Spatial Smart Home Control for Area-Based Device Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional smart home systems require high initial operational costs and inefficient device management due to scene-based centralized control, necessitating cumbersome searches for target devices, leading to poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
A device control method that utilizes spatial information displayed on a control device interface, allowing users to define area ranges through control operations, enabling precise control of target devices by determining first and target area ranges based on user inputs, including touch and voice commands, and adapting to device orientation changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If scene-based centralized control mode is adopted to control multiple smart home devices, then device control efficiency is improved, but user operation complexity increases and initial operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the spatial environment into multiple area ranges (first area range, second area range, etc.) based on user control operations. Each area range independently corresponds to specific electronic devices, allowing users to control devices in different spatial zones separately rather than managing all devices through a single scene mode. This segmentation reduces operation complexity while maintaining control efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a spatial dimension (area ranges) to the device control interface, transforming the traditional flat scene-based control into a multi-dimensional spatial control system. By mapping devices to specific spatial areas and allowing users to select areas on a display interface, the system adds a geographic dimension to control operations, making device selection more intuitive and reducing operational complexity.
2Productivity
If scene-based centralized control mode is used, then multiple devices can be controlled in one operation, but users need to perform cumbersome search operations to locate target devices
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes the correspondence between area ranges and electronic devices before user control operations. The display interface is configured in advance to show multiple area ranges with their associated devices, so when users perform control operations, they can directly select from the pre-organized spatial areas rather than searching through all devices. This preliminary organization of spatial information eliminates device search time.
3Ease of operation
If traditional device management interface is used, then device control functionality is provided, but operation costs are high and operations are complex due to insufficient intelligence
Solution Approach 1:
The control device automatically determines the target area range based on user control operations without requiring users to manually search or configure device groupings. The system intelligently processes user inputs (touch operations, voice commands, gestures) and autonomously identifies the corresponding spatial area and its associated devices, making the control process simple for users while the system handles the complexity of device management and spatial mapping.
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AI summary
This application provides a device control method, a control device, a system, a readable storage medium, and a chip, relating to the field of smart home technologies. The method is applied to a control device, and includes: displaying a display interface including spatial information, where the spatial information includes at least one area range; determining a first area range from the at least one area range based on a first control operation; determining a target area range from the at least one area range based on a second control operation and the first area range, where the first area range is the same as or different from the target area range; and controlling a corresponding electronic device in the target area range based on the second control operation.