Measuring an area of interest based on a sensor task
AssigneeUtah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
InventorsTroy R. Johnson, Jonathan R. Haws, Nathan A. Jensen
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Abstract
For measuring an area of interest based on a sensor task and/or routing sensor data, a method discovers a network topology for a network comprising a plurality of network nodes connected by links. The method dynamically generates a minimum spanning tree from the network topology. Given sensor data traverses one link of the minimum spanning tree only once. The method routes a sensor task to a sensor with a sensor motion track that includes an area of interest. The method measures the area of interest with the sensor based on the sensor task. The method routes sensor data from the measurement of the area of interest via links of the minimum spanning tree.
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A method comprising:
- discovering, by use of a processor, a network topology for a network comprising a plurality of network nodes connected by links;
- dynamically generating a minimum spanning tree from the network topology, wherein given sensor data traverses one link of the minimum spanning tree only once;
- routing a sensor task to a sensor with a sensor motion track that comprises an area of interest;
- measuring the area of interest with the sensor based on the sensor task;
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- routing sensor data from the measurement of the area of interest via links of the minimum spanning tree.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more memories storing code executable by the processors to perform:
- discovering a network topology for a network comprising a plurality of network nodes connected by links;
- dynamically generating a minimum spanning tree from the network topology, wherein given sensor data traverses one link of the minimum spanning tree only once;
- routing a sensor task to a sensor with a sensor motion track that comprises an area of interest;
- measuring the area of interest with the sensor based on the sensor task;
- and
- routing sensor data from the measurement of the area of interest via links of the minimum spanning tree.
A computer program product comprising one or more non-transitory storage medium storing code executable by one or more processors to perform:
- discovering a network topology for a network comprising a plurality of network nodes connected by links;
- dynamically generating a minimum spanning tree from the network topology, wherein given sensor data traverses one link of the minimum spanning tree only once;
- routing a sensor task to a sensor with a sensor motion track that comprises an area of interest;
- measuring the area of interest with the sensor based on the sensor task;
- and
- routing sensor data from the measurement of the area of interest via links of the minimum spanning tree.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.