Browser-Linked Hardware Control Using URL Navigation Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Students and users face difficulties in linking digital media with physical projects due to the requirement of dedicated software or coding skills, making it effort-intensive and beyond their knowledge to create interactive presentations.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses a microcontroller and a computing device with a browser to associate digital media with physical devices through URL data, allowing for bidirectional control of hardware devices and URL navigation using a lookup table for easy integration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If dedicated software or coding is used to link digital media with physical devices, then the functionality and interactivity are improved, but the complexity and difficulty of operation increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces URL data as an intermediary that bridges the gap between physical hardware devices and digital media. Instead of requiring direct coding connections, the system uses URL parameters to carry device identifiers and control commands, allowing users to interact with hardware through simple web browser navigation without needing programming knowledge.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/coding-based control system with a web-based URL navigation system. Complex hardware control protocols are substituted with standard web browsing actions (clicking links, navigating URLs), making the system accessible to non-programmers while maintaining full hardware control capability.
2Extent of automation
If dedicated software is used to control hardware devices, then the control functionality is improved, but the device complexity and software requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the web browser a universal control interface that can operate any connected hardware device through standardized URL parameters. Instead of requiring separate dedicated software for each device, a single web browser implementation provides control over multiple devices, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining full automation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables hardware devices to be controlled through self-service mechanisms where the web browser automatically interprets URL parameters and executes appropriate control actions. The lookup table automatically matches URL parameters with device identifiers and control commands, eliminating the need for manual software configuration or complex programming by the user.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for associating digital media with physical device. A method for controlling a hardware state input based on uniform resource locator (URL) data can include identifying URL data associated with a web browser, comparing the identified URL data to stored URL data, identifying stored hardware device data based on the comparison, generating a control signal based on the determined hardware device data, and/or transmitting the control signal to a microcontroller communicatively coupled to a hardware device. The microcontroller can adjust a hardware state of the hardware device based on the received control signal. A method for navigating to a URL location based on hardware device data can include receiving hardware device data from a microcontroller communicatively coupled to a hardware device, comparing the received hardware device data with stored hardware device data, identifying URL data based on the comparison, and causing a browser to navigate to a URL location based on the URL data.