Interactive Map Interface for Manual Sensor Entity Correlation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in effectively correlating diverse sensor data that represents the same entity, leading to inefficiencies in tracking and managing entities within dynamic environments.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a method using interactive maps to associate and link sensor data with target entities, allowing users to select entities, display active sensors, and create links between sensors and entities, thereby updating entity properties based on sensor data, utilizing processors and large language models for data correlation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated correlation of sensor data with entities is implemented, then productivity is improved, but measurement precision deteriorates due to potential miscorrelation of sensor data representing the same entity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an interactive map interface as an intermediary between automated sensor data processing and final entity correlation. The map visually represents sensor indications and allows operators to manually verify and confirm correlations, serving as a mediator that bridges automated efficiency with human judgment for precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where sensor data is correlated with entities, the results are displayed on the interactive map, and operators can provide corrective feedback by adjusting correlations. This feedback mechanism allows the system to learn and improve correlation accuracy while maintaining high productivity.
2Measurement precision
If manual verification of sensor data correlation is implemented, then measurement precision is improved, but productivity deteriorates due to increased time for data processing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements partial manual verification rather than complete manual review of all sensor data. The interactive map allows operators to focus verification efforts only on ambiguous or critical correlations, performing partial manual action where needed while accepting automated correlation for routine cases, thus balancing precision and productivity.
3Reliability
If multiple sensors are integrated to track entities, then reliability is improved through multiple data sources, but device complexity increases due to managing multiple sensor correlations
Solution Approach 1:
The interactive map serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays entity locations, shows sensor indications, enables correlation verification, and provides a unified interface for managing multiple sensors. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate systems for each task, managing complexity while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the display interface and correlation management functions into a single interactive map system. By combining entity visualization, sensor data representation, and correlation verification into one unified interface, the system manages complexity while integrating multiple sensor sources for improved reliability.
4Measurement precision
If interactive maps with manual correlation are used, then measurement precision is improved through user confirmation, but device complexity increases due to additional interface elements
Solution Approach 1:
The interactive map enables operators to perform self-service verification and confirmation of sensor correlations directly at the point of display. The interface allows users to review and confirm correlations without needing separate verification systems or complex approval workflows, simplifying the interface while improving precision through user confirmation.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for correlating data (e.g., sensor data) with entities and/or tracking entities are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes displaying one or more indications of one or more entities, receiving a first input to select the target entity from the one or more entities, in response to receiving the first input, displaying an interactive element for associating one or more sensors to the target entity, displaying the one or more sensors that are active, receiving a second input associated with the interactive element, in response to receiving the second input, creating a link between the target entity and at least one sensor of the one or more sensors, and updating one or more entity properties of the target entity based on sensor data of the at least one sensor and the created link.