Smart Home Linkage Interface Using Visual Connection Tracks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smart home systems face challenges in intuitively displaying and efficiently setting device linkages, leading to cumbersome and time-consuming processes due to non-intuitive product identification and excessive page jumps when multiple devices are involved.
Innovation Solution
A method for establishing device linkages through a schematic diagram where electrical devices are selected and connected via a connecting line to form a connection track, with triggering sequences and operating parameters set visually, allowing for quick and intuitive scene creation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If smart products are displayed in text form for linkage selection, then device identification is achieved, but identifiability is low and display is not intuitive enough
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses graphical icons that copy the visual appearance of actual smart products to represent them in the linkage selection interface. Each smart product is displayed as a graphical icon showing its external shape, making the display intuitive and easily recognizable while maintaining clear product identification.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple smart home products are selected for linkage setting, then comprehensive scene coverage is achieved, but the setting process becomes cumbersome with excessive page jumps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the selection and configuration processes for multiple smart products into a single graphical interface. Users can select multiple products by dragging connecting lines between their graphical icons, and all linkage parameters are configured in one unified view, eliminating the need for excessive page jumps and making the process efficient even when covering comprehensive scenes.
3Manufacturing precision
If traditional linkage setting method is used with multiple page jumps, then detailed configuration is possible, but the process is inefficient and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a traditional multi-page linear configuration process to a graphical two-dimensional interface where all configuration options are accessible simultaneously. The connecting line mechanism allows users to define linkage relationships by drawing lines between product icons, and all parameters can be adjusted in one view, dramatically reducing setting time while maintaining detailed configuration capabilities.
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AI summary
An interaction method for establishing a device linkage scene, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided, to solve problems in a related technology that a display is not intuitive enough and a setting process is cumbersome, inefficient, and time-consuming. The method includes: in a displayed schematic diagram of a network configuration scene including electrical devices configured in a same network, selecting electrical devices in turn through a connecting line to form a connection track; setting a triggering sequence of linking the electrical devices in a linkage scene represented by the connection track according to a connection sequence; selecting an electrical device on the connection track and setting an operating parameter of the electrical device in the linkage scene; and finally saving relevant information of the linkage scene. In this way, objectives of an intuitive display, simply and quickly setting a linkage scene, and improving user experience are achieved, linkage operation steps are reduced, and a user may conveniently and quickly set a smart home linkage.