METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM

• US 20160209818A1
• Filed: 01/20/2015
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: MANDLE, GARY, ETEZADI-AMOLI, ALI, GEIGER, JOHN
• Granted Patent: US 10,175,665 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/04 Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers G05B19/418 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/048 Monitoring; Safety
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/406 characterised by monitoring or safety G05B19/19 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/408 characterised by data handling or data format, e.g. reading, buffering or conversion of data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0823 characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for optimising operational conditions of wireless networks H04W24/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/142 using statistical or mathematical methods
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

Various aspects of a method and system for management of an electronic system are disclosed herein. The method includes detection of a plurality of electronic modules configured in a discoverable mode. The plurality of electronic modules is associated with one or more electronic sub-systems of the electronic system. The method further includes reception of a first set of data from the plurality of electronic modules. The method further includes dynamic prediction of a set of actions based on the received first set of data and second set of data. The second set of data corresponds to a previously executed set of actions.

Claims

1. A method for management of an electronic system, the method comprising:

in an electronic device;

detecting a plurality of electronic modules configured in a discoverable mode, wherein said plurality of electronic modules are associated with one or more electronic sub-systems of said electronic system;

receiving a first set of data from said detected said plurality of electronic modules; and

dynamically predicting a set of actions based on said received said first set of data and a second set of data, wherein said second set of data corresponds to previously executed set of actions.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said electronic device is one of:

a laptop, a desktop computer, a server, a tablet computer, a smartphone, and/or a personal digital assistant (PDA) device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of electronic modules comprise one or more of a signal measurement module, a signal detection module, and/or a control module.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of electronic modules in said discoverable mode periodically broadcasts key information.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said broadcasted key information comprises one or more of:

a bar code, a Quick Response (QR) code, an optical character recognition (OCR) tag, an internet protocol (IP) address, electronic module type information, hardware version information, and/or firmware version information, associated said each of said plurality of electronic modules.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said first set of data and said second set of data correspond to:

one or more service parameters corresponding to one or more electronic sub-systems, one or more comments associated with said one or more electronic sub-systems, one or more labels associated with said one or more electronic sub-systems, a diagnostic information associated with said one or more electronic sub-systems, and/or a configuration setting associated with said one or more electronic sub-systems retrieved from one or more pre-stored and/or online user manuals.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said one or more service parameters comprise:

an eye pattern display, a serial data interface (SDI) payload data, a sample frequency, a user data, a cyclic redundancy code (CRC) flag, a camera head main voltage, a camera head main current, a fiber optic power, a temperature value, a simple network management protocol (SNMP) data, one or more network packets, and/or environmental measurement data.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising selecting said one or more service parameters to retrieve a corresponding set of attributes, wherein said set of attributes comprises a data value, a frequency, an amplitude, and/or a phase associated with said one or more service parameters.

9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising displaying, on a pre-defined region of a user interface (UI), one or more of:

a list of said detected said plurality of electronic modules, payload data related to said one or more service parameters, a display associated with said one or more electronic sub-systems, a universal resource locator (URL) of said one or more pre-stored and/or online user manuals, a set of diagrams associated with said one or more electronic sub-systems, and/or an option to measure said first set of data associated with said one or more electronic sub-systems.

10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising defining a threshold value corresponding to said one or more service parameters.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said defined said threshold value is based on operational information associated with said one or more electronic sub-systems, wherein said operational information is retrieved from said one or more pre-stored and/or online user manuals.

12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing one or more recommendations to a user based on said dynamically predicted said set of actions.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein said one or more recommendations comprise a sequence of one or more steps for implementing an optimized configuration setting and/or a test pattern implementable at said one or more electronic sub-systems.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of electronic modules are configured to measure said first set of data associated with each of said one or more electronic sub-systems.

15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing an option to purchase one or more new electronic modules, and/or one or more new software modules associated with said plurality of electronic modules.

16. The method according to claim 1, further comprising analyzing each of said first set of data associated with said plurality of electronic modules.

17. The method according to claim 16, presenting said analyzed said first set of data on a UI based on user selection of one or more service parameters associated with said first set of data.

18. The method according to claim 1, further comprising uploading, to said detected said plurality of electronic modules, one or more of:

a label, a comment, and/or data.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein said uploaded said comment comprises a set of details corresponding to a fault occurred in said one or more electronic sub-systems and/or another set of actions performed to resolve said occurred fault.

20. The method according to claim 1, wherein said prediction of said set of actions is based on a flowchart provided by a user.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein said flowchart comprises a set of alarms and/or control actions.

22. The method according to claim 1, further comprising tracking a physical location of said one or more electronic sub-systems based on one or more of:

a unique value associated with said one or more electronic sub-systems, a strength of a signal transmitted by said one or more electronic sub-systems, and/or a delay in reception of said signal transmitted by said one or more electronic sub-systems.

23. The method according to claim 1, further comprising synchronizing each of said plurality of electronic modules with respect to each other.

24. A system for management of an electronic system, the system comprising:

one or more circuits in an electronic device operable to;

detect a plurality of electronic modules configured in a discoverable mode, wherein said plurality of electronic modules are associated with one or more electronic sub-systems of said electronic system;

receive a first set of data from said detected said plurality of electronic modules; and

dynamically predict a set of actions based on said received said first set of data and a second set of data, wherein said second set of data corresponds to previously executed set of actions.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for management of an electronic system, the at least one code section being executable by a computer for causing the computer to perform steps comprising:

detecting a plurality of electronic modules configured in a discoverable mode, wherein said plurality of electronic modules are associated with one or more electronic sub-systems of an electronic system;

receiving a first set of data from said detected said plurality of electronic modules; and

dynamically predicting a set of actions based on said received said first set of data and a second set of data, wherein said second set of data corresponds to previously executed set of actions.