Multi-Interface Transmission Device for Cross-Specification Data Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information transceiving systems are limited by the need for matching interfaces between electronic devices, requiring specific connection cables and adapters for one-to-one conversions, which restrict user convenience and flexibility.
Innovation Solution
An information transceiving system and method that allows a transmission device to have multiple interfaces and classifies information based on characteristics, enabling transmission to various reception devices with different output interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional adapting devices perform one-to-one conversion between interfaces, then interface compatibility is achieved, but device versatility and user convenience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The transmitting device is designed with multiple different interfaces (first interface, second interface, etc.) that can receive information from different sources. The processor classifies information from these interfaces and transmits it to the reception device, enabling one device to perform multiple interface conversion functions simultaneously, thus improving versatility while maintaining compatibility
Solution Approach 2:
The transmitting device acts as an intermediary between multiple information sources with different interfaces and the reception device. It receives information from various interfaces, classifies the information types, and transmits appropriate information to the reception device, mediating between different interface specifications without requiring multiple separate adapters
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple interfaces are supported at the transmission end, then device versatility improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information processing function is segmented into distinct steps: receiving information from multiple interfaces, classifying information by type, and transmitting selected information to the reception device. The processor executes these segmented operations sequentially, managing complexity by breaking down the multi-interface handling into discrete, manageable tasks
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple interface receiving functions are merged into a single transmitting device. Instead of having separate devices for each interface conversion, one transmitting device integrates multiple interface receivers and a processor that handles classification and transmission, combining multiple functions into a unified system that reduces overall complexity
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AI summary
An information transceiving method, applied to an information transceiving system with a transmission device and a reception device, the transmission device comprising a first TX input interface following a first transceiving specification and a second TX input interface following a second transceiving specification, the reception device comprising a first RX output interface following a third transceiving specification. The information transceiving method comprises: (a) receiving first information by the first TX input interface and receiving second information by the second TX input interface; (b) performing classifying according to information characteristics of the first information and the second information by the transmission device, to acquire a first classifying result of the first information and a second classifying result of the second information; and (c) transmitting the first information or the second information to the first RX output interface according to the first classifying result and the second classifying result, by the transmission device.