Load Control Scene Configuration With Curated Zone Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing load control systems lack efficient methods for automatically configuring and controlling zones based on predefined scenes, leading to suboptimal operation and user experience.
Innovation Solution
A computing device is used to define and update scenes for load control systems, allowing users to select curated configuration options that automatically determine control settings for zones based on identified control types, enabling devices to respond to triggering events with optimized control parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual configuration of load control settings is used, then user customization is improved, but configuration time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures multiple curated scene templates with optimized control settings for different lighting conditions and user activities. These templates are prepared in advance and can be automatically applied based on triggering events, eliminating the need for manual configuration while maintaining customization through template selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The load control system automatically detects triggering events (such as occupancy changes, time of day, or environmental conditions) and self-adjusts the control settings by selecting and applying the appropriate curated scene template, without requiring user intervention or manual configuration.
2Loss of time
If automatic scene configuration is implemented, then configuration time is reduced, but control precision may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Curated scene templates are pre-configured with optimized control parameters and settings that have been carefully tuned for specific lighting conditions and user needs. This preliminary configuration ensures that automatic application maintains high precision without requiring real-time manual adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains multiple curated scene templates with different control parameter sets optimized for various conditions. When a triggering event occurs, the system selects the template with parameters best suited to the current situation, ensuring precision is maintained through parameter selection rather than approximation.
3Ease of operation
If multiple curated configuration options are provided, then user interaction is enhanced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple curated scene templates serve universal purposes covering different lighting conditions, times of day, and user activities. Each template is designed to handle a broad range of scenarios within its category, reducing the need for numerous specialized configurations while maintaining ease of user interaction through simple template selection.
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AI summary
The computing device may be configured to automatically determine curated configuration settings for a scene that is configured to control one or more zones. Each of the zones may be assigned a respective zone purpose. Each zone may be assigned at least one load control device that is configured to control a corresponding electrical load. Each of the one or more zones may be assigned a control type, which may be based on a respective product type and/or load type of the load control devices/electrical loads within each zone. The computing device may be configured to display one or more graphical user interfaces that a user of the computing device may interact with to select a curated configuration option for configuring the scene. The computing device may be configured to automatically determine curated configuration setting for the scene based on the selected curated configuration option and/or the zone purpose.