Environmental state detection control using a bifurcated processing system
OwnerJon-Luke Westinventor
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Abstract
A system is described. The system includes (a) one or more sensor devices; (b) a first microprocessor communicatively coupled to the one or more sensor devices and configured to generate environmental state information based on sensor input received from the one or more sensor devices; (c) a second microprocessor configured to couple communicatively to a remote device via a network connection; and (d) an output line from the first microprocessor to the second microprocessor, the first microprocessor being configured to output the environmental state information to the second microprocessor over the output line without the second microprocessor receiving any of the sensor input. A corresponding apparatus, method, and computer program product are also described.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- one or more sensor devices;
- a first microprocessor communicatively coupled to the one or more sensor devices and configured to generate environmental state information based on sensor input received from the one or more sensor devices;
- a second microprocessor configured to couple communicatively to a remote device via a network connection;
- and
- an output line from the first microprocessor to the second microprocessor, the first microprocessor being configured to output the environmental state information to the second microprocessor over the output line without the second microprocessor receiving any of the sensor input.
A method of performing environmental state detection in a system having a first microprocessor and a second microprocessor, the method comprising:
- operating the first microprocessor to:
- receive sensor input from one or more sensor devices;
- monitor a state of an environmental variable based on the received sensor input;
- and
- transmit the state of the monitored environmental variable to the second microprocessor over a unidirectional output line without transmitting any of the sensor input to the second microprocessor;
- and
- operating the second microprocessor to:
- receive the state of the monitored environmental variable from the first microprocessor;
- and
- generate and send an instruction to a remote device based on the received state of the environmental variable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.