Detection device and detection control method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorMasanori KOSUGI
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Abstract
A detection device for use with a master device is provided. The detection device includes an electric power source that is intermittently driven to generate electric power, a detector switched between a number of states by occurrence of a predetermined event or a predetermined state, an electric power accumulator that is charged or discharged by switching the state of the detector, and a controller powered by the electric power source. The controller is configured to determine the state of the detector and notify the master device of detection information corresponding to the state of the detector. Activation of the controller powered by the electric power source is followed by acknowledgment of the state of the detector by the controller based on a state of the electric power accumulator.
Claims9
A detection device for use with a master device, the detection device comprising:
- an electric power source that is intermittently driven to generate electric power;
- a detector switched between a number of states by occurrence of a predetermined event or a predetermined state;
- an electric power accumulator that is charged or discharged by switching the state of the detector;
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- a controller powered by the electric power source, wherein the controller is configured to determine the state of the detector and notify the master device of detection information corresponding to the state of the detector, wherein activation of the controller powered by the electric power source is followed by acknowledgment of the state of the detector by the controller based on a state of the electric power accumulator.
A detection control method used when a detection device outputs detection information to a master device, the detection device includes an electric power source that is intermittently driven to generate electric power, a detector configured to switch states when detecting a predetermined event or a predetermined state, an electric power accumulator charged or discharged by switching the state of the detector, and a controller powered by the electric power source, wherein the controller is configured to determine the state of the detector and notify the master device of detection information corresponding to the state of the detector, the detection control method comprising:
- acknowledging the state of the detector based on an electric power accumulation state of the electric power accumulator following activation of the controller being powered by the electric power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.