Predictive power management in a wireless sensor network
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a power source to store energy to power said apparatus;
one or more sensors to capture data received from one of a plurality of sources;
a transceiver to send and receive communications to and from a wireless network;
a processor to execute computer readable instructions; and
a memory to store a set of instructions executable by the processor, said instructions, when executed, are performed to (A) evaluate an expected power usage budget calculated using a predictive model of future energy consumption, (B) store said data in the memory in a first mode and (C) transmit the data to a remote storage device in a second mode, wherein (a) said first mode or said second mode is selected based on characteristics of the data captured by the sensors, (b) said instructions include a machine learning process to optimize said predictive model in response to historical energy consumption data comprising prior power usage patterns and (c) the instructions contain computational logic for computing a threshold condition based on one or more types of said data and one or more data points over time in the wireless network.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a power source, one or more sensors, a transceiver, and a memory. The power source may be configured to store energy to power the apparatus. The one or more sensors may be configured to receive captured data from one of a plurality of sources. The transceiver may be configured to send and receive data to and from a wireless network. The processor may be configured to execute computer readable instructions. The memory may be configured to store a set of instructions executable by the processor. The instructions may be configured to (A) evaluate an expected power usage budget calculated using a predictive model of future energy consumption and (B) (i) store the captured data in the memory in a first mode and (ii) transmit the captured data to a remote storage device in a second mode. The first mode or the second mode is selected based on characteristics of the captured data received from the sensors.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a power source to store energy to power said apparatus; one or more sensors to capture data received from one of a plurality of sources; a transceiver to send and receive communications to and from a wireless network; a processor to execute computer readable instructions; and a memory to store a set of instructions executable by the processor, said instructions, when executed, are performed to (A) evaluate an expected power usage budget calculated using a predictive model of future energy consumption, (B) store said data in the memory in a first mode and (C) transmit the data to a remote storage device in a second mode, wherein (a) said first mode or said second mode is selected based on characteristics of the data captured by the sensors, (b) said instructions include a machine learning process to optimize said predictive model in response to historical energy consumption data comprising prior power usage patterns and (c) the instructions contain computational logic for computing a threshold condition based on one or more types of said data and one or more data points over time in the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a power source to store energy to power said apparatus; one or more sensors to capture data received from one of a plurality of sources; a transceiver to send and receive communications to and from a wireless network; a processor to execute computer readable instructions; and a memory to store a set of instructions executable by the processor, said instructions, when executed, are to (A) evaluate an expected power usage budget calculated using a predictive model of future energy consumption, (B) store said data in the memory in a first mode and (C) transmit the data to a remote storage device in a second mode, wherein (i) said first mode or said second mode is selected based on characteristics of the data captured by the sensors, (ii) energy use by the apparatus is characterized as an energy cost function in order to adapt to a duty cycle, (iii) the adaptive and conditional powering of additional sensors is determined based on a set of initial sensor readings and (iv) energy harvesting is a negative cost or energy contribution in the predictive model.
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