Wireless Control Unit for Miracast UIBC Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication technologies for information processing devices lack effective methods to enhance user manipulability during real-time image transmission, particularly in scenarios where multiple devices are involved.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a wireless communication system using Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast specifications, which includes a wireless communication unit for real-time image transmission and a control unit for managing user input back channels (UIBC) to optimize manipulation information exchange between devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If real-time image transmission is performed between multiple information processing devices using wireless communication, then image data can be exchanged without wired connections, but user manipulability deteriorates when multiple sink devices are involved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a control unit as an intermediary that manages multiple sink devices and their corresponding UIBCs. This control unit receives control information from sink devices and performs centralized on-off switching of UIBCs, thereby mediating between the wireless communication capability and user manipulability. The intermediary handles the complexity of managing multiple devices, allowing users to interact with a single control point rather than managing each device individually.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sink devices are connected for real-time image transmission, then system versatility is improved, but control complexity increases due to multiple UIBCs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the control functions for multiple UIBCs into a single control unit. Instead of managing each UIBC independently across multiple sink devices, the control unit consolidates the on-off switching control for all UIBCs, receiving control information from sink devices and performing unified management. This merging reduces control complexity while maintaining multi-device connection capability.
3Ease of operation
If UIBC is enabled for all sink devices, then user input capability is maximized, but system reliability decreases due to potential conflicts from multiple control channels
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic on-off switching of UIBCs based on received control information. Rather than statically enabling or disabling UIBCs, the system dynamically adjusts which UIBCs are active according to the control information received from sink devices. This dynamic approach allows the system to maximize user input capability when needed while maintaining control stability by selectively activating only necessary control channels.
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AI summary
To improve manipulability.An information processing device includes a wireless communication unit and a control unit. The wireless communication unit performs real-time image transmission with at least one sink device according to a Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast specification. The control unit performs control related to the real-time image transmission based on control information for controlling the information processing device according to the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast specification, the control information being received from the at least one sink device. The control unit performs control such that on-off switching of a UIBC for transmitting manipulation information in the sink device that has transmitted the control information is performed when a plurality of pieces of control information are received.