Air cleaner and network system

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current air cleaner technologies lack efficient network-based control systems that can adapt to varying environmental conditions and user preferences, leading to suboptimal operation modes and sensor sensitivities.

Innovation Solution

An air cleaner system connected to a network that includes a communication interface to receive operation content information from a server and a processor to initialize settings upon communication termination, allowing for dynamic adjustment of operation modes and sensor sensitivities based on environmental data and user inputs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the air cleaner continuously communicates with the server to receive operation content information, then the control efficiency and adaptability are improved, but the system reliability deteriorates when communication terminates

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoidreliability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The air cleaner stores operation content information received from the server in advance during periods when communication is available. This preliminary storage ensures that operational parameters are ready for execution even when communication later terminates, resolving the contradiction between adaptability (receiving updated information) and reliability (maintaining operation during communication loss).

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The air cleaner autonomously determines whether communication has terminated and automatically initializes stored operation content information without requiring continuous server interaction. This self-service capability maintains system reliability while preserving the adaptability benefits of network-based control during available periods.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If the air cleaner initializes operation content information upon communication termination, then the system reliability is improved, but the loss of information increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovereliabilityVSAvoidinformation loss

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The air cleaner stores operation content information in memory during periods when server communication is available, performing preliminary action to preserve this information before communication terminates. This prevents information loss while maintaining reliability through proper initialization only when necessary.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system selectively initializes (discards old) operation content information only when communication termination is detected, and recovers new information when communication is restored. This balanced approach prevents unnecessary information loss while maintaining system reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #34Discarding and recovering

Data Source

PatentUS11175058B2Air cleaner and network system

Publication Date: 2021.11.16 SHARP KK

AI summary

Provided herein is an air cleaner (200) that includes: a communication interface (260) that receives information concerning operation contents from a server (100); and a processor (210) that, upon partial or complete termination of communication with the server (100), initializes the information concerning operation contents, or initializes a setting concerning acquisition of the information concerning operation contents.