Vehicles as Nodes of Wireless Sensor Networks for Information Collection & Prognostication
First Claim
1. A method using a vehicle as a mobile sensor node comprising:
- at least one mobile sensor node with a wireless communication device is independently movable, to communicate its sensor data directly to a node in a static wireless network or to exchange sensor data with another mobile sensor node when within range with the purpose of aggregating, interpreting, coordinating and communicating the data to a remote application.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided that use mobile sensor nodes for monitoring of mobile assets and one or more mobile sensor nodes have mobility that is unpredictable to a wireless network. The mobile sensor nodes collect data with the goal of monitoring the environment including weather and pollution, biological and chemical agents for security application and traffic application. The mobile sensors form local groups opportunistically to coordinate measurements and other actions. The collected sensor data will be stored locally with global positioning system (GPS) data and the time of data collected. The information can be transmitted to a remote computer opportunistically using a low cost method such as WiFi or the cell phone network. The information will be aggregated to provide environmental maps, traffic maps and maps to first responders in the event of biological nuclear or chemical calamity.
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18 Claims
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1. A method using a vehicle as a mobile sensor node comprising:
- at least one mobile sensor node with a wireless communication device is independently movable, to communicate its sensor data directly to a node in a static wireless network or to exchange sensor data with another mobile sensor node when within range with the purpose of aggregating, interpreting, coordinating and communicating the data to a remote application.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising plurality of vehicles as mobile sensor nodes wherein at least one of the pluralities of nodes comprises a) an interface for communicating via wireless communication with other mobile sensor nodes to form an ad-hoc wireless sensor network;
- b) an interface for communicating via a transient communication link with static wireless network;
c) a plurality of means for measuring a characteristic of the environment;
d) records timestamp and spatial location information;
e) plurality of means for aggregating local information and coordinating collection strategies; and
e) store and forward information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
- b) an interface for communicating via a transient communication link with static wireless network;
- 13. A method comprising of mobile sensor nodes that form an ad-hoc wireless sensor network with other mobile nodes that is local group and said mobile nodes are independently movable and are capable of traveling outside communication range of the ad-hoc wireless sensor network, and wherein a statistical probability exists that a group of the accessing means will travel within range of at least one of the local group members other than itself to perform communication between with another in addition to exchanging data.
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15. A method comprising:
- aggregating mobiles sensor data and predictive models that generates environment maps, predicts traffic patterns and provides chemical and biological maps for first responders in the event of a calamity.
- View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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