Integrated transducer data system
AssigneeCooper Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsJohn Luchini, Mark Basinger
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Abstract
An improved sensor module assembly to be used in an array for measuring the distribution of forces, displacements, or temperatures or other physically measurable quantity of an article being tested or measured. A programmable digital processor is installed at each sensor and connected between transducers and a digital bus. This integrated transducer digital processor can send data as high fidelity, digital signals with commensurately low noise to another digital processor. The integrated transducer digital processor can also send and receive other digital information, allowing communication of commands and data among processors, including a larger, centralized, digital processor which may be employed to read and store the digital data signals.
Claims12
A system for integrating a sensor, transducers, and a digital processor comprising:
- a sensor that is responsive to changes in input forces, temperature, or other physical quantity;
- one or more transducers associated with said sensor to convert the sensor responses to analog electrical signals;
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- a digital signal processor to convert the transducer electrical signals to digital signals, said transducers being connected to the digital signal processor.
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