Air Conditioner Sleep Control for Multi-User Temperature Conflicts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current air conditioner control methods fail to effectively manage temperature settings for multiple users in a multi-user environment, particularly in determining required temperatures based on individual sleep states and providing personalized recommendations to improve sleep scores without impacting others.
Innovation Solution
A method that uses sensors to identify user activities and obtain physiological parameters and environment conditions, creating individual profiles and composite profiles to modulate air conditioner settings, enabling bio-sleep functionality and optimizing sleep quality for all users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If current air conditioner control methods are used, then the system can operate with simple control logic, but it fails to effectively manage temperature settings for multiple users in a multi-user environment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control system into multiple independent modules: user identification module, physiological parameter detection module, sleep state determination module, and temperature control module. Each module handles a specific aspect of multi-user management, allowing the system to adapt to multiple users without creating a monolithic complex control structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces wearable devices as intermediary components that bridge the gap between users and the air conditioner. These wearable devices collect physiological parameters and transmit them to the air conditioner, enabling sophisticated multi-user management while keeping the air conditioner's internal control logic relatively simple.
2Reliability
If the air conditioner adjusts temperature based on individual sleep states, then sleep quality for each user is improved, but the system requires complex detection and processing capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
Wearable devices serve as intermediaries that perform the complex physiological parameter detection and sleep state determination. The air conditioner receives processed sleep state information from these wearables, thereby improving sleep quality through personalized temperature control without burdening the air conditioner with complex detection capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex mechanical or electronic detection systems within the air conditioner with wearable device-based detection. The wearables use sensors to detect physiological parameters (heart rate, body temperature, etc.) and process this data to determine sleep states, substituting the need for complex detection machinery in the air conditioner itself.
3Productivity
If the system provides personalized recommendations to each user, then individual sleep scores are improved, but the system complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Wearable devices act as intermediaries that collect and pre-process user data, then transmit relevant information to the air conditioner. The air conditioner uses this data to generate personalized recommendations (such as optimal temperature settings and sleep hygiene tips) for each user, improving sleep scores without requiring the air conditioner to handle all data processing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides localized personalized recommendations to each user based on their specific sleep state and physiological parameters, rather than applying a uniform control strategy. This allows the system to improve individual sleep scores through targeted adjustments while managing data processing complexity by focusing on user-specific parameters rather than comprehensive environmental control.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the air conditioner uses sensors to identify user activities and physiological parameters, then personalized temperature control is achieved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses wearable devices as intermediaries that contain the physiological parameter sensors and processing capabilities. The air conditioner receives processed information from these wearables and adjusts temperature accordingly, achieving personalized temperature control without requiring the air conditioner to incorporate complex sensor systems directly.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable devices serve multiple functions: they detect physiological parameters, determine sleep states, and communicate with the air conditioner. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized components in the air conditioner, thereby achieving personalized temperature control while limiting the increase in air conditioner complexity and cost.
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AI summary
A method for controlling an air conditioner in a multi-user environment includes identifying one or more activities of each of a plurality of users; obtaining one or more physiological parameters of each of a plurality of users and one or more environment conditions; creating a profile for each of the plurality of users based on at least one of the one or more physiological parameters or one or more environment conditions; generating a composite profile for the plurality of users; and modulating a setting of the air conditioner based on the generated composite profile of each of the plurality of users.