Optical Cable Light Emission Control for Visual Harmony
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Solution Overview
Problem
The integration of optical cables in electronic apparatuses, such as TVs, often disrupts the aesthetic harmony of the installation space due to their visible light emitting characteristics, which can affect user comfort and stability in the surroundings.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus equipped with an optical communicator and a processor that identifies and adjusts the light emitting characteristics of the optical cable based on surrounding characteristics, such as ambient brightness and background color, to seamlessly assimilate the cable into the environment, thereby enhancing user visual comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the optical cable is used for optical communication, then high-quality image data can be transmitted quickly and stably, but the optical cable disrupts the aesthetic harmony of the installation space due to its visible light emitting characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by transmitting a second optical signal that matches the background color characteristics of the electronic apparatus. The processor identifies the background color and controls the optical communicator to emit light with corresponding color characteristics, making the optical cable blend into the surroundings and eliminating its visual disruption while maintaining optical communication functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by dynamically adjusting the light emitting characteristics of the optical cable based on ambient brightness conditions. The processor identifies ambient brightness levels and controls the optical communicator to modify the intensity and transparency of the optical cable's light emission, enabling it to adapt to different lighting environments and become less visually prominent.
2Productivity
If the optical cable emits light for communication, then data transmission is achieved, but the light emitting characteristics affect user visual comfort and stability in the surroundings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the color characteristics of the optical cable's light emission to match the background environment. By identifying background color characteristics and transmitting optical signals with corresponding colors, the cable's light becomes visually harmonious with the surroundings, reducing visual discomfort while maintaining data transmission capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by making the light emitting characteristics of the optical cable adjustable and adaptive. The processor dynamically controls the optical communicator to modify light intensity, color, and transparency based on identified ambient conditions, enabling the cable to adapt its visual properties in real-time while continuously performing optical communication.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution allows the optical cable to blend into the surroundings, improving user visual comfort by dynamically adjusting its transparency and color to match the ambient conditions, creating a more cohesive and stable visual experience.
Implementation Method 1
an optical communicator to which an optical cable is connectable, and a processor configured to control the optical communicator to transmit or receive a first optical signal for optical communication to and from an external apparatus through the optical cable
Implementation Method 2
control the optical communicator to transmit a second optical signal corresponding to the identified light emitting characteristics of the optical cable through the optical cable
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus transmitting or receiving a first optical signal for optical communication to and from an external apparatus through an optical cable, identifying light emitting characteristics of the optical cable, and transmitting a second optical signal corresponding to the identified light emitting characteristics of the optical cable through the optical cable.