Sensor network
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorRyusuke Ishizaki
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Abstract
In a case where first sensor data SD1 output from a proximity sensor S1 included in a sensor module Smod (i) indicates a first designated state, only first composite sensor data Dt1 including the first sensor data SD1 and a first flag F1 indicating the type of the proximity sensor S1 or the first designated state is transmitted from the sensor module Smod (i) to a central processing unit Smod (0) via a network. In this case, second composite sensor data Dt2 including second sensor data SD2 and a second flag F2 indicating the type of a contact force sensor S2 or the second designated state is not transmitted from the sensor module Smod (i) to the central processing unit Smod (0) via the network.
Claims7
A sensor network comprising a plurality of sensor modules and a central processing unit for processing data transmitted from each of the plurality of sensor modules via a network, wherein
- each of the plurality of sensor modules includes
- a plurality of sensors having different detection targets, and
- a sensor data processing unit that determines whether or not each of a plurality of pieces of sensor data output from each of the plurality of sensors indicates each of a plurality of designated states on the basis of each of the plurality of pieces of sensor data, and causes a sensor data communication unit to transmit, to the central processing unit via the network, only composite sensor data including one piece of sensor data determined to indicate one designated state among the plurality of designated states and a flag for identifying a type of one sensor that has output the one piece of sensor data or for identifying the one designated state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.