Patent ID: 7536255
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: G05B,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An information processing device in a sensor network system including a plurality of sensors and the information processing device collecting data of sensing results obtained by the plurality of sensors, the information processing device comprising: a signal receiving section configured to receive an information request signal indicating target information which is information requested from the information processing device; an information converting section configured to divide the target information into a combination of information elements which appropriately compose the target information in accordance with correspondence between the target information and the combination of information elements, each of the information elements being acquirable from one of the sensing results of the sensors, the correspondence being pre-set as a target information/information element conversion table; and a resource specification information recognizing section configured to recognize resource specification information corresponding to the respective information elements converted by the information converting section in accordance with a resource specification information table indicating correspondence between the respective information elements and the resource specification information which specifies resources that can be information sources of the respective information elements; the resource specification information table including (i) data processing information which indicates a process required in processing data obtained from a resource and (ii) communication information which indicates a communication for accessing the resource, the data processing information and the communication information being added to the resource specification information; the information processing device further comprising: a data acquiring section configured to acquire data of sensing results obtained by one or more of the plurality of sensors that are selected in accordance with the resource specification information by using the communication information; a data processing section configured to process the data acquired by the data acquiring section in accordance with the data processing information; and an output section configured to output information based on the data processed by said data processing section.