Patent Document ID: 20030095629
Application ID: 10295784
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus having an arrangement of sensor elements comprising: at least one sensor element including at least one sensor, at least one output, at least one control input and at least one switching unit, in which the sensor element can be activated so that a signal generated by the sensor is present on the output in the activated state, the switching unit is coupled to the sensor, to the output and to the control input and is arranged to compare a signal pattern present on the control input with at least one activation pattern and to activate the sensor element in the case of correspondence between the signal pattern present and the activation pattern, wherein the sensor element includes at least one means which is arranged to enable a charge flow between the sensor and the output in the non-activated state of the sensor element, the arrangement including at least one group of sensor elements which is configured in such a manner that at least one output of each of these sensor elements is coupled to a group output, and in which three sensor elements in at least one group span a geometrical plane.