Data provision apparatus
AssigneeSick AG
InventorSebastian Süss
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Abstract
A data provision apparatus for providing position data and additional data to a higher-ranking unit comprises a signal preparation unit that is configured to receive position data and to receive additional data, to combine the position data and the additional data with one another for a joint data transmission and to subsequently output them in a combined form. In this respect, the data provision apparatus further comprises a signal processing unit that is configured to receive position data from a position detection apparatus and to receive additional data from an additional data acquisition apparatus, to bring the additional data into a defined relationship, preferably a temporal relationship, with the position data and to subsequently output at least the additional data to the signal preparation unit.
Claims20
A data provision apparatus (11) for providing position data (P) and additional data (Z) to a higher-ranking unit (21), comprising:
- a signal preparation unit (13) that is configured to receive position data (P) and to receive additional data (Z), and to combine the position data (P) and the additional data (Z) with one another for a joint data transmission and to subsequently output them in a combined form to the higher-ranking unit (21);
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- a signal processing unit (15) that is configured to:
- receive the position data (P) from a position detection apparatus (17) and to receive the additional data (Z) from an additional data acquisition apparatus (19),
- bring the additional data (Z) into a defined relationship with the position data (P);
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- subsequently output at least the additional data (Z) to the signal preparation unit (13).
A method for providing position data (P) and additional data (Z) to a higher-ranking unit (21), comprising the following steps:
- acquiring position data (P) by means of a position detection apparatus (17);
- acquiring additional data (Z) by means of an additional data acquisition apparatus (19);
- calculating the additional data (Z) in dependence on the position data (P) by means of a signal processing unit (15) such that the additional data (Z) have a defined relationship with the position data (P);
- combining the position data (P) and the additional data (Z) for a joint data transmission by means of a signal preparation unit (13);
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- outputting the combined position and additional data (P, Z) to the higher-ranking unit (21).
A method for providing position data (P) and additional data (Z) to a higher-ranking unit (21), comprising the following steps:
- generating a common trigger signal (t) by means of a signal processing unit (15);
- outputting the common trigger signal (t) in a synchronized manner to a position detection apparatus (17) and an additional data acquisition apparatus (19);
- in response to the common trigger signal (t), acquiring position data (P) by means of the position detection apparatus (17) and acquiring additional data (Z) by means of the additional data acquisition apparatus (19);
- combining the position data (P) and the additional data (Z) for a joint data transmission by means of a signal preparation unit (13);
- and
- outputting the combined position data and additional data (P, Z) to the higher-ranking unit (21).
A method for providing position data (P) and additional data (Z) to a higher-ranking unit (21), comprising the following steps:
- acquiring position data (P) by means of a position detection apparatus (17);
- generating a position-based trigger signal (p) in dependence on the position data (P) by means of the position detection apparatus (17) or by means of a signal processing unit (15);
- outputting the position-based trigger signal (p) to an additional data acquisition apparatus (19);
- in response to the position-based trigger signal (p), acquiring additional data (Z) by means of the additional data acquisition apparatus (19);
- combining the position data (P) and the additional data (Z) for a joint data transmission by means of a signal preparation unit (13);
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- outputting the combined position data and additional data (P, Z) to the higher-ranking unit (21).
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