ARCHITECTURE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULAR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND OBJECT SENSING

• US 20100265098A1
• Filed: 04/16/2009
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Masoud Zarei, Ramin Rostami, Vahid Zarei Seyd Abad
• Original Assignee: Masoud Zarei, Ramin Rostami, Vahid Zarei Seyd Abad
• Inventors: Zarei, Masoud, Zarei Seyd Abad, Vahid, Rostami, Ramin
• Granted Patent: US 8,427,338 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.90
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/42 Transmitting or receiving remote control signals via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/10 using a centralized architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/47 using RFID associated with sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/823 where the data is sent when the measured values exceed a threshold, e.g. sending an alarm
• 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

Embodiments of modular environmental conditions and object sensing at several locations are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Claims

1. A multi-sensor processing module, including:

a multi-sensor wireless receiver to wirelessly receive sensor datum from a plurality of physically separated sensor data generation modules;

a web page generation module to generate at least one web page including at the sensor datum; and

a internet protocol IP signal transmitter to transmit the at least one web page to an IP based device.

2. The multi-sensor processing module of claim 1, wherein the IP signal transmitter transmits the at least one web page to an IP based device via the Internet.

3. The multi-sensor processing module of claim 2, wherein the IP signal transmitter wirelessly transmits the at least one web page to an IP based device via the Internet.

4. The multi-sensor processing module of claim 1, wherein the sensor datum represents at least one environmental condition near the one of the plurality of physically separated sensor data generation modules.

5. The multi-sensor processing module of claim 1, further including a non-volatile data storage module to store sensor data from a plurality of physically separated sensor data generation modules.

6. The multi-sensor processing module of claim 5, further including an alarm generation module, the alarm generation module determining when sensor datum from a plurality of physically separated sensor data generation modules is not within a predetermined value range.

7. The multi-sensor processing module of claim 6, further including an electronic message generation module, the electronic message generation module sending alarm status information to at least one electronic address when sensor datum is not within a predetermined value range.

8. The multi-sensor processing module of claim 7, wherein the electronic message is an E-mail and the at least one electronic address is an E-mail address.

9. The multi-sensor processing module of claim 7, wherein the electronic message is an short message system (SMS) message and the at least one electronic address is an SMS address.

10. The multi-sensor processing module of claim 6, wherein the web page generation module generate at least one web page including alarm status information.

11. A multi-sensor processing system, including:

a first sensor data generation module generating sensor data representing an environmental condition near the first sensor data generation module and wirelessly transmitting the first sensor data;

a second sensor data generation module physically separate from the first sensor data generation module, generating sensor data representing an environmental condition near the second sensor data generation module and wirelessly transmitting the second sensor data; and

a multi-sensor processing module physically separate from the first sensor data generation module and the second sensor data generation module, including;

a multi-sensor wireless receiver to wirelessly receive first sensor datum and second sensor datum;

a web page generation module to generate at least one web page including the first sensor datum and the second sensor datum; and

a internet protocol IP signal transmitter to transmit the at least one web page to an IP based device.

12. The multi-sensor processing system of claim 11, wherein the IP signal transmitter transmits the at least one web page to an IP based device via the Internet.

13. The multi-sensor processing system of claim 12, wherein the IP signal transmitter wirelessly transmits the at least one web page to an IP based device via the Internet.

14. The multi-sensor processing system of claim 11, wherein the first sensor datum represents one of the temperature and humidity near the first sensor data generation module.

15. The multi-sensor processing system of claim 11, further including a non-volatile data storage module to store first sensor data and second sensor data.

16. The multi-sensor processing system of claim 15, further including an alarm generation module, the alarm generation module determining when one of the first sensor datum and the second sensor datum is not within a predetermined value range.

17. The multi-sensor processing system of claim 16, further including an electronic message generation module, the electronic message generation module sending alarm status information to at least one electronic address when one of the first sensor datum and the second sensor datum is not within a predetermined value range.

18. The multi-sensor processing system of claim 17, wherein the electronic message is an E-mail and the at least one electronic address is an E-mail address.

19. The multi-sensor processing system of claim 11, further including a report generation module, the module generating reports related to one of the first sensor data and the second sensor data.

20. The multi-sensor processing system of claim 19, wherein the web page generation module generate at least one web page including a report generated by the report generation module.

21. A multi-sensor processing method, including:

wirelessly receiving sensor datum from a plurality of physically separated sensor data generation modules;

generating at least one web page including at the sensor datum; and

transmitting the at least one web page to an IP based device via an internet protocol.

22. The multi-sensor processing method of claim 21, wirelessly transmitting the at least one web page to an IP based device via the Internet.

23. The multi-sensor processing method of claim 21, wherein the sensor datum represents at least one environmental condition near the one of the plurality of physically separated sensor data generation modules.

24. The multi-sensor processing method of claim 21, further including storing sensor data from a plurality of physically separated sensor data generation modules in a non-volatile data storage module.

25. The multi-sensor processing method of claim 24, further including determining when sensor datum from a plurality of physically separated sensor data generation modules is not within a predetermined value range.

26. The multi-sensor processing method of claim 25, further including sending alarm status information to at least one electronic address when sensor datum is not within a predetermined value range.

27. An article including a machine-accessible medium having associated information, wherein the information, when accessed, results in a machine performing:

wirelessly receiving sensor datum from a plurality of physically separated sensor data generation modules;

generating at least one web page including at the sensor datum; and

transmitting the at least one web page to an IP based device via an internet protocol.

28. The article of claim 27, further performing wirelessly transmitting the at least one web page to an IP based device via the Internet.

29. The article of claim 27, wherein the sensor datum represents at least one environmental condition near the one of the plurality of physically separated sensor data generation modules.

30. The article of claim 27, further performing storing sensor data from a plurality of physically separated sensor data generation modules in a non-volatile data storage module.

31. The article of claim 30, further performing determining when sensor datum from a plurality of physically separated sensor data generation modules is not within a predetermined value range.