Wireless Sensor Beacon Logging for Flexible Environment Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sensor networks lack flexibility in accommodating changing sensor application requirements without incurring significant re-deployment costs, and there is a need for efficient environment tracking and logging in monitored locations.
Innovation Solution
A wireless sensor network with plug-and-play universal sensor interfaces and beacon sensor modules that facilitate seamless addition or replacement of sensor modules, enabling flexible deployment and environment logging through a wireless mesh network, with beacon sensor modules broadcasting environmental conditions for historical tracking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wireless sensor networks are deployed to monitor environmental conditions, then environmental tracking capability is improved, but device complexity and deployment cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universal sensor interfaces that can accommodate multiple sensor types (temperature, humidity, light, motion, etc.) through a single standardized interface. This allows the wireless sensor network to monitor various environmental conditions using identical hardware platforms, reducing deployment complexity while maintaining comprehensive environmental tracking capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides the environmental monitoring function into modular sensor modules that can be independently deployed and configured. Each sensor module operates as a separate unit within the wireless network, allowing flexible deployment strategies where sensors can be added, removed, or replaced without affecting the entire system, thus reducing overall deployment complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If sensor modules are frequently added or replaced to accommodate changing requirements, then adaptability is improved, but deployment cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The universal sensor interface design enables different sensor modules to be interchangeably connected to the same wireless node without requiring system reconfiguration. This universality allows the network to adapt to changing monitoring requirements by simply swapping sensor modules, eliminating the need for costly re-deployment while maintaining high adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs dynamic sensor module assignment where sensor modules can be hot-swapped and dynamically integrated into the wireless network. The network automatically recognizes and incorporates new sensor modules without manual configuration, enabling flexible adaptation to changing requirements while minimizing deployment overhead and costs.
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AI summary
A system, method and apparatus for enabling environment tracking at a monitored location. A wireless sensor network can support a beacon that can be configured to broadcast information to devices at the monitored location. The broadcasted information can be recorded by devices to generate an environment log that can enable identification of conditions of an environment as reflected by sensor measurements at the monitored location.