WIRELESS MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A wireless monitoring system comprising:
- a master controller having a wireless transmitting unit and a wireless receiving unit;
a first module having an accelerometer, a wireless transmitting unit and a wireless receiving unit, the first module being configured with an alarm bit that is set to indicate an alarm condition when the accelerometer senses an acceleration above a threshold; and
a second module having an accelerometer, a wireless transmitting unit and a wireless receiving unit, the second module being configured with an alarm bit that is set to indicate an alarm condition when the accelerometer senses an acceleration above a threshold,wherein the master controller is programmed to issue a polling signal to the first module and the second module at separate times, and each of the first module and the second module is configured to respond to the polling signal if the alarm bit therein is set.
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Abstract
A wireless monitoring system and method carries out wireless communication is carried out according to the ZigBee standard. The ZigBee standard allows for low-cost, low-power and high-density implementation of the wireless monitoring system and method, so that wireless monitoring system and method may be rolled out on a large scale to provide patient monitoring and other types of monitoring.
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1. A wireless monitoring system comprising:
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a master controller having a wireless transmitting unit and a wireless receiving unit; a first module having an accelerometer, a wireless transmitting unit and a wireless receiving unit, the first module being configured with an alarm bit that is set to indicate an alarm condition when the accelerometer senses an acceleration above a threshold; and a second module having an accelerometer, a wireless transmitting unit and a wireless receiving unit, the second module being configured with an alarm bit that is set to indicate an alarm condition when the accelerometer senses an acceleration above a threshold, wherein the master controller is programmed to issue a polling signal to the first module and the second module at separate times, and each of the first module and the second module is configured to respond to the polling signal if the alarm bit therein is set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A device comprising:
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an accelerometer; and a wireless communication chip configured to communicate with a base station using a direct sequence spread spectrum modulation technique and to determine whether a voltage output of the accelerometer exceeds a threshold, wherein the wireless communication chip issues an alarm signal to the base station if the voltage output of the accelerometer exceeds the threshold when a polling signal is received from the base station. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of monitoring a device for an alarm condition, the method comprising:
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receiving a polling signal from a base station; determining whether an alarm bit is set; and transmitting an alarm signal to the base station if the alarm bit is set at the time the polling signal is received from the base station, wherein the polling signal is received from the base station and the alarm signal is transmitted to the base station using a direct sequence spread spectrum modulation technique. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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