Abstract: The Orbit Baby Bottle Measurement comprises a diagonal measurement of the liquid within a feeding apparatus while said apparatus is in an angled position. Upon the feeding apparatus being diagonal, angled, or otherwise tilted, the volume measurement markings on the bottle align with the liquid therein, to provide accurate measurement of the remaining contents without the bottle needing to be in the upright position.

Abstract: A sensor device configured to detect a fill level of a medium in a container is provided, including a sensor including a measuring probe configured to be fixed to a fixing element of a sensor device holder. A sensor device holder for a sensor device is also provided, including an anchor configured to anchor the sensor device holder at or in an outlet opening of a container; and a fixing element, configured to fix the measuring probe of the sensor device. A container is also provided, including an outlet opening; the sensor device; and the sensor device holder.

Abstract: A calibration system for calibrating a pressure output of a fluid injector having a housing configured for connecting to the fluid injector; a drive member engagement portion configured for contacting a drive member of the fluid injector; a compressible member, which may have a known modulus of compression, connected at its proximal end to the drive member engagement portion, wherein the compressible member is compressed with movement of the drive member of the fluid injector between a first, uncompressed position and a second, at least partially compressed position of the fluid injector in a distal direction; and a sensor connected to the compressible member is described. The sensor is configured for measuring at least one of a force imparted by the drive member and a displacement of the drive member when the compressible member is in the second, at least partially compressed position.

Abstract: A system of detecting loading and unloading of mobile containers such as grain carts utilizes two low pass filters to determine whether the contents of the container are changing by subtracting one filter signal from the other, and using the sign of the difference. Weighing performance is improved by utilizing accelerometers to compensate for measurement dynamics and non-level orientation. Failure and degradation of weight sensors is detected by testing sensor half bridges. Loading and unloading weights can be tied to specific vehicles by utilizing RF beacons.

Abstract: A weight scale includes a load cell, an amplifier, and an A/D converter and further includes a CPU that: sets up the amplifier for a first measurement range and a first amplification factor and causes the amplifier to amplify an output voltage of the load cell and the A/D converter to convert an output of the amplifier from analog to digital, to obtain a first weight value of the measurement target; and sets up the amplifier for a second measurement range narrower than the first measurement range and a second amplification factor larger than the first amplification factor and then causes the amplifier to amplify an output voltage of the load cell and the A/D converter to convert an output of the amplifier from analog to digital, to obtain a second weight value of the measurement target.

Abstract: A method and a system for noise discrimination, the method comprising measuring noise levels of a noise source, measuring noise levels at a target location positioned at a distance from the noise source, measuring wind speed and direction in an area comprising the noise source and the target location, filtering transient short-duration events from the noise levels measured at the noise source, yielding filtered noise levels of the noise source, filtering transient short-duration events from the noise levels measured at the target location, yielding filtered noise levels of the target location, measuring a sound transfer function between the noise source and the target location using the filtered noise levels, comparing the measured sound transfer function with a reference transfer function; and when the difference between the measured transfer function and the reference transfer function is above a predetermined threshold, determining a probability that noise at the location originates from the noise source.

Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method for remotely sensing vibration includes transmitting a collection of optical pulses through an optical fiber at a predetermined frequency, detecting a collection of backscattered Rayleigh traces from the optical fiber based on a vibration of the optical fiber at a vibration frequency at a location along the optical fiber, determining a normalized differential trace based on the collection of Rayleigh traces, determining, based on the normalized differential trace, the location in the optical fiber of the vibration, and determining, based on the raw Rayleigh traces, the vibration frequency.

Abstract: A sensor device includes: a holder having an insertion hole; a probe having a proximal end to be inserted in the insertion hole and having a portion to be inserted in the insertion hole, a diameter of the portion of the probe to be inserted in the insertion hole being smaller than a hole diameter of the insertion hole; piezoelectric elements housed in the holder, configured to be brought into contact with the proximal end of the probe directly or indirectly, a vibration of the probe acting on the piezoelectric elements; an O-ring (prevention member) disposed in the insertion hole and holding the probe to prevent the probe from contacting the holder, the probe being configured such that a tip of the probe is pushed against a measurement object to detect a vibration of the measurement object.

Abstract: A proximity sensing device includes: a light source, a sensing unit, a light guide unit, and a window. The light source emits light, which is guided by the light guide unit to the window. The emitted light reflected by an object is received by the same window. The light guide unit includes a partial-transmissive-partial-reflective (PTPR) optical element, whereby the light emitted from the light source is reflected by the PTPR optical element, while the light reflected by the object passes through the PTPR optical element. There is only one window required.

Abstract: A raised pavement marker detector on a paint truck to detect the interruption of line striping for raised pavement markers, including a housing attached by a bracket to a carriage of the truck. The housing includes a rear shaped body having a first plurality of openings extending therethrough. Each of the first plurality of openings contains a retro reflector sensor and each sensor has a housing containing a transmitter and a receiver. A rear cover closes the first plurality of openings through the rear shaped body to protect the sensors. A front body contains a second plurality of openings extending therethrough and mounted to the rear shaped body whereby the second plurality of openings extending through the front body overlaps the first plurality of openings through the rear rectangular shaped body so as to receive a lens portion of each retro reflector sensor within the first plurality of openings.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide an optical sensing device and a terminal. The optical sensing device in the present disclosure includes: a photoelectric sensor (105), configured to convert an optical signal obtained by a photosensitive unit of the photoelectric sensor into an electrical signal; and an image sensor (103), configured to convert an optical signal obtained by a photosensitive unit of the image sensor into image data. The image sensor and the photoelectric sensor are physically integrated, and the photosensitive unit of the image sensor and the photosensitive unit of the photoelectric sensor are configured to sense light in an imaging area of an identical lens. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a volume of a module can be reduced without affecting original functions of the sensors, thereby reducing complexity for designing a structure and an optical path and manufacturing costs.

Abstract: Filter wheel assemblies with a single actuation point to control positioning of front and rear optical filter elements simultaneously and to provide high channel density with a plurality of selectable optical filter pairs. A filter wheel assembly may include a plurality of optical filter element pairs arranged around a common axis, wherein each of the plurality of optical filter element pairs includes a first filter element and a complementary filter element, wherein each first filter element and each complementary filter element has a surface having a normal component directed toward an inner portion of the filter wheel assembly.

Abstract: An electronic circuit comprises an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit. The ADC circuit includes a pre-amplifying transistor and a quantizer circuit. The pre-amplifying transistor includes a base, an emitter and a collector. The pre-amplifying transistor is configured to receive an input voltage at the base that varies logarithmically; and produce an output voltage at the collector according to a comparison of a reference voltage and a difference between the input voltage and a voltage at the emitter. The quantizer circuit is operatively coupled to the pre-amplifying transistor and is configured to generate a digital value for the input voltage using the output voltage produced by the pre-amplifying transistor.

Abstract: An electron tube includes a photoelectric surface, an avalanche photodiode, a focusing electrode part that accelerates and focuses the electrons E from the photoelectric surface toward the avalanche photodiode, and a casing including a stem provided with the avalanche photodiode. The stem is provided with a light incident hole through which the light is transmitted, and the periphery of the light incident hole is light-shielded by the stem. The focusing electrode part includes a first region provided with a light passage hole, and a second region provided with an electron passage hole that guides the electrons to the avalanche photodiode. The first region is formed on an axial line that connects the light incident hole and the photoelectric surface. The second region is formed on an axial line that connects the photoelectric surface and the avalanche photodiode.

Abstract: A wearable UV indicator, methods of making and using same. The indicator includes a polymeric film substrate having a first side and a second side, an adhesive disposed on the first side of the substrate, and a readily understood user interface disposed on the second side of the substrate, wherein the user interface comprises a qualitative indicator of instantaneous intensity of solar ultraviolet irradiation and a qualitative indicator of accumulated exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation.

Abstract: Provided are a spectrometer optical system and a semiconductor inspection apparatus, for reducing cost by allowing a wide field of view, high spatial resolution, and high wavelength resolution to be compatible with one another. The spectrometer optical system includes a masking having a slit, a first spherical mirror positioned to reflect light received from the slit, a second spherical mirror positioned to reflect the light reflected from the first spherical mirror, a dispersion element positioned to receive the light reflected from the second spherical mirror, and an image sensor configured to detect the light dispersed by the dispersion element according to wavelengths of the light.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the invention, a detector assembly for an analyzer device for analysis of elemental composition of a sample using optical emission spectroscopy is provided. The detector assembly comprises an exciter for generating an excitation focused at a target position to invoke an optical emission from a surface of the sample at the target position; and a light collection arrangement for transferring the optical emission to a spectrometer. The light collection arrangement comprises a concave spherical mirror, an optical receiver arranged in an image point in the principal axis of the concave spherical mirror and a folding mirror including at least one aperture.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling optical feedback in an optical system having a radiation source optically coupled via mode matching optics with a resonant optical cavity. The cavity includes at least two cavity mirrors, one of which is a cavity coupling mirror, and has a plurality of optical resonance cavity modes, wherein the radiation source emits a beam of continuous wave radiation and is capable of being scanned whereby a mean optical frequency of the continuous wave radiation beam is adjustable over a range of frequencies, wherein the radiation source is responsive to optical feedback radiation emerging from the cavity, and wherein the mode matching optics couples the beam of continuous wave radiation to the cavity via the cavity coupling mirror. The radiation source and the mode matching optics are aligned so that a mode fill ratio is reduced relative to a maximum mode fill ratio, wherein for the maximum mode-fill ratio the laser beam is coupled with a fundamental cavity mode.

Abstract: A monochromator 100 includes: a diffraction grating 2 placed within a housing 1 so as to receive light from an entrance 11 and disperse the light into a spectrum from which a component of light having a set wavelength is to be extracted through an exit 12; an optical filter 92 to be removably inserted between the grating and the exit to remove light within a specific wavelength band which is out of the set wavelength; a rotary drive 5 for rotating the grating using a stepping motor; a wavelength-movement information setter 73 which sets wavelength-movement information to be used for rotating the grating from an original position to a rotational position corresponding to the set wavelength; and a wavelength-movement controller 71 which controls the rotary drive to initially rotate the grating to the original position and subsequently rotate it to the aforementioned rotational position based on the wavelength-movement information.

Abstract: An air quality monitoring system that enables a wide scale deployment of instruments with enough accuracy for meaningful and actionable data is provided. In one aspect, an advanced technique is used to calibrate limited-capability gaseous chemical sensors to obtain accurate measurements by cross-calibrating those sensors with reference sensors to correct sensitivities to parameters that cause errors to measurements of targeted gases. In another aspect, air quality measurements are used to identify sources of chemicals in a localized level by accounting for local conditions using data such as ambient condition data and user-provided data about the local environment. In yet another aspect, a gaseous chemical sensor with an improved encasement having a cell for reflecting and lengthening light path is provided to reduce the limitations and enhance the accuracy of a conventional spectrophotometric gaseous chemical sensor.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system and a method for polarimetry using static geometric manipulation of the state of polarization are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a spectropolarimeter comprises a retarder having a geometrically changing fast axis. The fast axis changes along a polarimetric dimension. The spectropolarimeter has a polarization analyzer and a spectrographic optical platform. The spectrographic optical platform has a slit in a spatial dimension same as the polarimetric dimension of the retarder; a collimator; a dispersing element for dispersing spectral components of light received from the collimator along a spectral dimension that is perpendicular to the spatial dimension of the slit; a focusing optic; and a two-dimensional detector array. Using a quarter wave retarder full Stokes polarimetry can be provided though a half wave retarder can also be used.

Abstract: An optical sensor comprises at least four detection channels, where each detection channel comprises a photodetector and a filter with a respective transmission spectrum. The transmission spectra of the at least four filters are different from one another, and the transmission spectra are set such that each of the three CIE color matching functions is a linear combination of the transmission spectra of at least two of the filters. Furthermore, a method for detecting electromagnetic radiation is provided.

Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to apparatus and methods for rapid thermal processing (RTP) of a substrate. In one or more embodiments, a process chamber includes chamber body, a window disposed on a first portion of the chamber body, a chamber bottom, and a shield disposed on a second portion of the chamber body. The shield has a flat surface facing the window to reduce reflected radiant energy to a back side of a substrate disposed in the process chamber during operation. The process chamber further includes an edge support for supporting the substrate and a cooling member disposed on the chamber bottom. The cooling member is disposed in proximity of the edge support to cool the edge support during low temperature operation in order to improve the temperature uniformity of the substrate.

Abstract: A remote monitoring system can include a plurality of infrared cables, where each of the infrared cables can have a respective first opening at a first end of the cable and a respective second opening at a second end of the infrared cable that is opposite the first end. The infrared cables can be configured to conduct infrared light emitted from a respective one of a plurality of monitored locations into the respective first opening to exit at the respective second opening. An infrared camera including an infrared sensor array can be optically coupled to each of the second openings of the plurality of infrared cables.

Abstract: A device providing a temperature control and/or monitoring and a method for use of the device are disclosed. In the disclosed method and device, a controller receives a minimum temperature value and a maximum temperature value of a temperature range to be measured. The controller correlates a known output signal range of a temperature sensor to the temperature range to be measured. Further, the controller receives an output signal from the temperature sensor, and generates a measured temperature value based on the output signal of the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A thermal infrared sensor with a mount so that it can be fixed onto infrared windows to provide a solution for performing continuous thermal monitoring of equipment that is provisioned with one or more infrared windows. The IR mount can be made out of any material or combination thereof. The mount can be attached in any possible form to the Infrared window or enclosure surrounding the Infrared window. The mount can fully or partially cover the Infrared window to be monitored. Depending on its implementation it could also fully or partially cover more than just one infrared window. The mount can be a mount made specifically for one or more types of Infrared windows or a generic mount. It could be an existing mount that could be used in such a way that when combined with the second element it enables the presented invention.

Abstract: A method for processing a raw image characterized by raw measurements Sp(i,j) that are associated with active bolometers Bpix_(i,j) of an imager, which bolometers are arranged in a matrix array, the imager being at an ambient temperature Tamb and furthermore comprising blind bolometers Bb_(k), the method, which is executed by a computer that is provided with a memory, comprising the following steps: a) a step of calculating the electrical resistances RTc(i,j) and RTc(k), at the temperature Tamb, of the active and blind bolometers, respectively, from their respective electrical resistances RTr(i,j) and RTr(k) at a reference temperature Tr, said resistances being stored in the memory; b) a step of determining the temperatures Tsc(i,j) actually measured by each of the active bolometers Bpix_(i,j) from the electrical resistances calculated in step a) and from the raw measurements Sp(i,j).

Abstract: Microbolometer detectors and arrays fabricated using printed electronics and photonics techniques, including ink-based printing, are disclosed. A microbolometer detector can include a substrate, a platform suspended above the substrate, and a thermistor printed on the platform and made of a thermistor material including an electrically conducting polymer, for example a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) polymeric composition. The microbolometer detector can also include an electrode structure electrically connected to the thermistor, and an ohmic contact layer interposed between the thermistor and the electrode structure. The electrode structure can be made of an electrode material including silver, while the ohmic contact layer can be made of an ohmic contact material including a PEDOT-carbon nanotube polymeric composition. A microbolometer array can include a plurality of microbolometer detectors arranged in a linear or two-dimensional matrix.

Abstract: A contact temperature sensor is disclosed. In an embodiment a contact temperature sensor includes a contact body including a bottom wall configured to apply the contact temperature sensor on a test body and a carrier ceramics configured to thermally directly couple the contact temperature sensor to the test body, wherein the carrier ceramics is arranged on a side of the bottom wall facing the test body, and wherein the carrier ceramics includes a metallization on a side facing the test body. The contact temperature sensor further includes a temperature sensor element thermally coupled to the carrier ceramics.

Abstract: A temperature sensor, a processor including the same, and a method of operating the same are provided.

Abstract: A thermoelectric generator transmitter includes: a hollow exterior frame (12) having open ends; a heat-receiving plate (13) covering one of the open ends of the exterior frame (12); a columnar member (24) standing on the heat-receiving plate (13); a thermoelectric generation module (25) arranged for facilitating heat transfer between the columnar member (24) and the thermoelectric generation module; a radiator plate (14) covering a part of the other one of the open ends of the exterior frame (12), the part corresponding to a location of the thermoelectric generation module (25); a processor (231) drivable by electricity generated by the thermoelectric generation module (25) and capable of outputting a detection signal detected by a sensor (11) to an external device; and a terminal (17) that receives the detection signal of the sensor (11) from the external device.

Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a housing having a body having a distal end portion defining an internal cavity and a proximal end portion defining a plurality of internal passageways. A micro-sensor is disposed within the internal cavity and exposed to the outside environment and an internal wall separates the internal cavity from the plurality of internal passageways. The micro-sensor abuts the internal wall.

Abstract: A temperature sensor includes a polymer layer, a relative permittivity of the polymer layer varying in accordance with temperature, the polymer layer being formed of a flexible material; at least one first electrode disposed on one surface of the polymer layer; at least one second electrode disposed on another surface of the polymer layer; and a measuring unit configured to measure a temperature of an object based on capacitance of at least one region between the first electrode and the second electrode that are separated by the polymer layer, the first electrode being closer than the second electrode to a surface of the object that contacts the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A sensor with a mechanical waveguide maybe characterized using test ultrasonic signals to generate a baseline signature, and the baseline signature may later be used to detect faults in the sensor.

Abstract: An active mechanical waveguide including an ultrasonically-transmissive material and a plurality of reflection points defined along a length of the waveguide may be dampened using a damping device on a plurality of support members for the waveguide and/or using a damping device on the waveguide itself, and variable spacing of support members and/or constant tensioning of the waveguide may also be used.

Abstract: An appliance includes an appliance interface forming a plug connection with an appliance-side interface unit of a power cable. The appliance interface includes at least one power contact part forming a power connection with a power contact part of the appliance-side interface unit supplying the appliance with electrical energy from a supply grid. The appliance interface includes a first thermoelectric element contacting a second thermoelectric element of the appliance-side interface unit, when the power connection exists. The first thermoelectric element is coupled to a first measurement input of a control unit. The appliance interface includes a measurement contact part forming a measurement connection, between the second thermoelectric element and a second measurement input of the control unit, with a measurement contact part of the appliance-side interface unit. The control unit determines measurement data relating to a measurement voltage between the first and second measurement inputs.

Abstract: A system includes a conditioning circuit, resistors connected to pins of the conditioning circuit, and measurement sensors connected to pins of the conditioning circuit. The conditioning circuit is configured to determine resistance values of the resistors and to determine a set of addresses for the measurement sensors based upon a combination of the resistance values of the resistors.

Abstract: Described herein is a ruggedized microelectromechanical (“MEMS”) force sensor including a sensor die and a strain transfer layer. The MEMS force sensor employs piezoresistive or piezoelectric strain gauges for strain sensing where the strain is transferred through the strain transfer layer, which is disposed on the top or bottom side of the sensor die. In the case of the top side strain transfer layer, the MEMS force sensor includes mechanical anchors. In the case of the bottom side strain transfer layer, the protection layer is added on the top side of the sensor die for bond wire protection.

Abstract: An in-situ stress measurement method is provided. The method includes measuring a length of a maximum diameter at which an amount of distortion relative to a diameter of a standard circle of a measurement cross section of a boring core is largest and a length of a minimum diameter at which the amount of distortion relative to the diameter of the standard circle is smallest based on a shape of the measurement cross section of the boring core; measuring a length of a diameter in a vertical direction and a length of a diameter in a horizontal direction of the measurement cross section of a side-wall core acquired by hollowing ground in a well in an excavation direction thereof, based on a shape of the measurement cross section of the side-wall core; and calculating a maximum horizontal stress and a minimum horizontal stress by first and second equations.

Abstract: A system for sensing impacts may include a first sensing system configured for placement on a user and to sense inertial motion and establish a first sensor result, a second sensing system configured to sense inertial motion and establish a second sensor result, and a processor for comparing the first sensor result to the second sensor result to assess whether the first and second sensor results are indicative of a same impact.

Abstract: Tractor Draft Control Testing Device has the capability of testing the draft control of hydraulic system of all types of tractors on the production line and final control of tractor-manufacturing companies.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, there is provided a method for preparing a capacitive pressure sensor, the sensor comprising a pair of conductive plate layers and a dielectric layer disposed therebetween, the dielectric layer comprising a dielectric polymer formed with a polymerization mixture fluid, wherein the method comprises placing the polymerization mixture fluid over a mold surface having a first three dimensional pattern thereon to form the dielectric polymer, thereby forming a second three dimensional pattern on a surface of the dielectric polymer complementary to the first three dimensional pattern.

Abstract: A pressure measuring method, applied to a pressure measuring apparatus, comprising: measuring a first pressure sensing value when the pressure measuring apparatus operates at a first scan frequency and receives a first pressure; and measuring a second pressure sensing value when the pressure measuring apparatus operates a second scan frequency and receives the first pressure. The first pressure sensing value and the second pressure sensing value are different, and a change between the first pressure sensing value and the second pressure sensing value is according to a change between the first scan frequency and the second scan frequency. The first scan frequency and the second scan frequency are different. The pressure measuring method can further comprise a calibrating mechanism to compensate the sensed pressure. By this way, the pressure sensing value can be calibrated, to solve the issue that the pressure sensing values are affected by scan frequencies.

Abstract: A method for detecting a water ingress into an interior of a housing, which is sealed against the surroundings, including the following steps: detecting a temperature of the air in the interior; detecting a relative air humidity in the interior; and detecting a water ingress as a function of the detected temperature and of the detected relative air humidity.

Abstract: The present application discloses a vibration table, comprising a magnetic circuit device for generating a magnetic field; a moving coil skeleton, disposed in the magnetic circuit device, moving up and down in the magnetic field and having a placement groove; an adapter, disposed in the placement groove; an excitation coil, radially winding along an outer peripheral wall of the moving coil skeleton and located in the magnetic field generated by the magnetic circuit device; wherein, the moving coil skeleton is provided with a cut-off groove. The vibration table provided in the present application uses a metal beryllium as a material for a moving coil skeleton and an accelerometer adapter. The large specific stiffness of the metal beryllium is used to increase the axial natural frequency of the moving coil skeleton, thereby increasing the effective working frequency range of the vibration table.

Abstract: A system for aiming a headlamp of a vehicle includes a displaceable aiming surface and an imaging system. The imaging system includes a translatable aim box carrying at least one headlamp imager oriented to capture images of a single headlamp and/or one or more vehicle features adjacent to the single headlamp. At least one fixed imager is oriented to capture one or more images of the displaceable aiming surface. The translatable aim box may be configured to translate between the single headlamp and another headlamp. One or more computing devices are configured to perform methods for headlamp aim correction using the described system. Methods for headlamp aim correction are described.

Abstract: Friction disk sets of clutches and brakes are used, for example, in automatic transmissions. In clutch test benches for such clutches, the friction disks are held in a test chamber on inner and outer disk carriers. The test bench arrangement has a clutch unit which includes first and second disk carriers. The first disk carrier can be moved relative to the second disk carrier. A drive input section includes a drive input mechanism for producing relative movement between the first and the second disk carrier. A first driven shaft is mounted by at least one first bearing unit. The first disk carrier is drive-connected, via the first shaft, to the drive input mechanism. The first shaft is mounted to rotate by virtue of the first bearing unit. The test bench arrangement includes a measuring unit for determining a frictional torque of the first bearing unit.

Abstract: A machine bearing disposed on a rotatable member, such as may be present on a vehicle, is described. A method for monitoring a state of health of the machine bearing includes monitoring, via a microphone, an acoustic signal, and coincidently determining a rotational speed of the rotatable member associated with the machine bearing. The sound spectrum is correlated to the rotational speed of the rotating member, and a time-frequency analysis is executed to determine a sound spectrum. The sound spectrum is transformed to a residual spectrum. A first feature associated with a first frequency band and a second feature associated with a second frequency band are extracted from the residual spectrum. The state of health associated with the machine bearing is detected based upon the first and second features, and is communicated to a second controller.

Abstract: A method and system for engine monitoring comprises a monitoring device and a remote device that are in communication. The monitoring device is incorporated in or directly attached to the internal combustion engine and functions to sense a characteristic of the internal combustion engine. The monitoring device is configured to transmit data representative of the sensed characteristic to a remote application running on a remote device. The remote device is configure to produce engine monitoring data from the transmitted data using engine characterising data stored on the remote device.

Abstract: A method for controlling production of microticks from a crank sensor signal continuously generated by engine RPM may include: dividing the crank sensor signal within a present period of the crank sensor signal to produce the microticks having a first period through the controller; monitoring the number of microticks produced through the controller; and controlling production of the microticks having the first period by using a direct memory access (DMA) based on the monitoring result through the controller.