Single frequency multitransmitter telemetry system
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1. A single frequency multitransmitter telemetry system comprising:
- a plurality of sensors with each sensor at a different location;
a plurality of transmitters with each transmitter connected to the output of one of said sensors for transmitting the output of the sensor;
each of said transmitters including means for modulating the output of its sensor in frequency shift keying with frequencies fo and fo +Δ
f so that all of said transmitters, when transmitting, transmit one or the other of said frequencies; and
a receiver means including a single receiver input for receiving from all of said transmitters the modulated outputs from said sensors, said receiver means further comprising means for accepting data from said transmitters only one transmitter is transmitting and for discarding data from the transmitters when more than one transmitter is transmitting.
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Abstract
A telemetry system in which a plurality of transmitters are frequency shift keying modulated. A receiver including an overlapping detector retains the transmitted data when there is no overlap in data transmitted and discards the transmitted data when there is an overlap in data transmitted.
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1. A single frequency multitransmitter telemetry system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors with each sensor at a different location; a plurality of transmitters with each transmitter connected to the output of one of said sensors for transmitting the output of the sensor; each of said transmitters including means for modulating the output of its sensor in frequency shift keying with frequencies fo and fo +Δ
f so that all of said transmitters, when transmitting, transmit one or the other of said frequencies; anda receiver means including a single receiver input for receiving from all of said transmitters the modulated outputs from said sensors, said receiver means further comprising means for accepting data from said transmitters only one transmitter is transmitting and for discarding data from the transmitters when more than one transmitter is transmitting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for transmitting data from a plurality of sensors, said method comprising the steps of:
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converting output data from each of the sensors into a serial binary signal; transmitting the output data from each of said sensors at one or the other of two frequencies using a corresponding plurality of transmitters individual to each of said sensors, the binary "ones" in the serial binary signal from each sensor being transmitted at a first frequency and the binary "zeros" in the serial binary signal from each sensor being transmitted at a second frequency; receiving the signals being transmitted from said plurality of transmitters at a single input; frequency detecting the transmitted signal or signals received at said single input to produce output signals corresponding to the first and second frequencies at respective ones of first and second outputs; retaining the received data when there is no overlapping of binary "ones" corresponding to said first frequency at said first and second outputs; and discarding the received data whenever there is an overlapping of binary ones corresponding to said first frequency at said first and second outputs.
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