at least any part of the back image behind the help window, at least unless the help window occupies the entire slave presentation space. The point is that it can be done. Therefore, if the movement affects the back image, at least part of the effect can be observed to confirm the effect.
In at least some embodiments, if the help information is presented directly within the workspace area 1510 (rather than within the overlapping windows), then when the help information is flipped into the slave presentation space, that Help information is treated like any other slave image and replaced with an existing image, or any initial image in the space to which the help information is flipped remains associated with that space. It may be displayed in an overlapping manner.
If the flipped information is treated like any other flipped image, then any image presented in the slave presentation space prior to the flip is removed from that space, and the image management rules described above. Relocated according to. For example, if the help information image is dragged and undraged over the first panel icon in the slave presentation space 1302 associated with the slave presentation space 1522 (see Figure 62), the image is dragged to the slave presentation space 1522. The original image in space 1522 is moved to space 1524, all initial images in space 1524 are moved to space 1526, and so on.
If the flipped image is treated as an overlay, all images presented to the slave presentation space prior to the flip will be removed from that space so that help information can be presented within the space. The removed image is not rearranged elsewhere in the slave presentation space, and the flip operation does not result in the movement of other images presented in the slave presentation space within the space. For example, when the help information image is dragged and undraged to a position that overlaps the first panel icon in the slave presentation space 1302 associated with the slave presentation space 1522 (see Figure 62), the image is in the slave presentation space. If originally presented in 1522, the original image in space 1522 is removed from space 1522 so that help information can be presented.
In some embodiments, when a help topic is selected from the help window 1516, as shown in Figure 62, the topic information is presented in the master unit workspace area 1510 by default in the slave presentation space. Presented. If the help information for a particular topic requires more space than a single presentation space allows, the help information may be presented by multiple slave presentation spaces.
In some embodiments, when a help topic is selected and that help information is first presented within the master unit workspace area 1510 and more topics are selected, slave presentation of information about the previous help topic. It can be displayed on the space side. For example, a help window in which the user first selects a first help topic to get relevant information, and contains additional selectable help subtopics in addition to the information related to the first topic in the workspace area 1510. When opened above, when the second help topic is selected from the additional help subtopics, the information related to the first help topic is displayed in the window or in some other form, the first. It is automatically flipped to the slave presentation space 1522, and (1) another window is opened in the workspace area 1510 to present information related to the second topic, or (2) the second. Help topic information is initially presented in the window. Similarly, when a third help topic is selected from additional subtopics, information related to the second topic is automatically sent to the second slave presentation space 1524 in a window or in some other format. It is flipped and (1) another window is opened in the workspace area 1510 to present information related to the third topic, or (2) third help topic information is presented to the initial window.
To remove help information from the presented image in all cases where help information is presented in the slave presentation space and / or in a window that appears above the image in the slave presentation space. All you have to do is turn off the help feature. In at least some embodiments, the help function can be turned off by selecting the help icon 1512 in FIG. 62 and then selecting the "close help" icon 1521.
In some embodiments, turning off the help function returns the system state to the state immediately before turning on the help function. Here, for example, if six images are presented in the slave presentation spaces 1522 to 1532 and one image is displayed in the workspace area 1510 before the help function is activated, the help function is turned off. Then, these seven images that were originally displayed are presented again.
In other embodiments, turning off the help function preserves all changes made to the presented information that occurred while the help function was on. For example, if the help information image is treated as a normal flipped image (ie, the image that caused the movement of other images in the presentation space), the slave presentation spaces 1522, 1524, and 1526 provide three help. If the help function is turned off while the image is presented during the help operation, the three spaces 1522, 1524, and 1526 are blank spaces.
In at least some embodiments, it is assumed that the presentation system supports the help function and that the associated behavior is simulated by the system for the user. For example, again, if the user is looking for help information related to moving the panel icon inside or outside the slave display area 1302 (see Figure 47), the system is to show its behavior and results. The processor actually shows the drag and undrag operation by the master unit and displays the result of the operation in the slave presentation space (ie, the slave image is moved or changed accordingly). Thus, for example, the processor controls the master unit to indicate the movement of the pointing icon to the panel icon within the tool area 1300, select one of the panel icons, and place the selected panel icon elsewhere. Indicates that the icon is dragged to, and further indicates that the icon is released, indicating that the icon has been replaced. Meanwhile, the processor controls the slave presentation unit to appropriately change the displayed slave image.
In at least some embodiments, when help information is displayed in a window, the window is displayed as a small sticky note. Now, when a new help topic is opened, the new sticky note is presented by the master unit or in the slave presentation space. Here, the appearance of the sticky note is that for the system user, the information presented by the sticky note is not permanent information, and the original image still exists underneath the presented information. It indicates that it will be displayed again when the help function is finished. In at least some cases, sticky notes are used exclusively for help navigation. For example, the first time the help feature is launched, a general help topic is presented by the first sticky note. When a subtopic belonging to the first sticky note is selected, a second sticky note containing more specific topics and others is presented by either the master-side space or the slave-side space.
According to another progressive aspect, the master unit or other interface device used with the master presentation unit, eg, of a slave presentation unit, allows each presentation unit to project an image with a similar appearance. It can be used to adjust display attributes such as brightness and contrast. In this regard, in many cases where the presentation system is equipped with two or more projectors, the projectors are likely to project images with different levels of brightness, color contrast, and so on. This is because different types of projectors are used, or when multiple identical projectors are used, the cumulative usage times of the projectors are substantially different (ie, the projectors). The reason is that the quality of the projected image deteriorates and the brightness of the projector illumination decreases as the period of use increases.
When information is presented using display screens consisting of multiple projectors or different image generation sources, different projectors or screens and sources often generate images with different attributes. For example, a first image instance and a second image instance of a single image are presented in a first presentation space and a second presentation space by independent first and second projectors, respectively. In some cases, due to differences in hardware configuration, the images may look very different even though they are the same. If the first presentation space and the second presentation space are used in different places (independent conference rooms), different appearances may be acceptable, but the two spaces are installed close to each other. If done, the difference in appearance will be noticeable and can often be a source of distraction.
One of the most confusing image characteristics when two or more images are presented in close proximity is image brightness. Depending on the projector, the image brightness varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, and even among projectors of the same type, if one is older than the other, the brightness will be different (that is, the projector brightness will change over time and the projector usage period). Deteriorates with).
FIG. 63 is a diagram showing a system as an example. The master display unit 1700 can adjust the brightness of the projector. In FIG. 63, three projectors 1708, 1706, 1704 are connected to the master unit 1700 via the system processor / server 1702. The first projector, 1708, is configured to project two images into presentation spaces 1738 and 1740. The second projector 1706 is configured to project two images into spaces 1742 and 1744. The third projector is then configured to project two images into spaces 1746 and 1748.
As shown, the images in spaces 1738, 1740 are shown blank, indicating that they are relatively bright images. The images in spaces 1742 and 1744 are shown by shading lines that slope from the lower left to the right information, indicating that they are darker than the images in spaces 1738 and 1740. The images in spaces 1746 and 1748 are shown by grid-like shading lines, which indicates that they are even darker than the images in spaces 1742 and 1744. The image brightness is given as a function of a specific projector that generates an image.
In FIG. 63, processor 1702 can send control signals to each projector 1708, 1706, 1704 to adjust the apparent projector brightness. For this purpose, many projectors cannot adjust the intensity of their illumination (bulb) and cannot adjust the brightness by changing the illumination intensity. In this case, it is understood that the projected image characteristics can be corrected in a predetermined manner by adjusting other projector settings so that the apparent brightness of the projected image can be corrected. Will be done. For example, in some cases, the image color can be changed to adjust the apparent brightness.
As shown in FIG. 63, in at least some progressive embodiments, a projector adjustment icon 1722 (also referred to as the "projector icon" 1722) is provided in the tool area 1300 of the master unit screenshot and is a workspace. Region 1725 is provided below tool region 1300. Selecting the projector adjustment icon 1722 opens the projector control window 1728 within the master unit workspace area 1725. The projector control window 1728 is provided with an icon 1724 for closing the window 1728. In addition to the icon 1724, window 1728 was associated with a separate projector icon for each projector connected to server 1702 (three projector icons collectively indicated by reference numeral 1726) and each projector icon 1726. Equipped with slide bar adjustment tools 1730, 1732, 1734. According to the above discussion of brightness, the system user selects and drags the slide bar of any of the adjustment tools 1730, 1732, 1734 to adjust the apparent brightness of the associated projected image in the vertical direction. Can be done.
Other projector adjustment processes that can be performed by the master unit 1700 (eg, specific adjustments made to the three colors red, green, and blue used for image generation) are envisioned. If individual color adjustments for blue, green and red are provided, each color can be adjusted independently of each other. When making adjustments, the projector is controlled so that it can provide feedback to the user making the adjustments.
In at least some embodiments, color correction can be performed to correct the image produced by any one of the projectors . To this end, in at least some embodiments, the user selects different parts of the projected image and adjusts the brightness of the parts independent of each other in the projected image, in the periphery or in the middle of the projected image. An interface that can correct uneven brightness in a part is provided. Here again, in at least some cases, color correction involves adjusting each of the three projector colors red, green and blue independently and independently.
With reference to FIG. 63 again, the system described above is described as adjusting the apparent projector brightness using a master presentation unit, whereas in at least some embodiments it is connected to processor 1702. Brightness can also be adjusted using other interface devices such as the laptop computer 1712. Here, instead of providing the projector control window 1728 by the master unit, the control window 1728 can be provided by a laptop display device or other connected interface device. This window tool can operate in the same manner as described above.
In at least some embodiments, a conference system with a master unit and associated slave presentation units is associated with a particular conference room or mastered in a manner similar to how the conference room controls projector characteristics. It can also be associated with a particular conference room, including other environmental devices that can be controlled by the unit.
FIG. 64 illustrates a presentation system as an example in which a projector and other environmental devices can be controlled by the master display unit 1750. In FIG. 64, as in the case of FIG. 63, three projectors 1708, 1706, 1704 are connected to the master unit 1700 via the system processor / server 1702. The first projector, 1708, is configured to project two images into presentation spaces 1738 and 1740. The second projector 1706 is configured to project two images into spaces 1742 and 1744. The third projector is then configured to project two images into spaces 1746 and 1748. Other devices that can be controlled by the unit 1750 include, but are not limited to, conference cameras and display hardware for conference cameras 1780, sound equipment 1782, blinds 1784, lighting 1786, and the like. Can be done.
Projectors 1708, 1706, 1704 and other environmental devices are connected to the system processor / server 1702, as shown in Figure 63. System processor / server 1702 is connected to master unit 1750. The illustrated master unit screenshot has a tool area 1300 and a workspace area 1766 below it. The tool area 1300 is provided with an additional environment icon (plant icon) 1754 that can be selected to access the controls of the meeting room equipment. For this purpose, selecting the environment icon 1754 opens the room management window 1752 within the workspace area 1766.
As an example, the conference room management window 1752 includes a "close window" icon 1756 to close the window and a device control tool. The device control tools include the "close / open" icon 1758 for the conference room blind 1784, the "on / off" icon 1760 for the conference camera 1780, and the "audio on / off" for controlling the acoustic device 1782. Equipped with icons, projector on / off icons 1764, 1766, 1768 to control the operating state of projectors 1708, 1706, 1704, and a sliding lighting control bar to control the illumination of the conference room lighting 1786. There is. Icons 1758, 1760, 1762, 1764, 1766, 1768, 1770 are toggle icons that selectively change state (eg, from on to off and in the opposite direction). Since the selection is made by window 1752, the selection will be made by processor 1702. After selection, the user can close the room management window 1752 by selecting icon 1756.
In the example illustrated in FIG. 64, the projectors 1708 and 1706 are switched on (see icons 1764 and 1766), but the icon 1770 indicates that the projector 1704 has been turned off. Corresponding to the state of the control icon, the projectors 1708 and 1706 are shown in the state of projecting an image, respectively, and the projector 1704 is not projecting an image. Reflecting the state of the projector, the slave display area 1302 in the tool area 1300 surrounded the six images with a frame in the above case, but instead, the four images projected by the projectors 1708 and 1706 It should be noted that only the four corresponding images are framed.
It can be seen that the surroundings when using a conferencing system as described above are often similar between different conferencing sessions. To support easy system and conference room utilization, in some embodiments, the master unit 1750 is an environment / room when the master unit 1750 is started to acquire the user selection (user settings) described above. It is programmed to present the administration window 1752. The specified user selection is then saved for later use, and as a result, when the master unit is subsequently started, the environment device is controlled and automatically corresponds to the specified user selection. Will be set. In at least some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 63, the conference room management window 1752 indicates to save the specified user selection to assist in saving the user selection for later use. Has an "Archive" icon or other similar tool. When the master unit is started after the user selection is saved, the device is automatically controlled to the user-selected state.
At any time after the master unit is started, the user of the master unit can access the conference room management window by selecting the environment icon 1754, thereby changing the current device state. When one or more device states change, you can select the archive icon 1774 to archive as a user choice, or select the close icon 1756 to apply those states only to the current session. You can also do it. In that case, the changes to that specified device state are then retained for the duration of the current session, but not archived for future sessions (ie, the previously specified user selections. It will be retained until the new selection is archived).
In at least some embodiments, a room management window that allows control of an existing conference room management system is provided by an ActiveX plug-in.
In the case of the plurality of display units shown in FIGS. 58 and 59, in at least some embodiments, the presentation space is mechanically or electronically rotatable and the presentation space is vertical or horizontal. It is possible to rotate. Thus, for example, in FIG. 58 showing the slave presentation spaces 1466, 1468 facing vertically, in some embodiments, the slave presentation spaces 1466, 1468 are slaves of FIG. 59. It is mechanically mounted so that it can be easily rotated in the same horizontal direction as the presentation spaces 1486 and 1488. In other cases, the rotation is done electronically. Similarly, in at least some embodiments, the location of the master unit and slave presentation space can be modified mechanically or electronically so that the master unit can be placed on the right or left side of the unit. ..
Referring again to FIG. 55, in some embodiments, server 1432 monitors system utilization and remote connections to master unit 1422, and goes to another server that tracks the system and remote connections for billing purposes. , It is programmed to send usage information over the network on a regular basis.
Specific attendees according to at least some other aspect of the system, where multiple conference participants are located in different locations and the system is controllable by two or more attendees. When you change the displayed image or interact with the master presentation unit, the icon corresponding to that attendee is highlighted to see who is in control of the system and who is making the change. It is supposed to be shown. For this purpose, FIG. 65 shows screenshot 180 of the master side display as an example similar to the screenshot described above with reference to FIG. 38.
In Figure 65, an icon 1805 associated with each conference attendee from a remote location is provided in tool area 1002, which contains one icon 1806 associated with a particular remote user. .. In at least some cases, when the user associated with Icon 1806 uses a remote computer to control the pen cursor 1802 to draw an ellipse (indicated by sign 1804) around the string "SC DEALER DEVELOPMENT". , Icon 1806 is visually distinguished (eg, turns yellow, blinks, etc.) while the ellipse is drawn. Now, when the user stops drawing the ellipse 1804, the icon 1806 is no longer visually distinguishable if the user also stops other modifications within the workspace area 1004.
In another case, if the user draws the ellipse 1804 with the remote device associated with the icon 1806, the icon 1806 is visually distinguished and another user has another interface device (eg, master unit). It remains visually distinct until some image modification operation is performed using (or another remote computer). For example, the ellipse 1804 is drawn using the remote device associated with the icon 1806 and is used to interact with the master unit to change the master unit image or to perform other functions. In the absence of any other remote device, Icon 1806 remains visually distinct for a total of 10 minutes. Here, the distinguished icon indicates the last user who changed the master space image or interacted with the master unit or the remote device used for it.
In yet other cases where a particular user is associated with each remote device, when the remote user is making changes to the image displayed in the master workspace area 1004, the user ID (eg, "in the figure" A user identifier (1807) indicating the current user may be provided in toolspace 1002 by "username" (such as "John Smith" or the user's initials). Alternatively, there may be a similar user identifier box that follows around the pen or cursor icon on the display to indicate who is operating the cursor at what point.
In some other cases, when a feature is turned on and a stroke or another image object on an image is selected (eg, by placing an icon on the stroke / object, or (Selected by clicking on a stroke / object) shows the identity of the person who added the stroke or object to the image. Here, there are multiple ways to indicate identity, such as by providing a user identifier such as field 1807 in FIG. 66, or adjacent to a pointing icon used to select a stroke or object. The remote icon associated with the remote computer used to make the stroke or add the object, such as by providing a field or box such as field 1807 (see 1869 in Figure 66). It is conceivable to highlight one of the icons 1805). Another option is to associate the stroke or object with the creator / editor.
In some cases, a function may be provided such that when the function is activated, the creator of all the information on an image is provided. For example, as shown in Figure 66, when this feature is activated, fields 1869, 1871, 1873, 1875 are provided adjacent to each object that makes up the image, and the editor who added that object has that. Identified in the field. Here, in at least some cases, in addition to providing an editor field, the object may be identified by a color code for each editor. For example, all objects added by one editor may be presented in the first color, all objects added by the second editor may be presented in the second color, and so on.
In yet other cases, when a particular user makes changes to the master workspace image in workspace area 1004, the aforementioned identification occurs after another user's most recent changes to the image. All changes made by the user will be highlighted or visually distinguished to indicate the changes associated with each other by the identity of the remote device used to make the change. It has become.
For example, in Figure 65, assuming that another user modifies the displayed image, the user associated with the icon 1806 creates the ellipse 1804 and masters the text displayed below the ellipse 1804. Place it in the workspace area 1004. Here, the ellipse 1804 and the user added by the user associated with the icon 1804, while the other text is displayed in black or in the color of the user's choice when the text is added to the image. The text is highlighted in yellow, and other added text and graphics are highlighted in yellow until other attendees make changes to the displayed image using another device. When another remote device is used to make changes to the displayed image, the previously highlighted changes made in yellow by the user remotely associated with Icon 1806 are unhighlighted. , Instead, new changes made by other attendees are shown in a predetermined visually distinguishable manner. Here, the remote device used for editing may be displayed by any of the above methods, in addition to showing the strings of changes made by the most recent image editor in a visually distinguishable manner (eg, icons). Highlight the associated icon of 1805, provide identification field 1807, etc.).
In some cases, the master unit has a mode in which changes made using a particular remote device and master unit are visually distinguished from each other. For example, in some cases, each remote device connected to the conference is assigned a specific color, and any image changes made using the remote device are displayed in the image in the color associated with that device. To. For this purpose, FIG. 66 illustrates a screenshot 1820 of a master unit similar to the screenshot in FIG. 65, which has a tool space 1002 and a workspace area 1004 in which the image is displayed. There is.
Here, the remote icons 1826, 1830, 1832, 1834 are highlighted differently from each other. For example, the color tone of the icon 1826 is blue, the color tone of the icon 1830 is red, the color tone of the icon 1832 is green, and so on. When a user associated with the remote icon 1826 makes changes to the image illustrated in workspace area 1004, the changes are shown in the color associated with the particular remote icon, in this case blue. It becomes. Similarly, device changes associated with icon 1830 are shown in red. In at least some cases, the color coding (color identification) function can be turned on and off. For example, if the color coding feature is off, all image objects will be shown in any color chosen by the editor who made the change. Also, when the color coding feature is on, all image objects are shown in the color associated with the particular remote device icon.
In some embodiments, all changes made by a particular meeting attendee are highlighted or other images for all of the displayed images and thumbnail images, or only for the master unit image. Visually distinguishable from the features of. Here, for example, a drop-down menu (not shown) that includes the "Emphasis on Master Image Changes" option and the "Emphasis on All Image Changes" option is associated with each of the remote user icons 1805. Here, if the "Highlight Master Image Changes" option is selected for a particular remote device icon, the changes made to the master image on the associated remote device will be highlighted or Alternatively, they are visually distinguished. Similarly, if the Emphasize All Image Changes option is selected for a particular remote device icon, the changes made to all displayed and thumbnail images on the associated remote device will be highlighted. Displayed or visually distinguished.
According to another aspect, in at least some embodiments, all system conferencing electronic connectivity devices can upload documents to the conferencing by print processing. For this purpose, a tool space 1850 similar to the space described with reference to FIG. 44 is illustrated, as shown in FIG. Toolspace 1850 includes a slave display area 1852 and multiple remote user icons. The remote user icon contains one remote user icon 1854. As shown in FIG. 67, no image is initially displayed in the slave display area 1852.
When an attendee associated with the remote user icon 1854 wants to upload an eight-page document from Microsoft Word or another application, the attendee can select the print command to print the image to the master unit or the master unit. Select a conferencing system with an easel. After selection, an eight-page document version is generated within the remote computer and presented on the remote computer via a window associated with the conferencing system. In addition, the version of the 8-page document sent to the master unit or easel is displayed in the slave display area 1852 with six slave display fields 1860, 1862, 1864, 1866, 1868, 1870 and two session image fields 1874. , 1876 (see Figure 68) and can be ported. The image can also be displayed by the master unit workspace area 1004 and displayed by the slave presentation space for viewing. After that, both the image change process and the session image generation process described above can be executed on the displayed image.
In the example above, another attendee associated with Icon 1908 wants to subsequently upload two additional images, with the second image in field 1862 highlighted in Figure 68. If the two-page document is currently displayed on the master unit in, two new image versions will be generated when the two-page document is printed out to the conference system, and the previously displayed images will be displayed from space 1862 or later. Shifts (shows ripple) to free up space for two new images. The result of this ripple operation is shown in FIG. New images 9 and 10 occupy space 1862, 1864, image 2 originally in space 1862 is rippled to space 1866, and images 7 and 8 are additional session image spaces 1900, 1902. Moved to. This printing operation allows the document to be published to the conferencing system using any remote device so that the document can be shared with other remote devices in a simple way.
In yet some other embodiments, a projector system similar to the system described above with reference to FIGS. 58 and 59 is installed in a furniture with a conventional appearance, which provides a slave display space. It does not have (eg, furniture does not have a screen), but instead uses a flat, substantially vertical surface provided by some other structures as the projection surface. To this end, an example system 1940 is illustrated in FIGS. 70-72.
In system 1940, two projector assemblies 1954 and 1956 are provided inside the side table shelf assembly 1942. In this embodiment, the side table (credenza) 1940 has a linear wall structure 1942 forming an integrally formed cavity 1950 to accommodate at least a subset of system components and multiple doors (two quoted 1944). (Indicated collectively by), with an internal wall and shelf structure 1952, and a glass top member 1946. The projectors 1954 and 1956 are located on the upper shelf directly below the glass upper member.
Since the projectors 1954 and 1956 each have the same design and the same operation, only the projector 1956 will be described in detail for convenience of explanation. As shown in FIG. 72, the projector 1956 includes a housing with an upper wall window 1955 (unsigned independently), a projector unit 1970, and a mirror 1972.
The projector unit 1970 and the mirror 1972 are placed inside the housing, and the image projected by the projector unit 1970 is reflected upward by the mirror 1972 to pass through the window 1955 and almost behind the side table 1940 ( That is, to the side of the side table opposite the side facing the door 1944, to the rear of the trailing edge of the upper member 1946, and from there approximately vertically upwards and into space 1851). Here, since the upper member 1946 is made of a glass material, the image projected upward from the projectors 1956 and 1956 passes through the upper member. The back surface of the side table 1940 facing the door 1944 is substantially facing the flat wall, and the projected image is projected on the surface of the wall. Here, it is assumed that the projectors placed in the side table 1944 are configured to provide slave images that are used only for at least some applications, and A master presentation unit similar to that described above has been used with the side table assembly 1940 to support the method described above.
As shown in FIG. 72, in at least some cases, casters or wheels are provided at the bottom of the side table 1942, allowing the side table and its internal components to move from anywhere to any other location. It is designed so that it can be moved and used. In at least some cases, the printer 1943 and other system components (eg, master unit server, etc. (without quotes)) are located in space 1950.
In at least some cases, the glass top member 1946 comprises a polymeric dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) window member that can be controlled to be opaque or transparent. PDLC operates on the principle of electronically controlled light scattering. PDLC consists of liquid crystal microparticles surrounded by a polymer mixture sandwiched between two pieces of conductive glass. When no voltage is applied, the liquid crystal microparticles are randomly oriented and opaque. When a voltage is applied, the liquid crystals are arranged parallel to the electric field so that light can pass through the member and become transparent. Here, when the projector is not used to generate the image, the glass supermember 1946 is inactivated so that the supermember is opaque, concealing the projector and other components in space 1950. To. When a projector is used, a voltage is applied to the glass to make it transparent and allow the projected image to pass through. In this regard, the power transformer and control switch are shown as 1841 in FIG.
In at least some cases, an opaque control switch is connected to the master unit so that the slave image can be controlled in a predetermined manner as needed. Although the glass with controlled opacity is described as PDLC type glass, any electronically controlled glass assembly having variable opacity may be used. In the following, glass having controllable transmittance is generally referred to as opacity controllable glass unless otherwise specified. In addition, other types of furniture with opaque control glass for concealing and exposing the projector, such as desks, tables, shelves, etc. may be used.
Yet another aspect is that an auto-reduction feature is implemented as part of the master unit interface system, which automatically adjusts the image size when the action of enlarging the image size beyond the size that fits in the image space is performed. It is designed so that the information can be additionally applied to the peripheral edge of the image.
For this purpose, the master unit screenshot 2000 as an example shown in FIG. 73 is provided with a workspace area 1004 on which the master unit image is displayed. Here, the invisible boundary or frame space along the edge of the workspace area 1004 is indicated by the dashed line 2002. For example, the frame space is a 2 inch space along each of the four sides of the displayed image. When the display image is changed and information is added to the frame space as a result of the change operation, the image can be reduced to make the changed content visible. For example, in the pen icon 2004 shown in FIG. 73, the curve 2006 drawn on the master image extends within the frame space indicated by the line 2002 at the lower edge of the displayed image. As shown in FIG. 74, when the curve enters the frame space, the display image including the added curve 2006a is reduced and the pen icon 2004 moves with the curve 2006a.
In some cases, as shown in FIG. 74, the reduced image is moved to the center of the workspace area 1004 so that information can be added around all four sides of the reduced image. In other cases, although not shown, the reduced image can be moved anywhere within the workspace area 1004, such as the upper left corner of the space or the center of the space. In some cases, the reduced image can be moved to a location within the workspace area 1004 that is farthest from where the image modification action entered the frame space 2002. For example, of FIG. 73 showing the curve 2006 entering the lower edge space of the workspace area 1004, the reduced image is moved near the upper center edge of the workspace area 1004. Similarly, if the curve fits into space 2002 along the right edge of workspace area 1004, the reduced image will be rearranged along the left center edge of workspace area 1004. It may be moved.
Dynamic resizing can occur, at least in some cases. For example, when an image change operation is required in space 2002, if the image is initially reduced by 30%, the change operation only slightly enters the space 2002, and subsequent changes to the displayed image are made. , If it only occurs inside the boundaries of the smaller image space, then when subsequent image changes are made, the image may be resized again to result in a larger image (eg, the original). Display an image that is 10% smaller than the image by 10% instead of 30%). In this way, the maximum size image that can accommodate the entire image is automatically provided.
In this case, the image resizing is performed between changes to the image so that the resizing does not adversely affect the system user's interaction with the image. So, for example, if the image modification behavior is slightly out of the original image space, after the initial 30% size reduction, additional changes to the image in the following 15 seconds will be "from the original image plus the original range. If it falls within the range given as "the slight overhang", the image is scaled up by 20% when the image correction operation is interrupted, and the maximum possible size image is automatically provided.
Further, in at least some cases, when the image correction operation is within the boundary space, the image size reduction does not occur immediately, and the image reduction operation does not lead to the intermittent image correction operation. May occur at the timing when the current image correction operation is stopped. For example, if a curve crosses boundary 2002 and within the frame space, as shown in Figure 73, resizing is only possible after the stylus used to draw the curve has been lifted. It will occur. Here, in at least some cases, the desired curve may be completed within the frame space, or may recontinue within the space within the frame boundary 2002 when the curve is completed. It may be anything. In any case, the resize will occur when the stylus is lifted to indicate the end of the current operation.
When the pen icon is used to change the image and the change action extends into frame space 2002, the image relocation that is performed immediately causes the current position of the pen icon to be relative to the action being performed. It may be misplaced. For example, as shown in FIG. 74, when the reduced image 2008 is rearranged, the curve 2006a is moved upward to the location shown while the user positions the pen icon control stylus at location 2009, resulting in the result. , There is a problem with the alignment. Now, to continue drawing the curve, the user must readjust the icon control stylus with respect to the tip of Icon 2004.
In at least some cases, readjustment with the tip of Icon 2004, and therefore with the end of curve 2006a, as long as given the given stylus position sensing performance of some master units. , Not easy to carry out. In at least some embodiments, a readjustment function is envisioned in which the master unit assists in readjustment by slightly shifting the reduced image when a readjustment operation is attempted.
To this end, as shown in FIG. 75, a reduced image 2012 is illustrated according to what was discussed with FIGS. 73 and 74. Here, after the reduced image has been rearranged (for example, relocated to the center of the workspace area 1004 as shown in FIG. 74), the system user repositions the pen icon control stylus and icon 2004. It is assumed that the tip of the stylus 2016 is close to, but still separated (eg, 2 inches) from the position of the end 2014 of the contracted curve 2006a.
Now, when the master unit senses the new position of the icon 2004 and the tip 2016 is positioned near the end 2014, the master unit attempts to readjust the pen tip 2014 with respect to the end 2014 of the curve 2006a. It is programmed to be considered as an attempt. To aid in readjustment, the reduced image 2012 is positioned with the curved end 2014 at the tip 2016 shown in Figure 76, as shown by the dotted lines (two of which are collectively indicated by quotation marks 2018). As such, the entire image is shifted, after which the user can complete the drawing of curve 2006a as desired.
According to other aspects, sticky note functionality is provided, at least in some cases. Conference participants can add a small, well-known "sticky note" to the session image, which will be displayed with the image unless deleted or moved to another image. For this purpose, one additional icon 1809 in the tool area 1002, as shown in Figure 65, is labeled "Note" and is currently displayed in the master unit workspace area 1004 when this icon is selected. You can add sticky notes to the images that are displayed. That is, when the icon 1809 is selected, the sticky note image 1803 is opened at the top of the image currently displayed in the workspace area 1004.
Sticky notes 1803 can be moved within the workspace area 1004 by selecting sticky notes and dragging them around the displayed image. To close the sticky note 1803, select the erase button 1813 associated with the sticky note. Once Note 1803 is opened and the sticky note has not been deleted or moved to another image, the sticky note remains associated with that image. Sticky note 1803 can be moved to another image by selecting the sticky note with the pointer icon and dragging the sticky note to the thumbnail of another image placed in the tool area 1002 like an object.
In at least some cases, all sticky notes associated with the session image can be viewed on the summary page, and the image associated with the sticky note is accessed by the master unit by selecting the associated sticky note. There are tools that allow you to do this. For this purpose, a Note Summary icon 1811 is provided in the tool area 1002, as shown in FIG. When icon 1811 is selected, screenshot 2100 of the sticky note summary is illustrated as shown in Figure 77.
As shown in FIG. 77, a plurality of sticky notes associated with the current session image group are displayed in the workspace area 1004, and the workspace area 1004 includes sticky notes 1803, 1817, 1819, and the like. .. When a sticky note is selected (for example, by performing a double tap operation on a pointing stylus device), in at least some embodiments, the image associated with the selected sticky note is in space 1002. Presented. As shown in Figure 77, when the sticky note screenshot is presented in workspace 1004, the Close Note Summary icon 1821 appears in the tool area 1002. By selecting this icon, you can close the sticky note screenshot and replace it with the image presented in the workspace area 1004.
In at least some embodiments, the date, time and author information associated with the sticky note, which is not shown, is stored in the database and the sticky note corresponds to a particular date, time and / or particular author. It can be accessed from a screenshot of a sticky note summary, such as screenshot image 2100 in Figure 77. For this purpose, for example, in some cases, a pull-down menu is associated with each remote device icon 1805 in the tool area 1002. The pull-down menu includes sticky notes options that give you access to sticky notes by author. In another case, the pull-down menu is associated with the sticky note summary icon 1811, which allows you to specify a date / time range for accessing the sticky note in summary format.
According to another aspect, in at least some cases, the prescanned session template is stored in a system database that can be accessed at the beginning of the session to place a given structure on the session image. Will be done. For example, in at least some cases, the session template consists of a single page containing the company logo. If the template is a single page and is used, the template will be generated each time a new image is generated so that every image in the session group will contain the company logo (or any element present on the template). Is applied. The image is then modified by any of the methods described above.
In other cases, the template consists of multiple pages (eg, initial images) that are provided as the first or last page of the session images when the session is started. For example, some companies may want the first three pages of each session image group to contain standard session information such as session title, participant list, session time and date information, participant time and date information, and topics discussed. Sometimes you want to implement system operation rules such as. Now, when any new session is started, an instance of the new session template is opened, which contains the first three pages as well as the information gathered by the master unit, or the user. Requires information to be added to the template. The additional image generated during the session will initially be a blank image in this multi-page template example.
In some cases, a large number of single-page and multi-page templates are supported by the system, allowing the user to choose between different template formats. Other template types are also envisioned. In at least some cases, the order of the first or last template images may be immutable so that the location of the session information in the session images group does not change.
Although the system described above is particularly useful for linking multiple parties to each other during a conference session, in at least some cases session images can be accessed, viewed and / or edited offline. After that, it can be restored online to enable online access. For this purpose, in at least some cases, the user of the remote device can log on to the server associated with the master unit, download a session containing multiple images, and then the master unit. You can disconnect from the server. The user of the remote device can then use the remote device to edit the session image in any of the ways described above. After editing, the remote device user revisits the master unit server and views and edits the edited session image independently for further access during the conference session or by another remote device user. You can upload it so that you can.
Yet another aspect is that some presentation systems have customizable help screens. Such a help screen allows the information technology (IT) department to provide customized help information such as a telephone number or email link to contact the IT department when help is needed. .. For example, whenever the master unit is launched for the first time and a new session is started, a help splash screen containing IT division contact information is displayed in the master workspace. Another example is a customized IT division contact screenshot by selecting the help button 1829 (see Figure 65) in addition to providing system users with topical information in response to the selection operation (see Figure 65). Can be accessed (not shown).
According to yet another aspect, some presentation systems are equipped with a system news button 1831 (see Figure 65). Select the System News button 1831 to access downloadable system content (eg templates for master units, new software tools, etc.), get news about new system features and more efficient use of the system, and more. It is possible. Here, in at least some cases, when the system news button 1831 is selected, a list of news topics, or in some cases, a list of downloadable content, is selected and displayed on the master unit in a known manner. Will be done.
The presentation system described above is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) so that system administrators can easily manage access to system applications supported by an entity (eg, a company) in at least some applications. ) Supports protocols (such as Active Directory (AD) support). As with any application that supports Active Directory, the administrator can grant and deny access to the system session and open and / or edit the session image.
In addition to the presentation system and its components described above, mobile projectors and other systems using mobile easels or mobile / portable podiums such as the easel described above (see Figure 24) are envisioned. For this purpose, FIG. 78 shows an example presentation kit system 2202 within the conference space 2200.
The conference space 2200 includes a wall portion 2206 on which an image is projected and an entrance 2204 provided at only one place. In the example illustrated in FIG. 78, eight presentation spaces, designated by quotation marks 2208, 2210, 2212, 2214, 2216, 2218, 2220, 2222, are illustrated on the wall 2206. The presentation kit system 2202 includes a mobile podium assembly 2224 and a first projector cart, a second projector cart, a third projector cart and a fourth projector cart designated by quotation marks 2226, 2228, 2230 and 2232. I have. Since the projector carts 2226, 2228, 2230, and 2232 each have the same configuration and perform the same operation, only the cart 2226 will be described in detail for convenience of explanation.
As shown in FIGS. 78, 79, 80 and 81, the projector cart 2226 as an example includes a bottom member (without quotation marks), a first side wall member 2242, a second side wall member 2250, and a rear. A wall member 2234, a first door member 2252, a second door member 2254, an upper member 2248, a shelf member 2256, a handle 2238, four wheels (collectively indicated by quotation marks 2236), and It comprises a projector 2260, a power supply 2264 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 79, and a wireless transceiver (ie, receiver / transmitter) 2240.
The bottom member 2235 is a rigid, linear and substantially horizontal member. Wheel 2236 is attached to the underside of bottom member 2235. Wheels 2236 are provided in the vicinity of the four corners of the bottom member 2235, respectively, to move the bottom member 2235 and other cart components fixed thereto within the conference space 2200, or to move other areas outside the conference space 2200 ( For example, it can be moved for use in other conference spaces, private offices, etc.).
Since the side wall members 2242 and 2250 have the same configuration and the same operation, only the side wall members 2242 (see FIG. 81) will be described in detail. The side wall member 2242 is a rigid, linear member that extends along and rises from one of the linear edges of the bottom member 2235. The side wall member 2242 has a plurality of ventilation slots 2244 formed in the vicinity of the upper end thereof. The vent slot 2244 extends horizontally in the illustrated embodiment, but may have other embodiments in other embodiments (eg, vertical slots, circular openings, etc.). The side wall member 2242 is firmly attached to the lower end of the bottom member 2235 as shown. The side wall members 2242 and 2250 in the attached state extend substantially vertically and are separated from each other along the both side ends of the bottom member 2235.
As shown in FIGS. 79 to 81, the upper member 2248 has the same shape and dimensions as the bottom member 2235, and the upper end portion of the first side wall member 2242 to the upper end portion of the second side wall member 2250. It is spread over the distance to. The upper member 2248 is a transparent member and is made of a plexiglass-based glass material or a tempered glass material.
The rear wall member 2234 is a rigid linear member, which extends upward from the rear end of the bottom member 2235 along the rear end of the upper member 2248, and is the first. It extends between the side member 2242 and the second side member 2250.
The door members 2252 and 2254 are rigid linear members, respectively, and have the same height dimension as the rear member 2234 and a width dimension corresponding to about half the width of the rear wall member 2234 (cited). (Unsigned). The door member 2252 is hinged along the front end of the side wall member 2242. Similarly, the door member 2254 is hinged along the front end of the side wall member 2250.
The bottom wall member 2235, the top wall member 2248, the side wall member 2242, the side wall member 2250, the rear wall member 2234, the door member 2252, and the door member 2254 define the internal chamber 2255 as a whole. The shelf member 2256 is mounted in the internal chamber 2255 so as to be substantially horizontal. Door members 2252, 2254 can be opened as shown in FIG. 79, and door members 2252 can also be closed as shown in FIG. 80. The handle 2238 extends upward and rearward from the rear wall member 2234 and is a member used to push the cart assembly 2226 in transit. The wireless transceiver 2240 is attached to and stands up from the top member 2248.
As shown in FIG. 79, the projector 2260 is supported on the upper surface of the shelf member 2256 in the internal chamber 2255 and directly below the transparent upper member 2248. When the projector 2260 is activated, the projected image passes through the transparent upper member 2248 and is projected on the presentation space or the presentation surface having a structure such as the wall portion 2206 adjacent to the door members 2252 and 2254. , Appropriately positioned and oriented. In at least some embodiments, each projector is a short projection distance type projector, and when the projector cart is placed adjacent to the wall portion, the image is projected onto the wall portion and visually recognized.
In the wireless embodiment described herein, each projector includes a memory and a projector driver. The memory can store the images generated for the projector. The driver is provided to drive and control the projector to display an image. Thus, after the image has been sent to the projector cart from the podium assembly or some other source, the image is stored in the cart and displayed independently of the podium and another image is received and displayed. It will be displayed until it is done. In other embodiments, the projectors do not have separate memory and drivers, instead the projected images and videos are delivered from the system server 2286 (see Figure 82) to each projector (eg, 30 frames). It may be transmitted wirelessly (at a speed of / second).
As shown in FIG. 79, the power supply 2264 (for example, a battery pack) is provided at the lower part of the projector 2260 and supplies power to the projector 2260. Although not shown, if the power supply 2264 is a battery pack, the power supply 2264 has a cable to connect to the power output for battery charging.
As an example, the platform assembly 2224 has a bottom wall member 2272, a first side wall member 2274, a second side wall member 2276, a working top member 2229, and a rear wall, as shown in FIGS. 78 and 82. Members (without quotation marks), shelf components 2280, drawer subassembly 2290, wheels (collectively indicated by quotation marks 2225), power supply 2282 (eg, rechargeable batteries), speakers 2227, and printer 2284. It has a server 2286, a DVD player 2288, a wireless transceiver 2231, a microphone 2270, and an input / output (I / O) tablet (or input / output device) 2294.
The bottom member 2272 is a rigid, linear and substantially horizontal member, the lower surface of which is provided with a wheel 2225, and the bottom member 2272 and other platform assembly components are moved and transferred within the conference space 2200. It can be and, if necessary, can be taken out of the conference conference space 2200 and moved to another location for use.
The side wall members 2274 and 2276 are rigid linear members that extend upward from the bottom member 2272 and extend along both ends of the bottom member 2272, respectively. The side wall members 2274 and 2276 are formed with ventilation slots 2292 for dissipating heat generated by electronic devices (for example, server 2286, DVD player 2288, etc.).
The work upper surface member 2229 is a rigid linear member, and is attached to the upper ends of the side wall members 2274 and 2276. In the illustrated embodiment, at least a portion of the working top member 2229 is inclined downward or so angled from the rear end towards the front end and is thus a working top surface. The material placed on the member 2229 is supported at an angle suitable for use by the podium user. The microphone 2270 is attached to the work top member 2229 to collect the utterances of a person using the podium assembly 2224.
The rear wall member is a rigid, linear and substantially vertical member that extends upward from the rear end 2 of the bottom wall member 2272 and is adjacent to the rear end of the work top member 2229. Further, it extends over a distance from the rear end of the side wall member 2274 to the rear end of the side wall member 2276. As described above, the rear wall member 2272, the side wall member 2274, the side wall member 2276, and the working upper surface member 2229 define the podium chamber 2278 as an integral body.
The shelf member 2280 is mounted within the podium chamber 2278 and has a substantially horizontal top surface in the mounted state. The drawer subassembly 2290 is located directly below the working top member 2229 in the podium chamber 2278 and is slidable between the closed position (see FIG. 82) and the open position (not shown). , It provides access to the internal space configured by the drawer subassembly 2290. When not in use, the I / O tablet 2294 can be housed in a drawer subassembly 2290 for storage or transport.
As shown in FIGS. 78 and 82, the rear wall member has an opening near the lower end to accommodate the speaker 2227 mounted inside the opening. When the podium user utters and the content of the utterance is picked up by the microphone 2270, the content of the utterance is amplified by the speaker 2227 and can be heard by the audience. In addition, if the software is running or a DVD or other video type presentation with audio occurs, the audio will be amplified and made available to the audience through speakers 2227.
The server 2286 is supported on the top surface of the shelf member 2280 (eg, rack-mounted) as shown in FIG. 82, and the DVD player 2288 is supported on the top surface of the server 2286 directly below the drawer subassembly 2290. Has been done. Here, the server 2286 includes a processor capable of executing software that executes the functions described in the other embodiments described above.
The power supply 2228 and the printer 2284 are located on the top surface of the bottom member 2272, as shown in FIG. The power supply 2282 is a battery that powers the server 2286, the DVD player 2288, the printer 2284, and the input / output tablet. If the power supply 2282 is a battery, the battery is rechargeable and has a cable to connect to the power output. The wireless transceiver 2231 is mounted on the top surface of the working top member 2229 and is capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the wireless transceiver provided in each cart (see, eg, 2240 in FIG. 81). The input / output tablet 2294 is wired and connected to the server 2286, but instead, it may be a wireless tablet capable of communicating with the server 2286 via the transceiver 2231.
The server 2286 is wired and connected to the wireless transceiver 2231, the DVD player 2288, the printer 2284, the power supply 2482, the microphone 2270, and the speaker 2227 in the podium cabinet, as shown in FIGS. 82 and 83. In addition, the server 2286 is wired (or wirelessly connected) to the scanner 2295 (not shown in Figure 82) housed in the podium cabinet, and in at least in some cases the mobile database 2293 is in the cabinet. Is housed in. In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 83, the server 2286 is also wired and connected to the I / O tablet 2294, however, this connection may be a wireless connection as described above. Server 2286 wirelessly transmits image data to a projector in a mobile cart (eg, 2226) via transceiver 2231 and a cart-installed receiver (eg, 2240 in FIG. 79).
As shown in FIGS. 82 and 83, the illustrated embodiment comprises a server, a printer, a DVD player, and other components mounted within the podium cabinet, which components are elsewhere. It can be placed in the transceiver 2231, connected by the wireless access card of the input / output tablet 2294, or connected by the hardware cable. For example, the server 2286 may be located in the IT room of the building containing the conference space 2200, or may be located in a building other than that building. Similarly, a server 2286 is mounted on the podium, but the database 2293 used thereby may be provided separately from the podium or connected via a hardware cable or transceiver 2231.
When using the kit system 2201, the user first relocates the four projector carts 2226, 2228, 2230, 2232 into the conference space 2200 and the platform assembly 2224 for conference conferences, as shown in Figure 78. As shown in the figure, the projector carts are positioned in a row near the wall portion 2206 so that the projected images are directed toward the wall portion 2206 when the projector is projected into the space 2200. The user then places the podium assembly 2224 in a conferencing space 2200 in a favorable position for the audience, associates the projector in the projector cart with the podium acting as a master presentation unit, and presents the presentation kit system 2202. Start a collaboration session with.
In the illustrated embodiment, it is assumed that the projectors of the carts 2226, 2228, 2230, and 2232 are each configured to project or project two flip chart size images onto the presentation wall 2206. .. For example, the projector of the cart 2226 projects the image in the presentation spaces 2208 and 2210, the projector of the cart 2228 projects the image in the spaces 2212 and 2214, and so on. Here, the images are wirelessly transmitted to and received from the projector via the podium transceiver 2231 and the projector cart transceiver (eg, 2240).
In at least some embodiments, the process of associating the master presentation unit (eg, podium 2241) with the projector carts 2226, 2228, 2230, 2232 is similar to the process described above with reference to FIG. The difference is that one of the units does not need to be identified as the master unit. In the case of the presentation kit system 2202, the podium assembly 2224 is always the master unit.
Here, if six projector carts are located in the polling space 2200 and the kit user wants to use only the four projector carts shown in FIG. 78, the user can use the podium (eg, I / O tablet). 2294, server 2286 and transceiver 2231) can be used to poll the projectors in the conference space 2200 to get the projector list on the I / O tablet 2294 (see Figure 82). Here, polling for generating a projector list is performed by sending a signal from the server 2286 to each projector in the conference conference space 2200, and sending a message to identify the projector by a projector-specific ID code. This includes requesting the projector side to respond to the above signal. When the ID code is accessed, the server 2286 should generate a projector list, present the list to the I / O tablet 2294, and provide an on-screen tool to select the projector from the list to assist. Associate with server 2286 during the session.
In this example, the user can select the projectors associated with the four carts shown in FIG. 78 on the I / O tablet 2294 associated with them. After selecting the cart associated with the four carts shown, the server 2286 supports four projectors and a presentation that allows the user of the I / O tablet to interact with the images displayed by the four projectors. Build software. In this regard, if each projector projects two independent images as shown in FIG. 78, a display screen with a toolbar similar to that shown in FIG. 50 is provided to provide eight projected images. Eight thumbnail icons corresponding to can be provided in the display area 1302.
In some embodiments, if the facility (eg, conference space 2200) already has existing wireless infrastructure, including access points, the presentation kit system 2202 will use that existing wireless infrastructure. Can communicate and transfer data between components.
As another example of how to associate a podium with a cart, a projector cart and podium transceiver (eg, 2231, 2240) transmit identification information to a wireless access point within (or near) the conference space 2200. It is conceivable to do. The identification information in this case can be used in a triangulation process for determining the location of a resource. More specifically, those resources are located in the conference space 2200, and when the resources in the conference space 2200 are recognized, the projector list is presented to the input / output tablet user to select and associate the projectors. It can be performed.
As shown in FIGS. 50 and 78, in order to build a system that can minimize confusion during a presentation session and operate in an intuitive manner, it is an image projected by a kit projector. The order of the images associated with podium 2224 must be the same as the order of the thumbnail icons in the display area 1302 presented on the display of the I / O tablet 2294.
Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 50 and 78, when the thumbnail icons in the area 1302 are thumbnails 1, 12, 2, 11, 3, 5, 6, and 7 from left to right, the displayed image is , Corresponding images should be 1i, 12i, 2i, 11i, 3i, 5i, 6i, 7i. For this reason, associating the projector and cart 2226 closest to the podium 2224 in Figure 78 with the first and second presentation spaces 2210 and the second presentation space 2210 and the first and second thumbnails in area 1302, It then associates the second closest projector and cart 2228 with the third and fourth presentation spaces 2212 and the fourth presentation space 2214 and the third and fourth thumbnails in area 1302, and also the third closest projector. And the cart 2230 are associated with the fifth and sixth presentation spaces 2216 and the sixth presentation space 2218 and the fifth and sixth thumbnails in area 1302, and the farthest projector and cart 2232 are in area 1302. The point is to associate it with the 7th presentation space and the farthest 8th presentation space as well as the 7th and 8th thumbnails.
When automatically associating a particular relatively positioned projector with a particular thumbnail icon in area 1302, the projector and podium 2224 access an identification code to determine the location of the projector and podium by triangulation or otherwise. If configured to send to a point, the relative location of the projector and podium 2224 within the conference space 2200 will be determined automatically.
Once the relative location within the conference space 2200 is known, the server 2286 can automatically associate the projector with the thumbnail icon in the display area 1302. Here, if the projector / cart order is changed for some reason, the changed location is automatically determined. In addition, if one of the projectors malfunctions, or if you need to use it elsewhere during a session, you can remove that projector from the projector list. Correspondingly, the server 2286 can reassociate the thumbnail icons and projectors as needed.
For example, suppose the projector associated with the third cart 2230 must fail in the middle of a presentation and be removed from the operational kit system. Here, once the cart 2230 is removed from the cart row, the cart 2232 can be moved to a location adjacent to the cart 2228, automatically reassociated, and the projector in the cart 2232 Associated with the 5th and 6th thumbnail icons in area 1302 (see Figure 50). Since only 6 images will be displayed by the kit projector instead of the original 8 images, the display area 1302 in FIG. 50 will be reduced to a size with only 6 icons.
Another way to track and generate a podium / projector list in conference space 2200 would be to attach an ID tag to each resource and place a sensor system at each entrance to conference space 2200 (eg 2204). Be done. As shown in FIG. 78, an example wireless sensor 2201 is provided adjacent to the entrance 2204 to detect the resource tag. Sensor 2201 is connected to a server (not shown) that tracks resource locations.
In at least some embodiments, the ID tag is an RFID tag, in which case the sensor 2201 is an RFID sensor. In this regard, FIG. 81 shows an RFID tag 2281 as an example attached to the outer surface of the side wall 2242 of the cart 2226. Here, when the cart 2226 passes through the entrance 2204, the sensor 2201 collects the identification information based on the tag 2281, and the projector list management server adds the projector in the cart 2226 to the projector list for the conference space 2200. When the cart 2226 is removed from the conference space 2200, the list management server removes the projectors in the cart 2226 from the projector list. Tag 2281 has a passive or active configuration (for example, it can be transmitted as an RFID tag).
Depending on the conference space (eg 2206), it is possible that the projector must always project onto a single wall due to space layout. Here, other inventory-type systems shown in FIG. 78 include RFID tags (for example, 2297) and others provided on the lower surface of each cart or near the lower end of the cart, and are separately configured RFID sensors (for example, 2297). For example, 2299) is installed near where the projector cart would typically be placed. In this case, if the cart is located near the sensor, the sensor will retrieve the ID information from the tag and the server connected to the sensor will place the cart and projector in the conference room within the conference space 2200. Automatically associate with location.
FIG. 84 shows step 2240 as an example performed using the presentation kit system 2202 described above. First, at block 2442, a master presentation unit (or podium 2224) with input / output tablets 2294 is brought into the conference space 2200. At block 2444, the processor is associated with the master presentation unit. However, if the server 2286 is mounted on the podium assembly 2224 as shown in FIG. 82, the server processor is pre-installed. On the other hand, in other cases where the server is provided separately from the podium assembly, it is necessary to connect the I / O tablet 2294 to the server in the step of providing the processor.
Next, in block 2446, a plurality of mobile projector carts (eg, 2226, 2228, 2230, 2232) are brought into conference space 2200, as shown in FIGS. 78 and 84. At block 2448, the process of associating the podium assembly and its associated server with at least two mobile projectors is performed. As this association process, any of the above-mentioned association processes can be used. At block 2450, after the podium assembly 2224 is associated with the projector cart, presentation and conference sessions are ready to begin and images are accessed by the podium user on the display screen on the I / O tablet 2294. In addition, as shown in FIG. 50, the I / O tablet 2294 provides a control interface with the illustrated toolbar or other toolbar with similar functionality.
At block 2454, the tablet PC user specified one of the projectors to receive and display the image currently present on the table display, and the image was associated with the transceiver 2231 and the designated projector. It is transmitted via a transceiver (eg, 2240) to a designated projector, which then projects the image into the appropriate presentation space (eg, 2208, 2210, etc.). In the case of wireless transmission and reception, the projector will continue to project the same image until another image is received or a command is received from the tablet to remove the image from the presentation space.
FIG. 85 shows a sub-step 2500 that can be replaced with block 2448 in FIG. 84, where, in addition to associating the server with a particular projector, based on the relative parallel arrangement of the projectors. , The projector is associated with a particular thumbnail icon position within the thumbnail display area, such as area 1302 in FIG. Following block 2446 shown in FIG. 84, control proceeds to block 2502 in FIG. 85, where information about the projector in conference space 2200 is wireless via a cart transceiver (eg, 2240) and an access point in conference space 2200. To be acquired.
At block 2504, a list of projectors in conference space 2200 is provided to users of tablet PC 2294. At block 2506, the user makes a selection of projectors to use during the session. In block 2508, after selecting the projector to use from the list, the relative positional relationship of the selected projectors in the conference space 2200 is determined based on the position information obtained from the access point. More specifically, which projector is closest to the podium, which projector is the second closest, which projector is the third closest, and which projector is the furthest from the podium. It is determined whether or not it is placed in.
In block 2510, the selected projectors are associated with the presentation server 2286, and each projector is associated with a specific thumbnail position in the display area 1302 (see Figure 50) of the interface toolbar. After block 2510, control returns to block 2250 in Figure 84.
FIG. 86 is a diagram showing a second projector-based presentation kit system 2202a installed in the conference space 2200. This kit system 2202a is similar to the kit system 2202 described above with reference to FIG. 78. The kit system 2202a is a hardware network for connecting the podium assembly 2224a, the four projector carts 2226a, 2228a, 2230a, 2232a, and the servers in the podium assembly 2224a to each projector cart 2226a, 2228a, 2230a, 2232a. It has 2310 and. In this regard, the wired network 2310 is buried under the floor of the conference space 2200, or under the floor if it is a free access floor space.
Except for (a) how the server in the podium 2224a connects to the projector in the projector cart, and (b) how the podium and projector cart components are powered, the podium assembly 2224a shown in FIG. It has the same configuration and operation as the podium assembly 2224 described above. Further, the projector cart of FIG. 86 is similar to the above-mentioned projector cart illustrated in FIG. 78.
As shown in FIGS. 86 and 87, the podium assembly 2224a is provided with a side wall near the bottom edge of the wall to facilitate wiring connection between the podium assembly 2224a and the projector carts 2226a, 2228a, 2230a, 2232a. It features a power supply / data / video port 2263 mounted inside any of the, and each projector cart has a power supply / data / data / data mounted inside any of the side walls near the bottom edge of the wall. It has a video port (see 2326 in Figure 87).
As shown in FIGS. 86, 87 and 88, network 2310 includes power, data and video cable lines 2390, each of which has independent data cable 2392 and video cable 2394 (eg Category 5). ) And a power cable 2396 with a female power plug 2402. The data cable 2392 and video cable 2394 are terminated with typical data connectors 2398 and 2400, respectively.
The end of the cable 2390 shown in FIG. 88 is hereinafter referred to as a power / data / video terminal. As shown in FIG. 86, independent power / data terminals are provided in the podium assembly 2224a and the carts 2226a to 2232a, respectively, and the podium assembly 2224a and the projector cart are in the conference space 2200, respectively. It is located in an ideal location for use (eg, near the wall 2206). To store the terminals when the podium assembly and projector cart are not used in the conference space 2200, provide a floor box 2332 with a cover 2338 for each terminal assembly, as shown in FIGS. 86 and 87. May be good.
As shown in FIG. 86, in the present embodiment, after the podium assembly 2224a and the projector carts 2226a to 2232a are brought into the conference space 2200, the podium assembly 2224a and the projector cart are positioned near the floor box. And connected as shown. Now, when the podium server 2286 is powered on, the server 2286 can poll the network to identify the configuration of the projectors connected to the network 2310 (ie, the server is which projector is in which position). You can determine if it is connected). The association process can be automatically processed prior to the start of the presentation.
89 and 90 are diagrams showing a third projector-based presentation kit system 2202b. The presentation kit system 2202b includes a podium assembly 2224b and four projector carts 2226b, 2228b, 2230, 2232b. Here, the podium assembly and projector cart are similar to the podium and projector cart described above with reference to FIGS. 79-82, with the major difference being that the podium and projector cart are for communication and power supply. It is a point of the aspect to be connected. In this case, the podium assembly 2224b comprises a power supply / data / video port 2350 similar to the power supply / data / video port described above with reference to FIG. 87.
Since each projector cart has the same configuration and operation, only the cart 2226b will be described in detail for convenience of explanation.
The projector cart 2226b has a first power supply / data / video splitter 2356, a second power supply / data / video splitter 2372, a power supply / data / video cable 2368 for connecting the splitters 2356 and 2372, and a power supply / data for the cart. / Has a video network. The splitters 2365 and 2372 are attached to the opposing side wall members of the projector cart 2226b, respectively. Since the splitters 2356 and 2372 have the same configuration and operation, only the splitter 2356 will be described in detail for convenience of explanation.
As the name suggests, the splitter 2356 has a single external power / data / video port structure, and this external power / data / video port structure has a side wall to which the splitter 2356 is internally mounted. A power / data / video port 2358 (shown in FIG. 87) that is flush with the outer surface of the member is provided. Inside the splitter 2356 of the projector cart, a first power / data / video port 2360 and a second power / data / video port 2364 are provided, and each port is from the power / data / video port 2358. Data, power and video are connected to power / data / video port 2358 so that they are provided to ports 2360, 2364. The projector in the projector cart 2226b is connected to one of the power / data / video ports 2360, 2364, and the other of the power / data / video ports 2360, 2364 has a similar power supply / associated with the splitter 2372. It is connected to the data / video port 2361.
To connect adjacent projector carts to each other or to provide a podium assembly 2224b so that a power / data / video network is provided between the podium and the associated projector cart, as shown in FIGS. 89 and 90. There is a jumper or booster cable used to connect the to the next projector cart. As shown in FIGS. 89 and 90, a single booster cable 2366 is provided that connects port 2263 of podium assembly 2224b to projector cart 2226b via power / data / video port 2358 of splitter 2356.
Similarly, the booster cable 2380 connects the second splitter 2372 of the projector cart 2226b to the first splitter (unquoted) of the adjacent projector cart 2228b. The booster cable 2382 connects the splitters of the adjacent projector carts 2228b and 2230b to each other, and the booster cable 2384 connects the splitters of the adjacent projector carts 2230b and 2232b to each other. The second splitter 2386 of the projector cart 232b is not connected to any other projector cart, but if a fifth projector cart is added to the kit system 2202b, or the projector cart 2232b is shown in Figures 89 and Figure. If it is replaced with any of the other projector carts shown in 90, it can be connected to another projector cart.
FIG. 91 illustrates an example booster cable assembly 2380. The booster cable assembly 2380 includes power / data / video terminals 2233, 2235 similar to the terminals described above with reference to FIG. 88. In addition to the terminals, the booster cable assembly 2380 comprises a braided / twisted cable 2412, the cable 2412 comprising mechanical fasteners or connectors 2416, 2416 at both ends thereof.
As shown in FIG. 87, in the present embodiment, eyelets (small holes) 2237 are provided adjacent to the receptacle 2358 of the external splitter on each side wall of each projector cart. Fasteners 2414, 2416 are designed to be locked to the eyelet 2237 adjacent to the receptacle of the adjacent splitter. When one of the projector carts is moved, the other projector carts connected to the projector cart by the booster cable assembly 2380 are towed by the braided cable 2412 in a train-like manner. The length of the braided cable 2412 is the power / data / video cable so that the power / data / video connection structure is not pulled apart and the connector / plug is damaged when the connected cart is moved. Has been made shorter than.
FIG. 92 is a diagram showing a booster cable assembly 2380a as an additional example. The booster cable assembly 2380a is similar to the booster cable assembly 2380 shown in Figure 91, with the major difference being that the power / data / video terminals at each end of the cable have three connectors (eg 2420). , 2422), but a single power / data / video plug.
That is, multiple projectors that are used independently of each other for a single projector presentation are connected relatively quickly, efficiently, and quickly to display multiple images and display those displayed images in various ways. Any of the above-mentioned kit systems shown in FIGS. 78, 86 and 89 is extremely convenient in that a kit system for operation can be constructed. In addition, the kit system described above can be used with a smaller number of projectors, or with a larger number of projectors if the presentation effect can be improved by increasing the number of projectors.
In addition to mechanically connecting adjacent projector carts using a braided cable or the like to form a "cart tray", it is also conceivable to use other types of mechanical connections. For example, each projector cart, as shown in FIG. 93, may also be equipped with mechanical fasteners that work with adjacent cart fasteners, such as fasteners 2260, 2262. These fasteners 2260 and 2262 are adjacent projectors with no space or very small space between them so that when one projector cart is moved, the other projector carts will work together correctly. The carts can be firmly fixed to each other.
Other more complex fastening mechanisms are also conceivable. If the projector cart is connected by fasteners, etc. in a manner that is directly adjacent, the power / data / video connection may be automatically configured by fasteners or other mechanical connectors, or , Other dedicated network configuration connectors such as the booster cable described above may be used.
FIG. 94 is a diagram showing a sub-procedure 2456 that can be replaced with block 2448 in FIG. Sub-step 2456 is useful when you need a hardware communication / power cable to connect the projector to the presentation server. Following block 2448 in FIG. 84, control proceeds to block 2458 in FIG. 94, where the system user mechanically transfers the podium to the projector according to any of the methods described above with reference to FIG. 86 or FIG. 89. Connect to. At block 2460, the server processor polls the network to determine the number of projectors connected to the network and the logical location of the projectors on the network. In block 2462, the server processor presents the interface display screen via the tablet PC associated with the podium so that the images presented by each connected projector can be controlled via the input / output tablet. To do. After block 2462, control returns to block 2450 in Figure 84.
The present invention is capable of making various modifications and adopting various alternative embodiments, of which specific embodiments have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the specific forms described herein. For example, as shown in FIG. 82, the input / output tablet 2294 can be used in either the vertical or horizontal mode similar to the easel display screen described with reference to FIGS. 42 and 43, in which case. The tablet image orientation will be rotated 90 degrees between modes.
In some cases, the user may need to manually select the mode selection icon (see icon 1112 in Figure 35) to switch between vertical and horizontal modes. In at least some embodiments, the I / O tablet 2294 is mounted to rotate between the horizontal and vertical directions, and when the I / O tablet 2294 is reoriented, the orientation change ( The image sensed and presented (for example, by a mechanical switch) is automatically switched to the appropriate mode described above with reference to FIGS. 42 and 43. As shown in FIG. 78, if each projector projects two horizontal images (eg, images 1i, 12i), at least some implementations when table 2294 (see FIG. 82) is rotated in the horizontal direction. In the form, each projector is switched to project a single horizontal image instead of displaying two vertical images.
An example system with two interconnected subsystems 900, 901 has been described with reference to FIG. 31 and other diagrams, but in at least some progressive embodiments, a plurality. It should be understood that only one of the subsystems may be required. Similarly, although embodiments described above include one or more personal interface devices 911, 913, 195, etc. connected to other system components, in at least some embodiments, an interface such as personal interface device 911. It is also assumed that the device cannot be connected.
In addition, in at least some embodiments, the user of the master unit can choose where in the master unit the display screen tool area or area is presented. For example, in at least some cases, the user of the master unit may relocate the tool area near the bottom of the display screen by selecting a button (not shown) near the bottom of the master unit display screen. Can be done. In this way, wheelchair users can easily reach each tool.
Further described, a system comprising a printer 2284 and a scanner mounted inside a mobile podium cabinet (see FIG. 82) (see 2295 in FIG. 83) has been described, but in at least some embodiments. Each separate mobile cart can also be provided for the printer and / or scanner. Here, it is assumed that the printer / scanner cart can be connected to other system resources, more specifically wirelessly (ie, the cart is equipped with a transceiver such as the transceiver 2240 in Figure 81). Can be connected to the conference server 2286 by a power / data cable (see, eg, Figure 88). In addition, in the case of the projector cart described above, the printer / scanner cart is a conference server by any of the methods described above (eg, wireless or wired) adapted to the type of network used to link the system resources. Can be associated with 2286.
Further, although the movable cart is described above assuming a presentation system with a podium, in some embodiments the cart is a mobile easel, such as the unit described with reference to FIG. 24. It can also be used with the type master presentation unit. In addition, each cart can be used independently to support the projection function, and further, it is possible to support a presentation by a plurality of projectors in combination with another projector cart without using a master unit. In this way, a personal computer or the like can be used together with a cart connected to a plurality of wireless networks or a cable network for presentation support.
In addition, while data and video are being wirelessly transmitted and received between resources, batteries may not be practical in terms of capacity given the power consumption requirements of existing equipment, so depending on the system, with each projector cart. It is also possible that the printer / scanner cart is equipped with a cable power connector to power the platform assembly and / or the mobile easel.
As described above, the present invention includes all modifications, equivalents and alternatives without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention set forth in the claims below. The following claims have been made to inform the public of the claims of the present invention.
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Numbers
- Publication
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- Publication, DOCDB
- 5380752
- Publication, EPODOC
- JP5380752B
- Application
- 2009534810
- Application, DOCDB
- 2009534810
- Application, EPODOC
- JP20090534810
Titles2
- Japanese
- 移動式プレゼンテーションシステムおよび移動式プレゼンテーションシステムにおいて使用する方法
- English
- How to use in mobile presentation systems and mobile presentation systems
Classification
- CPC, 22
- H04N7/15
- G09B5/067
- G09B5/08
- G09G3/002
- G09G2370/04
- H04L12/1813
- H04N9/3102
- H04N9/3147
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- G06F3/0481
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- G06F3/1454
- G06F3/0488
- H04L12/1831
- H04L65/403
- H04N7/147
- H04N9/3141
- H04L65/4015
- IPC, 3
- G09G5 00
- G03B21 00
- H04N5 74
