Apparatus for compact internetworked wireless integrated network sensors (WINS)

US7797367B1 · kind B1 · utility

Inventors

• David C. Gelvin · Escondido, US
• Lewis D. Girod · Arlington, US
• William J. Kaiser · Los Angeles, US
• William M. Merrill · Los Angeles, US
• Fredric Newberg · Culver City, US
• Gregory J. Pottie · Los Angeles, US
• Anton I. Sipos · Los Angeles, US
• Sandeep Vardhan · Walnut, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 4, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 14, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S40/18
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The Wireless Integrated Network Sensor Next Generation (WINS NG) nodes provide distributed network and Internet access to sensors, controls, and processors that are deeply embedded in equipment, facilities, and the environment. The WINS NG network is a new monitoring and control capability for applications in transportation, manufacturing, health care, environmental monitoring, and safety and security. The WINS NG nodes combine microsensor technology, low power distributed signal processing, low power computation, and low power, low cost wireless and/or wired networking capability in a compact system. The WINS NG networks provide sensing, local control, remote reconfigurability, and embedded intelligent systems in structures, materials, and environments.