Wireless Controller With Plant-Like Indicator For Voice Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home appliances cannot be easily integrated with Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, making it difficult to remotely control them using voice, motion, or image commands.
Innovation Solution
A wireless controller with a plant-like design that includes a voice recognition unit, control unit, communication unit, and indicator, allowing users to control external devices through voice commands and providing visual feedback through motion or image displays, using methods like W-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, RF, or IR communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing home appliances are integrated with IoT technologies, then remote control capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a separate wireless controller as an intermediary device that handles all IoT communication and processing functions. The controller includes a voice recognition unit, control unit, and communication unit that mediate between the user and the home appliance, allowing the appliance itself to remain simple without embedded IoT complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into two independent parts: a simple home appliance and a sophisticated wireless controller. The controller contains all the complex IoT technologies including voice recognition, motion detection, and multiple communication protocols, while the appliance only needs basic receiver functionality
2Ease of operation
If voice recognition unit is added to wireless controller, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless controller is designed as a multi-functional device that combines voice recognition, motion detection, image processing, and multiple communication protocols (WIFI, Bluetooth, ZigBee, RF, IR) into a single universal remote control unit, eliminating the need for separate devices for each function
3Loss of information
If indicator showing motion is added to wireless controller, then feedback capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates an indicator that provides visual feedback to the user about the controller's operational state, recognized voice commands, and control signal transmission status. This feedback mechanism uses simple LED indicators rather than complex display systems to maintain ease of manufacture
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments disclosed herein provide a wireless controller which shows a voice, motion, or an image complying with or not complying with a user's command and controls an external device in accordance with the user's command. According to an embodiment, a wireless controller includes a main body provided in a shape of a flowerpot, and includes a voice recognition unit, a control unit generating a signal for controlling an object to be controlled, which is designated by a voice recognized in the voice recognition unit, in accordance with the voice, and a communication unit outputting the control signal generated in the control unit to the object to be controlled; and an indicator provided at the main body in a shape of at least one of a stem, a leaf, a flower, and a tree, and showing a motion corresponding to the voice recognized in the voice recognition unit.