Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving environmental information in wireless communication system

• US 10,440,452 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2017
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Mach, Tomasz Henryk, Estevez, David Gutierrez
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia, Santiago
• Application Number:
  US15/612,568
• Publication Number:
  US 20170353777A1
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 34087003
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/12 responsive to undesired emission of substances, e.g. pollution alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/50 using a mobile data collecting device, e.g. walk by or drive by
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/826 where the data is sent periodically
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/02 Automatically-operated arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A transmitting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes a transmitter, and a processor configured to acquire at least one of information related to air pollution and information related to a noise through a sensor included in the transmitting apparatus or an external sensor, and to control the transmitter to transmit the at least one of the information related to the air pollution and the information related to the noise.

Claims

1. A transmitting apparatus, comprising:

communication circuitry; and

a processor configured to;

acquire information related to air pollution through at least one sensor;

control the communication circuitry to transmit the information related to the air pollution periodically or in response to occurrence of an event;

when the information related to the air pollution is periodically transmitted, identify an interval at which the information related to the air pollution is transmitted based on a speed of the transmitting apparatus; and

control the communication circuitry to transmit the information related to the air pollution periodically at the interval; and

acquire and periodically transmit traffic safety information at a higher transmission frequency than the information related to the air pollution.

2. The transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information related to the air pollution is transmitted through a message used in a broadcast protocol, and the message further includes at least one of location information, identifier information, and operation information of the transmitting apparatus.

3. The transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein, the interval is identified further based on a priority of the information related to the air pollution.

4. The transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication circuitry is configured to transmit the information related to the air pollution based on a vehicle to everything (V2X) communication.

17. The transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information related to the traffic safety includes location information, speed information, and heading information of the transmitting apparatus.

5. A receiving apparatus, comprising:

a display;

communication circuitry; and

a processor configured to;

control the communication circuitry to receive information related to air pollution from each of at least two transmitting apparatuses periodically or in response to occurrence of an event at each transmitting apparatus;

estimate information related to air pollution of the receiving apparatus based on the information related to the air pollution which is received from each of the at least two transmitting apparatuses; and

control the display to display information associated with total pollution exposure information based on the estimated information,

wherein, when the communication circuitry is configured to periodically receive the information related to the air pollution and traffic safety information, an interval at which the information related to the air pollution is received periodically is identified based on a speed of each transmitting apparatus, wherein the traffic safety information periodically received is at a higher transmission frequency than the information related to the air pollution.

6. The receiving apparatus of claim 5, wherein the information related to the air pollution-is transmitted through a message used in a broadcast protocol, and the message further includes at least one of location information, identifier information, and operation information of a corresponding transmitting apparatus.

7. The receiving apparatus of claim 5, wherein the communication circuitry is configured to receive the information related to the air pollution based on a vehicle to everything (V2X) communication.

8. The receiving apparatus of claim 5, wherein the interval is identified further based on a priority of the information related to the air pollution.

18. The receiving apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive information related to traffic safety,

wherein when the information related to air pollution and information related to traffic safety are received periodically, the information related to traffic safety has a higher transmission frequency than the information related to air pollution.

19. The receiving apparatus of claim 18, wherein the information related to the traffic safety includes location information, speed information, and heading information of the transmitting apparatus.

9. A method of operating a transmitting apparatus comprising:

acquiring information related to air pollution through at least one sensor; and

transmitting the information related to the air pollution periodically or in response to occurrence of an event;

when the information related to the air pollution is periodically transmitted, identifying an interval at which the information related to the air pollution is transmitted based on a speed of the transmitting apparatus;

transmitting the information related to the air pollution periodically at the interval; and

acquiring and periodically transmitting traffic safety information at a higher transmission frequency than the information related to the air pollution.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the information related to the air pollution is transmitted through a message used in a broadcast protocol, and the message further includes at least one of location information, identifier information, and operation information of the transmitting apparatus.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the interval is identified further based on a priority of the information related to the air pollution.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the information related to the air pollution is transmitted based on a vehicle to everything (V2X) communication.

13. A method of operating a receiving apparatus, comprising:

receiving information related to air pollution from each of at least two transmitting apparatuses periodically or in response to occurrence of an event at each transmitting apparatus;

estimating information related to air pollution of the receiving apparatus based on the information related to the air pollution which is received from each of the at least two transmitting apparatuses;

displaying information associated with total pollution exposure based on the estimated information, and

wherein, when the information related to the air pollution is received periodically, an interval at which the information related to the air pollution is received periodically is identified based on a speed of each transmitting apparatus, wherein traffic safety information periodically received is at a higher transmission frequency than the information related to the air pollution.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the information related to the air pollution is transmitted through a message used in a broadcast protocol, and the message further includes at least one of location information, identifier information, and operation information of a corresponding transmitting apparatus.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the information related to the air pollution is received based on a vehicle to everything (V2X) communication.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the interval is identified further based on a priority of the information related to the air pollution.