Controlled Device Operation UI for Adaptive Room List Updates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for managing operations of controlled devices are cumbersome and inefficient, often requiring multiple key presses and wasting user time and device energy, particularly in battery-operated devices.
Innovation Solution
Implementing faster and more efficient user interfaces that allow for conditional updates to device operations based on predefined criteria, enabling adaptive management of controlled devices during ongoing operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If existing techniques are used to manage controlled device operations, then device control functionality is provided, but user time is wasted and device energy is consumed inefficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by proactively detecting when a controlled device has completed an operation and automatically updating the room list accordingly, before the user would need to manually check or update it. This eliminates the need for users to spend time manually managing operation status information.
Solution Approach 2:
The room list updates itself automatically based on detected operation completions, without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously monitoring device operations and refreshing the room list, thereby eliminating wasted user time on manual updates.
2Productivity
If existing techniques are used to manage controlled device operations, then device control functionality is provided, but device energy is consumed inefficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by proactively detecting when a controlled device has completed an operation and automatically updating the room list accordingly, before the user would need to manually check or update it. This eliminates the need for users to spend time manually managing operation status information.
Solution Approach 2:
The room list updates itself automatically based on detected operation completions, without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously monitoring device operations and refreshing the room list, thereby eliminating wasted user time on manual updates.
3Adaptability or versatility
If complex user interfaces with multiple key presses are used, then comprehensive control options are provided, but cognitive burden on users increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes unnecessary intermediate steps and complex interface elements from the operation management process. By directly detecting operation completions and automatically updating the room list, it eliminates the need for users to navigate through multiple menus or press multiple keys, thereby reducing cognitive burden while maintaining control functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The room list updates itself automatically based on detected operation completions, without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously monitoring device operations and refreshing the room list, thereby eliminating wasted user time on manual updates.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure generally relates to managing operations of a controlled device. Some techniques are for updating a room list for while a device performs one or more operations in accordance with some embodiments. Other techniques are for displaying user interfaces to control a device in accordance with some embodiments.