Patent attributes
A reversing sensor device applies a master-slave type of sensor architecture. The reversing sensor device includes at least one master-sensor and more than one slave-sensor. The master-sensor includes a microprocessor, an ultrasonic emission circuit, a reflective wave detection circuit and an alarm circuit. The master-sensor not only takes charge of detecting the obstacle but can also coordinate the operation timing for each of the slave-sensors. In this way, the master-sensor replaces the functionality of a conventional control box. The master-sensor is connected to the slave-sensors and also uses a time-sharing principle and a polling method to control the timing of each slave-sensor to collect a detection result. In addition, the slave-sensor includes a microprocessor, an ultrasonic emission circuit and a reflective wave detection circuit.