Data processing apparatus, data processing system, and data processing method

• US 9,794,858 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2015
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Suzuki, Takahisa, Yamashita, Koichiro, Yamauchi, Hiromasa, Kurihara, Koji, Otomo, Toshiya, Teranishi, Yuta
• Primary Examiner(s): Kizou, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Belur, Deepa
• Application Number:
  US14/603,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20150131486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A data processing apparatus that is installed in plural in an installation area and processes data of each installation site, includes a processor that based on a combination of identification information included in calibration information respectively transmitted by calibration nodes and self-identification generation information that is included in the calibration information and for identifying the data processing apparatus among the plural data processing apparatuses, generates self-identification information; a memory device that retains the self-identification information; and a wireless communications circuit that receives the calibration information from the calibration nodes and performs transmission and reception of the data with an adjacent data processing apparatus provided in the installation area.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus that is installed in plural in an installation area and processes data of each installation site, the data processing apparatus comprising:

a processor that generates self-identification information for identifying the data processing apparatus among a plurality of data processing apparatuses;

a memory device that retains the generated self-identification information; and

a wireless communications circuit that receives calibration information used to generate the self-identification information for identifying the data processing apparatus, from a plurality of calibration nodes and performs transmission and reception of data with an adjacent data processing apparatus among the plurality of data processing apparatuses provided in the installation area,

wherein

the calibration information received from a calibration node, from among the calibration nodes, includes a combination of sets of paired calibration node identification information identifying the calibration node and distance information indicating a distance of the data processing apparatus from the calibration node.

2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the data processing apparatus transmits by the wireless communications circuit, a radio wave to reach the adjacent data processing apparatus and transfer the calibration information and the data to the adjacent data processing apparatus, and

the processor:

generates the self-identification information based on the distance indicating a first hop count from the calibration node when the calibration information is received by the data processing apparatus, and

transfer to the adjacent data processing apparatus, the calibration information that includes a second hop count generated according to an incremented first hop count based upon the transfer performed by the data processing apparatus to the adjacent data processing apparatus as the distance from the calibration node.

3. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the processor, when the calibration node identification information of the calibration information received on multiple occasions is identical and distances as hop counts differ, generates the self-identification information based on a hop count that is smaller.

4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the data processing apparatus receives, from each of the plurality of calibration nodes, a first radio wave to reach the installation area and includes the calibration node identification information thereof in the calibration information,

the plurality of data processing apparatuses transmit by the wireless communications circuit, a second radio wave to reach the adjacent data processing apparatus and transfer the data to the adjacent data processing apparatus, and

the processor generates the self-identification information from a combination of the calibration node identification information that is of the plurality of calibration nodes and included in the calibration information, and a radio wave intensity of the first radio wave.

5. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor appends the self-identification information to the processed data and transmits the processed data to the adjacent data processing apparatus.

6. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a sensor that detects a displacement at the installation site, wherein

the processor data-processes the displacement detected by the sensor.

7. The data processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processor, when the displacement detected by the sensor exceeds a given threshold, transmits the processed data to the adjacent data processing apparatus.

8. A data processing system in which a plurality of data processing apparatuses are provided in an installation area and that processes data of each installation site and transmits the processed data to a data aggregating apparatus, the data processing system comprising:

a plurality of calibration nodes that are temporarily installed at mutually different positions to provide self-identification information to the plurality of data processing apparatuses for respectively identifying the plurality of data processing apparatuses and that each transmit to the installation area, calibration information that includes calibration node identification information, respectively identifying a calibration node among the plurality of calibration nodes, and distance information to indicate a distance of the calibration node from each of the plurality of data processing apparatuses; and

a data processing apparatus among the plurality of data processing apparatuses includes;

a wireless communications circuit that receives the calibration information from the plurality of calibration nodes and performs transmission and reception of data with an adjacent data processing apparatus among the plurality of data processing apparatuses provided in the installation area,

a processor that generates the self-identification information based upon the calibration information received from a calibration node, from among the calibration nodes,

the calibration information including a combination of sets of paired calibration node identification information identifying the calibration node and distance information indicating a distance of the data processing apparatus from the calibration node, and

a memory device that retains the generated self-identification information.

9. The data processing system according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of data processing apparatuses transmit by the wireless communications circuit, a radio wave to reach the adjacent data processing apparatus and through the adjacent data processing apparatus, transfer and transmit the data to the data aggregating apparatus.

10. A data processing method of installing a plurality of data processing apparatuses in an installation area, processing data of each installation site, and transmitting the data to a data aggregating apparatus, the data processing method comprising:

to provide self-identification information to the plurality of data processing apparatuses for respectively identifying the plurality of data processing apparatuses;

installing a plurality of calibration nodes that each transmit to the installation area, calibration information that includes calibration node identification information, respectively identifying a calibration node among the plurality of calibration nodes, and distance information to indicate a distance of the calibration node from each of the data processing apparatuses;

by a data processing apparatus among the plurality of data processing apparatuses,

generating the self-identification information based upon the calibration information received from a calibration node, from among the calibration nodes,

the calibration information including a combination of sets of paired calibration node identification information identifying the calibration node and distance information indicating a distance of the data processing apparatus from the calibration node, and

retaining the generated self-identification information in a memory device.

11. The data processing method according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of data processing apparatuses, after generating the self-identification information, append the self-identification information to the processed data and transmit the processed data to the data aggregating apparatus.