Method and system for evaluation of sensor observations
First Claim
1. A method in a sensor observation system for reporting observations to data users, said observations originating from data collected from a network of sensors, the method comprising:
- storing sensor information that describes sensors in the network of sensors;
storing user information that describes the data users;
receiving and storing observation data of an observation from one of the sensors in the network of sensors;
tagging the stored observation data with stored sensor information that corresponds to the sensor;
providing a first observation report of the observation data originating from the sensor to a first data user of the data users;
receiving a rating of the first observation report with respect to quality of the report from the first data user;
linking the received rating from the first data user with the stored observation data from the sensor;
tagging the received rating with stored user information corresponding to the first data user;
creating rating information pertaining to reliability of said sensor, based on the rating received from the first data user;
providing a second observation report of any observation data originating from said sensor to a second data user, the second observation report comprising said rating information to indicate reliability of the second observation report; and
monitoring the sensor observation system by triggering a check of one of the sensors in the network of sensors based on said rating information.
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Abstract
Method and sensor observation system (200), for reporting observations to data users (204) based on sensor data collected (2:1) from a network of sensors (202). A first observation report that originates from a sensor in the network, is provided (2:4) to a first data user and a rating with respect to quality of the first observation report is received (2:5) from the first data user. Rating information is then created (2:8) based on the received rating, and a second observation report originating from the same sensor and comprising said rating information is provided (2:10) to a second data user. The comprised rating information thus indicates reliability of the second observation report. Thereby, the second data user is enabled to estimate and use the second observation report depending on its reliability as indicated by the rating information.
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20 Claims
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1. A method in a sensor observation system for reporting observations to data users, said observations originating from data collected from a network of sensors, the method comprising:
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storing sensor information that describes sensors in the network of sensors; storing user information that describes the data users; receiving and storing observation data of an observation from one of the sensors in the network of sensors; tagging the stored observation data with stored sensor information that corresponds to the sensor; providing a first observation report of the observation data originating from the sensor to a first data user of the data users; receiving a rating of the first observation report with respect to quality of the report from the first data user; linking the received rating from the first data user with the stored observation data from the sensor; tagging the received rating with stored user information corresponding to the first data user; creating rating information pertaining to reliability of said sensor, based on the rating received from the first data user; providing a second observation report of any observation data originating from said sensor to a second data user, the second observation report comprising said rating information to indicate reliability of the second observation report; and monitoring the sensor observation system by triggering a check of one of the sensors in the network of sensors based on said rating information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A sensor observation system configured to report observations to data users, said observations originating from data reported from a network of sensors, comprising:
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a storage device adapted to store sensor information that describes sensors in the network of sensors, and to store user information that describes the data users; an observation unit adapted to collect and store observation data of an observation from one of sensors in the network of sensors and to tag the stored observation data with stored sensor information that corresponds to the sensor; a presentation unit adapted to provide a first observation report of the observation data originating from the sensor to a first data user of the data users; and a rating unit adapted to receive a rating of the first observation report with respect to quality of the report from the first data user, to link the received rating from the first data user with the stored observation data from the sensor, to tag the received rating with stored user information corresponding to the first data user, and to create rating information pertaining to reliability of said sensor based on the rating received from the first data user, wherein the presentation unit is further adapted to provide a second observation report of any observation data originating from said sensor to a second data user, the second observation report comprising said rating information to indicate reliability of the second observation report, and wherein the rating unit is further configured to monitor the sensor observation system by triggering a check of one of the sensors in the network of sensors based on said rating information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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