IoT Installation Platform Using NFC for Location Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of IoT devices is often time-consuming due to the need for manual configuration, location identification, and network integration, especially when GPS and location-aware functionality are not available, and when devices lack near-field communication or short-range communication logic.
Innovation Solution
An IoT installation platform that integrates near-field communication logic, such as NFC, and other short-range communication technologies like Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, with software that guides users through customized workflows for installation, mapping, and network connection, including an IoT management portal and server for managing device information and updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If manual configuration and location identification methods are used for IoT devices, then installation can be performed without advanced communication technologies, but the installation process becomes time-consuming and labor-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically discovering IoT devices and pre-configuring their network settings before formal installation. The installer application pre-establishes device profiles, assigns network parameters, and prepares integration settings in advance, eliminating the need for manual configuration during the actual installation process.
Solution Approach 2:
The installer application serves as an intermediary between the IoT device and the network infrastructure. It mediates the installation process by automatically extracting device information, formulating network configuration parameters, and coordinating with network elements to establish connections, thereby reducing manual intervention and installation time.
2Adaptability or versatility
If GPS and location-aware functionality are not available in IoT devices, then device placement flexibility increases, but location identification during installation becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements universal location identification methods that work across diverse device types and placement scenarios. The installer application uses multiple detection mechanisms including network-based location tracking, installer device GPS coordinates, and manual location input, allowing location identification regardless of whether the IoT device itself has GPS or location-aware capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The installer application acts as an intermediary that obtains location information through alternative means when the IoT device lacks built-in location capabilities. It captures location data from the installer's device, derives location from network infrastructure, or records manual location inputs, thereby enabling location identification without requiring GPS in the IoT device.
3Device complexity
If devices lack near-field communication or short-range communication logic, then device hardware complexity is reduced, but automatic device discovery and configuration becomes impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements universal device discovery methods that work with IoT devices regardless of their communication capabilities. The installer application supports multiple discovery mechanisms including network scanning, manual device input, and integration with existing device registries, enabling automatic device discovery even when devices lack NFC or short-range communication logic.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs feedback mechanisms where the installer application continuously monitors device responses and adapts its discovery approach. When automatic discovery methods fail or return incomplete information, the system provides feedback prompts to the installer for manual device identification and configuration, ensuring device discovery succeeds regardless of the device's communication capabilities.
Data Source
AI summary
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provides an installation of an IoT device in which the installation includes to store Internet of Things (IoT) management information, which includes IoT device information of the IoT device; upload the IoT management information to a network device in response to the storing of the IoT management information; store the IoT management information at the IoT device in response to the upload; present a map of the location; receive a designation of a location point on the map that indicates where the IoT device is to be installed; determine whether the IoT device is to be updated; update the IoT device in response to a determination that an update for the IoT device is available; calibrate one or more sensors of the IoT device; and configure the IoT device to transmit IoT data to another network device.