IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,523,357
Granted Patent B2
US 11,523,357 · App. 16/667,017 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Sensor data processing system and sensor data synchronization system

Inventors: Kazuyoshi Takeda (Chino, JP); Kazuma Aizawa (Ueda, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H04W56/0015H04W84/18
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,523,357
App. No.
16/667,017
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a sensor data processing system including: a plurality of sensor terminals, each including a sensor that outputs measurement data; a synchronization signal generation apparatus that simultaneously transmits a synchronization signal in a wireless manner to the plurality of sensor terminals through an access point; and a data processing apparatus that performs processing on the measurement data, in which, after synchronization that is based on the synchronization signal is established, each of the plurality of sensor terminals transmits the measurement data in a wireless manner to the data processing apparatus through the access point during a communication duration that is allocated in a mutually exclusive manner.

Claims (24)

1. A sensor data processing system comprising:

a plurality of sensor terminals, each including a sensor that outputs measurement data;

a single access point that is in wireless communication with each of the plurality of sensor terminals, the single access point being configured to wirelessly communicate with different ones of the plurality of sensor terminals, each of the plurality of sensor terminals being in communication with the same single access point wirelessly;

a data processing apparatus that is in wireless communication with the single access point, receives the measurement data in a wireless manner from the plurality of sensor terminals through the single access point and performs processing on the measurement data; and

a synchronization signal generation apparatus that is in wireless communication with the single access point and that simultaneously transmits a synchronization signal in a wireless manner both to the plurality of sensor terminals and the data processing apparatus through the single access point,

wherein, after synchronization that is based on the synchronization signal being established, each of the plurality of sensor terminals transmits the measurement data in a wireless manner to the data processing apparatus through the single access point during a communication duration that is allocated in a mutually exclusive manner.

2. The sensor data processing system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of sensor terminals transmits the measurement data to which an acquisition time is added, to the data processing apparatus during the communication duration.

3. The sensor data processing system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the synchronization signal includes first time information in compliance with a first time standard,

and

wherein the data processing apparatus acquires second time information in compliance with a second time standard from a time server through a communication network, and, based on the first time information and the second time information, converts a time at which the measurement data is acquired, into a time in compliance with the second time standard.

4. The sensor data processing system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the synchronization signal generation apparatus transmits the synchronization signal multiple times with a fixed periodicity to the plurality of sensor terminals, and when a reception interval of the synchronization signal falls successively multiple times within a specified range, each of the plurality of sensor terminals determines that the synchronization is established.

5. The sensor data processing system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of sensor terminals (1) includes a data acquisition section that acquires the measurement data from the respective sensor, and (2) corrects a timing at which the data acquisition section acquires the measurement data, based on a timing at which the synchronization signal is received.

6. The sensor data processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is an inertial sensor.

7. A sensor data synchronization system comprising:

a plurality of sensor terminals, each including a sensor that outputs measurement data;

a single access point that is in wireless communication with each of the plurality of sensor terminals, the single access point being configured to wirelessly communicate with different ones of the plurality of sensor terminals, each of the plurality of sensor terminals being in communication with the same single access point wirelessly; and

a synchronization signal generation apparatus that is in wireless communication with the single access point and that simultaneously transmits a synchronization signal in a wireless manner to both the plurality of sensor terminals and a data processing apparatus through the single access point,

wherein, after synchronization that is based on the synchronization signal being established, each of the plurality of sensor terminals transmits the measurement data in a wireless manner to the data processing apparatus through the single access point during a communication duration that is allocated in a mutually exclusive manner, and

the data processing apparatus is in wireless communication with the single access point, receives the measurement data in a wireless manner from the plurality of sensor terminals through the single access point and performs processing on the measurement data.

8. The sensor data synchronization system according to claim 7 ,

wherein the synchronization signal generation apparatus transmits the synchronization signal multiple times with a fixed periodicity to the plurality of sensor terminals, and when a reception interval of the synchronization signal falls successively multiple times within a specified range, each of the plurality of sensor terminals determines that the synchronization is established.

9. The sensor data synchronization system according to claim 7 , wherein the sensor is an inertial sensor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2019
From: TAKEDA, KAZUYOSHI; AIZAWA, KAZUMA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050852/0987 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-203967 · Oct 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200137705A1 · Apr 30, 2020