Display UI Control for Home Devices Across Relay Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current home network systems do not effectively utilize the various functions of home devices such as smart TVs and smart air conditioners, limiting their functionality when controlled through portable terminal apparatuses.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus that communicates with terminal and relay servers to receive status information from peripheral devices, generating control UIs for device control and security UIs for monitoring, allowing users to access and manage device functions based on communication status, including user certification and image display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If home devices are controlled through portable terminal apparatuses using relay terminal apparatuses, then the home network system can be established and managed, but the various functions of home devices cannot be effectively utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The display apparatus is designed to perform multiple functions including displaying control interfaces for home devices, providing security monitoring capabilities, and adapting to different communication scenarios (direct communication or relay server communication). This multi-functionality allows the system to effectively utilize various home device functions while maintaining a manageable control interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The relay server acts as an intermediary between the display apparatus and peripheral devices when direct communication is not possible. This mediator enables the system to maintain functionality across different communication scenarios, allowing users to control and monitor home devices regardless of network conditions.
2Ease of operation
If the display apparatus provides comprehensive control and security functions, then user convenience is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display apparatus interface is segmented into distinct functional modules: control UI for device control operations and security UI for monitoring operations. This segmentation allows users to access specific functions as needed without being overwhelmed by the entire system's complexity, while the system internally integrates these functions seamlessly.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adapts its behavior based on communication status. When direct communication with the terminal apparatus is possible, it provides full control functionality; when communication is not possible, it switches to relay server communication mode. This dynamic adaptation maintains ease of operation across varying system states without requiring users to understand the underlying complexity.
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AI summary
A display apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and controlling methods are provided. The display apparatus includes: a communicator to communicate with a terminal apparatus or a relay server in order to receive collected status information about at least one peripheral device from the terminal apparatus, a display unit to display a user interface (UI) screen; and a controller to generate a control UI for controlling the at least one peripheral device or a security UI for monitoring a peripheral space through the at least one peripheral device based on the status information about the at least one peripheral device and based on whether a communication with the terminal apparatus is possible, thereby controlling a home device t in real time according to a communication status with the terminal apparatus.