iot devices blockchain asset tracking

IoT devices & BlockchainAsset Tracking

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Masamichi TanakaUhuru Corp.mas@uhuru.jp

Masamichi TanakaDirector Chief Strategy Officer Uhuru Corp.

Rutgers University BA Mechanical EngineeringAoyama Business School MBA

Canon Inc.: Semiconductor EngineerSony Corp.: Product Planner, Product DevelopmentMicrosoft Corp.: Product, Program ManagerAnt’s Eye View Japan Founder, CEO

Full Scale EngineeringPlatform

CoherentDeployment

DistributedArchitecture

Distributed Ledgerof trusted devices

Problems in completing IoT Solutions

1. Lack of Engineers

3. Limitation of Centralized Architecture

2. Complexity of IoT Layers

4. Data Fluidity

Full Scale EngineeringPlatform

CoherentDeployment

DistributedArchitecture

Distributed Ledgerof trusted devices

Problems in completing IoT Solutions

1. Lack of Engineers

3. Limitation of Centralized Architecture

2. Complexity of IoT Layers

4. Data Fluidity

Understanding IoT in process layers

Edge

Gateway

Data Ingestion

Data Analysis

Application

People Process

Things, Devices, Sensors

Cloud Infrastructure

Data Element AnalysisAnd Transformation OT

IT

EventBased

QueryBased

Data atRest

Data inMotion

Local Area Connectivity (Lola, Sigfox, etc.)

Wide Area Connectivity

PHYSICAL

CLOUD

Full Scale Engineers

Hardware/Edge

Connectivity

Cloud

Full Scale Engineering with Enebular

Hardware/Edge

Gateway

Cloud

Visual Programing(Node-RED)

IoT Strategy: Complete coverage with alliance

Edge

Gateway

Data Ingestion

Data Analysis

Application

People Process

Local Area Connectivity (Lola, Sigfox, etc.)

Wide Area Connectivity

5G

OrchestrateData flow

Full Scale EngineeringPlatform

CoherentDeployment

DistributedArchitecture

Distributed Ledgerof trusted devices

Problems in completing IoT Solutions

1. Lack of Engineers

3. Limitation of Centralized Architecture

2. Complexity of IoT Layers

4. Data Fluidity

Issues in IoT

Edge

Edge Computing

Data Ingestion

Data Analysis

Application

People Process

ISSUE: Devices willGenerate data fasterthan IT side can ingest it

Not capable of performingReal-time data analysisand feedback

Distributed Coherent Architecture

Edge

Edge Computing

Data Ingestion

Data Analysis

Application

People Process

Coherent deployment of (1) logic(2) AI inference

Cloud

Example：

METADATA

Minimize data before upload by extracting and sending only the context = metadata

Full Scale EngineeringPlatform

CoherentDeployment

DistributedArchitecture

Distributed Ledgerof trusted devices

Problems in completing IoT Solutions

1. Lack of Engineers

3. Limitation of Centralized Architecture

2. Complexity of IoT Layers

4. Data Fluidity

IoT & Blockchain

TRUTH?

Many of us believed that the internet liberated us from media control…

Filter Bubble“intellectual isolation that canresult from personalizedsearches when a websitealgorithm selectively guesseswhat information a user wouldlike to see based oninformation about the user,such as location, past click-behavior and search history.”

Wikipedia

Echo Chamber:Online social communities become fragmented when like-minded people group together and members hear arguments in one specific direction.

Beliefs are amplified or reinforced by communication and repetition inside a closed system.

distributed ledger = truth machine?

The arbitrariness of people, mistakes, fraud, subjectivity and beliefs will damage the reliability of data.

Truth Machine?

IoT is all about gathering the TRUTH from the physical world

If only reliable devices were able to write in to distributed ledger that ledger will be the Truth Machine.

Truth Machine

TrustedTrusted

Trusted Trusted

We need certification standards to maintain and audit devices

IoT in process layers

Stores the “truth” indistributed Ledgerfor data exchange

Senses the truth in The physical world

IoT Strategy: Edge Side

Edge

Gateway

Data Ingestion

Data Analysis

Application

People Process

IoT Module + Solution

EnebularSolutions

EnebularDevices

通信キャリア網

ITシステムセンサー類(IoT)

端末

Internet

同報配信

Enebular Mesh Network

Enebular Reference board

2019年1月1000個出荷

Case 1: Child Tracking

ConnectivityCellular LPWA(LTE Cat.M1/NB-IoT)

Edge Device Pelion IoT Platform Device Management

Data Flow / ApplicationUhuru enebular

• Key Technology: Highly efficient solar panel • Problem: portents want safety for their children, but running cost of full function smartphone is too

expensive and has battery life problems. • Solution: Cellular LPWA in conjunction with highly efficient solar panel provides tracking device with

elongated battery life

Case 2: Monitoring fresh food inside a frozen container

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• Key Technology: ceramic technology• Problem：Keeping track of ripeness of fresh food while its on the sea• Solution：New ripeness sensor using ceramic technology, Cellular LPWA provides long

battery life

GPS/GNSS

Case 3: Pallet Tracking

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• Problem: Battery life• Solution: Cellular LPWA in conjunction with highly efficient solar panel provides tracking device

with elongated battery life

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Common Asset Tracking Platform

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Common asset tracking platform is being utilized in various verticals to achieve highest efficiency in all solutions

SoftBankIoTPlatform

Network

AssetTrackingPlatform

Pallet TrackingApp

Reefer Container

ManagementApp

Children’s SafetyApp

Solution A Solution B Solution C

ConnectivityMgmt. API Mgmt. User/Device

Mgmt.Data Store

Device Activation

App Purchase Mgmt

Data Mgmt.(Push Notification、Visualization etc.)

ID Mgmt

Individual HWCommonModule

Individual HWCommon Module

Individual HWCommonModule

BarrageManufacture

Spark Plug vendor

(ceramic sensor)

Major Oil Co(Solar Panel)

Cellular LPWA(LTE Cat.M1/NB1) LoRa 5G etc・・・

Application

Business Partner

(Provided technology)

Hardware

enebular

Deploy/Device Status Monitoring

through Mbed Cloud

Specification

Size 96mm×145mm×20mm

Display 2.9’’ e-Paper Display

Radio Module Quectel BG96

Connectivity SoftBank LTE Cat.M1/NB1

Antenna embedded

Specification

GPS YES（AGPS）

Battery Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery 750mAh

Solar Power CIS

Water Resist Type 7 Complaint

Electric Paper

Solar power

Perpetual Motion Device??

Cellular LPWA

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Cellular LPWA

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Cellular LPWA(LTE Cat.M1/NB-IoT) = Low Powered + Wide Area Coverage

WAN

セルラー

2G/3G

4G(LTE)

LTE Cat.4

LTE Cat.1

LPWA

ライセンスバンド

LTE Cat.M1

LTE Cat.NB1(NB-IoT)

アンライセンスバンド

SIGFOX

LoRaWAN

coverage

global

Soon to be global

City only

private

quality

Carriergrade

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Batteryoperation

NO

YES

Social Problems Analytics Visualize People

Enebular(IoT) Infomotion