CN212064032U

CN212064032U - USB-based edge computing device

Info

Publication number: CN212064032U
Application number: CN202020980099.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谢磊; 徐颖菲; 李丽; 廖威; 丁路
Original assignee: Chengdu Zhishi Huiyu Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Chengdu Zhishi Huiyu Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-02
Filing date: 2020-06-02
Publication date: 2020-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 2030-06-02

Abstract

The utility model relates to an edge computing equipment based on USB, including core calculation module, extension calculation module, sensor module and USB HUB base module, extension calculation module and sensor module are connected with core calculation module electricity through USB HUB base module respectively, and core calculation module is including the main control node equipment that is used for carrying out the control management and the removal arithmetic equipment that is used for providing the power of calculating, and main control node equipment passes through USB HUB base module electricity with removal arithmetic equipment and is connected. The utility model discloses possess powerful calculation throughput and scalability to and high usability and reliability, have simultaneously that the cost of construction is low, occupy small, the energy consumption is low, and managerial ability is strong, the installation is maintained portably, and support the remote monitoring of equipment, have extensive scene suitability.

Description

USB-based edge computing device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an edge computing equipment technical field especially relates to an edge computing equipment based on USB.

Background

With the development of the internet of things and artificial intelligence and the application and popularization of a 5G (4G) wireless network, the types and the number of various edge devices, such as city cameras, various sensor devices and the like, are rapidly increased, and more data are generated at edge ends. Therefore, how to perform real-time calculation processing on the data generated by these edge terminals is a key for implementing intelligent transition from edge calculation to edge, and is also an important challenge faced by current edge calculation devices.

However, the current processing method of the edge device data is not only limited by the network transmission bandwidth, but also increases the data transmission delay, so that the requirement of the edge end for real-time processing is difficult to meet; or the computing power of the edge equipment is utilized, such as the intelligent camera is used for detecting objects, the coil is used for photographing the red light running of the motor vehicle, the radar is used for detecting urban pipelines, and the like; or configuring a multi-core ARM processor, a multi-core GPU, a multi-core neural network processor NNIE, a multi-core DSP and the like for a single edge computing device, or configuring a microcomputer device (such as a raspberry pi) for an edge collecting device as an edge computing device and the like. At present, due to the limitation of the computing capability of a single edge device, the processing modes have the defects of insufficient computing power, low reliability, difficult expansion of computing resources, single function of the device, and lack of 5G and Beidou (GPS) satellite communication and geographic position information positioning, can only be used for single data acquisition or simple data processing, and are difficult to meet the real-time computing requirements of the edge end on complex service scenes, such as real-time detection, identification, tracking and cognition of moving objects in a camera.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Based on this, it is necessary to provide an edge computing device based on USB for the situation that the existing cloud computing is limited by bandwidth and the edge computing power is insufficient, which has strong computing processing capability and expandability, and very high usability and reliability, and has the advantages of low construction cost, small occupied volume, low energy consumption, strong management capability, simple installation and maintenance, and wide scene applicability, and supports remote monitoring of the device. Utilize the utility model discloses the marginal computing equipment cluster based on USB who founds has solved and has carried out the real-time computation processing to complicated business under the present marginal scene, need carry out scalability and scalability demand to computational resource and computing power and lack the problem of suitable marginal computing equipment often.

The utility model provides a marginal computing device based on USB, includes core calculation module, extension calculation module, sensor module and USB HUB base module, extension calculation module reaches sensor module passes through respectively USB HUB base module with the core calculation module electricity is connected, core calculation module is including the main control node equipment that is used for carrying out control management and the mobile operation equipment that is used for providing the power of calculating, main control node equipment with mobile operation equipment passes through USB HUB base module electricity is connected, main control node equipment is including processor unit, USB Type-C interface unit, soft switch unit, high-speed storage unit, camera interface unit, communication unit, positioning unit, display interface unit and memory cell, USB Type-C interface unit, soft switch unit, high-speed storage unit, The camera interface unit, the communication unit, the positioning unit, the display interface unit and the storage unit are respectively electrically connected with the processor unit.

Preferably, the core computing module further includes a main and standby node device for detecting the main control node device, the main control node device is electrically connected to the main and standby node device through a USB HUB base module, and the main and standby node device is the same as the main control node device.

Preferably, the expansion calculation module comprises a plurality of working node devices, and each working node device comprises a processor unit, and a USB Type-C interface unit electrically connected with the processor unit, a high-speed storage unit, a camera interface unit, a communication unit, a positioning unit, a display interface unit, and a storage unit.

Preferably, the sensor module comprises a sensor interface, a video monitoring camera and a sensor component, and the video monitoring camera and the sensor component are electrically connected with the USB HUB base module through the sensor interface.

Preferably, USB HUB base module includes USBType-C plug module, USB network conversion module, USB HUB expansion module and power module, USBType-C plug module and USB HUB expansion module pass through USB network conversion module with soft switch unit electricity is connected, power module does USBType-C plug module, USB network conversion module and USB HUB expansion module power supply.

Preferably, the power module comprises a storage battery pack, a solar interface and a fan interface, and the solar interface and the fan interface are respectively and electrically connected with the storage battery pack.

Preferably, the communication unit is a 5G/4G module, the positioning unit is a Beidou/GPS module, and the display interface unit is a micro HDMI interface.

The utility model discloses an useful part lies in: 1. the mobile computing capability of the edge end expanding as required is provided; 2. the computing load of a data center/cloud is greatly reduced, and the network bandwidth pressure is relieved; 3. the equipment is connected with or provided with various sensors, and has the congenital edge multimode data fusion capability; 4. the equipment supports remote monitoring and operation and maintenance, namely the cloud end utilizes a 5G (4G) network to monitor the running state and the resource use condition of the edge equipment in real time; 5. the utility model provides a low cost's mobile computing device has implementation cost low, the space is small, the characteristics that the energy consumption is low, possesses very strong comprehensive price/performance ratio and enforceability.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a USB-based edge computing device;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a circuit module of a master node device and/or a master/slave node device;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a USB HUB base module circuit module.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will be able to make similar modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the only embodiments.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

As shown in fig. 1-2, an edge computing device based on USB comprises a core computing module 1, an extended computing module 2, a sensor module 3 and a USB HUB base module 4, wherein the extended computing module 2 and the sensor module 3 are electrically connected to the core computing module 1 through the USB HUB base module 4, the core computing module 1 comprises a main control node device 11 for performing control management and a mobile computing device 12 for providing computing power, the main control node device 11 is electrically connected to the mobile computing device 12 through the USB HUB base module 4, the main control node device 11 comprises a processor unit 111, a USB Type-C interface unit 112, a soft switch unit 113, a high-speed storage unit 114, a camera interface unit 115, a communication unit 116, a positioning unit 117, a display interface unit 118 and a storage unit 119, the USB Type-C interface unit 112, the soft switch unit 113, the high-speed storage unit 114, the camera interface unit 115, the communication unit 116, the positioning unit 117, the display interface unit 118, and the storage unit 119 are electrically connected to the processor unit 111, respectively. Specifically, in this embodiment, the core computing module 1 is a basic module for managing and providing computing resources and computing capabilities for the device according to the present technical solution, the expansion computing module 2 is a basic module for providing expandability and flexibility for the edge computing capabilities, the sensor module 3 is a sensor interface for providing various data acquisition for the edge computing devices, the USB HUB base module 4 is used for providing connection and expansion for the device according to the present invention, the core computing module 1 includes a main control node device 11 for performing control management and a mobile computing device 12 for providing computing capabilities, the main control node device 11 and the mobile computing device 12 are basic hardware devices for providing control management and computing resources for the device according to the present technical solution, and refer to a Linux system installed and cut out and a mobile device (including an android) having a (cpu) processing capability and a USB Tpye-C interface (including an android device), Hong meng, raspberry pi, etc. (with the same hardware and software configuration)), microprocessor-based proprietary mobile devices. It should be noted that the main control node device 11 further includes a processor unit 111, such as a CPU/GPU, for performing edge calculation tasks, such as real-time detection, identification, tracking, cognition, and the like of a moving object; the USB HUB base module 4 used for being clamped into the equipment in the technical scheme automatically gets power and is added into the USB Type-C interface unit 112 of the edge local area network; a soft switch unit 113 provided for establishing an edge local area network for the device in the present technical solution; a high-speed storage unit 114 for completing data storage in cooperation with the processor unit 111 (GPU/CPU processor); a camera interface unit 115 for supporting the input of original video image data of the device according to the present technical solution; the communication unit 116 for supporting the mobile communication of the device in the technical solution can transmit the running state and the resource usage of the device to the general cloud/data center in real time; on the other hand, the general cloud/data center can also perform real-time remote monitoring and maintenance according to the equipment state information reported by the edge computing equipment; a positioning unit 117 for supporting the positioning of the geographic location information of the device in the present technical solution; a display interface unit 118 for supporting the present solution device; and a storage unit 119 for providing the edge data and the processing result for the device module according to the present technical solution. Furthermore, it should be noted that the communication unit 116 is a 5G/4G module, the positioning unit 117 is a beidou/GPS module, and the display interface unit 118 is a micro HDMI interface.

As shown in fig. 2, the core computing module 1 further includes a primary and secondary node device 13 for detecting the primary node device 11, the primary node device 11 is electrically connected to the primary and secondary node device 13 through a USB HUB base module 4, and the primary and secondary node device 13 is the same as the primary node device 11. Specifically, in this embodiment, the main/standby node device 13 continuously detects whether the main control node device 11 is valid by using a heartbeat detection method, and if the main control node device 11 is found to be invalid, the main/standby node device 13 will replace the main control node device 11 to become a temporary main control node device, and automatically switch after the original main control node device 11 is recovered, so that the main control node device 11 and the main/standby node device 13 are completely the same in composition in order to realize complete replacement.

As shown in fig. 1-2, the extended computing module 2 includes a plurality of working node devices 21, and each of the working node devices 21 includes a processor unit 111, and a USB Type-C interface unit 112, a high-speed storage unit 114, a camera interface unit 115, a communication unit 116, a positioning unit 117, a display interface unit 118, and a storage unit 119 electrically connected to the processor unit 111. Specifically, in this embodiment, the extension calculation module 2 is a basic module for providing extensibility and scalability for the edge calculation capability, and is composed of a plurality of working node devices 21, each of the working node devices 21 includes a processor unit 111, a USB Type-C interface unit 112, a high-speed storage unit 114, a camera interface unit 115, a communication unit 116, a positioning unit 117, a display interface unit 118, and a storage unit 119, and is in communication connection with the main control power saving device 11 through the USB Type-C interface unit 112, so that extension of the edge calculation device is realized, and the overall calculation capability of the device is improved.

As shown in fig. 1, the sensor module 3 includes a sensor interface 31, a video monitoring camera 32 and a sensor assembly 33, and the video monitoring camera 31 and the sensor assembly 32 are electrically connected to the USB HUB base module 4 through the sensor interface 31. Specifically, the sensor interface 31 is used for providing various data acquisition interfaces for the edge computing device; the video surveillance camera 32 is various devices with camera shooting capability, such as a video surveillance camera of a gunlock, a dome camera, etc.; sensor assemblies 33 include, but are not limited to, sound sensors, temperature sensors, humidity sensors, air pressure sensors, wind speed sensors, wind direction sensors, light level sensors, raindrop sensors, water pollution sensors, harmful gas sensors (CO 2, CO, CH4, CH2O, volatile organics, etc.), PM2.5 sensors, smoke sensors (for use in urban restaurants, buildings, streets, attractions and factories, forests, etc.).

As shown in fig. 3, USB HUB base module 4 includes USB Type-C plug module 41, USB network conversion module 42, USB HUB expansion module 43 and power module 44, USB Type-C plug module 41 and USB HUB expansion module 43 pass through USB network conversion module 42 with soft switch unit 113 electricity is connected, power module 44 does USB Type-C plug module 41, USB network conversion module 42 and USB HUB expansion module 43 supply power. Specifically, the USB HUB base module 4 is configured to provide connection and expansion for the device in the technical solution, wherein the USB Type-C plug module 41 is configured to provide a connection bayonet for the mobile computing device and various sensor devices; the USB HUB extension module 43 is configured to be electrically connected to the USB Type-C interface unit 112 of the extension calculation module 2, and the USB network conversion module 42 is configured to convert the mobile computing device and various sensors into network connection through a USB Type-C interface, and input the converted signal into the processor unit 111 through the soft switch unit 113 for operation processing; the USB interface accords with USB 3.0/2.0/1.1 standard, and the gigabit Ethernet MAC and PHY are compatible with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u and IEEE 802.3ab protocols; the USB HUB expansion module 43 is used for completing the expansion of a plurality of mobile computing devices; the power module 44 is used to provide power to the base plug.

Further, in this embodiment, the power module 44 includes a storage battery, a solar interface and a fan interface, and the solar interface and the fan interface are electrically connected to the storage battery respectively. Specifically, the power module 44 is mainly used for providing a corresponding power supply for the edge computing device; the solar interface can be used for externally connecting micro solar equipment for supplying power to the power supply of the equipment; the fan interface is used for connecting a micro fan for ventilating and cooling the equipment, so that the working stability and normal temperature of the equipment are maintained.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A USB-based edge computing device, characterized by: including core calculation module, extension calculation module, sensor module and USB HUB base module, extension calculation module reaches sensor module passes through respectively USB HUB base module with the core calculation module electricity is connected, core calculation module is including the main control node equipment that is used for carrying out control management and the removal operation equipment that is used for providing the power of calculating, main control node equipment with remove operation equipment and pass through USB HUB base module electricity is connected, main control node equipment is including processor unit, USB Type-C interface unit, soft switch unit, high-speed storage unit, camera interface unit, communication unit, positioning unit, display interface unit and memory cell, USB Type-C interface unit, soft switch unit, high-speed storage unit, camera interface unit, communication unit, The positioning unit, the display interface unit and the storage unit are electrically connected with the processor unit respectively.

2. The USB based edge computing device of claim 1, wherein: the core computing module further comprises a main node device and a standby node device for detecting the main node device, the main node device is electrically connected with the main node device through a USB HUB base module, and the main node device and the standby node device are the same as the main node device.

3. The USB based edge computing device of claim 2, wherein: the expansion calculation module comprises a plurality of working node devices, and the working node devices comprise a processor unit and a USB Type-C interface unit electrically connected with the processor unit, a high-speed storage unit, a camera interface unit, a communication unit, a positioning unit, a display interface unit and a storage unit.

4. The USB based edge computing device of claim 1, wherein: the sensor module comprises a sensor interface, a video monitoring camera and a sensor assembly, wherein the video monitoring camera and the sensor assembly are electrically connected with the USB HUB base module through the sensor interface.

5. A USB based edge computing device as claimed in claim 3 wherein: USB HUB base module includes USBType-C plug module, USB network conversion module, USB HUB expansion module and power module, USBType-C plug module and USB HUB expansion module pass through USB network conversion module with soft switch unit electricity is connected, power module does USBType-C plug module, USB network conversion module and USB HUB expansion module power supply.

6. The USB based edge computing device of claim 5, wherein: the power module comprises a storage battery pack, a solar interface and a fan interface, wherein the solar interface and the fan interface are respectively and electrically connected with the storage battery pack.

7. The USB based edge computing device of claim 1, wherein: the communication unit is a 5G/4G module, the positioning unit is a Beidou/GPS module, and the display interface unit is a micro HDMI interface.