Virtual Sensor
First Claim
1. A computer program, wherein said program is configured to receive an instruction comprising one or plurality of software functions from another computer program, collect information from one or a plurality of sensors based on said instruction, and report to said another program based on said collected information.
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Abstract
The object of the present invention is to enable to utilize the sensor(s) in the manner that is optimized for the application, as well as easily. According to one aspect of the present invention, the invention provides a computer software configured to receive instructions from another software, collect information from one or a plurality of sensors based on said instructions, determine whether said information satisfies the conditions required by said instruction, and if so, report to that effect to said other software.
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27 Claims
- 1. A computer program, wherein said program is configured to receive an instruction comprising one or plurality of software functions from another computer program, collect information from one or a plurality of sensors based on said instruction, and report to said another program based on said collected information.
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11. A sensor system comprising an electronic device and a plurality of physical sensors, where:
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the electronic device further comprising a CPU, a first computer program, a second computer program that is a different computer program with the first computer program and works between the plurality of physical sensors and the first computer program, the first computer program being arranged to operate the CPU to provide an instruction comprised by software function to the second computer program, and the second computer program being arranged to operate the CPU to collect information from at least one of the physical sensors, to make an analysis for the collected information based on the instruction, and to inform a result of the analysis to the first computer program. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A sensor system comprising
a first wireless communication apparatus being enabled to communicate with other apparatus by a first wireless communication system and having a first physical sensor, a second wireless communication apparatus being enabled to communicate with other apparatus by a second wireless communication system and having a second physical sensor, a third wireless communication apparatus being able to communicate with the first wireless communication apparatus by the first wireless communication system, and to communicate with the second wireless communication apparatus by the second wireless communications system, where the third wireless communication apparatus comprising a CPU, a first computer program and a second computer program which is different from the first computer program, the first computer program is arranged to instruct the CPU to provide an instruction basing a function using a measurement value of the first physical sensor and a measurement value of the second physical sensor as variables, to the second computer program, the second computer program is arranged to instruct the CPU to obtain, in response to a receipt of the instruction of the first computer program, measurement values of the first and second physical sensors; - to check whether the obtained measurement values satisfy the conditions indicated in the instruction or not; and
if satisfy, to inform to the first computer program about the satisfaction. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
- to check whether the obtained measurement values satisfy the conditions indicated in the instruction or not; and
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