Fluid moving device having a fail-safe operation
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsLawton J. Kainer, Ratnesh K. Sharma
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Abstract
In a method for operating a fluid moving device, the fluid moving device is operated under one of a local mode where the fluid moving device operates autonomously and a global mode where the fluid moving device operates based upon instructions received from a global controller, and where the fluid moving device is operated under the local mode as a fail-safe operation to the global mode.
Claims17
A method for operating a fluid moving device, said method comprising:
- receiving a condition;
- comparing the received condition with a predetermined condition threshold;
- operating the fluid moving device under one of a local mode and a global mode based upon whether the received condition one of exceeds and falls below the predetermined condition threshold, wherein the fluid moving device operates autonomously under the local mode and the fluid moving device operates based upon instructions received from a global controller under the global mode;
- and
- wherein operating the fluid moving device under the local mode further comprises operating the fluid moving device under the local mode as a fail-safe operation to the global mode.
A fluid moving device comprising:
- at least one actuator configured to vary a characteristic of fluid supplied by the fluid moving device, and
- a local controller configured to operate the at least one actuator under a local mode wherein the local controller operates autonomously, wherein the local mode is a fail-safe operation to the global mode, wherein the local controller is configured to receive a condition, and to compare the received condition with a predetermined condition threshold, wherein the at least one actuator is configured to be operated in one of the local mode and a global mode based upon whether the received condition one of exceeds and falls below the predetermined condition threshold, and wherein a global controller configured to control a plurality of fluid moving devices is configured to control the at least one actuator under the global mode.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, said one or more computer programs implementing a method for operating a fluid moving device, said one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for:
- receiving a condition;
- comparing the received condition with a predetermined condition threshold;
- and
- operating the fluid moving device under one of a local mode and a global mode based upon whether the received condition one of exceeds and falls below the predetermined condition threshold, wherein the fluid moving device operates autonomously under the local mode and the fluid moving device operates based upon instructions received from a global controller under the global mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.