Mobile Terminal UWB Pointing Control for Smart Home Equipment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smart home equipment without built-in ultra-wideband positioning devices cannot be efficiently controlled using mobile terminals, leading to cumbersome and unintelligent control experiences.
Innovation Solution
An equipment control method and apparatus that utilize an external ultra-wideband positioning device installed on smart home equipment, allowing mobile terminals to position and bind with these devices, creating a control interface for intuitive and automatic operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If smart home equipment does not have built-in ultra-wideband positioning devices, then manufacturing cost and device complexity are reduced, but control efficiency and intelligence are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning function is segmented from the smart home equipment and implemented as an external ultra-wideband positioning device. This allows the equipment to achieve positioning capability without having the positioning device built-in, thus reducing device complexity while maintaining control efficiency through the external positioning system.
Solution Approach 2:
The external ultra-wideband positioning device acts as an intermediary between the mobile terminal and the smart home equipment. It enables the mobile terminal to locate and identify the equipment without requiring the equipment to have built-in positioning capabilities, thereby improving control efficiency while keeping the equipment structure simple.
2Device complexity
If manual selection and control of smart home equipment is used, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation and user convenience are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service control where the mobile terminal automatically identifies and selects the target smart home equipment through ultra-wideband positioning technology. The user simply needs to point the mobile terminal at the equipment, and the system automatically establishes control without requiring manual selection from lists or complex navigation, greatly improving ease of operation while keeping the control system relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The external ultra-wideband positioning device performs preliminary positioning and identification actions before the user needs to control the equipment. By pre-establishing the spatial relationship and binding between the positioning device and the smart home equipment, the system prepares the control pathway in advance, so when the user points the mobile terminal, the control interface is already ready for immediate interaction.
3Device complexity
If traditional control methods without positioning technology are used, then device complexity is reduced, but measurement precision of equipment location is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning function is separated into an external ultra-wideband positioning device that can be independently optimized for precision without adding complexity to the smart home equipment itself. This segmented approach allows the positioning system to achieve high measurement precision through specialized hardware while the equipment remains simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical or manual positioning methods with ultra-wideband electromagnetic positioning technology. This substitution enables precise measurement of equipment location and distance through electromagnetic signal timing, achieving high measurement precision without the mechanical complexity of physical positioning systems.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables precise and intelligent control of smart home equipment by automatically selecting and controlling devices with external ultra-wideband positioning, enhancing operation efficiency and user convenience.
Implementation Method 1
external ultra-wideband positioning device having a binding relationship with the equipment to be controlled
Data Source
AI summary
An equipment control method, applied to a mobile terminal, includes: positioning, in response to the mobile terminal pointing to equipment to be controlled in which an external ultra-wideband positioning device is installed, the external ultra-wideband positioning device, the external ultra-wideband positioning device having a binding relationship with the equipment to be controlled; determining the equipment to be controlled that is bound to the external ultra-wideband positioning device based on the binding relationship, in response to positioning to the external ultra-wideband positioning device; and retrieving and displaying a control interface of the equipment to be controlled that matches the equipment to be controlled. When the terminal points to the equipment to be controlled, it can automatically select and control the equipment to be controlled in which an external ultra-wideband positioning device is installed, such that the equipment that originally had no ultra-wideband positioning control can be controlled automatically and intelligently.