Smart sensor

• US 7,933,731 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Issued: 04/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Omega Engineering Incorporated (Spectris PLC)
• Original Assignee: Omega Engineering Incorporated (Spectris PLC)
• Inventors: Macchiarelli, Michael A. Jr., Hollander, Milton B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cosimano; Edward R
• Application Number:
  US12/039,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20090217755A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,152 Days
• Field of Search: 73/10.1, 73/10.2, 73/10.8, 73/10.9, 73/11.1, 73/11.3, 73/11.5, 73/11.6, 73/12.2, 73/12.7, 73/12.8, 73/12.9, 73/13.1, 73/13.4, 73/13.5, 73/13.6, 73/13.7, 73/13.8, 73/14.1, 73/14.2, 73/14.3, 73/14.5, 73/14.6, 73/14.8, 73/14.9, 73/15.6, 73/15.7, 731/59, 73/16.1, 73/16.2, 73/17.3, 73/17.5, 73/17.6, 73/17.7, 73/17.9, 73/18.1, 73/18.2, 73/18.8, 702/1, 702/85, 702/86, 702/87, 702/88, 702/90, 702/92, 702/93, 702/94, 702/95, 702/96, 702/98, 702/99, 702/100, 702/101, 702/103, 702/104, 702/107, 702/127, 702/187, 702/189
• US Class Current: 702/104
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 3/022 having an ideal characteristic, map or correction data stored in a digital memory

Abstract

A measurement system includes a preexisting sensor, a transducer module installed in the pre-existing sensor including a memory storing information for identifying and operating the transducer, and a control device for communicating with the memory, the control device including a processor for automatically configuring the control device in response to data communicated from the memory and for collecting data from the pre-existing sensor. A method includes installing a transducer module into a preexisting sensor, and communicating between a memory of the transducer and a control device to automatically configure the control device in response to information for identifying and operating the transducer stored in the memory, and for collecting data from the pre-existing sensor.

Claims

1. A measurement system comprising:

a preexisting sensor;

a transducer module installed in the pre-existing sensor, the transducer module including a first memory storing information for identifying and operating the transducer; and

a control device for communicating with the first memory, the control device including a second memory and a processor for automatically configuring the control device in response to data communicated from the first memory and for collecting data from the pre-existing sensor;

wherein the processor is further configured to transfer calibration data from the second memory to the first memory based on the information for identifying and operating the transducer from the first memory.

2. A method comprising:

installing a transducer module into a preexisting sensor;

communicating between a first memory of the transducer module and a control device to automatically configure the control device in response to information for identifying and operating the transducer stored in the first memory, and for collecting data from the pre-existing sensor, where the control device transfers calibration data from a second memory of the control device to the first memory based on the information from the first memory.