Voice-Controlled Task Pre-Setting for Sequential Process Execution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inefficiency when providing point-by-point voice instructions for multiple processes, as existing devices require registering tasks collectively, limiting the ability to pre-set and execute next tasks before the current one is completed.
Innovation Solution
A managing device with a display, inputter, selector, executor, and state changer that allows users to select and execute processes while displaying pre-settable tasks for execution after the current task is completed, enabling improved work efficiency by allowing concurrent task execution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users provide point-by-point voice instructions for multiple processes, then the device can execute processes in order, but the user burden increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The device displays future executable processes in advance before the user provides voice instructions. This allows users to see what processes will be executed and prepare voice instructions more efficiently, reducing the cognitive burden of managing multiple processes sequentially
2Productivity
If users must wait for current task completion before pre-setting next task, then task execution order is controlled, but work efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The device allows users to pre-set voice instructions for future processes while previous processes are still executing. The display shows which processes have been pre-set and their execution timing, enabling users to prepare multiple tasks in advance without waiting for each to complete, thereby improving overall work efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The device maintains continuous process execution by allowing overlapping preparation of multiple tasks. While the executor runs current processes, the display and inputter remain active for receiving pre-setting instructions for subsequent processes, ensuring no idle time between tasks
3Loss of information
If the device displays all executable processes, then user has full information, but user selection becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The display differentiates between currently executable processes and pre-set future processes using distinct visual presentations. This local differentiation helps users quickly identify which processes can be executed now versus which are scheduled later, making selection easier while maintaining complete information display
Solution Approach 2:
The display segments processes into different categories: currently executable processes, pre-set processes waiting for execution, and processes not yet pre-set. This segmentation organizes the information hierarchy, allowing users to navigate and select processes more efficiently without being overwhelmed by the complete list
Data Source
AI summary
A managing device (10) includes: a display (11) that displays, as a selectable object, a process executable under a current state; an inputter (12) that accepts an inputting with voice; a selector (13) which compares the displayed process with the inputting accepted while the selectable object is being displayed, and which selects any one of the displayed processes; an executor (14) that executes the selected process; and a state changer (15) that changes the current state to a new state based on the current state and a result of the selected process upon completion of the selected process. When the selected process starts, the display (11) displays, as a pre-settable object, a process becoming executable in a state prospectively changed upon completion of the selected process.