IOT sensor

• US 10,578,144 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2019
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bao Tran, Ha Tran
• Original Assignee: Bao Tran, Ha Tran
• Inventors: Tran, Bao, Tran, Ha
• Primary Examiner(s): Huls, Natalie
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jenkins, Jermaine L
• Application Number:
  US16/385,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20190309786A1
• Time in Patent Office: 322 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 31/025 with a gauge pin in a longitudinal bore in the body of the bolt
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 5/24 for determining value of torque or twisting moment for tightening a nut or other member which is similarly stressed

Abstract

An Internet of Thing (IoT) device includes a head portion; an elongated stress sensor coupled to the head portion, the stress sensor coupled to a surface; a processor coupled to the stress sensor; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a head portion;

an elongated body;

a sensor coupled to the head portion, the sensor coupled to a surface of the elongated body;

a vibrator in the elongated body that vibrates at one or more patterns each with a selected frequency and amplitude;

a processor coupled to the sensor and the vibrator; and

a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the elongated body encloses the sensor.

3. The device of claim 1, comprising a camera coupled to a graphical processing unit (GPU) and wirelessly coupled to the processor.

4. The device of claim 1, comprising code to provide sensor data to communicate sensor data with one or more remote persons.

5. The device of claim 1, comprising a camera coupled to the processor.

6. The device of claim 1, comprising an electronic nose or electronic tongue coupled to the processor.

7. The device of claim 1, comprising a cloud based image processing system running code to receive images from a camera and code to recognize an image.

8. The device of claim 1, comprising a wireless mesh network coupled to the wireless transceiver to transfer data from node to node.

9. The device of claim 1, comprising a tongue coupled to the head.

10. The device of claim 1, comprising an energy scavenging unit, a piezoelectric transducer, a solar cell, or a wireless energy capture unit to supply power to the processor.

11. The device of claim 1, comprising code to analyze and predict stress or vibration impact.

12. The device of claim 1, comprising code to perform gaming based on vibration.

13. A system, comprising:

a mesh network; and

one or more devices, each device having a head portion, a sensor in an elongated body of the device, a vibrator in the elongated body that vibrates at one or more patterns each with a selected frequency and amplitude, a processor in the elongated body coupled to the sensor and the vibrator, and a wireless transceiver in the elongated body coupled to the mesh network.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the sensor is coupled to a surface to detect stress or vibration associated with the surface.

15. The system of claim 13, comprising a camera in the elongated body and coupled to the processor.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the camera is coupled to a graphical processing unit (GPU).

17. The system of claim 15, comprising a cloud based image processing system running code to receive images from the camera and code to recognize an image.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the sensor detects motion.