Integrated Illumination Beacon for Indoor Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
The retail industry faces challenges in utilizing position information marketing due to difficulties in ensuring the equipment needed for collecting customer position information within shops, such as beacon equipment and power supplies, which can be hard to maintain and install.
Innovation Solution
An indoor position information storage processing system that includes electric power apparatuses with embedded transmitters and receivers, utilizing illumination equipment to transmit and receive distance-measurement waves, allowing for the calculation and storage of positions, thereby simplifying the collection and use of customer position data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If beacon equipment and power supplies are installed within the shop to collect position information, then position information marketing capability is improved, but device complexity and installation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the beacon transmitter and power supply into a single integrated illumination equipment unit. The transmitter is embedded within the illumination equipment, eliminating the need for separate beacon devices and power supply installations. This merging reduces the number of components to be installed and maintained while preserving position information collection functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The illumination equipment serves multiple functions: it provides lighting for the shop and simultaneously acts as a beacon transmitter for position information collection. By making the illumination equipment universal, the system eliminates dedicated beacon devices and reduces overall system complexity while maintaining marketing capabilities.
2Reliability
If separate beacon equipment and power supplies are used, then position collection function is achieved, but ease of operation and maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the transmitter and power supply into the illumination equipment, the system reduces the number of separate devices that require maintenance. The unified structure means fewer connection points, simpler power management, and easier troubleshooting, directly improving maintenance ease while maintaining reliable position collection.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate devices are installed for position information collection, then functional capability is improved, but ease of manufacture and deployment worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple functional components (transmitter, power supply, illumination elements) into a single manufactured unit. This consolidation simplifies the deployment process as installers only need to mount the illumination equipment rather than coordinating multiple separate devices, directly improving ease of deployment while maintaining full position information collection capability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This system facilitates easier use of position information marketing by ensuring reliable power supply and efficient data collection through widespread installation of transmitters in illumination equipment, reducing the complexity and effort required for identifying transmitter positions and customer tracking.
Implementation Method 1
a first transmitter attached to the electric power apparatus and configured to transmit distance-measurement waves
Implementation Method 2
a first receiver configured to receive the distance-measurement waves transmitted by the first transmitter
Data Source
AI summary
An indoor position information storage processing system of an embodiment includes an electric power apparatus, a first transmitter, a first receiver, a position detector, and a first information processing device. The first information processing device processes information based on the distance-measurement waves and a position of the first receiver. The first distance calculation unit calculates a distance between the first transmitter and the first receiver on the basis of distance-measurement waves received by the first receiver. The first position calculation unit calculates a position of the first transmitter on the basis of the calculated distance and a position of the first receiver. The first storage processing unit stores the calculated position of the first transmitter in a storage unit as a position of the electric power apparatus.