Smart Socket Control of Air Conditioner Rapid Mode Activation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often forget to enable or disable the rapid cooling/heating functions of air conditioners, leading to inefficient use of the rapid working mode, resulting in lower enabling efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A smart socket system that determines when an air conditioner is turned on and sends a remote control signal to a server to query the enabled state of the rapid working mode, allowing the server to instruct the smart socket to control the air conditioner to run in the rapid mode if enabled, thereby automating the process and improving efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual control of rapid working mode is used, then user can enable/disable the function, but users often forget to enable or disable it leading to lower enabling efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by detecting the air conditioner's power-on state through the smart socket and automatically sending control signals to enable the rapid working mode before the user needs it. This eliminates the need for manual enablement and ensures the function is activated reliably when the air conditioner starts.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service by using the smart socket to automatically detect when the air conditioner is powered on and triggering the rapid working mode without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by monitoring its own operational state and automatically activating the appropriate working mode.
2Productivity
If automatic detection through smart socket is implemented, then enabling efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The smart socket serves as an intermediary device that bridges the air conditioner and the control system. It detects the power-on state and relays this information to trigger the rapid working mode, simplifying the overall system architecture by offloading detection functionality to a dedicated intermediary component rather than integrating complex detection logic into the air conditioner itself.
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AI summary
Methods and devices are provided for controlling an air conditioner in the technical field of smart home. The method includes that: a turning-on remote control signal sent by a smart socket is received, wherein the turning-on remote control signal is a signal generated and sent by the smart socket determining that an air conditioner is turned on, and the turning-on remote control signal contains an identifier of the smart socket. The smart socket may determine whether a rapid working mode of the air conditioner is enabled or not according to the identifier of the smart socket. When the rapid working mode of the air conditioner is enabled, a first remote control signal is sent to the smart socket, the first remote control signal being configured to instruct the smart socket to control the air conditioner to run with a working parameter of the rapid working mode.