Multipurpose event detection sensor and payload alert system
AssigneeBmmpr
InventorsMarko Mandaric, Heath Clement Oyama
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed towards providing a multipurpose event detection sensor and a communications means for delivering a payload notification. In particular, embodiments of the present invention are configured to provide a system comprising a sensor capable of detecting events, such as vibrations of varying forms and amplitude, generating an alert based on certain parameters of those events and transmitting that alert to a remote system via a communications means.
Claims20
An event detecting sensor and alert apparatus, comprising:
- a power bus;
- one or more processor, operably connected to the power bus to receive from the power bus electrical power and a sensor data signal;
- one or more sensor, operably connected to the power bus to receive from the power bus electrical power and send a data signal through the power bus;
- and,
- a memory, operably coupled with the one or more processor, the memory encoding data and processor executable program instructions, that when executed by the one or more processor, cause the one or more processor to perform operations comprising:
- receive from the power bus a data signal sent by the sensor through the power bus;
- detect the occurrence of an event determined as a function of the received data signal;
- and,
- send to a remote processing system an event message payload generated as a function of the detected event.
An event detecting sensor and alert apparatus, comprising:
- one or more processor;
- one or more sensor, operably connected to the one or more processor;
- and, a memory, operably coupled with the one or more processor, the memory encoding data and processor executable program instructions, that when executed by the one or more processor, cause the one or more processor to perform operations comprising:
- determine when the vehicle has been parked, based on data from the one or more sensor;
- in response to determining the vehicle has been parked, receive new sensor data from the one or more sensor for a predetermined period of time;
- update a baseline environmental noise floor model by adding the new baseline sensor data to the model, to determine the new baseline environmental noise floor modeled at the location and time the vehicle was parked;
- detect the occurrence of an event determined as a function of live sensor data filtered as a function of the updated baseline environmental noise floor model;
- and,
- send to a remote processing system an event message payload generated as a function of the detected event.
An event detecting sensor and alert apparatus in each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more processor;
- one or more accelerometer, operably connected to the one or more processor;
- a wireless mesh network interface operably connected to the one or more processor to govern communication with each other vehicle of the plurality of vehicles;
- and, a memory, operably coupled with the one or more processor, the memory encoding data and processor executable program instructions, that when executed by the one or more processor, cause the one or more processor to perform operations comprising:
- receive sensor data from the accelerometer;
- detect the occurrence of an event determined as a function of the sensor data;
- and,
- send to another vehicle of the plurality of vehicles an event message payload generated as a function of the detected event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.