Display Interface Recognition Using Multi-Source Device Accuracy

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display devices face issues with misrecognition of external devices due to varying and arbitrary information transmission, leading to incorrect device identification and lack of verification or correction mechanisms, causing user inconvenience.

Innovation Solution

The display device employs a controller to recognize and calculate the accuracy of multiple pieces of information from external devices, setting the device with the highest recognition accuracy as the connection device, and allowing user selection when accuracies are equal, with prioritization based on device type and information type, and adjusting the connection device upon receiving new information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the display device recognizes external devices based on information received from multiple transmission paths, then the device can identify various external devices, but misrecognition occurs due to arbitrary transmission timing and paths

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice identification capabilityVSAvoidrecognition accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by collecting all possible information from multiple transmission paths before making a recognition decision. It gathers device information through various interfaces (HDMI, USB, network) in advance, then processes this collected information to determine the most accurate device identification, avoiding hasty recognition based on incomplete data

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring information from multiple transmission paths and adjusting its recognition decisions. When new information arrives or conflicts are detected, the system re-evaluates device identity using updated data, ensuring recognition accuracy improves over time through iterative verification

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If the display device manually inputs information about external devices, then recognition accuracy can be improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to manual input requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice information accuracyVSAvoidsetup convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The external devices perform self-service by automatically transmitting their own identification information to the display device through multiple interfaces. The devices self-identify without requiring manual input from users, with the system autonomously collecting device names, types, and capability information through HDMI, USB, and network connections

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The display device implements multi-functionality by using multiple information transmission paths (HDMI, USB, network protocols) simultaneously to gather device information. This universal approach allows the system to obtain accurate device identification through various channels, eliminating the need for manual input while maintaining high recognition accuracy

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

Data Source

PatentUS12619387B2Display device
Publication Date: 2026.05.05 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

A display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: a display; an external device interface connected to an external device; and a controller that recognizes a device corresponding to information received from the external device and configures the recognized device as a connection device through the external device interface, wherein, when multiple pieces of information are received from the external device, the controller recognizes a device corresponding to each of the multiple pieces of information, calculates recognition accuracy of the device corresponding to each of the multiple pieces of information, and configures, on the basis of the calculated recognition accuracy, a device recognized corresponding to one of the multiple pieces of information, as a connection device.