Sensor signal replication systems and methods
OwnerDean Groseinventor
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Abstract
A signal transmitter and method. The signal transmitter includes an input to receive a sensor signal, an analog to digital converter coupled to the input to convert the sensor signal to a digital representation of the sensor signal, a communication adapter, and a processor coupled to the analog to digital converter and the signal processor. The processor contains instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to manipulate the digital representation to create a replicated digital signal that corresponds to the sensor signal and transmit the replicated digital signal to a second processor-based device through the communication adapter.
Claims20
A signal transmitter, comprising:
- an input to receive a sensor signal;
- an analog to digital converter coupled to the input to convert the sensor signal to a digital representation of the sensor signal;
- a communication adapter;
- and
- a processor coupled to the analog to digital converter and the communication adapter, the processor containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- manipulate the digital representation to create a replicated digital signal that corresponds to the sensor signal;
- and
- transmit the replicated digital signal to a second processor-based device through the communication adapter.
A signal repeater, comprising:
- an input to be coupled to an electrical signal from a sensor;
- an analog to digital converter coupled to the input to convert the sensor signal to a digital representation of the sensor signal;
- a processor coupled to the analog to digital converter, the processor containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- create a digital representation of the electrical signal provided by the sensor from the digital representation of the sensor signal;
- and
- a communication adapter coupled to the processor to transmit the digital representation across a network to a receiving processor-based node using Internet Protocol packets.
A signal repetition method, comprising:
- receiving a sensor signal;
- converting the sensor signal to a digital representation that corresponds to the sensor signal received;
- and
- transmitting the digital representation of the sensor signal to a separate device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.