Building Sensor Network for Micro-Movement Room State Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing building sensor systems provide inaccurate and unreliable state monitoring of room units, with insufficient interconnectivity for effective building management, limiting their potential to optimize control and management.
Innovation Solution
A building sensor system comprising sensor modules with micro-movement detection capabilities, connected to a central processing unit and application units, enabling precise recording and networked evaluation of room unit states, integrating with existing infrastructure for efficient building management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional sensor systems are used for building management, then the system structure is simple, but the measurement precision and reliability of state monitoring are inaccurate and unreliable
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the building into multiple room units, each equipped with independent sensor modules that detect local states (temperature, humidity, occupancy, micro-movements). This segmentation enables precise localized measurements while maintaining overall system manageability through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple sensor modules are merged into a networked system with a central processing unit that integrates data from all sensors. This combination enables cross-room-unit evaluation and comprehensive building management, achieving high measurement precision through data fusion and correlated analysis.
2Productivity
If isolated sensor detection is used, then the device complexity is low, but the building management effectiveness is insufficient due to lack of interconnectivity
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor system is designed with multi-functionality to serve various building management applications including occupancy detection, environmental monitoring, energy optimization, and security. The same sensor network supports multiple management functions, achieving high productivity without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The central processing unit continuously receives sensor data, analyzes building states, and generates control signals that feed back to building systems (lighting, HVAC, security). This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables dynamic optimization of building management, improving effectiveness through real-time adjustments.
3Loss of energy
If comprehensive building management is implemented, then the energy efficiency and resource savings improve, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of sensor data to predict future building states and optimize resource allocation in advance. For example, it anticipates occupancy patterns to pre-adjust HVAC settings or lighting, reducing energy consumption without requiring complex real-time control for every change.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables precise and energy-efficient building management by accurately detecting and processing micro-movements, allowing for intelligent, resource-saving control of building functions and services.
Implementation Method 1
sensor units (03), in particular for detecting micro-movements
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to a building sensor system for integrative building management, comprising a plurality of sensor modules (02), each of which is associated with a room unit (01) and senses a condition of the room unit (01), wherein: a plurality of sensor modules (02) comprises a sensor unit (03), in particular for sensing micro-movements, and each sensor unit (03) is connected to a communications network (04), via which the sensor unit (03) communicates with at least one central processing unit (05) designed, in particular, to identify micro-movements in the sensor signals of the sensor units (03); the central processing unit (05) is connected to at least one application unit which is designed to send information requests, in particular concerning micro-movements in the room units (01), to the central processing unit (05), to receive information, in particular concerning the micro-movements in the room units (01), to process the received information, in particular concerning the micro-movements, with regard to the application and to the room unit, and to generate an application-specific output signal.