Set-Top Box Alert Linkage for Reliable Danger Notifications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dangerous situation notification services through mobile terminals are ineffective when protectors are unable to promptly attend to notifications due to distractions or the mobile device being out of reach, especially when the mobile is on silent or vibration mode, and set-top boxes in standby or powered off.
Innovation Solution
A service system that links a mobile terminal with a set-top box to output notifications on an image output device like a TV, adjusting power and mode states to ensure timely and reliable notification delivery, with customizable notification methods based on urgency levels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If notification is delivered through mobile terminal, then protector can receive notification, but protector cannot quickly check notification when distracted or device is away
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a set-top box as an intermediary device between the mobile terminal and the protector. When the mobile terminal sends a notification, the set-top box receives it and displays it on the TV screen, which the protector is more likely to be watching. This intermediary approach ensures the notification is delivered reliably while also being viewed promptly since the protector is already engaged with the TV for other purposes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions the notification delivery from a one-dimensional mobile screen to a two-dimensional TV display. By utilizing the TV screen, which occupies a larger visual space and is already part of the protector's environment, the system increases the likelihood of immediate notification viewing without requiring the protector to switch attention to a smaller mobile device.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If mobile terminal is set to silent or vibration mode, then disturbance is reduced, but notification cannot be noticed quickly
Solution Approach 1:
The set-top box serves as a mediator that bypasses the mobile terminal's limited notification capabilities. Even when the mobile device is in silent or vibration mode, the set-top box can display visual notifications on the TV screen, ensuring the protector is alerted without requiring the mobile device to produce audible or tactile disturbances.
3Use of energy by moving object
If set-top box is in standby mode or image output device is powered off, then energy consumption is reduced, but notification cannot be displayed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by maintaining the set-top box and image output device in a ready state or by having them automatically activate upon receiving a notification. This ensures that when a notification arrives, the display infrastructure is already prepared or can be quickly activated, eliminating the barrier of standby mode or powered-off state.
Solution Approach 2:
The set-top box acts as an intermediary that can wake up or activate the image output device specifically for notification display purposes. This allows the system to maintain low energy consumption during normal operation while ensuring rapid notification delivery when needed, as the intermediary can trigger the necessary components to become active.
4Ease of operation
If notification is output to image output device, then protector can view notification on large screen, but disturbance or inconvenience increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by differentiating notification delivery based on urgency levels. For high-urgency notifications, the system uses prominent display methods on the TV that ensure immediate attention. For low-urgency notifications, it uses subtler display methods that minimize disturbance. This localized differentiation of notification characteristics allows the system to optimize both viewing ease and disturbance reduction.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters such as notification volume, display brightness, and audio output based on the urgency level of the situation. By dynamically adjusting these parameters, the system can ensure clear notification delivery for urgent matters while minimizing disturbance for less critical alerts, thus balancing ease of operation with disturbance reduction.
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AI summary
Provided is a service system notifying dangerous situation through a mobile terminal and a set-top box. The service system notifying dangerous situation according to the present disclosure includes a protected person side set-top box, a protector side set-top box, and a service providing server which controls the protector side set-top box and/or a protector side mobile terminal to provide a notification message corresponding to a danger signal to a protector when a danger signal regarding occurrence of a dangerous situation of a protected person is received from the protected person side set-top box and/or a protected person side mobile terminal.