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US 10,309,856 B2Granted
Method of calibrating a sensor
AssigneeSignify Holding B.V.
InventorsDennis Van De Meulenhof, Johannes Arnoldus Cornelis Bernsen
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Abstract
A method of calibrating a sensor, comprising: —determining a position of the sensor; —providing sensor data comprising identification data and the position of the sensor to a calibration data provider; —obtaining calibration data from the calibration data provider; and —calibrating the sensor in accordance with the calibration data.
Claims17
A method of calibrating a given sensor, comprising:
- initiating a calibration procedure from a mobile device;
- establishing a communication between the mobile device and the sensor;
- obtaining an identification (ID) of the sensor by the mobile device;
- determining a position of the mobile device;
- sending a request for calibration data to a calibration data provider, the request comprising at least the identification (ID) of the sensor and the position of the mobile device;
- receiving calibration data from the calibration data provider, the calibration data corresponding to currently sensed values by at least one other sensor that is already calibrated and of the same type as the given sensor to be calibrated;
- providing the given sensor with the calibration data;
- and
- calibrating the given sensor, based on the calibration data, by adjusting the sensor such that an output of the sensor is in conformance with said calibration data.
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A device for calibrating a given sensor, comprising:
- a position provider, configured to provide a position of the given sensor;
- and
- at least one hardware processor configured to
- obtain sensor data comprising identification data that identifies the given sensor;
- provide the sensor data to a calibration data provider and obtain calibration data from the calibration data provider, the calibration data corresponding to currently sensed values by at least one other sensor that is already calibrated and is of the same type as the given sensor to be calibrated;
- provide the calibration data to the given sensor to be calibrated;
- and
- calibrate the given sensor, based on the calibration data, by adjusting the sensor such that an output of the sensor is in conformance with said calibration data.
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A calibration data provider, comprising:
- at least one hardware processor configured to
- obtain sensor data about a given sensor to be calibrated;
- obtain currently sensed values from at least one calibrated sensor of the same type as the given sensor to be calibrated;
- compensate the currently sensed values by factoring into said currently sensed values a difference in position between the given sensor to be calibrated and the at least one calibrated sensor and generate corresponding calibration data;
- provide the calibration data to the given sensor to be calibrated;
- and
- calibrate the given sensor, based on the calibration data, by adjusting the sensor such that an output of the sensor is in conformance with said calibration data.
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A method of providing a given sensor with calibration data, comprising:
- receiving a calibration request from the given sensor, the request comprising sensor data including identification data that identifies the sensor and a position of the sensor;
- generating calibration data, the calibration data corresponding to currently sensed values by at least one other sensor that is already calibrated and of the same type as the given sensor;
- providing the given sensor with the calibration data;
- and
- calibrating the given sensor, based on the calibration data, by adjusting the sensor such that an output of the sensor is in conformance with said calibration data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.