Two-Way Radio Operation Adaptation via Wireless Terminal Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
The limitations of hardware conditions in two-way radios, such as small screen size, hinder the efficient implementation of operation functions like sending messages or editing contacts, making these tasks cumbersome and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that adapt operation functions to a wirelessly connected terminal, allowing the terminal to obtain an operation interface and execute instructions to implement the functions in the radio, thereby overcoming hardware limitations and improving efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If operation functions are implemented directly in the two-way radio with small screen size, then the radio can perform functions like sending messages and editing contacts, but the operation becomes complicated and cumbersome due to hardware limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a terminal device as an intermediary between the user and the two-way radio. The terminal device with larger screen and better input capabilities serves as a mediator, allowing users to perform complex operations like message composition and contact editing on the terminal, which then communicates with the radio through wireless connection. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining function support in the radio while moving the complex interaction to the terminal.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent shifts the operation interface from the two-dimensional limited radio screen to the terminal device, effectively adding a new dimension to the interaction space. By leveraging the terminal's larger display and keyboard, the system transforms the constrained radio interface problem into an expanded terminal interface solution, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining radio functionality.
2Productivity
If operation functions are implemented directly in the two-way radio, then the radio can perform functions independently, but the implementation efficiency is low due to hardware limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal device acts as a capability amplifier and intermediary, providing the computational power, display real estate, and input mechanisms needed for efficient operation. The radio maintains its core communication function while delegating complex operations to the terminal, thereby achieving high implementation efficiency without requiring enhanced radio hardware.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal device serves multiple purposes: it acts as an extended interface for the radio, provides additional processing capability, and offers a versatile platform for various operation functions. This multi-functional approach allows the system to achieve high productivity without increasing radio hardware complexity, as the terminal handles diverse operational requirements.
3Ease of operation
If the radio uses Sudoku input method for message sending and contact editing, then basic input functionality is available, but the switching between numbers, characters, and cases becomes complicated and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex input method requirements from the two-way radio and relocates them to the terminal device. The radio retains only essential communication functions, while the terminal handles the sophisticated input operations including alphanumeric entry, case switching, and message composition. This extraction resolves the contradiction by eliminating input method complexity from the radio while maintaining ease of operation through the terminal's capabilities.
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The invention provides a method for implementing an operation function in a two-way radio. The method includes the steps of adapting the operation function to a wirelessly connected terminal in response to triggering of the operation function of the radio, and enabling the terminal to obtain a corresponding operation interface through adapting the operation function; receiving an operation instruction sent by the terminal, wherein the operation instruction is an operation instruction of the operation function; and executing the operation instruction, and implementing the operation function in the radio through the execution of the operation instruction. In addition, the invention provides an apparatus matching the method, and a two-way radio terminal. According to the method, the apparatus for implementing an operation function in the radio, and the radio terminal, the limitations of hardware conditions in the radio can be shielded, so that the implementation efficiency of the operation function in the radio is improved.