KR101228998B1 - Data transmission and analysis system using sensor bridge and smart terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A data transmission and analysis system using a smart terminal and a sensor bridge are provided to comprise a sensor network for various purposes at a low cost. CONSTITUTION: A server(110) distributes a data analysis app and processes contingency plans according to an analysis of measurement results collected from each smart terminal. The smart terminal(120-1 to 120-N) loads the data analysis app and transmits collected data to the server by connecting to the server through a communication network. The smart terminal processes to take a necessary action in a location by first analyzing sensor data collected from the location. A bridge(130-1 to 130-N) connects several sensors(140A, 140D) and transmits sensor configuration information by the smart terminal by checking a connected sensor. When an event occurs or a measurement period starts, the bridge transmits measurement data from corresponding sensors to the smart terminal. [Reference numerals] (102) Communication network; (104) Related institutes; (110) Server; (120-1,120-N) Smart terminal; (130-1,130-N) Sensor bridge; (A1,A2,A3,B1,B2,B3,D1,D2,D3,E1,E2,E3) Sensor; (C1,C2) Digital sensor connector

Description

DATA TRANSMISSION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM USING SENSOR BRIDGE AND SMART TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a data transmission and analysis system using a smart terminal, and more particularly, to combine the maneuverability of the smart terminal and the measurement performance of various sensors, to rapidly accumulate and analyze the measurement data in the field, and to quickly perform the result. It relates to a data transmission and analysis system using a smart terminal and a sensor bridge that can be transmitted.

Recently, due to the development of smart terminals, various sensors and cameras are installed in the smart terminals themselves, and various services using smart terminals are newly introduced due to the ease of distribution and use of apps using mobile communication networks and the Internet network.

On the other hand, with the development of sensors, it is possible to collect various types of accurate and quantified measurement data. Therefore, if the connection between the smart terminal and the sensor is made simple, measurement data for various purposes can be accumulated quickly and accurately. By analyzing this, we can provide a new service based on the actual data detected by the sensor.

Patent Registration No. 10-1078892 (Notification date; November 2, 2011) Publication No. 10-2009-0048291 (published date; May 13, 2009)

The present invention has been proposed in order to meet the necessity as described above, and an object of the present invention is to carry a bridge that allows a sensor to be connected to a portable smart terminal and operate the information by the information processing capability of the smart terminal. It is to provide data transmission and analysis system using smart terminal and sensor bridge that can analyze the value at the measurement site and transmit it to the server.

In order to achieve the above object, the device of the present invention includes a server for distributing a data analysis app and analyzing measurement data collected from each smart terminal to process corresponding measures according to the analysis result; A smart terminal equipped with a data analysis app and connected to the server through a communication network to transmit the collected data to the server, and to first analyze the sensor data collected in the field so that it can be dealt with on site if necessary; Multiple sensors; And a bridge that connects the sensors and checks the connected sensors to transmit sensor configuration information to the smart terminal, and receives measurement data from the corresponding sensors and transmits the measured data to the smart terminal when an event occurs or at a measurement period. Characterized in that configured.

The bridge is connected to a bridge connected to the smart terminal by connecting bridges distributed in a local area to a smart terminal, and various sensors such as an analog sensor or a digital sensor are connected and connected to the sink bridge to measure measured data detected by the sensors. The sensor network includes a plurality of node bridges transmitted to the smart terminal through the sync bridge, and the bridge includes a wireless communication unit for wireless communication such as RF, Bluetooth, and WiFi, and wired communication such as USB and Ethernet. Wired communication unit in charge of the charge, Display unit for displaying information such as equipment status or sensor status, AD conversion unit for converting the measured value of the analog sensor to the digital processing unit and digital sensor connector connected to the digital sensor An analog sensor connector to which an analog sensor is connected; By identifying the sensors connected to the analog sensor connector or the digital sensor connector with a unique ID, it is possible to identify the type of measurement value detected by the sensor, and connected to the smart terminal through the wired communication unit or the wireless communication unit to measure each sensor. And a central processing unit that receives the data and delivers the data to the smart terminal and controls the display to display a status.

The data transmission and analysis system using the smart terminal and the sensor bridge according to the present invention connects various sensors to a widely used smart terminal through a bridge and analyzes the measurement data of the sensors so that the necessary actions can be promptly taken at low cost. It is effective to construct a sensor network for various purposes. In addition, according to the present invention, if a user easily obtains a variety of sensors that are easily connected to a smart terminal, various applications of utilizing the sensors may be developed, and the application examples may be diffused back into industrial sites and life to activate related industries. There is an advantage.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a data processing system using a smart terminal and a bridge according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a bridge shown in FIG. 1;
3 is an example of configuring a sensor network using a smart terminal and a bridge according to the present invention;
4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a data processing system using a smart terminal and a bridge according to the present invention;
5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of a bridge according to the present invention;
6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of a smart terminal according to the present invention;
7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of a server according to the present invention.

The technical problems achieved by the present invention and the practice of the present invention will be more clearly understood by the preferred embodiments of the present invention described below. The following examples are merely illustrative of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a data processing system using a smart terminal and a bridge according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a bridge according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the data processing system using the smart terminal and the bridge according to the present invention distributes the data analysis app and analyzes the measurement data collected from each smart terminal 120-1 to 120 -N. According to the server 110 to handle the response, and the data analysis app is mounted and connected to the server 110 through the communication network 102 to transmit the collected data to the server 110 and the sensor data collected in the field Smart terminals (120-1 ~ 120-N) for the first analysis to process in the field when necessary, a plurality of analog or digital sensors (140A, 140D) installed in the field, and connected sensors are checked and It is composed of a bridge (130-1 ~ 130-N) for transmitting the measurement data transmitted from the sensors to the smart terminal (120-1 ~ 120-N).

Referring to FIG. 1, the sensors are classified into analog sensors 140A-1 through 140A-3 and digital sensors 140D-1 through 140D-3, and analog sensors 140A-1 through 140A-3 are analogs of a bridge. It is connected to the port through the RJ-11 standard connector and detects the characteristic of the field as an analog value and transmits it to the bridge (130-1 ~ 130-N), and the digital sensor (140D-1 ~ 140D-3) is the digital port of the bridge. It is connected via RJ-11 standard connector to detect the characteristics of the site as digital value and transmit it to the bridge. An example of the analog sensors 140A-1 to 140A-3 is to detect physical values that continuously change, such as temperature or humidity, and the digital sensors (140D-1 to 140D-3) detect door open / close and human body detection. It is desirable to detect digital values such as infrared sensors, etc. And then, it is preferable to unify the connector parts of various sensors with RJ11 connectors, and to indicate the connection characteristics by marking the characteristics of the analog and digital sensors on the connector cover in color and letters. In the system according to the invention the sensors are identified by a unique ID so as to identify the measurement data.

Bridges 130-1 to 130-N according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, the wireless communication unit 131 responsible for wireless communication such as RF, Bluetooth, WiFi, and wired communication such as USB, Ethernet A wired communication unit 132 in charge, a display unit 134 for displaying information such as an equipment state or a sensor state, an AD conversion unit 135 for converting a measured value of an analog sensor into a digital processor and transmitting the digital value to a central processing unit; The digital sensor connector 137, the analog sensor connector 136, and the sensors connected to the analog sensor connector or the digital sensor connector are identified by a unique ID so as to identify the type of measurement value detected by the sensor. The central processing unit 133 is connected to the smart terminal through a wireless communication unit, receives the measurement data of each sensor, transmits the measured data to the smart terminal, and controls the display unit to display a state.

2, the digital sensor connector 137 is provided with an RJ-11 port so that the digital sensors 140D-1 to 140D-3 are connected in an RJ-11 manner, and the analog sensor connector 136 is connected to RJ-. 11 ports are provided so that analog sensors 140A-1 to 140A-3 are connected in an RJ-11 manner. The analog-to-digital converter 135 converts the analog measurement value of the analog sensor to digital and transmits it to the central processing unit 133.

The central processing unit 133 identifies the sensors connected to the analog sensor connector or the digital sensor connector with a unique ID so as to identify the type of measurement value detected by the sensor, and through the wired communication unit 132 or the wireless communication unit 131. It is connected to the smart terminal 120 receives the measurement data of the sensors and delivers it to the smart terminal 120.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the smart terminal 120 firstly analyzes various sensor data transmitted from the bridge 130 after the data analysis app according to the present invention has been downloaded to drive the app, thereby exceeding or exceeding a setting limit. In this case, the alarm is triggered by a specified method such as mail, SMS, or video call. In addition, the smart terminal 120 according to the present invention determines the type and combination of sensors connected to the bridge equipment to recommend and download the best app from among the various apps corresponding to the sensor. The smart terminal 120 may execute various apps under an operating system such as Android as a smart phone or a tablet PC, and is particularly equipped with a data analysis app according to the present invention.

The server 110 distributes a data analysis app that can provide various services corresponding to sensors, stores and manages measurement data transmitted from each smart terminal 120 as a database, and precisely analyzes the measurement data. You can take action. For example, according to the analysis result, the relevant data is transmitted to the related organization 104 so that the related organization 104 can take action.

3 is an example of configuring a sensor network using a bridge according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the bridge according to the present invention includes a sink bridge 130S for connecting bridges distributed in a local area to a sensor network and connecting them to the smart terminal 120, and various sensors such as analog sensors or digital sensors. Are connected to each other and connected to the sink bridge, the sensor data may be configured as a node bridge 130N for transmitting the measured data sensed by the sensor to the smart terminal through the sink bridge 130S. When configuring a sensor network as described above, more sensors can be managed by one smart terminal 120.

Next, a data processing procedure using the data analysis system according to the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a data processing system using a smart terminal and a sensor bridge according to the present invention.

First, in order to build a system according to the present invention, the bridge 130 is connected to the smart terminal 120 at each site according to the service purpose (system operation purpose), and the analog sensor 140A or the digital sensor is connected to the bridge 130. Connect the fields 140D. Analog or digital sensors can be equipped with suitable sensors depending on the service purpose. For example, in the case of fire monitoring purposes, sensors for detecting a fire may be installed, and in the case of the air environment monitoring purposes, sensors for detecting atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide may be installed.

Referring to FIG. 4, the server 110 distributes the data analysis app by allowing the smart terminals 120 to download the data analysis app (S101). The smart terminal 120 equipped with the data analysis app according to the present invention drives the data analysis app to perform an operation according to the present invention (S102).

The bridge 130 checks the sensors 140 connected to the analog sensor connector or the digital sensor connector to configure the sensor network and reports the sensor connection state to the smart terminal 120 (S103 and S106).

When the app is running, the smart terminal 120 checks the connected bridges to form a bridge network, and then transfers the state of the sensors connected to the bridge to the server 110 (S104). Accordingly, the server 110 establishes a sensor connection DB of each smart terminal and prepares to receive measurement values from the sensors (S105 and S107).

The bridge 130 receives the measured values of the connected sensors according to an event generated or a predetermined period or a command of the smart terminal and transmits the measured values to the smart terminal (S109 and S110). The smart terminal 120 analyzes the measured values of each sensor transmitted through the bridge and performs the first on-site measure according to a predetermined procedure if the preset value exceeds or falls short of the preset reference value, and transmits the transmitted measured data and the analysis result to the server 110. (S111, S113).

The server 110 stores the measured values transmitted from each smart terminal in the corresponding sensor DB, performs the second precise analysis if necessary, and notifies the related organization or the operator according to the analysis result (S112, S114 to S116). .

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of a bridge according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the bridge 130 according to the present invention checks a sensor connection state, reports a sensor connection state after communicating with the smart terminal 120 (S201 to S203). When the measurement cycle or event occurs, reading the measured values of the sensors, and when the measurement is completed transmits the measured values collected from the sensors to the smart terminal 120 with the unique number of the sensor (S204 ~ S207).

6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of a smart terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the smart terminal 120 according to the present invention configures a bridge network by checking bridges when the data analysis app is driven, and stores sensor configuration information received from each bridge and also sends a sensor to the server 110. The configuration information is transmitted (S301 to S303). In operation S304 and S305, the operating software App corresponding to the connected sensors is driven to receive the measured values from the corresponding sensors. At this time, if there is no operating software (App) for the sensor can be downloaded and used from the server (110).

When the measurement value is received from the sensors through the bridge 130, it is stored once and then transmitted to the server 110, and the stored measurement value is first analyzed to perform a field action according to the analysis result (S306 to S308).

7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of a server according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the server 110 according to the present invention distributes various apps based on a data analysis app or a sensor, and checks a connection state of the smart terminals 120 to process a configuration for managing smart terminals. (S401, S402).

When receiving data from the smart terminals through the communication network 102, the measurement data is stored in the database of the smart terminal 120, and the secondary precision analysis is performed to perform necessary measures according to the analysis result (S403 ~). S406).

The present invention has been described above with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, but those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom.

102: communication network 104: related organizations
110: server 120-1 to 120-N: smart terminal
130-1 to 130-N: Bridge 130S: Sink Bridge
130N: node bridge 131: wireless communication unit
132: wired communication unit 133: central processing unit
134: display unit 135: analog-to-digital conversion unit
136: analog sensor connector 137: digital sensor connector
140A: Analog Sensor 140D: Digital Sensor

Claims (5)

A server that distributes a data analysis app and analyzes measurement data collected from each smart terminal to process corresponding measures according to the analysis result;
A smart terminal equipped with a data analysis app and connected to the server through a communication network to transmit the collected data to the server, and to first analyze the sensor data collected in the field so that it can be dealt with on site if necessary;
Multiple sensors; And
The sensor is connected and checks the connected sensors and transmits the sensor configuration information to the smart terminal, and when the event occurs or the measurement period is configured to include a bridge to receive the measurement data from the sensors and deliver to the smart terminal Become,
The smart terminal
Determine the type and combination of sensors connected to the bridge to download and run the best app among the various apps corresponding to the sensor,
A system for transmitting and analyzing data using a smart terminal and a sensor bridge, wherein an alarm is generated by an e-mail, a text, or a video call method when a setting limit is exceeded or falls short of data analysis.
delete The method of claim 1, wherein the bridge
Wireless communication unit in charge of wireless communication such as RF, Bluetooth, WiFi,
Wired communication unit in charge of wired communication such as USB, Ethernet, etc.,
Display unit for displaying information such as equipment status, sensor status,
An AD converter which converts the measured value of the analog sensor into digital and transmits it to the central processing unit;
A digital sensor connector to which the digital sensor is connected,
An analog sensor connector to which an analog sensor is connected,
By identifying the sensors connected to the analog sensor connector or the digital sensor connector with a unique ID to identify the type of measurement value detected by the sensor, and connected to the smart terminal through the wired communication unit or the wireless communication unit of each sensor A data transmission and analysis system using a smart terminal and a sensor bridge, characterized in that the central processing unit for controlling the display to receive the measurement data and to transmit to the smart terminal to display the status.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the analog sensor connector or the digital sensor connector is an RJ-11 port, and the sensors connected to the RJ-11 port are configured to indicate analog and digital sensor characteristics on the connector cover in color and letters. Data transmission and analysis system using a smart terminal and a sensor bridge.
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