Remote Sensing Parameter Range Management via Server Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Remote sensing devices are limited to storing a single parameter range, which restricts their ability to manage multiple parameter ranges, leading to increased power consumption, bandwidth usage, and complexity in updating and processing multiple ranges, especially in battery-powered devices.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that store multiple predetermined parameter ranges on a server or gateway, allowing remote sensing devices to determine and use a first parameter range for comparing measured parameters, enabling real-time alerts when parameters cross bounds, and associating ranges with different users for alerts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If remote sensing devices store multiple parameter ranges locally, then the ability to manage multiple parameter ranges is improved, but device complexity and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
A server acts as an intermediary between multiple remote sensing devices and the parameter range management system. The server stores and manages multiple parameter ranges centrally, allowing devices to access needed ranges without storing them locally. This eliminates the complexity of managing multiple ranges within constrained device memory while maintaining the ability to handle diverse parameter monitoring requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The server provides universal parameter range management functionality that serves multiple remote sensing devices with different monitoring needs. Instead of each device maintaining its own specialized parameter range storage, the system uses a single multi-functional server that handles parameter range storage, retrieval, and updates for all devices, reducing overall system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If remote sensing devices store multiple parameter ranges locally, then the ability to manage multiple parameter ranges is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server serves as an intermediary that offloads parameter range storage from battery-powered remote sensing devices. By centralizing storage on the server, devices only need to perform simple parameter comparisons locally rather than maintaining and updating multiple stored ranges, significantly reducing their energy consumption while still enabling versatile parameter monitoring.
3Use of energy by moving object
If remote sensing devices use a single parameter range storage, then power consumption is reduced, but the ability to manage multiple parameter ranges deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary that provides multiple parameter ranges to remote sensing devices on demand. Devices maintain simple single-range storage locally for power efficiency, while the server supplies additional ranges when needed through communication, thus preserving low power consumption while enabling versatile multi-parameter range management capability.
4Adaptability or versatility
If remote sensing devices store multiple parameter ranges locally, then parameter range management capability is improved, but bandwidth usage and update complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The server serves as an intermediary that centralizes parameter range storage, eliminating the need for remote sensing devices to store multiple ranges locally. This reduces the quantity of data that needs to be transmitted between devices and the system, as only necessary parameter ranges are retrieved from the server rather than requiring devices to maintain comprehensive range databases.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for managing parameter ranges in a monitoring system includes storing a plurality of predetermined parameter ranges, receiving from a remote sensing device a measured parameter measured at the remote sensing device, determining a first parameter range based on the plurality of predetermined parameter ranges such that the measured parameter is within the first parameter range, transmitting a message to the remote sensing device that includes the first parameter range.