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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald W Okoren, Holmen, WI (US);
Ali S Ameen, La Crosse, WI (US);
Matthew A Shepeck, Holmen, WI (US);
Assignee:
American Standard Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62193 ; 62129 ; 340619 ; 7386141 ;
Abstract
A sensor system. The system comprises a binary sensor issuing a signal representative of a first or second condition; sampling circuitry, operatively connected to the binary sensor, for monitoring the number of transitions between the first and second conditions during a sampling period; integration circuitry for accumulating the sampled number of transitions over time; and signal generation circuitry for issuing an analog signal representative of the accumulated transitions.