Beacon-Based Energy Supply Control With Pre-Manufactured Transmitters
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing energy supply systems face challenges in efficiently manufacturing and deploying beacon devices for weighing machines without prior installation determination, leading to increased lead time and manufacturing costs.
Innovation Solution
An energy supply system that includes an information processing apparatus, a supply device, a transmitter, and a user's terminal, where the apparatus acquires user identification and energy specifications, controls the supply device based on transmitter identification, and facilitates payment from the user's account, allowing for pre-manufactured transmitters and reduced lead time and costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the beacon device transmits weighing machine identification information, then the weighing machine can be identified and controlled, but the beacon device can be manufactured only after it is determined in which weighing machine it is to be installed
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the identification function from the weighing machine by using an independent beacon device that transmits identification information. The beacon device contains only the transmitter component, while the identification data is stored separately in the information processing apparatus, allowing independent manufacturing and deployment.
Solution Approach 2:
The beacon device acts as an intermediary between the weighing machine and the information processing apparatus. It transmits identification information to enable the information processing apparatus to control the weighing machine without requiring the beacon device to be pre-configured with specific machine details during manufacturing.
2Reliability
If the beacon device is configured with specific weighing machine identification information during manufacturing, then the identification and control can be established, but the lead time and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The beacon device is manufactured in advance with only the transmitter component, without waiting for specific weighing machine assignments. The identification information is configured later when the beacon device is deployed to a specific weighing machine, significantly reducing manufacturing lead time while maintaining system reliability.
3Ease of operation
If the beacon device transmits identification information wirelessly, then the operation convenience is improved, but the risk of users being unable to pay for energy after supply increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information processing apparatus uses the identification information received from the beacon device to automatically identify the weighing machine and retrieve associated user account information. This enables automatic payment processing based on the identified machine and user, ensuring payment reliability while maintaining wireless operation convenience.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a user's terminal, identification information on the user, information on an amount of energy specified by the user, and identification information on the transmitter transmitted from the transmitter; a control unit configured to control, based on information in which the identification information on the transmitter is recorded in association with identification information on the supply device, the supply device in accordance with the identification information on the transmitter based on information on an amount of energy specified by the user; and a payment unit configured to make a payment of an amount of money, which corresponds to the amount of energy supplied from the supply device to an article of the user, from a balance of an account of the user is provided.