Home Appliance Coordination via Server Mediator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home appliance systems fail to optimally operate home appliances based on user schedules, leading to inefficiencies, energy waste, and safety issues such as malfunctioning heat management and potential fires.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system for home appliances that includes a terminal, an individual service area, and an information processing apparatus connected through a network. This system identifies user needs and provides corresponding application services by confirming user schedules and appliance states, allowing for optimal operation without user intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If home appliances are operated automatically based on user schedules, then user convenience is improved, but safety issues arise due to lack of coordination between appliances
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that coordinates between multiple home appliances. The server receives schedule information, determines appropriate operations for each appliance, and transmits control signals to prevent conflicts. This mediator resolves the contradiction by enabling automatic operation while maintaining safety through centralized coordination.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where appliances report their operational status to the server, and the server adjusts control signals based on current states. This feedback loop ensures that automatic operations remain safe by continuously monitoring appliance states and preventing conflicting operations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple home appliances operate simultaneously without coordination, then service functionality is improved, but harmful effects occur such as heat management malfunction and fires
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as a mediator that receives service requests and coordinates appliance operations to prevent harmful effects. It analyzes the current state of each appliance and determines safe operation sequences, preventing simultaneous conflicting operations that could cause heat management malfunctions or fires.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary checks before allowing appliance operations. The server determines whether operating a particular appliance would create harmful conditions based on current appliance states, and prevents such operations in advance. This preliminary anti-action avoids heat management conflicts before they occur.
3Adaptability or versatility
If home appliances are reserved or operated in real time through terminal, then service flexibility is improved, but energy waste increases due to uncoordinated operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback from appliance operational states to optimize energy consumption. The server receives status information from appliances and adjusts control signals to prevent unnecessary operations. This feedback mechanism maintains service flexibility while reducing energy waste by coordinating operations based on actual appliance states.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts appliance operations based on real-time conditions and service requirements. The server can modify operation schedules and control signals dynamically, allowing flexible service delivery while optimizing energy usage by preventing redundant or conflicting operations.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing system may include a plurality of home appliances, a terminal configured to process information of the plurality of home appliances, an individual service area configured to provide an individual service, and an information processing apparatus connected to the terminal and the plurality of home appliances through a network and configured to provide an application service using the individual service. The information processing apparatus may be configured to receive basic information including that a user using the plurality of home appliances is going out, confirm a user's schedule information indicating the user is going out from the basic information by using the individual service, confirm a first state of the of the plurality of home appliances, and change a first home appliance of the plurality of home appliances from the first state to a second state.