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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2012
Masahisa Niwa, Osaka, JP;
Kunitaka Okada, Osaka, JP;
Rudolf Hajek, Babice u Rosic, CZ;
Jiri Kutej, Brno, CZ;
Timothy J. Warneck, Hatfield, PA (US);
Masahisa Niwa, Osaka, JP;
Kunitaka Okada, Osaka, JP;
Rudolf Hajek, Babice u Rosic, CZ;
Jiri Kutej, Brno, CZ;
Timothy J. Warneck, Hatfield, PA (US);
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A mode detector in a sensor interface is configured to detect a mode specified by a mode signal when an input signal received from a side of a first terminal is the mode signal. A communication portion in the interface transmits an electric signal, obtained from a sensor circuit, to a side of a second terminal when a mode detected with the detector is a sensor output mode. The communication portion receives an input signal from the side of the first terminal while transmitting an output signal to the side of the second terminal, when a mode detected with the detector is a communication mode.