Smart Platform Device with Autonomous Movement and Wireless Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smart platform devices lack the ability to autonomously move and provide services based on user commands and learned behaviors, limiting their functionality in dynamic environments such as households and offices.
Innovation Solution
A smart platform device equipped with a driving system, wireless communication module, power management circuit, and application program that allows for user-controlled movement and service provision, including voice commands, temperature control, and wireless charging, interconnected with a server system for enhanced functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If a smart platform device is made stationary with fixed charging sockets and storage spaces, then it provides stable power supply and storage functions, but it cannot autonomously move to provide services based on user commands
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple functions into a single mobile platform device, including wireless communication module for receiving commands, driving system for autonomous movement, power management circuit for power supply, and storage spaces for object placement. This multi-functional integration enables the device to autonomously move and provide diverse services while managing system complexity through unified design.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the smart platform device includes multiple functional modules (driving system, wireless communication, power management), then it can provide comprehensive services, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional modules into an integrated circuit system where the control circuit coordinates the driving circuit, wireless communication module, and power management circuit. This merging approach allows comprehensive service provision through unified control, reducing the operational complexity despite the presence of multiple functional components.
Solution Approach 2:
The power management circuit automatically manages power distribution from the power source device to various components based on system needs. The wireless communication module autonomously receives and processes commands, and the driving system self-regulates movement, reducing the need for complex external control mechanisms.
3Ease of operation
If the smart platform device is designed to move autonomously, then it can respond to user commands and provide mobile services, but it requires additional power consumption for the driving system
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic power management system where the power management circuit adjusts power distribution based on the operational state of the device. When the driving system is active for autonomous movement, power is allocated accordingly, and when stationary, power consumption is reduced. This dynamic approach enables user command responsiveness while optimizing energy usage based on actual operational needs.
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AI summary
A smart platform device (10), a circuit system and a smart system thereof are provided. A main body of the smart platform device includes a driving system configured to drive the smart platform device (10) moving, a platform (40) for placement of an object, one or more closed or open storage spaces (105, 103), a power source device, and the circuit system. In the circuit system, a control circuit (200) is configured to control operations of the smart platform device, such as driving the smart platform device to move in a space by a driving system, a wireless communication module (201) is configured to perform wireless communication, direction and distance probing to perform interior positioning, and interconnect to a user device (100) to control operations of the smart platform device (10). The smart platform device (10) includes a power management circuit (210) and a charging circuit (203, 203') configured to provide electric power supplied to the power source device.