Display Apparatus Controller Signal Conversion for Cross-Platform Gaming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gaming setups require users to manually control separate game consoles and controllers from the same manufacturer, limiting convenience and compatibility, as TVs primarily act as passive displays for game images without actively managing or controlling game consoles and controllers from different manufacturers.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus equipped with a processor that identifies and determines compatibility between device controllers and devices, allowing direct control signal transmission or conversion for incompatible devices, enabling seamless interaction across different gaming ecosystems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a TV merely receives and displays game play images according to control through a dedicated game controller, then the TV functions as a simple display device, but user convenience deteriorates as multiple controllers and consoles are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of multiple game controllers and consoles into a single TV-based system. The TV controller serves as a universal control interface that can manage different game consoles through the TV, eliminating the need for separate controllers for each console and reducing overall system complexity while improving user convenience
Solution Approach 2:
The TV controller is designed with universal functionality to control various types of game consoles and display devices. It can adapt to different control protocols and interfaces, allowing a single controller to replace multiple dedicated controllers across different gaming ecosystems
2Adaptability or versatility
If game consoles and controllers from different manufacturers are used, then device compatibility increases, but control compatibility deteriorates as TVs cannot actively manage controllers from different manufacturers
Solution Approach 1:
The TV acts as an intermediary device between game controllers from different manufacturers and the game consoles. It receives control signals from various controllers, processes and converts them into appropriate formats, and transmits them to the corresponding consoles, thereby enabling control compatibility across different manufacturing ecosystems
Solution Approach 2:
The TV controller dynamically changes control signal parameters based on the detected controller type and target console. It adjusts signal protocols, communication interfaces, and control mappings to ensure compatibility between diverse controllers and consoles from different manufacturers
3Ease of operation
If a single controller interface is used to control multiple devices, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases due to compatibility determination and signal conversion requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The TV controller system performs self-service by automatically detecting the type of controller connected, identifying the target game console, determining compatibility requirements, and configuring the appropriate control signal format without user intervention. This automated compatibility management reduces the perceived complexity for users while maintaining a simple single-interface control experience
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a display apparatus and/or an operating method thereof. The display apparatus may include: a display; a memory storing one or more instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to identify a device controller activated on the display apparatus and a device activated on the display apparatus, determine whether the identified device controller is compatible with the identified device, control, when it is determined that the identified device controller is compatible with the identified device, a control signal from the device controller to be directly provided to the device, and convert, when it is determined that the identified device controller is incompatible with the identified device, the control signal from the device controller into a control signal recognizable by the device, and control the converted control signal to be provided to the device.