Control device and method for processing a service using a plurality of sensor devices in a distributed manner while suppressing a communication load
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorSho Furuichi
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Abstract
There is provided a mechanism capable of processing a service using a plurality of sensor devices in a distributed manner while suppressing a communication load and providing the service. A control device is arranged on a local network side with respect to a gateway between an internet and a local network. The control device includes: a control unit configured to transmit or receive information regarding one or more sensor devices wirelessly connected to a first cell associated with the control device to or from another control device associated with a second cell.
Claims16
A control device arranged on a local network side with respect to a gateway between an internet and a local network, the control device comprising:
- a control unit configured to transmit or receive information regarding one or more sensor devices wirelessly connected to a first cell associated with the control device to or from another control device associated with a second cell,
- wherein the control unit selects a first sensor device capable of sensing a sensing target on a basis of a request from a terminal device, generates service information on a basis of sensing information of the selected first sensor device, and provides the service information to the terminal device,
- wherein, in a case where the sensing target moves from a sensable range of the first sensor device to a sensable range of a second sensor device, the control unit transmits information regarding the sensing target to the second sensor device,
- wherein the control unit transmits the information regarding the sensing target to the another control device in a case where the second sensor device is connected to the second cell, and
- wherein the control unit is implemented via at least one processor.
A method executed by a control device arranged on a local network side with respect to a gateway between an internet and a local network, the method comprising:
- transmitting or receiving information regarding one or more sensor devices wirelessly connected to a first cell associated with the control device to or from another control device associated with a second cell;
- selecting a first sensor device capable of sensing a sensing target on a basis of a request from a terminal device;
- generating service information on a basis of sensing information of the selected first sensor device;
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- providing the service information to the terminal device,
- wherein, in a case where the sensing target moves from a sensable range of the first sensor device to a sensable range of a second sensor device, the information regarding the sensing target is transmitted to the second sensor device, and
- wherein the information regarding the sensing target is transmitted to the another control device in a case where the second sensor device is connected to the second cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.