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US4435706A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Filing dateNov 2, 1981
Grant dateMar 6, 1984
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Expiry dateNov 2, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q9/16
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plurality of remote stations are sequentially addressed by a master controller to ascertain the status of associated sensing devices. The addresses are each comprised of a sequence of sinusoidal waveforms which are counted by the remote stations and compared with a preselected station number. Each addressed station responds by driving a communication line to a low voltage level for a time interval determined by the status of its associated sensing device.

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