METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AND USING WIRELESS VEHICULAR SENSOR NODE REPORTING VEHICULAR SENSOR DATA AND/OR AMBIENT CONDITIONS
First Claim
1. A circuit apparatus for a wireless vehicular sensor node, comprising:
- means for maintaining a clock count to create a task trigger and a task identifier, both provided to a means for controlling the electrical power and a means for operating the node;
an electrical coupling to a power source including at least one battery, providing electrical power to the means for maintaining, the means for controlling said electrical power, and the means for operating said node;
said means for controlling said electrical power uses said task trigger and said task identifier to control electrical power distribution to a magnetic sensor, to a radio transceiver, a means for using said magnetic sensor;
said means for operating said node by receiving said task trigger and said task identifier to perform transmitting with said radio transceiver a message based upon a vehicle sensor state of said magnetic sensor when a vehicle-present is asserted; and
said means for using said magnetic sensor creates said vehicle sensor state of said magnetic sensor and creates said vehicle-present presented to said means for controlling and said means for operating said node to enable said transmitter to transmit said message.
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Abstract
Wireless Vehicular Sensor Node (WVSN) gating radio transmission of a message of the vehicle sensor state of a magnetic sensor by a vehicle-present indication. WVSN may further include ambient sensor generating and transmitting an ambient report. Alternatively, WVSN includes magnetic sensor and ambient sensor used to create messages for radio trasnmission. Method and apparatus for wireless receiving multiple ambient reports from multiple WVSN to create road condition report. The received ambient reports and the road condition report are product of this process. The wireless vehicular sensor network including at least two WVSN sending ambient reports.
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20 Claims
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1. A circuit apparatus for a wireless vehicular sensor node, comprising:
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means for maintaining a clock count to create a task trigger and a task identifier, both provided to a means for controlling the electrical power and a means for operating the node;
an electrical coupling to a power source including at least one battery, providing electrical power to the means for maintaining, the means for controlling said electrical power, and the means for operating said node;
said means for controlling said electrical power uses said task trigger and said task identifier to control electrical power distribution to a magnetic sensor, to a radio transceiver, a means for using said magnetic sensor;
said means for operating said node by receiving said task trigger and said task identifier to perform transmitting with said radio transceiver a message based upon a vehicle sensor state of said magnetic sensor when a vehicle-present is asserted; and
said means for using said magnetic sensor creates said vehicle sensor state of said magnetic sensor and creates said vehicle-present presented to said means for controlling and said means for operating said node to enable said transmitter to transmit said message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of creating a road condition report from at least two wireless vehicular sensor nodes, comprising the steps:
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receiving a first received ambient report from a first of said wireless vehicular sensor nodes across at least one wireless physical transport;
receiving a second of said received ambient reports from a second of said wireless vehicular sensor nodes across said wireless physical transport;
wherein each of said received ambient reports includes an estimate of at least one member of the group consisting of;
a temperature, a humidity, a water detection, a water depth, and an ice condition; and
creating said road condition report based upon at least one of said estimates for at least one of said first received ambient report and said second of said received ambient report. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A circuit apparatus for a wireless vehicular sensor node, comprising:
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means for maintaining a clock count to create a task trigger and a task identifier, both provided to a means for controlling the electrical power and a means for operating the node;
an electrical coupling to a power source including at least one battery, providing electrical power to the means for maintaining, the means for controlling said electrical power, and the means for operating said node;
said means for controlling said electrical power uses said task trigger and said task identifier to control electrical power distribution to a magnetic sensor, to a radio transceiver, a means for using said magnetic sensor, and further controls said electrical power distribution to at least one member of the group consisting of;
at least one ambient sensor and said means for sensing said at least one ambient sensor;
said means for using said magnetic sensor to create a vehicle sensor state;
means for sensing interacting with at least one ambient sensor to create an ambient report; and
said means for operating said node by receiving said task trigger and said task identifier to direct transmitting with said radio transceiver a message based upon at least one member of the group consisting of;
said vehicle sensor state and said ambient report. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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