Optical Fiber Sensing Data Access Level Classification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing data providing systems fail to efficiently deliver raw and processed data acquired through optical fiber sensing to customers based on data type, making it difficult to provide the appropriate data to the corresponding customer.

Innovation Solution

A data providing system comprising an optical fiber sensing unit, a processing unit, a level giving unit, and a data providing unit that classifies and provides individual data according to access levels based on data type, ensuring that raw and processed data are delivered to customers based on their specific requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If data before processing and processed data are acquired through optical fiber sensing, then multiple types of data (vibration, audio, temperature) can be collected, but it becomes difficult to provide the appropriate data to customers based on their requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveamount of dataVSAvoiddata provision convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments data into different categories (sensing data and processed data) and further classifies them by type (vibration, audio, temperature). It introduces access levels (first access level for sensing data, second access level for processed data) to manage customer access rights, enabling selective data provision based on customer requirements while maintaining organized structure

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different access control policies to different data types and processing stages. Customer access rights are differentiated by data category and type, allowing customized data provision where vibration data may be accessible to one customer while audio data remains restricted, optimizing the user experience for each customer segment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Adaptability or versatility

If all data are provided to customers without classification, then data availability is maximized, but data accessibility and usability for specific customer requirements deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata provision flexibilityVSAvoiddata accessibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic access control where customer access rights to different data are determined based on their account characteristics and requirements. The system can adapt access levels dynamically, allowing customers to access different combinations of sensing and processed data based on their specific needs, thereby maintaining high adaptability while ensuring appropriate data accessibility

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

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 the targeted provision of raw and processed data to customers, enhancing data accessibility and usability by categorizing and distributing data according to its type, thereby meeting customer convenience and requirements.

Implementation Method 1

an optical fiber sensing unit configured to acquire sensing data by executing optical fiber sensing

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectOptical fiber sensing: Optical Fibre

Data Source

PatentUS20240411911A1Data providing system, data providing apparatus, and data providing method
Publication Date: 2024.12.12 NEC CORP
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AI summary

A data providing system (1) according to the present disclosure includes an optical fiber sensing unit (10) that acquires sensing data by executing optical fiber sensing, a processing unit (21) that generates processed data by executing processing on the sensing data, a level giving unit (22) that gives an access level according to a type to individual data included in the sensing data and the processed data, and a data providing unit (24) that provides the individual data to a customer according to the access level.