Street Light Management via Digital Map Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current street light management technologies lack the ability to monitor and control street lights distributed over multiple areas in real-time, making it difficult to manage installation positions, state information, and power usage efficiently, leading to increased costs and time for repairs and failures.
Innovation Solution
A street light management method and apparatus that receives and updates information from street lights, gateways, and communication channels at predetermined intervals, displaying this information on a digital map, allowing for real-time monitoring and control of street lights, including individual or group control, and facilitating accurate management of facilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If street lights are distributed over multiple areas for broader coverage, then the monitoring and control capability deteriorates due to lack of real-time visibility, but expanding coverage is necessary for comprehensive street lighting management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that collects information from multiple gateways distributed across different areas. The server aggregates data from various street lights through these gateways and provides centralized real-time monitoring capabilities, allowing administrators to view and control street lights across multiple areas without losing information despite the distributed architecture
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into segmented components: multiple street lights (nodes), multiple gateways, and a central server. Each gateway manages local street lights independently while reporting to the server. This segmentation allows the system to cover multiple areas effectively while maintaining centralized real-time monitoring through the server that consolidates information from all segments
2Measurement precision
If detailed information about each street light is collected and displayed, then the management precision improves, but the system complexity increases due to handling multiple data types
Solution Approach 1:
The server performs multiple functions: collecting information from gateways, storing it in a database, processing the data, and providing various display formats to administrators. This multi-functionality allows detailed state information to be managed precisely without proportionally increasing system complexity, as a single component (the server) handles all these tasks
3Loss of time
If real-time monitoring of all street lights is implemented, then the response time for repairs improves, but the power consumption and operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic information collection at predetermined intervals rather than continuous real-time monitoring. Gateways collect and transmit street light information periodically to the server, which then makes this data available for monitoring. This periodic action reduces power consumption compared to continuous monitoring while still enabling timely repair responses by detecting issues between intervals
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes feedback loops where street light information is continuously collected and made available to administrators for monitoring. When anomalies or failures are detected through this feedback mechanism, rapid response can be initiated. The feedback system enables efficient repair response without requiring constant active monitoring of all parameters
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AI summary
A street light management method includes: receiving from a server at predetermined intervals and updating at least one of information about a node that is at least one street light, information about a gateway that communicates with the node and the server, and information about a communication channel between the node and the gateway; displaying the node in a corresponding position on a digital map displayed on a screen using position information included in the information about the node and displaying the gateway in a corresponding position on the digital map using position information included in the information about the gateway; and displaying corresponding information in at least one of information display windows on the screen according to the received information or a user operation.