Patent ID: 9665524
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G01D,G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for coupling a first sensor to at least one second sensor, the method comprising: transmitting a first signal from the first sensor to the at least one second sensor; providing a second signal via the second sensor, in response to the first signal, the second signal containing a measured value of the second sensor; and outputting a third signal to a control unit via the first sensor, the third signal containing at least one measured value of the first sensor; wherein the first sensor and the at least one second sensor form a sensor array, wherein an item of information of the sensor array is used by the control unit, wherein the first sensor and the at least one second sensor of the sensor array are connected to one another using a first data bus, wherein the first sensor is connected as a master sensor via a second data bus to the control unit, and wherein the at least one second sensor is a slave sensor, wherein the master sensor is configured to transmit the first signal via the first data bus to the slave sensor, and wherein the slave sensor is configured to provide a second signal in each case via the first data bus, after the slave sensor has received the first signal.