Method of communicating a signal from a sensor, connected to a connector, to an auxiliary module
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsKazumi Nagasawa, Toshiaki Ozaki, Norihito Shimizu
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Abstract
An electronic connector connected to a sensor or a switch, and communicating a signal through a common bus includes an I/O unit receiving a signal from the sensor or the switch, a control unit generating a control signal for controlling the driving of a load corresponding to the sensor or the switch according to the signal received from the I/O unit, and a communication unit having a function of decoding the control signal and transmitting the control signal to an equipment connected to the corresponding load through the common bus.
Claims12
An electronic connector connected to a sensor or a switch, and communicating a signal through a common bus, comprising:
- an I/O unit, receiving a signal from the sensor or the switch;
- a control unit, generating a control signal for controlling the driving of a load corresponding to the sensor or the switch according to the signal received from the I/O unit;
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- a communication unit, having a function of decoding the control signal, and transmitting the control signal to an equipment connected to the corresponding load through the common bus.
An electronic connector connected to a load, and communicating a signal through a common bus, comprising:
- a communication unit, receiving a control signal for controlling the driving of the load through the common bus;
- a control unit, decoding the control signal, and generating a drive signal for driving the load;
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- a load driving unit, driving the load according to the drive signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.