Provided are a method for time synchronization between a head-mounted device and a peripheral device. The method includes: obtaining sample data of an inertial measurement unit of the peripheral device, and determining a first timestamp representing a time at which the sample data is sampled; transmitting an interrupt request and the sample data to the head-mounted device, and determining a second timestamp representing a time at which the interrupt request is transmitted; determining a third timestamp representing a time at which the interrupt request is received by the head-mounted device; and determining a time difference based on the third timestamp and the second timestamp, and performing time compensation for the first timestamp based on the time difference to enable the peripheral device and the head-mounted device to complete the time synchronization with a unified time standard.

A system and method that provide a means to overcome errors in determining the source of an electromagnetic event due to reflection, absorption and scattering of the electromagnetic field due to metallic parts of the electric equipment.

A sensor node of the invention includes: a first to nth (n is an integer equal to or greater than two) environmental sensors which are configured to acquire ambient environmental information; a transmitter that is configured to regularly issue ambient environmental information acquired by at least one of the second to nth environmental sensors at a predetermined cycle and is configured to irregularly issue ambient environmental information acquired by the first environmental sensor and ambient environmental information acquired by at least one of the second to nth environmental sensors; a detector that is configured to detect a change value of ambient environmental information acquired by the first environmental sensor greater than a first threshold value; and a transmission interval controller that is configured to control a timing at which the transmitter regularly and irregularly issues the ambient environmental information.

Systems and methods are provided for environment sensing. The system includes a sensor node having a sensor. The sensor includes a sensing material configured to be in contact with an ambient environment. The system includes a remote system having a communication circuit and a controller circuit. The communication circuit is configured to be wirelessly communicatively coupled to the sensor node. The controller circuit electrically coupled to the communication circuit. The controller circuit configured to receive an impedance response of the sensing material and analyze the impedance response of the sensing material at frequencies that provide a linear response of the sensing material to an analyte of interest and at least partially reject effects of interferences.

Aspects of the present disclosure may help reduce power consumption by coordinating both the sampling of sensor data and bundled reporting of sensor data with one or more reduced power state (e.g., power saving mode (PSM) and/or extended/enhanced discontinuous reception (eDRX)) on periods of the UE.

To provide a control device and control system capable of implementing time synchronization of sensor data, even in a case of using a common sensor interface device. A control device that receives information related to sensor values from a sensor interface device includes: a timing signal generation unit that generates a timing signal, an additional information generation unit that generates additional information synchronized with the timing signal, and an output unit that outputs the timing signal and additional information to the sensor interface device.

In some implementations, a sensor may determine a delay latency value associated with an amount of time from completion of a set of sensor tasks to an actual time of reception of a trigger to selectively transmit or sample sensor data. The sensor may calculate a deviation of the delay latency value from a target delay latency. The sensor may transmit a data frame including an indication associated with the deviation of the delay latency value from the target delay latency.

A method provides data synchronization between a sensor hub and an application processor, which contains at least the following steps: generating and adding a plurality of absolute time stamps in a sensor-data stream; and generating and adding a plurality of pieces of sensor data and a plurality of relative time stamps in the sensor-data stream between the moments of generating each two adjacent absolute time stamps, wherein each relative time stamp is associated with one piece of sensor data.

A battery system monitor includes cell measurement circuits (CMCs) that each measure a voltage at or current through a pair of terminals of a respective associated battery module from among a plurality of plurality of battery modules in a battery system. Wireless communication transceivers (WCTs), each associated with a different CMC, transmit voltage or current measurement information of the associated CMC across a wireless communication link. A controller receives the voltage or current measurement information from the wireless communication transceivers for monitoring the state of operation of the battery system. Battery system monitoring is improved through synchronization of clocks in different CMCs or WCTs to enable synchronous sampling of multiple battery modules, through systems for determining relative positions of battery modules in a series coupling of battery modules between terminals of the battery system, and through improvements to the reliability of wireless communication.

Systems and methods are provided for environment sensing. The system includes a sensor node having a sensor. The sensor includes a sensing material configured to be in contact with an ambient environment. The system includes a remote system having a communication circuit and a controller circuit. The communication circuit is configured to be wirelessly communicatively coupled to the sensor node. The controller circuit electrically coupled to the communication circuit. The controller circuit configured to receive an impedance response of the sensing material and analyze the impedance response of the sensing material at frequencies that provide a linear response of the sensing material to an analyte of interest and at least partially reject effects of interferences.