Image Display Device Wireless Mobile Content Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image display devices lack the capability to seamlessly integrate with mobile terminals for performing various functions, such as outputting and controlling content playback, which limits their versatility and user convenience.
Innovation Solution
An image display device equipped with a display unit, audio output unit, and a wireless communication module that establishes a communication connection with a mobile terminal to receive and output content, and displays a user interface for controlling playback, enabling convenient operation and expanded functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an image display device is designed to perform basic broadcast reception functions, then it can reliably receive and display broadcast content, but it lacks the capability to integrate with mobile terminals for additional functions
Solution Approach 1:
The image display device is designed to perform multiple functions including broadcast reception, mobile terminal content output, and remote controller communication. The controller unit coordinates these diverse functions through a unified control architecture, allowing the device to serve as both a traditional TV and a multimedia hub without requiring separate dedicated devices
Solution Approach 2:
A wireless communication module acts as an intermediary between the image display device and external devices such as mobile terminals and remote controllers. This module enables seamless communication and data exchange, allowing content transmission from mobile terminals and control signals from remote controllers without direct physical connections
2Adaptability or versatility
If an image display device adds multiple functions such as gaming, music listening, and Internet shopping, then its versatility improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates a diversified function unit that enables multiple applications including gaming, music playback, and Internet shopping through a single unified system. The controller manages these diverse functions by receiving different types of input signals and routing them to appropriate processing modules, eliminating the need for multiple separate devices
Solution Approach 2:
The image display device dynamically adapts its functionality based on the type of content being processed. The controller unit can switch between different operational modes (broadcast reception, mobile content playback, game rendering, etc.) depending on the input source and content type, allowing the system to optimize its resource allocation for the current task
3Ease of operation
If an image display device establishes communication connection with mobile terminal for content output, then user convenience improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless communication module serves as an intermediary that handles all communication protocols and data transmission between the image display device and mobile terminals. This module automatically manages connection establishment, content format conversion, and signal routing, allowing users to simply connect their mobile devices without needing to understand the underlying technical complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The device receives digital content from mobile terminals through wireless communication and reproduces it through its audio output unit and display unit. The controller processes the incoming digital signals and generates the appropriate output signals for speakers and display, effectively copying and adapting the mobile device's content output through the TV's higher-quality output channels
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AI summary
The present invention is to provide an image display device capable of performing various functions in association with a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or the like, and a method for controlling the same. The image display device includes a display unit, an audio output unit, a wireless communication module for a communication between a mobile terminal and a remote controller, a controller that perform control to establish a first communication connection with the mobile terminal in response to a first communication connection request received through the wireless communication module from the mobile terminal playing first content, receive the first content from the mobile terminal through a first communication and output the first content through the audio output unit, and display a user interface for controlling playback of the first content of the mobile terminal on the display unit.