Shared system and terminal device

• US 10,048,857 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2017
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsuchimoto, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, James A
• Application Number:
  US15/712,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20180011618A1
• Time in Patent Office: 326 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A shared system comprises a terminal device and a server. The terminal device comprises a display unit configured to segment a display area and display different contents in different segmented areas. The server receives, from the terminal device, the resolution information of a first segmented area which is one of the segmented areas of the terminal device, generates, according to the resolution information received, a screen on which data can be viewed or edited, and sends the screen in such a manner that the generates screen can be displayed in the first segmented area of the terminal device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

segmenting a display area and display different contents in respective different segmented areas;

identifying lines drawn in a touch panel by a user;

modifying each of the lines to be a straight line that is substantially parallel to a side of the display area to yield modified lines;

designating a first segmented area of the segmented areas based on the modified lines;

controlling communication with a server; and

sending resolution information indicating a size of the first segmented area designated by the modified lines;

receiving a desktop screen generated by the server according to the resolution information and the first segmented area; and

displaying the desktop screen displaying and facilitating editing of data.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a terminal device is arranged outdoors or in a space to be shared.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining that no operation is carried out on the desktop screen within a period of time, executing an exit processing on the desktop screen.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

modifying the size of the first segmented area to conform to a specified size and sending, as the resolution information, an indication of a resolution of the modified size.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

adjusting each of the lines to be parallel or vertical to the sides of the display area.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

carrying out a light polarization processing to narrow the view range of the first segmented area.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

rotating the first segmented area in a given direction with respect to the position of the user.

8. A shared system, comprising:

a terminal device comprising a display unit configured to segment a display area and display different contents in respective different segmented areas, the terminal device further comprising a touch panel arranged on the display unit, and the display unit is configured to identify lines drawn on the touch panel by a user, modify each of the lines to be a straight line that is substantially parallel to a side of the display area to yield modified lines, define a first segmented area of the segmented areas based on the modified lines, and generate resolution information indicating a size of the first segmented area, and the display unit is configured to adjust each of the lines to be parallel or vertical to the sides of the display area; and

a server configured to receive, from the terminal device, the resolution information of the first segmented area, to generate, according to the resolution information, a desktop screen on which data is at least one of displayed or edited, and to cause the desktop screen to be displayed in the first segmented area of the terminal device.

9. The shared system according to claim 8, wherein the terminal device is configured to carry out a light polarization processing to narrow the view range of the first segmented area.

10. The shared system according to claim. 8, wherein the terminal device is configured to rotate the first segmented area in a given direction with respect to the position of the user.

11. A terminal device, comprising:

a display unit configured to segment a display area and display different contents in respective different segmented areas;

a touch panel arranged on the display unit and configured to;

identify lines drawn in the touch panel by a user,

modify each of the lines to be a straight line that is substantially parallel to a side of the display area to yield modified lines,

adjust each of the lines to be parallel or vertical to the sides of the display area, and

designate a first segmented area of the segmented areas based on the modified lines;

an interface unit configured to control communication with a server; and

a control unit configured to cause the interface unit to send resolution information indicating a size of the first segmented area designated by the modified lines, to receive a desktop screen generated by the server according to the resolution information and the first segmented area, and to display the desktop screen, wherein the desktop screen is configured to display and facilitate editing of data.

12. The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the terminal device is configured to carry out a light polarization processing to narrow the view range of the first segmented area.

13. The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the terminal device is configured to rotate the first segmented area in a given direction with respect to the position of the user.