Robot Device Environmental State Determination and Modification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack the ability to dynamically determine and modify environmental states, such as arrangements for events or user preferences, in a comprehensive and automated manner, leading to inefficiencies in setting up and managing environments.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based system utilizing robot devices that capture images of environments, determine states through state attributes, and modify settings based on user or server requests, incorporating inputs from various sources like users, servers, and other devices to recreate desired environmental conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If a robot device captures images and determines environmental states automatically, then the extent of automation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the environmental state determination process into distinct modules: image capture by robot devices, image processing to identify arrangements, state determination using multiple attributes, and modification execution. This modular segmentation enables high automation while managing complexity through organized functional separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary computing system that receives images from robot devices, processes them to determine environmental states, and sends modification commands back to the environment. This intermediary layer handles the complex processing logic, allowing robot devices to remain relatively simple while achieving sophisticated automated environmental management.
2Measurement precision
If multiple state attributes are used to describe environmental arrangements, then the measurement precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The state determination system segments environmental description into multiple independent attributes (arrangement, temperature, lighting, etc.). Each attribute can be determined and modified separately, improving measurement precision while managing complexity through attribute-wise processing rather than holistic analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses multiple state attributes as parameters to comprehensively describe environmental arrangements. By changing and monitoring specific parameters (position, temperature, lighting levels) independently, the system achieves precise environmental characterization without requiring complex integrated analysis of all factors simultaneously.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the robot device modifies the environment to recreate arrangements, then the adaptability is improved, but the loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing images and determining environmental states in advance, storing this information for later recreation. When a state needs to be reproduced, the pre-analyzed data enables rapid modification without requiring time-consuming re-assessment, thus improving adaptability while reducing actual modification time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements copying by capturing images of existing environmental arrangements and using these copies to recreate the same states later. Instead of re-analyzing environments from scratch, the system uses stored image copies and their extracted state attributes to efficiently reproduce desired environmental configurations, enhancing adaptability while minimizing time loss.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for determining states of environments and modifying the environments according to the states are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes a robot device determining for an environment a state comprising a plurality of state attributes for the environment. The method further includes receiving a request for the state and, in response to receiving the request, modifying the environment to comprise at least some of state attributes. The robot device may determine the state by receiving indications of at least some of the state attributes from some or all of a user, a server, another robot device, and another device. The attributes may be user attributes for a particular user, or may be event attributes for a particular type of event. The request may take the form of a request from a user, a calendar event, or a user arrival.