Wireless Device Grouping via Sensor Triggered Broadcast
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electrical systems lack an efficient method for wirelessly organizing and managing electrical devices based on shared characteristics or locations, leading to inefficiencies in commissioning, energy management, and compliance with industry standards.
Innovation Solution
A system that employs sensor devices in electrical devices to detect user-defined conditions, allowing them to broadcast identification signals and be grouped by a gateway, enabling wireless organization and management of devices for common purposes or locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If electrical devices are manually organized and managed, then device organization can be achieved, but commissioning time and management complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables electrical devices to self-identify and self-organize automatically. Each device with a sensor detects trigger conditions and broadcasts its identification information without human intervention. The gateway automatically receives these broadcasts and assigns devices to groups based on their characteristics, eliminating the need for manual commissioning and significantly reducing commissioning time.
Solution Approach 2:
Devices are pre-equipped with sensors capable of detecting specific trigger conditions (such as light patterns or acoustic signals). When triggered, devices automatically broadcast their identification information in advance, allowing the gateway to pre-organize devices into groups before full system operation begins, thereby streamlining the commissioning process.
2Ease of operation
If sensor devices detect trigger conditions and broadcast identification signals, then wireless organization is enabled, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor devices perform multiple functions: they detect both operational parameters for device control and specific trigger conditions for organization purposes. The same sensor infrastructure used for normal device operation is leveraged for self-identification and grouping, avoiding the need for separate dedicated organization hardware and minimizing additional complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway acts as an intermediary that simplifies the overall system architecture. Individual devices only need to broadcast basic identification information when triggered; the gateway handles the complex task of receiving, processing, and organizing devices into groups based on their characteristics, thereby reducing the complexity burden on individual devices.
3Use of energy by moving object
If devices are grouped by shared characteristics, then energy management efficiency improves, but system configuration complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Devices automatically provide their identification information and characteristics to the gateway through broadcast signals when triggered. The gateway autonomously analyzes this information and configures optimal grouping arrangements based on shared characteristics without requiring manual intervention or complex user configuration, thereby simplifying the system configuration process while enabling efficient energy management through intelligent grouping.
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AI summary
A system can include a first electrical device having a first sensor device, where the first sensor device is configured to measure a first parameter used in operating the first electrical device, where the first sensor device is further configured to detect a first condition that is unrelated to operating the first electrical device, where the first condition is created by a trigger device controlled by a user, where the first sensor device, upon detecting the first condition, broadcasts a first communication that includes a first identification of the first sensor device. The system can also include a gateway communicably coupled to the first electrical device, where the gateway receives the first communication from the first electrical device, where the gateway assigns the first electrical device to a first group based on the first identification of the first sensor device.