Group Control of Electronic Devices via Master Controller
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in controlling multiple electronic devices simultaneously or sequentially, especially when carrying or wearing them, as existing systems lack efficient methods for coordinating commands across these devices.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a communication unit, memory, and controller is used to transmit control commands to other devices, allowing for group control by determining whether a command is a group control command and transmitting it to registered devices, enabling simultaneous or sequential operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user manually controls each electronic device separately, then each device can be controlled individually, but the user experiences difficulty and complexity in managing multiple devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple electronic devices into a unified group that can be controlled through a single master device. The controller integrates control functions for multiple devices (smartwatch, smartglasses, tablet, smartphone) into one system, allowing the user to issue a single command from the master device to control all grouped devices simultaneously, thereby simplifying operation and reducing management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The master device is designed with universal control capability to manage various types of electronic devices with different functions. The controller can identify and execute appropriate control commands for different device types (voice call, video call, messaging, etc.) through a single interface, making the control system adaptable to multiple device functionalities without requiring separate control mechanisms for each device.
2Productivity
If the system transmits control commands to all grouped devices, then simultaneous control is achieved, but communication overhead and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing group relationships and storing device information before actual control operations. The controller maintains a registry of grouped devices and their capabilities in advance, so when a control command is issued, the system can immediately transmit to all devices without delay for device discovery or capability negotiation, thereby reducing real-time processing time while maintaining high productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and apparatus is provided that controls other electronic devices through one electronic device in a communication system. The electronic device for executing control commands includes a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one of other electronic devices, a memory configured to store identification information about other electronic devices to execute a group control command, and a controller configured to execute, when receiving the control command, the received control command, determine whether the received control command is a group control command that other electronic devices need to execute in the same way as the electronic device, read, when the received control command is a group control command, identification information about at least one of other electronic devices as group control objects from the memory, and transmit the identification information to other electronic devices.