NanoCloud Processor Wireless Power and Data Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current IoT devices face limitations due to high costs, power management complexities, and the need for direct contact or microwave-based communication, which can be harmful and distract users, while lacking inherent artificial intelligence for autonomous operation.
Innovation Solution
A contactless, self-organizing sensing co-processor system using nanoCloud processors that operate via modulated alternating electric fields, converting them into DC power and communicating through bi-directional units, with inherent artificial intelligence for decision-making and interaction with objects and peripherals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If chemical batteries are used to power wireless devices, then devices can operate wirelessly, but power management complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the power source function from chemical batteries and relocates it to an external electromagnetic field source. The nanoCloud processor receives power wirelessly through electromagnetic coupling, eliminating the need for internal battery compartments, power management circuits, and associated complexity while maintaining wireless operation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces electromagnetic fields as an intermediary medium to transfer both power and data between the external source and the nanoCloud processor. This intermediary eliminates direct electrical contact and the associated power management infrastructure, reducing device complexity while enabling wireless operation
2Loss of information
If microwave-based communication is used for IoT devices, then data transmission is achieved, but user safety concerns and distraction increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the operational parameters from high-power microwave transmission to low-power electromagnetic coupling at frequencies optimized for near-field communication. This parameter change enables sufficient data transmission for IoT applications while reducing power levels to eliminate safety concerns and user distraction associated with traditional microwave-based systems
Solution Approach 2:
The patent converts the previously harmful high-power microwave radiation into a beneficial low-power electromagnetic coupling mechanism. By operating in the near-field regime with controlled electromagnetic fields, the system achieves data transmission while the fields are too localized and low-energy to cause harm or distraction, effectively transforming a harmful approach into a beneficial one
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional IoT devices with multiple components are used, then sensing and communication features are achieved, but manufacturing cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate components (sensors, communication transceivers, power management circuits, microcontroller) into a single integrated nanoCloud processor. This consolidation maintains all required sensing and communication features while eliminating the need for multi-layer PCBs, bonding pads, and complex assembly processes, thereby reducing manufacturing cost and simplifying production
Solution Approach 2:
The nanoCloud processor is designed as a universal multi-functional integrated device that combines sensing, processing, communication, and wireless power reception capabilities in a single component. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate specialized components for each function, reducing the overall bill of materials and simplifying manufacturing while maintaining adaptability and versatility
4Ease of operation
If users operate smart devices to activate IoT features, then device activation is achieved, but user focus is diverted from real-world interactions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the IoT device to activate and operate autonomously through wireless electromagnetic power transfer without requiring user intervention. The device automatically powers up and begins sensing and communication operations when within range of the electromagnetic field source, eliminating the need for users to manually activate features and thereby preventing distraction from real-world interactions
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables cost-effective, power-efficient, and user-friendly operation of IoT devices without direct contact or harmful microwaves, allowing for autonomous decision-making and interaction with objects, enhancing user experience and safety.
Implementation Method 1
an energy convertor for converting the alternating electric field into DC power
Implementation Method 2
a coupling electrode for receiving alternating electric field from the hub... It has been known that the medium between an emitting and the mirroring electrode can be gas (air), liquid, or steady material (matter), which can be either conductive or non-conductive (dielectric)
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a contactless powered and operated self-organizing sensing co-processor system for interacting with an object and one or more peripheral units. The system communicates with a communicating device over a communication network. It includes a hub for providing a modulated alternating electric field with variable frequency and releases routing instructions and further communicates data with the communicating device and one or more nanoCloud processors, wherein at least one of the one or more nanoCloud processors interact with the object and the hub. The nanoCloud processor includes a coupling electrode, an energy convertor, a bi-directional communication unit, a pulser, a counter, plurality of registers, a hardware interpreter, a sequencing circuit, an analog digital switch matrix, and a floating electrode; wherein the hardware interpreter creates an inherent artificial intelligence relation to determine the changes on the object by analyzing combinations of the routing instructions and the value stored in the register with the change in the electric field level. Then, the hardware interpreter uses successive approximation to command the sequencing circuit on detecting the level and timing of dynamic changes in the electric charges on the object. The hardware interpreter sends the processed digital result to the bi-directional communication unit.