QR Code Mobile Control System for Interactive Device Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Quick Response (QR) codes have limited functionality with control systems, requiring additional designs and implementations to accommodate substantive user interactions, as they primarily facilitate one-way transactions and lack the ability to perform series of operations or controls effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that access user information parameters on a mobile device, generate symbology code images, and display them to enable interactive transactions with control systems, allowing for user identification, authentication, and control of devices such as lighting, motor controls, and video switching, by using QR codes to reduce human input and enhance interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If QR codes are used for control system interactions, then data input efficiency is improved, but functionality and interactivity are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enhances QR code functionality by integrating multiple interaction modes including camera-based scanning, image picking, and text recognition within a single application framework. This allows the system to handle diverse control tasks (lighting, motor controls, video switching) through a unified interface, transforming the basic QR code from a simple data carrier into a multi-functional control hub that maintains high data input efficiency while expanding operational versatility
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional designs are implemented to enhance QR code functionality, then interactivity is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple interaction capabilities (camera scanning, image selection, text recognition) and various control functions (lighting, motor controls, video switching) into a single integrated application. By merging these previously separate functionalities into one unified system, the patent achieves enhanced interactivity without proportionally increasing complexity, as the shared underlying architecture and common interface reduce overall system overhead
Solution Approach 2:
The application serves as a universal control platform that handles diverse tasks through standardized interfaces. By designing a multi-functional system where a single application can perform camera-based QR scanning, image picking, text recognition, and multiple types of device control, the patent reduces the need for separate specialized applications, thereby managing complexity while maintaining high versatility
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AI summary
Disclosed are an apparatus and method of creating, displaying and utilizing quick response (QR) codes to perform processing an application on a mobile device and a control system network. One example method of operation may include identifying a user information parameter and generating a symbology code image that includes the user information parameter and displaying the symbology code on a mobile device display.