Multi-Device Sound Control System with Unified Stop Function
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing device control systems that rely on sound inputs for controlling multiple devices are cumbersome, difficult to reproduce comfortable environments, and lack user convenience, especially in managing power consumption and sequential device operations, and fail to effectively calm users experiencing anger.
Innovation Solution
A device control system that includes a setting assisting apparatus with a sound input reception unit, analysis section, and specific control storage section, allowing users to associate keywords with control commands and register voiceprints for personalized control, along with an environment control system that reproduces target environments and an air conditioning system that adjusts conditions based on sound analysis to calm users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple devices are controlled through individual sound inputs, then each device can be operated independently, but the control process becomes cumbersome and user convenience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines control of multiple sound-input devices into a unified system where a single sound command can control multiple devices simultaneously. The control system integrates device management functions, allowing users to issue one command to affect multiple devices rather than controlling each device separately, thereby simplifying the control process and improving user convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system is designed with multi-functional capabilities to manage various types of devices (air conditioners, televisions, audio equipment) through a universal sound recognition interface. This universal control mechanism allows the system to adapt to different device types and control scenarios, reducing the need for device-specific control procedures and enhancing overall ease of operation.
2Reliability
If the system asks users to input their intention regarding power consumption reduction, then user preferences can be accurately captured, but usability decreases due to additional user operations required
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service functionality by automatically analyzing user behavior patterns and device operation sequences to infer power consumption preferences without requiring explicit user input. The control system monitors and learns from sequential device operations, automatically determining when and how to reduce power consumption based on observed usage patterns, thereby maintaining preference accuracy while eliminating additional user operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor device operation sequences and user behavior patterns. By analyzing this feedback data, the system dynamically adjusts power consumption settings based on inferred user preferences, creating a closed-loop control system that improves reliability of preference capture without requiring direct user input for each decision.
3Adaptability or versatility
If sound recognition processing is performed on multiple devices simultaneously, then comprehensive sound control is achieved, but stopping the function requires controlling each device individually which is cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a unified control mechanism that merges the stop function for sound recognition across multiple devices. Instead of requiring individual stop commands for each device, the system provides a centralized stop function that simultaneously deactivates sound recognition on all connected devices through a single user action, thereby maintaining comprehensive sound control coverage while dramatically simplifying the stopping operation.
4Productivity
If conventional systems control devices independently, then each device operates autonomously, but information regarding sequential operations of multiple devices is not utilized reducing overall system efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements comprehensive feedback mechanisms that capture sequential operation information from multiple devices. By monitoring the order and timing of device operations, the system builds a knowledge base of usage patterns. This feedback information is then utilized to optimize system-wide efficiency, such as coordinating device operations to reduce overall power consumption or predicting user needs based on observed sequences, thereby converting previously lost sequential information into productivity improvements.
Solution Approach 2:
Based on analyzed sequential operation patterns, the system performs preliminary actions to optimize device coordination. For example, when the system detects a typical sequence of device operations, it can proactively prepare subsequent devices or adjust settings in advance, improving overall system efficiency by utilizing the sequential operation information that would otherwise be lost in independent device control scenarios.
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AI summary
A device control system (7400) configured to receive sound data transmitted from each of first and second devices (7010, 7020), analyze the received sound data, detect that the first device has received an instruction to stop a first function relating to sound recognition processing corresponding to the first device, and, if it is detected that the first device has received the instruction to stop the first function, determine to stop a second function relating to sound recognition processing corresponding to the second device. In the sound recognition processing, a sound from the corresponding device is received, sound data regarding the received sound is transmitted, the transmitted sound data is received, and the received sound data is analyzed.