Smart Infrastructure Protocol Translation and Sensor Fusion
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Solution Overview
Problem
The current smart infrastructure ecosystem is fragmented due to the presence of actors with varying degrees of technological capabilities and communication protocols, leading to difficulties in information sharing and interoperability.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of smart infrastructure systems that act as intermediaries, capable of receiving, translating, and disseminating information across different communication protocols, and capturing data from actors incapable of communication, to facilitate multi-modal transfer capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If smart infrastructure systems use multiple communication protocols to support diverse actors, then adaptability and versatility are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a protocol translation service that acts as an intermediary between actors using different communication protocols. The service receives messages in various protocols (CAN, LIN, Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth), translates them into a unified internal format, and routes them to the appropriate application. This mediator approach enables multi-protocol support without requiring each component to handle all protocols directly, thus improving adaptability while managing complexity through centralized translation logic.
2Loss of information
If smart infrastructure systems capture data from all actors including those incapable of communication, then information completeness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The smart infrastructure system implements a universal data collection framework that handles both communicating and non-communicating actors through the same infrastructure. The system uses sensor arrays (cameras, LIDAR, microphones) that can detect and capture data from any actor regardless of its communication capability. This universal approach ensures information completeness from all actors while avoiding the complexity of implementing separate specialized systems for different actor types.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for receiving, by a smart infrastructure device and from a first vehicle, first information associated with the first vehicle in a first format associated with a first communication protocol. The first information is converted from the first format into an agnostic format. An image, video, or real-time feed of an environment of the smart infrastructure device is captured. The first vehicle and a second vehicle in the image, video, or real-time feed is identified. It is determined that the second vehicle is temporarily or permanently incapable of performing a communication with the smart infrastructure device based on the image, video, or real-time feed. The image, video, or real-time feed is analyzed to generate second information associated with the second vehicle. The second information is converted into the agnostic format.