Patent ID: 8558691

Claim:
A sensor information gathering apparatus which receives sensor information at a location remote from a sensing apparatus which controls a sensing period of a sensor based on a prescribed guidance signal, said sensing apparatus including: a guidance signal analyzing unit which analyzes said prescribed guidance signal, a sensing control unit which determines said sensing period based on an analysis result from said guidance signal analyzing unit, a sensor information segmenting unit which segments out, from sensor information acquired by said sensor, a portion of said sensor information acquired during said sensing period, a guidance signal receiving unit which receives said prescribed guidance signal via a prescribed communication line, and a data transmitting unit which transmits said segmented sensor information to said sensor information gathering apparatus, and wherein said prescribed guidance signal contains prescribed supplemental information, and wherein said sensor information gathering apparatus comprising: a guidance signal transmitting unit which transmits said prescribed guidance signal to said sensing apparatus; a supplemental information extracting unit which extracts said supplemental information from said guidance signal transmitted by said guidance signal transmitting unit; and a sensor information managing unit which manages said segmented sensor information received from said sensing apparatus, by using a supplemental signal extracted from said guidance signal used for detection of said sensor information.