Nickname Management for IoT Voice Control Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
In smart home and smart building environments with multiple IoT devices, voice control systems face challenges in distinguishing between devices of the same type, making it difficult for users to remember and use unique identification marks like serial numbers or addresses for individual device control.
Innovation Solution
A nickname management apparatus and method that uses a speech agent to recognize user speech, a nickname manager to determine and register device nicknames based on device properties, installation states, and user requests, and a device controller to operate devices, facilitating easier identification and control through easy-to-remember nicknames.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If voice control is applied in smart home environments with multiple devices, then device control capability is improved, but device distinction difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces nickname information as an intermediary between the user and device identification. Instead of directly using serial numbers or IP addresses, the system mediates through user-friendly nicknames that are easier to remember and pronounce in voice commands, thereby resolving the contradiction between automation and ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a copy of the device identification system by introducing nicknames as alternative identifiers. These nicknames are registered and stored alongside the original device information, allowing users to refer to devices by their nicknames rather than technical identifiers, thus improving ease of operation while maintaining voice control capability
2Measurement precision
If serial numbers are used for device distinction, then device identification precision is improved, but user memory burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates an alternative identification system using nicknames that copy the function of serial numbers but with user-friendly characteristics. The nickname manager registers and stores these alternative identifiers, allowing precise device identification through easier-to-remember names, thereby reducing user memory burden while maintaining identification precision
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of device identification from technical parameters (serial numbers, IP addresses) to human-friendly parameters (nicknames). This parameter transformation maintains the uniqueness and precision of device identification while significantly reducing the cognitive load and memory burden on users
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AI summary
A nickname management apparatus includes a speech agent configured to recognize a speech of a user to obtain nickname information of a device, and a nickname manager configured to determine a device corresponding to the nickname information from one or more devices on a network, and register the named device based on the determination.