Data collection device with an analog switch

Abstract

A device can include an analog switch including a plurality of inputs and outputs, a data acquisition circuit adapted to request and receive a plurality of detection values corresponding to a plurality of input sensors forming a data pool and communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit wherein each of the plurality of input sensors is coupled to at least one of the plurality of inputs of the analog switch, a data storage component adapted to store specifications and anticipated state information for the plurality of input sensors, and a response circuit adapted to provide the data acquisition circuit with direction regarding a manner in which the plurality of detection values is requested, wherein the analog switch is adapted to selectively couple, based at least in part on the direction, at least one of the plurality of inputs to at least one of the plurality of outputs.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device comprising:
 an analog switch comprising a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs;   a data acquisition circuit adapted to request and receive a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to a plurality of input sensors forming a data pool and communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit wherein each of the plurality of input sensors is coupled to at least one of the plurality of inputs of the analog switch;   a data storage component adapted to store specifications and anticipated state information for the plurality of input sensors of the data pool; and   a response circuit adapted to provide the data acquisition circuit with direction regarding a manner in which the plurality of detection values is requested,   wherein the analog switch is adapted to selectively couple, based at least in part on the direction, at least one of the plurality of inputs to at least one of the plurality of outputs.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the data pool is self-organizing. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the data pool is self-organized based, at least in part, on at least one of a yield metric and a utilization metric. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the utilization metric accounts for a cost of at least one of acquiring and storing data. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the data pool is managed by a self-organizing machine learning facility. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the self-organizing machine learning facility is adapted to configure the data pool via at least one of managing one or more sources of the plurality of detection values, managing an availability of one or more data streams and managing at least on API for moving data into and out of the data pool. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the data pool is organized, at least in part, by cognitive capabilities. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the data pool is self-organized based, at least in part, in response to a learning feedback. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the learning feedback is calculated in an analytic system. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein a content of the data pool is varied based, at least in part, on a state of a host system. 
     
     
         11 . A method comprising:
 requesting and receiving a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to a plurality of input sensors forming a data pool, wherein each of the plurality of input sensors is coupled to at least one of a plurality of inputs of an analog switch comprising a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs;   storing component specifications and anticipated state information for the plurality of input sensors of the data pool;   providing a direction regarding a manner in which the plurality of detection values is requested; and   selectively coupling at least one of the plurality of inputs to at least one of the plurality of outputs based, at least in part, on the direction.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the data pool is self-organizing. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the data pool is self-organized based, at least in part, on at least one of a yield metric and a utilization metric. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the utilization metric accounts for a cost of at least one of acquiring and storing data. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising configuring the data pool via at least one of managing one or more sources of the plurality of detection values, managing an availability of one or more data streams and managing at least one API for moving data into and out of the data pool. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the data pool is organized, at least in part, by cognitive capabilities. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the data pool is self-organized based, at least in part, in response to a learning feedback. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein a content of a data pool is varied based, at least in part, on a state of a host system. 
     
     
         19 . A device comprising:
 an analog switch comprising a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs;   a data acquisition circuit adapted to request and receive a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to a plurality of input sensors forming a data pool and communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit wherein each of the plurality of input sensors is coupled to at least one of the plurality of inputs of the analog switch;   a data storage component adapted to store specifications and anticipated state information for the plurality of input sensors of the data pool; and   a means for providing the data acquisition circuit with direction regarding a manner in which the plurality of detection values is requested,   wherein the analog switch is adapted to selectively couple at least one of the plurality of inputs to at least one of the plurality of outputs.   
     
     
         20 . The device of  claim 19 , further comprising a means for self-organizing the data pool based, at least in part, on at least one of a yield metric and a utilization metric. 
     
     
         21 . The device of  claim 19 , further comprising a means for self-organizing the data pool, the means for self-organizing comprising cognitive capabilities. 
     
     
         22 . The device of  claim 19 , further comprising a means for self-organizing the data pool based, at least in part, in response to a learning feedback.