Presented here are system and methods for collecting information from devices, such as sensors, that are not necessarily connected to the Internet. Multiple sensors are distributed in a geographic area. The sensors power up every 10 minutes to gather data about the environment and then power down to save battery. A collecting device, i.e., a device attached to a moving object, traverses the geographic area containing the sensors, and continuously sends wake-up signals into the environment. When a sensor is within 20 feet of the collecting device, and receives the wake-up signal, the sensor uploads the gathered data to the collecting device. Subsequently, when the collecting device establishes an Internet connection, the collecting device uploads the gathered data to a central database.

Presented here are system and methods for collecting information from devices, such as sensors, that are not necessarily connected to the Internet. Multiple sensors are distributed in a geographic area. The sensors power up every 10 minutes to gather data about the environment and then power down to save battery. A collecting device, i.e., a device attached to a moving object, traverses the geographic area containing the sensors, and continuously sends wake-up signals into the environment. When a sensor is within 20 feet of the collecting device, and receives the wake-up signal, the sensor uploads the gathered data to the collecting device. Subsequently, when the collecting device establishes an Internet connection, the collecting device uploads the gathered data to a central database.

Presented here are system and methods for collecting information from devices, such as sensors, that are not necessarily connected to the Internet. Multiple sensors are distributed in a geographic area. The sensors power up every 10 minutes to gather data about the environment and then power down to save battery. A collecting device, i.e., a device attached to a moving object, traverses the geographic area containing the sensors, and continuously sends wake-up signals into the environment. When a sensor is within 20 feet of the collecting device, and receives the wake-up signal, the sensor uploads the gathered data to the collecting device. Subsequently, when the collecting device establishes an Internet connection, the collecting device uploads the gathered data to a central database.

Presented here are system and methods for collecting information from devices, such as sensors, that are not necessarily connected to the Internet. Multiple sensors are distributed in a geographic area. The sensors power up every 10 minutes to gather data about the environment and then power down to save battery. A collecting device, i.e., a device attached to a moving object, traverses the geographic area containing the sensors, and continuously sends wake-up signals into the environment. When a sensor is within 20 feet of the collecting device, and receives the wake-up signal, the sensor uploads the gathered data to the collecting device. Subsequently, when the collecting device establishes an Internet connection, the collecting device uploads the gathered data to a central database.

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Signal processing apparatus includes: an input interface configured to receive an output signal V.sub.a(T) from a sensor; a prediction circuit configured to generate, on the basis of a relationship different depending on each of a plurality of converged values V.sub.c, a plurality of predicted values V.sub.b.sub._.sub.T2 corresponding to a value of the output signal that would be obtained at a time T2 after a time T1, in a transition response period before a response time period Tr elapses where Tr denotes a response time period required for a value of the output signal V.sub.a(T) to become a converged value V.sub.c corresponding to a value P of a parameter representing a certain property of an object to be measured, in accordance with a value V.sub.a.sub._.sub.T1 of the output signal obtained at the time T1; and an estimation circuit configured to generate, on the basis of the value V.sub.a.sub._.sub.T2 of the output signal obtained at the time T2 and the plurality of predicted values V.sub.b.sub._.sub.T2, an estimated value Pe of a parameter representing the certain property of the object to be measured.

Signal processing apparatus includes: an input interface configured to receive an output signal V.sub.a(T) from a sensor; a prediction circuit configured to generate, on the basis of a relationship different depending on each of a plurality of converged values V.sub.c, a plurality of predicted values V.sub.b.sub._.sub.T2 corresponding to a value of the output signal that would be obtained at a time T2 after a time T1, in a transition response period before a response time period Tr elapses where Tr denotes a response time period required for a value of the output signal V.sub.a(T) to become a converged value V.sub.c corresponding to a value P of a parameter representing a certain property of an object to be measured, in accordance with a value V.sub.a.sub._.sub.T1 of the output signal obtained at the time T1; and an estimation circuit configured to generate, on the basis of the value V.sub.a.sub._.sub.T2 of the output signal obtained at the time T2 and the plurality of predicted values V.sub.b.sub._.sub.T2, an estimated value Pe of a parameter representing the certain property of the object to be measured.

Provided is a data management system including an environment data acquisition unit configured to acquire, from an environment sensor, environment data obtained by measuring a production environment where a product is produced from a raw material, a sensor selection unit configured to select a specific sensor from among measurement sensors, each of which is configured to measure a production target serving as a target of the production, according to a relevance with respect to the environment sensor, and a parameter setting unit configured to set a measurement parameter in the specific sensor based on the environment data.

Provided is a data management system including an environment data acquisition unit configured to acquire, from an environment sensor, environment data obtained by measuring a production environment where a product is produced from a raw material, a sensor selection unit configured to select a specific sensor from among measurement sensors, each of which is configured to measure a production target serving as a target of the production, according to a relevance with respect to the environment sensor, and a parameter setting unit configured to set a measurement parameter in the specific sensor based on the environment data.

Provided is a storage device including: a first storage region comprising a plurality of sensor regions for the plurality of the sensors; a second storage region into which a data set is written, the data set being generated by reading, from the respective plurality of sensor regions, sampling data of a sensor having a longest sampling period among the plurality of sensors for one period and sampling data of other sensors for a period corresponding to the period in which the sampling data of the sensor for the one period is generated and integrating the sampling data; and a control unit configured to write the sampling data of the plurality of sensors into the plurality of sensor regions, respectively, in a ring buffer format and generate the data set at a predetermined timing and write the data set into the second storage region in the ring buffer format.