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Granted Patent B2
US 11,005,941 · App. 16/068,857 · Granted May 11, 2021

Sensor management method and device

Inventors: Hae-In Chun (Suwon-si, KR); Seong-Hwan Oh (Yongin-si, KR); Dae-Eun Yi (Seoul, KR); Sung-Do Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Yang-Wook Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); In-Hak Na (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04L67/125G06T7/75G08B25/08G08B29/145G08B29/20H04W4/38H04W4/50H04W12/35H04W12/65H04W12/77
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Patent No.
US 11,005,941
App. No.
16/068,857
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a communication technique, which is a convergence of IoT technology and 5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond 4G system, and a system for same. The present invention can be applied to smart services (e.g. smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security- and safety-related services and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. A sensor management terminal, provided in an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: generating a constituent image of a space in which a sensor is installed; obtaining a sensor identifier of the sensor on the basis of the constituent image; obtaining the sensor information of the sensor corresponding to the sensor identifier; determining a detection area of the sensor on the basis of the constituent image and sensor information; and displaying the determined detection area on the constituent image.

Claims (46)

1. A method for managing a sensor in a terminal, the method comprising:

generating a constituent image of a space in which the sensor is installed;

obtaining a sensor identifier of the sensor on the basis of the constituent image;

obtaining sensor information on the sensor corresponding to the sensor identifier;

determining a detection area of the sensor on the basis of the constituent image and the sensor information; and

displaying the determined detection area on the constituent image,

wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether to add a sensor to the space on the basis of the determined detection area of the sensor; and

determining a position for the sensor to be added in the space on the basis of at least one of the sensor information and sensor influencer information, which is information on an object affecting the detection area of the sensor, in response to determining that the sensor is to be added to the space.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the constituent image comprises:

obtaining a space image by photographing a two-dimensional or three-dimensional space relating to the space; and

generating the constituent image of the space using the obtained space image and position information on terminal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the obtaining of the sensor identifier comprises:

identifying a sensor image from the space image; and

obtaining the sensor identifier corresponding to the identified sensor image from a mapping table per sensor.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining of the sensor information comprises:

transmitting the sensor identifier to a server; and

receiving the sensor information from the server.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the obtaining of the sensor information further comprises receiving sensor influencer information, which is information on an object affecting the detection area of the sensor, and

the sensor influencer information comprises list information on a sensor influencer, a detection influence coefficient that indicates influence degree to which the sensor influencer affect the sensor, and image information on the sensor influencer.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the detection area of the sensor comprises:

determining an initial detection area on the basis of a detection range and a detection angle of the sensor comprised in the sensor information; and

determining a final detection area on the basis of the determined initial detection area and the constituent image.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the determining of the final detection area comprises:

determining a calibration value on the basis of an influence function per distance comprised in the sensor information and the detection influence coefficient comprised in the sensor influencer information; and

calibrating the determined initial detection area by the determined calibration value.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the position for the sensor to be added comprises:

determining an initial position for the sensor to be added by a predetermined method;

determining a calibration value for the determined initial position; and

determining a final position for the sensor to be added by calibrating the determined initial position by the determined calibration value.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining of the calibration value comprises:

obtaining an initial calibration value on the basis of an influence function per distance (f(x)) comprised in the sensor information and the detection influence coefficient (Y) comprised in the sensor influencer information; and

determining the initial calibration value as the calibration value.

10. A terminal for managing a sensor, the terminal comprising:

a controller configured to generate a constituent image of a space in which the sensor is installed, to obtain a sensor identifier of the sensor on the basis of the constituent image, to obtain sensor information on the sensor corresponding to the sensor identifier, and to determine a detection area of the sensor on the basis of the constituent image and the sensor information; and

a display configured to display the determined detection area on the constituent image,

wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether to add a sensor to the space on the basis of the determined detection area of the sensor and to determine a position for the sensor to be added in the space on the basis of at least one of the sensor information and sensor influencer information, which is information on an object affecting the detection area of the sensor, in response to determining that the sensor is to be added to the space.

11. The terminal of claim 10 , wherein the control unit is configured to obtain a space image by photographing a two-dimensional or three-dimensional space relating to the space; and to generate the constituent image of the space using the obtained space image and position information on the terminal.

12. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the control unit is configured to identify a sensor image from the space image; and to obtain the sensor identifier corresponding to the identified sensor image from a mapping table per sensor.

13. The terminal of claim 10 , wherein the control unit is configured to transmit the sensor identifier to a server; and to receive the sensor information from the server.

14. The terminal of claim 13 , wherein the control unit is configured to obtain of the sensor information further comprises receiving sensor influencer information, which is information on an object affecting the detection area of the sensor, and

the sensor influencer information comprises list information on a sensor influencer, a detection influence coefficient that indicates influence degree to which the sensor influencer affect the sensor, and image information on the sensor influencer.

15. The terminal of claim 10 , wherein the control unit is configured to determine an initial detection area on the basis of a detection range and a detection angle of the sensor comprised in the sensor information; and to determine a final detection area on the basis of the determined initial detection area and the constituent image.

16. The terminal of claim 15 , wherein the control unit is configured to determine a calibration value on the basis of an influence function per distance comprised in the sensor information and the detection influence coefficient comprised in the sensor influencer information; and to calibrate the determined initial detection area by the determined calibration value.

17. The terminal of claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to determine an initial position for the sensor to be added by a predetermined method; to determine a calibration value for the determined initial position; and to determine a final position for the sensor to be added by calibrating the determined initial position by the determined calibration value.

18. The terminal of claim 17 , wherein the controller is configured to obtain an initial calibration value on the basis of an influence function per distance (f(x)) comprised in the sensor information and the detection influence coefficient (Y) comprised in the sensor influencer information; and to determine the initial calibration value as the calibration value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2018
From: CHUN, HAE-IN; OH, SEONG-HWAN; YI, DAE-EUN; CHOI, SUNG-DO; KIM, YANG-WOOK; NA, IN-HAK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046297/0787 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0002668 · Jan 8, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190020721A1 · Jan 17, 2019