Display Apparatus Marker-Based External Device Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current user interfaces for controlling external electronic devices lack intuitiveness and fail to adapt to environmental changes, requiring users to manually adjust settings when device positions change or devices are removed, leading to inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus equipped with an image pickup unit, communicator, and processor that identifies external devices via markers, transmits identification information, and receives control information to display intuitive control objects matched with device images, allowing users to directly view and control external devices through a user interface that reflects their current state and capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a uniformized integrated control window is used, then control functionality is provided, but intuitiveness and adaptability to environmental changes deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The control interface is segmented into multiple individual control windows corresponding to each external device, rather than using a single uniformized integrated control window. Each control window displays device-specific information and control options, making the interface more intuitive and easier to operate while maintaining adaptability to different devices and environmental changes.
2Ease of operation
If manual setting adjustment is required when device position changes, then control precision is maintained, but user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects changes in device positions and updates the control interface accordingly without requiring manual user intervention. The control apparatus self-adjusts by receiving updated device information, determining new control windows, and displaying them automatically, thereby eliminating the time loss and inconvenience associated with manual reconfiguration.
3Adaptability or versatility
If device information is continuously updated, then adaptability to environmental changes is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where device information is continuously updated and transmitted to the control apparatus, which then automatically processes this information to determine and display appropriate control windows. This feedback loop enables the system to adapt to environmental changes and device reconfigurations while managing complexity through automated information processing rather than manual system reconfiguration.
Data Source
AI summary
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus is configured to control at least one external device to which an identification marker is attached. The display apparatus also includes an imaging sensor configured to obtain an image of the at least one external device, and a communicator configured to perform communication with at least one of a server and the at least one external device. The display apparatus also includes a processor configured to transmit identification information obtained from an identification marker included in the image, and in response to control information for controlling the at least one external device being received from the server or the at least one external device, control the display to match and display an object for controlling the at least one external device with an external device image based on the control information.