Electronic Apparatus Resource-Aware Multi-View Streaming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic apparatuses face challenges in simultaneously receiving and processing multiple pieces of content for multi-view streaming due to limited hardware or software resources, leading to distorted images and inconvenience for users.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus and server system that identifies the state of available resources, transmits this information to an external apparatus to mix multiple content streams based on resource availability, and receives the processed streams for display, ensuring normal playback without distortion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic apparatus simultaneously receives and processes multiple pieces of content for multi-view streaming, then the user can view multiple contents on the screen, but the hardware or software resources are exceeded causing image distortion
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic apparatus performs preliminary actions by identifying its available resource state (decoders, scalers) before receiving multiple content streams. It transmits this resource state information to the external apparatus in advance, enabling the external apparatus to pre-process and mix the content streams according to the apparatus's capabilities, thereby preventing resource overload and image distortion.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces resource state information as an intermediary element between the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus. This information acts as a mediator that allows the external apparatus to adaptively mix and process multiple content streams according to the specific resource constraints (number of decoders, scalers) of the receiving apparatus, ensuring reliable image display without distortion.
2Device complexity
If the screen is divided into a predetermined number or pattern for multi-view display, then the processing is simple, but the layout cannot be flexibly adjusted according to content characteristics and user preferences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by enabling the screen layout to change adaptively based on content reproduction conditions, content characteristics, and user preferences. Instead of a fixed predetermined pattern, the system can dynamically adjust the number and arrangement of display regions. The external apparatus mixes content streams according to the apparatus's resource state, and the system can flexibly configure how many content streams to display and in what layout pattern, making the multi-view screen dynamic rather than static.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a server, and a method of controlling the same, the electronic apparatus including: a display; an interface; and a processor configured to receive data of a plurality of pieces of content from an external apparatus through the interface, and process the received data to display images of the plurality of pieces of content on the display, the processor being configured to identify a state of available resources for processing the data, transmit information about the identified state of resources to the external apparatus to mix two or more pieces of content among the plurality of pieces of content into one steam based on the identified state of resources, and receive the data of the plurality of pieces of content obtained by mixing the two or more pieces of content into one stream from the external apparatus.