Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problems that the water supply mode of the existing community causes the shortage of water supply at a peak, but the whole day full power pressurization is performed and energy is wasted, the application provides a community water supply method and system based on big data.
In a first aspect, the present application provides a method for supplying water to a cell based on big data, which adopts the following technical scheme:
a district water supply method based on big data comprises the following steps:
acquiring historical water consumption data of each residential building in a community in each time period all day, generating a water consumption database, analyzing and acquiring a water consumption peak time period and a water consumption low peak time period of the residential building, and generating a water consumption time period table;
according to the water consumption time period table, controlling the pressurizing equipment to carry out full-power pressurizing water supply in a peak time period, and controlling the pressurizing equipment to carry out preset low-power pressurizing water supply in a low-peak water consumption time period;
the method comprises the steps of detecting water quality in a main water supply pipe at regular time, analyzing a water quality detection result, sending alarm information to a community property if water quality is up to standard, and transferring water in the main water supply pipe up to standard;
detecting the flow of the main water supply pipe, receiving flow data sent by flow detection equipment configured in a specific position according to a preset time interval, analyzing the received flow data, generating an alarm for abnormal flow data, and sending the alarm to a community property;
and counting the flow data of a plurality of continuous time periods, taking an average value, and starting a preset circulating device to circulate the water in the main water supply pipe if the average value is smaller than a preset threshold value. .
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through the division of rush hour and low peak time period, and then intelligent regulation supercharging equipment's power, when guaranteeing that the residential building is in the equal sufficient water supply of all day, further reduce the energy consumption of high-rise building water supply pressure boost in the district, reach green's effect. And detect water quality regularly and can in time discover the phenomenon that main delivery pipe leads to quality of water not up to standard because of various unexpected factors, ensure resident user's water safety. Meanwhile, the main water supply pipes of all residential buildings in the community are subjected to flow detection, so that the phenomenon that all the main water supply pipes are damaged can be found in time, water supply waste caused by no people finding water leakage points among building groups or the communities is avoided, and the effect of environmental protection is achieved. Further, flow data of a plurality of past time periods of each residential building are counted and averaged, and when the situation that the residential building is too little or not used for a long time is detected, circulation equipment is started in time to circulate water in a main water supply pipe, so that water scaling and deposition in the main water supply pipe are avoided.
Preferably, the transferring of the water which does not reach the standard in the main water supply pipe specifically comprises transferring the water with unqualified water quality in the main water supply pipe to a storage box with other preset purposes through a preset external guiding device, and the storage box with other purposes is used for supplying water to public facilities with low water quality requirements in the community.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, with the unqualified water transfer of quality of water in the main delivery pipe to other usage bin that predetermines in, and then to the community supply water to the public facilities that quality of water does not have the requirement, if supply water and public place clean water etc. to the green planting of district, can also practice thrift the water resource when guaranteeing resident's water safety, avoid appearing the water wasting, reach green's effect.
Preferably, the method further comprises the steps of obtaining the feedback water shortage demand of the high-rise users in real time, and adjusting the supercharging power of the residential building where the users are located according to the received missing demand, specifically comprising the following steps:
acquiring the water shortage requirement fed back by a high-rise user in real time;
judging a residential building where a user is located and a time period where the user is located according to the water shortage demand, if the user is located in a low peak time period, adjusting the supercharging power of the residential building where the user is located and acquiring the follow-up feedback of the user;
if the user is in the peak time period, acquiring whether the main water supply pipe is overhauling, and if so, feeding back to the user; if the water shortage requirement does not exist, the water shortage requirement of the user is sent to the property department of the district, and a property manager overhauls the main water supply pipe to judge whether the phenomenon of breakage of the main water supply pipe exists or not.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, receive user's lack of water feedback in real time and adjust supercharging equipment power at low peak time and ensure that user's water is sufficient, when practicing thrift supercharging equipment energy consumption, promote user's water experience, can also make to discover in advance that the district exists the phenomenon that the delivery pipe is damaged through receiving lack of water feedback simultaneously.
Preferably, the method further comprises the step of acquiring fire protection information in the community in real time, and adjusting pressurizing equipment for providing water sources for fire protection facilities corresponding to the fire occurrence place to the maximum power after the fire protection fire alarm information is acquired.
By adopting the technical scheme, the fire control information in the community is acquired in real time, the energy consumption of the pressurizing equipment is saved, and meanwhile, sufficient water sources can be provided for the fire control equipment when a fire disaster occurs, so that the safety of residential buildings is improved.
Preferably, the detecting the flow of the main water supply pipe, receiving the flow data sent by the flow detecting device configured in the specific position according to a preset time interval, analyzing the received flow data, generating an alarm for abnormal flow data, and sending the alarm to the residential property specifically includes:
detecting the flow of the main water supply pipe, and receiving flow data sent by flow detection equipment configured in a specific position according to a preset time interval;
comparing the flow data with a normal range curve of the user water supply amount, wherein the normal range curve of the user water supply amount is a predicted water supply amount curve calculated according to the normal water supply flow data acquired in a plurality of time periods before the time period detected at this time;
if the comparison result is larger than the preset elasticity value, the position information of the flow equipment is sent to a property manager, and a maintenance request is generated.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, detect the flow of delivery pipe to overhaul the delivery pipe of flow anomaly department, can in time discover each main delivery pipe and take place damaged phenomenon, avoid unmanned discovery building crowd or the water leakage point between the district to cause the water supply extravagant, reach green's effect.
Preferably, the counting and averaging the flow data of a plurality of continuous time periods, and if the average value is smaller than a preset threshold value, starting a preset circulation device to circulate the water in the main water supply pipe specifically includes the following steps:
a1, value comparison: counting the flow data of a plurality of continuous time periods, taking an average value, and comparing the average value with a preset threshold value;
a2, comparing and judging: if the average value is smaller than the threshold value, performing the step A3, and if the average value is larger than the threshold value, repeating the step A1 when the flow data is received next time;
a3, water purification circulation: and starting a preset circulating device to circulate water in the main water supply pipe, and stopping the circulating device after starting for 3 min.
By adopting the technical scheme, the flow data of a plurality of past time periods of each residential building are counted and averaged, and when the situation that the water in the residential building is too little or not used for a long time is detected, the circulating equipment is started in time to circulate the water in the main water supply pipe, so that the water scaling and deposition in the main water supply pipe are avoided.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a cell water supply system based on big data, which adopts the following technical scheme:
the community water supply system based on big data is applied to the community water supply method based on big data in any scheme, and comprises a server module, a water consumption database and a water consumption time period table, wherein the server module is used for acquiring historical water consumption data of all-day time periods of each residential building in the community, analyzing and acquiring peak water consumption time periods and low peak water consumption time periods of the residential building;
the supercharging control module is used for controlling the supercharging equipment to carry out full-power supercharging water supply in the peak time period according to the water consumption time period table, and controlling the supercharging equipment to carry out preset low-power supercharging water supply in the low-peak water consumption time period;
the water quality management module is used for detecting the water quality in the main water supply pipe at regular time, analyzing the water quality detection result, sending alarm information to the residential property if the water quality is up to standard, and transferring the water in the main water supply pipe which is up to standard;
the flow detection module is used for detecting the flow of the main water supply pipe, receiving the flow data sent by the flow detection equipment arranged in the specific position according to a preset time interval, analyzing the received flow data, generating an alarm for abnormal flow data and sending the alarm to the community property;
and the flow management module is used for counting and averaging flow data of a plurality of continuous time periods, and starting a preset circulating device to circulate water in the main water supply pipe if the average value is smaller than a preset threshold value.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through the division of rush hour and low peak time period, and then intelligent regulation supercharging equipment's power, when guaranteeing that the residential building is in the equal sufficient water supply of all day, further reduce the energy consumption of high-rise building water supply pressure boost in the district, reach green's effect. And detect water quality regularly and can in time discover the phenomenon that main delivery pipe leads to quality of water not up to standard because of various unexpected factors, ensure resident user's water safety. Meanwhile, the main water supply pipes of all residential buildings in the community are subjected to flow detection, so that the phenomenon that all the main water supply pipes are damaged can be found in time, water supply waste caused by no people finding water leakage points among building groups or the communities is avoided, and the effect of environmental protection is achieved. Further, flow data of a plurality of past time periods of each residential building are counted and averaged, and when the situation that the residential building is too little or not used for a long time is detected, circulation equipment is started in time to circulate water in a main water supply pipe, so that water scaling and deposition in the main water supply pipe are avoided.
Preferably, the flow detection module comprises a flow detection device, a flow comparison module and a flow curve module, wherein the flow detection device is used for detecting the flow of the main water supply pipe and sending flow data to the flow comparison module according to a preset time interval; the flow curve module is used for calculating a predicted water supply quantity curve according to the normal water supply flow data acquired in a plurality of time periods relative to the time period before the current detection time period; the flow comparison module is used for comparing the received flow data with a normal range curve of the water supply quantity of the user, and if the comparison result is larger than a preset elastic value, the flow equipment position information is sent to a property manager and a maintenance request is generated.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, carry out flow detection to the main delivery pipe of each residential building in the district, can in time discover each main delivery pipe and take place the phenomenon of damage, avoid unmanned discovery building crowd or the water leakage point between the district to cause the water supply extravagant, reach green's effect.
Preferably, the system also comprises a water shortage feedback module, wherein the water shortage feedback module comprises a demand receiving module and a water shortage analysis module;
the demand receiving module is used for acquiring the water shortage demand fed back by the high-rise user in real time;
the water shortage analysis module judges the residential building where the user is located and the time period where the user is located according to the water shortage requirement, and if the user is in a low peak time period, the supercharging power of the residential building where the user is located is regulated by the supercharging control module; if the user is in the peak time period, acquiring whether the main water supply pipe is overhauling, and if so, feeding back to the user; if the water shortage requirement does not exist, the water shortage requirement of the user is sent to the property department of the district, and a property manager overhauls the main water supply pipe to judge whether the phenomenon of breakage of the main water supply pipe exists or not.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, receive user's lack of water feedback in real time and adjust supercharging equipment power at low peak time and ensure that user's water is sufficient, when practicing thrift supercharging equipment energy consumption, promote user's water experience, can also make to discover in advance that the district exists the phenomenon that the delivery pipe is damaged through receiving lack of water feedback simultaneously.
In a third aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium, which adopts the following technical scheme:
a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program loadable by a processor and performing any of the computer room intelligent monitoring methods described above.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through the division of rush hour and low peak time period, and then intelligent regulation supercharging equipment's power, when guaranteeing that the residential building is in the equal sufficient water supply of all day, further reduce the energy consumption of high-rise building water supply pressure boost in the district, reach green's effect. And detect water quality regularly and can in time discover the phenomenon that main delivery pipe leads to quality of water not up to standard because of various unexpected factors, ensure resident user's water safety. Meanwhile, the main water supply pipes of all residential buildings in the community are subjected to flow detection, so that the phenomenon that all the main water supply pipes are damaged can be found in time, water supply waste caused by no people finding water leakage points among building groups or the communities is avoided, and the effect of environmental protection is achieved. Further, flow data of a plurality of past time periods of each residential building are counted and averaged, and when the situation that the residential building is too little or not used for a long time is detected, circulation equipment is started in time to circulate water in a main water supply pipe, so that water scaling and deposition in the main water supply pipe are avoided.
In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:
1. the power of the pressurizing equipment is intelligently adjusted by dividing the peak time and the low peak time, so that the energy consumption of water supply pressurization of high-rise buildings in the community is further reduced while the water supply of the residential building is fully supplied all the day, and the effect of environmental protection is achieved;
2. the main water supply pipes of all residential buildings in the cell are detected in flow, so that the phenomenon that all the main water supply pipes are damaged can be found in time, water supply waste caused by no one finding out water leakage points among building groups or the cells is avoided, and the effect of environmental protection is achieved;
3. the water quality is detected at regular time, so that the phenomenon that the water quality of the main water supply pipe is not up to standard due to various unexpected factors can be timely found, and the water use safety of resident users is ensured;
4. and counting and averaging flow data of each residential building in a plurality of past time periods, and when detecting that the residential building is too little or not used for a long time, starting the circulating equipment in time to circulate the water in the main water supply pipe, so as to avoid scaling and deposition of the water in the main water supply pipe.
Detailed Description
The present application is described in further detail below in conjunction with figures 1-5.
The embodiment of the application discloses a community water supply method based on big data. Referring to fig. 1, a cell water supply method based on big data includes the steps of:
s1, generating a water consumption time period table: acquiring historical water consumption data of each residential building in a community in each time period all day, generating a water consumption database, analyzing and acquiring a water consumption peak time period and a water consumption low peak time period of the residential building, and generating a water consumption time period table; the method comprises the steps of specifically counting historical water consumption data of all days of a residential building, counting a time period with water consumption being larger than a preset high water consumption value and frequency being larger than a preset frequency value as a peak water consumption time period in an hour unit, and counting the rest time period as a low peak water consumption time period, wherein the preset high water consumption value and frequency value are set by a manager;
s2, adjusting pressurizing equipment: according to the water consumption time period table, controlling the pressurizing equipment to carry out full-power pressurizing water supply in a peak time period, and controlling the pressurizing equipment to carry out preset low-power pressurizing water supply in a low-peak water consumption time period; when the fire disaster alarming information is obtained, the pressurizing equipment which corresponds to the fire disaster occurrence place and provides water sources for the fire fighting facilities is regulated to the maximum power, the energy consumption of the pressurizing equipment is saved, and meanwhile, when the fire disaster occurs, sufficient water sources can be provided for the fire fighting equipment, so that the safety of residential buildings is improved;
s3, water quality detection management: the method comprises the steps of detecting water quality in a main water supply pipe at regular time, analyzing a water quality detection result, sending alarm information to a community property if water quality is up to standard, and transferring water in the main water supply pipe up to standard;
s4, flow detection management: detecting the flow of the main water supply pipe, receiving flow data sent by flow detection equipment configured in a specific position according to a preset time interval, analyzing the received flow data, generating an alarm for abnormal flow data, and sending the alarm to a community property;
s5, flow data statistics: and counting the flow data of a plurality of continuous time periods, taking an average value, and starting a preset circulating device to circulate the water in the main water supply pipe if the average value is smaller than a preset threshold value. Through the division of peak time and low peak time period, and then intelligent regulation supercharging equipment's power, when guaranteeing that the residential building is in the abundant water supply of all day, further reduce the energy consumption of high-rise building water supply pressure boost in the district, reach green's effect. And detect water quality regularly and can in time discover the phenomenon that main delivery pipe leads to quality of water not up to standard because of various unexpected factors, ensure resident user's water safety. Meanwhile, the main water supply pipes of all residential buildings in the community are subjected to flow detection, so that the phenomenon that all the main water supply pipes are damaged can be found in time, water supply waste caused by no people finding water leakage points among building groups or the communities is avoided, and the effect of environmental protection is achieved. Further, flow data of a plurality of past time periods of each residential building are counted and averaged, and when the situation that the residential building is too little or not used for a long time is detected, circulation equipment is started in time to circulate water in a main water supply pipe, so that water scaling and deposition in the main water supply pipe are avoided.
In the step S3, transferring the water which does not reach the standard in the main water supply pipe specifically includes: and transferring unqualified water in the main water supply pipe into other preset use storage boxes through preset external guiding equipment, wherein the other use storage boxes are used for supplying water to public facilities with low water quality requirements in the community. And transferring the unqualified water in the main water supply pipe into a storage box for other preset purposes, so as to supply water to public facilities which do not require water quality in the community, such as green plant water supply in the community, public place clean water supply and the like. The water resource can be saved while the safety of water for residents is ensured, the water resource waste is avoided, and the effect of green environmental protection is achieved.
Referring to fig. 2, the method for supplying water to a community based on big data further includes obtaining feedback water shortage demand of users on high floors in real time, and adjusting boost power of a residential building where the users are located according to the received missing demand specifically includes:
q1, obtaining water shortage requirements: acquiring the water shortage requirement fed back by a high-rise user in real time;
q2, adjusting boost power: judging a residential building where a user is located and a time period where the user is located according to the water shortage demand, if the user is located in a low peak time period, adjusting the supercharging power of the residential building where the user is located and acquiring the follow-up feedback of the user;
q3, feeding back maintenance conditions: if the user is in the peak time period, acquiring whether the main water supply pipe is overhauling, and if so, feeding back to the user; if the water shortage requirement does not exist, the water shortage requirement of the user is sent to the property department of the district, and a property manager overhauls the main water supply pipe to judge whether the phenomenon of breakage of the main water supply pipe exists or not. And the water shortage feedback of the user is received in real time, the power of the pressurizing equipment is regulated at the low peak time, so that the sufficient water consumption of the user is ensured, the energy consumption of the pressurizing equipment is saved, and the water consumption experience of the user is improved. Meanwhile, the phenomenon that the water supply pipe is damaged in the community can be found in advance through receiving the water shortage feedback.
Referring to fig. 3, the step S4 specifically includes:
l1, acquiring flow data: detecting the flow of the main water supply pipe, and receiving flow data sent by flow detection equipment configured in a specific position according to a preset time interval;
l2, data analysis and comparison: comparing the flow data with a normal range curve of the user water supply amount, wherein the normal range curve of the user water supply amount is a predicted water supply amount curve calculated according to the normal water supply flow data acquired in a plurality of time periods before the time period detected at this time;
and L3, generating an overhaul request: if the comparison result is larger than the preset elasticity value and the elasticity value is set by the manager, the flow equipment position information is sent to the property manager and a maintenance request is generated. The flow of the water supply pipe is detected, the water supply pipe at the abnormal position of the flow is overhauled, the phenomenon that each main water supply pipe is damaged can be timely found, water supply waste caused by water leakage points among building groups or communities which are not found by people is avoided, and the effect of environmental protection is achieved.
Referring to fig. 4, the step S5 specifically includes the following steps:
a1, value comparison: counting the flow data of a plurality of continuous time periods, taking an average value, and comparing the average value with a preset threshold value;
a2, comparing and judging: if the average value is smaller than the threshold value, performing the step A3, and if the average value is larger than the threshold value, repeating the step A1 when the flow data is received next time;
a3, water purification circulation: and starting a preset circulating device to circulate water in the main water supply pipe, and stopping the circulating device after starting for 3 min. And counting and averaging flow data of each residential building in a plurality of past time periods, and when detecting that the residential building is too little or not used for a long time, starting the circulating equipment in time to circulate the water in the main water supply pipe, so as to avoid scaling and deposition of the water in the main water supply pipe.
The embodiment of the application also discloses a community water supply system based on big data. Referring to fig. 5, a big data based cell water supply system, applied to a big data based cell water supply method in the above scheme, includes: the system comprises a server module 1, a supercharging control module 2, a water quality management module 3, a flow detection module 4 and a flow management module 5, wherein the server module 1 is in communication connection with the water quality management module 3, the flow detection module 4 and the flow management module 5.
Referring to fig. 5, a server module 1 is configured to obtain historical water consumption data of each residential building in a community in each period of all days, generate a water consumption database, and analyze and obtain a water consumption time table of each residential building in a peak water consumption period and a low peak water consumption period. And the pressurizing control module 2 is used for controlling the pressurizing equipment to carry out full-power pressurizing water supply in the peak time period according to the water consumption time period table and controlling the pressurizing equipment to carry out preset low-power pressurizing water supply in the low-peak water consumption time period. And the water quality management module 3 is used for detecting the water quality in the main water supply pipe at regular time, analyzing the water quality detection result, sending alarm information to the residential property department if the water quality does not reach the standard, and transferring the water which does not reach the standard in the main water supply pipe. The flow detection module 4 is configured to detect a flow of the main water supply pipe, receive flow data sent by the flow detection device 41 configured in a specific position according to a preset time interval, analyze the received flow data, and generate an alarm for abnormal flow data to send to a community property. And the flow management module 5 is used for counting and averaging flow data of a plurality of continuous time periods, and starting a preset circulating device to circulate water in the main water supply pipe if the average value is smaller than a preset threshold value. Through the division of peak time and low peak time period, and then intelligent regulation supercharging equipment's power, when guaranteeing that the residential building is in the abundant water supply of all day, further reduce the energy consumption of high-rise building water supply pressure boost in the district, reach green's effect. And detect water quality regularly and can in time discover the phenomenon that main delivery pipe leads to quality of water not up to standard because of various unexpected factors, ensure resident user's water safety. Meanwhile, the main water supply pipes of all residential buildings in the community are subjected to flow detection, so that the phenomenon that all the main water supply pipes are damaged can be found in time, water supply waste caused by no people finding water leakage points among building groups or the communities is avoided, and the effect of environmental protection is achieved. Further, flow data of a plurality of past time periods of each residential building are counted and averaged, and when the situation that the residential building is too little or not used for a long time is detected, circulation equipment is started in time to circulate water in a main water supply pipe, so that water scaling and deposition in the main water supply pipe are avoided.
Referring to fig. 5, the water quality management module 3 includes a water quality detecting device 31 for detecting water quality in the main water supply pipe at regular time and an external guiding device 32 for transferring water, which does not reach the standard in the main water supply pipe, to a storage tank for other uses. The water quality is detected at regular time, so that the phenomenon that the water quality of the main water supply pipe is not up to standard due to various unexpected factors can be timely found, and the water use safety of resident users is ensured. The water with unqualified water quality in the main water supply pipe is transferred into other preset use storage boxes, and then public facilities with no requirement on water quality are supplied to the community, such as green plant water supply and public place clean water supply for the community, so that the water resource can be saved while the safety of resident water is ensured, the water resource waste is avoided, and the effect of green environmental protection is achieved.
Referring to fig. 5, the flow detection module 4 includes a flow detection device 41, a flow comparison module 42, and a flow curve module 43. The flow rate detection device 41 is used for detecting the flow rate of the main water supply pipe, and sending flow rate data to the flow rate comparison module 42 at preset time intervals. The flow rate profile module 43 is configured to calculate a predicted water supply amount profile based on the normal water supply flow rate data acquired with respect to a plurality of time periods preceding the time period of the present detection. The flow comparison module 42 is configured to compare the received flow data with a normal range curve of the water supply amount of the user, and if the comparison result is greater than a preset elasticity value, send the flow device position information to a property manager, and generate a maintenance request. The main water supply pipe of each residential building in the cell is subjected to flow detection, so that the phenomenon that each main water supply pipe is damaged can be found in time, water supply waste caused by unmanned discovery of water leakage points between building groups or the cells is avoided, and the effect of environmental protection is achieved.
Referring to fig. 5, a big data based district water supply system further includes a water shortage feedback module 6, and the water shortage feedback module 6 includes a demand receiving module 61 and a water shortage analyzing module 62. The demand receiving module 61 is configured to obtain the water shortage demand fed back by the high-rise user in real time. The water shortage analysis module 62 judges the residential building where the user is located and the time period where the user is located according to the water shortage requirement, and if the user is located in the low peak time period, the supercharging power of the residential building where the user is located is regulated by the supercharging control module 2; if the user is in the peak time period, acquiring whether the main water supply pipe is overhauling, and if so, feeding back to the user; if the water shortage requirement does not exist, the water shortage requirement of the user is sent to the property department of the district, and a property manager overhauls the main water supply pipe to judge whether the phenomenon of breakage of the main water supply pipe exists or not. The water shortage feedback of the user is received in real time, the power of the pressurizing equipment is adjusted at the low peak time, the sufficient water consumption of the user is ensured, the energy consumption of the pressurizing equipment is saved, the water consumption experience of the user is improved, and meanwhile, the phenomenon that the water supply pipe is damaged in a community can be found in advance through the fact that the water shortage feedback is received.
The present application also discloses a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program capable of being loaded by a processor and executing the method as described above, the computer-readable storage medium including, for example: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.
The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and not for limiting the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are merely some, but not all, embodiments of the invention. Based on these embodiments, all other embodiments that may be obtained by one of ordinary skill in the art without inventive effort are within the scope of the invention. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art may still combine, add or delete features of the embodiments of the present invention or make other adjustments according to circumstances without any conflict, so as to obtain different technical solutions without substantially departing from the spirit of the present invention, which also falls within the scope of the present invention.