WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER FOR SENSING AND ACTUATING
First Claim
1. A signal control device for use in a vehicle, in a machine or on a wearable, the signal control device being installable as a single unit in a component of the vehicle, machine or wearable and the signal control device being configured for simultaneously and/or subsequently performing all oftransmitting data signals representative for sensing data from a sensing device for indicating a sensed signal,transmitting and/or receiving actuator commands for actuating a physical element in said component of the vehicle, machine or wearable, andpowering said signal control device, a sensor linked thereto or a physical element of the component of the vehicle, machine or wearableusing wireless data and power communication between said signal control device and a further remote control system.
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Abstract
A signal control device, for use in a vehicle, being installable as a single unit in a component of the vehicle, and configured for simultaneously and/or subsequently performing all of transmitting data signals representative for sensing data from a sensing device for indicating a sensed signal, transmitting and/or receiving actuator commands for actuating a physical element in said component of the vehicle, and powering said signal control device, a sensor linked thereto or a physical element of the component of the vehicle, using wireless data and power communication between said signal control device and a further remote control system.
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1. A signal control device for use in a vehicle, in a machine or on a wearable, the signal control device being installable as a single unit in a component of the vehicle, machine or wearable and the signal control device being configured for simultaneously and/or subsequently performing all of
transmitting data signals representative for sensing data from a sensing device for indicating a sensed signal, transmitting and/or receiving actuator commands for actuating a physical element in said component of the vehicle, machine or wearable, and powering said signal control device, a sensor linked thereto or a physical element of the component of the vehicle, machine or wearable using wireless data and power communication between said signal control device and a further remote control system.
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8. A signal control device for use in a vehicle, in a machine or on a wearable, the signal control device being configured for communicating with a control system in a remote component in the vehicle, in a machine or on a wearable, the signal control device being configured for simultaneously and/or subsequently performing all of
receiving data signals representative of sensing data from a sensing device in said remote component for indicating a sensed signal, receiving and/or transmitting actuator commands for actuating an element of the remote component of the vehicle, the machine or on the wearable, and transmitting a powering signal for powering said control system in a remote component in the vehicle, the machine or on the wearable, a sensor linked to the control system in the remote component or a physical element of the component of the vehicle, the machine or on the wearable, using wireless data and power communication between said signal control device and said control system in said remote component.
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20. A method for controlling a remote component in a vehicle, the method comprising
interchanging sensor data from a sensor linked to a remote component in a vehicle, transmitting and/or receiving actuator commands for actuating a physical element in said component of the vehicle, and powering a first signal control device, a sensor linked thereto or a physical element of the component of the vehicle, using wireless communication between said first signal control device and a second signal control device positioned remote from the remote component in the vehicle.
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