Virtual Room Control for Accurate Smart Home Device Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current smart home devices often lead to incorrect selection and high misoperation rates due to disordered displays of multiple devices on a terminal interface, making it difficult for users to accurately control the intended device.
Innovation Solution
A control method that establishes a virtual usage scenario with virtual rooms and devices, allowing users to switch and bind smart home devices to specific rooms through voice commands or intuitive visual interfaces, reducing the complexity of re-binding operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple smart home devices are displayed on the terminal interface in a menu and sub-menu form, then all devices can be accessed, but the display becomes disordered and incorrect selection may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display interface by creating virtual rooms (e.g., living room, bedroom, kitchen) as separate containers. Each smart home device is assigned to a specific virtual room, dividing the overall device list into spatially organized groups. This segmentation allows users to access all devices while reducing selection errors through location-based organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces virtual rooms as intermediary elements between users and smart home devices. Instead of directly listing all devices, the system uses virtual rooms as a mediating layer that organizes devices by their physical locations. This intermediary structure resolves the conflict between comprehensive device access and accurate device selection.
2Measurement precision
If smart home devices are re-bound to different rooms, then device placement accuracy can be improved, but the re-binding operation becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing virtual rooms with their respective locations and characteristics before device binding. When a user needs to re-bind a device, the system has already prepared the target room structure, allowing the user to simply select the desired room without complex configuration steps. This pre-prepared structure simplifies the re-binding operation while maintaining placement accuracy.
3Productivity
If voice commands are used for switching operations, then operation speed can be improved, but voice recognition accuracy requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter space for voice recognition by using predefined room names and device names as fixed options. Instead of requiring the system to recognize arbitrary voice commands, the voice input only needs to match against a limited set of known identifiers. This parameter constraint reduces the voice recognition accuracy threshold while maintaining fast switching operations.
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AI summary
Disclosed in the present disclosure are a control method for a smart home device and a terminal device. The control method comprises establishing a virtual usage scenario, wherein the virtual usage scenario comprises at least one virtual room, each of the at least one virtual room is bound to at least one virtual smart home device; acquiring a switching operation performed by a user for the virtual usage scenario, wherein the switching operation corresponds to a first virtual smart home device in the virtual usage scenario, and is used for switching the first virtual smart home device from a first virtual room where the first virtual smart home device is located to a second virtual room; and arranging the first virtual smart home device to the second virtual room according to the switching operation.