METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR SENSORS

• US 20140159891A1
• Filed: 12/31/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Frohlick, Eric, Chen, Xiaofan, Eerpina, Srinivas, Guarin, Ronaldo J., Angell, William D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,251,684 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/517
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/00 Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/196 using television cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/00 Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/00 Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/007 Details of data content structure of message packets; data protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/43 using wireless personal area networks [WPAN], e.g. 802.15, 802.15.1, 802.15.4, Bluetooth or ZigBee
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Generally, smart sensors, logic to process messages from smart sensors, and smart sensor systems are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to communicate events as messages via a messaging system to post the messages to a messaging account. The messaging system may be a texting service like Twitter™ that captures the messages and then re-broadcasts the messages, e.g., immediately as a tweet or a cellular text message. In some embodiments, the smart sensor comprises a communications module with a Twitter™ application program interface (API) on a communications platform with a software/hardware framework to interconnect with one or more pluggable monitors with sensors.

In other embodiments, the communications module may be integrated with one or more monitors. Further embodiments comprise a smart-device, which can provide status updates and event notifications to a user.

Claims

1. At least one computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a system, cause the system to:

receive via a user interface of the system a user-defined custom event and one or more e-mail accounts associated with the user-defined custom event;

receive sensor data from one or more sensors of the system;

detect a sensor event based at least in part on a comparison between the sensor data and the user-defined custom event; and

communicate with one or more messaging systems to transmit an email to the one or more e-mail accounts associated with the user-defined custom event.

2. The at least one computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the email comprises an image.

3. The at least one computer-readable storage media of claim 1, the instructions further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the system to generate a text message based at least in part on the sensor data, the email comprising the text message.

4. A method comprising:

receiving via a user interface of the system a user-defined custom event and one or more e-mail accounts associated with the user-defined custom event;

receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the system;

detecting a sensor event based at least in part on a comparison between the sensor data and the user-defined custom event; and

communicating with one or more messaging systems to transmit an email to the one or more e-mail accounts associated with the user-defined custom event.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the email comprises an image.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising generating a text message based at least in part on the sensor data, the email comprising the text message.

7. A system comprising:

a user interface to receive a user-defined custom event and one or more e-mail accounts associated with the user-defined custom event;

one or more sensors to provide sensor data;

monitor logic to detect a sensor event based at least in part on a comparison between the sensor data and the user-defined custom event; and

a communication module to communicate with one or more messaging systems to transmit an email to the one or more e-mail accounts associated with the user-defined custom event.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the email comprises an image.

9. The system of claim 7, the instructions further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the system to generate a text message based at least in part on the sensor data, the email comprising the text message.

10. A system comprising:

one or more sensors;

one or more processors;

at least one computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to;

receive via a user interface of the system a user-defined custom event and one or more e-mail accounts associated with the user-defined custom event;

receive sensor data from one or more sensors of the system;

detect a sensor event based at least in part on a comparison between the sensor data and the user-defined custom event; and

communicate with one or more messaging systems to transmit an email to the one or more e-mail accounts associated with the user-defined custom event.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the email comprises an image.

12. The system of claim 10, the instructions further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the system to generate a text message based at least in part on the sensor data, the email comprising the text message.

13. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a user-defined custom event and one or more e-mail accounts associated with the user-defined custom event;

one or more sensors to provide sensor data based on signals received at the one or more sensors;

means for detecting a sensor event based at least in part on a comparison between the sensor data and the user-defined custom event; and

means for communicating with one or more messaging systems to transmit an email to the one or more e-mail accounts associated with the user-defined custom event.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the email comprises an image.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising means for generating a text message based at least in part on the sensor data, the email comprising the text message.