Linking system and linking control method
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data linking systems struggle with efficient integration and management of building facilities and IoT devices across multiple buildings, leading to communication failures and impaired functionality.
Innovation Solution
A linking system with linking control devices that manage building management systems and IoT environments, utilizing memory for linking procedure information and controllers to facilitate seamless application linking between devices, ensuring continuity and flexibility in operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If data linking systems integrate building facilities and IoT devices across multiple buildings, then the functionality and connectivity are improved, but communication failures and system reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gateway device as an intermediary component between building management systems and IoT devices. This gateway acts as a mediator that handles communication protocols, data formatting, and error management, thereby improving communication stability while maintaining high integration capability across multiple buildings and device types.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into modular components including building management systems, gateway devices, and IoT devices that can be independently deployed and managed. This segmentation allows for localized troubleshooting and maintains overall system reliability even when individual components fail, while still enabling comprehensive integration across multiple buildings.
2Adaptability or versatility
If linking control devices manage multiple building management systems and IoT devices, then the system versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway device is designed with universal functionality to handle multiple building management systems and various IoT devices through standardized interfaces and protocols. This multi-functional design enables the system to accommodate diverse devices and buildings without requiring separate specialized controllers for each, thereby reducing overall architectural complexity while maintaining high versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs configurable parameters and adjustable settings in the linking control devices that allow flexibility in managing different building systems and IoT devices. These parameter changes enable the control architecture to adapt to various configurations without structural modifications, reducing complexity while maintaining system flexibility.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If linking procedure information is stored in memory for seamless application linking, then operational continuity is improved, but information management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Linking procedure information is pre-stored in the memory of linking control devices before actual linking operations are required. This preliminary preparation of connection data, protocols, and device identifiers enables seamless application linking and maintains operational continuity without requiring complex real-time data management or extensive processing during actual linking operations.
Data Source
AI summary
A linking system includes a first linking control device which performs control such that a first building management system that manages building facilities provided in a first building and a first device connected to an internet to linked to realize a specific function, wherein the first linking control device includes a memory which memories linking procedure information indicating procedures for realizing the linking of the specific function; and a linking controller which controls (i) an output to the first device in response to an input from the first building management system or (ii) an output to the first building management system in response to an input from the first device so as to realize the specific function based on the linking procedure information stored in the memory.