Smart Home Shortcut Keys for Faster Device State Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smart housing devices lack convenient and efficient methods for users to monitor and adjust their operating states, requiring users to constantly open control applications and search for device states, which is cumbersome and time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that allow users to create shortcut keys on a mobile terminal for smart housing devices, enabling quick adjustments of device states through a desktop interface, with real-time state updates displayed on the shortcut keys, utilizing a control application that communicates with a cloud server for state changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users open control application to monitor and adjust device states, then device control functionality is achieved, but user time and operational efficiency are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-creating shortcut keys on the desktop that directly represent smart housing devices. These shortcuts are prepared in advance and can be immediately activated without needing to open the control application first, thus eliminating the time loss associated with app opening and device searching.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts the essential device control functionality from the control application and places it directly on the desktop through shortcut keys. This extraction allows users to access device states and control functions directly from the desktop without entering the full application, separating the most frequently used functions from the complete application interface.
2Ease of operation
If control application interface is used, then comprehensive device control is available, but interface complexity and operational steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential device control elements from the complex control application interface and presents them as simple shortcut keys on the desktop. Each shortcut key represents a specific device or function, allowing users to access control functionality without navigating through the complex application interface, thus reducing perceived interface complexity while maintaining control capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the control application's functionality into individual shortcut keys, each representing a specific smart housing device or control function. This segmentation breaks down the complex monolithic application interface into multiple simple, discrete access points on the desktop, making the overall system easier to operate despite maintaining comprehensive control capabilities.
3Loss of information
If real-time state updates are implemented on shortcut keys, then user awareness of device state is improved, but system resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously updating the shortcut keys on the desktop with current device states. When a smart housing device changes its operational state, the corresponding shortcut key automatically reflects this change in real-time, providing immediate visual feedback to the user without requiring them to open the control application or check device status manually.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates visual copies of device states on the desktop shortcut keys. Instead of requiring users to access the full application to see device states, the system maintains simplified visual representations (copies) of device states directly on the desktop shortcuts, providing real-time information about device status without the overhead of maintaining full application interfaces.
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AI summary
A method for adjusting an operating state of a smart housing device includes monitoring a device list in a control application on a mobile terminal. The control application is configured to control the smart housing device. The method further includes, when an instruction for creating a shortcut key for controlling the smart housing device is detected, creating the shortcut key on a desktop of the mobile terminal and adjusting an operating state of the smart housing device in response to actuation of the shortcut key.