Room Control System with Centralized Data Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current room-in-room systems lack dynamic and user-friendly access control, booking systems, and multifunctionality, making it unclear when and by whom they can be used, and failing to provide time-programmable service functions.
Innovation Solution
A room control system with input and display units interacting with a data processing system that processes user inputs to control technical devices, implementing service functions, access functions, and room functions, including heating, ventilation, lighting, and shading, through a central data processing system connected to various input and display devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a room-in-room system is implemented as a free-standing unit with basic control capabilities, then the system provides basic temperature and humidity control, but it lacks access control functions, booking systems, and dynamic user management
Solution Approach 1:
The control device is designed to perform multiple functions beyond basic climate control, including access control through code input, booking system management, user data storage, and coordination with multiple room components (heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting). This multi-functional approach resolves the contradiction by making a single device serve diverse purposes rather than requiring separate systems for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines previously separate functions (climate control, access control, booking management) into a single integrated control device that can process multiple types of inputs and coordinate various room systems. This merging reduces overall system complexity while expanding adaptability, as the unified device manages all functions through centralized control rather than requiring multiple independent systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If access control and booking systems are added to room-in-room systems, then user management and scheduling capabilities are improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to requiring activation codes and complex procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The control device enables users to independently manage access and bookings through self-service operations. Users can input access codes, make bookings, and modify settings directly through the device interface without requiring external authorization or complex procedures. This self-service capability improves ease of operation while maintaining robust access control and booking management functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The device provides immediate feedback to users through its display interface, confirming access code entry, showing booking status, and indicating system state. This real-time feedback simplifies operation by making the system's response to user actions transparent and immediate, reducing the cognitive load and steps required to operate access control and booking functions.
3Ease of operation
If multiple input and display units are integrated with a data processing system, then user-friendly control and time-programmable functions are achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control device serves as an intermediary between users and the complex room systems. It provides a simplified user interface with input units (keyboard, touchscreen) and display units that mask the underlying complexity of coordinating heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and access control systems. This intermediary role resolves the contradiction by presenting ease of operation at the user interface level while managing system complexity through centralized data processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual, mechanical control approaches with electronic data processing and digital communication. Instead of separate mechanical controls for each room function, the patent uses electronic input/display units connected to a data processing system that digitally manages all room parameters. This substitution reduces physical complexity while enabling sophisticated time-programmable and user-friendly control capabilities.
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AI summary
The aim of the invention is to provide a complex and multifunctionally operable room control system for a room-in-room. The invention relates to a room control system for a room-in-room (6), comprising at least one input unit (1), at least one display unit (2) and a data processing system (3) cooperating with the input unit (1) and the display unit (2), wherein at least one technical device (4) can be controlled by the data processing system (3), and wherein at least one service function can be implemented by the at least one technical device (4).