Location-Based Server Control of Target Electronic Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices often operate based on environment data from their own sensors, which may differ from the user's environment, leading to inaccurate service provision and user dissatisfaction.
Innovation Solution
A server that communicates with multiple electronic and sensing devices to identify a sensing device closest to the user's location, using data from that device to control a target electronic device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the electronic device uses its own built-in sensor to obtain environment data, then the device can operate autonomously, but the data may differ from the user's environment leading to service inaccuracy
Solution Approach 1:
A server acts as an intermediary between the electronic device and the user environment. The server receives sensing data from multiple sensing devices, identifies which sensing device is closest to the user based on location information, and provides this identified sensing data to control the electronic device. This mediator approach ensures the electronic device uses accurate user-environment data without requiring the device itself to have sophisticated location sensing capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides functionality into separate components: sensing devices distributed throughout the environment, a central server for data processing and location-based identification, and the electronic device for execution. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function optimally while working together to solve the overall problem of accurate environment data acquisition.
2Ease of operation
If the electronic device only provides data from its own location, then the device structure remains simple, but the user experiences inconvenience when located in different spaces
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple sensing devices are deployed throughout the environment to serve multiple functions: they sense the user's environment, determine the user's location, and provide accurate environment data for device control. This multi-functional approach enhances user convenience across different locations while distributing the complexity across multiple simple sensing nodes rather than requiring a single complex system.
3Measurement precision
If multiple sensing devices are deployed to obtain accurate user environment data, then service accuracy improves, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensing devices autonomously sense their local environment and transmit the data to the server. The server automatically processes this data, identifies the sensing device closest to the user based on location information, and provides the appropriate sensing data without requiring manual configuration or complex coordination between devices. This self-service approach simplifies the system despite having multiple sensing nodes.
Data Source
AI summary
A server and a control method are provided. The server includes a communication interface for performing communication with a plurality of electronic devices and a plurality of sensing devices, and at least one processor configured to identify a sensing device corresponding to a user's location from among the plurality of sensing devices based on information received from at least one of the plurality of electronic devices and the plurality of sensing devices through the communication interface, and control the communication interface to transmit a signal for controlling a target electronic device among the plurality of electronic devices to the target electronic device based on sensing data received from the identified sensing device.