IP Library Granted Patent US 11,250,574
Granted Patent B2
US 11,250,574 · App. 16/952,715 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Sensor system

Inventors: Kozo Kajiwara (Kariya, JP); Takeshi Fujita (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISH
G06T7/20G06K9/00342G06K9/00711G06T5/50H04N5/232
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Patent No.
US 11,250,574
App. No.
16/952,715
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sensor system includes: a transmission device that includes a sensor which asynchronously outputs detection data including time series information; and a reception device connected to the transmission device via a transmission line. The detection data includes coordinate information, and the transmission device includes an expansion unit configured to expand a value of the coordinate information within a range of the number of bits assigned to the coordinate information, in a case where the detection data is acquired from the sensor, and a transmission unit configured to transmit expanded detection data in which the value of the coordinate information is expanded by the expansion unit to the reception device via the transmission line.

Claims (23)

1. A sensor system comprising:

a transmission device that includes a sensor which asynchronously outputs detection data including time series information; and

a reception device connected to the transmission device via a transmission line, wherein

the detection data includes coordinate information, and

the transmission device includes

an expansion unit configured to expand a value of the coordinate information within a range of the number of bits assigned to the coordinate information, in a case where the detection data is acquired from the sensor, and

a transmission unit configured to transmit expanded detection data in which the value of the coordinate information is expanded by the expansion unit to the reception device via the transmission line.

2. The sensor system according to claim 1 , wherein

the expansion unit expands the value of the coordinate information by multiplying the value of the coordinate information by a coefficient equal to or less than a value obtained by dividing an upper limit value of a value that is able to be represented by the number of bits assigned to the coordinate information by an upper limit value of a coordinate that is able to be output by the sensor, and

the reception device includes

a restoration unit configured to divide the value of the coordinate information included in received expanded detection data by the coefficient, in a case where the expanded detection data is received from the transmission device.

3. The sensor system according to claim 1 , wherein

the detection data further includes change information to which the number of bits of 2 bits or more is assigned, and in which an increase and a decrease are represented by binary values of 0 and 1, and

the transmission device includes

a conversion unit configured to, in a case where a value of the change information included in the detection data is 1, convert the value into any value that is able to be represented by the number of bits assigned to the change information.

4. The sensor system according to claim 1 , wherein

the detection data includes a plurality of pieces of information including the time series information in a predetermined arrangement order, and

the transmission device includes

an arrangement change unit configured to change an arrangement order of a plurality of pieces of information included in acquired detection data according to a predetermined arrangement pattern, in a case where the detection data is acquired from the sensor.

5. The sensor system according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmission device includes

a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of the detection data, and

a transmission order change unit configured to change a transmission order of the plurality of pieces of the detection data to an order different from a time series order.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 23, 2021
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058575/0964 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2020
From: KAJIWARA, KOZO; FUJITA, TAKESHI
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 054421/0434 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-210739 · Nov 21, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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