Smart Device Dashboard Tile Interface for Energy Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing use of appliances and devices in homes creates a significant load on the electric grid, and existing technologies lack an effective solution for managing and monitoring the inter-dependent statuses and settings of smart devices to optimize energy use.
Innovation Solution
A device with a dashboard interface featuring tiles that display information about smart devices, allowing users to navigate between different tiles and access detailed control panels without obscuring other tiles, using a grid structure and dynamic information display, and supporting touch gestures and multiple device compatibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If detailed information about smart devices is displayed, then user understanding and control improve, but the interface becomes cluttered and harder to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is divided into multiple tiles, each representing a different smart device or category of devices. Each tile can be independently selected to expand into a detailed view, allowing users to access comprehensive device information without displaying all details simultaneously on the main screen. This segmentation maintains a clean, navigable interface while preserving access to complete device data.
2Loss of information
If multiple device details are displayed simultaneously, then comprehensive monitoring is achieved, but the display becomes overcrowded and unusable
Solution Approach 1:
The interface transitions from a two-dimensional grid of tiles to a multi-dimensional view when a tile is selected. Upon selection, the interface expands to show detailed device information in an additional dimensional space, allowing comprehensive device monitoring without overcrowding the main display area. This dimensional transition enables users to view multiple device statuses sequentially in detail while maintaining an uncluttered overview screen.
3Productivity
If comprehensive device control is provided, then energy optimization improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides self-service capabilities through automated energy optimization features that monitor device statuses and suggest or implement energy-saving actions without requiring users to manually configure complex settings. The interface presents simplified controls and recommendations based on real-time device data, enabling comprehensive energy management while masking underlying system complexity from the user.
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AI summary
A network connected device includes a device manager configured to receive dynamic information regarding the status of multiple wireless connected devices in an ecosystem. A display has multiple tiles, each tile corresponding to one of the connected devices, the multiple tiles showing the dynamic information and arranged about a control panel area that is larger than the individual tiles, wherein the control panel displays detailed information about, and an interface to control a connected device corresponding to the user selected one of the multiple tiles. The tiles are arranged about the control panel display the dynamic information from corresponding wireless connected devices that is relevant to control of the user selected tile corresponding wireless connected device via a setting in the control panel.