US 12,754,529 B2Granted

Device, system, method, and computer product for detecting and evaluating environmental quantities and events with modular approach and variable complexity

AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.

InventorsLuca Fontanella, Andrea Labombarda, Marco Bianco, Davide Ghezzi, Christian Raineri, Paolo Gatti

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Abstract

A system for detecting and evaluating environmental quantities and events is formed by a detection and evaluation device and a mobile phone, connected through a wireless connection. The device is enclosed in a containment casing housing a support carrying a plurality of inertial sensors and environmental sensors. A processing unit is coupled to the inertial sensors and to the environmental sensors. A wireless connection unit, is coupled to the processing unit and a wired connection port, is coupled to the processing unit. A programming connector is coupled to the processing unit and is configured to couple to an external programming unit to receive programming instructions of the processing unit. A storage structure is coupled to the processing unit and a power-supply unit supplied power in the detection and evaluation device. The mobile phone stores an application, which enables a basic use mode, an expert use mode, and an advanced use mode.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method for detecting and evaluating environmental quantities and events, comprising:

displaying, via a mobile device, a plurality of executable functions and an expert-use function;
detecting, via the mobile device, selection of a specific function from the plurality of executable functions or selection of the expert-use function;
in response to detecting the selection of the specific function, sending, via the mobile device, a request for activation of the specific function through a wireless connection of the mobile device;
receiving, by a detection and evaluation device, a request for executing the specific function;
activating, by a processing circuit, at least one selected sensor selected from at least one inertial sensor or at least one environmental sensor;
receiving, by the processing circuit, measurement data from the at least one selected sensor;
performing, by the processing circuit, the specific function based on the measurement data received from the at least one selected sensor;
sending to the mobile device, by the detection and evaluation device, detection and evaluation data associated with the specific function, using the wireless connection;
receiving, by the mobile device, the detection and evaluation data associated with the specific function;
displaying, by the mobile device, the detection and evaluation data associated with the specific function;
and
in response to detecting the selection of the expert-use function, activating an expert-use mode, wherein activating the expert-use mode comprises:
displaying, by the mobile device, a list of at least one inertial sensor and at least one environmental sensor available in the detection and evaluation device;
and
detecting, by the mobile device, selection of at least one of the at least one inertial sensor or at least one environmental sensor in the list;
showing, by the mobile device, a list of expert-use functions including at least one expert-use function executable by the selected sensor or detector;
and
detecting, by the mobile device, selection of an expert-use function from the list of expert-use functions.

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A computer product for a mobile device, the computer product including programming instructions stored on a non-transitory storage medium, and which, when loaded into and executed by the mobile device, execute operations comprising:

displaying a plurality of executable functions and an expert-use function;
detecting selection of a specific function from the plurality of executable functions or selection of the expert-use function;
in response to detecting the selection of the specific function, sending a request for activation of the specific function through a wireless connection of the mobile device;
receiving, by a detection and evaluation device, a request for executing the specific function;
activating, by a processing circuit, at least one selected sensor selected from at least one inertial sensor or at least one environmental sensor;
receiving, by the processing circuit, measurement data from the at least one selected sensor;
performing, by the processing circuit, the specific function based on the measurement data received from the at least one selected sensor;
sending to the mobile device, by the detection and evaluation device, detection and evaluation data associated with the specific function, using the wireless connection;
receiving, by the mobile device, the detection and evaluation data associated with the specific function;
displaying, by the mobile device, the detection and evaluation data associated with the specific function;
and
in response to detecting the selection of the expert-use function, activating an expert-use mode.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/301,002Filed 14 Apr 2023 · division
Priority: IT 1020190000000824 Jan 2019
Published: US 2023/0251621 A110 Aug 2023
Granted: 6 Oct 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G05B 19/406
Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to…
G05B 23/0218
By means of a monitoring system capable of detecting and responding to faults: characterised by the fault detection method dealing with either…
B81B 2201/02
Specific applications of microelectromechanical systems: sensors
B81B 2201/0228
Sensors: inertial sensors

Family

Application16/734,233Parent of this division · filed 3 Jan 2020
US 2023/0251621 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Aug 2023
US 11,650,566 B2Parent of this division
US 2020/0218228 A1Published application
US 12,754,529 B2This patent

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