Background
Edge computing refers to the measurement of network edges near objects or data sources, and provides edge intelligent services nearby by fusing network, computing, storage and application core capabilities of a distributed open platform. Because the data analysis processing of the edge calculation is completed at the edge side, the method can generate faster network service response, and satisfies the real-time performance, the safety and the privacy of the data processing. The cloud computing may access historical data of edge computing.
The intelligent sensor is a sensor with an information processing function. The intelligent sensor is provided with a microprocessor and integrated with a multifunctional sensor, can collect, process and exchange information, and has the characteristics of high precision, low cost, automation and multiple functions.
Environmental sensing refers to collecting parameters of the surrounding environment through equipment such as a sensor and the like, for example, detecting the distance and the relative position of surrounding movable objects and the equipment, and detecting the temperature and humidity of the environment, the illumination intensity, the temperature and humidity of soil, plant electric signals and the like.
The long-distance wireless communication refers to long-distance transmission of data of terminal equipment, such as sensor data, with low power through schemes such as LoRa communication protocol, etc., and the distance is enlarged by 3-5 times compared with the traditional wireless radio frequency communication under the same power consumption, so that the energy consumption of the terminal equipment is reduced, the endurance time is prolonged, and the deployment cost of the sensor in a large range is reduced.
The combination of the edge computing technology, the intelligent sensor technology, the environment sensing technology and the long-distance wireless communication technology provides more intelligent, customized, low-cost and rapid-deployment service for intelligent detection and sensing of the plant growth environment in an outdoor scene. For example, to outdoor park, gardens and agricultural scene, the intelligent sensor that possesses the environmental perception function can collect the humiture, illumination intensity, soil humiture, the plant signal of telecommunication of environment to detect the displacement of people in the environment under the condition that removes privacy through artificial intelligence algorithm through distance detection module. The edge computing equipment adopts a multi-model data analysis algorithm to fuse multiple sensor data, analyzes the growth condition and personnel density of park plants at the equipment position, detects the water shortage condition of the plants, combines the current illumination intensity, soil and environmental temperature and humidity and personnel density at the periphery of the equipment, gives out plant watering tasks for improving the plant growth environment and not influencing personnel in the area, sends the data to a control center through a long-distance wireless communication technology, and the control center finishes the distribution of the watering tasks or automatically controls a watering system to finish the watering tasks, improves the survival rate and the aesthetic property of the plants in a park, reduces the operation cost and avoids unnecessary troubles and property loss of the watering tasks for people in the environment. However, in the existing technical scheme, the edge computing device, the intelligent sensor and the environment sensing device are usually independent products, have no long-distance wireless transmission function, and cannot be flexibly configured and rapidly deployed in a specific application scene. In addition, the cost of development, hardware cost, installation and deployment, operation and maintenance management of the three platforms are relatively high.
Disclosure of Invention
Accordingly, the present utility model provides an outdoor edge computing intelligent sensor with environmental awareness and long-range wireless communication functions in an attempt to solve at least the above-mentioned problems.
According to one aspect of the utility model, an outdoor edge computing intelligent sensor with an environment sensing function and a long-distance wireless communication function is provided, the outdoor edge computing intelligent sensor comprises a first shell and a second shell, a closed cavity is formed after the first shell and the second shell are fixedly connected, a printed circuit board is arranged in the cavity, a microcomputer module, a distance detection module, a communication module, a display screen, a millimeter wave radar, a battery module and at least one environment sensing sensor are arranged on the printed circuit board, the microcomputer module comprises a processor and at least one expansion interface, the distance detection module, the communication module, the display screen, the millimeter wave radar, the battery module and the environment sensing sensor are connected with the microcomputer module through the expansion interface, the first shell or the second shell adopts a high-performance heat dissipation material, a special heat conduction structure is arranged at a position close to the microcomputer module or the battery module, and heat in the cavity can be efficiently led out through a passive heat dissipation mode and dissipated through the shell.
Optionally, in the edge computing intelligent sensor according to the utility model, the environment sensing sensor comprises one or more of an environment temperature and humidity sensor, an environment light intensity sensor, a soil temperature and humidity sensor, a plant electric signal sensor, a volatile organic matter concentration sensor, a PM2.5 particulate matter sensor, a carbon dioxide concentration sensor and a sound sensor. The sensor can be arranged in a closed cavity formed by connecting the first shell and the second shell, part of electrodes or sensing elements which need to be in direct contact with the external environment can extend into the external environment through wires passing through the shell of the outdoor edge sensor, and the sensor can be flexibly configured according to specific information to be detected.
Optionally, in the edge computing intelligent sensor according to the present utility model, the first housing or the second housing is made of a high-performance heat dissipation material, and has a special heat conduction structure, and a position close to the microcomputer module or the battery module is provided with a heat conduction structure, so that heat in the cavity can be efficiently led out by a passive heat dissipation manner and dissipated through the housing. The other shell is made of transparent materials so as to meet the requirement that the radar signal of the distance detection module can penetrate through the shell to complete the distance detection task.
Optionally, in the edge computing intelligent sensor according to the present utility model, the first housing or the second housing is provided with a through hole adapted to expose the signal interface of the environmental temperature and humidity sensor, the plant electrical signal sensor, and the soil temperature and humidity sensor.
Optionally, in the edge computing intelligent sensor according to the present utility model, the distance detection module, the communication module, the display screen, the millimeter wave radar, the battery module, the ambient temperature and humidity sensor, the soil temperature and humidity sensor, the plant electrical signal sensor, and the ambient light intensity sensor are built in a cavity formed by the first housing and the second housing, and a portion of the sensor that needs to be in direct contact with the external environment may extend into the external environment through a wire passing through the housing of the outdoor edge sensor.
Optionally, in the edge computing intelligent sensor according to the present utility model, the microcomputer module and the battery module further include a power interface and a sensor signal interface, and the first housing or the second housing is provided with a through hole adapted to expose the power interface and the sensor signal interface.
Optionally, in the edge computing intelligent sensor according to the present utility model, the power interface and the sensor signal interface are waterproof USB Type-C interface or waterproof 3.5MM round hole interface.
Optionally, in the edge computing intelligent sensor according to the utility model, the distance detection module arranged on the printed circuit board comprises one or more of a millimeter wave radar, a laser ranging sensor, an ultrasonic ranging module and an infrared ranging sensor module. The distance detection module can distinguish the displacement of people in the environment from the surrounding environment through an artificial intelligence algorithm of the edge calculation intelligent sensor, and effectively identify the people density in the current environment.
Optionally, in the edge computing smart sensor according to the utility model, the communication module arranged on the printed circuit board comprises one or more of a LoRa network, a Wi-Fi network, a Bluetooth network, a ZigBee network, a WLAN network, an NB-IoT network, a 4G network, and a 5G network.
Optionally, in the edge computing smart sensor according to the present utility model, the display screen provided on the printed circuit board includes one or more of LED, LCD, OLED, AMOLED, TN, VA, IPS.
Optionally, in the edge computing intelligent sensor according to the utility model, the battery module arranged on the printed circuit board comprises one or more of a lead-acid storage battery, a nickel-cadmium storage battery, a nickel-hydrogen battery, a lithium ion battery, a lithium cobaltate battery, a lithium manganate battery, a nickel cobalt lithium aluminate battery, a lithium iron phosphate battery and a lithium titanate battery.
Optionally, in the edge computing intelligent sensor according to the present utility model, the first housing or the second housing is fixedly connected by screws to form a closed waterproof cavity, the printed circuit board is fixed in the cavity by screws, and the microcomputer module, the battery module, the communication module, the at least one environmental sensor and the at least one distance sensor are fixed on the printed circuit board by welding, a socket or screws.
Optionally, in the edge computing smart sensor according to the present utility model, a mounting hole site is provided on an outside of the first housing or the second housing.
According to the technical scheme, the edge computing intelligent sensor, the environment sensing equipment and the remote wireless communication function are integrated, so that the intelligent sensor, the environment sensing equipment and the remote wireless communication function are convenient to install and deploy and flexibly configure, and hardware cost, deployment cost and operation management cost are saved. In addition, the device of the utility model collects the environmental data through the distance detection sensor and the environmental perception sensor, and processes the data locally through the microcomputer module, thereby realizing the centralized collection and centralized processing of the data and ensuring the real-time performance of the data processing.
The foregoing summary of the utility model is provided to enable a more clear understanding of the principles of the utility model, and is intended to provide an enabling disclosure of the utility model, as set forth in its specification, as a whole and as a whole in its several enabling principles of the utility model, as set forth in the appended claims.
Detailed Description
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 and 2 are respectively perspective views of an edge computing smart sensor 100 having an environmental sensing and a remote wireless communication function according to an embodiment of the present utility model, fig. 3 is a front view, a left view, a right view, a top view and a bottom view of the outdoor edge computing smart sensor 100, and fig. 4 is a block diagram of a printed circuit board 200 in the outdoor edge computing smart sensor 100.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the outdoor edge computing intelligent sensor 100 includes a first housing 110 and a second housing 120, where the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 are fixedly connected to form a hollow cavity 130, and it should be noted that, since the cavity 130 is an internal space formed by wrapping the first housing 110 and the second housing 120, it is difficult to label the outside, and therefore, the cavity 130 is not labeled in fig. 1 and 2. According to one embodiment, the first housing 110 is provided with a plurality of through holes 112, and the second housing is provided with threaded holes (threaded holes are not shown in fig. 1 to 4) that can be mated with the through holes 112, and accordingly, the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 are fixedly connected by screws. Of course, other connection modes besides screw connection, such as snap connection, may be adopted to fix the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 together, and the fixing connection mode of the first housing 110 and the second housing 120 is not limited in the present utility model.
The printed circuit board 200 is disposed in the chamber 130, and the microcomputer module 210, the distance detection module 220, the communication module 230, the display screen 240, the battery module 250, and the at least one environmental sensor 260 are disposed on the printed circuit board 200. The printed circuit board 200 may be fixed in the cavity 130 by, for example, screws (e.g., self-tapping screws), or may be fixed in the cavity 130 by an adhesive method, and the fixing method of the printed circuit board 200 in the cavity 130 is not limited in the present utility model. The microcomputer module 210, the distance detection module 220, the communication module 230, the display screen 240, the battery module 250, and the at least one environmental sensor 260 may be fixed to the printed circuit board 200 by, for example, welding, screws (e.g., nylon screws), or other means.
It should be noted that the microcomputer module 210 may be any type and any size, and the utility model is not limited to the type and size of the microcomputer module 210, for example, the microcomputer module 210 may be a Lexin-on-board microcomputer (ESPRESSIF ESP-S2). In addition, the present utility model is not limited to the type of the distance detection module 220, for example, the distance detection module 220 may be a marine Ling Ke G millimeter wave radar module (HLK-LD 2450). It should be noted that the distance detecting module 220 is used for detecting the distance between the surrounding object and the device, and is to be in a sealed environment to meet the outdoor waterproof requirement, and accordingly, the housing in front of the distance detecting module 220 must be of transparent material. According to one embodiment, the first housing 110 or the second housing 120 is made of a transparent material, for example, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a transparent PC material is used on the first housing 110, so as to facilitate the penetration of the radar signal of the distance detection module 220.
The microcomputer module 210 further comprises a processor 211 and at least one expansion interface 212. The distance detection module 220, the communication module 230, the display screen 240, the battery module 250, and the at least one environmental sensor 260 are connected to the microcomputer module 210 through the expansion interface 212. The processor 211 may be, for example, but not limited to, an Xtensa 32-bit LX7 single core processor. The expansion interface 212 may include, for example, but is not limited to, an I2C bus interface, a GPIO interface, a sensor interface, a power interface, and the like.
As shown in fig. 1, the second housing 120 is made of an aluminum alloy material, and has good heat conduction performance, and the heat dissipation structure first panel 128 of the second housing 120, which is close to the battery module 250, is provided with a protrusion structure heat conduction device 129. The heat conducting device 129 can effectively absorb heat in the cavity 130 and conduct the heat to the first panel 128 of the heat dissipating structure of the second housing 120, and through ventilation and heat dissipation, the operation temperature of the whole equipment is reduced, and the endurance time and the operation life of the whole equipment are improved.
According to one embodiment, the environmental sensor 260 includes one or more of an environmental temperature sensor, an environmental light intensity sensor, a soil temperature sensor, a plant electrical signal sensor, a volatile organic concentration sensor, a PM2.5 particulate matter sensor, a carbon dioxide concentration sensor, and a sound sensor. Those skilled in the art can arrange the suitable environmental sensor 260 according to actual needs, and the present utility model is not limited to the type, number and model of the environmental sensor 260 arranged on the printed circuit board 200. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the environment sensing sensor 260 includes an environment temperature and humidity sensor 260-1, which may be, for example, SHT30, an environment light intensity sensor 260-2, which may be, for example, TEMT6000,6000, a soil temperature and humidity sensor 260-3, which may be, for example, SHT30, a plant electric signal sensor 260-4, which may be, for example, MAX4080, a Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) concentration sensor 260-5, which may be, for example, SGP40, a PM2.5 particulate matter sensor 260-6, which may be, for example, SPS30, a carbon dioxide concentration sensor 260-7, which may be, for example, STC31, and a sound sensor 260-8, which may be, for example, LM386. It should be noted that, since the environmental temperature and humidity sensor 260-1, the soil temperature and humidity sensor 260-3 and the plant electric signal sensor 260-4 need to directly detect the environmental temperature and humidity and the plant electric signal, the environmental temperature and humidity sensor 260-1, the soil temperature and humidity sensor 260-3 and the plant electric signal sensor 260-4 need to design an external electrode interface or a signal interface and expose the electrode or a part of the sensing element to the external environment, and accordingly, according to one embodiment, the first housing 110 or the second housing 120 is provided with a through hole suitable for exposing the external electrode or the sensing element connecting wire of the environmental temperature and humidity sensor 260-1, the soil temperature and humidity sensor 260-3 and the plant electric signal sensor 260-4, for example, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the first housing 110 is provided with the through hole 124, thereby facilitating the environmental temperature and humidity sensor 260-1, The external electrodes or sensing elements of the soil temperature and humidity sensor 260-3 and the plant electric signal sensor 260-4 are exposed. In addition, it should be noted that when the printed circuit board 200 is provided with a plurality of environment sensing sensors 260, a person skilled in the art may design the arrangement of the plurality of environment sensing sensors 260 according to the actual situation, which the present utility model is not limited to. According to a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 1-4, the ambient light intensity sensor 260-2 is disposed near the top of the first housing 110 made of transparent PC, so as to avoid reading errors caused by light shielding by other components in the cavity as much as possible, and the measurement is more accurate. In addition, other environmental sensing sensors should take into account the actual measurement target, and part of the electrodes or sensing elements are arranged outside the chamber 130, and data are transmitted through the sensor signal interface on the printed circuit board 200 by the data connection line, so that the ambient information is actually collected, and the measured value is more accurate.
According to one embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the microcomputer module 210 further includes a waterproof power interface 213, and accordingly, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the second housing 120 is provided with a through hole 125 adapted to expose the waterproof power interface 213. It should be noted that, although the through holes 125 are disposed on the second housing 120 in the embodiment of fig. 1 and 3, in other embodiments, the through holes 125 may be disposed on the first housing 110, and the specific positions of the power supply through holes 125 are not limited in the present utility model. According to one embodiment, the power interface 213 is a USB Type-C interface, and the microcomputer module 210 receives 5V voltage power via the waterproof power interface 213 for operation of the device and charging of the battery module 250. When the external power supply fails to supply power, 5V power will be supplied by the battery module 250. According to one embodiment, the waterproof power interface 213 may be connected to an external solar photovoltaic panel device, charging the device in the event that the sunlight condition is satisfied, and supplying power by the battery module 250 at night may satisfy the need of wiring in a wide range of situations, and may accomplish rapid and wide range deployment of the device.
According to one embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the micro-letter computer module 210 further includes a waterproof external communication interface 214, and the waterproof external communication interface 214 includes a waterproof 3.5MM round hole interface or a USB Type-C interface. It should be noted that the present utility model is not limited to the number of waterproof 3.5MM round hole interfaces or USB Type-C interfaces included with the external communication interface 214. Of course, the waterproof external communication interface 214 may include other interfaces, such as an HDMI interface, a VGA interface, etc., in addition to the waterproof 3.5MM round hole interface or the USB Type-C interface, but is not limited thereto. It should be noted that the waterproof external communication interface 214 is used for connection with an external device, and accordingly, the first housing 110 or the second housing 120 should be provided with a through hole adapted to expose the external communication interface 214. For example, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the second housing 120 is provided with a through hole 126, and the position of the through hole 126 corresponds to the position of the external communication interface 214.
According to one embodiment, the communication module 230 disposed on the printed circuit board 200 is a LoRa module, so that the microcomputer module 210 can upload data to the server through the communication module 230. The communication module 230 may be, for example, a LoRa module, and the model may be SX1262, but is not limited thereto.
According to one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the second housing 120 is provided with a mounting hole 127 on the outside. The mounting hole 127 is provided with a fixing hole adapted to screw the stud, so that the outdoor edge calculation intelligent sensor 100 can be fixed on the ground or the soil surface by a rod equipped with the stud. It should be noted that, although the mounting hole 127 in fig. 1-3 is disposed on the second housing 120, in other embodiments, the mounting hole 127 may be disposed on the first housing 110, and the specific location of the mounting hole 127 on the device 100 is not limited in the present utility model, so long as it can achieve the fixing of the device 100. Of course, other means, such as adhesive, hanging, etc., may be used to secure the device 100 in the surrounding environment in addition to the mounting holes 127 formed by the studs to secure the device 100, and the utility model is not limited to the specific manner in which the device 100 is secured.
According to the present utility model, the environmental sensor 260 collects environmental data at a predetermined frequency (for example, 1 time per second), and the processor 211 of the microcomputer module 210 receives the environmental data collected by the sensor 260 and processes it (including processes of removing outliers, calculating average values, filtering, etc.), and then packages the processed data and uploads it to the server. In addition, the processor 211 collects data collected by the environmental perception sensor 260 at a preset frequency (for example, 1 time every 5 seconds), fuses the multiple sensor data by adopting a multi-model data analysis algorithm, analyzes the health condition and personnel density of park plants at the equipment position, and gives plant watering tasks which are suitable for the natural environment condition of the equipment and do not affect personnel in the area. The communication module 230 uploads the data to the server via the long-range wireless communication technology according to a predetermined frequency (e.g., 1 transmission every 5 seconds).
According to the technical scheme, the edge computing intelligent sensor, the environment sensing equipment and the remote wireless communication function are integrated, so that the intelligent sensor, the environment sensing equipment and the remote wireless communication function are convenient to install and deploy and flexibly configure, and hardware cost, deployment cost and operation management cost are saved. In addition, the device of the utility model collects the environmental data through the distance detection sensor and the environmental perception sensor, and processes the data locally through the microcomputer module, thereby realizing the centralized collection and centralized processing of the data and ensuring the real-time performance of the data processing.
In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that embodiments of the utility model may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.
Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the utility model, various features of the utility model are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects. This method of disclosure, however, is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed utility model requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the detailed description are hereby expressly incorporated into this detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this utility model.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules or units or components of the devices in the examples disclosed herein may be arranged in a device as described in this embodiment, or alternatively may be located in one or more devices different from the devices in this example. The modules in the foregoing examples may be combined into one module or may be further divided into a plurality of sub-modules.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules in the apparatus of the embodiments may be adaptively changed and disposed in one or more apparatuses different from the embodiments. The modules or units or components of the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component and, furthermore, they may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-components. Any combination of all features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and all of the processes or units of any method or apparatus so disclosed, may be used in combination, except insofar as at least some of such features and/or processes or units are mutually exclusive. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.
Furthermore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments described herein include some features but not others included in other embodiments, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the utility model and form different embodiments. For example, in the following claims, any of the claimed embodiments can be used in any combination.
As used herein, unless otherwise specified the use of the ordinal adjectives "first", "second", "third", etc., to describe a common object, merely indicate that different instances of like objects are being referred to, and are not intended to imply that the objects so described must be in a given sequence, either temporally, spatially, in ranking, or in any other manner.
While the utility model has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments, those skilled in the art, having benefit of the above description, will appreciate that other embodiments are contemplated within the scope of the utility model as described herein. Furthermore, it should be noted that the language used in the specification has been principally selected for readability and instructional purposes, and may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the inventive subject matter. Accordingly, many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the appended claims. The disclosure of the present utility model is intended to be illustrative, but not limiting, of the scope of the utility model, which is defined by the appended claims.