Identifying and automating a device type using image data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users are unaware of optimal automation settings for electronic devices in network environments, leading to suboptimal usage and functionality.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for identifying electronic devices using image and textual data analysis, allowing for the analysis of usage data from similar devices to provide recommendations and enhance automation settings.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually configure automation settings for electronic devices, then device functionality can be controlled, but users lack awareness of optimal settings leading to suboptimal usage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomation settings configurationVSAvoidoptimal automation settings knowledge
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system collects usage data from multiple electronic devices of the same type and provides feedback to users in the form of optimized automation settings recommendations. This feedback loop enables users to improve their automation configurations based on aggregated experience from other devices, transforming individual suboptimal usage into collectively optimized operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by automatically analyzing usage patterns and generating optimization recommendations without requiring users to manually research or configure complex automation settings. The automated analysis of usage data and generation of recommendations allows the system to serve itself and its users efficiently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If the system analyzes usage data from multiple devices to provide recommendations, then device functionality is optimized, but data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice functionality optimizationVSAvoiddata processing system
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies a universal data processing framework that handles multiple device types through a common architecture. By creating a unified system that processes usage data across diverse electronic devices using the same methodology, the complexity is managed through standardization rather than requiring separate complex systems for each device type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates simplified representations or models of usage patterns from multiple devices and analyzes these copies rather than processing all raw data directly. This approach reduces processing complexity by working with aggregated patterns and models rather than individual device data streams.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS11190400B2Identifying and automating a device type using image data
Publication Date: 2021.11.30 BELKIN INTERNATIONAL INC
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AI summary

Techniques for identifying a type of an electronic device using image data corresponding to the electronic device are provided. For example, a method may include receiving image data and textual data corresponding to an electronic device. The image data and textual data may be analyzed, and a type of the electronic device can be identified based on the analysis. Usage data associated with other electronic devices of the same type may be analyzed, and further processing may be performed based on the analysis of the usage data. In some embodiments, the further processing may include transmitting a message to a user device, the message including content related to usage of the electronic device.