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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2008
Applicant:
Borje Rantala, Helsinki, FI;
Inventor:
Borje Rantala, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sensor interface configured to adapt analog and digital sensors is disclosed herein. The sensor interface unit includes: a port configured to be coupled to either a digital sensor or an analog sensor and a signal processing circuit for processing an analog sensor output when an analog sensor is coupled to the port. The interface further includes a switching mechanism configured to bypass the signal processing circuitry when a digital sensor is coupled to the port.