Smart sensor
AssigneeUnicorn Labs LLC
InventorKumar Veluswamy Senthil
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Abstract
Smart sensor methods and systems are described that improve on prior systems. An example device includes a sensor, a memory, a network connection, and two processing units, wherein a first processing unit compares current data provided by the first sensor to the reference data previously provided by the first sensor. Based on the result of the comparison, a second processing unit may be enabled to process the current data, or may be disabled to prevent the second processing unit from processing the current data.
Claims25
(canceled)
A sensor system, comprising:
- at least one sensor having a compute fabric local to the sensor, the sensor configured to generate sensor data representing a physical environment;
- at least one memory configured to store sensor data and reference data;
- and
- the compute fabric configured to:
- compare the sensor data to the reference data for one or more discrete spatial regions to determine a comparison result for at least one spatial region;
- based on the comparison result for the at least one spatial region, generate a control signal, corresponding to the one or more discrete spatial regions;
- and
- based on the control signal, selectively control at least one of processing or transmission of the sensor data for each discrete spatial region.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor within a compute fabric local to a sensor, cause the processor to:
- receive sensor data from the sensor, the sensor data representing a physical environment;
- compare the sensor data to reference data for one or more discrete spatial regions to determine a comparison result for at least one spatial region;
- based on the comparison result for the at least one spatial region, generate a control signal, corresponding to at least one spatial region;
- and
- based on the control signal, selectively control at least one of processing or transmission of the sensor data for each discrete spatial region.
A method, comprising:
- receiving sensor data from at least one sensor, the sensor data representing a physical environment;
- comparing the sensor data to reference data for one or more discrete spatial regions to determine a comparison result for at least one spatial region;
- based on the comparison result for the at least one spatial region, generating a control signal, corresponding to at least one spatial region;
- and
- based on the control signal, selectively controlling at least one of processing or transmission of the sensor data for each discrete spatial region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.