Sensor System Image Data Collection via Parallel Bus Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional data collection systems are not suitable for image data collection in juxtaposedly placed sensor systems, such as visual or displacement sensors, as they primarily handle output data from sensors and not image data, making it impossible to introduce them into these systems without significant modifications.
Innovation Solution
A sensor system design where a data storage unit and one or more sensor controller units are connected via a parallel data bus, allowing image data to be stored in a non-volatile record medium, enabling image data collection and bank switch functions at a low cost by adding only the minimum required new units to an existing system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional data collection system is introduced into a juxtaposedly placed sensor system for image data collection, then the system can handle sensor output data, but it cannot collect and store image data effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The data storage unit is designed with a parallel data bus interface that can communicate with multiple sensor controller units simultaneously. The unit accepts both sensor output data and image data through the same interface, making it universally compatible with different sensor types without requiring separate collection systems for each data type.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor system is divided into independent sensor controller units that can be juxtaposed in parallel configurations. Each controller unit has its own data processing capability, allowing image data to be collected and stored independently while maintaining compatibility with the overall system architecture.
2Adaptability or versatility
If image data collection function is added to the sensor system, then the system capability is enhanced, but the system cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The data storage unit serves multiple functions: it stores sensor output data, collects image data, and provides a parallel data bus interface for multiple sensor controllers. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate dedicated image data collection hardware, reducing the number of new units required while enhancing system capability.
3Reliability
If a data storage unit with parallel data bus interface is added to existing sensor systems, then image data can be stored in non-volatile medium, but the system requires additional hardware components
Solution Approach 1:
The parallel data bus interface acts as an intermediary between multiple sensor controller units and the data storage unit. This standardized interface simplifies the hardware configuration by providing a uniform communication protocol, reducing the complexity of integrating additional storage capabilities into existing sensor systems.
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AI summary
To enables realization of an image data collection function, a bank switch function and the like at low cost in a juxtaposedly placed type sensor system for handling an image, such as a visual sensor or a displacement sensor, by introduction of the minimum required number of new units into an existing system.A first operation of storing image data acquired by a sensor controller from a sensor head and/or measurement data obtained by processing the image data, into a non-volatile record medium of a data storage unit, and/or a second operation of writing the setting data having been stored into the non-volatile record medium of the data storage unit, on a bank memory inside the sensor controller unit, are made possible.