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An ambient condition detector includes at least a sensor for a first ambient condition and a second, sensor which is responsive to a second ambient condition not necessarily correlated to the first condition. Control circuitry, coupled to both sensors, processes an output from the first sensor to re

An ambient condition detector includes at least a sensor for a first ambient condition and a second, sensor which is responsive to a second ambient condition not necessarily correlated to the first condition. Control circuitry, coupled to both sensors, processes an output from the first sensor to reduce transients and/or noise therein which are not correlated to the first ambient condition. Processing characteristics are altered in response to an output from the second sensor. The processing can take place at the detector or, in part, at the detector and, in part, at a displaced, common control element. The output from the first sensor can also be used to modify the processing of the output of the second sensor.

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[ What is claimed:] [9.]9. An apparatus comprising:a first sensor which produces a first output in response to a first ambient condition;at least a second sensor which produces a second output in response to a second ambient condition;processing circuitry, coupled to at least the first and second se

[ What is claimed:] [9.]9. An apparatus comprising:a first sensor which produces a first output in response to a first ambient condition;at least a second sensor which produces a second output in response to a second ambient condition;processing circuitry, coupled to at least the first and second sensors, responsive to the first output to form a processed output, representative of at least the value of the first output, wherein the second output varies the way in which the processed output is formed from the first output; andwherein the processing circuitry forms an average of a representation of the first output as the processed output and wherein the second output varies the way in which the average is formed.