Terminal Apparatus Wireless I/O Device Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems do not enable automatic detection and utilization of optimal input/output devices for mobile terminals like smartphones and tablets, even when higher-performance devices are available in the vicinity, leading to suboptimal user experience due to the limitations of built-in input/output units.
Innovation Solution
A terminal apparatus with a search unit to find wirelessly connectable input/output devices, a recommendation unit to suggest optimal devices based on time, location, and user attributes, and a setting unit to configure these devices as input/output units, enhancing user experience by leveraging external high-performance devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a dedicated input/output device is used within the terminal apparatus, then the device can operate independently, but the user cannot utilize external high-performance input/output devices even when they are available in the vicinity
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal apparatus automatically searches for available input/output devices, determines suitability based on predetermined conditions, and establishes connections without requiring manual user intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously selecting and connecting to appropriate external devices, thereby improving adaptability while minimizing the complexity burden on the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal apparatus performs preliminary actions by searching for available input/output devices and determining suitability before the user needs to use any external device. This advance preparation and automatic selection process eliminates the need for complex manual configuration at the moment of use, allowing the system to adapt to available devices while keeping the user interface simple.
2Ease of operation
If the terminal apparatus uses its built-in input/output devices, then the operation is simple and reliable, but the user experience is suboptimal when external high-performance devices are available
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal apparatus continuously monitors the availability and characteristics of external input/output devices, using this feedback to dynamically adjust its configuration. The system receives information about available devices, evaluates their suitability based on predetermined conditions, and automatically connects to the most appropriate device, thereby maintaining ease of operation while ensuring optimal performance reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The input/output configuration of the terminal apparatus is made dynamic rather than static. The system can automatically switch between built-in and external devices based on real-time conditions, allowing it to adapt to available high-performance devices while maintaining simple operation. This dynamic adjustment ensures reliable performance by selecting the best available device without requiring complex user input.
3Extent of automation
If automatic device search and recommendation is implemented, then optimal input/output devices can be automatically selected based on situation, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal apparatus performs automatic device search and selection autonomously without requiring complex user involvement. The system serves itself by automatically detecting available devices, evaluating their suitability based on predetermined conditions, and establishing connections, thereby achieving high automation while keeping the implementation complexity manageable through standardized evaluation criteria.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses parameter changes in the form of predetermined conditions that can be adjusted to control device selection behavior. By modifying these parameters (such as priority criteria for device selection), the system can adapt to different usage scenarios without requiring complex reconfiguration of the entire selection mechanism, thereby achieving automation with controlled complexity.
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AI summary
There is provided a terminal apparatus including a search unit configured to search for an apparatus group including an input apparatus or an output apparatus, the input apparatus and the output apparatus being wirelessly connectable to the terminal apparatus, a recommendation unit configured to recommend, to a user, a predetermined input apparatus or a predetermined output apparatus from the apparatus group that has been searched for by the search unit, in accordance with current time, a place in which the user is currently present, or an attribute of the user, and a setting unit configured to set the predetermined input apparatus or the predetermined output apparatus as an input unit or an output unit of the terminal apparatus, respectively, the predetermined input apparatus and the predetermined output apparatus having been recommended by the recommendation unit.