Transducer arrangement for measuring load variations
AssigneeIee International Electronics & Engineering S.A.
InventorsWerner Bieck, Edmund Marx
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Abstract
The invention relates to a transducer arrangement for converting a load variation into one or more electrical output signals. The transducer arrangement comprises at least one transducer element and an evaluation unit operatively connected to the transducer element. The transducer arrangement can be used amongst others, for healthcare applications, sport leisure activities, impact detection for safety applications in the automotive industry as well as for safety surveillance systems in the industry.
Claims9
A transducer arrangement for converting a load variation into one or more electrical output signals, said transducer arrangement comprising:
- at least one transducer element, and
- an evaluation unit operatively connected to said transducer element,
- wherein said transducer element comprises a combination of a first transducer and a second transducer, and
- wherein said evaluation unit comprises:
- a first evaluation circuit associated to said first transducer for converting static load or quasi-static load variations into a first output signal,
- a second evaluation circuit associated to said second transducer for converting a highly dynamic load variations into a second output signal, and
- an output circuit operatively connected to said first evaluation circuit and said second evaluation circuit for outputting at least one of said first electrical output signal and said second electrical output signal.
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