Home Appliance Control Using User Schedule Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home appliances often operate based on scheduled reservations, leading to inefficiencies such as delayed operations, energy waste, and undesirable conditions due to user forgetfulness or changing schedules.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system and apparatus that integrates with home appliances to dynamically adjust operations based on user schedule changes and preferences, using a network-connected terminal and individual service area to identify user needs and provide application services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If home appliances operate according to fixed user reservations, then user convenience is improved, but the system cannot adapt when user schedules change, leading to energy waste and undesirable conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors user location through GPS data from the terminal device and compares it with the scheduled return time. When the user is detected to be delayed, the system automatically adjusts the home appliance operation timing based on this feedback, preventing energy waste while maintaining adaptability to schedule changes
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables automatic adjustment of home appliance operations without requiring manual user intervention. The terminal device or server autonomously detects schedule changes and sends adjustment commands to the home appliance, allowing the system to self-adapt to changing user schedules and eliminate energy waste
2Ease of operation
If home appliances wait in standby state after operation completion, then user convenience is maintained, but laundry quality deteriorates due to wrinkles and bad odors
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the standby duration of the home appliance based on real-time user location data. Instead of a fixed standby period, the appliance maintains operational readiness only until the user is detected to be delayed, at which point the standby state is automatically shortened or canceled, preventing laundry deterioration while preserving user convenience
3Extent of automation
If automatic operations are implemented, then user convenience is improved, but excessive energy waste and unnecessary damage occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates real-time feedback mechanisms by continuously tracking user location and comparing it with scheduled return times. This feedback loop allows the automatic operation system to dynamically adjust appliance timing and duration, preventing excessive energy consumption and unnecessary damage while maintaining high automation levels
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing system may include at least one home appliance, a terminal configured to process information of the at least one home appliance, an individual service area configured to provide an individual service, and an information processing apparatus connected to the terminal and the at least one home appliance through a network and configured to provide an application service using the individual service. The information processing apparatus may be configured to receive basic information on changes of a schedule of a user, confirm user's schedule information from the basic information by using the individual service, confirm a first state of the at least one home appliance, which is a current state of the at least one home appliance, and change the at least one home appliance from the first state into a second state in response to the user's schedule information.