IoT Device Mapping for Location-Based Premises Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional IoT device control applications struggle with managing large numbers of devices by name or date added, making it difficult to locate and control devices within a premises, and lack the ability to determine which devices are closest to the user.
Innovation Solution
A system that generates a map-based management interface using positional data from mobile and IoT devices to assign locations to IoT devices, allowing users to identify and control devices by location, proximity, and orientation, with features like 2D/3D views, zooming, and interactive device representations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional IoT device control applications identify devices by name or date added, then devices can be sorted and listed, but it becomes difficult and confusing to locate and control devices when there are large numbers of IoT devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from one-dimensional device identification (by name or date in a list) to two-dimensional spatial mapping. Devices are plotted on a map based on their physical locations, allowing users to identify devices by their spatial position rather than scrolling through lengthy alphabetical lists. This dimensional change enables intuitive location-based device control even when managing large numbers of IoT devices.
2Loss of information
If users scroll through lists of devices sorted by name or date, then all devices can be accessed, but users cannot easily determine which devices are closest to them
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a simplified spatial copy or representation of the physical environment through a digital map. This map copy preserves spatial relationships and device locations without requiring complex 3D rendering or augmented reality interfaces. Users can visually perceive device proximity and spatial arrangement in this simplified 2D representation, maintaining intuitive understanding while reducing interface complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are system, method and/or computer program products for generating a map for map-based management of a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. An embodiment obtains first data associated with a mobile device, including data indicative of a relative position of the mobile device with respect to one or more subsets of the plurality of IoT devices at different points in time, and/or second data from each of one or more of the plurality of IoT devices, including data indicative of a relative position of each of the one or more IoT devices with respect to a subset of other IoT devices in the plurality of IoT devices, generates, based on at least the first and/or second data, a map in which each of the IoT devices is assigned a corresponding location, and provides the map to an application that enables map-based management of the plurality of IoT devices.