Method and system for monitoring environmental conditions
AssigneeUT-Battelle, LLC
InventorsJames Kulesz, Ronald Lee
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Abstract
A system for detecting the occurrence of anomalies includes a plurality of spaced apart nodes, with each node having adjacent nodes, each of the nodes having one or more sensors associated with the node and capable of detecting anomalies, and each of the nodes having a controller connected to the sensors associated with the node. The system also includes communication links between adjacent nodes, whereby the nodes form a network. At least one software agent is capable of changing the operation of at least one of the controllers in response to the detection of an anomaly by a sensor.
Claims44
A system for detecting the occurrence of anomalies comprising:
- a plurality of spaced apart nodes, with each node having adjacent nodes, each of the nodes having one or more sensors associated with the node and capable of detecting anomalies, and each of the nodes having a controller connected to the sensors associated with the node;
- communication links between adjacent nodes, whereby the nodes form a network;
- and
- at least one software agent that is programmed to determine a response to the detection of predetermined anomalies by one or more of the sensors.
A system for monitoring environmental conditions for anomalies comprising:
- a plurality of spaced apart nodes, with each node having adjacent nodes, each of the nodes having one or more sensors associated with the node and capable of detecting anomalies, each of the nodes having a controller connected to the sensors associated with the node, and each of the controllers having a software agent;
- and
- communication links between adjacent nodes, whereby the nodes form a network;
- wherein each software agent is programmed to change the operation of at least one of the controllers and the sensors of the network when there is an indication that an anomaly has been detected.
A system for responding to environmental anomalies comprising:
- a plurality of spaced apart nodes, with each node having adjacent nodes, each of the nodes having one or more sensors associated with the node and capable of detecting at least one environmental condition, each of the nodes having a controller connected to the sensors associated with the node;
- communication links between adjacent nodes, whereby the nodes form a network;
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- at least one software agent capable of determining an anomaly scenario in response to the detection of at least one of the sensors and transmitting data related to the anomaly scenario to a human interface.
A method of monitoring environmental conditions for anomalies comprising:
- distributing a plurality of spaced apart nodes, with each node having adjacent nodes, each of the nodes having one or more sensors associated with the node and capable of detecting anomalies, each of the nodes having a controller connected to the sensors associated with the node, and each of the controllers having a software agent;
- communicably connecting adjacent nodes, whereby the nodes form a network;
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- programming the software agents to change the operation of at least one of the controllers and the sensors of the network when there is an indication that an anomaly has been detected.
A system for responding to environmental conditions comprising:
- a node having one or more sensors associated with the node capable of detecting at least one environmental condition, the node having a controller connected to the sensors;
- and
- at least one software agent capable of determining a calculated response to the detections of the one or more sensors.
A system for monitoring environmental conditions comprising:
- a plurality of spaced apart nodes, with each node having adjacent nodes, each of the nodes having one or more sensors associated with the node and capable of detecting at least one environmental condition;
- communication links between adjacent nodes, whereby the nodes form a network;
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- at least one software agent associated with each of the sensors, each of the at least one software agents capable of determining the optimal operation of the respective sensor based on a detection of an environmental condition of the respective sensor.
A system for monitoring environmental conditions comprising:
- a plurality of spaced apart nodes, with each node having adjacent nodes, each of the nodes having one or more sensors associated with the node and capable of detecting at least one environmental condition;
- communication links between adjacent nodes, whereby the nodes form a network;
- and
- at least one software agent disposed within the system, at least one of the at least one software agents operable to change the concept of operations of at least a portion of the at least one software agents based on a detection of an environmental condition of the respective sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.