Display Apparatus Unified Input Control System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience and a distracted experience due to the need for individual connections between input devices and source devices connected to display apparatuses, leading to a lack of integrated control and usability.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus that includes a communicator, memory, and processor to connect and control source devices and input devices using protocols like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HDMI, or USB, allowing for seamless pairing and operation of source devices using paired input devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If individual connections are made between input devices and source devices, then each source device can be controlled by its paired input device, but user convenience decreases and the experience becomes distracted and unintegrated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple input devices and source devices into a unified control system through the display apparatus. The display apparatus receives input from multiple input devices (remote controllers, mobile devices) and routes control signals to the appropriate source devices (TV, audio device, game console), creating an integrated control experience where users can control any source device with any paired input device without manual pairing between individual source and input devices
Solution Approach 2:
The display apparatus serves as a universal controller that can receive input from multiple types of input devices and control multiple types of source devices. The system establishes pairing relationships between input devices and source devices through the display apparatus, allowing a single input device to control multiple source devices and multiple input devices to control a single source device, enhancing versatility and user convenience
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple source devices and input devices are connected to the display apparatus, then integrated control becomes possible, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display apparatus acts as an intermediary device between multiple input devices and multiple source devices. It manages pairing relationships, routes control signals, and coordinates communication between devices. The display apparatus maintains pairing information in its memory and processes input signals to determine which source device should receive control commands, simplifying the overall system architecture by centralizing control management
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the control system into distinct functional modules: input device pairing module, signal routing module, and control execution module. Each source device and input device is assigned unique identifiers and pairing relationships are segmented into discrete data structures in memory. This modular segmentation allows the system to manage multiple devices independently while maintaining overall integration
Data Source
AI summary
A display apparatus includes: a display; a communicator; a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and a processor operatively connected to the memory and configured to execute the at least one instruction to: control the communicator to connect at least one source device and at least one input device to the display apparatus; control the display to display an image received from a first source device among the at least one source device; and based on input data being received from a first input device among the at least one input device, control the communicator to control the first source device based on the input data.