Information Providing System for Sensor Data Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional managing systems face high administrative burdens when managing multiple spaces, and existing systems are not practical for dynamically providing sensor data to users through user-friendly interfaces.

Innovation Solution

An information providing system that connects via a network to a managing system, receives sensor data, associates it with specific information using sensor IDs, and generates environment information for display on user terminals, allowing users to monitor and improve space conditions in real-time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional managing systems are used to manage multiple spaces, then environment monitoring is achieved, but administrative burden increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironment monitoringVSAvoidadministrative burden
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an information providing system as an intermediary layer between the managing system and user terminals. This mediator automatically acquires sensor data, associates it with space information, generates environment information, and provides it to users. This eliminates the need for administrators to manually monitor and distribute environmental data, reducing administrative burden while maintaining reliable environment monitoring across multiple spaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If sensor data is provided to users through conventional systems, then users can access environmental information, but user-friendly interfaces are lacking

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesensor data accessibilityVSAvoiduser interface friendliness
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables users to automatically receive environment information tailored to their needs without requiring complex interface operations. The information providing system autonomously identifies which sensor data is relevant to each user, generates appropriate environment information, and provides it through communication networks. This self-service approach makes sensor data accessible to users while eliminating the need for complex interface manipulation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Speed

If real-time sensor data is monitored across multiple spaces, then environmental changes can be detected, but constant monitoring increases workload

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironmental change detectionVSAvoidmonitoring time
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The information providing system performs preliminary actions by automatically acquiring sensor data, associating it with space information, and generating environment information in advance of user requests. This proactive approach ensures that environmental change detection is already prepared and can be immediately provided to users when needed, eliminating the need for constant manual monitoring while maintaining real-time detection capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20230304835A1Information providing system, information providing method, and recording medium
Publication Date: 2023.09.28 RICOH CO LTD
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AI summary

An information providing system including circuitry; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to execute connecting, via a network, to a first managing system configured to manage measurement information measured by a sensor; receiving, from the first managing system, the measurement information of the sensor and identification information identifying the sensor that has measured the measurement information; acquiring specific information corresponding to the received measurement information, from a storage in which the identification information of the sensor is associated with the specific information for specifying a resource on which the sensor is installed; generating environment information to be provided to a terminal, based on the acquired specific information and the received measurement information; and providing the generated environment information to the terminal.