Appliances contactless remote activation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing appliances lack fully remote activation and operation capabilities due to safety and security concerns, particularly in appliances with high heat or enclosed volumes, requiring physical user presence for verification.
Innovation Solution
A method for remote appliance activation using a remote user interface device that transmits and displays access codes, allowing verification through a remote user interface for initiating operation cycles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If physical contact verification is required for appliance operation, then safety and security are improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to requirement of physical presence
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary verification system using display devices and code comparison mechanisms. Instead of requiring direct physical contact with the appliance, the system uses visual code verification as a mediator to confirm user presence and authorization remotely, thereby maintaining safety while improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical requirement of physical contact with an optical/electronic verification system. Display devices show verification codes, and the system substitutes the mechanical interaction (touching or physically accessing the appliance) with visual verification and remote operation capabilities.
2Reliability
If physical contact with appliance is required, then security is improved, but loss of time increases due to user travel to appliance location
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses display devices and verification codes as intermediaries to confirm user identity and presence without requiring the user to physically travel to the appliance. This mediator approach maintains security verification while eliminating the time loss associated with physical presence requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The verification system is designed to work across multiple locations and devices, allowing users to verify and operate appliances remotely from any location with a display device. This multi-functional approach maintains security while enabling operation without physical travel.
3Ease of operation
If remote operation is enabled, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to safety concerns
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces verification codes displayed on display devices as an intermediary security mechanism. This mediator system confirms user authorization and presence before enabling remote operation, thereby maintaining safety and reliability while allowing ease of remote operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback through display devices that show verification codes and operational status. This feedback mechanism ensures that remote operations are properly authorized and provides real-time confirmation of system state, maintaining reliability while enabling remote ease of operation.
4Reliability
If access code verification is implemented, then security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the verification process into separate components: display devices for showing codes, communication systems for transmitting codes, and verification logic for comparing codes. This segmentation distributes complexity across multiple simple components rather than concentrating it in a single complex system.
Solution Approach 2:
The verification system uses universal display devices and communication protocols that can be integrated into various appliances without requiring appliance-specific complex infrastructure. This multi-functional approach maintains security while minimizing added complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of operating an appliance includes transmitting, by a remote computing device, a first portion of an access code to the appliance and a second portion of the access code to a remote user interface device. The method also includes displaying the first portion of the access code on a display of the appliance and displaying at least part of the second portion of the access code on a display of the remote user interface device. The method further includes receiving a verification input at the remote user interface device. The verification input is based on the access code. The method also includes activating the appliance in response to the verification input received at the remote user interface device. Activating the appliance comprises initiating an operation cycle of the appliance.