Method and apparatus for managing sensor data

A method of managing sensor data, the method comprising:

• collecting sensor data from a sensor system;
• determining a sensor data collection cycle needed for the sensor data and a service;
• adaptively collecting and managing the sensor data based on the sensor data collection cycle;
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• determining whether the service is changed,
• wherein the determining of the sensor data collection cycle needed for the sensor data and the service determines the sensor data collection cycle in view of a weighting based on an amount of energy saved by collection cycles, a data storage space and data processing time, and a probability of an error happening by collection cycles when the sensor data collection cycle is determined for the service.

An apparatus for managing sensor data from a plurality of sensors, the apparatus comprising:

• a profile management unit to manage a sensor profile defining each sensor of the plurality of sensors, a sensor system and a characteristic of a service;
• a service management unit to manage a preinstalled service and to collect and recommend a service based on the sensor profile from the sensor system, wherein the service management unit manages the preinstalled service by execution, change, deletion or recommendation, and collects and recommends an appropriate service based on the sensor profile;
• a data collection cycle determination unit to determine a necessary sensor data collection cycle for the service during which sensor data from each sensor of the plurality of sensors is collected, wherein to determine the data collection cycle, the data collection cycle determination unit collects a preset amount of sensor data and determines an appropriate sensor data collection cycled based on the collected data in view of a weighting;
• a sensor data management unit to collect sensor data based on the sensor data collection cycle and to manage the sensor data, wherein the sensor data management unit collects the sensor data in each of a plurality of the sensor data collection cycles;
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• an interface to connect the sensor system and an external device.