Association functionality in a mobile monitoring device for continual remote monitoring of a condition
First Claim
1. A mobile monitoring device for monitoring a condition to which an object is exposed as it moves between multiple wireless local area networks, each of which at least including one or more mobile or fixed network managers, wherein the monitoring device is configured to dynamically join a network with a network manager which is local to the monitoring device, the mobile monitoring device comprising:
- a sensor module for monitoring the condition and periodically producing sensor module data relating to the condition, wherein the sensor module data includes inertial navigation data;
a first transceiver component for receiving network manager data from the local network manager;
an associator component for comparing the network manager data with the sensor module data and, if the network manager data equals or approximates the sensor module data, establishing an association with the local network manager, during which association geographical location data of the local network manager is included in the network manager data and for, if the network manager data does not approximate the sensor module data and if an association with the local network manager is established, dissolving the association with the local network manager; and
,an inertial navigation component for, responsive to the associator component dissolving the association, incrementally estimating a geographical location of the monitoring device using, as an initial set-point, the geographical location data of the local network manager received immediately prior to the association being dissolved and the subsequent inertial navigation data produced by the sensor module of the monitoring device.
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Abstract
A mobile monitoring device for continual remote monitoring of a condition is provided. The device includes a sensor module for monitoring the condition and producing sensor module data relating to the condition. A first transceiver component receives network manager data from a local network manager and may transmit sensor module data to the network manager for remote monitoring by a server. An associator component compares the network manager data with the sensor module data. If they approximate each other, an association with the local network manager is established, during which geographical location data of the local network manager is included in the network manager data. The association is dissolved if the network manager data no longer approximates the sensor module data, after which an inertial navigation component incrementally estimates a geographical location of the monitoring device using the previously received geographical location data and subsequent sensor module inertial navigation data.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile monitoring device for monitoring a condition to which an object is exposed as it moves between multiple wireless local area networks, each of which at least including one or more mobile or fixed network managers, wherein the monitoring device is configured to dynamically join a network with a network manager which is local to the monitoring device, the mobile monitoring device comprising:
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a sensor module for monitoring the condition and periodically producing sensor module data relating to the condition, wherein the sensor module data includes inertial navigation data; a first transceiver component for receiving network manager data from the local network manager; an associator component for comparing the network manager data with the sensor module data and, if the network manager data equals or approximates the sensor module data, establishing an association with the local network manager, during which association geographical location data of the local network manager is included in the network manager data and for, if the network manager data does not approximate the sensor module data and if an association with the local network manager is established, dissolving the association with the local network manager; and
,an inertial navigation component for, responsive to the associator component dissolving the association, incrementally estimating a geographical location of the monitoring device using, as an initial set-point, the geographical location data of the local network manager received immediately prior to the association being dissolved and the subsequent inertial navigation data produced by the sensor module of the monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for monitoring a condition to which an object is exposed, the method being conducted by a mobile monitoring device having a sensor module which monitors the condition and periodically produces sensor module data as the monitoring device moves between multiple wireless local area networks, each of which at least including one or more mobile or fixed network managers, wherein the monitoring device is configured to dynamically join a network with a network manager which is local to the monitoring device, the method comprising:
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receiving sensor module data from the sensor module, the sensor module data including inertial navigation data; receiving network manager data from the local network manager; comparing the network manager data with the sensor module data; if the network manager data equals or approximates the sensor module data, establishing an association with the local network manager, during which association geographical location data of the local network manager is included in the network manager data and, if the network manager data does not approximate the sensor module data and if an association with the local network manager is established, dissolving the association with the local network manager; and
,responsive to dissolving the association, incrementally estimating a geographical location of the monitoring device using, as an initial set-point, the geographical location data of the local network manager received immediately prior to the association being dissolved and the subsequent inertial navigation data produced by the sensor module of the monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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