Web Sensor Interface With Recorder Switching Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sensor systems require separate user interfaces for sensors and data recorders, leading to significant operational and maintenance efforts, and accessing data recorders for recording and playback functions is inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
A sensor system with a switching device that forwards sensor data and control instructions between a web-based user interface and the sensor or data recorder, allowing unified access and control through a single interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If separate user interfaces are provided for sensor and data recorder, then each device can be controlled independently, but operating and maintenance effort increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the control of sensor and data recorder into a single unified web-based user interface. The switching device enables this consolidation by routing user interactions to the appropriate target device, eliminating the need for separate interfaces while maintaining independent controllability of each component.
Solution Approach 2:
The switching device acts as an intermediary between the unified web-based user interface and the individual devices (sensor and data recorder). It receives requests from the user interface and intelligently forwards them to the appropriate target, enabling simplified user access while preserving device independence.
2Ease of repair
If separate user interfaces are maintained for sensor and data recorder, then device functionality is preserved, but maintenance effort increases
Solution Approach 1:
By combining the user interfaces into a single web-based system, the patent reduces maintenance burden. Instead of maintaining and updating multiple separate interfaces, developers only need to maintain one unified interface, while the switching device handles device-specific routing transparently.
Solution Approach 2:
The switching device serves as a mediator that abstracts device-specific communication details from the user interface. This allows the interface to be maintained independently from device-specific implementations, simplifying maintenance as changes to individual devices do not require interface modifications.
3Ease of operation
If user accesses data recorder directly, then recording and playback functions are available, but user convenience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The unified web-based user interface provides universal access to both sensor and data recorder functions. Users can access recording and playback functions through the same interface used for sensor control, eliminating the need to switch between different access points and improving overall user convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The switching device enables the unified interface to access data recorder functions without requiring direct user connection to the data recorder. It mediates all communications, forwarding user requests to the appropriate device and returning responses through the same interface channel.
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AI summary
A sensor system comprises a sensor that outputs sensor data during operation; a web-based user interface for displaying the output sensor data on an end device and for transmitting control instructions of a user from the end device to the sensor; and a data recorder that is connected to the sensor and that is configured to receive sensor data output by the sensor and to store said sensor data on a storage medium. The data recorder has a switching device that is configured to forward sensor data received from the sensor to the web-based user interface and/or to forward control instructions received from the web-based user interface to the sensor.