Accessory Device Status Sound Generation to Reduce Information Overload
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Solution Overview
Problem
In environments with numerous accessory devices providing sensory data, users face information overload as they continuously receive vast amounts of information, making it difficult to detect important changes without constant attention, particularly for environmental characteristics or vital signs.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that store sound information for resource types, receive resource values from accessory devices, and generate sound signals descriptive of their status using stored data, allowing for efficient communication and alerting users to significant changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If continuous display of sensory data from multiple accessory devices is provided, then information completeness is improved, but user attention requirement increases leading to information overload
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the most relevant information from the continuous data stream by implementing alert generation based on predefined conditions and thresholds. Instead of displaying all sensory data continuously, the system selectively extracts and presents only those data points that meet significant change criteria, thereby reducing information overload while maintaining information completeness for important events.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer between the accessory devices and the user interface. This intermediary layer includes a server or computing device that receives data from multiple accessory devices, processes the information against predefined conditions, and generates alerts only when significant changes are detected. This mediator filters and transforms continuous data into discrete, meaningful notifications.
2Loss of information
If all sensory data from accessory devices is transmitted and displayed, then data completeness is improved, but information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the information processing task into distinct components: data collection from accessory devices, condition evaluation against predefined thresholds, alert generation for significant changes, and selective transmission to user interfaces. This segmentation allows each component to operate independently and efficiently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining data completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining conditions, thresholds, and alert rules before data processing begins. The system is configured in advance with criteria for what constitutes a significant change, eliminating the need for complex real-time analysis decisions. This preliminary configuration simplifies the ongoing processing complexity while ensuring comprehensive data evaluation.
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AI summary
A sound generation technique is provided. According to an example embodiment, the technique comprising storing, in an apparatus, respective sound information for one or more resource types, the sound information for a resource type comprising, sound data that defines one or more audio signals associated with the resource type and sound control data that defines use of the sound data for generation of a sound signal that is descriptive of a status of a resource that represents said resource type in dependence of one or more resource values that indicate the status of the resource; receiving, in the apparatus, from one or more accessory devices, a respective time series of resource values that indicates a status of a resource available in the respective accessory device; and generating, in the apparatus, in dependence of resource values in said one or more time series, using said sound information for the resource types available in said one or more accessory devices,a sound signal that is descriptive of the statuses of said resources available in said one or more accessory devices.