Emergent Information Pattern Driven Sensor Networks
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1. A method for utilizing emergent information from an array of sensors, the method comprising:
- deploying an array of sensors to an array location;
programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a trigger rule, wherein the trigger rule describes a local condition that must be met for the sensor to trigger an event signal;
programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a relationship rule, wherein the relationship rule describes a hierarchy of communication control among sensors in the array of sensors;
activating the array of sensors; and
in response to conditions at the array location causing a predetermined percentage of sensors, from the array of sensors, to trigger event signals, generating emergent information about the array location, wherein the emergent information describes conditions at the array location, and wherein the emergent information exists only when the predetermined percentage of sensors trigger event signals.
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Abstract
Emergent information is created and utilized by an array of sensors. Each sensor is programmed with a trigger rule, which describes a local condition that must be met for the sensor to trigger an event signal, and a relationship rule, which describes a hierarchy of communication control among sensors in the array of sensors. When a predetermined percentage or weighting of the sensors trigger event signals, emergent information that describes conditions at the array location is generated.
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1. A method for utilizing emergent information from an array of sensors, the method comprising:
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deploying an array of sensors to an array location; programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a trigger rule, wherein the trigger rule describes a local condition that must be met for the sensor to trigger an event signal; programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a relationship rule, wherein the relationship rule describes a hierarchy of communication control among sensors in the array of sensors; activating the array of sensors; and in response to conditions at the array location causing a predetermined percentage of sensors, from the array of sensors, to trigger event signals, generating emergent information about the array location, wherein the emergent information describes conditions at the array location, and wherein the emergent information exists only when the predetermined percentage of sensors trigger event signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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21. A method for utilizing emergent information from an array of sensors, the method comprising:
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deploying an array of sensors to an array location; programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a trigger rule, wherein the trigger rule describes a local condition that must be met for the sensor to trigger an event signal; programming each sensor in the array of sensors with a relationship rule, wherein the relationship rule describes a hierarchy of communication control among sensors in the array of sensors, and wherein the relationship rule defines how each sensor, in the array of sensors, communicates with other sensors in the array of sensors, and wherein the relationship rule defines which sensor, in the array of sensors, communicates with a remote controller for the array of sensors; activating the array of sensors, wherein each sensor in the array of sensors comprises multiple different trigger rules to be used in a creation of different emergent information; in response to conditions at the array location causing a predetermined percentage of sensors, from the array of sensors, to trigger event signals, generating emergent information about the array location, wherein the emergent information describes conditions at the array location, and wherein the emergent information exists only when the predetermined percentage of sensors trigger event signals, wherein the array location is on a water coastline, and wherein the array of sensors comprises a weather sensor, a thermal sensor, a video camera, a radar system, and an audio sensor; and updating, from a remote controller, the trigger rule and the relationship rule in each sensor in the array of sensors.
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