Smart Screen Router Notification Routing for Remote Users
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smart home devices often fail to notify users of messages in a timely manner when the user is far away, leading to energy waste and inefficiencies in the intelligentization of smart home systems.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize a smart screen to determine the closest smart home device to both the user and the smart screen, using communication components and infrared detectors to activate and send notification messages, ensuring timely delivery of messages regardless of the user's location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If smart home devices use local prompt tones for notifications, then the notification method is simple, but the user cannot receive notifications in time when far away from the device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a router as an intermediary device to relay notifications from smart home devices to the user's terminal device. When a smart home device generates a notification, it is sent to the router which then forwards it to the user's smartphone or other terminal devices, ensuring the user receives notifications even when away from the original device location.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical acoustic notification system (local prompt tones) with an electronic digital notification system that transmits data through network infrastructure. Instead of relying on physical sound waves that require proximity, the system uses electronic signals transmitted via the router to deliver notifications to any connected terminal device.
2Loss of time
If smart home devices continuously monitor user location, then notification timing is accurate, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements location detection and notification routing in advance by having the router continuously monitor which terminal devices are connected and their locations. When a smart home device generates a notification, the router has already determined the appropriate target terminal device based on pre-established location information, eliminating the need for continuous real-time location monitoring during notification events.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows terminal devices to self-register their locations and connection statuses with the router. Each terminal device automatically provides its location information to the router, which then uses this information to route notifications appropriately, eliminating the need for active location monitoring by smart home devices.
3Reliability
If multiple notification channels are implemented, then notification reliability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the router a universal notification hub that handles multiple notification channels and device types through a single platform. The router can simultaneously manage notifications to smartphones, tablets, computers, and other terminal devices using a unified notification routing mechanism, eliminating the need for separate notification systems for each device type.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows users to receive notifications promptly, reducing energy waste and improving user experience by quickly locating the smart screen and processing smart home device notifications, even when the user is not in close proximity.
Implementation Method 1
a start signal is sent to infrared detectors installed in respective rooms so as to activate the infrared detectors, according to a location of the user acquired by an infrared detector
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are a method for notifying a message of a smart home based on a smart screen, an apparatus, and a smart screen. The method includes: receiving a notification message sent by a smart home device waiting to be processed by a user; determining, by means of a communication component of a smart screen, a first smart home device closest to the smart screen, so as to determine a location of the smart screen by means of the first smart home device; and starting infrared detectors installed in respective rooms, determining, according to a location of the user acquired by an infrared detector, a second smart home device closest to the user, and then using the second smart home device to send the notification message and the location of the smart screen to the user.