IoT Hub Control Logic for Hazardous Device Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
The adoption of IoT devices is hindered by the lack of standardization, connectivity issues, and power supply challenges, requiring developers to design entire IoT platforms from scratch, including network protocols and infrastructure, which burdens users and complicates the connection and powering of devices like refrigerators and home security systems.
Innovation Solution
A standardized IoT platform with a predefined networking protocol stack, an IoT hub, and a service that allows developers to design and manage IoT devices, enabling easy connection and management of devices through a central hub, cellular or WiFi connectivity, and low-power operation using Bluetooth Low Energy, along with a user-friendly app for configuration and control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If developers design entire IoT platforms from scratch including network protocols and infrastructure, then device functionality and customization are improved, but device complexity and development burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The IoT platform is segmented into modular components including network protocol stack, infrastructure layer, device layer, and application layer. Each component can be independently developed, tested, and deployed, allowing developers to customize specific functionalities without rebuilding the entire platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal IoT platform architecture that can support multiple device types, communication protocols, and application scenarios through standardized interfaces and abstraction layers, enabling one platform to serve diverse functionalities without requiring separate custom designs for each device.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of IoT devices are connected using proprietary techniques, then device-specific functionality is optimized, but ease of operation and user burden decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gateway device as an intermediary between diverse IoT devices and the network. The gateway handles protocol translation, data normalization, and device management, allowing users to connect multiple proprietary devices without directly managing complex communication protocols, thus reducing user burden while maintaining device compatibility.
3Power
If IoT devices are connected requiring electrical sources, then device power and operation are improved, but ease of operation and installation convenience worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes power line communication and electrical wiring infrastructure to simultaneously provide both power delivery and data communication to IoT devices. By leveraging existing electrical sources through the gateway, devices can be powered and connected without requiring separate power outlets or complex wiring modifications, thereby improving installation convenience while maintaining adequate device power.
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AI summary
A platform, apparatus and method for disabling IoT-enabled home devices. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: an Internet of Things (IoT) hub comprising a network interface to couple the IoT hub to an IoT service over a wide area network (WAN), and an IoT device communicatively coupled to the IoT hub over a wireless communication channel; the IoT device comprising a sensor to measure a local condition affected by a local device in a user's home, the local device being potentially hazardous if accidentally left on, the IoT device communicating one or more measurements of the local condition to the IoT hub over the wireless communication channel; control logic on the IoT hub to receive the one or more measurements of the local condition from the sensor and to evaluate the one or more measurements to determine whether the local device has been accidentally left on, the control logic to general a signal to turn off the local device in response to a determination that the local device has been accidentally left on.