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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Henricus Antonius Gerardus Van Vugt, Heldmond, NL;
Joseph Henricus Gerardus Rous, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/028 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/823 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/886 (2013.01);
Abstract
A self-powered sensor device () is provided which comprises a wireless network unit () configured to enable a communication in a Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN), an energy converting unit () configured to convert a first physical quantity into energy, and an energy harvesting unit () configured to harvest energy from the energy converted by the energy converting unit (), and to initiate a sending of a message via the wireless network unit () every time a predetermined amount of energy is harvested by the energy harvesting unit ().