Distributed remote sensing system component interface

• US 9,852,630 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2017
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fybr LLC
• Original Assignee: Fybr LLC
• Inventors: Becker, Paul, Goodwin, Richard E., Horton, Edwin
• Primary Examiner(s): Lieu, Julie
• Application Number:
  US15/593,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20170249841A1
• Time in Patent Office: 228 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/91 for traffic control G01S13/93 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/11 wherein the cooperating elements are pseudolites or satellite radio beacon positioning system signal repeaters
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/48 by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position solutions derived from a further system
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/9314 Parking operations
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/04 using optical or ultrasonic detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/042 using inductive or magnetic detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/144 on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA]

Abstract

A distributed remote sensing system including at least one gateway, at least one sensing device and a communication interface providing radio frequency communication through a shared frequency scheme between each sensing device and one of the at least one gateway and between each sensing device and another of the at least one gateway through a different frequency scheme.

Claims

1. A distributed remote sensing system comprising:

at least one gateway;

at least one sensing device; and

a communication interface providing radio frequency communication through a predetermined shared variable frequency scheme between each sensing device and one of the at least one gateway and between each sensing device and another of the at least one gateway through a different variable frequency scheme that is independent of the predetermined shared variable frequency scheme, wherein the at least one sensing device predeterminately pairs with the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway and is configured so as to switch communications between the one of the least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway based on unavailability of at least one of either the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway.

2. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensing device is further configured to store a time stamp data at the at least one sensing device based on both of the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway being unavailable.

3. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 2, wherein the at least one sensing device transmits the time stamp data when either of the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway becomes available.

4. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 1, wherein the distributed remote sensing system comprises a parking monitoring system.

5. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 1, wherein the communication interface further provides communication between the at least one gateway and a peripheral device.

6. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 5, wherein communication between the at least one gateway and the peripheral device is through a central controller.

7. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensing device is configured to switch communication from the one of the at least one gateway to the another of the at least one gateway in response to an attribute of a communication with the one of the at least one gateway.

8. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 7, wherein the at least one sensing device is configured to initiate the switch in communication from the one of the at least one gateway to the another of the at least one gateway.

9. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 7, wherein the another of the at least one gateway has a frequency hopping scheme shared with the at least one sensing device.

10. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 9, wherein the at least one sensing device selects a frequency of the frequency hopping scheme corresponding to a time of switching from the one of the at least one gateway to the another of the at least one gateway.

11. A distributed remote sensing system comprising:

at least one gateway;

at least one sensing device; and

a communication interface providing radio frequency communication through a predetermined shared variable frequency scheme between each sensing device and one of the at least one gateway and between each sensing device and another of the at least one gateway through a different variable frequency scheme that is independent of the predetermined shared variable frequency scheme, wherein the at least one sensing device predeterminately pairs with the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway and is configured so as to store a time stamp data at the at least one sensing device based on both of the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway being unavailable.

12. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 11, wherein the at least one sensing device is further configured so as to switch communications between the one of the least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway based on a predetermined length of time of unavailability of at least one of either the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway.

13. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 11, wherein the at least one sensing device transmits the time stamp data when either of the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway becomes available.

14. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 11, wherein the communication interface further provides communication between the at least one gateway and a peripheral device.

15. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 14, wherein communication between the at least one gateway and the peripheral device is through a central controller.

16. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 15, wherein the peripheral device is a handheld device and the central controller provides parking space information on a display of the peripheral device.

17. The distributed remote sensing system of claim 11, further comprising a controller configured to process data from the at least one sensing device.

18. A method comprising:

providing at least one gateway;

providing at least one sensing device;

providing, with a communication interface, radio frequency communication through a predetermined shared variable frequency scheme between each sensing device and one of the at least one gateway and between each sensing device and another of the at least one gateway through a different variable frequency scheme; and

predeterminately pairing, via the communication interface, each sensing device with the predetermined shared variable frequency scheme corresponding to each sensing device from different variable frequency schemes of the communication interface and the at least one sensing device.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising switching communications between the one of the least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway based on unavailability of at least one of either the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising storing a time stamp data at the at least one sensing device based on both of the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway being unavailable.