Probe configuration data protocol and transmission method
US8135554B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 13, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F25/20
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Transmission of probe configuration data is initiated upon recognition by the probe of a prescribed condition. Probe configuration data protocol includes a data frame, subdivided into a desired number of time slots. Unlike measurement data protocol, where inter-pulse pair timing within a slot varies based on a magnet position or temperature sensor resistance, configuration data protocol in accordance with the invention uses fixed inter-pulse timing to represent the various states of digital data. In such manner, at least a portion of the time slots making up the particular data frame can be used for containing data sent from the probe, and which can then be interpreted by the receiving processing device as at least one bit of binary code allocated to each individual slot of the portion of time slots.
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