KR102302916B1 - A system and method for IoT sensor data control - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is installed in a server unit that controls sensor information collected through at least one intelligent adapter and manages at least one intelligent adapter, at least one gateway and at least one gateway and is electrically connected to an object for sensing. A sensor unit including at least one IoT sensor group that senses information and transmits it to at least one gateway, and a meta information unit that transmits meta information for analyzing sensor information to a server unit, wherein the server unit includes at least one different It provides an IoT sensor information control system, characterized in that it connects IoT sensor groups.

Description

IoT sensor information control system and method {A system and method for IoT sensor data control}

The present invention relates to an IoT sensor information control system and method, and more particularly, to an IoT sensor information control system and method for collecting sensor information from an IoT sensor group to a server unit and efficiently connecting IoT sensors.

Recently, a system for monitoring and managing abnormal situations for various machines and facilities using IoT sensors has been actively used. Accordingly, various technologies are being developed to install various IoT sensor groups in machinery and facilities, collect these information in real time or periodically, and monitor and analyze them in the server's control system. However, such a conventional IoT control server requires additional cost to connect different types of sensor groups other than the existing connected sensor group, and it is necessary to stop and restart the control server to connect new sensor groups. I have a problem.

In relation to the monitoring and management technology of IoT sensor information, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1996237 discloses that sensor data is collected based on the control command of the control platform from the agent module provided in the IoT sensor or gateway, and the processed or refined data is controlled. An increase in network traffic due to the concentration of sensor data in the form of raw data in the control system by transmitting to the system, or by periodically or intermittently collecting sensor data from the agent module and transmitting processed or refined data to the control system Disclosed is an IoT sensor device and control system through distributed processing that can suppress and reduce the use of large-scale storage devices.

In the prior art, in order to reduce the network traffic from the sensors to the IoT control system, the sensor or gateway uses a method of partially distributing and processing the query and control commands.

Meanwhile, Korea Patent Registration No. 10-0894910 is a technology for an efficient multi-query processing method in a plurality of heterogeneous sensor networks. A query processing device including a query queue, query integration and converter, query command manager, and data integrator. is presenting The present query processing apparatus proposes a method of reducing the burden on a sensor network by integrating and processing queries requested to the same sensor network in a plurality of queries.

However, in the above prior arts, a large amount of additional cost for connecting different types of sensor groups other than the existing connected sensor group, which has been pointed out as a problem in the prior art, and the need to stop and restart the control server to connect new sensor groups Couldn't solve the hassle.

(Patent Document 1) Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1996237 (2019.06.28.)

(Patent Document 2) Registered Patent Publication No. 10-0894910 (2009.04.17.)

An object of the present invention to solve the above problems is to install an intelligent adapter for each heterogeneous IoT sensor group in addition to the control system on the server side, so that the adapter has an integrated management function for distributed processing of queries and control commands, and each adapter The goal is to provide an IoT sensor information control system and method that can be installed and operated independently without interruption of the control system, and that uses each adapter to connect heterogeneous IoT sensor groups efficiently at low cost.

In addition, an object of the present invention to solve the above problems is to provide an IoT sensor information control system and method for supporting efficient connection of heterogeneous sensor groups without interruption of the control system.

The technical problems to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned can be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the description below. There will be.

The configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object is a server unit for controlling the sensor information collected through at least one intelligent adapter and managing the at least one intelligent adapter; a sensor unit including at least one gateway and at least one IoT sensor group electrically connected to the at least one gateway and installed on a sensing object to sense the sensor information and then transmit the sensor information to the at least one gateway; and a meta information unit that transmits meta information for analyzing the processing capability of the sensor unit to the server unit, wherein the server unit connects the at least one different IoT sensor group to each other. to provide.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the server unit includes: an IoT sensor control server unit for collecting the sensor information and controlling the IoT sensor group; and an intelligent adapter management server unit for controlling the operation of the at least one intelligent adapter, wherein the at least one intelligent adapter performs at least one operation of start, pause, and stop by the intelligent adapter management server unit. It may be characterized in that it is performed.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the server unit includes the at least one intelligent adapter, wherein the at least one intelligent adapter collects sensor information from the at least one IoT sensor group or the at least one gateway or the at least one It may be characterized in that a collection signal for collection and control of the sensor information is transmitted to one IoT sensor group or the at least one gateway.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the at least one intelligent adapter is a first intelligent adapter and a second intelligent adapter for transmitting the sensor information to the IoT sensor control server, and the at least one gateway is the first intelligent adapter. a first gateway for transmitting the sensor information and a second gateway for transmitting the sensor information to the second intelligent adapter, wherein the at least one IoT sensor group is a first IoT sensor for transmitting the sensor information to the first gateway It may be a group and a second IoT sensor group that transmits the sensor information to the second gateway.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the at least one intelligent adapter further includes an nth intelligent adapter for transmitting the sensor information to the IoT sensor control server unit, wherein the at least one IoT sensor group is the nth intelligent adapter to the nth IoT sensor group for transmitting the sensor information; may be characterized in that it further comprises.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the at least one intelligent adapter may receive start, pause, restart and stop control commands from the intelligent adapter management server unit.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the meta information unit operates (query/publish), conditional query processing (True/Flase), sensing data storage (True/Flase), and sensor control function included (True/Flase) It may be characterized in that at least one of them is transmitted to the IoT sensor control server unit.

In addition, the configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: (a) transmitting a collection signal for collecting sensor information by the IoT sensor control server unit to at least one intelligent adapter; (b) transmitting, by the at least one intelligent adapter, the collection signal to at least one gateway or at least one IoT sensor group; (c) transmitting, by the at least one gateway or the at least one IoT sensor group, the sensor information to the at least one intelligent adapter; (d) transmitting, by the at least one intelligent adapter, sensor information to an IoT sensor control server unit; and (e) an intelligent adapter management server unit controlling the operation of the at least one intelligent adapter and the new intelligent adapter, wherein the server unit connects the at least one IoT sensor group different from each other. A method for controlling sensor information is provided.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step (c) comprises: (c1) receiving a collection query for the sensor information to the IoT sensor control server; (c2) checking, by the IoT sensor control server, meta information about an IoT sensor group to which the sensor information is transmitted among the at least one IoT sensor group; (c3) checking the operation method meta information to request a collection query of sensor information to at least one intelligent adapter if the operation method of the IoT sensor group is the Query method; and to the intelligent adapter if the operation method is the Publish method Completing all query processing including conditions in the IoT sensor control server unit using sensor information transmitted and stored in advance in a publish manner from the IoT sensor group without requesting a sensor information collection query; (c4) When the IoT sensor group can process the conditional query by checking the conditional query processing meta information requesting a collection query result, completing the collection query in the IoT sensor control server unit, and when the IoT sensor group cannot process the conditional query, the intelligent adapter performs at least one gateway and at least one IoT sensor It includes the step of requesting only the sensor information collection excluding the conditional query for the group, and the step of completing the collection query including condition processing in the IoT sensor control server unit.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step (e) includes: (e1) inputting meta information about the n-th sensor group, which is a new sensor group; (e2) generating a source code of the new intelligent adapter based on the meta information; (e3) utilizing the sensor interface to complete the intelligent adapter module; and (e4) driving the new intelligent adapter, wherein the new intelligent adapter is operated in the steps (e1) to (e4).

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step (e) includes, after the step (e4), (e5) suspending the at least one intelligent adapter; and (e6) re-driving the at least one intelligent adapter.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step (e) may further include; after the step (e4) or the step (e6), stopping the at least one intelligent adapter.

The effect of the present invention according to the above configuration is that by installing an intelligent adapter for each heterogeneous IoT sensor group in addition to the control system on the server side, the adapter has an integrated management function for distributed processing of queries and control commands, and each adapter is controlled It can be installed and operated independently without interruption of the system, and finally, different types of IoT sensor groups can be efficiently connected at low cost by using each adapter.

In addition, the effect of the present invention according to the above configuration supports efficient connection of heterogeneous sensor groups without interruption of the control system.

It should be understood that the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-described effects, and include all effects that can be inferred from the configuration of the invention described in the detailed description or claims of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an IoT sensor information control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling IoT sensor information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed step (S500) of a method for controlling IoT sensor information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention may be embodied in several different forms, and thus is not limited to the embodiments described herein. And in order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and similar reference numerals are attached to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to be “connected (connected, contacted, coupled)” with another part, it is not only “directly connected” but also “indirectly connected” with another member interposed therebetween. "Including cases where In addition, when a part "includes" a certain component, this means that other components may be further provided without excluding other components unless otherwise stated.

The terms used herein are used only to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, terms such as "comprises" or "have" are intended to designate that the features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification exist, but one or more other features It should be understood that this does not preclude the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1. IoT sensor information control system

1 is a block diagram illustrating an IoT sensor information control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The IoT sensor information control system includes a server unit 100 , a sensor unit 200 , and a meta information unit 300 .

The server unit 100 controls the sensor information collected through the at least one intelligent adapter 130 , 140 and manages the at least one intelligent adapter 130 , 140 .

In addition, the server unit 100 connects at least one different IoT sensor group 230 , 240 . For this, the server unit 100 includes the IoT sensor control server unit 110 , the intelligent adapter management server unit 120 , the first intelligent adapter 130 , the second intelligent adapter 140 , and the nth intelligent adapter 150 . include

The IoT sensor control server 110 collects sensor information and controls the IoT sensor group. Here, the sensor information is installed on an object such as a machine, a device, a facility, a facility, and the like to sense various information. For example, the sensor information may include operation information, state information, and operation information of the object.

The IoT sensor control server unit 110 checks the meta information corresponding to the processing capability of the IoT sensor group and, when the operation method of the gateway and IoT sensor group is Publish rather than Query, sends a query to the collection of sensor information to the gateway and IoT sensor group. The query is processed using the sensor information that is transmitted in advance from the IoT sensor group in a publish manner without requesting from the sensor and stored in the user in advance. Check the meta information corresponding to the processing capability of the IoT sensor group, and if the condition query processing of the gateway and IoT sensor group is False, only the sensor information collection excluding the condition query is requested, and the query processing is performed by the IoT sensor control server unit 110 is processed

The intelligent adapter management server unit 120 controls the operation of at least one intelligent adapter 130 , 140 .

At least one intelligent adapter 130 performs at least one operation of start, pause, restart, and stop by the intelligent adapter management server unit 120 .

In addition, the at least one intelligent adapter 130 , 140 collects and stores sensor information from at least one IoT sensor group 230 , 240 or at least one gateway 210 , 220 , or at least one IoT sensor group 230 . , 240) or at least one gateway 210, 220 transmits a collection signal for collection and control of sensor information.

Specifically, the at least one intelligent adapter 130 and 140 may be the first intelligent adapter 130 and the second intelligent adapter 140 for transmitting sensor information to the IoT sensor control server unit 110 .

On the other hand, as a modified embodiment, at least one intelligent adapter 130 , 140 may further include an n-th intelligent adapter 150 for transmitting sensor information to the IoT sensor control server unit 110 , and such an n-th intelligent adapter 150 may be further included. The adapter 150 is the same as the novel intelligent adapter 150 described later.

The sensor unit 200 is electrically connected to at least one gateway 210 , 220 and at least one gateway 210 , 220 , and is installed on an object for sensing to sense sensor information and then at least one gateway 210 , 220 ) and includes at least one IoT sensor group 230 , 240 .

Specifically, the at least one gateway 210 , 220 includes a first gateway 210 for transmitting sensor information to the first intelligent adapter 130 and a second gateway 220 for transmitting sensor information to the second intelligent adapter 140 . ) can be

The at least one IoT sensor group 230 , 240 includes a first IoT sensor group 230 that transmits sensor information to the first gateway 130 and a second IoT sensor group that transmits sensor information to the second gateway 140 . (240).

Meanwhile, as a modified embodiment, at least one IoT sensor group 230 , 240 may further include an nth IoT sensor group 250 for transmitting sensor information to the nth intelligent adapter 150 .

The meta information unit 300 transmits meta information for analyzing the processing capability of the sensor unit to the server unit 100 .

Specifically, the meta information unit 300 includes at least one of an operation method (query/publish), conditional query processing (True/Flase), sensing data storage (True/Flase), and sensor control function included (True/Flase). is transmitted to the IoT sensor control server unit 110 .

2. IoT sensor information control method

Hereinafter, a method for controlling IoT sensor information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 .

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling IoT sensor information according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed step (S500) of a method for controlling IoT sensor information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , in the IoT sensor information control method according to an embodiment of the present invention, (a) the IoT sensor control server unit 110 collects sensor information with at least one intelligent adapter 130 , 140 . Transmitting a signal (S100), (b) at least one intelligent adapter 130, 140 transmits a collected signal to at least one gateway 210, 220 or at least one IoT sensor group 230, 240 Steps (S200), (c) at least one gateway (210, 220) or at least one IoT sensor group (230, 240) transmitting sensor information to at least one intelligent adapter (210, 220) (S300) , (d) the at least one intelligent adapter 130, 140 transmitting sensor information to the IoT sensor control server unit 110, and (e) the intelligent adapter management server unit 120 at least one intelligent adapter 130 , 140) and a step (S500) of controlling the operation of the new intelligent adapter 150, and the server unit 100 is characterized in that at least one IoT sensor group 230, 240 different from each other is connected.

The step (c) relates to a method for processing a conditional query, (c1) a step of receiving a sensor information collection query to the IoT sensor control server unit 110, (c2) the IoT sensor control server unit 110 ) checking meta information about the IoT sensor group 230 or 240 that has transmitted sensor information among at least one IoT sensor group 230, 240, (c3) Checking the operation method meta information to check the IoT sensor group ( 230) when the operation method is the Query method, requesting the sensor information collection query to at least one intelligent adapter 130, 140, and when the operation method is the Publish method, the sensor information collection query to the intelligent adapters 130 and 140 Completing all query processing including conditions in the IoT sensor control server unit 110 using the sensor information transmitted and stored in advance from the IoT sensor group in a publish manner without requesting, (c4) whether the conditional query is processed If the IoT sensor group can process the conditional query by checking the meta information, the intelligent adapter 130, 140 requests the result of the sensor information collection including the conditional query for at least one gateway and at least one IoT sensor group and completing the collection query in the IoT sensor control server unit, and when the IoT sensor group cannot process the conditional query, the intelligent adapters 130 and 140 provide conditions for at least one gateway and at least one IoT sensor group. It includes the step of requesting only the sensor information collection excluding the query and the step of completing the collection query including condition processing in the IoT sensor control server unit 110 .

Next, the step (e) includes: (e1) inputting meta information about the n-th sensor group 250 as a new sensor group (S510), (e2) of the new intelligent adapter 150 based on the meta information. generating the source code (S520), (e3) completing the intelligent adapter module using the sensor interface (S530), and (e4) driving the new intelligent adapter 150 (S540), wherein the Steps (e1) to (e4) are characterized in that the new intelligent adapter 150 is operated.

Additionally, step (e) includes, after step (e4), (e5) pausing at least one intelligent adapter 130, 140 (S550) and (e6) at least one intelligent adapter 130, 140 It further includes the step of re-driving (S560).

In addition, the step (e) may further include a step (S570) of stopping the at least one intelligent adapter 130, 140 after the step (e4) or the step (e6).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in developing an IoT sensor control system, various sensor groups of different types can be easily connected, and in particular, the advantage of being able to freely add and delete sensor groups without stopping the existing IoT sensor control system. have. In addition, there is an advantage in that the user can perform the same level of query processing regardless of the processing capability of the sensor group in the sensor information collection query processing.

The above description of the present invention is for illustration, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a dispersed form, and likewise components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: server unit
110: IoT sensor control server unit
120: intelligent adapter management server unit
130: first intelligent adapter
140: second intelligent adapter
150: n intelligent adapter
200: sensor unit
210: first gateway
220: second gateway
230: first IoT sensor group
240: second IoT sensor group
250: nth IoT sensor group
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Claims (11)

In the IoT sensor information control method in which the IoT sensor control server unit can be continuously and independently installed and operated by installing at least one intelligent adapter for each at least one IoT sensor group of a different type in addition to the IoT sensor control server unit,
a server unit for controlling sensor information collected through the at least one intelligent adapter and managing the at least one intelligent adapter;
a sensor unit including at least one gateway and the at least one IoT sensor group electrically connected to the at least one gateway and installed on a sensing object to sense the sensor information and then transmit the sensor information to the at least one gateway; and
The operation method (query/publish) of the at least one gateway and the at least one IoT sensor group, whether to process a conditional query (True/Flase), whether to store sensing data (True/Flase), and whether to include a sensor control function (True/ Flase) a meta-information unit for transmitting at least one meta-information to the server unit;
As a process for processing a conditional query, the IoT sensor control server unit receiving the collection query for the sensor information checks the meta information about the IoT sensor group that has transmitted the sensor information among the at least one IoT sensor group, By checking meta information including the operation method, if the operation method of the IoT sensor group is the Query method, a collection query of the sensor information is requested to the at least one intelligent adapter, and if the operation method is the Publish method, the intelligent Without requesting the sensor information collection query from the adapter, the IoT sensor control server unit completes all query processing, including conditions, using the sensor information transmitted and stored in advance from the IoT sensor group in a publish manner,
If the IoT sensor group can process the condition query by checking meta information including whether the condition query is processed, the intelligent adapter includes the condition query for the at least one gateway and the at least one IoT sensor group After requesting the sensor information collection query result, the IoT sensor control server unit completes the collection query,
When the IoT sensor group cannot process the condition query, the intelligent adapter requests only the sensor information collection excluding the condition query for the at least one gateway and the at least one IoT sensor group, and then the IoT sensor control server unit to complete the collection query, including condition processing,
The server unit is an IoT sensor information control system, characterized in that for connecting the at least one different IoT sensor group.
According to claim 1,
The server unit,
IoT sensor control server unit for collecting and controlling the sensor information; and
Including; an intelligent adapter management server for controlling the operation of the at least one intelligent adapter;
The at least one intelligent adapter is an IoT sensor information control system, characterized in that at least one operation of start, pause, restart, and stop is performed by the intelligent adapter management server unit.
3. The method of claim 2,
The server unit includes the at least one intelligent adapter;
The at least one intelligent adapter collects sensor information from the at least one IoT sensor group or the at least one gateway or collects and controls the sensor information to the at least one IoT sensor group or the at least one gateway IoT sensor information control system, characterized in that it transmits a signal.
4. The method of claim 3,
The at least one intelligent adapter is a first intelligent adapter and a second intelligent adapter for transmitting the sensor information to the IoT sensor control server,
The at least one gateway is a first gateway for transmitting the sensor information to the first intelligent adapter and a second gateway for transmitting the sensor information to the second intelligent adapter,
The at least one IoT sensor group is a first IoT sensor group for transmitting the sensor information to the first gateway and a second IoT sensor group for transmitting the sensor information to the second gateway system.
5. The method of claim 4,
The at least one intelligent adapter further includes; an nth intelligent adapter that is a new intelligent adapter that transmits the sensor information to the IoT sensor control server unit;
The at least one IoT sensor group includes an nth IoT sensor group that is a new IoT sensor group that transmits the sensor information to the nth intelligent adapter.
delete In the IoT sensor information control method in which the IoT sensor control server unit can be continuously and independently installed and operated by installing at least one intelligent adapter for each at least one IoT sensor group of a different type in addition to the IoT sensor control server unit,
(a) transmitting, by the IoT sensor control server unit, a collection signal for collecting sensor information to the at least one intelligent adapter;
(b) transmitting, by the at least one intelligent adapter, the collection signal to at least one gateway or the at least one IoT sensor group;
(c) transmitting, by the at least one gateway or the at least one IoT sensor group, the sensor information to the at least one intelligent adapter;
(d) transmitting, by the intelligent adapter, sensor information to the IoT sensor control server unit; and
(e) controlling the operation of the at least one intelligent adapter and the new intelligent adapter by the intelligent adapter management server unit; includes,
Meta information is at least one of operation method (query/publish), conditional query processing (True/Flase), sensing data storage (True/Flase), and sensor control function included (True/Flase),
Step (c) is a method for processing a conditional query,
(c1) arriving at the IoT sensor control server unit for a collection query of the sensor information;
(c2) checking, by the IoT sensor control server, meta information about an IoT sensor group to which the sensor information is transmitted among the at least one IoT sensor group;
(c3) When the operation method of the IoT sensor group is the Query method by checking meta information including the operation method of the at least one gateway and the at least one IoT sensor group, the sensor information is collected by the at least one intelligent adapter If the step of requesting a query and the operation method are the Publish method, the IoT sensor control server unit does not request the sensor information collection query from the intelligent adapter but uses the sensor information transmitted and stored in advance from the IoT sensor group in the publish method. Completing all query processing including conditions in ;
(c4) If the IoT sensor group can process the condition query by checking meta information including whether the condition query is processed or not, the intelligent adapter performs a condition query on at least one gateway and at least one IoT sensor group requesting a result of a query for collection of sensor information including; completing a collection query in the IoT sensor control server unit; and when the IoT sensor group cannot process a conditional query, the intelligent adapter is requesting only sensor information collection excluding the conditional query for one IoT sensor group and completing the collection query including condition processing in the IoT sensor control server unit;
The server unit IoT sensor information control method, characterized in that for connecting the at least one different IoT sensor group.
delete 8. The method of claim 7,
Step (e) is,
(e1) inputting meta information about the n-th sensor group, which is a new sensor group;
(e2) generating a source code of the new intelligent adapter based on the meta information;
(e3) utilizing the sensor interface to complete the intelligent adapter module; and
(e4) driving the new intelligent adapter;
In the steps (e1) to (e4), the IoT sensor information control method, characterized in that the new intelligent adapter is operated.
10. The method of claim 9,
Step (e) is,
After step (e4),
(e5) suspending the at least one intelligent adapter; and
(e6) re-driving the at least one intelligent adapter; IoT sensor information control method further comprising a.
11. The method of claim 10,
Step (e) is,
After step (e4) or step (e6),
Stopping the at least one intelligent adapter; IoT sensor information control method, characterized in that it further comprises.

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