Trailer Beacon Proximity Tracking for Stable Connection Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current trailer tracking systems face challenges in accurately detecting and communicating the connection status of trailers to user devices, particularly in determining proximity and maintaining continuous communication with beacons, which affects the reliability of tracking and monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that initiates a beacon scan to detect signal attributes and serial numbers of beacons, determines proximity to a user device, and sends connection signals to data storage, with features like continuous or intermittent scanning, flagging out-of-range beacons, and using confidence indicators to confirm connectivity based on proximity and connection thresholds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If continuous beacon scanning is performed to maintain reliable tracking, then tracking reliability is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs beacon scanning at defined intervals rather than continuously, balancing tracking reliability with energy conservation. The detection application initiates beacon scans periodically to determine proximity and connection status while allowing the device to enter low-power states between scans.
2Measurement precision
If proximity determination uses strict thresholds to ensure accuracy, then measurement precision is improved, but connection reliability deteriorates due to intermittent disconnections
Solution Approach 1:
The system establishes connection thresholds that anticipate intermittent signal loss. By requiring beacons to remain within threshold proximity for defined durations before confirming connection status, the system cushions against false disconnections while maintaining accurate proximity determination.
3Measurement precision
If multiple confidence indicators are evaluated to confirm connectivity, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connection determination process is segmented into distinct evaluation stages: signal strength assessment, proximity threshold checking, duration verification, and confidence indicator evaluation. This segmentation allows the system to methodically assess multiple factors without creating a monolithic complex algorithm.
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AI summary
A method of detecting and tracking a trailer. The computer-implemented method, when executed by data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations. The operations include initiating, using a detection application, a beacon scan and detecting a signal attribute and a serial number for a plurality of beacons. The operations also include recording the signal attribute and the serial number for each of the plurality of beacons and determining, based on a proximity of a respective beacon to a user device within a predetermined time interval, that the respective beacon is communicatively connected to the detection application. The operations further include sending, in response to determining that the respective beacon is communicatively connected, a connection signal from the detection application to one of data storage of the detection application and the respective beacon.