Smart TV Control Mode Switching Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing smart TV control systems face issues with messy control when multiple control modes coexist, leading to ineffective control due to simultaneous receipt of control instructions from different modes, such as speech and remote controller interactions.

Innovation Solution

A method for switching control modes in smart TV systems, which involves collecting user triggering operations and verifying them against preset switching operations to switch between control modes, such as switching from speech control mode to remote controller control mode or vice versa, ensuring the TV is in a single control mode at any given time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple control modes coexist in the smart TV set, then the adaptability and user experience are improved, but messy control occurs when control instructions from multiple modes are received simultaneously

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol mode adaptabilityVSAvoidcontrol effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically switches between different control modes (speech control mode and remote controller mode) based on detected user needs. The control mode is not fixed but changes according to the situation, allowing the TV to adapt to different user scenarios while maintaining reliable control by ensuring only one mode is active at a time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the operational parameter of control mode acceptance by adjusting the sensitivity or responsiveness of different control interfaces. When switching between speech and remote controller modes, the system modifies which control channel is active and responsive, preventing simultaneous instruction reception while maintaining versatile control capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If speech control mode is used to liberate user's hands, then ease of operation is improved, but control reliability deteriorates in scenarios like nighttime or when user is relaxed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehands-free control convenienceVSAvoidcontrol appropriateness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adapts the control mode based on the user's state and environment. When speech control is detected to be inappropriate (e.g., nighttime scenarios), the system switches to remote controller mode, making the control interface flexible and context-aware rather than fixed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces a mode switching mechanism as an intermediary layer between the user and the control execution. This mediator determines which control mode should be active based on contextual factors, allowing speech control to be used when appropriate while falling back to remote controller when speech is unsuitable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10798461B2Method for switching control modes of a smart TV set, device and computer readable medium
Publication Date: 2020.10.06 BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECH (BEIJIBG) CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a method for switching control modes of a smart TV, a device and a computer readable medium. The method comprises: collecting a user's first triggering operation when the smart TV set is in a first control mode; according to a preset switching operation corresponding to a first control mode, verifying whether a first triggering operation is a switching operation for switching the first control mode into a second control mode; if yes, switching the control mode of the smart TV set from the first control mode to the second control mode. The technical solution of the present embodiment may be employed to implement the switching of different control modes of the TV set so that at the same time, the smart TV set is only located in one control mode so that messy control of the smart TV set will not be caused, and the control efficiency of the smart TV set is effectively improved.