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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:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Applicant:
Thaddeus Schroeder, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Inventor:
Thaddeus Schroeder, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 19/00 (2006.01); G01C 25/00 (2006.01); G01R 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Reconfigurable sensor and method for selectively reconfiguring a sensor are provided. The reconfiguration of the sensor may be performed according to applicable requirements for sensing the position of an object. The method allows providing an array of sensing elements. The method further allows selecting at least one of the sensing elements of the array to supply a sensing element output signal. One or more operational parameters of the one sensing element may be adjusted to meet the applicable sensing requirements.