IoT Voice Control System Modular Sensor Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current IoT devices face limitations in CPU, memory, and power resources, hindering their widespread adoption in various applications, including environmental monitoring, industrial management, and health monitoring, where complex data analysis and real-time processing are required.

Innovation Solution

The development of IoT devices equipped with a camera, accelerometer, and wireless transceiver, along with advanced sensors and processing units, enables efficient data collection, analysis, and communication, facilitating applications in environmental monitoring, industrial management, and health monitoring by leveraging big data analytics and machine learning.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If IoT devices are equipped with advanced sensors and processing units to enable complex data analysis and real-time processing, then data analysis capabilities and measurement precision are improved, but device complexity and power consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata analysis capabilitiesVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the IoT device into modular functional units including sensor modules (camera, accelerometer, microphone), processing units, and communication modules. This segmentation allows selective activation of components based on task requirements, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining high data analysis capabilities when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a hierarchical processing architecture that adds a temporal dimension to data analysis, distinguishing between real-time processing (for immediate responses) and batch processing (for complex analytics). This dimensional differentiation allows the system to optimize resource allocation and manage complexity by processing data at different levels and times.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Measurement precision

If IoT devices are equipped with advanced sensors and processing units for real-time processing, then data analysis capabilities are improved, but power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata analysis capabilitiesVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements periodic sampling and processing intervals where sensors and processing units are activated only when needed rather than continuously. The system uses event-triggered mechanisms that activate processing only when specific conditions are met, significantly reducing power consumption while maintaining effective real-time monitoring capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs partial processing strategies where only a subset of sensors or processing functions are activated based on current task requirements. The system dynamically adjusts the level of processing intensity, using full processing power only when necessary and reducing to minimal operations during stable conditions, thereby optimizing the balance between analysis capability and power consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS11657815B2Voice control system
Publication Date: 2023.05.23 TRAN BAO
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AI summary

An Internet of Thing (IoT) device checks user authentication using a combination of voice, image, and mobile devices.