Lighting Beacon Icon Mapping for User-Friendly Terminal Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in efficiently managing identification information for wireless communication devices during initial setup, leading to difficulties in distinguishing and associating icons with their corresponding devices, especially when multiple devices are detected multiple times.
Innovation Solution
An information terminal generates and manages unique identification information for display, associating it with the actual placement positions of wireless communication devices, and updates this information in storage for easy recognition and management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If unique identification information (e.g., MAC address) is displayed directly, then device identification accuracy is improved, but user-friendliness and ease of operation deteriorate due to technical complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a copy of the unique identification information in the form of a simplified display identifier (e.g., device name or friendly label) that can be easily understood by users. This copy is stored in association with the original unique ID, allowing the system to display the user-friendly copy while internally maintaining the accurate unique identification for device distinction.
2Ease of operation
If simplified identification information is displayed, then ease of operation is improved, but device distinction accuracy deteriorates when multiple devices are detected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary data structure (association table or mapping mechanism) that connects simplified display identifiers with unique device identification information. This intermediary allows the system to present user-friendly identifiers on the display while internally using the unique identifiers for accurate device distinction and correspondence management.
3Device complexity
If icons are displayed without consistent identification information, then display simplicity is improved, but device-icon association reliability deteriorates when devices are detected multiple times
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by establishing and storing the correspondence relationship between display identifiers and unique device identifiers before icon display occurs. This pre-established mapping ensures that when devices are detected multiple times, the system can consistently retrieve and assign the same display identifier to the corresponding icon, maintaining reliability without complicating the display.
Data Source
AI summary
An information terminal includes: a wireless communicator that receives a beacon signal emitted by a lighting fixture; a display; storage; and an information processor that, when the beacon signal is received, (a) generates identification information for display, (b) stores, in the storage, a correspondence relationship between the identification information for display generated and unique identification information of the lighting fixture included in the beacon signal received, and (c) displays, on the display, an icon to which is assigned the identification information for display generated, the icon indicating the lighting fixture.