DATA FLOW CONTROL ORDER GENERATING APPARATUS AND SENSOR MANAGING APPARATUS

• US 20140372561A1
• Filed: 02/28/2013
• Published: 12/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Inventors: Hisano, Atsushi
• Granted Patent: US 10,121,381 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0145 for active traffic flow control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/087 Override of traffic control, e.g. by signal transmitted by an emergency vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/22 Platooning, i.e. convoy of communicating vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

There is used a data flow control order generating apparatus that includes: a sensor side metadata acquisition unit acquiring sensor side metadata as information related to a sensor that outputs sensing data; an application side metadata acquisition unit acquiring application side metadata as information related to an application that provides a service by using the sensing data; a matching unit performing matching between the sensor side metadata and the application side metadata to extract the sensor capable of providing the sensing data that satisfies the request of the application; and an instruction unit transmitting a data flow control order that identifies the sensor extracted by the matching unit and the application to a sensor managing apparatus that manages the sensor.

Claims

1. A data flow control order generating apparatus comprising:

a sensor side metadata acquisition unit acquiring sensor side metadata as information related to a sensor that outputs sensing data;

an application side metadata acquisition unit acquiring application side metadata as information related to an application that provides a service by using the sensing data;

a matching unit performing matching between the sensor side metadata and the application side metadata to extract the sensor capable of providing the sensing data that satisfies a request of the application; and

an instruction unit transmitting a data flow control order that identifies the sensor extracted by the matching unit and the application to a sensor managing apparatus that manages the sensor.

2. The data flow control order generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the sensor side metadata acquisition unit acquires the sensor side metadata from a database in which the sensor side metadata is stored,

the application side metadata acquisition unit acquires the application side metadata from a database in which the application side metadata is stored, and

the matching unit receives a notice of an event occurrence detected based on the sensing data from the sensor managing apparatus, and then performs the matching.

3. The data flow control order generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the sensor side metadata acquisition unit acquires the sensor side metadata from a database in which the sensor side metadata is stored,

the application side metadata acquisition unit acquires the application side metadata from a database in which the application side metadata is stored, and

the matching unit receives notice of an event occurrence that requires the sensing data from the application, and then performs the matching.

4. The data flow control order generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the sensor side metadata acquisition unit receives the sensor side metadata transmitted in conjunction with an event occurrence detected based on the sensing data from the sensor managing apparatus,

the application side metadata acquisition unit acquires the application side metadata from a database in which the application side metadata is stored, and

the matching unit performs the matching when the sensor side metadata acquisition unit receives the sensor side metadata.

5. The data flow control order generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the sensor side metadata acquisition unit acquires the sensor side metadata from a database in which the sensor side metadata is stored,

the application side metadata acquisition unit receives the application side metadata transmitted in conjunction with an event occurrence that requires the sensing data from the application, and

the matching unit performs the matching when the application side metadata acquisition unit receives the application side metadata.

6. A data flow control order generating apparatus comprising:

a sensing data metadata acquisition unit acquiring metadata of sensing data as information related to the sensing data obtained by a sensor and stored in a database on a network;

an application side metadata acquisition unit acquiring application side metadata as information related to an application that provides a service by using the sensing data;

a matching unit performing matching between the metadata of the sensing data and the application side metadata to extract the sensing data that satisfies a request of the application; and

an instruction unit transmitting a data flow control order that identifies the sensing data extracted by the matching unit and the application to the database on the network.

7. A sensor managing apparatus that manages a sensor by using sensor side metadata as information related to the sensor that outputs sensing data,

the apparatus comprising:

an order reception unit receiving a data flow control order that identifies the sensor extracted as a sensor that satisfies a request of an application by matching between application side metadata as information related to the application that provides a service by using the sensing data and the sensor side metadata, and also identifies the application; and

a transmission unit transmitting the sensing data from the extracted sensor to the application on a basis of a predetermined packet system via a network.

8. The sensor managing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a detection unit monitoring the sensing data to detect an event occurrence, wherein

the transmission unit notifies a data flow control order generating apparatus of the event occurrence, and

the data flow control order is transmitted from the data flow control order generating apparatus notified of the event occurrence.

9. The sensor managing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a detection unit monitoring the sensing data to detect an event occurrence, wherein

the transmission unit transmits the sensor side metadata to a data flow control order generating apparatus in conjunction with the event occurrence, and

the data flow control order is transmitted from the data flow control order generating apparatus to which the metadata is transmitted.

10. A data flow control order generating program causing an information processing apparatus to execute:

a sensor side metadata acquisition step of acquiring sensor side metadata as information related to a sensor that outputs sensing data;

an application side metadata acquisition step of acquiring application side metadata as information related to an application that provides a service by using the sensing data;

a matching step of performing matching between the sensor side metadata and the application side metadata to extract the sensor capable of providing the sensing data that satisfies a request of the application; and

an instruction step of transmitting a data flow control order that identifies the sensor extracted in the matching step and the application to a sensor managing apparatus that manages the sensor.

11. A program operating in an information processing apparatus of a sensor managing apparatus that manages a sensor by using sensor side metadata as information related to the sensor that outputs sensing data,

the program causing the information processing apparatus to execute:

an order reception step of receiving a data flow control order that identifies the sensor extracted as a sensor that satisfies a request of an application by matching between application side metadata as information related to the application that provides a service by using the sensing data and the sensor side metadata, and also identifies the application; and

a transmission step of transmitting the sensing data from the extracted sensor to the application on the basis of a predetermined packet system via a network.

12. A control order data stream that can be read by an information processing apparatus that manages a sensor outputting sensing data,

the control order data stream comprising:

information identifying an application that requires the sensing data;

information identifying a sensor extracted as a sensor that satisfies a request of the application; and

order information identifying the extracted sensor and the application.

13. The control order data stream according to claim 12, wherein the information identifying the application and the information identifying the sensor are obtained by matching between sensor side metadata as information related to the sensor and application side metadata as information related to the application.