Smart TV Remote Button Mapping for External Device Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing IoT systems require multiple remote control operations and user interface activations to control external devices, which can disrupt content viewing on smart TVs.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with communication circuits and a display can detect external devices, map their functions to a single set button, and display a user interface in a partial area, allowing intuitive control without interrupting content viewing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user interface for controlling external devices is activated on the smart TV, then the external devices can be controlled, but the content viewing is disrupted or covered
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is segmented into a partial area overlay that occupies only a portion of the display screen rather than the full screen. This allows the control interface to be divided into discrete functional elements that can be accessed without blocking the entire content viewing area, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and minimal disturbance to content.
Solution Approach 2:
The control interface is transitioned from a full-screen two-dimensional display to a partial-area overlay that utilizes spatial layering. By placing the control interface in a different spatial dimension (as an overlay layer), the system enables simultaneous content viewing and device control without mutual interference.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple remote control operations are required to control external devices, then precise control functions can be accessed, but the operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The remote controller is enhanced with an additional button that provides universal access to external device control functions. This single button serves multiple purposes by triggering the partial area user interface, which then provides access to various control functions, thereby reducing operation complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the partial area user interface with multiple control functions before user interaction. When the additional button is pressed, the interface is already prepared with relevant control options, eliminating the need for users to navigate through multiple menus or perform sequential operations to access control functions.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device may include at least one communication circuit, a display, a memory, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to obtain function information associated with an external electronic device based on the external electronic device being detected via the at least one communication circuit, to obtain, based on the function information associated with the external electronic device, a sequence of a plurality of functions of the external electronic device that are mapped to a single set button included in a remote controller that communicates with the electronic device, to control the display to display, in a partial area of the display, a user interface indicating that the external electronic device is controllable via the single set button of the remote controller, and to transmit an executive command associated with a first function mapped to the single set button according to the sequence of the plurality of functions to the external electronic device via the at least one communication circuit in response to a signal corresponding to operation of the single set button of the remote controller being received.