Smart Angled Mounting Piece for Cabinet Position Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for tracking the physical location of electronic devices in data center cabinets require infrared receivers and separate management systems, complicating deployment and management.
Innovation Solution
A smart angled mounting piece with integrated position identification units and switching circuits that communicate with the device via wired or wireless connections, eliminating the need for additional position acquisition elements and management systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If infrared receivers and separate management systems are used for tracking device positions, then position tracking capability is achieved, but system complexity and deployment difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the position identification unit, switching circuit, and communication module into an integrated smart bracket assembly. This merging eliminates the need for separate infrared receivers and management systems, reducing system complexity while maintaining position tracking capability. The integrated design allows the bracket to autonomously identify and communicate device location information.
Solution Approach 2:
The smart bracket serves multiple functions: it provides mechanical support for the electronic device, identifies the installation position through the position identification unit, and communicates location information via the communication module. This multi-functionality replaces the need for dedicated tracking hardware, simplifying the overall system while achieving reliable position tracking.
2Measurement precision
If additional position acquisition elements are installed in the cabinet, then position identification accuracy is improved, but deployment complexity and manpower requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The position identification unit is integrated into the bracket itself, enabling the bracket to autonomously identify its installation position without requiring external position acquisition elements. The bracket uses its own structural features (such as the angled mounting piece body) to generate identification signals, eliminating the need for additional cabinet-mounted sensors or markers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the position identification functionality from the cabinet structure and relocates it to the bracket. This extraction eliminates the need for installing additional position acquisition elements in the cabinet, simplifying deployment while maintaining accurate position identification through the bracket's inherent identification circuit and position identification unit.
3Productivity
If multiple identical electronic devices are installed in the same cabinet, then resource utilization is improved, but device location tracking and management become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The communication module in each smart bracket provides feedback about the installed device's position information to the external system. This feedback mechanism enables automatic tracking and management of multiple identical devices, allowing administrators to easily locate and trace each device despite them being physically identical and installed in the same cabinet.
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AI summary
Examples of the disclosure provide a smart angled mounting piece and a angled mounting piece assembly. By providing switching units and identification circuits in the smart angled mounting piece, when one or more of the switching units are triggered by the auxiliary member, an identification circuit electrically connected to the triggered switching unit and an identification circuit electrically connected to a switching unit that is not triggered collectively generate a logic signal characterizing the position at which the electronic device is installed to the cabinet, and the logic signalis transmitted to the electronic device through the communication module. The manager may know the position of the current electronic device in real time, without the need to specifically provide position acquisition elements on the cabinet, and without the need to install a separate management system on the back-end server, simplifying the difficulty of device management.