Industrial Monitoring System Using Non-Relational Data Warehouse

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing industrial monitoring systems face inefficiencies in storing and extracting large amounts of data, particularly for small-to-medium sized enterprises, as they struggle with the time-consuming process of storing and retrieving data from relational databases, which becomes even more challenging with increasing scale and complexity, and the high costs of real-time database systems.

Innovation Solution

An industrial monitoring system architecture comprising a device layer, data sharing layer, data routing layer, data scheduling layer, service layer, and presentation layer, where the data sharing, routing, and scheduling layers are organized using non-relational databases or a mixed relational and non-relational database approach, enabling real-time data processing and efficient data query, with a service layer implemented using domain-driven design and service-oriented architecture, and cloud processing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If conventional relational databases are used for data storage and processing, then data can be stored with complex logical relationships, but data storage and extraction become extremely time-consuming when dealing with large amounts of sample data

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata storage and extraction efficiencyVSAvoidtime for storing and extracting data
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a data warehouse that creates a copy of data from the relational database, allowing data mining and analysis operations to be performed on the copied data without affecting the original database. This copying mechanism enables efficient data extraction and processing while preserving the source data integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The data warehouse acts as an intermediary layer between the relational database and data mining applications. It pre-processes and organizes data in a format optimized for analysis, eliminating the need for time-consuming direct queries on the original database and enabling faster data extraction for reporting and image generation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Speed

If real-time database systems are implemented to meet industrial networking and real-time requirements, then real-time data processing capability is improved, but the system cost becomes too expensive for small-to-medium sized enterprises

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time data processing speedVSAvoidsystem cost
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs open-source software components and standard hardware configurations to build the data warehouse and processing system, replacing expensive proprietary real-time database systems. This approach achieves real-time processing capabilities through cost-effective technologies, making the system accessible to small-to-medium enterprises.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Solution Approach 2:

The data warehouse is designed to serve multiple functions including data storage, preprocessing, mining, reporting, and image generation within a single integrated platform. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate expensive specialized systems while maintaining real-time processing capabilities across various industrial applications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Quantity of substance

If large amounts of sample data are added to databases for data mining and scientific calculations, then data analysis capability is improved, but the time required to store and extract this colossal data increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveamount of data available for analysisVSAvoiddata extraction speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary data processing and organization by pre-loading sample data into the data warehouse in optimized formats. This preliminary action includes data cleaning, transformation, and structuring operations that are completed in advance, enabling rapid extraction and analysis when data mining or scientific calculations are initiated without time-consuming processing delays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10235385B2Industrial monitoring system
Publication Date: 2019.03.19 SIEMENS AG
  • US10235385B2 patent drawing

AI summary

An industrial monitoring system is disclosed. In an embodiment it includes a device layer, a device driving layer, a data sharing layer, a data routing layer, a data scheduling layer, a service layer, and a presentation layer. The data sharing layer, the data routing layer, and the data scheduling layer are organized by using a non-relational database, or organized in a hybrid way by using the non-relational database and a relational database. The industrial monitoring system disclosed can implement processing such as real-time storage and sharing of a large amount of data, and data mining and retrieval.