State-Aware Manipulation Order for Multi-Device Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Device control systems that rely solely on lifestyle patterns may not be desirable for users with unique personalities, leading to decreased satisfaction and potential disuse.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that acquires and analyzes device information and user information to determine a manipulation order that adjusts based on the user's state, incorporating factors like age, health, and fatigue level to optimize the load on the user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If device control is determined only by lifestyle pattern, then device control automation is improved, but user satisfaction deteriorates due to ignoring unique user personality and state
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by transitioning from static lifestyle pattern-based control to dynamic state-aware control. The manipulation-order determining unit dynamically adjusts the manipulation order based on real-time user state information (fatigue level, health status, age) while maintaining the overall manipulation pattern, enabling the system to adapt to changing user conditions and maintain both automation and user satisfaction.
2Adaptability or versatility
If device control considers user state information, then user satisfaction is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional information processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the control system into distinct functional units: device-information acquiring unit, device-information analyzing unit, user-information acquiring unit, and manipulation-order determining unit. Each unit handles specific tasks independently, processing device information and user information separately before integrating them to determine manipulation order, thereby managing complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The manipulation-order determining unit acts as an intermediary that receives both device information and user state information, processes them together, and outputs the determined manipulation order. This intermediary component integrates multiple information sources without requiring complex direct interactions between all system components, simplifying the overall system architecture while enabling sophisticated decision-making.
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AI summary
A device control apparatus includes a device-information acquiring unit that acquires, from one or more devices, device information indicating at least manipulations performed by a user; a device-information analyzing unit that analyzes the device information to specify a manipulation pattern being a pattern in which the one or more devices are manipulated in a chronological sequence; a user-information acquiring unit that acquires user information indicating a state of the user; and a manipulation-order determining unit that determines an adopted manipulation order as a manipulation order from the manipulation pattern in such a manner that load on the user changes depending on the state of the user, the manipulation order being an order of manipulations to be performed in a chronological sequence on the one or more devices.