Proximate Device Data Access for Sensor-Limited End User Electronics
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Solution Overview
Problem
End user electronic devices are limited in the quality and accessibility of data they can collect, as they often lack specific sensors, restricting their ability to perform certain application features, such as gesture detection or location services, unless they have the necessary data collection elements on board.
Innovation Solution
An end user electronic device can access and utilize sensor data from proximate devices, determining the most appropriate data based on proximity, accuracy, and confidence scores to enhance its own capabilities, even if it lacks specific sensors, by querying and aggregating data from nearby devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a device uses only its own collected sensor data, then device complexity is reduced, but measurement precision and data quality are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines sensor data from multiple proximate devices to improve measurement precision. The system merges data from different sources (e.g., GPS data from one device, accelerometer data from another) to create a more accurate and comprehensive dataset for the application, resolving the contradiction between data quality and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables devices to serve multiple functions by not only collecting their own sensor data but also accessing and utilizing sensor data from other proximate devices. This multi-functionality allows a device to act as both a data collector and a data consumer, improving measurement precision without requiring every device to have all necessary sensors.
2Reliability
If a device collects all necessary sensor data itself, then data reliability is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges data collection capabilities across multiple devices to ensure data reliability. By combining data from multiple proximate devices, the system achieves reliable data collection without requiring each individual device to have all necessary sensors, thus maintaining reliability while reducing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary data sharing mechanism that facilitates reliable data collection. This intermediary system allows devices to access sensor data from proximate devices through a standardized interface, ensuring data reliability without requiring direct physical integration of sensors in each device.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a device lacks specific sensors, then manufacturing cost is reduced, but adaptability and functionality are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables devices with fewer sensors to perform more functions by accessing sensor data from proximate devices. A device without a GPS receiver can still provide location-based services by accessing GPS data from another device, thereby improving adaptability and versatility without increasing sensor quantity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows devices to copy sensor data from proximate devices to compensate for missing sensors. By copying location data from a device with GPS capabilities, a device without GPS can still access location information, maintaining functionality while reducing the need for physical sensors.
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AI summary
An embodiment provides a method, including: in a first end user electronic device, running an application that uses device collected data; collecting, using the first end user electronic device, device data for the application; accessing, using a processor of the first end user electronic device, device data collected by another end user electronic device proximate to the first end user electronic device; and using, in the running of the application, one or more of the accessed device data and the collected device data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.