SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK

• US 20200136429A1
• Filed: 10/29/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Conectric, LLC
• Original Assignee: Conectric, LLC
• Inventors: SUSILO, Ekawahyu, KOPP, Phillip
• Granted Patent: US 11,605,973 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00002 characterised by monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00022 using wireless data transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/00 Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/008 involving trading of energy or energy transmission rights
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• 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 12/009 specially adapted for networks, e.g. wireless sensor networks, ad-hoc networks, RFID networks or cloud networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/30 State monitoring, e.g. fault, temperature monitoring, insulator monitoring, corona discharge
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/126 using wireless data transmission

Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, method, and computer-readable media for operating a sensor network. The sensor network can include an array of sensor devices and gateways. The sensor devices can sense various conditions of an environment. The sensor devices can include temperature sensors, occupancy detectors, access sensors, motion sensors, tracking devices, etc. The sensor devices can also network and communicate with one another and the gateways in an ad hoc or mesh network. The environment can include different locations, such as warehouse, office building, a complex of buildings, cargo vehicles, containers or the like. The sensor network can be deployed for controlling power consumption, logistics, automated manufacturing, healthcare, intelligent buildings, and smart cities among many other implementations. The sensor devices can communicate sensed conditions and transmit data among each other without a predefined route. When a gateway receives the data, the data can be stored and analyzed at a different location.

Claims

1. A method for operating a wireless sensor network comprising:

detecting a first condition at a first sensor device of the wireless sensor network;

transmitting, by the first sensor device, data regarding the first condition to the wireless sensor network;

detecting a second condition at a second sensor device of the wireless sensor network;

transmitting, by the second sensor device, data regarding the second condition to the wireless sensor network;

detecting a third condition at a third sensor device of the wireless sensor network;

receiving, at the third sensor device, the first data and the second data;

transmitting, by the third sensor device, the first data, the second data, and the third data to the wireless sensor network;

receiving, at a gateway, the first data, the second data, and the third data; and

storing, by the gateway, the first data, the second data, and the third data in a cloud-based storage memory.

2. A wireless sensor network comprising:

a first sensor device operable to

detect a first condition, and

transmit data regarding the first condition to the wireless sensor network;

a second sensor device operable to

detect a second condition, and

transmit data regarding the second condition to the wireless sensor network;

a third sensor device operable to

detect a third condition,

receive the first data and the second data, and

transmit the first data, the second data, and the third data to the wireless sensor network; and

a gateway operable to

receive, the first data, the second data, and the third data, and

store the first data, the second data, and the third data in a cloud-based storage memory.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for operating a wireless sensor network, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

detect a first condition at a first sensor device of the wireless sensor network;

transmit, by the first sensor device, data regarding the first condition to the wireless sensor network;

detect a second condition at a second sensor device of the wireless sensor network;

transmit, by the second sensor device, data regarding the second condition to the wireless sensor network;

detect a third condition at a third sensor device of the wireless sensor network;

receive, at the third sensor device, the first data and the second data;

transmit, by the third sensor device, the first data, the second data, and the third data to the wireless sensor network;

receive, at a gateway, the first data, the second data, and the third data; and

store, by the gateway, the first data, the second data, and the third data in a cloud-based storage memory.