House Layout UI for Smart Device Relocation and Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
As the number and types of devices in homes increase, existing user interfaces for controlling smart devices in apartments become complex and fail to efficiently manage changes such as device addition, removal, or relocation, making it difficult for users to easily recognize and control these devices.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device displays a user interface with objects representing devices arranged according to a house's layout, allowing users to select and relocate devices within predefined areas, and provides information on device relocation and operation modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If devices are added, removed, or relocated in a house, then the device management system needs to adapt to changes, but the user interface becomes complex and users cannot easily recognize and control devices
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is segmented into multiple user interfaces based on different operating situations. When devices are added, removed, or relocated, the system presents a first user interface showing the changed layout. When no changes occur, a second user interface is presented. This segmentation allows the system to adapt to device changes while keeping the user interface simple by only showing relevant information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically switches between different user interfaces based on whether device changes have occurred. The determining module identifies whether device addition, removal, or relocation has happened, and accordingly presents the appropriate user interface. This dynamic adaptation enables the system to maintain usability while handling changing device configurations.
2Measurement precision
If a detailed layout corresponding to house structure is displayed, then device location tracking is improved, but the user interface becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The layout information is divided into multiple areas corresponding to different spaces in the house (e.g., living room, bedroom, kitchen). Each area independently displays devices located in that specific space. This local organization allows precise device location tracking within each area while keeping the overall interface manageable by presenting information in localized, context-relevant groups.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides comprehensive device control options and relocation features, then device control capability is improved, but ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs partial action by only presenting comprehensive device control options and relocation features when actually needed. The determining module checks whether device changes have occurred, and only then presents the first user interface with detailed control options. When no changes occur, a simplified second user interface is shown. This approach provides full functionality when necessary while maintaining operational simplicity during normal use.
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AI summary
A method performed by an electronic device for controlling a plurality of devices in a house is provided. The method includes displaying a first user interface where a plurality of first objects corresponding to a plurality of devices are arranged according to a predetermined layout to correspond to a structure of a house, identifying a first user input for selecting a category of a device to be controlled through a second object included in the first user interface, identifying at least one device included in the selected category in response to identifying the first user input, displaying a second user interface where at least one first object corresponding to the at least one device is arranged according to a layout, identifying a second user input for changing a location on the layout of one first object among the at least one first object displayed on the second user interface according to the layout, determining whether a device corresponding to the one first object is relocatable in response to identifying the second user input, when it is determined that the device corresponding to the one first object is relocatable, changing and displaying the location on the layout of the one first object to correspond to the second user input, and, when it is determined that the device corresponding to the one first object is not relocatable, displaying information indicating that relocating is impossible.