Intelligent sensor: an attempt to define

We consider an intelligent measurement as a process of the result development based on all sorts of information which can be used with an application of intelligent technologies and methodologies. In real life systems, applied for control or testing, the measurement results compose only a part of information which is actually available and used for control purposes. An attempt to classify all the information available is given. As any measurement result incorporates some error, it can be considered as a fuzzy granule and a measurement process can be looked at as a fuzzy granulation process