Electronic Apparatus Initial Setup Language Auto-Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional electronic apparatuses require users to manually select a language during initial setup, which is inconvenient due to the need to navigate through multiple options.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus and control method that identifies the initial setup language based on information from external devices via Bluetooth communication, or uses pre-set country and language settings if no external signal is received, to minimize user input and automate the language selection process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a list including multiple languages is provided for initial setup, then the electronic apparatus supports multiple languages, but the user is forced to input many manipulations to select a specific language

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelanguage supportVSAvoidlanguage selection process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic apparatus performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting the user's language environment (through Bluetooth connection to mobile device or Wi-Fi access point signals) before the initial setup process begins. This pre-detection eliminates the need for users to manually navigate through language lists, as the appropriate language is automatically selected and applied during the setup process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by autonomously determining the user's preferred language without requiring manual input. The electronic apparatus uses its communication modules to automatically query external devices for language information and applies the detected language setting, allowing the system to serve itself in the language configuration task.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of operation

If automatic language detection is implemented, then user manipulation is reduced, but additional communication modules and processing logic are required

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesetup processVSAvoidcommunication system

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The communication module serves multiple functions: it handles both Bluetooth connections for direct device pairing and Wi-Fi scanning for access point detection. By making the communication system multi-functional, the patent avoids adding separate dedicated hardware for each detection method, thereby reducing overall device complexity while enabling automatic language detection through multiple pathways.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP3691308B1Electronic apparatus and control method for initial setup of setup language

Publication Date: 2021.03.24 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

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AI summary

An electronic apparatus includes a communicator and a processor configured to, based on receiving a pre-set signal, through the communicator, from an external apparatus that is located in a periphery of the electronic apparatus while performing an initial setup of the electronic apparatus, identify an initial setup language for the initial setup of the electronic apparatus, based on information on an external apparatus language that is set in the external apparatus, the information on the external apparatus language being included in the received pre-set signal, and perform the initial setup of the electronic apparatus, based on the identified initial setup language.