Identifying substantially related objects in a wireless sensor network
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1. A method of detecting substantially related objects, comprising:
- a. providing a first wireless sensing device having a first acceleration sensor;
b. providing a second wireless sensing device having a second acceleration sensor;
c. obtaining a first signature from the group consisting of a first acceleration signature and a first acceleration spectral signature from said first acceleration sensor and obtaining a second signature from the group consisting of a second acceleration signature and a second acceleration spectral signature from said second acceleration sensor;
d. providing an input to at least said second wireless sensing device during a time frame, comparing said first signature with said second signature to identify whether said first wireless sensing device also received said input and to determine whether said first signature is substantially related to said second signature; and
e. identifying said first wireless sensing device as substantially related to said second wireless sensing device if said first signature is substantially related to said second signature.
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Abstract
Substantially related objects are identified by providing a first wireless sensing device having a first sensor and providing a second wireless sensing device having a second sensor. Next, comparing data derived from the second sensor with data derived from the first sensor to determine whether data from the first sensor is substantially related to data from the second sensor. The first wireless sensing device is identified as substantially related to the second wireless sensing device if data derived from the first sensor is substantially related to data derived from the second sensor.
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1. A method of detecting substantially related objects, comprising:
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a. providing a first wireless sensing device having a first acceleration sensor; b. providing a second wireless sensing device having a second acceleration sensor; c. obtaining a first signature from the group consisting of a first acceleration signature and a first acceleration spectral signature from said first acceleration sensor and obtaining a second signature from the group consisting of a second acceleration signature and a second acceleration spectral signature from said second acceleration sensor; d. providing an input to at least said second wireless sensing device during a time frame, comparing said first signature with said second signature to identify whether said first wireless sensing device also received said input and to determine whether said first signature is substantially related to said second signature; and e. identifying said first wireless sensing device as substantially related to said second wireless sensing device if said first signature is substantially related to said second signature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of detecting substantially related objects and for detecting nearest neighbors, comprising:
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a. providing a first wireless sensing device having a first acceleration sensor; b. providing a second wireless sensing device having a second acceleration sensor; c. providing a third wireless sensing device having a third acceleration sensor; d. obtaining a first signature from the group consisting of a first acceleration signature and a first acceleration spectral signature from said first acceleration sensor, obtaining a second signature from the group consisting of a second acceleration signature and a second acceleration spectral signature from said second acceleration sensor, and obtaining a third signature from the group consisting of a third acceleration signature and a third acceleration spectral signature from said third acceleration sensor; e. comparing said first signature with said second signature and determining whether said first signature is substantially related to said second signature, and identifying said first wireless sensing device as a nearest neighbor to said second wireless sensing device if a data point in said first signature is closer in time to a corresponding data point in said second signature than to a corresponding data point in said third signature; and f. identifying said first wireless sensing device as substantially related to said second wireless sensing device if said first signature is substantially related to said second signature.
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48. A method of detecting substantially related objects, comprising:
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a. providing a first wireless sensing device having a first acceleration sensor; b. providing a second wireless sensing device having a second acceleration sensor; c. obtaining a first signature from the group consisting of a first acceleration signature and a first acceleration spectral signature from said first acceleration sensor and obtaining a second signature from the group consisting of a second acceleration signature and a second acceleration spectral signature from said second acceleration sensor; d. providing an input to at least said second wireless sensor during a time frame, comparing said first signature with said second signature to identify whether said first sensor also received said input and to determine whether said first signature is substantially related to said second signature; and e. identifying said first wireless sensing device as substantially related to said second wireless sensing device if said first signature is substantially related to said second signature, and identifying said first and said second wireless sensing devices as members of a subgroup, wherein a signature from each member of said subgroup is substantially related to a signature of another member of said subgroup, further comprising a common platform, wherein each member of said subgroup is located on said common platform. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method of detecting members of a subgroup of objects comprising:
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a. providing a plurality of objects, wherein each object of said plurality of objects includes; (1) an identity code; (2) an acceleration sensor; and (3) a transmitter, wherein said transmitter can transmit said identity code; b. providing a substantially common input to a subgroup of said plurality of objects; c. obtaining a signature from the group consisting of an acceleration signature and an acceleration spectral signature from said acceleration sensor from each of said plurality of objects; d. comparing said signatures from said plurality of objects to identify a member of said subgroup; e. transmitting said identity code from said transmitter of each said member of said subgroup; and f. receiving and storing said identity code of each said member of said subgroup. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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