US 12,445,813 B2
Method for configuring converters for sensors and converter
Martin Ebneter, Rebstein (CH); and Markus Hasler, Montlingen (CH)
Assigned to Veratron AG, Rüthi (CH)
Appl. No. 17/923,272
Filed by VERATRON AG, Rüthi (CH)
PCT Filed May 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/054233
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/224657, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0292093 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 5/00 (2024.01); H04B 5/72 (2024.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/38 (2018.02) [H04B 5/72 (2024.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory storage medium containing instructions which when executed, by one or more processors of a mobile device cause the mobile device to send configuration data to a first device which is a programmable converter device specifically adapted to convert analog signals into digital signals or first digital signals into second digital signals, and which programs said first converter device to:
produce configuration data for the first converter device on the mobile device, including data format specifications for sensor data;
allow output status information by the mobile device in an active NFC communication mode;
continuously detect status feedback of said first converter device operated in a passive NFC communication mode to the mobile device in the active NFC communication mode; and
if the detected passive device is the first converter device, transmit configuration data from the mobile device into the first converter device in order to allow said first converter device to operate as configured;
wherein said first converter device is connected to at least one sensor and converts data to be received from said sensor according to a particular NFC-signal configuration acquired through an NFC link from the mobile device.