Controller Managing Device and Function Images for Linkage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current information processing systems lack an efficient method to dynamically manage and link device functions across a network, limiting user access to combined functionalities and hindering seamless device interactions.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and system that utilizes a controller to manage device and function images, enabling the display and execution of linkage functions by identifying devices and functions through augmented reality techniques, allowing users to dynamically link and utilize multiple device functionalities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional device management systems are used, then device control is possible, but user access to combined functionalities and device interactions is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of device images and function images that can be manipulated in a graphical interface. Users interact with these visual representations rather than directly configuring complex device protocols, thereby accessing combined functionalities through simplified image-based operations while the underlying system complexity remains abstracted away
Solution Approach 2:
The controller acts as an intermediary between the user and the device network. It receives image data, processes linkage requests, and manages the actual device communications, thereby enabling user access to combined functionalities while shielding users from the complexity of direct device-to-device interactions
2Ease of operation
If manual device linking is implemented, then device connectivity is achieved, but user operation becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-generates device images and function images with all necessary identification data and capability information embedded within them. When users select images for linkage, the controller has already prepared the connection parameters and compatibility data, eliminating the need for users to manually configure device links and significantly reducing configuration time
Solution Approach 2:
Visual image copies represent complex device identities and capabilities in simple graphical form. Users can intuitively select and link devices by manipulating these image representations rather than entering device IDs or configuring technical parameters, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining accurate device identification
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AI summary
An information processing device includes a controller that, when a user operates a device image associated with a device and a function image associated with a function, controls display of a linkage function executable using the device and the function. In a further modification of the invention, the device image may be a captured image generated by capturing the device.