Spatial Information Output Method for Smart Home Space Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing space information output methods do not consider the use of each space in connection with devices or installations in a building, making manual room partitioning in smart homes inefficient and complicated.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that acquire spatial information including division and device-installation information, associate use information with division information, and generate and output second spatial information to automatically set the use of each space, utilizing device-installation information from building blueprints for efficient space management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual room partitioning is performed in smart homes, then space information can be obtained, but the process becomes inefficient and complicated

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveefficiency of space information acquisitionVSAvoidcomplexity of room partitioning process

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses building blueprints as a copy or representation of the actual building structure to automatically extract spatial information. Instead of manually partitioning rooms in the physical space, the system copies the building layout from blueprints and processes this digital representation to obtain space information, thereby improving efficiency and reducing complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of room partitioning with an automated information processing system. The system uses computational methods to extract division information, device-installation information, and generate space use information automatically, substituting human manual operations with automated processing

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Adaptability or versatility

If space use information is set manually without considering devices, then the process is simple, but the connection between space use and devices/installations is not established

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconnection between space use and devicesVSAvoidcomplexity of space information processing

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple types of information (division information from blueprints, device-installation information, and space use information) into integrated spatial information. This combination establishes the connection between space use and devices by consolidating related data structures and associations into a unified framework

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces spatial information as an intermediary data structure that connects division information with device-installation information. This intermediary layer facilitates the association between physical spaces and devices by providing a structured representation that links architectural divisions with installed equipment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20240143857A1Spatial information output method, spatial information output device, and computer-readable recording medium recording a program

Publication Date: 2024.05.02 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORP OF AMERICA

AI summary

An information processing apparatus acquires first spatial information including division information indicative of divisions in a building and device-installation information indicative of a device or an installation disposed in a division; acquires space use information associating the device-installation information and use information indicative of a space use in connection with a device or an installation disposed in a space with each other; generates second spatial information by associating the use information with the division information included in the first spatial information on the basis of the space use information; and outputs the second spatial information.