Electronic Device Wearable Control Authority Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices lack an efficient method to control their functions through a wearable device with a control user interface (UI), limiting seamless interaction and control authority between wearable devices and electronic devices.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with a communication interface, display, speaker, memory, and a processor that identifies whether a connected wearable device has a control UI function, requests control authority, maps the wearable device's control UI with the electronic device's functions, and controls the device based on user interaction from the wearable device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a wearable device is connected to control electronic device functions, then user interaction convenience is improved, but control authority and security may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication and capability verification when the wearable device connects to the electronic device. The electronic device identifies whether the wearable device has a control UI function and requests control authority before allowing control operations, ensuring security is established in advance rather than during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic device acts as an intermediary between the wearable device and the controlled functions. It receives control inputs from the wearable device, verifies control authority, identifies corresponding control UIs, and then executes appropriate control operations, mediating the interaction to maintain both convenience and security.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device supports control through multiple wearable devices with control UI functions, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic device implements a universal control authority management system that can handle multiple wearable devices with different control UI functions. The processor identifies control UI functions generically across different wearable device types and manages control authority through a standardized process, enabling multi-device compatibility without proportionally increasing complexity.
3Reliability
If the electronic device implements comprehensive control authority verification, then security is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
Control authority verification is performed preliminarily during the connection and setup phase rather than during each control operation. The electronic device identifies whether the wearable device has control UI functions and establishes control authority in advance, so that subsequent control operations can execute quickly without repeated verification overhead.
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AI summary
An electronic device and a control method thereof are disclosed. The method includes based on identifying that a wearable device has a control UI function, controlling at least one of the display or the speaker to provide a request for identifying whether the wearable device has control authority associated with at least one function of the electronic device; based on identifying that the wearable device has the control authority, identifying a first control UI of the wearable device corresponding to the at least one function of the electronic device; displaying a GUI for the at least one function of the electronic device and a GUI for the first control UI, and in response to receiving user interaction information input from the wearable device and associated with the first control UI, controlling the electronic device based on the user interaction information and the at least one function of the electronic device.