Node Terminal Apparatus for Legacy IoT Device Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Older electronic devices lacking communication modules and platforms cannot participate in Internet of Things (IoT) services due to incompatibility with modern devices, limiting their ability to share information and provide IoT services.
Innovation Solution
A peripheral device management system that includes a node terminal apparatus and a display apparatus, allowing pairing and registration of peripheral devices, displaying their operating states, and enabling control through a user interface, even for devices not originally capable of IoT services, by using sensing data and signal intensity to determine UI element positions and distances.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If older electronic devices without communication modules are used, then device compatibility and simplicity are maintained, but IoT service capability and information sharing ability are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a display apparatus as an intermediary device that bridges older peripheral devices without communication modules and the IoT network. The display apparatus receives sensing data from these legacy devices and processes it, enabling IoT services without requiring the peripheral devices themselves to have communication capabilities. This mediator approach allows older devices to participate in IoT services while maintaining their simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The display apparatus serves multiple functions: it acts as a display device, a communication hub, a data processing center, and a control interface for peripheral devices. By consolidating these functions in a single device, the system enables IoT services for diverse peripheral devices without requiring each device to have its own communication module, thus achieving universality across different device types.
2Adaptability or versatility
If communication modules are added to older devices, then IoT service capability is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of adding communication modules to each peripheral device, the display apparatus serves as a centralized intermediary that handles all communication protocols and data processing. This approach maintains the simplicity of peripheral devices while achieving IoT connectivity through the display apparatus's communication capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the communication functionality and data processing capabilities into the display apparatus, combining multiple functions that would otherwise require separate components in each peripheral device. This consolidation reduces manufacturing complexity for peripheral devices while maintaining IoT service capability through the unified display apparatus.
3Ease of operation
If multiple peripheral devices are managed separately, then device-specific control is precise, but system complexity and user interface complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display apparatus merges the control interfaces for multiple peripheral devices into a single unified user interface. Users can control temperature controls, audio outputs, and other functions across different devices through one integrated interface, reducing the complexity of managing multiple separate control systems while maintaining precise device-specific control capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified user interface in the display apparatus provides universal control capabilities for various types of peripheral devices. A single interface handles diverse functions including temperature adjustment, audio control, and device status monitoring, eliminating the need for multiple device-specific interfaces and simplifying user interaction.
4Measurement precision
If sensing data is collected from all peripheral devices, then monitoring accuracy is improved, but data processing complexity and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and processes sensing data centrally at the display apparatus rather than processing it at each peripheral device. This extraction approach allows for accurate monitoring of multiple devices while consolidating computational resources, reducing the overall energy consumption compared to distributed processing across all devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The display apparatus acts as an intermediary that collects, processes, and manages sensing data from multiple peripheral devices. By serving as a centralized data processing hub, it achieves accurate monitoring of all devices while optimizing energy consumption through efficient data management and processing, avoiding redundant processing at each individual device.
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AI summary
A peripheral device management system includes a node terminal apparatus (100) attached, in use, to a peripheral device (10) and configured to detect an operating state of the attached peripheral device through a sensor configured to generate sensing data, and a display apparatus (200) configured to receive the sensing data from the node terminal apparatus, to determine the operating state of the peripheral device based on the sensing data, and to display a user interface (UI) containing the operating state of the peripheral device. Accordingly, the peripheral device management system provides an Internet of things (IOT) service to a peripheral device that may not be capable of supporting an IOT service.