Determining cost and processing of sensed data

US9760914B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Ching-Hua Chen-Ritzo · Mahopac, US
• David A. Epstein · Ossining, US
• Rick A. Hamilton, II · Charlottesville, US
• Perry G. Hartswick · Millbrook, US
• Hongfei Li · Briarcliff Manor, US
• Clifford A. Pickover · Yorktown Heights, US
• Ralph P. Williams · Bartlesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/188
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems and apparatus for determining a proposed cost for use of sensor resources and selecting a method of processing of sensed data are presented. Such a method includes the steps of: predicting a state of an environment, obtaining at least one criterion related to the use of the sensor resources comprising one or more data sensors, determining the proposed cost for use of the sensor resources, acquiring the sensed data from the one or more data sensors, determining a characteristic of the sensed data, and selecting the method of processing the sensed data according to the determined characteristic and the predicted state. The at least one criterion is based upon the predicted state. The determining of the proposed cost is based on the at least one criterion. One or more of steps are implemented on the processor device.