Telemetry system and apparatus

• US 9,247,321 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2010
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jain Agriculture Services, LLC
• Original Assignee: Observant Pty Ltd. (JAIN Irrigation Systems Limited)
• Inventors: Pryor, James Matthew, Kahl, Anthony, Wallace, Stephen, Garbellini, Gino, Holmes A Court, Simon
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Shirley
• Application Number:
  US13/145,340
• Publication Number:
  US 20110273304A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,195 Days
• Field of Search: 340/870.01, 340/539.13
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/88 Providing power supply at the sub-station
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/00 Network data management

Abstract

An apparatus for receiving information at a location and communicating at least a subset of said information to a second location comprising an energy module; a communications module; and a data module.

Claims

1. A telemetry apparatus for receiving information at a location and communicating at least a subset of said information to a second location, the telemetry apparatus comprising:

a memory store;

a plurality of modules executing on one or more computer processors and including an energy module, a communications module, and a data module;

wherein at least one of the plurality of modules is configured to;

receive into the memory store, operational parameters from one or more sources, the operational parameters comprising at least one of;

cost;

a communication parameter;

energy use;

operational requirements;

and environmental conditions;

generate by a processor, a machine readable system plan at least partially from the received information from the one or more sources, wherein the system plan includes, for each operational parameter, a scope of value, and one or more priority weightings, the one or more priority weightings based at least on a source of the operational parameters from among the one or more sources;

self-adjust one or more aspects of the telemetry apparatus based on the one or more priority weightings of the operational parameters of the system plan; and

provide a visual indication of at least one operational parameter.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1 configured to work in conjunction with at least one other such apparatus.

3. A method for constructing a telemetry apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving into the memory store, operational parameters from one or more sources, the operational parameters comprising at least one of;

cost;

a communication parameter;

energy use;

operational requirements; and

environmental conditions;

generating by a processor, a machine readable system plan at least partially from the received information of the one or more sources, wherein the system plan includes, for the operational parameter, a scope of value, and one or more priority weightings, the one or more priority weightings based at least on a source of the operational parameters;

autonomously adjusting one or more aspects of a telemetry system based on the one or more priority weightings of the operational parameters of the system plan; and

providing a visual indication of at least one operational parameter.

4. A non-transitory machine readable medium comprising instructions which, when read by the machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving into the memory store, operational parameters from one or more sources, the operational parameters comprising at least one of;

cost;

a communication parameter;

energy use;

operational requirements; and

environmental conditions;

generating by a processor, a machine readable system plan at least partially from the received information from the one or more sources, wherein the system plan includes, for the operational parameter, a scope of value, and one or more priority weightings, the one or more priority weightings based at least on a source of the received information from among the one or more sources;

self-adjusting one or more aspects of a telemetry system based on the one or more priority weighting of the operational parameters of the system plan; and

providing a visual indication of at least one operational parameter.