TV Infographics Agent for Smart Assistant Visual Backup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smart assistants often fail to understand user queries, providing incorrect or no responses, and lack visual representations, making it difficult for users to comprehend information effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that includes a software agent in electronic devices, such as smart TVs, to capture wake words and requests from smart assistants, sending them to response servers for processing, which provide both visual infographics and audio responses, ensuring accurate information delivery even when smart assistants fail.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If smart assistants provide only verbal responses, then the system complexity is reduced, but the ease of understanding and information delivery is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines verbal responses from smart assistants with visual infographic representations into a unified response delivery system. The electronic device receives both audio and visual responses, merging multiple communication modalities to enhance user understanding while managing system complexity through integrated processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a visual dimension to the traditionally audio-only smart assistant responses. By converting verbal information into graphical infographics, charts, and visual representations, the system enhances information delivery by adding a spatial and visual dimension to the response modality.
2Speed
If the electronic device is always powered on to provide infographics, then the responsiveness is improved, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic device operates in periodic cycles, switching between low-power sleep mode and active processing mode. The device activates only when triggered by specific events (voice commands, notifications, scheduled tasks) and returns to sleep mode otherwise, achieving periodic operation that balances responsiveness with energy conservation.
Solution Approach 2:
The device performs preliminary actions by pre-loading necessary software agents, maintaining network connectivity in low-power states, and preparing processing routines in advance. This allows the device to transition quickly from sleep mode to active mode when needed, improving responsiveness without requiring continuous full-power operation.
3Reliability
If the software agent processes all requests locally, then the response accuracy is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the processing architecture into multiple components: local software agents for initial processing and filtering, cloud-based servers for complex computations, and the electronic device for integration. This segmentation distributes complexity across multiple levels, improving response accuracy through specialized processing while preventing any single device from becoming overly complex.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary components including software agents that act as mediators between the user, local device, and cloud services. These intermediaries preprocess requests, filter information, and coordinate between different system levels, improving response accuracy through multiple processing layers while managing complexity through modular architecture.
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AI summary
An electronic device includes one or more processors for executing instructions. A communication device detects wake words and instructions from a smart assistant. Upon detecting wake words, the communication device generates a detection signal. An infographics agent is coupled to the communication device and generates a control signal in response to the detection signal. A power controller is coupled to the infographics agent and the one or more processors and provides a power control signal in response to the control signal, where the power control signal changes the power setting of the electronic device from a low power state to a full power state. When the electronic device is in the full power state, it sends and receives graphical data relating to the instructions and displays received graphical data.