A sensor management unit according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a sensing data acquisition portion configured to acquire sensing data obtained by a sensor observing a target; a metadata generating portion configured to generate dynamic metadata indicating an attribute of the sensor at a point in time when the sensing data is obtained, the attribute relating to a form of use of the sensor that may dynamically change over time; and a metadata managing portion configured to manage the generated dynamic metadata in association with the sensing data.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for providing data connectivity with various types of data session continuity. One apparatus 200 includes a processor 205 that receives a data session request, identifies a required continuity type based on the data session request, and establishes a PDU session having the required continuity type. The required continuity type may be selected from a plurality of continuity type supported by a mobile communication network 312. In various embodiments, the apparatus 200 includes a transceiver 225 that communicates with the mobile communication network 312.

A thermoelectric generator transmitter includes: a hollow exterior frame (12) having open ends; a heat-receiving plate (13) covering one of the open ends of the exterior frame (12); a columnar member (24) standing on the heat-receiving plate (13); a thermoelectric generation module (25) arranged for facilitating heat transfer between the columnar member (24) and the thermoelectric generation module; a radiator plate (14) covering a part of the other one of the open ends of the exterior frame (12), the part corresponding to a location of the thermoelectric generation module (25); a processor (231) drivable by electricity generated by the thermoelectric generation module (25) and capable of outputting a detection signal detected by a sensor (11) to an external device; and a terminal (17) that receives the detection signal of the sensor (11) from the external device. An inside of the exterior frame (12) is divided into a location of the thermoelectric generation module (25) and the processor (231) and a location of the terminal (17).

A controller is connected to controlled devices on a microfluidic chip with a multiplexer. Signal transmission band width is differently allocated amongst the plurality of controlled devices on the microfluidic chip.

An automatic inspection system, which includes a wireless slave device having a reading device that acquires a physical quantity to be inspected and a wireless master device that receives measurement data of the physical quantity from the wireless slave device, is provided with a data collection device that collects the measurement data from the wireless slave device via the wireless master device in a constant cycle and detects a time zone in which the measurement data is non-acquirable by the reading device based on a result of the collection. The wireless master device performs control to avoid the wireless slave device from re-acquisition of the measurement data in the non-acquirable time zone based on a result of the detection of the non-acquirable time zone.

An automatic inspection system, which includes a wireless slave device having a reading device that acquires a physical quantity to be inspected and a wireless master device that receives measurement data of the physical quantity from the wireless slave device, is provided with a data collection device that collects the measurement data from the wireless slave device via the wireless master device in a constant cycle and detects a time zone in which the measurement data is non-acquirable by the reading device based on a result of the collection. The wireless master device performs control to avoid the wireless slave device from re-acquisition of the measurement data in the non-acquirable time zone based on a result of the detection of the non-acquirable time zone.

Provided is a wireless sensor node which includes a sensor to convert a physical quantity into an electric signal to measure the physical quantity, a filter to extract a signal containing a predetermined frequency from the electric signal, a transmitter to transmit data based on the frequency extracted by the filter, a receiver to receive a command to be transmitted from an outside in a wireless manner, and a control unit to control a frequency to be extracted by the filter based on the command.

Provided is a wireless sensor node which includes a sensor to convert a physical quantity into an electric signal to measure the physical quantity, a filter to extract a signal containing a predetermined frequency from the electric signal, a transmitter to transmit data based on the frequency extracted by the filter, a receiver to receive a command to be transmitted from an outside in a wireless manner, and a control unit to control a frequency to be extracted by the filter based on the command.

A gas monitoring system includes at least one sensor device that detects gas and outputs a detection result; and a gateway that receives the detection result. The at least one sensor device includes a sensor module having a gas sensor that detects gas; an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter that processes the detection result outputted from the gas sensor; a communication module that communicates with the sensor module and transmits information processed by the A/D converter exteriorly of the at least one sensor device; a power source that is an electric power source of the sensor module; and a power source that is an electric power source of the communication module.

An IoT device for properly performing charging even when data from an IoT device is relayed and transmitted to a base station includes a first transmitter that directly transmits acquired data to the base station, a second transmitter that transmits the data to a neighboring device by near-field communication to relay the data by the neighboring device and transmit the data to the base station, and a third transmitter that transmits, to the base station, communication cost bearer information representing that the user of the IoT device bears the communication cost of the data relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.