Notification control device, notification control system, and notification control method
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing notification systems fail to appropriately provide notifications to users without considering their state or behavior, leading to repeated notifications that increase processing load and power consumption and annoy users.
Innovation Solution
A notification control device that uses a combination of sound and image notifications, with a controller that determines user response and adjusts notification forms and timing to ensure notifications are received and acknowledged, including resending notifications if necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If notifications are repeatedly sent to ensure user receipt, then notification reliability is improved, but processing load and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The notification control device implements a feedback mechanism by monitoring user responses to notifications. When a response is detected, the system stops sending further notifications, thereby avoiding unnecessary power consumption while ensuring reliable delivery when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification sending behavior is made dynamic rather than static. The system adjusts whether to continue sending notifications based on real-time user response detection, optimizing the balance between delivery reliability and energy consumption.
2Reliability
If notifications are sent in multiple forms to ensure user awareness, then notification effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification system is segmented into distinct notification types (first notification and second notification with different forms). This allows the system to try different notification approaches without requiring a completely complex unified system, as each notification type can be independently controlled.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes notification parameters (form/type of notification) based on user response detection. Rather than maintaining a complex system that simultaneously manages all notification types, it dynamically switches between different notification forms based on detected user responses.
3Reliability
If multiple notification attempts are made, then user awareness is improved, but user annoyance increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback from user responses to determine when to stop sending notifications. This prevents excessive notification attempts that would cause user annoyance, while still ensuring adequate notification delivery when users haven't responded yet.
Solution Approach 2:
The system takes preliminary action by detecting user responses early in the notification process. When a response is detected, it proactively stops further notifications, preventing the harmful effect of user annoyance before it can accumulate from repeated notifications.
Data Source
AI summary
A notification control device includes: a sound notification controller that sends a first notification control signal for causing a first device to provide a first notification, obtains first response information to the first notification, and determines whether the first response information is in response to notification information; an image notification controller that sends a second notification control signal for causing a second device to provide a second notification, when the first response information is determined not to be in response to the notification information, obtains second response information to the second notification, and determines whether the second response information is in response to the notification information; and a canceller that sends, to the first and second devices, a cancellation process signal for cancelling the notifications, when the first response information or the second response information is determined to be in response to the notification information.