Association functionality in a mobile monitoring device
First Claim
1. A mobile monitoring device for monitoring a condition to which an object is exposed as it moves between multiple wireless local area networks, each of which at least including one or more mobile or fixed network managers, wherein the monitoring device is configured to dynamically join a network with a network manager which is local to the monitoring device, the mobile monitoring device comprising:
- a sensor module for producing sensor module data including inertial navigation data;
a first transceiver component for receiving network manager data from the local network manager, the network manager data including inertial navigation data of the local network manager;
an associator component for establishing an association with the local network manager when the inertial navigation data of the sensor module approximates the inertial navigation data of the local network manager and dissolving the association with the local network manager when the inertial navigation data of the sensor module does not approximate the inertial navigation data of the local network manager; and
,an inertial navigation component for incrementally estimating a geographical location of the monitoring device using geographical location data of the local network manager received immediately prior to the association being dissolved and subsequent inertial navigation data produced by the sensor module of the monitoring device.
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Abstract
A mobile monitoring device for continual remote monitoring of a condition is provided. The device includes a sensor module for producing sensor module data including inertial navigation data. A first transceiver component receives network manager data including inertial navigation data from a local network manager and may transmit sensor module data to the network manager for remote monitoring by a server. An associator component establishes an association with the local network manager if inertial navigation data of the sensor module and local network manager approximate each other and dissolves the association of the inertial navigation data of the sensor module and local network manager does not approximate each other. An inertial navigation component incrementally estimates a geographical location of the monitoring device using the previously received geographical location data and subsequent sensor module inertial navigation data.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile monitoring device for monitoring a condition to which an object is exposed as it moves between multiple wireless local area networks, each of which at least including one or more mobile or fixed network managers, wherein the monitoring device is configured to dynamically join a network with a network manager which is local to the monitoring device, the mobile monitoring device comprising:
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a sensor module for producing sensor module data including inertial navigation data; a first transceiver component for receiving network manager data from the local network manager, the network manager data including inertial navigation data of the local network manager; an associator component for establishing an association with the local network manager when the inertial navigation data of the sensor module approximates the inertial navigation data of the local network manager and dissolving the association with the local network manager when the inertial navigation data of the sensor module does not approximate the inertial navigation data of the local network manager; and
,an inertial navigation component for incrementally estimating a geographical location of the monitoring device using geographical location data of the local network manager received immediately prior to the association being dissolved and subsequent inertial navigation data produced by the sensor module of the monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for monitoring a condition to which an object is exposed, the method being conducted by a mobile monitoring device having a sensor module which monitors the condition as the monitoring device moves between multiple wireless local area networks, each of which at least including one or more mobile or fixed network managers, wherein the monitoring device is configured to dynamically join a network with a network manager which is local to the monitoring device, the method comprising:
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receiving sensor module data including inertial navigation data from the sensor module; receiving network manager data from the local network manager, the network manager data including inertial navigation data of the local network manager; establishing an association with the local network manager when the inertial navigation data of the sensor module approximates the inertial navigation data of the local network manager and dissolving the association with the local network manager when the inertial navigation data of the sensor module does not approximate the inertial navigation data of the local network manager; and
,incrementally estimating a geographical location of the monitoring device using geographical location data of the local network manager received immediately prior to the association being dissolved and subsequent inertial navigation data produced by the sensor module of the monitoring device.
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