Cooperative sensing method and terminal for performing cooperative sensing

• US 10,307,107 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2015
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jong Wook, Kwon, Ui Kun, Yoon, Seung Keun
• Primary Examiner(s): Yi, Roy Y
• Application Number:
  US14/661,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20160106371A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,539 Days
• Field of Search: 702182
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0223 of calibration, e.g. protocols for calibrating sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02416 using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation A61B5/14552 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7221 Determining signal validity, reliability or quality A61B5/7207 and A61B5/7217 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A cooperative sensing method of a terminal, the method including transmitting a request to a cooperative terminal connected with the terminal, to verify a sensing performance capability of the cooperative terminal, receiving, from the cooperative terminal, first capability information generated in response to the request, and selecting, by the terminal, a sensing terminal based on the first capability information and second capability information generated by verifying a sensing performance capability of the terminal.

Claims

1. A cooperative sensing method of a terminal, the method comprising:

generating a first biometric information of a user by performing a first pilot sensing using a sensor of the terminal;

transmitting, to another terminal, a request to perform a second pilot sensing;

receiving, from the other terminal, a second biometric information of the user generated by the other terminal performing the second pilot sensing using a sensor of the other terminal;

comparing the first biometric information of the user with the second biometric information of the user;

transmitting a request to perform sensing to the other terminal based on a result of the comparing; and

receiving, from the other terminal, a third biometric information of the user generated by the other terminal performing the sensing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the transmitting of the request to perform the second pilot sensing comprises requesting the other terminal to perform the second pilot sensing to verify a sensing accuracy of the other terminal, and

the performing of the first pilot sensing comprises performing the first pilot sensing to verify a sensing accuracy of the terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, by the terminal, the other terminal as a sensing terminal based on status information associated with the terminal and the other terminal,

wherein the transmitting of the sensing request comprises transmitting the sensing request to the other terminal in response to the other terminal being selected as the sensing terminal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the status information comprises any one or any combination of any two or more of information on sensors included in the terminal and the other terminal, battery information of the terminal and the other terminal, an amount of power used for sensing performed by each of the terminal and the other terminal, and individual preference information associated with the sensing terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, by the terminal, the other terminal as a sensing terminal based on battery information of the terminal and the other terminal in response to a difference between verified sensing accuracies of the terminal and the other terminal being within a reference range,

wherein the transmitting of the sensing request comprises transmitting the sensing request to the other terminal in response to the other terminal being selected as the sensing terminal.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, by the terminal, the other terminal as a sensing terminal based on individual preference information associated with the terminal and the other terminal, respectively, in response to a difference between verified sensing accuracies of the terminal and the other terminal being within a reference range,

wherein the transmitting of the sensing request comprises transmitting the sensing request to the other terminal in response to the other terminal being selected as the sensing terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting the biometric information based on any one or any combination of any two or more of a visual scheme, an auditory scheme, and a tactile scheme,

wherein the transmitting of the sensing request comprises transmitting the sensing request to the other terminal in response to the other terminal being selected as a sensing terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, from among neighboring terminals, the other terminal to perform the pilot sensing based on status information associated with the neighboring terminals.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the status information comprises any one or any combination of any two or more of information on a sensor included in each of the neighboring terminals, battery information for each of the neighboring terminals, and an amount of power used for pilot sensing performed by each of the neighboring terminals.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the sensing accuracy of the terminal and the sensing accuracy of the other terminal are determined based on an environment of the terminal and the other terminal, respectively.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform the method of claim 1.

11. A terminal for performing cooperative sensing, the terminal comprising:

a sensor configured to generate a first biometric information of a user by performing a first initial sensing;

a transmitter configured to transmit, to a cooperative terminal, a request to perform a second initial sensing;

a receiver configured to receive, from the cooperative terminal, a second biometric information of the user generated by the cooperative terminal performing the second pilot sensing using a sensor of the cooperative terminal; and

a controller configured to;

compare the first biometric information of the user with the second biometric information of the user, and

select either one or both of the terminal and the cooperative terminal as a sensing terminal based on a result of the comparing,

wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a request to perform sensing to the cooperative terminal in response to the cooperative terminal being selected as the sensing terminal, and

wherein the receiver is further configured to receiver, from the cooperative terminal, a third biometric information of the user generated by the cooperative terminal performing the sensing.

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the transmitter is further configured to request the cooperative terminal to perform the second pilot sensing to verify a sensing accuracy of the cooperative terminal, and

the sensor is further configured to perform the first pilot sensing to verify a sensing accuracy of the terminal.

13. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to select the sensing terminal using status information associated with the terminal and the cooperative terminal.

14. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the status information comprises any one or any combination of any two or more of information on sensors included in the terminal and the cooperative terminal, battery information associated with the terminal and the cooperative terminal, an amount of power used for sensing performed by each of the terminal and the cooperative terminal, and individual preference information associated with the sensing terminal.

15. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to select either one or both of the terminal and the cooperative terminal as the sensing terminal based on battery information of the terminal and the cooperative terminal in response to a difference between the first biometric information of the user with the second biometric information of the user being within a reference range.

16. A cooperative terminal configured to perform cooperative sensing, the cooperative terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from a terminal, a request;

a sensor configured to, in response to the request, generate a first biometric information of a user by performing the initial sensing;

a verifier configured to verify the sensing performance capability of the cooperative terminal based on and to generate capability information of the cooperative terminal based on the generated biometric information of the user; and

a transmitter configured to transmit, to the terminal, the capability information of the cooperative terminal,

wherein the terminal is configured to select either one or both of the device and the cooperative device as a sensing terminal to perform sensing based on either one or both of the capability information of the cooperative terminal and capability information of the terminal, and

wherein the sensor is further configured to generate a second biometric information of the user by performing the sensing, in response to the cooperative terminal being selected as the sensing terminal.

17. The cooperative terminal of claim 16, wherein the verifier is configured to verify a sensing accuracy of the cooperative terminal with respect to a predetermined sensing function, based on the generated first biometric information of the user.

18. The cooperative terminal of claim 17, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit, to the terminal, the generated first biometric information of the user.

19. The cooperative terminal of claim 16, wherein the transmitter is configured to provide a notification to the terminal indicating that the cooperative terminal is incapable of performing the initial sensing, in response to the verifier verifying that the cooperative terminal lacks the sensing performance capability for-a performing the initial sensing.