Wireless Event Status Communication System for Environmental Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices, such as PDAs, lack the ability to automatically update or notify users of current environmental conditions outside the device, making it difficult to remember or manage multiple items and detect adverse operating states of home appliances or systems when leaving a premises.
Innovation Solution
A wireless event status communication system that includes a wireless informer associated with environmental elements to determine and communicate their operating states, using sensors like ultrasonic or motion sensors, and a remote status notification device that receives these updates, even when out of range, to alert users of adverse conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional electronic devices like PDAs are used to manage items, then users can create and update to-do lists, but users cannot automatically receive real-time updates of environmental conditions or operating states of external elements
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the monitoring function into separate components: environmental sensors placed at various locations detect local conditions, a microcontroller processes sensor data locally, and a wireless transmitter communicates with remote devices. This segmentation allows real-time environmental monitoring without requiring complex centralized processing in PDAs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary wireless communication system that bridges environmental sensors and remote devices. The microcontroller acts as an intermediary processing unit that receives sensor inputs, determines environmental states, and transmits notifications wirelessly to PDAs or other remote devices, eliminating the need for direct PDA-environment interaction.
2Reliability
If users manually track multiple items and tasks, then they can maintain lists of items to remember, but users may misplace lists or fail to update them when life situations become hectic
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service monitoring where environmental sensors automatically detect conditions (such as garage door position, appliance operation) and the microcontroller automatically processes this data and generates notifications. Users simply receive alerts without needing to manually track or update any information, making the system maintenance-free and highly reliable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection and analysis of environmental conditions before users need to take action. Sensors continuously monitor conditions and the microcontroller pre-processes data to identify adverse states, so users receive timely notifications about conditions that require attention before they become problems.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If no automated monitoring system is used, then device complexity remains low, but users cannot detect adverse operating states of environmental elements when leaving premises
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality by placing specific sensors at locations where particular environmental conditions need monitoring. For example, ultrasonic sensors are positioned to detect garage door position, while other sensors monitor appliance operation. Each sensor location is optimized for its specific monitoring task, providing targeted adverse condition detection without requiring a comprehensive complex system everywhere.
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AI summary
A wireless event status communication system, device and method are disclosed. In one form, a wireless enabled notification system includes a wireless informer operably associated with an environmental element having more than one operating state and operable to determine a current operating state of the environmental element and to communicate the current operating state via a wireless communication module. The system further includes a remote status notification device operable to receive the communication including the current operating state. The remote status notification device including a processor operable to determine a last current operating state when the remote status notification device is out of range of the wireless informer.