Sensor device and method
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1. A device for sensing, comprising:
- a processor;
a sensor control module operated by the processor;
a plurality of sensor connectors to removably receive a corresponding plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor connector includes a power terminal and a communication terminal; and
a power management module coupled with the processor and the power terminals,wherein the power management module is to selectively provide power to the sensor connector power terminals in response to power management signals from the sensor control module based at least in part on individual profiles corresponding to individual sensors connected to the sensor connector power terminals, andwherein a sensor address is associated with each sensor connector of the plurality of sensor connectors.
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Abstract
In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media (transitory and non-transitory) are described that include a plurality of sensor connectors to removably receive a corresponding plurality of sensors and a power management module to selectively provide power to sensor connector power terminals in response to power management signals from a sensor control module. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
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1. A device for sensing, comprising:
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a processor; a sensor control module operated by the processor; a plurality of sensor connectors to removably receive a corresponding plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor connector includes a power terminal and a communication terminal; and a power management module coupled with the processor and the power terminals, wherein the power management module is to selectively provide power to the sensor connector power terminals in response to power management signals from the sensor control module based at least in part on individual profiles corresponding to individual sensors connected to the sensor connector power terminals, and wherein a sensor address is associated with each sensor connector of the plurality of sensor connectors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer implemented sensing method comprising:
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detecting, by a sensor device, whether a connection status of a first sensor connector of the sensor device, having a first sensor connector power terminal, has changed from uncoupled with a sensor to coupled with a sensor in response to a sensor connecting to the first sensor connector; receiving, by the sensor device, a sensor identifier from the sensor coupled with the first sensor connector in response to the first sensor connector detected to be changed from uncoupled with a sensor to coupled with a sensor; and performing, by the sensor device, one or more of a redundancy check or an accuracy check for the sensor coupled with the first sensor connector, wherein in response to an accuracy check is performed, the method further includes cycling, by the sensor device, power to the first sensor connector power terminal by ceasing to provide power to the first sensor connector power terminal for a first time period followed by providing power to the first sensor connector power terminal, in response to the sensor device determines that the sensor coupled with the first sensor connector is not providing accurate results. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution of the instructions by one or more processors of a sensor device, cause the sensor device to:
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detect whether a connection status of a first sensor connector having a first sensor connector power terminal has changed from uncoupled with a sensor to coupled with a sensor in response to a sensor connects to the first sensor connector; receive a sensor identifier from the sensor coupled with the first sensor connector in response to the first sensor connector detected to be changed from uncoupled with a sensor to coupled with a sensor; and cease to provide power to the first sensor connector power terminal for a first time period followed by providing power to the first sensor connector power terminal when the sensor coupled with the first sensor connector is determined to be redundant with another sensor based on performance of a redundancy check for the sensor coupled with the first sensor connector. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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