Sensor event assessor input/output controller
OwnerCory J. Stephansoninventor
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Abstract
A sensor event assessor input/output controller is disclosed. In one embodiment, a multi-channel sensor input configuration provides two-way communication with a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors having its own channel. An electronic signal receiver receives electronic signals from one or more of the plurality of sensors at a pre-defined sample rate. A signal combiner bundles the electronic signals from one or more of the plurality of sensors into a single electronic signal. A single channel output is used to provide the single electronic signal to the sensor event assessor.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for combining sensor output from a plurality of sensors to a single channel of sensor information for a sensor event assessor, the method comprising:
- providing a multi-channel sensor input configuration to provide two-way communication with a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors having its own channel;
- automatically querying each of the plurality of sensors to determine a sensor type;
- automatically developing a sensor organization strategy based on the sensor type;
- receiving electronic signals from one or more of the plurality of sensors at a pre-defined sample rate,
- combining the electronic signals into a single electronic signal;
- and
- providing the single electronic signal over a single channel output to a sensor event assessor.
A sensor input/output controller comprising:
- a multi-channel sensor input configuration to provide two-way communication with a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors having its own channel;
- a sensor configuration manager to automatic query of each of the plurality of sensors to determine a sensor type and develop a sensor organization strategy based on the sensor type;
- an electronic signal receiver to receive electronic signals from one or more of the plurality of sensors at a pre-defined sample rate,
- a signal combiner to bundle the electronic signals from one or more of the plurality of sensors into a single electronic signal;
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- a single channel output to provide the single electronic signal to a sensor event assessor.
Instructions on a non-transitory computer-usable medium wherein the instructions when executed cause a computer system to perform a method for combining sensor output from a plurality of sensors to a single channel of sensor information for a sensor event assessor, the method comprising:
- providing a multi-channel sensor input configuration to provide two-way communication with a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors having its own channel;
- automatically querying each of the plurality of sensors to determine a sensor type;
- automatically developing a sensor organization strategy based on the sensor type, the sensor organization strategy comprising:
- developing a sensor hierarchy;
- establishing a sensor utilization strategy;
- and
- providing a sensor cascade provision for each of the plurality of sensors;
- receiving electronic signals from one or more of the plurality of sensors at a pre-defined sample rate,
- combining the electronic signals into a single electronic signal;
- and
- providing the single electronic signal over a single channel output to a sensor event assessor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.