Apparatus and method of driving a light powered system
OwnerFred Browninventor
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Abstract
A motor has a controller that controls the amount of power drawn by motor drive circuitry as a function of the light conversion panels in the system. To that end, the motor also has an input (operatively coupled with the controller) that is couplable with a set of light conversion panels (the set may range from no panels to a plurality of panels). The controller is configured to 1) determine the total number of light conversion panels in the set and 2) control the amount of power drawn by the drive circuitry as a function of the number of light conversion panels in the set.
Claims30
A motor comprising:
- drive circuitry;
- a controller operatively coupled with the drive circuitry, the controller controlling the amount of power drawn by the drive circuitry;
- and
- an input operatively coupled with the controller, the input being couplable with a set of light conversion panels,
- the controller configured to determine the total number of light conversion panels in the set and including a microprocessor executing program code,
- the controller controlling the amount of power drawn by the drive circuitry as a function of the number of light conversion panels in the set.
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A system comprising:
- a motor having a controller operatively coupled with drive circuitry, the controller controlling the amount of power drawn by the drive circuitry;
- a set of light conversion panels operatively coupled with the controller,
- the controller configured to determine the total number of light conversion panels in the set, the controller controlling the amount of power drawn by the drive circuitry as a function of the number of light conversion panels in the set and including a microprocessor executing program code.
A method comprising:
- providing drive circuitry for controlling rotation of a rotor in a motor, a set of light conversion panels being coupled with the drive circuitry, the;
- providing a controller having a microprocessor executing program code;
- determining the total number of light conversion panels coupled with the drive circuitry;
- and
- dynamically controlling the drive circuitry with the controller to draw power from the set of light conversion panels as a function of the total number of light conversion panels in the set.
A computer program product for use on a computer system, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon, the computer readable program code comprising:
- program code for providing drive circuitry controlling rotation of a rotor in a motor, a set of light conversion panels being coupled wiht he drive circuitry;
- prograam code for determining the total number of light conversion panels coupled with the drive circuitry;
- and
- program code for dynamically controlling the drive circuiyrty to draw power from the light conversion panels as a function of the total number of light conversion panels in the set.
A light powered system comprising:
- power circuitry;
- a controller operatively coupled with the drive circuitry, the controller controlling the amount of power drawn by the power circuitry;
- and
- an input operatively coupled with the controller, the input being couplable with a set of light conversion panels,
- the controller configured to determine the total number of light conversion panels in the set and including a microprocessor executing program code,
- the controller controlling the amount of power drawn by the power circuitry as a function of the number of light conversion panels in the set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.