US 12,436,525 B2
Sensor control system for controlling a sensor network
Zsófia Kallus, Budapest (HU); Péter Hága, Budapest (HU); and Máté Szebenyei, Budapest (HU)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/927,231
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed May 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/054987
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/240213, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0213920 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/4185 (2013.01) [G05B 19/4183 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a sensor control system for managing at least a first set of one or more sensors for monitoring a first domain of an industrial process and a second set of one or more sensors for monitoring a second domain of the industrial process, wherein the sensor control system comprises at least a first reinforcement learning (RL) agent and a second RL agent, wherein the first and second RL agents were trained using reinforcement learning and a process graph representing the industrial process, the method comprising:
the sensor control system receiving sensor data from the first set of one or more sensors;
the sensor control system using the received sensor data and the process graph to decide whether or not to reconfigure the first set of sensors and/or the second set of sensors; and
the sensor control system providing configuration information to the first set of sensors and/or the second set of sensors as a result of the sensor control system deciding to reconfigure the first set of sensors and/or the second set of sensors,
wherein the first and second domains are defined based on sensor locations; or
wherein the first and second domains are defined based on functional similarities.