Scene Control System Adapting to Environmental Conditions and Timing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing control systems for indoor environments, such as air-conditioners, lack adaptive capabilities to adjust settings without user input, failing to maintain optimal conditions based on environmental conditions and timing.
Innovation Solution
A control system comprising a receptor for receiving execution instructions, a controller for performing scene control, and an obtainer for gathering environmental information, which adjusts the control content based on obtained data to approximate the indoor environment to a predetermined state.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If scene control is performed based on fixed predetermined settings, then the control process is simple and easy to implement, but the system cannot adaptively adjust to changing environmental conditions and user needs
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-prepares multiple scene control patterns (such as lighting scenes, air conditioning scenes, entertainment scenes) in advance, each corresponding to different environmental conditions and user needs. When a scene is triggered, the controller automatically selects and executes the appropriate predetermined control pattern, enabling adaptive control without requiring complex real-time decision-making algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The scene control system dynamically adjusts control content based on obtained environmental information (such as temperature, humidity, occupancy, time of day). The controller modifies operational parameters of devices within scenes according to current conditions, allowing the system to adapt to changing environments while maintaining a relatively simple control architecture.
2Reliability
If the controller adjusts control content based on obtained environmental information and prediction information, then the indoor environment can be optimized, but the system requires more complex information processing
Solution Approach 1:
The obtainer continuously acquires environmental information (temperature, humidity, occupancy, outdoor conditions) and feeds this data back to the controller. The controller compares current environmental conditions with target conditions defined in scene control patterns, and automatically adjusts device operations to maintain optimal indoor environment, creating a closed-loop control system that improves reliability through continuous monitoring and adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system obtains prediction information about future environmental conditions (such as forecasted temperature changes, scheduled occupancy) in advance and pre-adjusts scene control parameters accordingly. This allows the system to proactively optimize the indoor environment before conditions deteriorate, improving reliability while distributing processing requirements over time.
3Productivity
If scene control operates multiple devices simultaneously, then the overall control efficiency is improved, but the coordination complexity between devices increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges control functions for multiple devices into unified scene control patterns. Each scene control pattern defines coordinated operations of multiple devices (lighting, air conditioning, entertainment systems) as a single integrated control unit. When a scene is activated, all devices within that scene operate simultaneously according to predetermined relationships, improving control efficiency while managing coordination complexity through pre-established device groupings and interdependencies.
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AI summary
A device control system includes: a touch panel that receives an execution instruction for scene control that operates at least part of a plurality of devices disposed in a facility in order to approximate an inside of the facility to a predetermined indoor environment; a controller that performs the scene control when the execution instruction for the scene control is received by the touch panel; and a communicator and an obtainer that obtain at least one of information indicating an environment condition in the facility or outside the facility, prediction information of the environment condition in the facility or outside the facility, and information about timing. The controller changes a content of the scene control according to the information obtained by the communicator and the obtainer.