IoT Event Display Layout for Priority-Based Graphic Objects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices do not prioritize or organize information from IoT devices based on event importance or urgency, leading to inefficient display of detected events.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device classifies events from IoT devices into categories based on priority, merges events within categories, and displays graphic objects accordingly, prioritizing high-importance events and updating or generating graphic objects based on event categories and priorities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If events are displayed in detection order, then the display process is simple, but important events may be missed or not noticed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments events into different priority categories (first priority, second priority, etc.) and displays them in separate regions on the terminal screen. This segmentation allows important events to be visually distinguished and prioritized without requiring complex hierarchical structures, resolving the contradiction between reliability and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the display screen are assigned different qualities based on event priority. High-priority events are displayed in prominent regions (e.g., first region), while lower-priority events are displayed in other regions. This local differentiation enables users to quickly identify important events without complicating the overall display system.
2Loss of information
If all events are displayed individually, then complete information is provided, but the display becomes cluttered and hard to prioritize
Solution Approach 1:
Events are segmented by priority level and displayed in distinct regions. This segmentation maintains complete event information while preventing display clutter by organizing events into structured zones, thereby improving readability without sacrificing information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a spatial dimension (different screen regions) to organize events by priority. Instead of mixing all events in a single list, events are distributed across multiple dimensional zones on the screen, allowing users to quickly scan and prioritize information while maintaining completeness.
3Reliability
If events are categorized by priority, then important events are highlighted, but the classification system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The classification system is simplified by segmenting events into a limited number of priority levels (first priority, second priority, etc.) rather than using complex hierarchical categories. Each priority level corresponds to a specific display region, making the classification system easy to implement while ensuring reliable priority recognition.
Solution Approach 2:
Each priority category is assigned a specific display region with distinct visual characteristics. This local quality assignment simplifies the classification system by creating direct mappings between priority levels and screen zones, reducing the cognitive load for both the system and users while maintaining reliable priority differentiation.
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AI summary
An electronic device includes a display, a communicator that establishes a connection to at least one Internet of Things (IoT) device, and a processor configured to receive information on an event from the at least one IoT device in response to detecting the event occurring in the at least one IoT device, update a graphic object for a category based on a merge between the detected event and another event according to a priority of each event in response to classifying the detected event into the category in which the other event previously occurring is pending among preset categories, and display the graphic object for the classified category on the display based on a graphic object for another category and a priority of each category.