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US 2004/0104717 A1Published application
Flexible scanning and sensing platform
AssigneeSystem to ASIC, Inc.
InventorsVadim Bondarev, Eric R. Brooks
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Abstract
A detection method and apparatus that includes a controller and a plurality of remote sensor units, each containing sensor elements, connected to the controller to achieve custom detection profiles and resolutions that are optimized for a given application by alteration of scanning sequences used by the controller, variation of scanning frequencies, adjustment in response times, and utilization of multi-modal sensing methods.
Claims39
A detection apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of remote sensing units;
- and
- a single controller coupled to the plurality of remote sensing units, the controller configured to activate each remote sensing unit discrete from the remaining remote sensing units in accordance with a predetermined activation sequence.
A scanning and control system, comprising:
- a plurality of remote sensing units;
- a single controller coupled to the plurality of remote sensing units, the controller configured to activate each remote sensing unit discrete from the remaining remote sensing units in accordance with a predetermined activation sequence, to receive a detection signal from each remote sensing unit, and to generate an output in response thereto;
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- a controlled device coupled to the controller and configured to be controlled in response to the output from the controller.
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A detection apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of remote sensing units;
- and
- a single controller coupled to the plurality of remote sensing units, the controller configured to activate each remote sensing unit in one of either a simultaneous mode and a predetermined activation sequence mode.
A method of detection, comprising:
- providing multiple remote sensing units;
- and
- providing a controller coupled to the multiple remote sensing units and configuring the controller to independently control each remote sensing unit in accordance with multiple modalities and to process outputs independently from each of the remote sensing units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.