Automatic Channel Changing Auxiliary Device for Seamless AV Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for recommending audiovisual content to others are unintuitive, time-consuming, and tedious, requiring manual adjustments by the recipient to watch recommended programs or channels.
Innovation Solution
An automatic channel changing auxiliary device and method that includes a receiving unit, storage unit, look-up unit, and transmitting unit, which generates and transmits channel changing data based on recommended program data, user data, and reference data to enable seamless switching between AV devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual channel adjustment is used to watch recommended programs, then the receiving party can view the recommended content, but the process is time-consuming and tedious
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an automatic channel changing auxiliary device as an intermediary between the recommending user and the receiving party. This device automatically adjusts the AV playing device's channel based on recommended program data, eliminating the need for manual channel switching by the receiving party and significantly reducing the time and effort required.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing the recommending user to send recommended program data through communication means, and the AV playing device automatically executes the channel changing based on this data without requiring the receiving party to manually adjust any settings.
2Loss of information
If oral or text means are used to convey broadcasting information, then the recommended channel information can be transmitted, but the process lacks intuitiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical/oral method of conveying channel information with an automated electronic system. The automatic channel changing auxiliary device processes recommended program data and automatically controls the AV playing device, substituting the manual oral/text communication process with an intuitive automated system that directly executes channel changes.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual adjustment is required for AV hardware device, then the receiving party can control the device, but the process becomes complex and tedious
Solution Approach 1:
The automatic channel changing auxiliary device serves as an intermediary that handles the complexity of device control automatically. It receives recommended program data, processes it through look-up operations, and automatically executes the channel changing on the AV playing device, thereby maintaining device control flexibility while eliminating process complexity for the user.
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AI summary
A device providing an automatic channel changing function includes: a receiving unit, receiving recommended program data, first user data and second user data from a first AV playing device; a storage unit, storing reference data; a look-up unit, generating channel changing data according to the recommended program data, the first user data, the second user data and the reference data; and a transmitting unit, transmitting the channel changing data to a second AV playing device according to the second user data.