Environmental Sensor Map Interface for Easier Data Interpretation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current environmental monitoring systems rely on complex lists and tables to present data, making it difficult for users to understand sensor information in relation to the environment, especially when dealing with multiple sensor units, and are not user-friendly for lay users.
Innovation Solution
A visual representation of the environment is integrated into the user interface, allowing users to associate sensor information with its corresponding location, using graphics and automated or manual positioning to display data in context, enhancing understanding and usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If complex lists and tables are used to present sensor data, then comprehensive information can be displayed, but user comprehension and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms sensor data from traditional tabular formats into a two-dimensional visual map that spatially represents sensor locations and readings. This dimensional transformation allows users to comprehend data relationships more intuitively while maintaining comprehensive information display, directly resolving the contradiction between information completeness and user understanding.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a visual copy or representation of the physical environment where sensors are deployed, mapping sensor data onto a graphical representation of the monitored space. This visual copying enables users to understand sensor information in context without losing data comprehensiveness, addressing the contradiction between detailed information and ease of comprehension.
2Reliability
If traditional monitoring systems are used, then temperature data can be collected, but user-friendly interface for lay users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a visual representation that copies the physical monitoring environment, allowing lay users to understand sensor locations and readings without needing to interpret complex technical data formats. This visual copying maintains reliable data collection while dramatically improving user-friendliness for non-expert users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs color-coded visual indicators to represent different temperature conditions and sensor states, enabling lay users to quickly comprehend environmental conditions without technical knowledge. This color-based visual language maintains data reliability while making the interface accessible to users without specialized training.
3Area of stationary object
If multiple sensor units are deployed, then monitoring coverage is improved, but difficulty of detecting and measuring sensor information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system resolves the complexity of multiple sensor units by projecting their data onto a two-dimensional spatial map, where each sensor's location and readings are visually positioned according to its physical location. This dimensional transformation maintains comprehensive monitoring coverage while making sensor information easily detectable and measurable through visual inspection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the information from multiple sensor units by visually separating and positioning each sensor's data at its corresponding location on the map. This segmentation allows users to detect and measure individual sensor information independently while maintaining awareness of the overall monitoring coverage area.
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AI summary
Configuring a user interface by which a user can view information regarding one or more conditions of an environment collected by an environmental monitoring system. An environmental monitoring system comprises one or more sensor units disposed in an environment and one or more servers. The servers may receive from an operator of the environment a visual representation of the environment and may identify a position in the visual representation corresponding to the location and configure a user interface to present information regarding the environment based at least in part on the positions. The user interface can be configured to display the visual representation and display information related to the first sensor unit so as to indicate a relationship between the information and the position corresponding to the location of the first sensor unit. Information identifying a location of one or more sensor units may be determined through an automated process.