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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marvin F Gaudette, Rockton, IL (US);
Kimble A Vitkus, Sycamore, IL (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364574 ; 39520032 ;
Abstract
A system and method for reducing the amount of electrical noise in a signal produced by a temperature sensor for an appliance which utilizes a running average calculation to provide a more accurate sensor reading in an inexpensive and efficient manner. Consecutive readings obtained by the sensor are digitized and stored in a circular buffer. A running average of the readings stored in the buffer is made upon each new reading and the concurrent erasure of the oldest reading.