TV Room-Image Overlay for Glare and Viewing Interference
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing televisions do not effectively identify and address real-world issues such as glare from bright objects or inappropriate tilt angles that affect the viewing experience, requiring viewers to manually troubleshoot these problems.
Innovation Solution
A television equipped with a camera unit to capture room images, a processing unit to analyze for interfering conditions, and a display unit to overlay visually-signify these conditions, providing recommendations for adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a camera unit and processing unit are added to detect visually-interfering conditions, then the ability to identify real-world problems is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the camera unit, processing unit, and display unit into an integrated television system. The camera unit is mounted to capture room images, the processing unit analyzes these images to detect visually-interfering conditions, and the display unit presents findings to viewers. This merging approach enables comprehensive detection capabilities while maintaining a unified device structure, resolving the contradiction between improved detection accuracy and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The television system performs self-diagnosis by automatically capturing room images, analyzing them for visually-interfering conditions, and presenting the findings without requiring external intervention. The processing unit autonomously identifies issues such as glare sources or inappropriate tilt angles, and the system self-presents these findings to viewers, enabling the television to serve itself in detecting and reporting real-world problems.
2Device complexity
If manual troubleshooting is required to eliminate light interference, then the device complexity remains low, but the time required to resolve issues increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of visually-interfering conditions by capturing room images and analyzing them before the viewer experiences prolonged discomfort. The processing unit proactively identifies glare sources, inappropriate tilt angles, or other environmental issues, and presents these findings to viewers in advance, enabling them to take corrective action before the problem significantly impacts the viewing experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback loop where the camera unit continuously monitors the room environment, the processing unit analyzes the captured images to detect visually-interfering conditions, and the display unit provides feedback to viewers about detected issues. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables rapid identification and resolution of problems such as light interference or improper television positioning, significantly reducing the time required to eliminate viewing obstacles.
3Ease of operation
If the television provides detailed analysis of room conditions, then the viewing experience improvement is enhanced, but the information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The processing unit focuses its analysis on specific local features within the room image that are most likely to cause visual interference, such as bright light sources, reflective surfaces, or objects in the viewer's line of sight. Rather than analyzing the entire room image in detail, the system concentrates processing resources on identifying and characterizing these critical local conditions, thereby providing actionable insights while minimizing overall energy consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs partial analysis by identifying and reporting only the most significant visually-interfering conditions rather than providing a comprehensive analysis of all room features. The processing unit detects and communicates key issues such as glare sources or inappropriate tilt angles that have the greatest impact on viewing experience, enabling viewers to address the most critical problems first while conserving processing energy.
Data Source
AI summary
A method is provided for a television to assist a viewer in improving watching experience in a room in which the television is placed. The television includes a camera unit to capture a room image that contains an indoor environment of the room, and a processing unit. The processing unit finds a visually-interfering condition in the room based on the room image, where the visually-interfering condition is related to a visual interference that would interfere with television-watching. The processing unit then causes a display unit to display the room image, with an overlay that visually signifies the visually-interfering condition covering the room image.