A signal processing device for processing a measurement signal in a motor vehicle, wherein the measurement signal relates to a measurement variable which can change over time with sequential measurement values, including: a first signal processing unit for calculating the measurement variable which can change over time from the measurement signal; a second signal processing unit for processing the measurement variable which can change over time in order to obtain a processed measurement variable; a third signal processing unit for calculating a change rate of the measurement variable which can change over time, the third signal processing unit being designed to output an additional measurement signal which indicates the change rate; and a communication interface which is designed to combine the processed measurement variable and the additional measurement signal into a composite transmission signal and to transmit the composite transmission signal.

A method ascertains a state of a product in a plurality of time periods using a detection unit associated with the product. The method including the following for each of the time periods: setting a configuration of the detection unit at a beginning of the respective time period, the configuration different than a configuration available beforehand, and detecting at least one measured value using the detection unit in the respective time period on the basis of the set configuration.

A method ascertains a state of a product in a plurality of time periods using a detection unit associated with the product. The method including the following for each of the time periods: setting a configuration of the detection unit at a beginning of the respective time period, the configuration different than a configuration available beforehand, and detecting at least one measured value using the detection unit in the respective time period on the basis of the set configuration.

A communication terminal includes: a power supply unit: a sensor: a wireless communication unit that transmits a detected value detected by the sensor to an external device in a wireless manner; and a control unit that sets one of a first mode and a second mode as an operation mode of the communication terminal, acquires the detected value detected by the sensor, and controls electric current to be supplied from the power supply unit, the electric current to be supplied to part of the control unit and the wireless communication unit in the second mode being made lower than in the first mode, wherein, when a difference between a present detected value detected by the sensor and a previous detected value detected by the sensor is smaller than a threshold value, the control unit sets the second mode as the operation mode of the communication terminal.

A measurement device includes an acceleration sensor, a memory, and one or more processors that follow instructions saved in the memory to execute following processing of: acquiring time-series acceleration data output by the acceleration sensor; specifying, based on the acquired time-series acceleration data, first and second timing at which acceleration goes above and below an acceleration reference value; determining a reference range for a time width from the first to second timing based on amplitude of an acceleration waveform corresponding to the time-series acceleration data and a first piece count of at least either the first or second timing within predetermined time; determining whether the time width falls within the determined reference range; and counting one step for a partial waveform from the first to second timing in the acceleration waveform when the time width is determined as falling within the reference range.

A measurement device includes an acceleration sensor, a memory, and one or more processors that follow instructions saved in the memory to execute following processing of: acquiring time-series acceleration data output by the acceleration sensor; specifying, based on the acquired time-series acceleration data, first and second timing at which acceleration goes above and below an acceleration reference value; determining a reference range for a time width from the first to second timing based on amplitude of an acceleration waveform corresponding to the time-series acceleration data and a first piece count of at least either the first or second timing within predetermined time; determining whether the time width falls within the determined reference range; and counting one step for a partial waveform from the first to second timing in the acceleration waveform when the time width is determined as falling within the reference range.

A sensor system and method includes first and second sensing elements, digital sensors, a host computer and a digital bus. The first sensing element is configured to collect first sensor data and the second sensing element is configured to collect second sensor data. The digital sensor includes a controller that is configured to receive the first and second sensor data and process the first sensor data together with the second sensor data to generate processed data. The host computer is configured to receive the processed data from the digital sensor over the digital bus.

A method includes sensing through time-of-flight measurements a distance of an object from an electronic device, sensing motion of the electronic device, sensing acoustic signals received by the electronic device, and detecting the presence of a human proximate the electronic device based on the sensed distance, motion and acoustic signals. Access to the electronic device is controlled based on whether a human is detected as being present.

An optical axis control apparatus is provided with a relative-road-surface-angle calculating unit which calculates a relative horizontal plane angle being an inclination angle of a vehicle with respect to a horizontal plane by using an output value of an acceleration sensor provided on the vehicle and calculates a relative road surface angle being an inclination angle of the vehicle with respect to a road surface by integrating an amount of change of the relative horizontal plane angle while the vehicle is stationary, a relative-road-surface-angle correcting unit which obtains braking information indicating an operation state of a brake device provided on the vehicle and corrects the relative road surface angle for a change in the braking information, and an optical axis control unit which controls an optical axis of headlights provided on the vehicle using the relative road surface angle corrected by the relative-road-surface-angle correcting unit.

This application discloses a sensor data processing method, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium, and relates to the field of data processing technologies. The method includes: obtaining a group of raw sensor data, where the raw sensor data is sensor data output, based on an actual output data rate ODR, by a sensor; and obtaining a group of target sensor data through calculation based on the group of raw sensor data, a target ODR, and the actual ODR. The target sensor data is estimated sensor data output, based on the target ODR, by the sensor, and there is no ODR error.