Terminal Power Control Using Standardized Usage Scores

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing power control methods for electronic devices do not adequately consider the user's environment or power saving efficiency, leading to inefficient power usage.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus that classifies terminal devices into types based on power usage, generates power standardization distribution data, identifies power standard scores, and prioritizes power control based on these scores to optimize power usage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of energy

If power control is performed based on preset rules, then power consumption can be reduced through mode switching, but the method cannot reflect user-specific use environment or power saving efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower consumptionVSAvoiduser environment adaptation
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms fixed preset power control rules into dynamic control parameters based on standardized power scores. Each terminal device's power usage is converted into a standardized score that reflects actual power saving efficiency, allowing the system to adapt control strategies to user-specific environments and device characteristics rather than applying uniform preset rules

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring actual power usage, comparing it with standardized distribution data, and adjusting power control priorities based on the calculated power standard scores. This feedback loop enables the system to learn from actual power consumption patterns and improve power saving efficiency over time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If power control priority is determined uniformly, then implementation is simple, but power saving efficiency varies across different device types and usage patterns

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower saving efficiencyVSAvoidpower control mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments terminal devices into different types (mobile devices, fixed devices, wearables, etc.) and establishes separate standardized distribution data for each category. This segmentation allows the system to apply tailored power control strategies to each device type based on its specific usage patterns and power characteristics, improving overall power saving efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies local quality by creating device-type-specific power standard scores rather than using a single uniform standard. Each device type has its own standardized distribution data and scoring criteria, allowing power control priorities to be optimized for local device characteristics and usage environments

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Loss of energy

If detailed power usage monitoring is implemented for each device, then power saving efficiency improves, but system complexity and processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower usage optimizationVSAvoidsystem processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates standardized distribution data copies for each device type based on aggregated power usage patterns. Instead of processing raw power usage data from every device individually, the system uses standardized score copies that represent typical power consumption characteristics for each device category, significantly reducing processing complexity while maintaining optimization effectiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS12452799B2Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof
Publication Date: 2025.10.21 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A control method of an electronic apparatus may include receiving power usage from a plurality of terminal devices; classifying the plurality of terminal devices into a plurality of types, and generating power standardization distribution data by types of the classified terminal device; identifying a power standard score of each terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices based on the power usage of each of the plurality of devices included in a preset group and power standardization distribution data corresponding to each of the plurality of devices; identifying a priority of power control of each of the plurality of devices included in the preset group based on the identified power standard score; and identifying at least one device among a plurality of devices included in the preset group based on the identified priority and transmitting a control signal for power use to the identified device.