Electronic Device Control for Sensor-Triggered Automatic Mirroring

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing mirroring technologies in IoT environments require user intervention or event determination, leading to low practical usability and inaccurate mirroring initiation.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device equipped with sensors and processors to detect trigger events, communicate with external devices, and execute operation scenarios to initiate mirroring without user input, using machine learning models to identify and validate trigger events.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If mirroring is initiated based on user input or simple event detection, then the device complexity is reduced, but the measurement precision of trigger events deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrigger event detection accuracyVSAvoidevent detection system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The event detection system is segmented into multiple independent detection modules, each responsible for detecting specific types of events (e.g., door opening/closing events, user approach events). This segmentation allows the system to achieve high measurement precision for trigger events while keeping each individual module relatively simple, thus resolving the contradiction between precision and complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by detecting and validating events before initiating mirroring. Multiple conditions are checked in advance (e.g., confirming it's not a door opening/closing event, verifying user approach, checking external device compatibility) to ensure accurate trigger event identification, thereby improving measurement precision without requiring complex real-time processing during the actual mirroring initiation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If automatic mirroring initiation is implemented without user input, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability of mirroring initiation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interaction requirementVSAvoidmirroring initiation accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service by automatically detecting trigger events and initiating mirroring without requiring explicit user input. The event detection system autonomously identifies appropriate moments for mirroring based on predefined conditions (e.g., door closing, user approach), thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining reliability through structured validation logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where detected events are validated against multiple criteria before triggering mirroring. The processor continuously monitors event conditions and adjusts the mirroring initiation decision based on this feedback, ensuring that automatic initiation is both easy to operate and reliable in practice.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If multiple event conditions are validated before mirroring, then the reliability of mirroring initiation is improved, but the loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrigger event validation accuracyVSAvoidevent validation time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Event validation conditions are established and ready in advance before mirroring is needed. The system pre-defines the validation criteria (excluding door opening/closing events, confirming user approach, verifying device compatibility) so that when a potential trigger event occurs, the processor can quickly validate against these pre-established conditions rather than performing complex real-time analysis, thus reducing time loss while maintaining high reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs partial validation actions that are sufficient to ensure reliability without exhaustive checking. By validating only the most critical event conditions (e.g., confirming it's not a door event, verifying basic device compatibility) rather than all possible conditions, the system achieves adequate reliability while minimizing time consumption during the validation process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20250335145A1Electronic device and control method thereof
Publication Date: 2025.10.30 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An electronic device, including: a sensor configured to detect a movement of an external device or a user; a communication circuit configured to communicate with the external device; at least one processor; and memory configured to store at least one operation scenario and instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: identify whether a trigger event has occurred based on a detection value of the sensor; based on identifying that the trigger event has occurred, identify an operation scenario based on at least one of a number of occurrences of the trigger event, identifying whether the electronic device comprises a display device, or mirroring information associated with the external device obtained through the communication circuit; and control at least one of the communication circuit or the display device based on the identified operation scenario.