Components, systems, and methods for associating sensor data with component location

US8264366B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CORNING INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Aravind Chamarti · Ashburn, US
• John David Downie · Corning, US
• James Scott Sutherland · Riverside, US
• Richard E. Wagner · Corning, US
• Dale Alan Webb · Corning, US
• Matthew Scott Whiting · Lawrenceville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 11, 2012
• Expiry date: May 16, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2209/823
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Components having one or more sensors adapted to provide sensor data relating to a condition(s) of the component are disclosed. The component is adapted to communicate with another mating component to associate sensor data with identity information of the mating component. The sensor and identity information can be communicated remotely including via radio-frequency communications employing RF identification devices (RFIDs). Location of the mating component can be determined using the identity information of the mating component. In this manner, the sensor data can be associated with the location of the mating component using the identity information in a “component-to-component” configuration to provide location-specific sensor data. Having the ability to localize sensor data to a specific location can assist in pinpointing areas where performance or other condition issues may exist in a component, a mating component, an article of manufacture associated with the components, and/or communication and/or transmissions lines coupled between components.