Patent ID: 6535118
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
A priority controlled network comprising:a plurality of sensor terminals; at least one display terminal; control means for providing control signals to said plurality of sensor terminals and/or at least one display terminal; and a network interconnecting said plurality of sensor terminals, said at least one display terminal, and said control means; wherein each of said plurality of sensor terminals comprises: at least one sensor for providing data; processing means for generating an output signal from said data from said at least one sensor and for generating another data signal; priority calculating means for calculating and providing a priority signal of a particular value using said control signals from said control means and data from said at least one sensor and said another data signal from said processing means; and communication connected to said network for transmitting said output signal from said processing means and/or data from said at least one sensor to said at least one display terminal when said priority calculation means provides said priority signal of a particular value, so that priority of said data represented by said output signal will be transmitted within capacity of said network regardless of which of said plurality of sensor terminals are within a priority value, said communication means also receiving said control signals from said control means through said network and transmitting said control signals to said priority calculating means.