Sensor Data Control System for Multi-Vendor IoT Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Single-vendor solutions for sensor data management restrict access to sensors and data, limiting customers' ability to leverage industry-leading functionalities from different vendors and hindering the development of sensors as a service model, which is essential for the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem.
Innovation Solution
A sensor data control system that facilitates the collection, processing, storage, and distribution of sensor data through a web API, allowing multiple sensor applications to access and customize data from various monitored locations, enabling flexible and adaptable sensor services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single-vendor solution is used for sensor data management, then system integration and control are simplified, but access to sensors and data is restricted, limiting customers' ability to leverage industry-leading functionalities from different vendors
Solution Approach 1:
The system is segmented into a sensor data management platform and multiple independent sensor applications. The platform handles centralized data collection and storage, while applications access data through standardized interfaces. This segmentation allows simplified platform operation while maintaining versatile data access for multiple applications from different vendors.
Solution Approach 2:
A standardized interface layer acts as an intermediary between the sensor data management platform and various sensor applications. This interface enables applications to access sensors and data without direct integration complexity, simplifying platform control while providing versatile access to industry-leading functionalities from different vendors through uniform interaction protocols.
2Extent of automation
If a single-vendor solution is used for sensor data management, then system control is centralized, but the development of sensors as a service model is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor data management platform is designed with universal functionality to support multiple sensor applications from different vendors. The platform provides standardized services that can be leveraged by any application, enabling the sensors as a service model while maintaining centralized control through uniform management interfaces and protocols.
3Reliability
If access to sensor data is restricted to single vendor, then data security and control are improved, but customers cannot leverage industry-leading functionalities from different vendors
Solution Approach 1:
The standardized interface serves as a secure intermediary layer that maintains data security and control while enabling multi-vendor access. Applications interact with sensor data through this controlled interface, which authenticates and authorizes access requests, ensuring security is maintained while allowing customers to leverage industry-leading functionalities from different vendors.
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AI summary
A modification of a sensor data management system to enable discrete sensor applications. A sensor data control system enables discrete sensor applications to control the configuration, collection, processing, and distribution of sensor data produced by selected sensors at various monitored locations. The sensor service offered by the sensor data control system can be leveraged by any sensor application having an interest in any part of one or more monitored locations.