Methods and arrangements for sensors

• US 9,418,529 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2013
• Issued: 08/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Frohlick, Eric, Chen, Xiaofan, Eerpina, Srinivas, Guarin, Ronaldo J., Angell, William D.
• Primary Examiner(s): TRIEU, VAN THANH
• Application Number:
  US14/145,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20140162707A1
• Time in Patent Office: 959 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.22, 340/539.26, 340/506, 340/520, 340/521, 340/541, 340/627, 726/22
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/00 Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/196 using television cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/00 Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/00 Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/007 Details of data content structure of message packets; data protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/43 using wireless personal area networks [WPAN], e.g. 802.15, 802.15.1, 802.15.4, Bluetooth or ZigBee
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/823 where the data is sent when the measured values exceed a threshold, e.g. sending an alarm
• 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 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Generally, smart sensors, logic to process messages from smart sensors, and smart sensor systems are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to communicate events as messages via a messaging system to post the messages to a messaging account. The messaging system may be a texting service like Twitter™ that captures the messages and then re-broadcasts the messages, e.g., immediately as a tweet or a cellular text message. In some embodiments, the smart sensor comprises a communications module with a Twitter™ application program interface (API) on a communications platform with a software/hardware framework to interconnect with one or more pluggable monitors with sensors. In other embodiments, the communications module may be integrated with one or more monitors. Further embodiments comprise a smart-device, which can provide status updates and event notifications to a user.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one sensor to produce sensor data;

monitor logic physically coupled with the sensor, the monitor logic to;

detect a sensor event related to movement of a physical object based at least in part on the sensor data; and

generate a multimedia message in response to detection of the sensor event, wherein the multimedia message comprises text and a captured digital image that is captured in response to the sensor event; and

a communication module physically coupled with the monitor logic, the communication module with a cellular network interface to wirelessly communicate with a messaging system to cause transmission of the multimedia message through a cellular network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the multimedia message comprises system data of the system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is a cellular phone.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitor logic is further to generate the text.

5. A method comprising:

generating, by a smart sensor, sensor data via at least one sensor of the smart sensor;

detecting, by the smart sensor, a sensor event related to movement of a physical object based at least in part on the sensor data;

generating, by the smart sensor, a multimedia message in response to the detecting of the sensor event, wherein the multimedia message comprises text and a captured digital image that is captured in response to the sensor event; and

communicating, by a cellular network interface of the smart sensor, with a messaging system to transmit the multimedia message through a cellular network.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the multimedia message comprises system data of the system.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the smart sensor is a mobile phone.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising generating, by the smart sensor, the text.

9. At least one computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by an apparatus, cause the apparatus to:

detect a sensor event related to movement of a physical object based at least in part on the sensor data generated by at least one sensor of the apparatus;

generate a multimedia message in response to detection of the sensor event, wherein the multimedia message comprises text and a captured digital image that is captured in response to the sensor event; and

communicate, by a cellular network interface of the apparatus, with a messaging system to cause transmission of the multimedia message through a cellular network.

10. The at least one computer-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein the multimedia message comprises system data of the apparatus.

11. The at least one computer-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is a cellular phone.

12. The at least one computer-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein the instructions are further to generate the text.

13. An apparatus comprising:

at least one sensor;

means for detecting a sensor event related to movement of a physical object based at least in part on the sensor data;

means for generating a multimedia message in response to the detecting of the sensor event, wherein the multimedia message comprises text and a captured digital image that is captured in response to the sensor event; and

means for communicating, through a cellular network interface, with a messaging system to transmit the multimedia message through a cellular.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the multimedia message comprises system data of the apparatus.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the apparatus is a mobile phone.

16. The system of claim 13, further comprising means to generate the text.