Wireless Signal Reception Aggregation for Game Apparatus

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional information processing systems cannot collectively display the reception conditions of signals from multiple wireless communication devices, limiting the ability to assess and visualize the overall wireless communication environment.

Innovation Solution

An information processing program calculates and displays a comprehensive reception condition by averaging and weighting the reception conditions of multiple devices, excluding devices with poor signal strength and assigning greater importance to specific devices, while sorting signals by device and type to provide a unified representation of the wireless communication environment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the reception condition of each apparatus is calculated separately, then the reception condition of each individual apparatus can be known, but the overall reception condition of multiple apparatuses cannot be collectively displayed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereception condition measurementVSAvoidoverall reception condition information

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple individual reception condition values into a single comprehensive reception condition value by calculating the average of all received signal strengths. This merging approach allows the display device to show overall reception quality while preserving the individual measurement data for each apparatus.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Loss of information

If all apparatuses are included in the comprehensive reception condition calculation, then complete information is obtained, but devices with poor signal strength may distort the overall assessment

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereception condition information completenessVSAvoidoverall reception condition accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by treating different apparatuses differently based on their signal characteristics. Apparatuses with reception conditions below a predetermined threshold are excluded from the average calculation, allowing the comprehensive value to reflect only the quality of acceptable connections while maintaining completeness for those that meet the standard.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Ease of operation

If a single comprehensive reception condition is displayed, then the overall wireless environment can be visualized, but individual device reception conditions cannot be distinguished

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoverall environment assessmentVSAvoidindividual device reception information

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the reception condition information into two levels: individual apparatus reception conditions and comprehensive overall reception condition. This segmentation allows the display to show both specific device performance and aggregate system quality simultaneously, preventing information loss at either level.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9031524B2Computer-readable storage medium having stored therein information processing program, information processor, information processing system, and information processing method

Publication Date: 2015.05.12 NINTENDO CO LTD

AI summary

A game apparatus receives signals from a plurality of game apparatuses. When the game apparatus has received signals from the plurality of game apparatuses, the game apparatus sorts the signals by apparatus and calculates an average RSSI value of the signals for each of the respective apparatuses. The game apparatus further calculates an average value of the calculated average RSSI values of the respective apparatuses. Then, the game apparatus determines a single icon to be displayed based on the calculated average value and causes the icon to be displayed on a screen.