Smart Appliance Terminal Interface Segmentation for Control Convenience
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for controlling smart household appliances through remote controllers or smartphones are cumbersome, requiring users to manually select and operate multiple devices, leading to potential errors and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A terminal-based control method that determines the power state of smart household appliances and displays corresponding second-level or first-level control interfaces, allowing users to adjust parameters directly and toggle between devices based on priority and previous usage, even in a screen-locked state, reducing manual selections and improving convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple smart household appliances are controlled through a remote controller, then all appliances can be controlled, but the remote controller becomes complicated with multiple buttons and is inconvenient to use
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control interface into hierarchical levels: a first-level interface displaying icons for multiple different types of smart household appliances, and second-level interfaces displaying control options for each specific appliance type. This segmentation allows the single remote controller to handle multiple appliance types without requiring all controls to be visible simultaneously, thus maintaining versatility while improving ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a smart mobile phone is used to control a smart household appliance, then a new control choice is provided, but the operation mode is troublesome requiring multiple steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by automatically displaying the second-level control interface of the smart household appliance that was last operated, based on historical operation records stored in the terminal. This eliminates the need for users to manually search through appliance lists each time, reducing operation steps while maintaining the versatility of smartphone-based control.
3Reliability
If the smart household appliance to be controlled is selected from a list, then the correct appliance can be controlled, but the operation becomes time-consuming and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal automatically retrieves and displays the second-level control interface of the previously operated smart household appliance from historical records, preparing the correct control interface in advance. This preliminary action maintains control accuracy by ensuring the right appliance interface is displayed while eliminating the time-consuming manual selection process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically identifying and displaying the appropriate control interface based on historical operation data, without requiring user intervention to search or select from lists. The terminal serves itself by managing the display of relevant control interfaces autonomously.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a terminal-based control method for a smart household appliance and a terminal, and relates to a field of controlling a smart device. The terminal-based control method for a smart household appliance of the present disclosure comprises: determining a working state of each smart household appliance; when it is determined that at least one smart household appliance is in a power-on state through the terminal, opening a second-level control interface of at least one smart household appliance in the power-on state; the second-level control interface is configured to adjust working parameters of the smart household appliance. Through the second-level control interface, the working parameters of the smart household appliance may be adjusted directly, thereby realizing and improving convenience of controlling the smart household appliance.