Patent ID: 9575580
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a sensor network comprising: a plurality of rows, a plurality of columns and a plurality of sensor elements, wherein each sensor element is associated with a unique combination of a row and a column but not every unique combination of row and column is associated with a sensor; at least one processor; memory storing a program of instructions; wherein the memory storing the program of instructions is configured to cause the apparatus to at least: from an available array of elements of the sensor network, wherein the available array includes at least one column in which two or more sensors are disposed in different rows, specify two or more rows to be concurrently selected, wherein the specification of two or more rows comprises specifying the rows of sensors such that no column in the sensor network includes two or more sensors belonging to the specified rows of sensors; concurrently select the specified rows; and read the columns during a comment selection of rows so as to detect sensing events at sensors disposed in the selected rows.