Server-Mediated Control of External Apparatuses via Biometric Intent Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current devices face challenges in effectively controlling external apparatuses connected to them, as they struggle to accurately interpret and execute user intentions due to limitations in analyzing user input and reflecting true user intentions.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that utilize a server to receive user input commands and biometric information, determining conditions for controlling external apparatuses based on this data and providing control commands to ensure user intentions are met, involving natural language analysis and biometric considerations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a device analyzes user input to operate according to user intention, then the device can execute commands, but it cannot effectively control external apparatuses connected to it

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice operation according to user intentionVSAvoidcontrol of external apparatuses
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that receives user input from the device, analyzes the user's true intention, and generates appropriate control commands for external apparatuses. This mediator resolves the contradiction by bridging the gap between the device's basic command execution capability and the need for sophisticated control of multiple external devices.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If a device uses natural language analysis to interpret user input, then it can understand user intentions, but it cannot accurately reflect true intentions when controlling external apparatuses

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser intention interpretationVSAvoidcontrol accuracy of external apparatuses
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where the server analyzes user input, determines control intentions, generates control commands, and sends them back to control external apparatuses. This closed-loop feedback process continuously refines the interpretation of user intentions and improves the reliability of controlling external devices by learning from the interaction outcomes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If a device attempts to control multiple external apparatuses, then it can provide comprehensive functionality, but it cannot effectively utilize connectable apparatuses due to analysis limitations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of controllable external apparatusesVSAvoidsystem architecture
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the control system into distinct functional modules: the device for input collection, the server for intention analysis and command generation, and external apparatuses for execution. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in its function, enabling the system to control multiple external apparatuses effectively while managing complexity through modular architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10991462B2System and method of controlling external apparatus connected with device
Publication Date: 2021.04.27 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A mobile device includes a memory configured to store a program; and a processor configured to control one or more external apparatuses by executing the program. The program includes commands which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to identify the one or more external apparatuses communicable with and controllable by the mobile device, from a plurality of external apparatuses; provide apparatus information of the one or more external apparatuses, to a server; receive, from the server, control information for controlling the one or more external apparatuses for a user's intention; and transmit a control command to the one or more external apparatuses based on the received control information.