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US 2013/0170639 A1Published application
Transmission of Data Including Conversion of Ternary Data to Binary Data
AssigneeThe Chamberlain Group, Inc.
InventorsJames J. Fitzgibbon, Eric Gregori
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Abstract
Binary data relating to a movable barrier operator is converted to ternary data. The ternary data is converted into corresponding binary information in a way not mirroring the first conversion method. In one approach, this second conversion converts each ternary trit into a corresponding binary pair. Initial binary bits correspond to, for example, fixed and/or non-fixed information.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- converting first binary data comprising information relating to a movable barrier operator into ternary data using a first conversion method;
- converting the ternary data to a binary format to provide binary information representative of the information relating to the movable barrier operator, the converting done in a way not mirroring the first conversion method;
- transmitting the binary information between the movable barrier operator and a peripheral device.
An apparatus comprising at least one of a movable barrier operator and a device that communicates with a movable barrier operator, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory device configured to store first binary data comprising information relating to a movable barrier operator;
- a processing device in operable communication with the memory device and configured to convert the first binary data into ternary data using a first conversion method and to convert the ternary data to a binary-formatted version in a way not mirroring the first conversion method;
- a transmitter operably coupled to the processing device and the memory device and configured to externally transmit the binary-formatted version of the ternary data to one of the movable barrier operator and the device that communicates with the movable barrier operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.