Television Display Fast Start-Up via Pre-Loaded Picture Quality Parameters

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional smart TVs require a long time to reach a stable state after a cold boot process, affecting the user's visual experience due to the lengthy booting procedure.

Innovation Solution

A method for fast starting up the television display function by pre-loading picture-quality parameters into a storage circuit, allowing the display to initialize quickly and operate simultaneously with the operating system booting procedure, using a processing circuit, display module, and storage circuit to enable fast start-up and load parameters from the storage circuit during hardware initialization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If the smart TV completes the full operating system booting procedure to ensure stable state and optimized picture quality, then the picture quality parameters are properly configured, but the start-up time increases to tens of seconds or even one minute

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepicture quality parameter configurationVSAvoidcold boot start-up time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring picture quality parameters before the full operating system booting procedure. The system stores optimized picture quality parameters in advance, allowing the display function to be quickly activated with pre-configured settings during a fast boot process, eliminating the need to wait for the complete OS booting while still providing optimized picture quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Speed

If the smart TV activates the display function during the operating system booting procedure, then the user can see the starting picture earlier, but the picture quality parameters may not be optimized yet

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay function activation speedVSAvoidpicture quality optimization
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary configuration of picture quality parameters before activating the display function during fast boot. By pre-storing optimized parameters and applying them in advance, the display can be activated early with already-optimized picture quality, rather than waiting for the complete OS booting process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses copying by storing picture quality parameters in a separate storage area that can be quickly accessed and applied during the fast boot process. This allows the system to copy and apply pre-configured picture quality settings without waiting for the full operating system booting procedure to complete.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Reliability

If the smart TV waits for the operating system booting to complete before activating display functions, then all picture quality parameters are properly configured, but the user experience is degraded due to long waiting time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepicture quality parameter stabilityVSAvoiduser experience during booting
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary configuration of picture quality parameters before the full OS booting completes. By pre-configuring and storing optimized parameters, the display function can be activated early with reliable picture quality settings, providing better user experience without sacrificing parameter stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20240098336A1Method for fast starting up television display function and television system
Publication Date: 2024.03.21 REALTEK SEMICON CORP
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AI summary

A method for fast starting up a television display function and a television system are provided. In the method, when a television device is powered on, the television system operated in the television device performs a hardware initialization and a fast start-up procedure. In the fast start-up procedure, a set of picture-quality parameters is loaded to the television system from a storage circuit. Display parameters of the television device are configured according to the picture-quality parameters, accordingly, a display of the television device starts to display a picture. The picture can be produced from image signals received through an external source such as a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) or a Display Port, a type-C interface, or other sources of the television device. The picture-quality parameters are collected and stored in the storage circuit during operation of the television system after the operating system booting procedure is completed.