Home Device Control Using Outdoor Conditions and User Activity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional home automation systems primarily focus on indoor environment control and lack the capability to integrate outdoor environment and user information for comprehensive device management.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for controlling network-based devices using outdoor environment information, indoor environment information, and user information, which involves a device control apparatus with network interfaces and a processor that selects devices based on this data to generate control information, allowing for integrated control of various devices through external and local networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional home automation systems control devices based only on indoor environment information, then the system is simple to operate, but the system lacks comprehensive device management capability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple information sources (outdoor environment information, indoor environment information, and user information) into a unified control system. The control apparatus integrates these diverse data types to make comprehensive device control decisions, merging previously separate control functions into a single versatile system that can adapt to various conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The control apparatus is designed to handle multiple types of information processing and device control functions simultaneously. It can process outdoor environment data, indoor environment data, user preferences, and device states, making it a universal control system capable of managing diverse devices based on multiple factors rather than being limited to single-function control.
2Measurement precision
If the system integrates multiple information sources for device control, then the control accuracy improves, but the information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the information processing into distinct modules: outdoor environment information processing, indoor environment information processing, user information processing, and device control processing. Each module handles specific types of data independently, then the results are integrated for final control decisions, reducing the complexity of processing multiple information sources simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The control apparatus acts as an intermediary that receives and processes various information sources before transmitting control commands to devices. It mediates between multiple information inputs and device outputs, organizing and coordinating the flow of information to manage complexity while maintaining high control accuracy.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system uses only indoor environment information for control, then the response time is fast, but the control comprehensiveness is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by continuously collecting and pre-processing outdoor environment information, indoor environment information, and user information before control decisions are needed. This advance preparation ensures that when control actions are required, the system already has the necessary information ready, reducing actual response time while maintaining comprehensive control capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements continuous collection and processing of multiple information sources simultaneously rather than sequentially. The system continuously monitors outdoor conditions, indoor conditions, and user states in parallel, maintaining a constant flow of useful information that enables comprehensive control decisions to be made quickly when needed.
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AI summary
A device control method and apparatus and computer readable medium storing the method, the method including selecting at least one device based on at least one outdoor environment information; and generating control information regarding the selected at least one device based on the at least one outdoor environment information.