Movable partition monitoring systems and methods
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorScott Averitt
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Abstract
A method and system for monitoring a movable partition. In one embodiment, the system includes a sensor linked to a movable partition, a drive system, and a controller. The drive system is configured to move the movable partition. The sensor, which in one embodiment includes a drum connected to the partition by a cable, is independent of the drive system. The sensor transmits a signal indicative of the rotational motion of the drum to the controller, which receives the transmitted signal and calculates at least one of a speed, acceleration, position, and direction of movement of the movable partition.
Claims30
A system for monitoring a movable partition, the system comprising:
- a movable partition;
- a drive system configured to move the movable partition;
- a sensor mechanically linked to the partition, but decoupled from the drive system and configured to transmit a signal indicative of the motion of the partition;
- and
- a controller configured to receive the transmitted signal, to calculate at least one of a speed, acceleration, position, and direction of movement of the movable partition, and to generate a signal indicative of an obstruction in a path of the movable partition.
A system for monitoring a movable partition, the system comprising:
- a cable having a first end and a second end;
- a movable partition configured to be coupled to the first end of the cable;
- a drive system configured to move the movable partition;
- a drum configured to be coupled to the second end of the cable, wherein the drum is independent of the drive system;
- a sensor configured to transmit a signal indicative of the rotational motion of the drum;
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- a controller configured to receive the transmitted signal and to calculate at least one of a speed, acceleration, position, and direction of movement of the movable partition.
The movable partition monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the signal that is transmitted by the controller to the drive system includes control information to reverse the direction of a motor of the drive system.
A method of monitoring a movable partition, the method comprising:
- providing a sensor configured to be independent of a drive system for the movable partition;
- linking the sensor and the movable partition via an attachment element;
- generating, with the sensor, a first signal indicative of motion of the partition;
- receiving, by a controller, the first signal;
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- generating, via the controller, a second signal using data from the first signal, the second signal indicative of at least one of a speed, a position, a direction of travel, and an acceleration of the movable partition.
The method of claim 18, further comprising generating a fourth signal via the controller, the fourth signal including control information to reverse a direction of travel of the movable partition.
A vehicle having a system for monitoring a movable partition, the system comprising:
- a movable partition;
- a drive system configured to move the movable partition;
- a sensor mechanically linked to the partition, but decoupled from the drive system and configured to transmit a signal indicative of the motion of the partition;
- and
- a controller configured to receive the transmitted signal, to calculate at least one of a speed, acceleration, position, and direction of movement of the movable partition, and to generate a signal indicative of an obstruction in a path of the movable partition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.