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US 2019/0055835 A1Published application
Method and System for Collecting and Managing Remote Sensor Data
AssigneeAquaSwift Inc.
InventorsRussell Brookes, Dylan Brookes
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Abstract
A system, method, and device for monitoring one or more sensors at a remote location. The system allows a user to register multiple sensors to the user's account. When the sensors are deployed at a remote location for measuring various properties of their surrounding environments, they collect data which is then transmitted to a server. The user may then monitor the data by connecting to the server via a client device, and receive alerts when the data satisfies certain conditions.
Claims20
A method for remote sensing of at least one property, comprising:
- disposing a sensor device in a location for sensing the at least one property, the sensor device including at least one sensor connected to a control module, and a power source;
- implementing a control module sleep/wake cycle;
- using the control module to receive, during a wake portion of the sleep/wake cycle, at least one signal from the at least one sensor, the at least one signal corresponding to a reading of the at least one property;
- using the control module to set a communication interval with a server, wherein the control module communicates the at least one reading to the server;
- maintaining the communication interval according to the wake portion of the sleep/wake cycle when an amount of power available from the power source is at or above a threshold amount;
- increasing the communication interval by a selected number of sleep/wakes cycles according to an amount of power available from the power source below a threshold amount;
- maintaining the control module receiving the at least one signal from the at least one sensor during the wake portion of the sleep/wake cycle, such that two or more readings are communicated to the server during an increased communication interval;
- wherein remote sensing of the at least one property is maintained at a resolution determined by the sleep/wake cycle.
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A sensor device, comprising:
- a control module including a communications subsystem;
- at least one sensor connected to the control module and configured to measure at least one property of an environment surrounding the at least one sensor;
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- a power source;
- wherein the control module operates according to a sleep/wake cycle;
- wherein the control module receives, during a wake portion of the sleep/wake cycle, at least one signal from the at least one sensor, the at least one signal corresponding to a reading of the at least one property;
- wherein control module communicates the at least one reading to a server during a communication interval;
- wherein control module maintains the communication interval according to the wake portion of the sleep/wake cycle when an amount of power available from the power source is at or above a threshold amount;
- wherein control module increases the communication interval by a selected number of sleep/wakes cycles according to the amount of power available from the power source below a threshold amount;
- wherein control module maintains receiving the at least one signal from the at least one sensor during the wake portion of the sleep/wake cycle, such that two or more readings are communicated to the server during an increased communication interval.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.