Grouping Unit for Simultaneous Event Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing human-computer interface technologies face processing delays and information loss when handling multiple simultaneous video and audio events, particularly in higher-resolution interfaces like those used in smaller handheld devices, due to the sequential acquisition of data from individual sensors.
Innovation Solution
The proposed solution involves grouping event generation elements into clusters, allowing for the simultaneous processing of grouped video and audio events through a grouping unit and interface that generates group event signals, which are then arbitrated and communicated to external devices, enabling efficient data transmission without increasing clock rates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If data is acquired from display and audio event sensors on a one by one basis, then the interface can process each sensor individually, but processing delays and information loss occur when multiple events are generated simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the sensor array into multiple groups, where each group can be processed independently and simultaneously. This segmentation allows parallel processing of multiple events without requiring sequential access to each sensor, thereby reducing processing delays while maintaining high event processing rates.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple sensor readings from the same group into a single processed output. By merging the data from multiple sensors within a group before processing, the system can handle multiple simultaneous events efficiently without requiring separate processing paths for each sensor, thus reducing overall processing delay.
2Reliability
If the interface processes multiple simultaneous events sequentially, then each event receives individual attention, but information loss occurs when multiple events are generated at the same time
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting sensors into groups and processing each group's events simultaneously rather than sequentially, the patent ensures that no event data is lost due to sequential processing limitations. Each group's events are captured and processed in parallel, maintaining complete information accuracy for all simultaneous events.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements continuous processing of event groups without interruption or sequential waiting. Multiple event groups are processed in continuous parallel streams, ensuring that no event information is lost due to processing gaps or delays that would occur in sequential processing architectures.
3Measurement precision
If higher-resolution interfaces are used in smaller handheld devices, then display quality improves, but processing efficiency and power consumption become problematic
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the high-resolution sensor array into multiple manageable groups that can be processed in parallel. This segmentation allows the system to handle high-resolution data without requiring proportionally higher processing power for each individual sensor, thereby reducing overall power consumption while maintaining high display resolution quality.
Solution Approach 2:
By merging processing operations for sensors within the same group, the patent reduces the total number of independent processing operations required. This merging approach maintains the high-resolution capability of the display while significantly reducing the computational overhead and power consumption associated with processing each sensor individually.
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AI summary
An interfacing apparatus and a user input processing method are provided. The interfacing apparatus may group event generation elements and output an address of a group in which an event occurs based on a generated group event signal. The interfacing apparatus may include a grouper configured to generate a group event signal in which a plurality of event generation elements corresponding to a plurality of event sensors are grouped based on one or more events occurring with respect to the plurality of event sensors, and an interface configured to output an address of the group of the plurality of event generation elements in which the one or more event occurs based on the generated group event signal.