Sensing wireless terminal

• US 8,843,072 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2012
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Okano, Hideo
• Primary Examiner(s): WEST, LEWIS G
• Application Number:
  US13/489,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20120315862A1
• Time in Patent Office: 840 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/66.1, 455/39, 340/539.1, 340/539.12, 340/539.24, 340/539.26, 340/539.3
• US Class Current: 455/66.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A sensing wireless terminal may include a sensor unit having at least two sensing modes, a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit sensing data corresponding to a signal sensed by the sensor unit to another terminal, the wireless communication unit receiving control data transmitted from the other terminal, and a control unit configured to determine whether or not to change a mode from a first mode to a second mode based on the signal sensed by the sensor unit, the control unit determining whether or not to change the mode from the second mode to the first mode based on the control data received by the wireless communication unit, wherein, comparing the two sensing modes of the sensor unit, a mode having a relatively long sensing interval is defined as the first mode and a mode having a relatively short sensing interval is defined as the second mode.

Claims

1. A sensing wireless terminal comprising:

a sensor unit having at least two sensing modes;

a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit sensing data corresponding to a signal sensed by the sensor unit to another terminal, the wireless communication unit receiving control data transmitted from the other terminal; and

a control unit configured to determine whether or not to change a mode from a first mode to a second mode based on the signal sensed by the sensor unit, the control unit determining whether or not to change the mode from the second mode to the first mode based on the control data received by the wireless communication unit, wherein, comparing the two sensing modes of the sensor unit, a mode having a relatively long sensing interval is defined as the first mode and a mode having a relatively short sensing interval is defined as the second mode.

2. The sensing wireless terminal according to claim 1, wherein, if it is determined that the mode is changed from the first mode to the second mode, then the control unit controls the wireless communication unit to transmit a signal to the other terminal, wherein the signal activates a communication unit provided in the other terminal.

3. A sensing method by using a sensing wireless terminal including a sensor unit, the sensing method comprising:

a step of sensing, by the sensor unit, with a first mode or a second mode, wherein a mode having a relatively long sensing interval is defined as the first mode and a mode having a relatively short sensing interval is defined as the second mode;

a step of wirelessly transmitting sensing data corresponding to a signal sensed by the sensor unit to another terminal, and receiving control data transmitted from the other terminal; and

a step of determining whether or not to change a mode from a first mode to a second mode based on the signal sensed by the sensor unit, and determining whether or not to change the mode from the second mode to the first mode based on the control data that has been received.

4. A sensing system including a sensing wireless terminal and a terminal for receiving sensing data from the sensing wireless terminal, wherein

the sensing wireless terminal comprises:

a sensor unit having at least two sensing modes;

a first wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit sensing data corresponding to a signal sensed by the sensor unit to another terminal, the first wireless communication unit receiving control data transmitted from the other terminal; and

a control unit configured to determine whether or not to change a mode from a first mode to a second mode based on the signal sensed by the sensor unit, the control unit determining whether or not to change the mode from the second mode to the first mode based on the control data received by a second wireless communication unit, wherein, comparing the two sensing modes of the sensor unit, a mode having a relatively long sensing interval is defined as the first mode and a mode having a relatively short sensing interval is defined as the second mode, and

the terminal comprises;

the second wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive the sensing data from the sensing wireless terminal, the second wireless communication unit transmitting the control data to the sensing wireless terminal.