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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Toshiba Mitsubishi-electric Industrial Systems Corporation, Chuo-ku, JP;
Inventor:
Noriyuki Maehata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 19/02 (2006.01); G08C 23/04 (2006.01); G08C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 23/04 (2013.01); G08C 19/00 (2013.01); G08C 19/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data collection system includes sensors which are synchronized with each other and an optical signal distributor, wherein each of the sensors comprises a first delay unit which delays a second electrical signal for a first delay time set such that a sum of the first delay time and a first conversion time is same in all of the sensors, and the optical signal distributor comprises second delay units each of which delays a first electrical signal for a second delay time set such that all of sums of the second delay times and conversion times are same as each other.