Wearable Pairing via Visual Codes for Device Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in pairing and unpairing smart devices with similar form factors in IoT environments, as existing systems lack effective methods to distinguish between them, leading to confusion and difficulty in connecting or disconnecting specific devices.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that generate and display unique codes on smart wearable devices, allowing users to select and pair with specific devices through visual representations, facilitating identification and connection via a mobile device, and enabling unpairing by generating a disconnect request.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple smart devices with the same form factor are connected to a master device, then the quantity of connected devices increases, but it becomes difficult to identify and distinguish between individual devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by displaying unique visual codes (comprising colors, patterns, or animations) on each smart device's display screen. These visual codes serve as distinctive identifiers that allow users to easily differentiate between multiple devices of the same form factor. The master device receives pairing requests containing information about these visual codes, enabling precise identification and pairing with the intended device.
2Device complexity
If generic names are displayed for smart devices on the GUI, then the device complexity is reduced, but the precision of device identification decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces visual codes as an intermediary element between the device's generic identity and the user's identification needs. These visual codes act as a mediator that provides distinctive identification without requiring complex device names or detailed specifications. The master device uses these visual codes to accurately identify and pair with the specific smart device intended by the user.
3Ease of manufacture
If no unique identifier is displayed on smart devices, then the manufacturing process is simplified, but the ability to distinguish between devices is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring each smart device with a unique visual code that can be displayed on its screen. This visual code serves as a pre-established identifier that simplifies the pairing process. When a user wants to pair a device, they can visually identify it through its unique code and initiate pairing, eliminating the need for complex identification procedures during the pairing process.
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AI summary
An apparatus and method for establishing a pairing between a mobile device and a smart wearable device is provided. The method includes generating and assigning a unique code for each of the detected plurality of smart wearable devices respectively. The unique code is shared with all the connected smart devices/devices in the communicative range of the mobile device. The smart devices (having a display) receive the corresponding unique codes and display the code on their respective displays. A request to establish a pairing connection is generated in response to an activity of a user in respect of the at least one smart wearable device and a communication is established between the at least one smart wearable device and the mobile device displaying the same unique code.