Multi-Channel Notification Control with Response-Based Cancellation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing notification systems face challenges in appropriately canceling notifications when a user responds, leading to unnecessary processing load and power consumption, as users are often required to respond to both sound and image notifications separately.

Innovation Solution

A notification control device that sends both sound and image notifications simultaneously and cancels the remaining notification based on user response, allowing users to respond to only one type of notification, thereby reducing unnecessary notifications and processing load.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If both sound and image notifications are provided simultaneously, then the user can receive the notification through multiple channels improving reliability, but the user is required to respond to both notifications increasing operation complexity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenotification delivery reliabilityVSAvoiduser response complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple notification channels (sound and image) into a unified notification system where a single user response cancels all notifications. The notification control device integrates the sound notification from speaker and image notification from display into one coordinated system, allowing the user to respond to either channel and have both notifications cancelled simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The notification control device implements a universal response mechanism that accepts responses from multiple notification channels (sound or image) and processes them equivalently. A single response input can cancel both types of notifications, making the system multi-functional in terms of notification delivery while maintaining a single functional path for user response.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If multiple notifications are provided to ensure user awareness, then the notification reliability improves, but the processing load and power consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenotification delivery reliabilityVSAvoiddevice power consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The notification control device implements a feedback mechanism that monitors user responses to notifications. When a response is detected from either the sound or image notification channel, the system immediately cancels remaining notifications. This feedback-driven cancellation prevents unnecessary continued operation of notification systems, reducing energy consumption while maintaining reliable notification delivery.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The notification system dynamically adjusts its operation based on user response. Multiple notifications are provided initially to ensure reliability, but the system dynamically cancels remaining notifications upon detecting a user response, optimizing energy usage by eliminating unnecessary notification processing and output operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Ease of operation

If notifications are canceled based on user response to one notification, then the operation complexity for users is reduced, but the system complexity for coordinating multiple notifications increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser response simplicityVSAvoidnotification coordination complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The notification control device acts as an intermediary that coordinates between multiple notification channels (speaker for sound, display for image) and the user response mechanism. It receives notification information, distributes it to appropriate output devices, monitors responses from either channel, and manages the cancellation of notifications based on detected responses, thereby handling the coordination complexity centrally.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11790737B2Notification control device, notification control system, and notification control method

Publication Date: 2023.10.17 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD

AI summary

A notification control device includes: a sound notification controller sending a first notification control signal for causing a first device to provide a first notification, obtaining first response information to the first notification, and determining whether the first response information is in response to notification information; an image notification controller sending a second notification control signal for causing a second device to provide a second notification, obtaining second response information to the second notification, and determining whether the second response information is in response to the notification information; and a canceller sending a cancellation process signal for cancelling (a) the second notification when the sound notification controller determines that the first response information is in response to the notification information and (b) the first notification when the image notification controller determines that the second response information is in response to the notification information.