Device Icon Positioning for Reliable Room-Based Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote control and monitoring technologies for devices like electric building materials and illumination devices lack clear correlation between icons and devices, leading to unrecognizable correspondences and potential malfunctions or erroneous operations when multiple icons of different types are displayed.
Innovation Solution
A system that displays a floor plan with movable device icons, where icons are returned to their corresponding rooms based on type and attribute information, ensuring correct correlation and preventing icons from being displayed in mismatched regions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If device icons are made movable within the display screen, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to loss of correlation between icons and devices
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes the correspondence between device icons and their respective rooms based on type and attribute information before the user operates the icons. This preliminary configuration ensures that when icons are moved, the system can automatically determine whether the new position maintains correct correlation, thus preserving reliability while allowing movement freedom.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors the position of movable device icons and provides feedback by comparing the icon's current position with the expected position based on room correspondence. When an icon is moved to an incorrect region, the system detects this through feedback mechanisms and triggers automatic return to the correct position, maintaining reliability without restricting user interaction.
2Reliability
If device icons are restricted to fixed positions, then reliability is improved by maintaining clear correlation, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic position management for device icons, allowing them to be movable within valid regions while automatically constraining them to return to correct positions when moved incorrectly. This dynamic approach combines the benefits of both fixed positioning (reliability) and movable positioning (ease of operation) by adapting the icon behavior based on user actions and system rules.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of device icons are displayed simultaneously, then adaptability is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to unrecognizable correspondences
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different display and positioning rules to different types of device icons based on their specific attributes and associated rooms. Each icon type has its own designated region and movement constraints, allowing multiple icon types to coexist without confusion. This local differentiation maintains clear correspondences even when diverse icons are displayed simultaneously, preserving reliability while supporting adaptability.
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AI summary
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a display, a display screen representing at least a floor plan including one or more rooms; and when it is sensed that movement of a device icon that is movable within a region corresponding to a predetermined room associated with a type of the device icon, judge whether or not the device icon is moved out of the region corresponding to the predetermined room, and in the case where it is judged that the device icon is moved out of the region corresponding to the predetermined room, return the device icon to the region corresponding to the predetermined room.