Intelligent Device Control via Predictive Environment Adjustment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face inconvenience due to the complex manual process of controlling intelligent devices, which requires attention to time and environment state adjustments.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that acquire current time and environment state, determine the required running time to adjust the environment to a target state, and control the device based on this information, using historical data to calculate weighted values for environment states and times to simplify the control process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual control process is used for intelligent devices, then user can control the device operation, but the control process becomes complicated and brings inconvenience to users

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol process simplicityVSAvoidcontrol process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically monitors environment states, calculates running times, and triggers device control without user intervention. The control device performs self-service by autonomously determining when and how to adjust environmental parameters based on pre-set rules and real-time sensor data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-calculates the running time required to transition between environment states before actual control action is needed. By determining the required duration in advance based on historical data and current conditions, the system prepares control parameters ahead of time, simplifying the actual control execution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If the system calculates running time based on historical environment states with weighted values, then the control accuracy is improved, but the calculation process becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironment state prediction accuracyVSAvoidcalculation process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring current environment states, comparing them with historical data, and adjusting weighted values based on prediction accuracy. This feedback loop refines the calculation model over time, improving precision while managing complexity through iterative optimization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts weighted values for different historical environment states based on their relevance and recency. By changing these parameters adaptively rather than using fixed weights, the system achieves higher prediction accuracy while maintaining a manageable calculation framework through focused parameter optimization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3179329B1Method and device for controlling intelligent device
Publication Date: 2018.06.20 XIAOMI INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a method and device for controlling an intelligent device and belongs to the field of intelligent household appliances. The method may include: acquiring (101) a current time and a current environment state; determining (102) a running time required to adjust the current environment state to a first target environment state, the first target environment state being an environment state at a target time, the target time being a time for controlling the intelligent device; and controlling (103) the intelligent device based on the current time, the running time and the target time. In the present disclosure, an intelligent device may be controlled automatically. The control process is simple, and the operation overhead for a user is decreased. [FIG. 1]