KR20190101933A - Method for detecting failure of sensor of atmosphere environment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for detecting a failure of an atmospheric environment sensor, which divides atmospheric environment measurement data measured by atmospheric environment sensors of an environment measurement system into a plurality of data groups in accordance with the correlation between each other, determines data validity by data group including two or more correlated atmospheric environment measurement data, and determines that a failure has occurred in one or more atmospheric environment sensor among the plurality of atmospheric environment sensors, if one or more invalid data groups exist.

Description

METHOOD FOR DETECTING FAILURE OF SENSOR OF ATMOSPHERE ENVIRONMENT}

The present invention relates to a method for detecting a failure of an atmospheric environment sensor.

Recently, the public's interest in indoor and outdoor atmospheric environments is increasing due to frequent yellow dust occurrence, fine dust concentration, and new house syndrome.

For this reason, the atmospheric environment measurement system for measuring the indoor and outdoor atmospheric environment is also attracting public attention.

Such an atmospheric environment measurement system includes a plurality of atmospheric environment sensors (eg, VOCs (eg, VOCs) for measuring various pollutants (eg, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, fine dust, etc.) present in outdoor or indoor spaces. Volatile Organic Compound (Volatile Organic Compound) sensor, carbon monoxide sensor, carbon dioxide sensor, dust sensor, etc.} and a variety of atmospheric environment sensors receive various atmospheric environment measurement data to monitor the atmospheric environment of the outdoor or indoor space It may include a device.

Here, the atmospheric environment measuring system may be implemented as an integrated body in which a plurality of air environment sensors and an air environment monitoring device are installed in one body, or a plurality of air environment sensors and the air environment monitoring device may be implemented as separate types. .

The above air quality measurement system should accurately inform the user of the air quality of the outdoor or indoor space.

Here, if any one of the plurality of air environment sensors malfunctions, the reliability of the entire air environment management system may be degraded.

In order to solve this problem, in the related art, when an abnormal situation of the air environment is detected through at least one air environment sensor among a plurality of air environment sensors as in Patent Document 1, the sensing data transmitted by the at least one air environment sensor is transmitted from the environment control server. The analysis was performed to determine whether the at least one air environment sensor is operating normally.

Here, in Patent Literature 1, the environmental control server calculates a sensing value and a block average value by using sensing data received from one of the atmospheric environment sensors to determine whether one of the atmospheric environment sensors is normally operating. We had to perform a very complicated procedure such as comparing the current sensed value with the current sensed value and comparing the current sensed value with the block average value.

If there is a large number of atmospheric environment sensors that transmit the sensing data, the environmental control server has to perform the above-described very complicated procedure as many as the number of the atmospheric environment sensors, which causes a lot of load on the environmental control server.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0108625

In this context, an object of the present invention is to classify the air environment measurement data measured by the air environment sensors of the environment measurement system into a plurality of data groups according to mutual correlation, and to measure two or more air environment correlated. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of determining whether a failure occurs in at least one atmospheric environment sensor among a plurality of atmospheric environment sensors when one or more invalid data groups exist by determining whether data is valid for each data group including data.

In order to achieve the above object, in one aspect, the present invention, in the method for detecting a failure of the atmospheric environment sensor in the atmospheric environment monitoring apparatus, the first atmospheric environment from the first to the N-th environmental sensor A data receiving step of periodically receiving the measurement data to the N-th atmospheric environment measurement data; A data classification step of dividing the first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data into a first correlation data group to an M-th correlation data group according to mutual correlation; A validity determining step of determining whether data is valid for each of the first to Mth correlation data groups; And as a result of determining whether data is valid for each of the first correlation data group to the Mth correlation data group, at least one invalid correlation data group among the first correlation data group to the Mth correlation data group is determined. If present, there is provided a method for detecting a failure of an atmospheric environment sensor comprising a sensor failure detection step of determining that a failure has occurred in at least one of the first to Nth atmospheric environment sensors.

As described above, according to the present invention, the air environment monitoring apparatus divides the air environment measurement data received from the plurality of air environment sensors into a plurality of data groups according to mutual correlation, and has two correlations. In the prior art, if one or more invalid data groups exist by determining whether data is valid for each data group including the above atmospheric environment measurement data, it may be determined that a failure has occurred in one or more atmospheric environment sensors. Compared to determining whether each of the environmental sensors has a failure, it is possible to determine whether the atmospheric environmental sensor has failed.

1 is a view showing briefly the configuration of an atmospheric environment measurement system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a view showing briefly the configuration of the air environment monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of detecting a failure of an atmospheric environment sensor in an atmospheric environment monitoring apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings. In describing the components of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) can be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the components from other components, and the nature, order or order of the components are not limited by the terms. While some components may be directly connected or connected to other components, it should be understood that another component may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected" between each component.

1 is a view briefly showing the configuration of an atmospheric environment measurement system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The air environment measurement system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a first air environment sensor to an N-th air environment sensor 110 and an air environment monitoring device 120.

The first air environment sensor to the Nth air environment sensor 110 may include a VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) sensor, a carbon monoxide sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, and a fine dust sensor.

The first air environment sensor to the N-th air environment sensor 110 is installed in the outdoor or indoor space of the predetermined zone to measure the atmospheric environment state of the predetermined zone, that is, the volatile organic compound concentration, carbon monoxide concentration, The carbon dioxide concentration and the fine dust concentration may be periodically measured, and the first to Nth air environment measurement data, which are measurement data for each of them, may be periodically generated and transmitted to the air environment monitoring device 120 to be described later. .

In detail, the VOC sensors included in the first to Nth air environment sensors 110 periodically measure VOC concentrations in a predetermined zone, and periodically generate VOC concentration data, which is air environment measurement data, for the atmosphere. The environmental monitoring apparatus 120 may transmit the data.

In addition, the carbon monoxide sensor included in the first to Nth air environmental sensors 110 periodically measures the carbon monoxide concentration in a predetermined zone, and periodically generates carbon monoxide concentration data, which is atmospheric environment measurement data, for the atmospheric environment. It may transmit to the monitoring device 120.

In addition, the carbon dioxide sensor included in the first air environment sensor to the N-th air environment sensor 110 periodically measures the carbon dioxide concentration in a predetermined zone, and periodically generates carbon dioxide concentration data corresponding to the atmospheric environment measurement data, thereby generating the atmospheric environment. It may transmit to the monitoring device 120.

In addition, the fine dust sensor included in the first to N-th air environmental sensor 110 periodically measures the concentration of fine dust in a predetermined area, and periodically generates fine dust concentration data, which is air environment measurement data. To the atmospheric environment monitoring apparatus 120.

The first air environment sensor to the N-th air environment sensor 110 as described above is the operation (measurement, generation, transmission of each of the first air environment sensor to the N-th air environment sensor 110 to secure the accuracy between the air environment measurement data The periods may all be set the same or similar.

The air environment monitoring apparatus 120 periodically receives the first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data from the first air environment sensor to the Nth air environment sensor 110 to determine the outdoor air environment state of the predetermined area. And guide.

Here, the air environment monitoring device 120 may be formed integrally or separately with the first air environment sensor to the Nth air environment sensor 110.

When the air environment monitoring device 120 is formed separately from the first air environment sensor to the Nth air environment sensor 110, the air environment monitoring device 120 includes the first air environment sensor to the Nth air environment sensor 110. ) May receive first atmospheric environment measurement data to Nth atmospheric environment measurement data from the first atmospheric environment sensor to the Nth atmospheric environment sensor 110 through short range wireless communication, cable communication, and internet communication through the Internet network. .

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the air environment monitoring device 120 may correlate the first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data received from the first air environment sensor to the Nth air environment sensor 110. Separate by.

In other words, the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 classifies the first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data into the first correlation data group to the Mth correlation data group. Here, N and M are natural numbers, M may be less than N. In other words, M <N.

For example, when the first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data include VOC concentration data, carbon monoxide concentration data, carbon dioxide concentration data, and fine dust concentration data, the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 may have a mutually proportional relationship. The carbon monoxide concentration data and the carbon dioxide concentration data may be divided into a first correlation data group, and the VOC concentration data and the fine dust concentration data may be divided into a second correlation data group.

More specifically, since the concentration of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in the outdoor or indoor atmosphere is generally increased according to the increase in soot and thermal power generation of automobiles, the use of boilers and heating devices in the room, the atmospheric environment monitoring apparatus 120 may monitor the carbon monoxide concentration. The data and the carbon dioxide concentration data may be divided into a first correlation data group.

On the other hand, since the volatile organic compound (VOC) is a precursor of fine dust, as the concentration of VOC in the outdoor or indoor atmosphere increases, the concentration of fine dust in the outdoor or indoor atmosphere also increases. Accordingly, the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 may classify the VOC concentration data and the fine dust concentration data into the second correlation data group.

As described above, the air condition monitoring apparatus 120 classifying the first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data into the first correlation data group to the M-th correlation data group includes the first correlation data group to the M th correlation. The validity of the data for each of the relation data groups is determined.

Here, the configuration of the air environment monitoring device 120 determines whether the data validity of any one of the correlation data group is as follows.

The air environment monitoring apparatus 120 receives each of two or more air environment measurement data included in any one correlation data group for a predetermined period, and a data change pattern for a predetermined period for each of the two or more air environment measurement data. Figure out.

Here, when the data change pattern for each of the two or more air environment measurement data is the same, the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 determines that two or more air environment measurement data included in any one correlation data group are valid. It can be determined that either correlation data group is valid.

On the other hand, if one or more data change patterns different from the remaining data change patterns among the data change patterns for each of the two or more air environment measurement data, the air environment monitoring device 120 includes the two included in any one correlation data group It may be determined that one or more air environment measurement data are invalid, that is, any one correlation data group is invalid.

For example, in the first correlation data group including the mutually proportional carbon monoxide concentration data and the carbon dioxide concentration data, when both the carbon monoxide concentration data and the pattern of change of data for a predetermined period for the carbon dioxide concentration data are the increase or decrease patterns, the atmospheric environment. The monitoring device 120 may determine that carbon monoxide concentration data and carbon dioxide concentration data are valid.

On the other hand, when the data change pattern of carbon monoxide concentration data is an increase pattern, while the data change pattern of carbon dioxide concentration data is reduced or unchanged, the atmospheric environment monitoring apparatus 120 may store any one of carbon monoxide concentration data and carbon dioxide concentration data. It can be determined that it is not valid.

The air condition monitoring apparatus 120 may determine whether data validity for each of the first correlation data group to the Mth correlation data group is determined through the above configuration.

As a result of determining whether data is valid for each of the first correlation data group to the Mth correlation data group, the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 determines that the correlation data is not valid among the first correlation data group to the Mth correlation data group. If one or more data groups exist, the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 may determine that a failure has occurred in at least one air environment sensor among the first air environment sensor to the Nth air environment sensor 110.

In this case, the air environment monitoring device 120 generates an air environment sensor check request message, which is a message for informing the environment measurement system administrator of the need for checking the one or more air environment sensors, and transmits the generated air environment sensor inspection request message to the mobile communication terminal of the environment measurement system administrator. Can be.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the air environment monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The air condition monitoring apparatus 120 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a communication interface 210, a data storage 220, and a controller 230.

The communication interface unit 210 may communicate with the first atmospheric environment sensor to the Nth atmospheric environment sensor 110 through one of a short range wireless communication, a cable communication, and internet communication through an internet communication network. The first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data may be periodically received from the sensor 110.

In addition, the communication interface unit 210 may provide an air condition sensor check request message, which is a message for guiding an environmental measurement system administrator of a need to check at least one air environment sensor among the first air environment sensor to the Nth air environment sensor 110. It may be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal of the environmental measurement system administrator. Here, the communication interface unit 210 may of course transmit the request message for checking the atmospheric environment sensor to the mobile communication terminal of the environmental measurement system manager through the mobile communication network.

The communication interface unit 210 may include one or more of a short range wireless communication module and a network interface card.

The data storage unit 220 temporarily stores data processed by the controller 230, which will be described later, or stores a program for performing a function of the air environment monitoring device 120, and operates the air environment monitoring device 120. Save the data needed for.

In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the data storage unit 220 includes the first atmospheric environment measurement data to the Nth atmospheric environment periodically received by the communication interface unit 210 from the first atmospheric environment sensor to the Nth atmospheric environment sensor 110. Accumulate and store measurement data.

The data storage unit 220 may be configured as an internal storage device or an external storage server of the atmospheric environment monitoring apparatus 120.

The controller 230 is a module that provides the overall functions of the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 and may be implemented as a main board of the air environment monitoring apparatus 120.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the controller 230 may be configured to store the first atmospheric environment measurement data to the Nth atmospheric environment measurement data received by the communication interface 210 from the first atmospheric environment sensor to the Nth atmospheric environment sensor 110. Separate by correlated data.

In other words, the controller 230 divides the first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data into the first correlation data group to the Mth correlation data group.

For example, when the first air environment measurement data to the N-th air environment measurement data include VOC concentration data, carbon monoxide concentration data, carbon dioxide concentration data, and fine dust concentration data, the controller 230 controls the carbon monoxide concentration data which are proportional to each other. The carbon dioxide concentration data may be classified into a first correlation data group, and the VOC concentration data and fine dust concentration data may be classified into a second correlation data group.

More specifically, since the concentration of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in the outdoor or indoor atmosphere is generally increased according to the increase in soot and thermal power generation of an automobile, the use of a boiler or a heating device indoors, the control unit 230 controls the carbon monoxide concentration data and carbon dioxide. The concentration data may be divided into a first correlation data group.

On the other hand, since the volatile organic compound (VOC) is a precursor of fine dust, as the concentration of VOC in the outdoor or indoor atmosphere increases, the concentration of fine dust in the outdoor or indoor atmosphere also increases. Therefore, the controller 230 may divide the VOC concentration data and the fine dust concentration data into the second correlation data group.

As described above, the controller 230 dividing the first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data into the first correlation data group to the M-th correlation data group is the first correlation data group to the M-th correlation data group. Determine whether data is valid for each.

Here, the controller 230 determines whether the data validity for any one of the correlation data group is as follows.

The controller 230 extracts two or more air environment measurement data included in any one correlation data group among the first air environment measurement data and the N-th air environment measurement data accumulated and stored in the data storage unit 220, For each of the at least one atmospheric environment measurement data, a data change pattern for a predetermined period is identified.

Here, when the data change pattern for each of the two or more air environment measurement data is the same, the controller 230 determines that two or more air environment measurement data included in any one correlation data group are valid, that is, any one It can be determined that the correlation data group is valid.

On the other hand, if one or more data change patterns different from the remaining data change patterns among the data change patterns for each of the two or more atmospheric environment measurement data, the controller 230 is at least two atmospheres included in any one correlation data group It can be determined that the environmental measurement data is not valid, that is, any one correlation data group is not valid.

For example, in the first correlation data group including the carbon monoxide concentration data and the carbon dioxide concentration data, which are mutually proportional relationship, when both the carbon monoxide concentration data and the data change pattern for a predetermined period for the carbon dioxide concentration data are the increase or decrease patterns, the controller ( 230 may determine that carbon monoxide concentration data and carbon dioxide concentration data are valid.

On the other hand, when the data change pattern of the carbon monoxide concentration data is an increase pattern, while the data change pattern of the carbon dioxide concentration data is reduced or invariant, the controller 230 indicates that data of either the carbon monoxide concentration data and the carbon dioxide concentration data is not valid. It can be judged.

The controller 230 may determine whether data validity for each of the first correlation data group to the Mth correlation data group is determined through the above configuration.

As a result of the controller 230 determining whether the data is valid for each of the first correlation data group to the Mth correlation data group, the invalid correlation data group among the first correlation data group to the Mth correlation data group is determined. If one or more exist, the controller 230 may determine that a failure has occurred in at least one atmospheric environment sensor among the first to Nth atmospheric environment sensors 110.

In this case, the controller 230 generates an air environment sensor check request message, which is a message for informing the environmental measurement system administrator of the need for checking of one or more air environment sensors, and requests the air environment sensor check through the communication interface 210. The message may be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal of the environmental measurement system administrator.

As described above, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 classifies the air environment measurement data received from the plurality of air environment sensors into a plurality of data groups according to correlation or mutual correlation. Data validity is determined by each data group including two or more atmospheric environment measurement data. If one or more invalid data groups exist, it may be determined that a failure has occurred in one or more atmospheric environment sensors. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether the air environment sensor has failed more simply than to determine whether the air environment sensor has failed in the related art.

Hereinafter, a process of detecting a failure of an air environment sensor in the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of detecting a failure of an atmospheric environment sensor in an atmospheric environment monitoring apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 periodically receives the first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data from the first air environment sensor to the Nth air environment sensor 110 (S310).

Subsequently, the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 may determine the first air environment measurement data received from the first air environment sensor through the Nth air environment sensor 110 through the Nth air environment measurement data based on whether or not there is a correlation between them. The correlation data group is divided into the M-th correlation data group (S320).

The air condition monitoring apparatus 120 that classifies the first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data into the first correlation data group to the M-th correlation data group may use the first correlation data group to the M-th correlation data. It is determined whether the data validity for each group (S330).

Specifically, the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 receives each of two or more air environment measurement data included in any one correlation data group for a predetermined period, and for each of the two or more air environment measurement data for a predetermined period. Identify patterns of data change.

Here, when the data change pattern for each of the two or more air environment measurement data is the same, the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 determines that two or more air environment measurement data included in any one correlation data group are valid. It can be determined that either correlation data group is valid.

On the other hand, if one or more data change patterns different from the remaining data change patterns among the data change patterns for each of the two or more air environment measurement data, the air environment monitoring device 120 includes the two included in any one correlation data group It may be determined that one or more air environment measurement data are invalid, that is, any one correlation data group is invalid.

As a result of determining the validity of the data for each of the first correlation data group to the M-th correlation data group by the air environment monitoring apparatus 120 as described above, it is effective among the first correlation data group to the M-th correlation data group. If at least one correlation data group is not present, the atmospheric environment monitoring apparatus 120 may determine that a failure has occurred in at least one atmospheric environment sensor among the first atmospheric environment sensor to the Nth atmospheric environment sensor 110 ( S340, S350).

In this case, the air environment monitoring device 120 generates an air environment sensor check request message, which is a message for informing the environment measurement system administrator of the need for checking the one or more air environment sensors, and transmits the generated air environment sensor inspection request message to the mobile communication terminal of the environment measurement system administrator. It may be (S360).

On the other hand, if both of the first correlation data group to the M-th correlation data group in step S340 is valid, the atmospheric environment monitoring device 120 determines that all of the first atmospheric environment sensor to the N-th atmospheric environment sensor 110 is normal. Then, the step S330 can be performed again.

As described above, the process of detecting the failure of the air environment sensor by the air environment monitoring device 120 may be implemented as a software program, and the air environment monitoring device 120 may be combined with the software program to execute the process. . In other words, the software program is stored and installed in the atmospheric environment monitoring apparatus 120, thereby executing the process in the atmospheric environment monitoring apparatus 120.

In the above description, all elements constituting the embodiments of the present invention are described as being combined or operating in combination, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to the embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (1)

A method for detecting a failure of an atmospheric environment sensor in an atmospheric environment monitoring apparatus,
A data receiving step of periodically receiving the first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data from the first air environment sensor to the Nth air environment sensor;
A data classification step of dividing the first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data into a first correlation data group to an M-th correlation data group according to mutual correlation;
A validity determining step of determining whether data is valid for each of the first to Mth correlation data groups;
As a result of determining whether data is valid for each of the first correlation data group to the M-th correlation data group, at least one invalid correlation data group exists among the first correlation data group to the M-th correlation data group. A sensor failure detection step of determining that a failure has occurred in at least one atmospheric environment sensor among the first to Nth atmospheric environment sensors; And
After the sensor failure detection step, the sensor failure guidance for generating a standby environmental sensor check request message, which is a message for informing the environmental measurement system administrator of the need to check the at least one atmospheric environment sensor and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal of the environmental measurement system administrator. Including steps,
The validity determining step
Receiving each of the two or more atmospheric environment measurement data included in any one correlation data group for a predetermined period, and identifying a data change pattern during the predetermined period for each of the two or more atmospheric environment measurement data;
Determining that any one correlation data group is valid when the data change pattern for each of the two or more atmospheric environment measurement data is the same; And
If at least one data change pattern different from the remaining data change patterns among the data change patterns for each of the two or more atmospheric environment measurement data exists, determining that any one of the correlation data groups is invalid;
In the data classification step
The first air environment measurement data to the Nth air environment measurement data includes VOC (Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) concentration data, carbon monoxide concentration data, carbon dioxide concentration data, and fine dust concentration data. Dividing the carbon monoxide concentration data and the carbon dioxide concentration data, which are mutually proportional relations, into a first correlation data group, and dividing the VOC concentration data and the fine dust concentration data into a second correlation data group.
Method for detecting a failure of an atmospheric environment sensor.

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