Multipoint sensor system for efficient power consumption

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon multiple instructions that, responsive to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts including:
• receiving, for each of multiple sensors attached to a user, information describing capabilities of the sensor;
• generating, for each of the multiple sensors, configuration information to configure the sensor based at least in part on the capabilities of the sensor;
• configuring, for each of the multiple sensors, the sensor in accordance with the configuration information generated for the sensor;
• determining, based at least in part on detected movement of each of the multiple sensors, which one of the multiple sensors is to be a master sensor and which one or more of the multiple sensors are to be slave sensors, the master sensor being determined as one of the multiple sensors that detects a largest amount of movement;
• sending, to the one of the multiple sensors that is to be the master sensor, a notification that the one of the multiple sensors is the master sensor;
• sending, to each of the one or more of the multiple sensors that are not the master sensor, a notification that the sensor is a slave sensor including an identification of the master sensor to which the slave sensor is to send captured sensor data;
• and
• entering a low power mode while waiting for an indication of sensor data from the master sensor.

A multipoint sensor control system comprising:

• a sensor communication module, implemented at least in part in hardware, to receive, for each of multiple sensors attached to a user, information describing capabilities of the sensor;
• a sensor configuration module, implemented at least in part in hardware, to generate, for each of the multiple sensors, configuration information to configure the sensor based at least in part on the capabilities of the sensor, the sensor communication module being further to configure, for each of the multiple sensors, the sensor in accordance with the configuration information generated for the sensor;
• a master sensor determination module, implemented at least in part in hardware, to determine, based at least in part on expected power usage of each of the multiple sensors, which one of the multiple sensors is to be a master sensor and which one or more of the multiple sensors are to be slave sensors, the sensor communication module being further to send, to the one of the multiple sensors that is to be the master sensor, a notification that the one of the multiple sensors is the master sensor, and to send, to each of the one or more of the multiple sensors that are to be slave sensors, a notification that the sensor is a slave sensor including an identification of the master sensor to which the slave sensor is to send captured sensor data;
• and
• the sensor communication module entering a low power mode while waiting for an indication of sensor data from the master sensor.