IoT Reset via Power Switch Surge Signal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing IoT devices require cumbersome installation steps and information inputs, posing unfriendliness and safety issues for users when resetting, especially for devices like water pumps and lighting systems that require manual intervention from potentially hazardous locations.
Innovation Solution
An IoT system that utilizes a switch surge signal to reset the device, comprising a power switch electrically connected to an IoT device with a memory unit, control unit, and networking unit, allowing the system to execute a reset control command without the need for a physical reset button, enabling remote resetting to factory or user modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a physical reset button is provided on the IoT device, then the device can be reset, but the user must physically access the device location which may be hazardous or inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a power switch as an intermediary device between the user and the IoT device. The power switch generates a switch surge signal that is transmitted to the control unit, which then executes the reset function. This mediator allows the user to reset the device remotely without physically accessing potentially hazardous locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical reset button approach with an electrical signal-based reset mechanism. Instead of requiring physical button pressing, the system uses a switch surge signal generated during power switching to trigger the reset control command, substituting mechanical interaction with electrical signal transmission.
2Reliability
If the IoT device requires manual reset button pressing, then the reset function can be executed, but the installation and maintenance steps become cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit is designed to automatically execute the reset function when it receives the switch surge signal from the power switch. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for users to manually press a reset button, reducing installation complexity and making the reset process more reliable and accessible.
3Ease of manufacture
If the reset button is integrated into the IoT device, then the device structure is compact, but the user must travel to the device location for resetting
Solution Approach 1:
The power switch serves as a remote intermediary that enables users to trigger the reset function without traveling to the IoT device location. By placing the reset trigger capability in the power switch rather than in the IoT device itself, the system allows remote operation and eliminates time loss for device access.
Data Source
AI summary
An Internet of Things (IoT) system is illustrated, which has a power switch and an IoT device. The power switch electrically connected to the IoT device provides power to the IoT device. The IoT device has a memory unit, a control unit and a networking unit. When the power switch switches the control unit to a power supplying state from a non-power supplying state, the power switch generates a switch surge signal, and transmits the switch surge signal to the control unit, and the control unit receives the switch surge signal and executes a reset control command stored in the control unit, so as to reset the IoT device. The IoT system of the present disclosure utilizes the switch surge signal to reset the IoT device be reset without installing a reset button.