Patent ID: 11949534
Assignee: INTER IKEA SYSTEMS B.V.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. An electronic device for controlling a smart device, the electronic device comprising:
an imaging sensor; and
circuitry configured to execute:
a user-furniture interaction activity identifying function configured to:
identify a user-furniture interaction activity of a user interacting with a home furnishing product by analyzing sensor data, captured by the imaging sensor, depicting a scene of the user interacting the home furnishing product;
read an optically readable code on the home furnishing product; and
determine a functional role of the home furnishing product based at least in part on the optically readable code on the home furnishing product;

a comparing function configured to:
select, based on the functional role of the home furnishing product, a set of predetermined user-furniture interaction activities, wherein the set of predetermined user-furniture interaction activities are associated with the functional role of the home furnishing product; and
compare the user-furniture interaction activity against the set of predetermined user-furniture interaction activities, and determine a specific predetermined user-furniture interaction activity among the set of predetermined user-furniture interaction activities, wherein each of the predetermined user-furniture interaction activities is associated with a rule of controlling a smart device; and

a controlling function configured to control the smart device in accordance with the rule associated with the specific predetermined user-furniture interaction activity.