Wireless Game Console to Display Adapter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional game systems are inconvenient as they require significant effort to change the display device for game use, as users must disconnect and reconnect cables and move the game apparatus, limiting flexibility and usability, especially in household settings where multiple family members may want to use the same TV for both gaming and watching.
Innovation Solution
A game system that includes a game apparatus capable of wireless communication with an image output device, allowing the display device to be changed without altering the game apparatus' connections, using wireless communication and image compression/expansion to facilitate seamless image transmission and audio output across different display devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the game apparatus is connected to the display device via wire, then stable image transmission is achieved, but changing the display device becomes troublesome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the connection into two segments: a fixed wired connection between the image output device and display device, and a wireless connection between the game apparatus and image output device. This segmentation allows the game apparatus to remain stationary while enabling flexible display device changes through wireless image transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The image output device serves as an intermediary between the game apparatus and display device. It receives images wirelessly from the game apparatus and outputs them to the display device via wire, mediating the connection to enable both stable transmission and easy display changes.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the game apparatus is fixed to a specific display device, then connection stability is maintained, but adaptability to different display devices is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The image output device is designed with universal functionality to work with multiple display devices. It can receive images from the game apparatus and adaptively output them to different display devices (television displays, monitors, etc.) through various connection interfaces, enabling one device to serve multiple purposes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical wired connection between the game apparatus and display device with a wireless communication system. This substitution eliminates the need for physical cable connections from the game apparatus to different displays, enabling easy adaptation to various display devices without mechanical reconfiguration.
3Ease of operation
If wireless communication is used between the game apparatus and image output device, then display device changeability is improved, but image transmission complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The image output device acts as a mediator that handles the complexity of wireless communication. It receives wireless images from the game apparatus, processes them, and outputs them to the display device, thereby isolating the complexity from the user and simplifying the overall system operation.
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AI summary
A game system includes an image output device connected to a display device via wiring and a game apparatus capable of wirelessly communicating with the image output device. The game apparatus performs a game process and generates an image based on the game process. The generated image is transmitted to the image output device. The image output device receives the image transmitted by the game apparatus. The received image is outputted from the image output device to the display device and displayed on the display device.