Electronic Device Control Modes for Single-Remote Multi-Device Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience in controlling multiple electronic devices due to the need for separate remote control devices for each device, lacking a unified control solution.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with a communication interface, memory, and processors that identify control signals from a remote control device, determine the appropriate control mode, and transmit corresponding control information to the target device or a server for unified control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a separate remote control device is prepared for each electronic device, then each device can be controlled reliably, but the user must manage multiple remote controls which increases operational complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the control functionality for multiple electronic devices into a single remote control device. The remote control contains control information for multiple different devices and can switch between different control modes to send appropriate control signals to different target devices, eliminating the need for users to manage multiple separate remote controls.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote control device is designed with universal functionality to control multiple types of electronic devices. It includes storage for control information corresponding to multiple different devices and can adapt its control mode based on the identified target device, making one remote control serve multiple purposes.
2Device complexity
If control information for multiple devices is integrated into one remote control, then remote control management is simplified, but the remote control must identify the correct device and mode which increases system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The remote control device pre-stores control information for multiple different electronic devices before actual use. When a user wants to control a device, the remote control can switch between different control modes based on the identified target device, and transmit the pre-prepared control information in the appropriate mode, avoiding the need for complex real-time identification during control operations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the remote control switches between different control modes for different devices, then a single remote can control multiple devices, but the control signal transmission must be precisely targeted to avoid wrong device activation
Solution Approach 1:
The remote control device applies different control modes locally corresponding to different target devices. Each control mode is specifically tailored for a particular device type, and the remote control switches between these localized control modes based on which device the user intends to control, ensuring that the control signal characteristics match the specific requirements of each device.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication interface, memory storing one or more computer programs and control information corresponding to each of a plurality of external devices, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to identify, based on receiving a control signal from a remote control device through the communication interface, whether the electronic device is in a control mode for controlling a first external device among the plurality of external devices, identify, based on identifying that the electronic device is in the control mode for controlling the first external device, first control information corresponding to the first external device based on the information stored in the memory and the received control signal, and transmit the identified first control information to at least one of a server or the first external device through the communication interface.