Earthquake Sensing Module with Multi-Axis Acceleration Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing earthquake sensing systems, particularly those using pendulum-type sensors, lack the functionality and scalability to effectively manage power cutoffs across multiple breakers and power outlets during earthquakes, limiting their ability to prevent secondary disasters.
Innovation Solution
An earthquake sensing module equipped with a microprocessor-based acceleration sensor that detects vibrations on multiple axes, connected through a communication network, allowing for advanced processing and power cutoff control via a system control unit, enabling more precise and widespread power management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If pendulum-type earthquake sensors are used, then the system can detect earthquake vibrations, but the functionality and scalability for managing power cutoffs across multiple breakers and power outlets is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into multiple independent earthquake sensing modules, each capable of autonomous earthquake detection and local power cutoff control. These modular units can be distributed across different breakers and power outlets, enabling scalable deployment without increasing individual module complexity. Each module operates independently but can coordinate through a communication network.
Solution Approach 2:
The earthquake sensing module is designed with multi-functional capabilities: it can detect earthquake vibrations, process detection results locally, control local power cutoffs, and communicate with other modules and central control systems. This universal design allows the same module to serve multiple breakers and power outlets, enhancing adaptability without requiring different device types.
2Productivity
If more earthquake sensors are deployed in breakers and power outlets, then the benefit of higher-level earthquake sensing processing increases, but the system complexity and coordination requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple earthquake sensing modules are merged into a coordinated network where each module contributes its detection capabilities. The system combines local autonomous processing with centralized coordination through communication networks, allowing higher-level processing functions to emerge from the collective capability of distributed modules without proportionally increasing individual complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where earthquake detection results from multiple modules are communicated to central and local control systems. The control systems process this feedback information and generate coordinated power cutoff commands, which are then fed back to the appropriate modules for execution. This feedback loop enables intelligent decision-making across the distributed system.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances the functionality of earthquake sensing systems by providing accurate detection and power cutoff capabilities across multiple units, reducing the risk of secondary disasters through advanced processing and communication networks.
Implementation Method 1
an acceleration sensor configured to detect accelerations on a plurality of detection axes
Data Source
AI summary
An earthquake sensing module includes an acceleration sensor configured to detect accelerations on a plurality of detection axes, a module control unit configured to control the acceleration sensor, and a module storage unit configured to store state information of the acceleration sensor.