Wireless device association system
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1. An aircraft comprising a fuselage and further comprising:
- an object which is part of the aircraft;
a computer system inside of and connected to the aircraft;
a marker connected to the aircraft and associated with the object, wherein the marker is configured to wirelessly transmit a first wireless signal containing identification information unique to the marker, the first wireless signal having a limited range, wherein the limited range comprises a range that reaches less than all of an area of the aircraft;
a wireless device connected to the aircraft within the limited range, the wireless device configured to receive the first wireless signal and to transmit a second wireless signal to the computer system, the second wireless signal containing at least the identification information, wherein the wireless device further comprises a sensor configured to sense parameters of the object, and wherein the wireless device is further configured to transmit sensor data that includes the parameters and the identification information; and
wherein the computer system is configured to use the identification information to associate the wireless device with the object.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying sensor units. Identification information is received from a marker in a wireless signal generated by the marker at a wireless device. The marker is associated with an object. The identification information is sent from the wireless device to a computer system. The computer system associates the wireless device with the object using the identification information.
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1. An aircraft comprising a fuselage and further comprising:
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an object which is part of the aircraft; a computer system inside of and connected to the aircraft; a marker connected to the aircraft and associated with the object, wherein the marker is configured to wirelessly transmit a first wireless signal containing identification information unique to the marker, the first wireless signal having a limited range, wherein the limited range comprises a range that reaches less than all of an area of the aircraft; a wireless device connected to the aircraft within the limited range, the wireless device configured to receive the first wireless signal and to transmit a second wireless signal to the computer system, the second wireless signal containing at least the identification information, wherein the wireless device further comprises a sensor configured to sense parameters of the object, and wherein the wireless device is further configured to transmit sensor data that includes the parameters and the identification information; and wherein the computer system is configured to use the identification information to associate the wireless device with the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method executed with respect to an aircraft comprising a fuselage, an object forming part of the aircraft, a computer system inside of and connected to the aircraft, a marker connected to the aircraft and associated with the object, and a wireless device connected to the aircraft having a sensor configured to sense parameters of the object, the method-comprising:
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receiving, at the wireless device, identification information from the marker via a first wireless signal generated by the marker and that has a limited range, wherein the limited range comprises a range that reaches less than all of an area of the aircraft; sending sensor data that includes the parameters of the object and the identification information from the wireless device to the computer system via a second wireless signal; and automatically associating, by the computer system, the wireless device with the object using the identification information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of objects forming the apparatus; a computer system inside of and connected to the apparatus; a plurality of markers connected to the apparatus, wherein ones of the plurality of markers are associated with corresponding ones of the plurality of objects, wherein each of the plurality of markers are configured to transmit corresponding marker wireless signals containing corresponding identification information unique to any given marker, the corresponding marker wireless signals having a limited range, wherein the limited range comprises a range that reaches less than all of an area of the apparatus; a plurality of wireless devices connected to the apparatus, each of the plurality of wireless devices are within the limited range of at least one of the plurality of markers, wherein each of the plurality of wireless devices is configured to receive at least one corresponding marker wireless signal of at least one marker of the plurality of markers, wherein each of the plurality of wireless devices is further configured to transmit corresponding wireless signals containing the corresponding identification information to the computer system, and wherein a first set of the plurality of wireless devices comprise a plurality of sensors configured to sense parameters with respect to corresponding ones of the plurality of objects and wherein a second set of the plurality of wireless devices comprises a plurality of controllers configured to control corresponding operations of the plurality of objects, wherein at least one of the plurality of wireless devices both senses a parameter with respect to its corresponding object and controls an operation of its corresponding object; and wherein the computer system is configured to receive all of the corresponding wireless signals, and associate each of the wireless devices to at least one of the plurality of objects based on the corresponding identification information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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