Display Apparatus Bidirectional Control Image Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display systems in confined filming locations face challenges in displaying desired images due to limited space and the inability to achieve bidirectional control between remote and external display apparatuses, leading to cumbersome user operations.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus with acquisition, communication, and reception interfaces that allow for bidirectional control and image data management, enabling multiple display apparatuses to synchronize and switch images seamlessly through a linked mode configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a switcher is used to control images displayed on display apparatuses, then image switching capability is improved, but device complexity increases and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the switcher functionality from a separate external device and integrates it directly into the display apparatus. Each display apparatus now has built-in image selection and switching capabilities, eliminating the need for external switchers and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining full image switching functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The display apparatus performs image switching operations independently without requiring external control devices. The apparatus can autonomously select and switch between multiple input images using its own processor and control systems, making the system self-sufficient and reducing the need for additional equipment.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a remote controller is used for bidirectional control between display apparatuses, then control flexibility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display apparatus is designed with multi-functional capabilities, serving both as a display device and a control device. It can function as a master apparatus that controls other slave apparatuses while also being controllable by them, providing bidirectional control flexibility without requiring separate remote controllers for each direction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the control functions into the display apparatus itself, combining what would traditionally be separate entities (display device and remote controller) into a single integrated unit. This allows bidirectional control between apparatuses using their inherent communication interfaces rather than requiring additional remote control hardware.
3Device complexity
If external display apparatus can only display images output from remote controller, then device simplicity is improved, but ease of operation worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional master-slave relationship by allowing any display apparatus to function as a master that can control others. Instead of one apparatus always being the controller and others always being controlled, any apparatus can take control based on user needs, enabling direct control of the external display apparatus without requiring operations through the remote controller.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple display apparatuses are used in confined filming location, then display versatility is improved, but space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables multiple display apparatuses to display the same or different images by having them acquire image data from common sources (cameras, recording devices). Instead of requiring separate physical image sources for each display, the system copies image data across multiple apparatuses through communication interfaces, reducing the need for additional equipment in confined spaces.
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AI summary
A display apparatus that includes an acquisition interface for acquiring a plurality of image data, a communication interface for communicating with another display apparatus, a reception interface for receiving an operation relating to an image to be displayed on a display, and a processor which selects image data to be used for displaying an image on the display, from the plurality of image data, based on an operation received by the reception interface, controls the display to display an image based on selected image data, and controls communication with the other display apparatus via the communication interface so that the other display apparatus displays an image based on the selected image data.