Floor Plan Device Icon Positioning via Network Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for controlling and managing home devices through floor plans are complex, requiring users to input device names and positions manually, leading to potential errors in registration and operation.
Innovation Solution
A system that displays a floor plan with device icons automatically positioned based on their type and attributes, allowing users to control devices by selecting icons on the plan, which outputs control commands to the network for operation and state confirmation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual input of device names and positions is required, then device registration can be performed, but operation complexity increases and errors may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects and registers devices connected to the network, automatically determining their positions on the floor plan without requiring manual user input. The device icon is automatically placed on the floor plan at the appropriate position based on network detection information, eliminating the need for users to manually input device names and positions while ensuring accurate registration.
2Ease of operation
If device icons are automatically positioned based on type, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes correspondence relationships between device types and appropriate positions on the floor plan. When a device is detected, the system automatically determines its position based on pre-defined rules and correspondence information, eliminating the need for manual positioning while managing complexity through pre-configuration of device-position mappings.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple device icons are displayed on the floor plan, then device management capability improves, but display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple floor plan views, each representing a different floor or area of the building. Device icons are displayed on the appropriate floor plan segment based on their physical location, allowing the system to manage multiple devices across different floors without overwhelming the display with all devices simultaneously. Users can navigate between floor plans to access specific devices.
Data Source
AI summary
A control method causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a display a display screen representing a floor plan including one or more rooms; using at least one memory that associates first information indicating a type of each of one or more device icons representing one or more target devices with second information indicating an attribute of each of the one or more rooms, display each of the one or more device icons in a room that corresponds to each of the one or more device icons in accordance with the type of each of the one or more device icons; and when it is determined that one device icon of the one or more device icons is a second type, the one device icon is displayed in a same room as a room in which the device icon of a first type is displayed.