Smart Sensor Registration for Accurate Event Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
In smart home environments, determining the target for control and its position among multiple sensors is challenging, especially when a single control center manages all appliances and lamps simultaneously, requiring an effective method for event detection and positioning.
Innovation Solution
A smart detection system that employs multiple sensors and a robot to detect and register sensor positions, using indicating signals and event signals to identify event occurrences and positions, with a central server comparing these signals to determine the event location and control home appliances and lamps accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple sensors are deployed to improve event detection coverage, then the ability to identify event positions and control targets is improved, but the complexity of sensor registration and position determination increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a robot as an intermediary device that mediates between the multiple sensors and the central server. The robot travels through the operation area, detects indicating signals from sensors, and communicates sensor position information to the central server. This intermediary approach allows sensors to be registered automatically without requiring complex manual configuration or direct peer-to-peer communication between sensors and the server, thus improving event detection reliability while managing registration complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor registration system employs self-service mechanisms where sensors automatically emit indicating signals containing their identification information, and the robot automatically detects and records these signals. The central server automatically processes the received information to determine sensor positions. This automated self-registration process eliminates the need for manual sensor configuration, reducing registration complexity while maintaining high detection accuracy across multiple sensors.
2Ease of operation
If a single control center manages all home appliances and lamps, then centralized control is achieved, but the difficulty of determining the target to be controlled and its position increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where sensors continuously monitor the operation area and send event signals to the central server. When an event is detected, the sensor's position information (previously registered through the robot) is fed back to the central server, enabling it to automatically determine the target location. This feedback loop allows the single control center to efficiently identify and control the appropriate appliances or lamps based on real-time sensor data, maintaining ease of centralized control while reducing target determination difficulty.
3Ease of manufacture
If sensor positions are manually configured, then registration is simple, but the accuracy and reliability of event position identification decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical configuration of sensor positions with an automated detection system. Instead of manually inputting sensor coordinates, the system uses the robot to physically travel through the operation area, detect indicating signals from sensors, and automatically record their positions. This substitution of manual mechanical registration with automated signal-based detection maintains ease of deployment while significantly improving the precision of sensor position identification, which directly enhances event location accuracy.
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AI summary
There is provided a smart detection system including multiple sensors and a central server. The central server confirms a model of every sensor and a position thereof in an operation area. The central server confirms an event position and predicts a user action according to event signals sent by the multiple sensors.