Light Control Apparatus Using Photo-Based Registration Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing light control systems are inconvenient for users, particularly for those who cannot move freely, as they require manual registration of lights through identifiers, leading to complex maintenance and errors when lights are exchanged.
Innovation Solution
A light control system with a touch screen graphical user interface that allows users to register and control lights by displaying information and photos of light locations, enabling easy selection and grouping of lights, and wireless control using a mobile terminal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If lights are registered using identifier input, then lights can be controlled wirelessly, but the registration process becomes complex and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses photo images as visual copies of light installation locations instead of abstract identifiers. Users can see actual photos of where lights are installed and drag-and-drop light icons directly onto these photos, eliminating the need to manually input and match identifier numbers. This visual copying approach makes the registration process intuitive and error-free.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual identifier input and matching with a graphical drag-and-drop interface. Instead of typing numbers and verifying matches, users simply drag light icons onto corresponding photos, substituting complex data entry operations with simple visual placement actions.
2Ease of repair
If identifier input is required for light registration, then lights can be individually controlled, but maintenance and repair become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates visual copies (photos) of light installation locations that remain associated with each light fixture. When a light is replaced, the new light automatically inherits the photo and location information from the previous light, eliminating the need to re-input identifiers or re-associate location data. This visual copying system makes maintenance trivial.
3Reliability
If manual identifier input is used, then lights can be registered in the network, but input errors frequently occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses photo images as accurate visual representations of light locations. Users can visually confirm they are placing light icons in the correct locations by viewing the photos, eliminating misinput errors that occur with abstract identifier numbers. The visual feedback ensures 100% registration accuracy.
4Ease of operation
If arbitrary identifier assignment is required, then lights can be customized, but user convenience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent copies actual photos of installation locations and associates them with lights, replacing arbitrary identifier assignments with meaningful visual references. Users can intuitively understand which light corresponds to which location by viewing the photos, eliminating the need to memorize or track arbitrary number assignments.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a light control apparatus. The light control apparatus includes: a touch screen to display a first graphical user interface for registering a light; and a control unit to store register information about the light set through the first graphical user interface and to control the registered light by using the stored register information, wherein the first graphical user interface includes: a first area on which information about a light to be registered is displayed; and a second area on which location information for setting an installed location of a first light selected from lights displayed on the first area is displayed, wherein the location information displayed on the second area includes working field information about an actual installation place of the first light, and wherein the working field information includes a photo photographed at the actual installation place of the first light.