Display Device Information Area Identification via Aspect Ratio Prioritization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Display devices struggle to automatically recognize and adjust specific information areas, such as sub-windows, when game content changes or the aspect ratio of the game image changes, leading to user inconvenience.

Innovation Solution

A display device with a processor configured to identify a first information area in a first image, determine candidate areas in a second image based on aspect ratios and location information, prioritize these areas, and output a sub-image corresponding to the identified area, ensuring seamless recognition and display even with changes in content or aspect ratio.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the display device uses a fixed method to identify information areas, then the identification process is simple, but it cannot adapt when game content or aspect ratio changes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to content changesVSAvoidcomplexity of identification process
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-calculates and stores multiple candidate information areas based on different aspect ratios before actual content changes occur. When an aspect ratio change is detected, the system already has pre-prepared candidate areas ready for selection, eliminating the need for complex real-time analysis during content transitions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The information area identification system transitions from a static fixed method to a dynamic adaptive method. The system continuously monitors aspect ratio changes and automatically adjusts the identified information area based on current display conditions, making the identification process flexible rather than rigid.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If the display device automatically recognizes information areas, then user convenience is improved, but the processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Candidate information areas are pre-calculated and stored in memory based on different aspect ratios before content changes occur. When a change is detected, the system simply retrieves and selects from pre-prepared candidates rather than performing complex real-time analysis, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining automatic recognition functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of analyzing the entire image to identify information areas, the system focuses only on specific candidate regions that are pre-determined based on aspect ratio patterns. This partial analysis approach maintains user convenience while reducing computational burden and processing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Stability of the object's composition

If the display device maintains the same information area location, then consistency is preserved, but it fails to adapt to new content layouts

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconsistency of information areaVSAvoidadaptability to new layouts
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The information area location transitions from a static fixed position to a dynamic adaptive position. The system monitors aspect ratio changes and automatically adjusts the information area location to match new content layouts, preserving consistency within each layout while adapting across different layouts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the position parameter of the information area based on detected aspect ratio changes. When the aspect ratio parameter changes, the information area position parameter is automatically adjusted to maintain optimal placement, balancing consistency and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Measurement precision

If the display device processes multiple candidate areas, then identification accuracy improves, but computational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentification accuracyVSAvoidcomputational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple candidate information areas are pre-calculated and stored in memory based on different aspect ratios before actual content changes occur. When a change is detected, the system simply retrieves and selects from these pre-prepared candidates using straightforward comparison logic, achieving high identification accuracy without complex real-time computation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250144521A1Display device and operating method thereof
Publication Date: 2025.05.08 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A display device including: a display; a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to: control the display to display a first image based on receiving the first image, the first image including a first sub-image on a first information area of the first image; control the display to display a second image, different from the first image, based on receiving the second image; determine a plurality of candidate areas of the second image, based on a first aspect ratio of the first image, a second aspect ratio of the second image, and location information of the first information area; determine priorities of the plurality of candidate areas based on the location information of the first information area and the second aspect ratio; and identify, based on the priorities, a second information area corresponding to the first information area.