DUAL-DESKTOP REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20070076230A1
• Filed: 08/02/2006
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsieh, Kuan-Hong, Li, Xiao-Guang
• Application Number:
  US11/309,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20070076230A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels

Abstract

A dual-desktop remote control system is provided. The remote control system includes: a connection module for connecting a local computer to a remote computer, wherein the local computer is a default master computer, and the remote computer is a default secondary computer; an image extracting module for extracting an image of an output display of the default secondary computer as a extracted image; an image resizing module for resizing the extracted image from the default secondary computer into a resized image; and an image superimposing module for superimposing the resized image upon an image of an output display of the default master computer. Another corresponding method is also provided.

Claims

1. A dual-desktop remote control system comprising:

a connection module for connecting a local computer to a remote computer, wherein the local computer is set to default as a master computer, and the remote computer is set to default as a secondary computer;

an image extracting module for extracting an image of an output display of the secondary computer as an extracted image;

an image resizing module for resizing the extracted image from the secondary computer into a resized image; and

an image superimposing module for superimposing the resized image upon an image of an output display of the default master computer.

2. The dual-desktop remote control system according to claim 1, further comprising a desktop switching module for switching the secondary computer as the master computer when the resized image of the default secondary computer is clicked.

3. The dual-desktop remote control system according to claim 2, further comprising an operation controlling module for performing a corresponding control in response to an operation on the master computer.

4. The dual-desktop remote control system according to claim 3, wherein the operation controlling module performs the operation on the local computer if the master computer is the local computer, or generates an instruction set to initialize the remote computer to perform the operation if the master computer is the remote computer.

5. A dual-desktop remote control method comprising the steps of:

connecting a local computer to a remote computer, wherein the local computer is set to default as a master computer, and the remote computer is set to default as a secondary computer;

extracting an image of an output display of the secondary computer as an extracted image;

resizing the extracted image from the secondary computer into a resized image; and

superimposing the resized image upon an image of a output display of the master computer.

6. The dual-desktop remote control method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of switching the secondary computer as the master computer when the resized image of the secondary computer is clicked.

7. The dual-desktop remote control method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of performing a corresponding control in response to an operation on the master computer.

8. The dual-desktop remote control method according to claim 7, wherein the performing step further comprises the steps of:

determining whether the master computer is the local computer;

performing the operation on the local computer if the current computer is the local computer;

generating an instruction set to initialize the remote computer to perform the operation if the master computer is the remote computer; and

performing the instruction on the remote computer.

9. A computer enabling dual-desktop remote control, the computer comprising:

a connection module for connecting the computer to a remote computer, wherein the computer is set to default as a master computer, and the remote computer is set to default as a secondary computer;

an image extracting module for extracting an image of an output display of the secondary computer as an extracted image;

an image resizing module for resizing the extracted image from the secondary computer into a resized image; and

an image superimposing module for superimposing the resized image upon an image of a desktop of the master computer.

10. The computer according to claim 9, further comprising a desktop switching module for switching the secondary computer as the master computer when the resized image of the secondary computer is clicked.

11. The computer according to claim 9, further comprising an operation controlling module for performing a corresponding control in response to an operation on the master computer.

12. The computer according to claim 11, wherein the operation controlling module performs the operation on the local computer if the master computer is the local computer, generates an instruction set to initialize the remote computer to perform the operation if the master computer is the remote computer.