Augmented Reality Asset Guidance from Distributed Tape Nodes
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Solution Overview
Problem
In scenarios where a large number of assets are stored, it is difficult to quickly identify and respond to emergent events such as fires or hazardous conditions, leading to potential significant damage before detection.
Innovation Solution
A wireless sensing system using adhesive tape nodes equipped with environmental sensors and low-power wireless communication interfaces that capture and transmit data, compute environmental differentials, and notify users when thresholds are exceeded, guiding them to the event using augmented reality overlays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If traditional manual monitoring methods are used in large storage facilities, then operational simplicity is maintained, but detection speed and response time to emergent events deteriorate significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the large storage facility into multiple zones, each monitored by distributed tape nodes with environmental sensors. These nodes are placed throughout the facility to capture local environmental data independently, enabling parallel detection across the entire space and significantly improving detection speed without requiring a single complex centralized system
Solution Approach 2:
The tape nodes autonomously capture environmental data, compute differentials between adjacent nodes, and generate notifications when thresholds are exceeded. This self-service capability eliminates the need for continuous human monitoring while maintaining simple operation through automated threshold-based alerts, improving detection speed without proportionally increasing system complexity
2Reliability
If distributed sensing nodes are deployed throughout the facility, then detection coverage and response capability improve, but system complexity and installation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The sensing system uses flexible adhesive tape nodes that can be easily applied to surfaces throughout the facility. This tape-based form factor allows for simple installation without complex mounting hardware or electrical connections, enabling reliable distributed sensing coverage while maintaining ease of deployment and operation
Solution Approach 2:
The tape nodes are designed as universal sensing units that can be deployed in various locations and configurations within the facility. Each node performs multiple functions including environmental sensing, wireless communication, and local data processing, allowing the same device to provide reliable detection across diverse areas without requiring location-specific customization that would complicate installation
3Reliability
If real-time environmental monitoring is implemented across all assets, then early detection of hazardous events improves, but energy consumption and operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic environmental monitoring rather than continuous monitoring, with tape nodes capturing data at scheduled intervals. This periodic action maintains reliable event detection capability while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring, as nodes can enter low-power states between measurement cycles
Solution Approach 2:
The tape nodes compute environmental differentials and compare readings against predetermined thresholds in advance, generating notifications only when anomalies are detected. This preliminary processing approach maintains high detection reliability by identifying events before they escalate, while reducing overall energy consumption by avoiding continuous transmission and processing of normal baseline data
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AI summary
A wireless sensing system includes a first tape node and a second tape node. The first tape node has a low-power wireless-communications interface and an environmental sensor operable to capture and transmit a first set of environmental data of at least one environmental characteristic to the second tape node. The second node includes an environmental sensor, a low-power wireless-communication interface, a first processor, and a first memory communicatively coupled with the first processor, the first memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to: capture a second set of environmental data; compute an environmental differential between the first set of environmental data and the second set of environmental data; compare the environmental differential to a predetermined environmental threshold; and transmit a notification to a client application of the wireless sensing system running on a client device of the wireless sensing system when the environmental differential exceeds the predetermined environmental threshold.