Sensor network system and data retrieval method for sensing data
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- HITACHI LTD
- Publication Date
- 2006-07-20
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
[0001] The present application claims priority from Japanese application P2005-7525 filed on Jan. 14, 2005, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference into this application. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to a technology of using information supplied by a large number of sensors connected with the network.
[0003] The Internet and other networks have been used in recent years mainly for accessing documents, images, movies, sounds or other stored contents through search engines or previously set links. In other words, the technology of accessing the stored contents has been nearly completed.
[0004] On the other hand, a technology of transmitting the current information is streaming technology made up of continuously transmitting images captured by a camera installed at a fixed position (web camera). Lately, sensor network technology of acquiring through a network sensing data acquired from a large number of small wireless sens...