Electronic sensor with optimized counting capacity
First Claim
1. An electronic sensor, comprising:
- capture means producing a signals comprising x pulses during a given capture time, such that a′
<
x<
b′
, wherein a′
, b′ and
x are non-null natural integers; and
counting means receiving the signals, which are incremented with each pulse received, comprising a maximum counting capacity equal to z such that (b′
−
a′
)≦
z<
a′
, wherein z is a non-null natural integer, resetting the counting, when the maximum counting capacity z is exceeded and outputting, at the end of the capture time, a number representative of the number of pulses x of the signals,wherein a′
is the minimum value and b′
is the maximum value of the number of pulses that can be produced by the capture means.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic sensor including capture means producing a signals comprising x pulses during a given capture time, such that a′<x<b′, wherein a′, b′ and x are non-null natural integers, and counting means receiving the signals, which are incremented with each pulse received, including a maximum counting capacity equal to z such that (b′−a′)≦z<a′, where z is a non-null natural integer, resetting the counting, when the maximum counting capacity z is exceeded and outputting, at the end of the capture time, a number representative of the number of pulses x of the signals, wherein a′ is the minimum value and b′ is the maximum value of the number of pulses that can be produced by the capture means.
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15 Claims
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1. An electronic sensor, comprising:
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capture means producing a signals comprising x pulses during a given capture time, such that a′
<
x<
b′
, wherein a′
, b′ and
x are non-null natural integers; andcounting means receiving the signals, which are incremented with each pulse received, comprising a maximum counting capacity equal to z such that (b′
−
a′
)≦
z<
a′
, wherein z is a non-null natural integer, resetting the counting, when the maximum counting capacity z is exceeded and outputting, at the end of the capture time, a number representative of the number of pulses x of the signals,wherein a′
is the minimum value and b′
is the maximum value of the number of pulses that can be produced by the capture means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A counting method of the number of pulses x of a signals produced by an electronic sensor for a given capture time, such that a′
- <
x<
b′
, where a′
, b′ and
x are non-null natural integers, comprising at least the following steps;applying the signals to an input of counting means comprising a maximum counting capacity equal to z such that (b′
−
a′
)≦
z<
a′
, where z is a non-null natural integer;incrementing the counting means with each pulse received on the input and resetting the counting when the maximum counting capacity z is exceeded; and outputting from the counting means the number which is representative of the number of pulses x of the signals, wherein a′
is the minimum value and b′
is the maximum value of the number of pulses that can be produced by the electric sensor.
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