发明名称 |
Networked sensor system |
摘要 |
A networked sensor system that simultaneously acquires, processes, and transmits sensor data under the control of a central processing unit. The system includes sensors connected to sensor processing modules. The sensor processing modules are serially coupled together and to the central processing unit by a fiber optic network. The central processing unit can change the sensor sampling rate by changing a global clock rate, can describe the number and layout of sensor processing modules and their associated sensors allowing for reconfiguration in accordance with a desired application, and can download code to the sensor processing modules for modifying processing functions for a given application. The global clock also allows for synchronous sampling throughout the network. Sensor gain in the sensor processing modules is dynamically programmed by the central processing unit.
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申请公布号 |
US6002996(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1999.12.14 |
申请号 |
US19970979266 |
申请日期 |
1997.11.26 |
申请人 |
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY |
发明人 |
BURKS, GREGORY L.;FORT, DENNIS E.;SPENCER, ERIKA L. S.;WIDMER, HANS P. |
分类号 |
G06F17/40;(IPC1-7):G06F17/40 |
主分类号 |
G06F17/40 |
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