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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2010
Masaki Iwasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshirou Aoki, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaki Iwasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshirou Aoki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transponder () transmits a reply in response to an interrogation input thereto, the interrogation including twin pulses, and a monitoring processor () transmits to the transponder a pseudo interrogation identical in format to the interrogation, receives from the transponder a reply responding to the pseudo interrogation, and monitors a performance of the transponder, the monitoring processor () including a pulse spacing adjuster () operable to adjust a pulse spacing of twin pulses along with generation of the pseudo interrogation, and a monitor () operable to output an alarm in response to a failed reception or a delayed reception of a reply from the transponder after transmission of a pseudo interrogation with a compliant pulse spacing, and further to output an alarm in response to a reception of a reply from the transponder after transmission of a pseudo interrogation with an uncompliant pulse spacing.