Display Signal Conversion for Unified Game Console Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing game consoles and controllers from different manufacturers are not compatible, limiting user interaction and functionality when playing games on a large-screen TV, as the TV only passively receives and displays gameplay images without active control capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus that includes a processor to convert input signals from device controllers into standardized control signals, identify operation modes, and transmit processed signals to appropriate target devices, enabling compatibility and active control across various game consoles and controllers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a TV simply receives and displays gameplay images from game consoles, then the TV can display content, but the TV cannot actively control game consoles or provide unified control across multiple devices
Solution Approach 1:
The TV functions as an intermediary device that receives control signals from a game controller, converts them into appropriate control signals, and transmits them to the target game console. This mediator role enables unified control across multiple incompatible devices, allowing the user to control any connected game console using a single controller regardless of manufacturer-specific protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The TV is designed with multi-functional capabilities including displaying gameplay content, identifying game controllers and consoles, converting control signals between different protocols, and actively controlling external devices. This universal functionality transforms the TV from a passive display into an active control hub that can manage multiple game systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple game consoles and controllers from different manufacturers are connected, then device variety increases, but compatibility and unified control decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The TV serves as a universal intermediary that mediates between the game controller and various game consoles from different manufacturers. It identifies the controller type, converts control signals into manufacturer-specific protocols, and transmits them to the appropriate console, thereby enabling compatibility across diverse devices without requiring multiple specialized controllers.
Solution Approach 2:
The TV dynamically changes signal parameters including control protocol types, signal formats, and transmission characteristics based on the identified game console and controller combination. This parameter adaptation allows the system to maintain compatibility across different manufacturers while supporting a variety of connected devices.
3Ease of operation
If the TV converts control signals to manage multiple devices, then control compatibility improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The TV performs automatic identification of game controllers and consoles, self-configures the appropriate control signal protocols, and autonomously manages the conversion process without requiring user intervention. This self-service capability simplifies operation despite the underlying complexity of supporting multiple device types and protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the TV receives identification information from connected devices, determines the appropriate control protocol, and adjusts signal conversion accordingly. This feedback loop enables the TV to adapt to different device configurations automatically, managing complexity through intelligent response to device identification.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a display apparatus and a method of operating the display apparatus. The display apparatus is configured to convert an input signal from a device controller into a control signal, identify an operation mode of the display apparatus as one of a menu mode for changing settings of the display apparatus and a content play control mode for controlling content displayed on the display, identify a control target device based on the identified operation mode; process the control signal based on the identified control target device and transmit the processed control signal to the control target device.