Digital Broadcasting Wallpaper Auto-Capture Method

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current digital broadcasting reception terminals require users to manually capture and set pictures as wallpapers while viewing broadcasts, limiting their ability to obtain information from digital broadcasts when not actively viewing and not providing further information beyond aesthetics.

Innovation Solution

A method that allows users to set a broadcast picture display function to periodically capture and display digital broadcast images as wallpapers at preset intervals, even when not viewing, including information like channel and program details.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If users manually capture and set pictures as wallpapers while viewing broadcasts, then users can have personalized wallpapers, but users cannot obtain information from digital broadcasts when not actively viewing

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accessVSAvoidmanual operation requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal automatically captures broadcast pictures and sets them as wallpapers without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by monitoring broadcast content, selecting appropriate frames, and updating wallpapers autonomously, thereby providing information access while eliminating manual operation requirements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal performs preliminary actions by capturing and storing broadcast pictures in advance during standby mode or when not actively viewing. This allows the system to have wallpaper images ready beforehand, enabling information access to be maintained without requiring users to manually capture images at the moment of viewing

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Extent of automation

If users manually capture pictures during broadcast viewing, then users can capture desired pictures, but the process requires multiple key presses and manual intervention

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomatic captureVSAvoidoperation process
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal's control unit automatically performs the capture function by monitoring broadcast content and selecting frames to be saved as wallpapers. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for users to press capture keys or navigate through menu options, thereby increasing automation while simplifying the operation process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The invention extracts the capture function from the user's manual control and transfers it to the terminal's automatic control system. By separating the capture action from user intervention, the system achieves higher automation without increasing operational complexity, as the captured images are directly used as wallpapers without requiring additional user steps

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Loss of information

If captured pictures are used as wallpapers, then users have aesthetic wallpapers, but no additional information about digital broadcasts is provided

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebroadcast informationVSAvoidwallpaper functionality
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The wallpaper function is enhanced to serve multiple purposes: it maintains its aesthetic function as a background image while simultaneously serving as an information display medium. The control unit overlays or associates broadcast information (such as program titles, channel names, or timestamps) with the captured images, allowing the wallpaper to provide both visual appeal and informational value

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS8947598B2Method for displaying wallpaper on digital broadcasting reception terminal
Publication Date: 2015.02.03 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided is a method for displaying a wallpaper that includes setting a broadcast picture display function to display a specific broadcast picture as a wallpaper in response to a user's request; changing a standby mode to a digital broadcasting reception mode at preset time intervals to periodically capture a picture from a digital broadcast delivered on a specific channel if the broadcast picture display function is set; and displaying the captured picture as a wallpaper for the digital broadcasting reception terminal. The digital broadcasting reception terminal can periodically capture a picture from a digital broadcast program currently delivered and display the captured picture as a wallpaper even when the user does not view the digital broadcast program.