Wearable Device Synchronizing Home Appliance Modes

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face inconvenience in adjusting and synchronizing the operation modes of multiple home appliances of the same kind, as modern appliances involve numerous parameters, requiring individual adjustments which can be time-consuming and cumbersome.

Innovation Solution

A wearable device that receives operation mode information from one home appliance and sends it to another of the same kind, allowing them to operate in the same mode, thereby simplifying the process by eliminating the need for manual adjustment of each appliance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual adjustment of each home appliance is performed, then each appliance can be controlled individually, but the operation process becomes time-consuming and cumbersome

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a wearable device as an intermediary between multiple home appliances of the same type. The wearable device receives operation mode information from one appliance and automatically transmits it to other appliances, eliminating the need for manual adjustment of each appliance individually. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by automating the control process while maintaining individual appliance controllability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The wearable device copies the operation mode information from one home appliance and replicates it to other appliances of the same type. Instead of manually configuring each appliance, the system creates copies of the operation parameters across multiple devices, significantly reducing the time and effort required while ensuring consistent operation modes across all appliances.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple home appliances are controlled individually, then each appliance's parameters can be adjusted precisely, but the control process becomes complex and troublesome

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveparameter adjustment capabilityVSAvoidcontrol process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the control functions of multiple home appliances into a single wearable device. By combining the parameter adjustment capabilities across multiple appliances and centralizing them in the wearable device, the system maintains full adaptability for precise parameter control while dramatically simplifying the control process. The wearable device acts as a unified control interface for all appliances.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentEP3131079B1Home appliance control method and device, computer program and recording medium
Publication Date: 2020.04.29 XIAOMI INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure is related to a home appliance control method and device, a computer program and a recording medium. The method is applicable to a wearable device and comprises: receiving operation mode information from a home appliance, wherein the operation mode information indicates a current operation mode of the home appliance; and sending the operation mode information to another home appliance to cause said another home appliance to operate in the operation mode. By implementing the home appliance control method and device according to the present disclosure, a wearable device can receive from a home appliance operation mode information, and then send the same to another home appliance to cause said another home appliance to operate in the operation mode of the home appliance. In this manner, multiple home appliances in a user's house can operate in the same operation mode without having to adjust operation modes of the home appliances one by one, thereby simplifying the user's operations.