Home Appliance Map Display With Context-Aware GUI Grouping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack an efficient and user-friendly way to visually display and manage multiple home appliances on a map within a home environment, considering factors like device grouping, context awareness, and user interaction.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a processor that receives and processes a home map and appliance information from a server, grouping GUIs by category or context, and adjusts display based on device count and orientation, allowing dynamic rendering of appliance interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple GUIs for home appliances are displayed individually on a map, then each device is clearly visible and accessible, but the display becomes cluttered and difficult to manage when many devices are present
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple GUI elements for devices of the same category into a single grouped GUI element on the map. When multiple devices belong to the same category (e.g., multiple lighting devices), their individual GUI elements are combined into one grouped element, reducing display clutter while preserving access to all device information through the grouping mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic grouping where GUI elements are automatically grouped or ungrouped based on the number of devices in each category. When the number of devices in a category exceeds a threshold, they are grouped together; when the threshold is not exceeded, they are displayed individually. This dynamic adjustment optimizes the display based on the actual number of devices present.
2Loss of information
If all device GUIs are displayed individually, then complete device information is accessible, but user interaction efficiency decreases when managing multiple devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple device GUI elements into a single grouped GUI element for devices of the same category, enabling users to manage multiple devices through a single interaction point. This merging improves management efficiency by reducing the number of individual elements users must interact with, while still providing access to all underlying device information.
Solution Approach 2:
The grouped GUI element acts as an intermediary between the user and multiple individual devices. Instead of directly interacting with each device GUI, users interact with the grouped element, which then manages the underlying individual devices. This intermediary layer simplifies user interaction while maintaining full device control capability.
3Ease of operation
If the display adapts to different screen sizes and orientations, then usability is improved across devices, but the grouping logic becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adjusts display parameters including grouping thresholds and layout configurations based on screen size and orientation. For smaller screens or specific orientations, the system modifies grouping behavior to optimize space utilization, while larger screens allow for more individual device displays. This parameter adjustment enables adaptability without requiring fundamentally different grouping algorithms.
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AI summary
A display device positioned at a home where the display device comprises: a display; a communication interface; and at least one processor which receives a map corresponding to a home and device information associated with devices positioned at the home from a server via the communication interface, and controls the display to display a GUI corresponding to at least one device on the map corresponding to the home on the basis of the map and device information. The at least one processor groups multiple GUIs corresponding to multiple devices belonging to a category in each room included in the map to display a group GUI, and releases grouping corresponding to multiple devices identified on the basis of context and displays multiple GUIs corresponding to the multiple identified devices.