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US 12,322,283 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for collection of sensor data using a sensor module
AssigneeSenseware, Inc.
InventorJulien G. Stamatakis
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Abstract
A universal sensor interface enables selective coupling of one or more sensor module units to a wireless node. Each sensor module unit can contain a suite of sensors selected for a particular sensor application at a monitored location. Reconfiguration of the wireless sensor network can occur seamlessly through the plug-and-play connectivity between the sensor module units and the wireless node.
Claims20
An Internet of Things (IoT) device, comprising:
- a sensor module having a controller and supporting a plurality of sensors;
- and
- a transceiver module having a transceiver and a wired interface for connection to the sensor module, the wired interface implementing an interface protocol that enables the transceiver module to receive, from the controller, a specification of a number of sensor data values generated by the plurality of sensors, the transceiver module using the received specified number in collecting sensor data values totaling the specified number from the sensor module at a polling time, wherein the collected sensor data values totaling the specified number are transmitted by the transceiver upon receipt from the sensor module at the polling time.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a transceiver module in an Internet of Things (IoT) device, a specification of a number of sensor data values generated by a plurality of sensors supported by a sensor module in the IoT device, the transceiver module using the received specified number in collecting sensor data values totaling the specified number from the sensor module at a polling time, wherein the transceiver module is connected to the sensor module via a wired interface;
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- periodically receiving, by the transceiver module from the sensor module via the wired interface, sensor data values totaling the specified number of sensor data values.
An Internet of Things (IoT) device, comprising:
- a sensor module having a controller and supporting a plurality of sensors;
- and
- a transceiver module having a transceiver and a wired interface for connection to the sensor module, the wired interface implementing an interface protocol that enables the transceiver module to receive, from the controller, a configurable number of sensor data values generated by the plurality of sensors, the transceiver module using the configurable number in collecting sensor data values totaling the configurable number from the sensor module at a polling time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.