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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2017
Applicant:
American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US);
Inventor:
Ian Hugh Cook, Willowick, OH (US);
Assignee:
American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/2038 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for assigning addresses to components sharing a common bus. In one embodiment, an iterative elimination process is used to assign the addresses to each component. In another embodiment, each component includes a distance sensor that detects a distance to a front face of a calibration plank. Addresses are assigned to the components based upon the distance readings of the sensors.