Media Player Pose Control for Adaptive Digital Signage Playback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current digital signage systems have limited functionality in controlling media playback and pose adjustments, which restricts their ability to provide enriched user experiences and efficient media delivery in public spaces.

Innovation Solution

A media playback system that includes a driving controller, a pose adjustment mechanism, and a media player, where the driving controller sends pose adjustment and media control instructions to adjust the media player's pose and control media playback, enhancing the system's functionality and user experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the digital signage system integrates pose adjustment mechanism and media playback control, then the functionality and user experience are enriched, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovefunctionalityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the pose adjustment mechanism and media playback control into a single integrated system controlled by one controller. The controller simultaneously manages both the mechanical pose adjustment and the media player operations, merging multiple functions into a unified system that reduces operational complexity while maintaining enhanced functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The controller serves multiple functions by simultaneously controlling both the pose adjustment mechanism and the media player. This multi-functional approach allows a single device to manage diverse operations (mechanical adjustment and media playback), reducing the need for separate control systems and thereby managing complexity while expanding versatility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Productivity

If the system controls media playback based on current pose, then the media delivery efficiency is improved, but the control complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemedia delivery efficiencyVSAvoidcontrol complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback control by detecting the current pose of the display module and using this information to automatically adjust media playback parameters. The controller receives pose information, compares it with target states, and automatically adjusts playback accordingly, creating a closed-loop system that improves efficiency through automated decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-establishes the correspondence between different poses and playback modes, and pre-configures the control logic. When a pose change occurs, the system already has the appropriate playback parameters ready, enabling rapid automatic adjustment without complex real-time calculations, thus improving efficiency while managing control complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11821571B2Playback control method, apparatus system, electronic device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2023.11.21 BOE INTELLIGENT IOT TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A method of playback control is provided. The method is performed by a driving controller, and the method includes: sending, by the driving controller, a pose adjustment instruction to a pose adjustment mechanism, wherein the pose adjustment instruction is used to instruct to adjust a pose of a media player, and the pose adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust the pose of the media player; and sending, by the driving controller, a media control instruction to the media player, wherein the media control instruction is used to instruct to control playback of media data.