Server device, adapter, and air conditioning system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing air conditioning systems with learning models struggle to easily erase operation history data and learning models from server-side storage devices, complicating personal information protection and model updates.
Innovation Solution
A server device with a collecting unit for storing operation history data, a learning unit for generating models, a sending unit for controlling air conditioning, and an erasing unit that responds to erasure instructions from the air conditioner to delete data and models from the server-side storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If operation history data and learning models are stored in server device for air conditioning control, then air conditioning performance is improved through learning, but user control complexity increases when erasing data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an adapter as an intermediary device between the air conditioner and server. The adapter receives erasure instructions from the air conditioner and transmits them to the server, simplifying the user operation while ensuring complete data erasure from both local and remote storage locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service data erasure where the air conditioner itself can initiate the erasure process by sending erasure instructions to the adapter and server, without requiring users to manually access the server interface. This makes the erasure process as easy as operating the air conditioner normally.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If data is erased from air conditioner storage to prevent information leakage, then personal information security is improved, but data may remain in server storage creating security risk
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanism where the adapter monitors erasure instructions and ensures corresponding data is deleted from both the air conditioner and server. The server receives confirmation signals from the adapter to verify that data has been successfully erased from its storage, providing closed-loop security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables preliminary erasure action where data can be deleted from the server before or during the air conditioner disposal process. By allowing erasure instructions to be sent proactively, the system prevents information leakage even before the air conditioner is physically disposed of or transferred to new owners.
3Adaptability or versatility
If learning models are updated by generating new models, then air conditioning adaptability is improved, but erasing old models becomes necessary and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter serves multiple functions: it acts as a communication bridge between air conditioner and server, manages data transmission, handles erasure instructions, and coordinates model updates. This multi-functional design simplifies the overall system architecture and reduces the complexity of model management operations.
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AI summary
A server device includes a collecting unit that stores operation history data collected from an air conditioner in a server-side storage device, a learning unit that stores a learning model generated based on the operation history data in the server-side storage device, a sending unit that sends the learning model to the air conditioner such that the air conditioner performs air conditioning inside a room by using the learning model, and an erasing unit that erases the operation history data and the learning model from the server-side storage device when an erasure instruction signal sent from the air conditioner is received.