Method and apparatus to reconfigure load impedance elements associated with a vehicle
AssigneeGravic, Inc.
InventorsAsher H. Jablon, Bruce D. Holenstein, Dylan R. Holenstein
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for adjusting an electrical configuration of a plurality of components of an electrical network associated with a vehicle in order to tune electrical characteristics of the electrical network to continuously match a dynamically changing desired mode of operation of the electrical network associated with the vehicle.
Claims20
An automated method for adjusting an electrical configuration of a plurality of components of an electrical network associated with a vehicle in order to tune electrical characteristics of the electrical network to continuously match a dynamically changing desired mode of operation of the electrical network associated with the vehicle, the electrical characteristics including a load impedance, wherein the components are parts of DC or AC power systems, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving one or more of (i) user inputs, (ii) external inputs, and (iii) a first set of sensor inputs from the components, and determining therefrom a current desired mode of operation;
- (b) receiving one or more of (i) a second set of sensor inputs from the components, (ii) inputs from an operating database that maintains data about the components, and (iii) inputs from external data sources, and determining therefrom electrical characteristics of the components;
- (c) calculating a current desired configuration of the components by using (i) the current desired mode of operation and (ii) the determined electrical characteristics of the components;
- (d) configuring the electrical network using a configuration module to match the current desired configuration of the components, wherein the configuration module configures the load impedance to match the current desired configuration of the components;
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- (e) repeating steps (a)-(d), thereby reconfiguring the electrical configuration of the components of the electrical network in order to tune the electrical characteristics of the electrical network associated with the vehicle to continuously match a dynamically changing desired mode of operation of the electrical network associated with the vehicle.
An apparatus for adjusting an electrical configuration of a plurality of components of an electrical network associated with a vehicle in order to tune electrical characteristics of the electrical network to continuously match a dynamically changing desired mode of operation of the electrical network associated with the vehicle, the electrical characteristics including a load impedance, wherein the components are parts of DC or AC power systems, the apparatus comprising an electrical tuning engine comprised of an electrical circuit configured to:
- (a) receive one or more of (i) user inputs, (ii) external inputs, and (iii) a first set of sensor inputs from the components, and determining therefrom a current desired mode of operation;
- (b) receive one or more of (i) a second set of sensor inputs from the components, (ii) inputs from an operating database that maintains data about the components, and (iii) inputs from external data sources, and determining therefrom electrical characteristics of the components;
- (c) calculate a current desired configuration of the components by using (i) the current desired mode of operation and (ii) the determined electrical characteristics of the components;
- (d) configure the electrical network using a configuration module to match the current desired configuration of the components, wherein the configuration module configures the load impedance to match the current desired configuration of the components;
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- (e) repeat steps (a)-(d), thereby reconfiguring the electrical configuration of the components of the electrical network in order to tune the electrical characteristics of the electrical network associated with the vehicle to continuously match a dynamically changing desired mode of operation of the electrical network associated with the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.