MEASUREMENT SYSTEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF SENSORS

摘要

A disclosed measurement system is constituted by a plurality of sensors coupled together via a bus. Each sensor can include a master system part and a slave system part. The measurement system can include a master sensor, wherein when the master system part of the master sensor is activated, the master sensor is used to collect, aggregate, and analyze information from all the slave sensors and/or from the master sensor per se; and a plurality of slave sensors, wherein when the master system part of each slave sensor is dormant while the slave system part of each slave sensor is activated, the slave sensor is used to collect and process information and deliver collected and processed information to the master sensor. When a fault occurs in the master sensor, one of the plurality of slave sensors can switch to become a new master sensor.

主权项

1. A measurement system comprising:
a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors being coupled together via a bus, each of the sensors being identical in physical structure and having a master system part and a slave system part; one master sensor, wherein when the master system part of the master sensor is activated, the master sensor being configured to collect, aggregate, and analyze information from the slave sensors and/or from the master sensor per se; and a plurality of slave sensors, wherein the master system part of each slave sensor is dormant while the slave system part of each slave sensor is activated, each slave sensor being configured to collect and process information and deliver the collected and processed information to the master sensor; wherein the plurality of sensors are configured to respond when a fault occurs in the master sensor, such that one of the plurality of slave sensors will switch to become a new master sensor.