Equipment control system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing device control systems that use sound inputs for controlling multiple devices are cumbersome to operate, difficult to reproduce comfortable environments, and lack the ability to calm users down when they are angry. Additionally, these systems often require user input for power consumption settings and do not effectively utilize sequential device operations.
Innovation Solution
A device control system that includes a setting assisting apparatus, which uses a sound input reception unit, a sound input analysis section, and a specific control storage section to associate keywords with control commands and register specific controls. This system also includes an environment control system that adjusts environments using target environment control devices and an air conditioning system that detects anger terms in user sounds to control conditioned air.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If individual devices are controlled separately through sound inputs, then each device can be precisely controlled, but the operation becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges control of multiple devices into a single group that can be controlled by one sound input. The system allows users to define groups of devices and control them collectively, reducing the number of separate control operations needed while maintaining individual device controllability when necessary.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system provides universal control capabilities that work across different device types and control scenarios. A single sound input interface can control individual devices, groups of devices, or reproduce entire environmental settings, making the system adaptable to various operational needs without requiring separate control mechanisms.
2Reliability
If the system stores detailed specific control settings for reproducing environments, then environment reproduction accuracy improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates simplified copies of environmental states by storing control settings as reproducible profiles. Instead of managing complex individual device configurations, the system captures the overall environment state and reproduces it through stored profiles, maintaining accuracy while reducing complexity through abstraction.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis and organization of control settings when creating environment profiles. By pre-processing and structuring the control data during profile creation, the system simplifies subsequent reproduction operations while ensuring accurate environment recreation without requiring complex real-time processing.
3Measurement precision
If the system requests user input for power consumption permission, then control accuracy improves, but usability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms that learn from user responses to permission requests. By analyzing user decisions regarding power consumption permissions over time, the system adapts its behavior to anticipate user preferences, reducing the frequency of explicit permission requests while maintaining accurate control according to user preferences.
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AI summary
A setting facilitation apparatus (1400) includes a keyword input reception section (1410), a control command selection section (1420), and a specific control registration section (1430) and is used to facilitate setting of specific control in a control system (1001) that controls a control device through sound inputs. The keyword input reception section (1410) receives an input of information corresponding to a keyword. The control command selection section (1420) displays a certain control command to the control device (1010, 1020) on an edit screen (G) and receives selection of the control command. The specific control registration section (1430) registers a keyword (K) input by the keyword input reception section (1410) and the control command selected by the control command selection section (1420) to a specific control (DB 1104T) while associating the keyword and the control command with each other.