Modular Display and Signal Processing Module via Single Cable
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display apparatuses are difficult to upgrade or repair due to their large size and integrated design, requiring professional service and incurring high costs, as they lack modular components for easy maintenance or functionality enhancements.
Innovation Solution
A modular system comprising a detachable display apparatus and signal processing module connected via a single cable, allowing users to perform upgrades and repairs independently, with the signal processing module processing multiple content signals and transmitting them to the display apparatus for multi-view display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the display apparatus uses an integrated design with all components built-in, then the device structure is compact and unified, but the apparatus becomes difficult to repair and upgrade, requiring professional service and incurring high costs
Solution Approach 1:
The display apparatus is divided into separate functional modules: a display module and a signal processing module. These modules are detachably connected, allowing independent replacement and repair of each component without affecting the other, thus resolving the contradiction between integrated design and ease of repair
Solution Approach 2:
The signal processing module is extracted from the traditional integrated display apparatus design and made into a separate, detachable unit. This extraction allows the processing module to be independently upgraded or repaired, eliminating the need for professional service while maintaining a compact overall structure
2Device complexity
If the signal processing module is integrated into the display apparatus, then the device structure is simplified, but the apparatus cannot easily be upgraded with new functions to meet new broadcasting standards or formats
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the display apparatus into separate modules with detachable connections, the signal processing module can be independently upgraded to support new broadcasting standards and formats without replacing the entire device, thus maintaining structural simplicity while enabling adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The detachable connection between modules creates a dynamic system where the signal processing module can be flexibly replaced or upgraded according to new requirements, transforming the static integrated structure into an adaptable configuration that can evolve with new standards
3Reliability
If multiple cables are used to connect the display apparatus and signal processing module, then all signals and power can be transmitted, but the design becomes complex and less transportable
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple separate cables for signal transmission and power supply are merged into a single integrated cable that combines all necessary connections. This reduces the cable configuration to one unified connection, maintaining reliable signal and power transmission while simplifying the overall design and improving portability
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AI summary
A display apparatus for receiving broadcasting includes a display unit configured to display an image thereon, a cover which partially covers the display unit, at least one signal connector which is configured to connect to a portable signal processing module that is located outside the cover and processes a signal to be displayed by the display unit, and receives the signal processed by the signal processing module, and a timing controller (T-con) configured to control a display timing of the signal received by the at least one signal connector.