# US 10,121,381 B2 · Data flow control order generating apparatus and sensor managing apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,121,381 B2 - Document ID: US10121381B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/373,845 - Filed: 2013-02-28 - Published: 2014-12-18 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-09-12 - Assignees: OMRON Corporation - Applicants: OMRON Corporation - Inventors: Atsushi Hisano - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10121381B2 ## CPC - G08G 1/22: {Platooning, i.e. convoy of communicating vehicles} - G08G 1/0112: {from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]} - G08G 1/0145: {for active traffic flow control} - G08G 1/087: Override of traffic control, e.g. by signal transmitted by an emergency vehicle - H04L 47/10: Flow control; Congestion control - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] - Y02A 90/10: Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ## Abstract There is used a data flow control order generating apparatus that includes: a sensor side metadata acquisition unit acquiring sensor side metadata as information related to a sensor that outputs sensing data; an application side metadata acquisition unit acquiring application side metadata as information related to an application that provides a service by using the sensing data; a matching unit performing matching between the sensor side metadata and the application side metadata to extract the sensor capable of providing the sensing data that satisfies the request of the application; and an instruction unit transmitting a data flow control order that identifies the sensor extracted by the matching unit and the application to a sensor managing apparatus that manages the sensor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A data flow control order generating apparatus comprising a hardware processor, the hardware processor comprising: a sensor side metadata acquisition unit acquiring sensor side metadata as information related to a sensor that outputs data; an application side metadata acquisition unit acquiring application side metadata comprising information related to an application that provides a service by using the data, the information including attribute information of a required sensor and conditions related to the data required by the application; a matching unit performing matching between the sensor side metadata and the application side metadata to extract data that identifies a sensor that satisfies a request of the application; and an instruction unit transmitting: a data flow control order that identifies the data extracted by the matching unit; and an address of the application, wherein the data flow control order includes an instruction to a sensor managing apparatus that manages the identified sensor, wherein the data flow control order generating apparatus circulates the data identified by the data flow control order between data providers and data users, and wherein the sensor side metadata and the conditions of the application side metadata include a condition regarding compensation for use of the data output by the sensor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The data flow control order generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the sensor side metadata acquisition unit acquires the sensor side metadata from a database in which the sensor side metadata is stored; the application side metadata acquisition unit acquires the application side metadata from a database in which the application side metadata is stored; and the matching unit receives a notice of an event occurrence detected based on data from the sensor managing apparatus, and then performs the matching. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The data flow control order generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the sensor side metadata acquisition unit acquires the sensor side metadata from a database in which the sensor side metadata is stored; the application side metadata acquisition unit acquires the application side metadata from a database in which the application side metadata is stored; and the matching unit receives notice of an event occurrence that requires data from the application, and then performs the matching. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The data flow control order generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the sensor side metadata acquisition unit receives the sensor side metadata transmitted in conjunction with an event occurrence detected based on data from the sensor managing apparatus; the application side metadata acquisition unit acquires the application side metadata from a database in which the application side metadata is stored; and the matching unit performs the matching when the sensor side metadata acquisition unit receives the sensor side metadata. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The data flow control order generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the sensor side metadata acquisition unit acquires the sensor side metadata from a database in which the sensor side metadata is stored; the application side metadata acquisition unit receives the application side metadata transmitted in conjunction with an event occurrence that requires the data output by the sensor from the application; and the matching unit performs the matching when the application side metadata acquisition unit receives the application side metadata. ### Claim 6 A data flow control order generating apparatus comprising a hardware processor, the hardware processor comprising: a data metadata acquisition unit acquiring metadata of data as information related to sensing data obtained by a sensor and stored in a database on a network; an application side metadata acquisition unit acquiring application side metadata comprising information related to an application that provides a service by using the stored sensing data, the information including attribute information of a required sensor and conditions related to the sensing data required by the application; a matching unit performing matching between the metadata of the data and the application side metadata to extract data that identifies the stored sensing data that satisfies a request of the application; and an instruction unit transmitting: a data flow control order that identifies the data extracted by the matching unit; and an address of the application, wherein the data flow control order includes an instruction to the database on the network, wherein the data flow control order generating apparatus circulates the data identified by the data flow control order between data providers and data users, and wherein the metadata of the data and the conditions of the application side metadata include a condition regarding compensation for use of the data obtained by the sensor. ### Claim 7 A sensor managing apparatus that manages a sensor by using sensor side metadata as information related to the sensor that outputs data, the apparatus comprising a hardware processor, the hardware processor comprising: an order reception unit receiving a data flow control order, from a data flow control order generating apparatus, that includes an instruction for transmitting the data, the data flow control order identifying a first sensor extracted as a sensor that satisfies a request of an application by the data flow control order generating apparatus matching between application side metadata comprising information related to the application that provides a service by using the data, the information including attribute information of a required sensor and conditions related to the data required by the application and the sensor side metadata, and wherein the data flow control order also identifies an address of the application; and a transmission unit transmitting the data from the first sensor to the application on a basis of a predetermined packet system via a network, wherein the sensor managing apparatus circulates the data between data providers and data users, and wherein the sensor side metadata and the conditions of the application side metadata include a condition regarding compensation for use of the data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The sensor managing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the hardware processor further comprises: a detection unit monitoring data to detect an event occurrence, wherein the transmission unit notifies the data flow control order generating apparatus of the event occurrence; and the data flow control order is transmitted from the data flow control order generating apparatus notified of the event occurrence. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The sensor managing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the hardware processor further comprises: a detection unit monitoring data to detect an event occurrence, wherein the transmission unit transmits the sensor side metadata to the data flow control order generating apparatus in conjunction with the event occurrence, and the data flow control order is transmitted from the data flow control order generating apparatus to which the metadata is transmitted. ### Claim 10 A data flow control order generating program stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium causing an information processing apparatus to execute: a sensor side metadata acquisition step of acquiring sensor side metadata as information related to a sensor that outputs data; an application side metadata acquisition step of acquiring application side metadata comprising information related to an application that provides a service by using the data, the information including attribute information of a required sensor and conditions related to the data required by the application; a matching step of performing matching between the sensor side metadata and the application side metadata to extract data that identifies a sensor that satisfies a request of the application; and an instruction unit transmitting: a data flow control order that identifies the data extracted during the matching step; and an address of the application, wherein the data flow control order includes an instruction to a sensor managing apparatus that manages the sensor, wherein the data flow control order generating program includes instructions for circulating the data identified by the data flow control order between data providers and data users, and wherein the sensor side metadata and the conditions of the application side metadata include a condition regarding compensation for use of the data output by the sensor. ### Claim 11 A program stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium in an information processing apparatus of a sensor managing apparatus that manages a sensor by using sensor side metadata as information related to the sensor that outputs data, the program causing the information processing apparatus to execute: an order reception step of receiving a data flow control order, from a data flow control order generating apparatus, that includes an instruction for transmitting the data, the data flow control order identifying a sensor extracted as a sensor that satisfies a request of an application by the data flow control order generating apparatus matching between application side metadata comprising information related to the application that provides a service by using the data, the information related to the application including attribute information of a required sensor and conditions related to the data required by the application and the sensor side metadata, and wherein the data flow control order also identifies an address of the application; and a transmission step of transmitting the data from the extracted sensor to the application on a basis of a predetermined packet system via a network, wherein the program includes instructions for circulating the data between data providers and data users, and wherein the sensor side metadata and the conditions of the application side metadata include a condition regarding compensation for use of the data. ### Claim 12 A control order data stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium read by an information processing apparatus that manages a sensor outputting data, the control order data comprising: information identifying an address of an application that requires the data by using information identifying the application; information identifying a sensor extracted as a sensor that satisfies a request of the application by using information related to the sensor; and order information instructing transmission of the data, the order information identifying the extracted sensor and the application, wherein the information processing apparatus uses the control order data circulating the data between data providers and data users, wherein the information identifying the application and the information identifying the extracted sensor are obtained by a data flow control order generating apparatus matching between sensor side metadata as information related to the extracted sensor and application side metadata comprising information related to the application, the information related to the application including attribute information of a required sensor and conditions related to the data required by the application, and wherein the information related to the extracted sensor and the conditions of the application include a condition regarding compensation for use of the data.