Hub Device Mediates Service Device Network Registration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current management systems for household appliances with communication functions lack integrated management devices and methods, limiting their effective registration, management, and remote monitoring capabilities, and often require separate communication setup processes.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising service devices with communication modules that connect directly to a hub device or access point, allowing for remote monitoring and control, and enabling secure network stability without separate communication setup, through a server that transmits control and status information between service devices and operation management devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If service devices connect directly to access point devices, then communication setup is required in each service device, but this increases device complexity and setup difficulty
Solution Approach 1:
A hub device is introduced as an intermediary between service devices and access point devices. The hub device receives communication setup information from the access point and distributes it to connected service devices, eliminating the need for separate setup processes in each service device while maintaining direct communication capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The hub device performs preliminary communication setup actions by obtaining network credentials and configuration information from the access point device before service devices need to connect. This pre-established communication pathway allows service devices to join the network automatically without individual setup procedures.
2Productivity
If separate communication setup processes are required for each service device, then direct access point connection is achieved, but this increases loss of time during registration
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple individual communication setup processes are merged into a single centralized setup operation performed by the hub device. The hub device establishes one communication pathway to the access point and then distributes connectivity to multiple service devices simultaneously, reducing total setup time from multiple sequential operations to one combined operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The hub device performs all necessary communication setup actions in advance before service devices need to operate. By obtaining network credentials, establishing connectivity, and configuring communication parameters beforehand, the system eliminates time-consuming setup processes during actual device registration and operation.
3Ease of operation
If service devices require separate communication setup, then individual device autonomy is maintained, but this increases device complexity for operators
Solution Approach 1:
The hub device serves as a management intermediary that centralizes control and configuration tasks. Operators interact with the hub device for setup and management operations, and the hub handles individual service device configurations automatically, reducing the complexity burden on operators while maintaining individual device autonomy through the hub's coordination.
Solution Approach 2:
The hub device performs multiple functions including acting as a wireless access point, a configuration server, and a communication manager for multiple service devices. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems or manual processes, simplifying the overall management process for operators.
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AI summary
A device and system for managing a service device provided with a communication module are disclosed, and the service device includes a communication unit directly communicating with either a hub device or an access point device and a device controller controlling the communication unit to perform connection to the hub device depending on communicative connectivity to the access point device.