Gateway Device Integrating Sensor Data Across Databases
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to integrate and utilize various types of sensor information measured inside a building for different purposes effectively.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system comprising a gateway device that accepts sensor information from multiple sensors, acquires and associates sensor identification information with corresponding database accumulation destinations, and creates notifications for each type of sensor information to be transmitted to a platform for integration and use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If sensor information from multiple sensors is collected and stored in separate databases for different purposes, then the data can be managed independently for each purpose, but the system cannot integrate and utilize various types of sensor information effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments sensor information management by creating separate databases for different sensor types (first database for first sensor information, second database for second sensor information) while maintaining a unified gateway device that coordinates between them. This segmentation allows independent management of different sensor data while enabling integrated utilization through the gateway's notification creation and transmission functions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a unified system processes all sensor information, then integration is achieved, but the system becomes complex in managing different accumulation destinations
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway device serves as an intermediary between multiple sensors and their respective databases. It receives sensor information, determines the appropriate accumulation destination based on sensor identification, creates notifications, and transmits them to the platform. This intermediary approach simplifies data management complexity by centralizing the decision-making logic in the gateway while maintaining separate databases for different sensor types.
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AI summary
An information processing system includes a platform and a gateway device, and the gateway device includes: an acceptance unit that accepts sensor information; an acquisition unit that acquires, from a storage unit that stores accumulation destination information, information for specifying a first database related to first sensor identification information of first sensor information accepted by the acceptance unit, and that acquires, from the storage unit, information for specifying a second database related to second sensor identification information of second sensor information different from the accepted first sensor information; a creation unit that creates a first sensor information notification with the first database including the first sensor information as an accumulation destination, and a second sensor information notification with the second database including the second sensor information as an accumulation destination; and a communication unit that transmits the first sensor information notification and the second sensor information notification to the platform.