Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

Measurement Systems, Inc.

Paul J Leblanc

Gary L Hess

James A Gosse

James Saloio

Steven Cai

Thomas R Ecsedy

Leslie W Yoho

A data communication system includes a unit that receives edge-encoded data from a data link. The unit includes a counter, a data bit reader, and a phase-locked loop. The counter counts at a sampling frequency between a minimum value and an end-count value. The data bit reader is connected to receive the edge-encoded data. The data bit reader samples the edge-encoded data at the sampling frequency to detect data bits of the edge-encoded data. The phase-locked loop updates the end-count value if consecutive bits of the data bits are detected prior to an expected iteration of the counter. The phase-locked loop also updates the end-count value if consecutive bits of the data bits are detected later than the expected iteration of the first counter.

Cross-channel data communication with data phase-locked loop

A system for determining a relative position of a secondary gear includes a gear assembly including a phonic wheel fixed to a primary gear and a secondary gear rotatably engaged to the first gear, a sensor configured to output a signal upon detecting a tooth of the phonic wheel, and a digital logic circuit configured to detect a revolution of the phonic wheel, to generate a primary gear tooth pulse at intervals corresponding to intervals of teeth of the primary gear based on the detected revolution of the phonic wheel, and to generate a secondary gear revolution signal at an interval corresponding to a revolution of the secondary gear based on the primary gear tooth pulse.

Detecting a relative shaft position on geared shafts

A method of syncing a serial data stream includes the step of providing a data stream having frames and sub-frames. Each sub-frame is provided with an expected SYNC Word, and there is an expected offset between the SYNC Words in each sub-frame. The data is sent to a plurality of sync modules. Each sync module searches for an expected and different one of the SYNC Words. The sync modules identify an expected SYNC Word, then look for a different one of the SYNC Words at said expected offset from its expected SYNC Word to verify that it has properly identified a SYNC Word.

Fast syncing method of handling data

A control device for a vehicle or mechanism includes a portable displacement controller which permits a non-technical user to achieve effective control of the vehicle or mechanism, by moving the portable displacement controller intuitively with little learning effort. A first sensing device, attached to the displacement controller, detects the user's controlling motion. A second sensing device, attached to the object being controlled, detects motion thereof. An interface device receives signals from the sensing devices, processes those signals to determine relative motion of the controlling motion and the object's motion and outputs a control signal in accordance with the processed signals. The sensing devices each detect motion in six degrees of freedom; the sensing devices each include a three-axis accelerometer, a three-axis gyroscope, and a three-axis magnetometer. In specific embodiments, the accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers include micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) devices.

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Paul J Leblanc