Water Purifier Control System for Multi-User Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Water purifiers face challenges in providing customized services to multiple users in shared environments, such as offices, due to limitations in user and container identification and water quantity management.
Innovation Solution
A water purifier control system that includes a database and a processor connected to a camera module, which captures user and container information to determine and manage water quantity settings, providing stored or default settings based on user and container identification, and updates actual usage data for adaptive service delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If water purifiers provide customized services for each user, then user convenience is improved, but the system complexity increases due to multiple users and containers
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically identifies users and containers through image recognition, retrieves pre-stored water quantity preferences from the database, and dispenses water without requiring manual user input. The system serves itself by autonomously completing the entire water dispensing process based on captured images and stored data.
Solution Approach 2:
User information and container information are pre-stored in the database before actual water dispensing occurs. When a user places a container under the outlet, the system quickly retrieves pre-stored water quantity data rather than requiring real-time decision-making, thereby simplifying the operational process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system stores water quantity information for multiple user-container combinations, then service customization is improved, but the database size and information management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates simplified data records in the database that contain only essential information (user identifier, container identifier, and water quantity preference) rather than storing comprehensive user profiles. This copying approach allows quick retrieval and matching during water dispensing while minimizing storage requirements and management complexity.
3Extent of automation
If the system uses image recognition to identify users and containers, then automated service delivery is improved, but the device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The camera module serves as an intermediary that captures visual information and converts it into identifiable data patterns. These patterns are then matched against stored user and container information in the database, enabling automated identification without requiring complex real-time analysis of detailed image features.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a water purifier control method and module, and a water purifier system using same, which can provide customized services for each of multiple users. The water purifier system according to the present invention can provide user-customized services according to a container (for example, a cup) that a user intends to use, and can provide specific-user-dedicated customized services even though the water purifier system can be used by the multiple users.