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    • 专利摘要:
    The present invention relates to a device (1) for precise and secure wireless setting, control and control of measuring equipment and sensors (units) used for agricultural feed bowls, which are prepared for wireless communication via RFID standards, wherein the device (1) includes handheld wireless communications equipment incorporating technology supporting NFC technology, and further includes means for controlling input, readout, manipulation and storage of data such as parameters and measurement data, to and from the devices, and means for visualizing stored, manipulated, read and loaded data, where the means for controlling loading, reading, manipulating and storing data and visualizing the same is an app displayed on a pressure-sensitive screen (2) on, for example, a smartphone where the wireless connection has very short range (less than about 5 cm) and the device (1) therefore, purely physical, must be in the immediate vicinity of the device configured to establish the connection. The invention also relates to the use of the device and a method of using the device.
    公开号:DK201870172A1
    申请号:DKP201870172
    申请日:2018-03-16
    公开日:2019-03-27
    发明作者:Peter Andersen Niels
    申请人:Skov A/S；
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    专利说明:

    Device for controlling and controlling sensors and measuring equipment and their use
    The present invention relates to a device for precise and secure wireless setting, control and control of measuring equipment and sensors (devices) prepared for wireless communication via RFID standards, the device comprising handheld wireless communication equipment containing technology supporting NFC. technology, and additionally includes means for controlling input, readout, manipulation and storage of data, such as parameters and measurement data, to and from the devices, and means for visualizing stored, manipulated, read and loaded data, the means for controlling input, reading, manipulating and storing data and visualizing the same is an app that appears on a pressure-sensitive screen on, for example, a smartphone, where the wireless connection has a very short range (less than about 5 cm) and the device therefore, purely physical, should be in the immediate vicinity of the device configured to establish the connection.
    In addition, the invention relates to an example of an application of this device, and a method of calibrating a sensor by means of this device.
    There are several devices known for wireless control and control of measuring equipment and sensors. The wireless communication takes place
    DK 2018 70172 A1 most often via standardized protocols such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or GSM.
    There are several disadvantages to the prior art. For example, the protocols used are purely cumbersome to handle and difficult to secure against external abuse and errors, and it can be quite time-consuming and unmanageable to have to pair the devices each time a foreign device is contacted. It is also a disadvantage of the known techniques that there may be some uncertainty as to which device is being communicated with, in cases where there are several sometimes identical devices to choose from within the range of the signal. In addition, in this prior art, devices cannot be configured when they are not connected to a power source.
    It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a device for wirelessly configuring measuring equipment and sensors which do not have the aforementioned disadvantages and which have further advantages.
    The following synonyms and abbreviations are used below:
    NFC: Near Field Communication (Ultra Short Range)
    RFID: ISO Radio Frequency Identification standard
    Smartphone: Newer mobile phone with pressure sensitive screen
    App: Program for running on computer / tablet / smartphone etc.
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    The object of the invention is met by a device of the type set forth in the preamble of claim 1, which is characteristic in that the configuration can be done without the units being configured connected to a power source.
    In this way, it becomes possible to provide a device comprising the means necessary to easily, quickly and securely obtain wireless contact with sensors and other equipment supporting NFC technology, thereby facilitating change of configuration, readout and input data significantly, since the device and devices to be processed simply need to be brought close to each other to connect and thus allow for the safe exchange of data without the need for the devices to be configured to be connected to a power source.
    As a result of the invention, the farmer / installer / technician can simply use a smartphone with NFC with the corresponding app according to the invention to perform precise configuration settings on feed sensors. It is easy to configure multiple feed sensors with identical parameters, as the parameters can be copied to multiple sensors just by touching the individual sensors lightly. With the device, sensors can be configured even when not turned on. This is a great advantage if you want to configure sensors in a service trolley or in the workshop before installing the sensors. If it is necessary to replace, the device will in most cases be able to read the configuration parameters from an otherwise defective sensor and configure a
    DK 2018 70172 A1 replacement sensor with identical parameters to the faulty sensor. As far as security is concerned, the choice of NFC as wireless technology for the device makes it virtually impossible to configure a sensor without physical access to it, which is something that would otherwise be possible using other possible wireless technologies.
    According to claim 2, the device is capable of communicating with the device being configured without pairing with it.
    This makes user-friendliness a priority, as it is not necessary to pair or configure the sensor and the app before configuring changes can be made. When using NFC, the user is also never in doubt as to which sensor is configured, as the sensor must be easily touched to enter or read configuration data, which is also indicated by audible feedback if the phone's audio is turned on.
    So far, the number of physical setting options on the sensor has limited the number of adjustable parameters to a maximum of two. This changes the device as the number of adjustable parameters is now limited to the number of parameters in the app. According to a preferred embodiment of claim 3, the configurable parameters include: Sensitivity (0100%), On-Delay (0-3600 sec), Off-Delay (0-3600 sec) , LED (light) (on / off), MAX run time (maximum operating time) (0-7200 see).
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    This means for the user that only a single SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) is needed to handle sensors with, for example, ON and OFF delay simultaneously. Traditionally, one of the setting features has been reserved for sensitivity setting, and customers who needed both ON and OFF delay would need to use two different SKUs. With the device, sensors can be configured with both ON and OFF delay. Sensors according to the invention are prepared for future use needs, as only a new version of the app is needed to access new functionalities. No new software is required in the sensors. The advantages for the user are that it is easy to make precise configuration changes and it is easy to copy the configuration from one sensor to many others. The advantages for the installer are that it is easy to make precise configuration changes, and it is also easy for the installer to copy the configuration from one sensor to many others. There are fewer SKUs to handle in the service trolley or in the workshop before installation on an agricultural farm. In addition to the ability to easily make precise configuration changes and copy them, the retailer also has the advantage that sensors can be sold with a customer-specific configuration, fewer SKUs to handle in the store, and sensors can be pre-configured in-store. The number of parameters will increase with new versions of the app. The number and type of parameters depend on the performance of the sensors' hardware.
    Claim 4 describes an application of the above-mentioned device, characterized in that the units configured are sensors, such as sensors for feed bowls, for use in agriculture, wherein
    The parameters can be loaded from a device, e.g. the sensor to which a connection is established is a single push of a load button, and the parameters can be edited on the pressure-sensitive screen by simple hand gestures if necessary and then transferred to another device by establishing the connection between the device and this other device, and then, at a single push of a transfer / write button, data can be transmitted to several units one after the other by establishing the connection between the device and the units one by one and then output data to the connected unit at a single press of a transfer / write -button.
    The invention also relates to a method for calibrating a sensor used as sensor for feed bowls in agriculture, using a device of the above-mentioned type, which is characterized in that the parameters are input from the sensor to which the connection is established. a single push of a load button, and the parameters are edited, if necessary, on the pressure-sensitive screen by simple hand gestures and then transferred to another device by establishing the connection between the device and this other device, after which data is transmitted at a single press of a transfer button. / write button for multiple units one after the other by establishing connection between the device and the units one by one and then data is output to the connected unit by a single push of a transfer / write button where the calibration takes place, without the devices, that is configured is connected to a power source.
    According to claim 6, the calibration can be performed without prior pairing, and according to claim 7, the configurable parameters include Sensitivity
    DK 2018 70172 A1 (sensitivity) (0-100%), On-Delay (0-3600 sec), OffDelay (0-3600 sec), LED (light) (on / off) ), MAX run time (maximum operating time) (0-7200 see).
    The invention will now be explained in more detail with reference to the drawings, in which:
    FIG. 1 shows a process diagram of the application of the invention; FIG. 2 shows the app's appearance on the screen of a smartphone, while fig. 3 shows a sensor equipped with NFC technology.
    The invention, which is described herein as a device 1, is to be included in this description in the description as well as the means for using it, ie. the aforementioned smartphone with screen, CPU, software, memory, etc., taken together.
    As shown in FIG. 1, the use of device 1 (app + smartphone) can be briefly described with a number of sub-processes which relate to each other as shown, starting from above.
    The processes described do not require that the device to be updated is connected to power, nor is it necessary to log in to the individual devices being processed, and these features are part of the NFC technology used.
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    NFC is a known technology and its description does not fall within the scope of this specification.
    In the first subprocess 8, the device 1 is activated, i.e. the app launches and is expected to be ready for use.
    The app is then inactive until the device 1 is brought together with a sensor 7 used in this example, which is equipped with NFC technology and thereby prepared for wireless communication according to an RFID standard. This connection must be so close that it is practically a touch to establish connection between the device 1 and the sensor 7 in process step 9.
    Upon establishing the connection at process steps 9 and 10, the app is initialized, which means, among other things, that the device type is loaded and displayed on the touch screen 2. FIG. 2 shows an example showing that a unit of type I-DOL-44R 4 has been loaded, and in addition which parameters 3 support this unit type are loaded. However, no parameter values are loaded at this initialization.
    The parameter values shown on screen 2 of process step 10 are the values that were on screen 2 at the last connection to the device, e.g. sensor 7, was switched off.
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    A disconnect is always possible and can occur at any stage of the process and does not necessarily have to be scheduled.
    The data displayed on screen at process step 10 can be manually edited on the touch screen 2 (steps 13 and 14). In addition, data can be input to the screen from the open device (the one connected to) by a single press of button 5 READ, and this data can also be edited and validated (steps 13 and 14). In this context, validation only means that data is displayed on the screen and the operator must take action only if they need to be changed. In addition, data from an internal or external repository can be loaded, and this data can of course also be edited and validated (steps 13 and 14).
    The validated data on the screen 2 can be transferred to the open unit (process step 15) at a single push of button 6 WRITE, or alternatively, the connection to the open unit can be interrupted without delay (step 17), leaving the validated data (parameter values) on screen 2. You can then connect to any other device 6 (process step 16) and after establishing the connection and initializing the app, the data still on the screen can be transferred to this device at the push of a button 6 only Since the app stays in the mode (READ or WRITE) in which it was last left, you only need to touch a sensor when it is in WRITE mode to transfer data to it. This can be repeated as long as it is required.
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    Process step 18 is the deactivation of the app, which then no longer responds to the proximity of NFC technology.
    FIG. 2 shows an example of a screen on the smartphone which shows that the open device is of type iDOL-44R 4 and that this type has the parameters 3 which can be configured by, for example, dragging the slider on the screen2 with a light touch. The parameters 3, which are in the open unit 4, can be loaded to the screen 2 by a single press of the READ button 5. The parameter values displayed on the screen 2 remain unchanged on the screen 2 until they are consciously changed in one way or another. or until the app is deactivated (shut down) and can be transferred to the open device at any time with a single press of WRITE 6.
    The smartphone constituting the hardware part of the invention described must be prepared for NFC technology, and the same applies to the devices which must be configurable via the device mentioned herein 1.
    The sensors used are preferably of the type iDOL. These are capacitive sensors that are microprocessor based with persistent firmware memory and configuration data. Unlike common sensors where configuration data is programmed during the production of the sensors, iDOL sensors provide a program interface for managing configuration data. This interface is used together with the other unique feature of
    DK 2018 70172 A1 iDOL sensors, namely the NFC tag. The NFC tag is also a persistent memory microprocessor containing user data. Basically, NFC supports passive, that is, non-powered equipment such as credit cards, access cards, etc. and an active part called reader / writer. The passive part is driven solely by the electromagnetic field, which is generated by the reader / writer when brought near the passive part.
    iDOL sensors can be configured when not connected to power due to the aforementioned NFC feature. When the smartphone (reader / writer) is brought near the sensor, configuration data is overwritten to (or read from) the persistent data in the NFC tag, and when power is turned on to the sensor, data is transferred through the programming interface to the sensor's persistent memory itself.
    The methods and embodiments disclosed in this specification are to be seen as examples showing a possible embodiment of the invention and not as the only conceivable method and design.
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    Claims (5)
    [1]
    1. Device (1) for precise and secure wireless setting, control and control of measuring equipment and sensors (units) used for agricultural feed bowls and prepared for wireless communication via RFID standards, the device (1) comprising handheld wireless communication equipment containing technology supporting NFC technology and also includes means for controlling input, readout, manipulation and storage of data, such as parameters and measurement data, to and from the devices, and means for visualizing stored, manipulated, read and loaded data where the means for controlling loading, reading, manipulating and storing data and visualizing the same is an app that appears on a pressure-sensitive screen (2) on, for example, a smartphone where the wireless connection has very short range (less than approx. (5 cm), and the device 1, therefore, purely physical, must be in the immediate vicinity of the device configured to e. tabs the connection, characterized by the fact that the configuration can be done without the devices being configured connected to a power source.
    [2]
    Device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that it is capable of communicating with the device which is configured, without prior pairing with it.
    [3]
    Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the parameters (3) which can be configured include: Sensitivity (0-100%), OnDelay (0-3600 sec), Off- Delay (off delay) (0-3600 sec), LED (light) (on / off), MAX run time (maximum operating time) (0-7200 see).
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    [4]
    Use of the device (1) according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the units configured are sensors (7), such as sensors for feed bowls, for use in agriculture, where the parameters (3) can be input from a unit , eg. the sensor (7) to which a connection is established, at the push of a single button (5), and the parameters (3) can be edited on the pressure-sensitive screen (2) by simple hand gestures if necessary and then transferred to another unit by establishing the connection between the device (1) and this second device, and then data can be transmitted to multiple devices one at a single press of a transfer / write button (6) by establishing the connection between the device (1) and the devices. one by one and then output data to the connected device by a single push of a transfer / write button (6).
    Method for calibrating a sensor (7) used as a sensor for agricultural feed bowls, using a device (1) according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the parameters (3) are input from the sensor (7), to which connection is established by a single push of a load button (5) and the parameters (3) are edited, if necessary, on the pressure-sensitive screen by simple hand movements and then transferred to another unit by establishing the connection between the device (1) and the other device, after which data is transmitted at a single press of a transfer / write button (6) to several units one by one by establishing a connection between the device (1) and the units one by one, and then data is output to the connected unit at a simply press a transfer / write button (6) where the calibration takes place without the devices being configured connected to a power source.
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    Method according to claim 5, characterized in that the calibration is carried out without prior mating.
    [5]
    Method according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the parameters (3) which can be configured include: Sensitivity (0100%), On-Delay (0-3600 sec), Off Delay (off delay) (0-3600 sec), LED (light) (on / off), MAX run time (maximum operating time) (0-7200 see).
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