# US 10,937,317 B2 · Distributed remote sensing system component interface > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,937,317 B2 - Document ID: US10937317B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/844,230 - Filed: 2017-12-15 - Published: 2018-05-10 - Granted: 2021-03-02 - Earliest claimed: 2013-05-17 - Assignees: fybr - Applicants: fybr - Inventors: Paul Becker; Richard E. Goodwin; Edwin Horton - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10937317B2 ## CPC - G08G 1/144: {on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA]} - G01S 13/91: for traffic control (G01S13/93 takes precedence) - G01S 19/11: wherein the cooperating elements are pseudolites or satellite radio beacon positioning system signal repeaters - G01S 19/48: by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position solutions derived from a further system - G08G 1/04: using optical or ultrasonic detectors - G08G 1/042: using inductive or magnetic detectors - G01S 2013/9314: {Parking operations} - G07B 15/02: taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems (G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24) - 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}) - 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 - G07B: TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS ## Abstract A distributed remote sensing system including at least one gateway, at least one sensing device and a communication interface providing radio frequency communication through a shared frequency scheme between each sensing device and one of the at least one gateway and between each sensing device and another of the at least one gateway through a different frequency scheme. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A distributed remote sensing system comprising: at least one gateway; at least one sensing device; and a link providing radio frequency communication through a predetermined shared frequency scheme between each sensing device and one of the at least one gateway and between each sensing device and another of the at least one gateway through a different frequency of a different link, which different link is decoupled from the predetermined shared frequency scheme so that the different frequency of the different link is decoupled from the predetermined shared frequency scheme, wherein the at least one sensing device is configured to switch communication from the one of the at least one gateway to the another of the at least one gateway in response to an attribute of a communication with the one of the at least one gateway and the at least one sensing device is configured to initiate the switch in communication from the one of the at least one gateway to the another of the at least one gateway. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The distributed remote sensing system of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensing device is further configured to store a time stamp data at the at least one sensing device based on both of the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway being unavailable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The distributed remote sensing system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sensing device transmits the time stamp data when either of the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway becomes available. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The distributed remote sensing system of claim 1, wherein the distributed remote sensing system comprises a parking monitoring system. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The distributed remote sensing system of claim 1, wherein the link further provides communication between the at least one gateway and a peripheral device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The distributed remote sensing system of claim 5, wherein the link between the at least one gateway and the peripheral device is through a central controller. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The distributed remote sensing system of claim 1, wherein the another of the at least one gateway has a frequency hopping scheme shared with the at least one sensing device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The distributed remote sensing system of claim 7, wherein the at least one sensing device selects a frequency of the frequency hopping scheme corresponding to a time of switching from the one of the at least one gateway to the another of the at least one gateway. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The distributed remote sensing system of claim 1, wherein the attribute of a communication comprises unavailability of the at least one gateway and overcrowded communications with the at least one gateway. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The distributed remote sensing system of claim 1, wherein the initiate the switch in communication comprises transmitting messages to the another of the at least one gateway and listening for messages from the another of the at least one gateway. ### Claim 11 A method comprising: providing at least one gateway; providing at least one sensing device; communicating, through a predetermined shared frequency scheme of a radio frequency communication link, between each sensing device and one of the at least one gateway; communicating, through a different frequency of a different radio frequency communication link, between each sensing device and another of the at least one gateway, where the different frequency of the different radio frequency communication link is decoupled from the predetermined shared frequency scheme of the radio frequency communication link so that the different frequency of the different radio frequency communication link is decoupled from the predetermined shared frequency scheme; switching, with the at least one sensing device, communication from the one of the at least one gateway to the another of the at least one gateway in response to an attribute of a communication with the one of the at least one gateway; and initiating, with the at least one sensing device, the switch in communication from the one of the at least one gateway to the another of the at least one gateway. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising storing, with the at least one sensing device, a time stamp data at the at least one sensing device based on both of the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway being unavailable. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising transmitting, with the at least one sensing device, the time stamp data when either of the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway becomes available. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the distributed remote sensing system comprises a parking monitoring system. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the link further provides communication between the at least one gateway and a peripheral device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the link between the at least one gateway and the peripheral device is through a central controller. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the another of the at least one gateway has a frequency hopping scheme shared with the at least one sensing device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising selecting, with the at least one sensing device, a frequency of the frequency hopping scheme corresponding to a time of switching from the one of the at least one gateway to the another of the at least one gateway. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The distributed remote sensing system of claim 11, wherein the attribute of a communication comprises unavailability of the at least one gateway and overcrowded communications with the at least one gateway. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The distributed remote sensing system of claim 11, wherein the initiating the switch in communication comprises transmitting messages to the another of the at least one gateway and listening for messages from the another of the at least one gateway.