Smart Home Device State Identification via Visual Marking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smart home applications lack effective methods to identify and differentiate between devices that are deleted or offline within scenes, leading to unclear execution results when scenes are activated, which hinders user understanding and control.
Innovation Solution
A device state identification method that marks device identifiers in a scene list page with specific icons or texts based on their abnormal states, such as deletion or disconnection, and checks for linked devices to provide timely feedback on execution failures, allowing users to understand which devices failed during scene execution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the smart home application displays device identifiers in scene list page without state information, then the interface remains simple, but users cannot identify which devices are abnormal (deleted or offline)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies visual marking (such as icons or color changes) next to device identifiers to indicate abnormal states. This allows the system to convey device status information through visual cues rather than complex text displays, maintaining interface simplicity while providing necessary state information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a marking mechanism as an intermediary element between the device identifier and the user. This marking (such as an icon or symbol) serves as a mediator that conveys the device's abnormal state without requiring complex information display, thus resolving the contradiction between information completeness and interface simplicity.
2Loss of information
If the system does not mark abnormal devices, then the scene execution process remains simple, but users cannot understand which devices failed during execution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary marking of abnormal devices before scene execution. By pre-identifying and marking devices that are deleted or offline, the system prepares the necessary information ahead of time, so that when scene execution fails, users can immediately see which devices are problematic without requiring complex real-time analysis during execution.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the state information of devices (whether abnormal or not) is fed back to the user through the marked indicators in the scene list page. This feedback allows users to understand device status and execution failures without requiring complex error reporting processes.
3Ease of operation
If the system marks all devices in a scene when one device is abnormal, then users can quickly identify issues, but the marking process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the marking process by individually assessing each device's state and applying markings only to abnormal devices rather than marking all devices in a scene. This segmentation approach maintains simplicity in the marking process while ensuring users can quickly identify which specific devices are problematic.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by marking only the specific devices that are abnormal (deleted or offline) rather than uniformly marking all devices in the scene. This selective marking approach provides precise information to users about which devices have issues, making the marking process more efficient and less complex.
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AI summary
Provided are a device state identification method, a device state identification apparatus, and an intelligent terminal. The method includes: obtaining state information of a device corresponding to a device identifier displayed in a scene list page, the scene list page being configured to display different device identifiers contained in different scenes; marking, in response to the state information of the device indicating that the device is in an abnormal state, the device identifier corresponding to the device based on the state information of the device.