IoT Device Spatial Mapping for Obstacle-Aware Task Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
In IoT environments, electronic devices face challenges in efficiently performing tasks due to obstacles within their operational spaces, as existing technologies lack effective methods to identify and manage objects obstructing their operations using spatial information.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that utilize spatial information to select objects obstructing tasks, provide movement guide information to users, and determine optimal movement paths based on user responses, allowing the device to adapt and navigate around obstacles within its operational space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If electronic devices operate in IoT environments without spatial information processing, then device simplicity is maintained, but task completion efficiency deteriorates due to obstacles in operational spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic device performs preliminary spatial mapping and object detection before executing tasks. The processor creates a spatial map of the environment and identifies objects that may obstruct tasks in advance, allowing the device to plan efficient paths and avoid obstacles proactively rather than reacting when obstacles are encountered
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces spatial information processing as an intermediary layer between the electronic device and its operational environment. This intermediary processing layer analyzes spatial data, identifies obstacles, and generates movement guidance, enabling the device to navigate complex environments without requiring complex hardware modifications
2Loss of time
If electronic devices navigate around obstacles using spatial information, then task completion time is reduced, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic device performs spatial information processing selectively rather than continuously. The processor identifies objects that actually obstruct tasks and generates movement guidance only when necessary, avoiding unnecessary energy consumption from constant full-scale spatial analysis while still achieving efficient obstacle avoidance
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts navigation parameters based on the identified obstacle characteristics. When obstacles are detected, the processor calculates optimal movement paths that minimize both time and energy consumption, changing movement parameters such as speed, direction, and path selection based on real-time spatial information
3Reliability
If electronic devices implement comprehensive object detection and movement guidance, then operational effectiveness improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor performs multiple functions using the same spatial information processing capability. It detects objects, creates spatial maps, identifies obstructing objects, generates movement guidance, and adjusts navigation in real-time, all within a single processing unit. This multi-functional approach improves operational effectiveness without proportionally increasing system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic device autonomously processes spatial information and generates its own movement guidance without requiring external control systems. The processor independently analyzes the environment, identifies obstacles, and determines optimal paths, enabling the device to serve itself and maintain high operational effectiveness with minimal additional system complexity
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AI summary
A method of controlling an electronic device by using spatial information and an electronic device using spatial information are provided. The method includes selecting, based on spatial information about a space including at least one object and a task that the electronic device is set to perform, an object that obstructs the task from among objects located in a space corresponding to the task, providing a user of the electronic device with object movement guide information corresponding to attribute information about the selected object, determining a movement path used to perform the task, based on a user's response corresponding to the object movement guide information, and driving the electronic device according to the determined movement path.