# US 10,309,856 B2 · Method of calibrating a sensor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,309,856 B2 - Document ID: US10309856B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/897,833 - Filed: 2014-05-30 - Published: 2016-05-19 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2013-06-11 - Assignees: Signify Holding B.V. - Applicants: Signify Holding B.V. - Inventors: Dennis Van De Meulenhof; Johannes Arnoldus Cornelis Bernsen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10309856B2 ## CPC - G01L 27/002: {Calibrating, i.e. establishing true relation between transducer output value and value to be measured, zeroing, linearising or span error determination} - G01L 27/005: {Apparatus for calibrating pressure sensors} - G01P 21/00: Testing or calibrating of apparatus or devices covered by the preceding groups - G01P 21/025: {for measuring speed of fluids; for measuring speed of bodies relative to fluids (for measuring volume flow G01F25/10)} - G01S 19/13: Receivers - G01W 1/00: Meteorology - G01W 1/18: Testing or calibrating meteorological apparatus - G01D 18/008: {with calibration coefficients stored in memory} - G01L: MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE (weighing G01G) - G01P: MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT (measuring or recording blood flow A61B5/02, A61B8/06; monitoring speed or deceleration of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00; vehicle lighting systems adapted to indicate speed B60Q1/54; determining position or course in navigation, measuring ground distance in geodesy or surveying G01C; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H; measuring velocity of light G01J7/00; measuring direction or velocity of solid objects by reception or emission of radiowaves or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T; measuring acceleration of gravity G01V; {measuring or recording the speed of trains B61L23/00; speed indicators incorporated in motor vehicles B60K35/00; measuring frequency or phase G01R; traffic control G08G}) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G01W: METEOROLOGY (radar, sonar, lidar or analogous systems, designed for meteorological use G01S13/95, G01S15/88, G01S17/95) - G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, said sending the request comprising sending the identification (ID) to a server, and said receiving the calibration data from the calibration data provider comprising receiving the calibration data from the server. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising compensating the currently sensed values by factoring into the currently sensed values a difference in position between the given sensor to be calibrated and the at least one calibrated sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the currently sensed values are dependent on at least one of latitude, longitude, altitude, and weather data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the calibrating is a re-calibrating. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said determining a position comprises obtaining a position from a position provider internally of the mobile device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, said sending the request and said receiving the calibration data being performed by the mobile device communicating with a server. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein said providing the given sensor with the calibration data comprises communicating the calibration data to the given sensor from the mobile device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining that the at least one other sensor is of the same type as the given sensor based on said identification (ID). ### Claim 10 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. ### Claim 11 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The calibration data provider according to claim 11, wherein the calibration data provider is arranged at a server. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The calibration data provider according to claim 11, wherein the at least one hardware processor is configured to determine that the at least one calibrated sensor is of the same type as the given sensor based on identification data identifying the given sensor that is included in the sensor data. ### Claim 14 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. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein said generating calibration data comprises obtaining the currently sensed values from the at least one other sensor, and compensating the currently sensed values by factoring into the currently sensed values a difference in position between the given sensor and the at least one other sensor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the method is performed at a server communicating with a remote device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, further comprising: determining that the at least one other sensor is of the same type as the given sensor based on said identification data.