Shared-Space Facility Control Using Use-Based Remote Relay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for remotely controlling facilities within shared spaces, such as rental rooms or hotels, require cumbersome administrator operations to start or end facility usage, making it difficult to efficiently manage facility availability during temporary use periods.
Innovation Solution
A remote management system that acquires and stores facility information, relays communication between facilities and external devices, and controls facility operation based on use information, allowing for easy management of facility usage through a network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If facilities are provided for each use with separate delivery and transport, then facility availability is improved, but manpower, time, and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The facility automatically determines and executes its own transport and operation based on use information. The facility reads use information from the external device, autonomously decides whether to transport itself to the predetermined location, and controls its own operation, eliminating the need for manual administrator intervention and reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The facility reads use information in advance before the use period begins and performs transport operations beforehand. By acquiring use information that includes the use period and predetermined location, the facility can prepare and position itself before actual use, avoiding last-minute operations and reducing time loss during the use period.
2Ease of operation
If facilities are remotely operated by administrator, then facility control is improved, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of the administrator remotely controlling the facility, the control relationship is inverted: the facility autonomously reads use information from the external device and self-determines its operation. This inversion simplifies administrator operations while maintaining effective facility control through the facility's own decision-making capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The facility serves itself by reading use information, determining whether to operate, and controlling its own operation. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for complex remote operation systems and reduces operational complexity while ensuring facilities are controlled according to actual use requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If facilities are operated during entire use period, then facility availability is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The facility dynamically adjusts its operation state based on real-time use information. Instead of operating continuously during the entire use period, the facility reads use information to determine the actual needed operation period and adjusts its operation accordingly, ensuring facilities are operated only when actually needed and reducing unnecessary energy consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The facility reads use information from the external device as feedback to determine its operation state. This feedback mechanism allows the facility to align its operation with actual use requirements, operating only during periods when the facility is actually needed and avoiding energy waste during periods when the facility is not in use.
Data Source
AI summary
A remote management system includes: a facility information receiver that receives facility information representing a facility within a space; a facility information storage that stores the facility information; a use information receiver that receives use information representing a facility to be operated during a use period of the space among facilities represented by the facility information; a use information storage that stores the use information; a relay that relays communication between the facility within the space and an outside of the space; and a facility controller that controls the facility to operate or not to operate via the relay, based on the facility information and the use information.