Adaptive network and method

US8707075B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MEMSIC TRANSDUCER SYSTEMS CO., LTD. · CN

Inventors

• Alan Broad · Palo Alto, US
• Rahul Kapur · San Francisco, US
• Jaidev Prabhu · San Jose, US
• Martin A. Turon · Berkeley, US
• Ning Xu · Irvine, US
• Xin Yang · Suzhou, CN
• Matt Miller · Grass Valley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 24, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2014
• Expiry date: May 30, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02D30/70
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A plurality of modules interact to form an adaptive network in which each module transmits and receives data signals indicative of the proximity of objects. A central computer accumulates the data produced or received and relayed by each module. One of the modules is operable as a leaf node having a sleep mode to conserve energy and an interactive mode. The central computer can send a message to the leaf node commanding it to stay awake in order to receive subsequent communications.