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In a method for detecting the occurrence of a fault in a first sensor for producing first pulses of a repetitive time period related to a first condition to be detected or the occurrence of fault in a second sensor for producing second pulses indicative of a second condition to be detected at a rati

In a method for detecting the occurrence of a fault in a first sensor for producing first pulses of a repetitive time period related to a first condition to be detected or the occurrence of fault in a second sensor for producing second pulses indicative of a second condition to be detected at a ratio of one pulse to the production of N first pulses, the first pulses and the second pulses are used for monitoring each other and the detection of the occurrence of trouble in these sensors can be carried out with high reliability.

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A method for detecting the occurrence of a trouble in a first sensor for producing first pulses of a repetitive time period related to a first condition to be detected and the occurrence of a trouble in a second sensor for producing second pulses indicative of a second condition to be detected at a

A method for detecting the occurrence of a trouble in a first sensor for producing first pulses of a repetitive time period related to a first condition to be detected and the occurrence of a trouble in a second sensor for producing second pulses indicative of a second condition to be detected at a ratio of one pulse to the production of N first pulses, said method comprising the steps of: applying said second pulses as preset pulses to a counter to which said first pulses are supplied as counting pulses so as to maintain the count value of said counter to within a predetermined range; monitoring the change of the value counted by said counter between periods starting with the time of occurrence of one of said second pulses and ending with the time of occurrence of the next second pulse thereby detecting the occurrence of trouble in said first sensor; and monitoring whether or not the value of the output from said counter reaches a predetermined count value outside of said predetermined counting range, whereby the occurrence of a trouble in said second sensor is detected.