Floor Plan Interface for Air Conditioner Control and Status Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote control systems for home devices are complex and inefficient, requiring multiple steps to operate each device and lacking the ability to remotely control unique operations for various home electric appliances beyond simple ON/OFF and brightness adjustments.
Innovation Solution
A home control system that displays a floor plan with device icons, allowing users to select an air conditioner icon to access an operation screen for temperature setting and mode control, with the system outputting control commands to the air conditioner and displaying operation state information on the screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a floor plan with device icons is displayed and users select devices to access operation screens, then device control capability is improved, but the number of operation steps increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the floor plan display with device operation screens into a single integrated interface. When a user selects a device icon on the floor plan, the operation screen for that device is displayed directly on the same screen, merging the navigation function (floor plan) and the control function (operation screen) into one unified display. This eliminates the need for separate screen transitions and reduces the number of operation steps required to control devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple device operation screens are provided separately, then comprehensive device control is improved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic interface where the display content adapts based on user selection. The floor plan screen dynamically transforms by overlaying or integrating the operation screen of the selected device directly on the floor plan display. This dynamic adjustment allows the interface to provide comprehensive device control capabilities while maintaining a simple, consistent visual structure that does not require users to navigate between multiple complex screens.
Data Source
AI summary
In the case where selection of a device icon that represents an air conditioner and that is displayed in a region corresponding to one room on a floor plan is sensed in the region corresponding to the one room, an operation screen for operating the air conditioner corresponding to the selected device icon is displayed. In the case where a temperature is set on the basis of an operation of the operation screen, a control command for setting to the air conditioner the set temperature is output to the network, and information related to an operation state of the air conditioner is displayed in the region corresponding to the one room based on the operation of the operation screen.