IP Library Granted Patent US 11,010,271
Granted Patent B2
US 11,010,271 · App. 16/131,061 · Granted May 18, 2021

Information processing device, status monitoring system, and recording medium

Inventor: Takeshi Noguchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
G06F11/3055G06F11/3003G06F11/328H04L41/06H04L41/147H04L67/12G06F2201/80
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Patent No.
US 11,010,271
App. No.
16/131,061
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A status monitoring system includes multiple sensors that detect a status of a monitoring target, a transmission unit that transmits changed detection data when detection data detected by the multiple sensors changes, a storage unit that stores the detection data transmitted by the transmission unit, a prediction unit that predicts, from past detection data stored in the storage unit, a time at which the detection data detected by the multiple sensors is predicted to change, and an instruction unit that instructs a specific subset of the multiple sensors to transmit data for checking operation a preset amount of time before the time predicted by the prediction unit.

Claims (35)

1. A status monitoring system comprising:

a plurality of sensors that detect a status of a monitoring target;

a transmission unit that transmits changed detection data when detection data detected by the plurality of sensors changes;

a storage unit that stores the detection data transmitted by the transmission unit; and

a processor configured to:

predict, from past detection data stored in the storage unit, a time at which the detection data detected by the plurality of sensors is predicted to change,

instruct a specific subset of the plurality of sensors to transmit data for checking operation a preset amount of time before the time predicted,

receive a reply from the storage unit that the data was received, and switch the storage unit from a low-power mode state to a normal operating power mode state,

on a condition that the data transmitted is not received by the storage unit, issue an error notification, and

determine if a message is received, and when the message is received, issue an instruction to continue as if the reply was received.

2. The status monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of sensors are interconnected by a mesh network.

3. The status monitoring system according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of sensors are interconnected wirelessly in the mesh network.

4. The status monitoring system according to claim 2 , wherein

the processor instructs one or more sensors having many hops to the storage unit from among the plurality of sensors to transmit the data for checking operation a preset amount of time before the time predicted.

5. The status monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor issues a notification indicating an abnormality in a case in which the data for checking operation is not received correctly.

6. The status monitoring system according to claim 5 , wherein

the processor issues the notification indicating an abnormality by causing an announcement unit provided in a subset of the plurality of sensors to operate.

7. An information processing device comprising:

a storage unit that stores changed detection data transmitted from among detection data detected by a plurality of sensors that detect a status of a monitoring target; and

a processor configured to:

predicts, from past detection data stored in the storage unit, a time at which the detection data detected by the plurality of sensors is predicted to change,

instruct a specific subset of the plurality of sensors to transmit data for checking operation a preset amount of time before the time predicted,

receive a reply from the storage unit that the data was received, and switch the storage unit from a low-power mode state to a normal operating power mode state,

on a condition that the data transmitted is not received by the storage unit, issue an error notification, and

determine if a message is received, and when the message is received, issue an instruction to continue as if the reply was received.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for monitoring a status of a monitoring target, the process comprising:

storing, via a storage unit, changed detection data transmitted from among detection data detected by a plurality of sensors that detect the status of the monitoring target;

predicting, via a processor, from stored past detection data, a time at which the detection data detected by the plurality of sensors is predicted to change;

instructing, via the processor, a specific subset of the plurality of sensors to transmit data for checking operation a preset amount of time before the predicted time; and

receiving, via the processor, a reply from the storage unit that the data was received, and switch the storage unit from a low-power mode state to a normal operating power mode state;

on a condition that the data transmitted is not received by the storage unit, issuing, via the processor, an error notification, and

determining, via the processor, if a message is received, and when the message is received, issue an instruction to continue as if the reply was received.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADDRESS OF THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 056628 FRAME 0192. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 31, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 057391/0364 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 18, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056628/0192 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2018
From: NOGUCHI, TAKESHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046905/0264 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-009488 · Jan 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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