Virtual Environment for External Device Content Discrimination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices struggle to differentiate and manage contents obtained from external devices within a virtual environment, failing to reflect the actual user space and allowing simultaneous access to multiple external device contents, leading to user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with an information providing module that displays objects corresponding to external devices, allowing users to discriminate and control actual devices through a virtual environment by reflecting the user's actual space, and providing contents related to these objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device provides contents from multiple external devices without discrimination, then the user can access various contents, but the user cannot differentiate between contents from different external devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the virtual environment into distinct regions, with each region corresponding to a specific external device. Contents from different external devices are displayed in their respective regions, allowing users to access multiple contents while clearly identifying their sources through spatial separation.
2Loss of information
If the electronic device provides contents from multiple external devices sequentially, then the user can check each content, but the user cannot simultaneously access multiple contents
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from sequential content display to simultaneous display by utilizing the spatial dimension of the virtual environment. Multiple contents from different external devices are displayed concurrently in different regions of the virtual space, allowing users to access multiple contents at the same time without losing source identification.
3Device complexity
If the virtual environment uses only set images, then the environment is simple to implement, but the electronic devices in actual space cannot be reflected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of actual electronic devices in the virtual environment. These virtual device images correspond to real devices in the user's physical space, enabling the virtual environment to reflect actual devices while maintaining implementation simplicity through the use of representative images.
4Device complexity
If the virtual environment does not reflect actual user space, then the environment is easier to create, but the user cannot directly control electronic devices in actual space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a virtual environment as an intermediary between the user and actual electronic devices. The virtual environment reflects the user's physical space and contains virtual representations of actual devices, serving as a mediator that enables intuitive control of real devices through virtual interactions.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device providing information through a virtual environment is disclosed. The device includes: a display; and an information providing module functionally connected with the display, wherein the information providing module displays an object corresponding to an external electronic device for the electronic device through the display, obtains information to be output through the external electronic device, and provides contents corresponding to the information in relation to a region, on which the object is displayed.