ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM AND MONITORING METHOD USING THE SAME

• US 20100265062A1
• Filed: 01/11/2010
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: KU, TSUNG-HUI
• Application Number:
  US12/685,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20100265062A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.260
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/82 where the sensing device takes the initiative of sending data
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment of environmental monitoring system includes a base station, a monitoring control device and a monitor device. The monitoring device is communicated with the monitoring control device and the base station by wireless communication network. The monitoring control device sets monitoring instructions and sends the monitoring instructions to the base station in the form of short message using wireless communication network. The monitoring device receives the monitoring instructions in the form of short messages, generates corresponding monitoring data according to the monitoring instructions to obtain corresponding monitoring results, and transmits the monitoring results to the base station and the monitoring control device in the form of short messages.

Claims

1. An environmental monitoring system, comprising:

a base station;

a monitoring control device wirelessly communicating with the base station, setting monitoring instructions and sending the monitoring instructions to the base station in the form of short message using a wireless communication network; and

a monitoring device wirelessly communicating with the monitoring control device and the base station by using the wireless communication network, and receiving the monitoring instructions in the form of short messages, wherein the monitoring device generates monitoring data according to the monitoring instructions to obtain corresponding monitoring results, and transmits the monitoring results to the base station and the monitoring control device in the form of short messages.

2. The environmental monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base station includes an information exchange unit for receiving and transmitting the monitoring instructions and the monitoring results.

3. The environmental monitoring system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the monitoring device includes a communicating unit, the communicating unit is configured for receiving the monitoring instructions from the information exchange unit and sending the monitoring results to the information exchange unit.

4. The environmental monitoring system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the monitoring device further includes a storage unit for storing the monitoring instructions received by the communicating unit.

5. The environmental monitoring system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the monitoring device further includes a sensing unit for detecting surrounding environmental according to the monitoring instructions to generate corresponding monitoring data.

6. The environmental monitoring system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the monitoring device further includes a processing unit electrically connected to the communicating unit, the storage unit and the sensing unit, the processing unit is configured for reading the monitoring instructions stored in the storage unit, controlling the sensing unit to detect surrounding environment, and processing the monitoring data from the sensing unit to obtain corresponding monitor results.

7. The environmental monitoring system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sensing unit is at least one of a humidity sensor, a temperature sensor, a gas sensor, or a light sensor.

8. The environmental monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the monitoring control device includes a setting module for establishing the monitoring instructions.

9. The environmental monitoring system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the monitoring control device further includes a storage module for storing the monitoring instructions set by the setting module and storing the monitoring results sent from the base station.

10. The environmental monitoring system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the monitoring control device further includes a communicating module electrically connected to the setting module and the storage module, the communication module is configured for sending the monitoring instructions to the base station.

11. The environmental monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, further including a plurality of base stations and monitoring devices, the monitoring control device communicates with the monitoring devices by the base stations using the wireless communication network.

12. An environmental monitoring method, comprising steps of:

setting monitoring instructions;

sending the monitoring instructions to a monitoring device;

storing the monitoring instructions in the monitoring device;

monitoring surrounding environmental conditions according to the monitoring instructions by the monitoring device to generate corresponding monitoring data; and

processing the monitoring data to obtain corresponding monitoring results.

13. The environmental monitoring method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the step of sending the monitoring instructions to a monitoring device includes a step of sending the monitoring instructions from a monitoring control device to a base station.

14. The environmental monitoring method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the step of sending the monitoring instructions to a monitoring device further includes a step of transmitting the monitoring instructions from the base station to the monitoring device.

15. The environmental monitoring method as claimed in claim 13, further including a step of sending monitoring results to the base station.

16. The environmental monitoring method as claimed in claim 15, further including a step of transmitting the monitoring results from the base station to the monitoring control device.

17. The environmental monitoring method as claimed in claim 16, further including a step of receiving the monitoring results by the monitoring control device.

18. The environmental monitoring method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the environmental monitoring system further including a plurality of base stations and monitoring devices, the monitoring control device communicates with the monitoring devices by the base stations using the wireless communication network.