WIRELESS SENSING DEVICE

• US 20160223390A1
• Filed: 09/24/2015
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Inventors: Lin, Yung-Cheng
• Application Number:
  US14/864,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20160223390A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01H 3/00 Measuring characteristics of vibrations by using a detector in a fluid G01H7/00, G01H9/00, G01H11/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/08 with conversion into electric or magnetic values

Abstract

A wireless sensing device including a vibration plate, an antenna, a sensor, an energy harvesting circuit and a data processing circuit is provided. The antenna and the sensor are disposed on the vibration plate. The sensor generates a sensing data according to the vibration of the vibration plate. The energy harvesting circuit generates an electrical energy in response to the vibration of the vibration plate. The data processing circuit is coupled to the sensor and the antenna, and the data processing circuit is operated by the electrical energy to store the sensing data, or to transmit the sensing data through the antenna.

Claims

1. A wireless sensing device, comprising:

a vibration plate;

an antenna, disposed on the vibration plate;

a sensor, disposed on the vibration plate and generating a sensing data according to the vibration of the vibration plate;

an energy harvesting circuit, generating an electrical energy in response to the vibration of the vibration plate; and

a data processing circuit, coupled to the sensor and the antenna, wherein the data processing circuit is operated by the electrical energy to store the sensing data, or to transmit the sensing data through the antenna.

2. The wireless sensing device according to claim 1, further comprising an energy storing element storing the electrical energy.

3. The wireless sensing device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless sensing device enables the data processing circuit through the electrical energy, thereby allowing the data processing circuit to be switched between a detection mode and a transmission mode, wherein under the detection mode, the data processing circuit activates the sensor through the electrical energy and stores the sensing data generated from the sensor, whereas under the transmission mode, the data processing circuit transmits the sensing data through the antenna.

4. The wireless sensing device according to claim 3, wherein when the energy harvesting circuit stops generating the electrical energy, the data processing circuit is switched to a sleep mode.

5. The wireless sensing device according to claim 1, wherein the data processing circuit comprises:

a transceiver, electrically connected to the antenna;

a switching element, receiving the electrical energy; and

a controller, wherein the wireless sensing device enables the controller through the electrical energy, thereby allowing the data processing circuit to be switched between a detection mode and a transmission mode, wherein under the detection mode, the controller drives the switching element to transmit the electrical energy to the sensor, and the controller stores the sensing data from the sensor, whereas under the transmission mode, the controller drives the switching element to transmit the electrical energy to the transceiver transmitting the sensing data through the antenna.

6. The wireless sensing device according to claim 1, wherein the energy harvesting circuit comprises:

an energy converter, generating an electrical signal in response to the vibration of the vibration plate; and

an energy capture unit, converting the electrical signal into the electrical energy.

7. The wireless sensing device according to claim 6, wherein the antenna is a printed antenna, and an orthogonal projection of the printed antenna on the vibration plate and an orthogonal projection of the energy converter on the vibration plate do not overlap with each other.

8. The wireless sensing device according to claim 7, wherein the vibration plate comprises at least one bent portion and a body portion, the at least one bent portion and the body portion form an angle, and a part of the printed antenna is disposed at the at least one bent portion.

9. The wireless sensing device according to claim 6, wherein the antenna is a stamped antenna, and an orthogonal projection of the stamped antenna on the vibration plate and an orthogonal projection of the energy converter on the vibration plate are partially overlapped.

10. The wireless sensing device according to claim 6, wherein the data processing circuit is electrically connected to the sensor through a wire disposed on the vibration plate, wherein an orthogonal projection of the wire on the vibration plate and an orthogonal projection of the energy converter on the vibration plate do not overlap with each other.

11. The wireless sensing device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is a micro-electro-mechanical system sensor and the sensing data comprises acceleration data and vibration frequency data.