Signal Generator, Decoder, Method for Generating a Transmit Signal and Method for Determining Speed Data

A signal generator configured to generate a transmit signal based on a sensor signal indicating a repeatedly detected event, occurring within differing time intervals, wherein the transmit signal comprises pulses or signal edges associated with detected events representing the temporal occurrence of the event and additional information representing additional data, wherein the additional data comprises at least one frame comprising a predefined number of additional data bits, wherein the signal generator is configured to generate the transmit signal so that the information of the additional data bits of the at least one frame is interrupted within the transmit signal by at least one pulse or one signal edge associated with a detected event.

A decoder configured to determine speed data and additional decoded data based on a received signal, wherein the decoder is configured to determine the speed data based on repeatedly and within differing time intervals occurring pulses or signal edges within the receive signal, wherein each time interval of the differing time intervals comprises one pulse or one signal edge, and wherein the decoder is configured to determine at least one frame of additional decoded data comprising a predefined number of additional data bits based on information obtained from at least two time intervals of the differing time intervals.

A method for generating a transmit signal, comprising:

• providing a sensor signal indicating a repeatedly detected event, occurring within differing time intervals;
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• generating a transmit signal based on the sensor signal, wherein the transmit signal comprises event information representing the temporal occurrence of the event and additional information representing additional data, wherein the event information comprises pulses or signal edges associated with detected events, wherein the pulses or signal edges are temporally separated within the transmit signal according to the differing time intervals of detected events so that each time interval of the differing time intervals comprises one pulse or one signal edge associated to a detected event, wherein the additional data comprises at least one frame comprising a predefined number of additional data bits, wherein the information of the additional data bits of the at least one frame is distributed over at least two time intervals of the differing time intervals.

A method for determining speed data and additional decoded data based on a received signal, comprising:

• determining the speed data based on repeatedly and within differing time intervals occurring pulses or signal edges within a receive signal, wherein each time interval of the differing time intervals comprises one pulse or one signal edge;
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• determining at least one frame of additional decoded data comprising a predefined number of additional data bits based on information obtained from at least two time intervals of the differing time intervals.

A computer program having a program code on a non-transitory medium for performing, when the computer program is executed on a computer or processor, a method to generate a transmit signal comprising providing a sensor signal indicating a repeatedly detected event, occurring within differing time intervals, and generating a transmit signal based on the sensor signal, wherein the transmit signal comprises event information representing the temporal occurrence of the event and additional information representing additional data, wherein the event information comprises pulses or signal edges associated with detected events, wherein the pulses or signal edges are temporally separated within the transmit signal according to the differing time intervals of detected events so that each time interval of the differing time intervals comprises one pulse or one signal edge associated with a detected event, and wherein the additional data comprises at least one frame comprising a predefined number of additional data bits, wherein the information of the additional data bits of the at least one frame is distributed over at least two time intervals of the differing time intervals.

A computer program having a program code on a non-transitory medium for performing, when the computer program is executed on a computer or processor, a method for determining speed data and additional decoded data based on a received signal, the method comprising determining the speed data based on repeatedly and within differing time intervals occurring pulses or signal edges within a receive signal, wherein each time interval of the differing time intervals comprises one pulse or one signal edge, and comprising determining at least one frame of additional decoded data comprising a predefined number of additional data bits based on information obtained from at least two different time intervals of the differing time intervals.