Home Network Display UI for Real-Time Peripheral Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current home network systems fail to effectively utilize the various functions of home devices such as smart TVs, air conditioners, and robot cleaners, limiting their functionality through a home network service.
Innovation Solution
A home network system comprising a terminal apparatus, a display apparatus, and a relay server that enables control and monitoring of peripheral devices via a user interface, allowing users to access and manage the functions of these devices based on their position, using wireless communication and a relay server for network connectivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If home devices are integrated and managed through relay terminal apparatuses, then network connectivity and device management are achieved, but various functions of home devices cannot be effectively utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that receives control commands from the terminal apparatus and transmits them to the home device. This mediator enables comprehensive functionality utilization by bridging the gap between the terminal apparatus and home device, allowing the terminal to access various functions (camera, microphone, speaker, etc.) that were previously unavailable through direct relay connections.
2Loss of information
If control commands are transmitted through relay terminal apparatuses, then basic device control is achieved, but real-time monitoring and comprehensive function access are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the home device transmits status information (images from camera, audio from microphone, operational states) back to the terminal apparatus through the server. This feedback loop enables real-time monitoring and comprehensive function access, allowing users to view live feeds and control device functions with immediate response, overcoming the information loss limitation of previous relay systems.
3Ease of operation
If a unified control interface is implemented, then ease of device management is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal control interface on the terminal apparatus that can manage multiple home devices with various functions through a single unified application. The server provides multi-functional support by handling different device types (robots, cameras, sensors) and their diverse operations (navigation, monitoring, control) through standardized protocols, making the system easier to operate despite the underlying complexity.
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AI summary
A display apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and controlling methods are provided. The display apparatus includes: a communicator to communicate with a terminal apparatus or a relay server in order to receive collected status information about at least one peripheral device from the terminal apparatus, a display unit to display a user interface (UI) screen; and a controller to generate a control UI for controlling the at least one peripheral device or a security UI for monitoring a peripheral space through the at least one peripheral device based on the status information about the at least one peripheral device and based on whether a communication with the terminal apparatus is possible, thereby controlling a home device t in real time according to a communication status with the terminal apparatus.