Universal interface for one or more sensors
AssigneeLoadstar Sensors, Inc.
InventorDivyasimha Harish
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Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus of a universal interface compatible with one or more sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring an electrical power signal of an external source at a universal interface device; communicating with the one or more sensors coupled to the universal interface device; conditioning, at the universal interface device, the electrical power signal; receiving an output of the one or more sensors operating on the conditioned electrical power signal; converting the output of to an appropriate form; communicating the appropriate form to the interface; and communicating the output of the one or more sensors to one or more data processing devices communicatively coupled to the universal interface device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- acquiring an electrical power signal of an external source at a universal interface device;
- communicating with one or more sensors coupled to the universal interface device through the universal interface device;
- conditioning, at the universal interface device, the electrical power signal, wherein the conditioning is based on a type of power used and a quality of power used by the one or more sensors;
- transferring the conditioned electrical power signal to the one or more sensors;
- receiving, at the universal interface device, an output of the one or more sensors operating on the conditioned electrical power signal;
- converting the output of the one or more sensors to an appropriate form thereof compatible with an interface associated with the universal interface device;
- communicating the appropriate form to the interface;
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- communicating the output of the one or more sensors to one or more data processing devices communicatively coupled to the universal interface device through the interface.
A system, comprising:
- one or more sensors;
- and
- a universal interface device coupled to the one or more sensors, wherein the universal interface device further:
- acquires an electrical power signal of an external source,
- communicates with the one or more sensors,
- conditions the electrical power signal, wherein the conditioning is based on a type of power used and a quality of power used by the sensor,
- transfers the conditioned electrical power signal to the one or more sensors,
- receives an output of the one or more sensors operating on the conditioned electrical power signal,
- converts the output of the one or more sensors to an appropriate form thereof compatible with an interface associated with the universal interface device,
- communicates the appropriate form to the interface, and
- communicates the output of the one or more sensors to one or more data processing devices communicatively coupled to the universal interface device through the interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.