Information Apparatus Interface for Device Selection by Room
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote control technologies for multiple target devices are inefficient as they often require complex navigation and can lead to erroneous operations due to the lack of clear differentiation between device types and locations within a building, and are not adaptable to different floor plans.
Innovation Solution
A method for controlling an information apparatus that displays device type icons and room icons in distinct modes, allowing for clear identification and selection of target devices by type and location, with adjustable display modes and icons that are universally applicable across different floor plans, reducing the risk of errors and simplifying operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If complex navigation is used for remote control of multiple target devices, then device selection capability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates and error rate increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple regions: a first region displaying device type icons and a second region displaying room icons corresponding to selected device types. This segmentation allows users to navigate systematically through device categories and locations rather than searching through all devices, improving selection accuracy while maintaining operational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface provides different display modes for room icons based on device type selection. When a device type icon is selected, only room icons corresponding to that device type are displayed or highlighted, providing localized information relevant to the user's current selection and reducing cognitive load.
2Ease of operation
If device type icons and room icons are displayed in the same mode, then display simplicity is improved, but device identification accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Different display modes are applied to room icons based on their relationship with selected device types. Room icons corresponding to selected device types are displayed in a first display mode (e.g., highlighted or illuminated), while other room icons are displayed in a second display mode (e.g., dimmed or grayed out). This differential display maintains interface simplicity while significantly improving device identification accuracy.
3Measurement precision
If floor plan specific configurations are required for each building layout, then control accuracy for specific locations is improved, but adaptability to different floor plans deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses standardized room icons that can represent different rooms in various floor plans without requiring floor-plan-specific configurations. The same set of device type icons and room icon display modes can adapt to any building layout, maintaining location control accuracy while achieving universal adaptability across different floor plans.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display device type icons on a display; display room icons on the display; when it is determined that selection of any one of the device type icons is detected, display room icons each representing a room, in which a target device of a type corresponding to the selected device type icon is installed, in a different display mode from a mode for room icons each representing a room in which the target device of the type is not installed; when it is determined that selection of a room icon displayed in the different display mode is detected, display a first operation screen for operating a controlled target device on the display; and output a control command for controlling the controlled target device to the network based on an operation on the first operation screen.