Systems for monitoring and managing industrial settings
A system can include a backend system and a sensor kit configured to monitor an industrial setting. The sensor kit can include an edge device and a plurality of sensors that capture sensor data and transmit the sensor data via a self-configuring sensor kit network. At least one sensor can capture sensor measurements and output instances of sensor data, generate and output reporting packets, and transmit the reporting packets to the edge device via the self-configuring sensor kit network in accordance with a first communication protocol. The edge device receives reporting packets from the plurality of sensors via the self-configuring sensor kit network and transmits sensor kit packets to the backend system via a public network. The backend system can include a processing system and a storage system, where the processing system performs backend operations on the sensor data and the storage systems stores the sensor data.
1. A system comprising:
a backend system; and
a sensor kit configured to monitor an industrial setting, the sensor kit comprising:
an edge device; and
a plurality of sensors that capture sensor data and transmit the sensor data via a self-configuring sensor kit network, wherein the plurality of sensors includes one or more sensors of a first sensor type and one or more sensors of a second sensor type, wherein at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors comprises:
a sensing component that captures sensor measurements and outputs instances of sensor data;
a processing unit that generates reporting packets based on one or more instances of sensor data and outputs the reporting packets, wherein each reporting packet includes routing data and one or more instances of sensor data; and
a communication device configured to receive reporting packets from the processing unit and to transmit the reporting packets to the edge device via the self-configuring sensor kit network in accordance with a first communication protocol;
wherein the edge device comprises:
a communication system having:
a first communication device that receives reporting packets from the plurality of sensors via the self-configuring sensor kit network; and
a second communication device that transmits sensor kit packets to a backend system via a public network; and
a processing system having one or more processors that execute computer-executable instructions that cause the processing system to:
receive the reporting packets from the communication system;
perform one or more edge operations on the instances of sensor data in the reporting packets;
generate the sensor kit packets based on the instances of sensor data, wherein each sensor kit packet includes at least one instance of sensor data; and
output the sensor kits packets to the communication system, wherein the communication system transmits the sensor kit packets to the backend system via the public network;
wherein the backend system comprises:
a backend storage system that stores a sensor kit data store that stores sensor data received from one or more respective sensor kits, including the sensor kit; and
a backend processing system having one or more processors that execute computer-executable instructions that cause the backend processing system to:
receive the sensor kit packets from the sensor kit;
determine the sensor data collected by the sensor kit based on the sensor kit packets;
perform one or more backend operations on the sensor data collected by the sensor kit; and
store the sensor data collected by the sensor kit in the sensor kit data store.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor kit further comprises a gateway device, wherein the gateway device is configured to receive sensor kit packets from the edge device via a wired communication link and transmit the sensor kit packets to the backend system via the public network on behalf of the edge device.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the gateway device includes a satellite terminal device that is configured to transmit the sensor kit packets to a satellite that routes the sensor kits to the public network.
4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the gateway device includes a cellular chipset that is pre-configured to transmit sensor kit packets to a cellphone tower of a preselected cellular provider.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second communication device of the edge device is a satellite terminal device that is configured to transmit the sensor kit packets to a satellite that routes the sensor kits to the public network.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the edge device further comprises one or more storage devices that store a sensor data store that stores instances of sensor data captured by the plurality of sensors of the sensor kit.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the edge device further comprises one or more storage devices that store a model data store that stores one or more machine-learned models that are each trained to predict or classify a condition of an industrial component of the industrial setting and/or the industrial setting based on a set of features that are derived from instances of sensor data captured by one or more of the plurality of sensors.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein performing one or more edge operations includes:
generating a feature vector based on one or more instances of sensor data received from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors;
inputting the feature vector to the machine-learned model to obtain a prediction or classification relating to a condition of a particular industrial component of the industrial setting or the industrial setting and a degree of confidence corresponding to the prediction or classification; and
selectively encoding the one or more instances of sensor data prior to transmission to the backend system based on the condition or prediction.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein selectively encoding the one or more instances of sensor data includes: in response to obtaining one or more predictions or classifications relating to conditions of respective industrial components of the industrial setting and the industrial setting that collectively indicate that there are likely no issues relating to any industrial component of the industrial setting and the industrial setting, compressing the one or more instances of sensor data using a lossy codec.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein compressing the one or more instances of sensor data using the lossy codec includes:
normalizing the one or more instances of sensor data into respective pixel values;
encoding the respective pixel values into a media content frame; and
compressing a block of media content frames using the lossy codec to obtain a compressed block, wherein the lossy codec is a video codec and the compressed block includes the media content frame and one or more other media content frames that include normalized pixel values of other instances of sensor data.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the backend system receives the compressed block in one or more sensor kit packets and determines the sensor data collected by the sensor kit by decompressing the compressed block using the lossy codec.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein selectively encoding the one or more instances of sensor data includes:
in response to obtaining a prediction or classification relating to a condition of a particular industrial component or the industrial setting that indicates that there is likely an issue relating to the particular industrial component or the industrial setting, compressing the one or more instances of sensor data using a lossless codec.
13. The system of claim 8 , wherein selectively encoding the one or more instances of sensor data includes:
in response to obtaining a prediction or classification relating to a condition of a particular industrial component or the industrial setting that indicates that there is likely an issue relating to the particular industrial component or the industrial setting, refraining from compressing the one or more instances of sensor data.
14. The system of claim 8 , wherein selectively encoding the one or more instances of sensor data includes selecting a stream of sensor data instances for uncompressed transmission.
15. The system of claim 7 , wherein performing one or more edge operations includes:
generating a feature vector based on one or more instances of sensor data received from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors;
inputting the feature vector to the machine-learned model to obtain a prediction or classification relating to a condition of a particular industrial component of the industrial setting or the industrial setting and a degree of confidence corresponding to the prediction or classification; and
selectively storing the one or more instances of sensor data in a storage device of the edge device based on the prediction or classification.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein selectively storing the one or more instances of sensor data includes: in response to obtaining one or more predictions or classifications relating to conditions of respective industrial components of the industrial setting and the industrial setting that collectively indicate that there are likely no issues relating to any industrial component of the industrial setting and the industrial setting, storing the one or more instances of sensor data in the storage device with an expiry, such that the one or more instances of sensor data are purged from the storage device in accordance with the expiry.
17. The system of claim 15 , wherein selectively storing the one or more instances of sensor data includes:
in response to obtaining a prediction or classification relating to a condition of a particular industrial component or the industrial setting that indicates that there is likely an issue relating to the particular industrial component or the industrial setting, storing the one or more instances of sensor data in the storage device indefinitely.
18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the self-configuring sensor kit network is a star network such that each sensor of the plurality of sensors transmits respective instances of sensor data with the edge device directly using a short-range communication protocol.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the one or more processors of the edge device to initiate configuration of the self-configuring sensor kit network.
20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the self-configuring sensor kit network is a mesh network such that:
the communication device of each sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to establish a communication channel with at least one other sensor of the plurality of sensors;
at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to receive instances of sensor data from one or more other sensors of the plurality of sensors and to route the received instances of the sensor data towards the edge device.
21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the one or more processors of the edge device to initiate configuration of the self-configuring sensor kit network, wherein the plurality of sensors form the mesh network in response to the edge device initiating configuration of the self-configuring sensor kit network.
22. The system of claim 1 , wherein the self-configuring sensor kit network is a hierarchical network.
23. The system of claim 22 , wherein the sensor kit further comprises one or more collection devices configured to receive reporting packets from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors and route the reporting packets to the edge device.
24. The system of claim 1 , wherein the backend operations include performing one or more analytics tasks using the sensor data.
25. The system of claim 1 , wherein the backend operations include performing one or more artificial intelligence tasks using the sensor data.
26. The system of claim 1 , wherein the backend operations include issuing a notification to a human user associated with the industrial setting based on the sensor data.
27. The system of claim 1 , wherein the backend operations include controlling at least one component of the industrial setting based on the sensor data.