Air Purifier Floor Plan Control Without Room View Obstruction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote control systems for managing home devices, such as air purifiers, require complex operation steps and lack clear visualization of device states and control regions, leading to potential errors in operation and inefficient use of display space.
Innovation Solution
A method for a home control system that displays a floor plan with device icons, including an air purifier icon, allowing users to select and operate the air purifier while viewing its operation state and effect range within the system, ensuring accurate room selection and minimizing display overlap.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the operation screen is displayed covering the floor plan region, then the operation interface is accessible, but the user cannot confirm which room is being controlled
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple independent regions: a floor plan display region and an operation screen region. The operation screen is positioned in a predetermined area that does not overlap with the floor plan region, allowing users to access operation controls while simultaneously viewing the floor plan to confirm room identification. This spatial segmentation resolves the contradiction by making both the operation interface and room information visible at the same time.
2Loss of information
If device icons are displayed on the floor plan, then device location is visible, but display space is limited and may cause overlap
Solution Approach 1:
The interface utilizes a two-dimensional spatial arrangement by positioning device icons on the floor plan in specific regions and placing the operation screen in a predetermined area that does not overlap with the floor plan region. This dimensional organization allows device location information to be displayed without causing overlap with the operation interface, effectively resolving the space constraint issue.
3Device complexity
If the air purifier effect range is not visualized, then the display is simpler, but the user cannot confirm the affected room
Solution Approach 1:
The floor plan region displays visual indicators including color-coded markings that represent the air purifier's effect range. Different colors or shading patterns indicate the coverage area of the air purifier, allowing users to visually confirm which room or area is being affected. This visual feedback mechanism maintains display simplicity while providing essential effect range information.
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AI summary
A control method causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display a display screen representing a floor plan on the display; display device icons on the display screen, the device icons including an air purifier icon; when selection of the air purifier icon is sensed, display an operation screen for operating an air purifier corresponding to the selected air purifier icon on the display, the operation screen being displayed on the display screen and outside of a region corresponding to a room where the selection of the air purifier icon is sensed; output a control command for operating the air purifier to the network based on an operation on the operation screen; and display an operation state of the air purifier in the region corresponding to the room where the selection of the air purifier icon is sensed based on the operation on the operation screen.