# US 10,308,196 B2 · Method for transmitting measured values from a sensor, computer program, machine-readable storage medium and sensor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,308,196 B2 - Document ID: US10308196B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/830,045 - Filed: 2017-12-04 - Published: 2018-06-07 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-06 - Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH - Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH - Inventors: Guenter Weiss; Marlon Ramon Ewert - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308196B2 ## CPC - H04Q 9/00: Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom - B60R 16/023: for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems - H04L 12/40: Bus networks - 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 - H04Q 9/02: Automatically-operated arrangements - H04L 2012/40215: {Controller Area Network CAN} - H04L 2012/40273: {the transportation system being a vehicle} - H04Q 2209/10: using a centralized architecture - H04Q 2209/30: using a wired architecture - H04Q 2209/40: using a wireless architecture - H04Q 2209/753: where the polling of the sub-stations is synchronous - H04Q: SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A method for transmitting measured values from a sensor, wherein the measured values are transmitted cyclically, wherein at least two communication slots are provided in one communication cycle, wherein a first measured value, which represents a first physical effect detected by the sensor, is transmitted in a first communication slot, and a second measured value, which represents a second physical effect detected by the sensor, is transmitted in a second communication slot, characterized in that the measured value is transmitted in a communication cycle according to a defined relevance of the currently detected physical effect and/or of the measured value. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for operating a sensor, the method comprising: cyclically electronically transmitting measured values generated by the sensor to a control unit operably connected to the sensor; providing at least two communication slots in one communication cycle; electronically transmitting a first measured value, which represents a first physical effect detected by the sensor, in a first communication slot of the at least two communication slots; electronically transmitting a second measured value, which represents a second physical effect detected by the sensor, is transmitted in a second communication slot of the at least two communication slots; and electronically transmitting each measured value of the measured values in a respective communication cycle to the control unit based on a defined relevance of one of (i) a currently detected physical effect and (ii) the respective measured value, wherein the measured values having a lower relevance are transmitted less frequently to the control unit to reduce a computational effort of the sensor during the electronic transmitting and to reduce energy consumption of the sensor, thereby lowering a thermal load of the sensor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: conditioning the one of (i) the currently detected physical effect and (ii) the respective measured value for transmission based on the defined relevance. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the defined relevance of the currently detected physical effect depends on the detection rate of the currently detected physical effect by the sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the defined relevance of the currently detected physical effect depends on a dynamic behavior of the currently detected physical effect. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises a device configured to set up a communication channel to transmit the measured values, the communication channel being set up in a communication slot only when a measured value of the measured values is transmitted in the communication slot. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the method is implemented by a non-transitory computer program. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the computer program is stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium. ### Claim 8 A sensor configured to: cyclically electronically transmit measured values generated by the sensor to a control unit operably connected to the sensor; provide at least two communication slots in one communication cycle; electronically transmit a first measured value, which represents a first physical effect detected by the sensor, in a first communication slot of the at least two communication slots; electronically transmit a second measured value, which represents a second physical effect detected by the sensor, is transmitted in a second communication slot of the at least two communication slots; and electronically transmit each measured value of the measured values in a respective communication cycle to the control unit based on a defined relevance of one of (i) a currently detected physical effect and (ii) the respective measured value, wherein the measured values having a lower relevance are transmitted less frequently to the control unit to reduce a computational effort of the sensor during the electronic transmitting and to reduce energy consumption of the sensor, thereby lowering a thermal load of the sensor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The sensor as claimed in claim 8, further comprising: a device configured to at least one of set up and switch off a communication channel to the measured values, the communication channel being set up in a communication slot only when a measured value of the measured values is transmitted in the communication slot.