Touch Panel Floor Plan Overlay for Remote Electric Curtain Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote control and monitoring technologies for home devices are cumbersome, requiring multiple steps and separate operation screens for each device, especially for electric curtains and blinds, which complicates operations like partial opening or closing and limits display area efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A touch panel display-based control method that overlays an operation screen with a curtain image on a floor plan, allowing pinch-out or pinch-in operations to control electric curtains and blinds, enabling remote opening, closing, and partial adjustments with a single interface, reducing the number of steps and optimizing display space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If separate operation screens are used for each device, then device control functionality is provided, but operation steps increase and display area efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the operation screen and floor plan into a single integrated display. The operation screen is overlaid on top of the floor plan, allowing users to control devices and view spatial information simultaneously without switching between separate screens, thus reducing operation steps while maintaining display area efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated display serves multiple functions: it displays the floor plan for spatial orientation, shows operation screens for device control, and provides state confirmation all in one view. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate dedicated screens for each function
2Loss of information
If multiple separate screens are used for device control and state confirmation, then complete information is provided, but display resource utilization decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the operation screen displaying device control options with the state confirmation screen showing current device status and floor plan information into a single overlaid display, ensuring all information is available simultaneously without requiring multiple separate screens
Solution Approach 2:
The operation screen is positioned in a different visual layer (overlay) on top of the floor plan, creating a layered display structure that accommodates multiple information types in the same physical display area without interfering with each other
3Ease of operation
If detailed operation screens are displayed separately, then control precision is improved, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The floor plan is displayed in advance as the background layer, providing spatial context before device operation begins. This preliminary display of spatial information helps users understand device locations and relationships before interacting with control options
Data Source
AI summary
A control method according to the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display a display screen on the touch panel display, the display screen representing a floor plan of a building; display device icons representing target devices on the display screen representing the floor plan, the device icons including an icon representing an electric curtain device capable of opening and closing a curtain through a remote operation; display an operation screen including an image representing the curtain of the electric curtain device as overlapped on the display screen representing the floor plan, when selection of the icon representing the electric curtain device is sensed; and output a first open control command to the network when a pinch-out operation is sensed on the operation screen, the first open control command being for opening the curtain of the electric curtain device corresponding to the selected icon.