Integrated Map Management for IoT Devices in Dynamic Indoor Spaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems struggle to efficiently manage and update integrated maps of indoor spaces, particularly in IoT environments, where connectivity between various electronic devices is complex and dynamic, leading to inefficiencies in task performance and information sharing.
Innovation Solution
A method and electronic device configuration that enables electronic devices to receive, adjust, and update integrated maps based on surrounding information, using artificial neural networks to enhance connectivity and task performance, allowing devices to share and utilize collected data to optimize tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If electronic devices collect and share surrounding information to update integrated maps, then task performance and connectivity are improved, but device complexity and information management burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges surrounding information from multiple electronic devices into a single integrated map managed by a central device (e.g., robot vacuum cleaner). This consolidation allows all devices to benefit from collective environmental data without each device independently managing complex information structures, thus improving task performance while centralizing management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated map serves as an intermediary data structure that mediates between individual devices and the central coordinator. Devices share surrounding information through this intermediary rather than directly managing peer-to-peer information exchange, simplifying individual device complexity while enabling collaborative task performance.
2Device complexity
If devices operate independently without shared information, then device complexity is reduced, but task efficiency and coordination deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Each electronic device independently collects its own surrounding information using its onboard sensors, maintaining low individual device complexity. The collected information is then shared with the central device that creates and maintains the integrated map, allowing devices to serve themselves in data collection while benefiting from collective intelligence.
3Measurement precision
If integrated maps are frequently updated with new surrounding information, then map accuracy and task optimization improve, but communication overhead and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system updates the integrated map partially rather than completely with each information exchange. Devices share only new or changed surrounding information segments rather than transmitting complete map data, reducing communication overhead and processing time while maintaining map accuracy through incremental updates.
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AI summary
A method performed by a first electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, from a third electronic device, an integrated map of an indoor space including the first electronic device and at least one second electronic device, adjusting, based on the integrated map, a task set to be performed by the first electronic device, collecting first surrounding information about the indoor space while the adjusted task is performed, and transmitting, to the third electronic device, the collected first surrounding information to update the integrated map.