Environmental sensing and communication
First Claim
1. An electronic assembly, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition, comprising:
- a logic circuit coupled to;
one or more environmental sensors, memory that provides data storage, and a wireless communicator, wherein the logic circuit is configured to;
perform time measurement;
perform environmental measurement with the one or more environmental sensors;
store time-stamped environmental data in the memory;
communicate with particular other electronic assemblies equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition via the wireless communicator;
transmit an assembly identifier for the electronic assembly, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition, via the wireless communicator; and
automatically acquire assembly identifiers of the particular other electronic assemblies, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition; and
a power source that provides power to at least one of the logic circuit and the wireless communicator; and
a port for physical contact and electrical communication with a remote reader device, wherein the port is coupled to power source to provide power from the remote reader device to the power source.
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Abstract
One apparatus embodiment includes an electronic assembly, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition. The assembly includes a logic circuit coupled to: one or more environmental sensors, memory that provides data storage, and a wireless communicator. The logic circuit is configured to perform time measurement, perform environmental measurement with the one or more environmental sensors, store time-stamped environmental data in the memory, and communicate with particular other electronic assemblies, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition, via the wireless communicator. The logic circuit is also coupled to a power source that provides power to at least one of the logic circuit and the wireless communicator.
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39 Claims
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1. An electronic assembly, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition, comprising:
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a logic circuit coupled to;
one or more environmental sensors, memory that provides data storage, and a wireless communicator, wherein the logic circuit is configured to;perform time measurement; perform environmental measurement with the one or more environmental sensors; store time-stamped environmental data in the memory; communicate with particular other electronic assemblies equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition via the wireless communicator; transmit an assembly identifier for the electronic assembly, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition, via the wireless communicator; and automatically acquire assembly identifiers of the particular other electronic assemblies, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition; and a power source that provides power to at least one of the logic circuit and the wireless communicator; and
a port for physical contact and electrical communication with a remote reader device, wherein the port is coupled to power source to provide power from the remote reader device to the power source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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8. An electronic assembly, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition, comprising:
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a logic circuit coupled to;
one or more environmental sensors, memory that provides data storage, and a wireless communicator, wherein the logic circuit is configured to;perform time measurement; perform environmental measurement with the one or more environmental sensors; store time-stamped environmental data in the memory; and communicate with particular other electronic assemblies equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition via the wireless communicator; a power source that provides power to at least one of the logic circuit and the wireless communicator; and a port for physical contact and electrical communication with a remote reader device, and wherein the port is coupled to the power source to provide power from the remote reader device to the power source. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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18. An environmental sensing and communication system, comprising:
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a number of electronic assemblies, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition, each electronic assembly including a logic circuit coupled to one or more environmental sensors and a wireless communicator, wherein the logic circuit is encoded with an assembly identifier and configured to; measure time; measure at least one environmental condition change with the one or more environmental sensors; record environmental data generated by the one or more environmental sensors; periodically transmit time-stamped environmental data via the wireless communicator along with the assembly identifier; and determine a group to include those electronic assemblies, equipped to sense one or more changes in an environmental condition, from which transmissions are received for a period of time; and a reader device, wherein the reader device is configured to wirelessly download data from the group of electronic assemblies, and to provide power to a power source of the group of electronic assemblies. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of environmental sensing and communication, comprising:
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including a group of environmental sensing assemblies in an environment for sensing; activating the group; collecting environmental data with the group; wirelessly communicating environmental sensing assembly identifiers and environmental data collected by the environmental sensing assemblies between the environmental sensing assemblies of the group; assigning one of the environmental sensing assemblies of the group as a leader for the group; storing the environmental data, collected by each environmental sensing assembly of the group, in memory of the leader, and providing a remote reader device to provide power to a power source of the group of environmental sensing assemblies. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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