Dual-Display Apparatus for Non-Interrupting Alert Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display apparatuses face issues with user experience due to alert messages from connected devices interrupting content playback, particularly when multiple alerts occur, leading to overburdened CPU processing during video chats and limitations in multi-path video calls.
Innovation Solution
A dual-hardware system architecture with a first and second display, where alert information is displayed on a secondary display while the primary display continues to play content, allowing for separate processing and control of alerts without interrupting the main viewing experience, and enabling multi-path video chat capabilities through independent hardware systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If alert messages are displayed on the primary display during content playback, then users can see device status information, but the content playback is blocked and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into a first display for content playback and a second display for alert information. This segmentation allows both functions to operate simultaneously without interference, resolving the contradiction between displaying alerts and maintaining content playback continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution transitions from a single-display two-dimensional space to a dual-display three-dimensional spatial arrangement. By adding the second display as a separate spatial dimension, alert information can be presented without blocking the primary content playback area.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple alert messages are processed simultaneously on a single hardware system, then all alerts can be displayed, but CPU processing becomes overburdened and system performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The hardware system is divided into two independent hardware systems, each capable of independently processing alerts. This segmentation distributes the processing load, allowing multiple alerts to be handled simultaneously without overburdening a single CPU.
Solution Approach 2:
A second hardware system is created as a copy of the first, with its own processing capabilities. This duplicate system handles alert processing independently, effectively doubling the system's alert processing capacity without proportionally increasing the load on a single CPU.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a single hardware system is used for video chat operations, then system complexity is reduced, but multi-path video call capabilities are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The video chat functionality is segmented across two independent hardware systems. Each hardware system can independently handle video chat operations, enabling multi-path video calls where multiple users can interact simultaneously through different hardware paths.
Solution Approach 2:
Each hardware system is designed with universal capabilities to handle various video chat operations independently. This multi-functionality allows the system to support multiple simultaneous video chat paths, with each hardware system capable of performing the full range of video chat functions.
Data Source
AI summary
A display apparatus and an information alert method are disclosed. The method includes: while a first display is playing, controlling, according to acquired alert information, a second display to display an information alert interface, where the alert information displayed on the information alert interface is configured for indicating a state of at least one terminal device connected with the display apparatus.