Sensor Data Management Platform for Multi-Application Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in efficiently utilizing sensing data across different applications and purposes, leading to increased costs and difficulties in changing sensing targets or data types, particularly in scenarios like crime prevention where sensors are used for multiple purposes.
Innovation Solution
An information management device is implemented with a provision condition storage unit, use condition storage unit, sensing data acquisition unit, and sensing data delivery unit to facilitate the acquisition, specification, and transmission of sensing data based on registered conditions, allowing for flexible use and combination of sensors to meet specific application requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a sensor is prepared on user's own account for each application, then the reliability of sensing data is improved, but the cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables sensors to serve multiple applications simultaneously through a sharing platform. A single sensor can provide data to multiple applications that meet the provision conditions, eliminating the need for each application to have its own dedicated sensor, thus reducing cost while maintaining data reliability through conditional matching.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically matches applications with suitable sensors based on predefined provision conditions without requiring manual intervention. The sensor sharing platform autonomously determines which applications can use which sensor data based on matching criteria, reducing the need for users to individually prepare and manage sensors for each application.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the installed position of a sensor is changed or a sensor is replaced to change the target area or type of sensing data, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor sharing platform allows a single sensor to serve multiple applications with different target areas and data types by matching provision conditions with application requirements. This eliminates the need to physically relocate or replace sensors to achieve different sensing purposes, reducing installation complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically matches sensors with applications based on changing requirements through automated condition matching. Rather than static sensor assignments requiring physical reconfiguration, the platform dynamically determines suitable sensor-applicant pairs based on provision conditions, target areas, and data types, enabling flexible adaptation without physical changes.
3Productivity
If sensing data is shared across multiple applications, then the productivity is improved, but the loss of information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different provision conditions to different sensors and applications, creating localized access rights. Each sensor can have specific conditions regarding target area, data type, and permitted applications, ensuring that while data is shared broadly across multiple applications, each application receives only the specific data it is entitled to based on matching conditions, thus preventing information loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automated matching feedback mechanisms where applications are evaluated against provision conditions before receiving sensor data. This feedback loop ensures that only qualified applications receive specific sensor data, maintaining data integrity and control while enabling widespread sharing among eligible applications.
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AI summary
Sensing data is effectively utilized. A sensing data acquisition unit (10) receives sensing data from external real sensors (S1) to (S5) while a contract matching processing unit (11) collates a sensing data provision condition DB (101) for each piece of use condition information that has been registered in a sensing data use condition DB (102). Through such collation, from the provision condition information of each of the sensors, information matched with use condition information to be collated is specified, and a sensor number included in specified provision condition information as a provision source sensor number together with an address of an application corresponding to the use condition information to be collated is notified to a sensing data delivery processing unit (13). The sensing data delivery processing unit (13) requests sensing data corresponding to the provision source sensor number to a sensing data processing unit (12) and transmits the sensing data provided in accordance with this request to a notified address.