A system to deliver power to a load in a transport vehicle has: (a) a battery; (b) a super capacitor bank; (c) a bidirectional DC/DC converter configured to transfer power to/from the super capacitors in order to absorb/supply power from/to the load, and configured to transfer power between the super capacitors and the battery and/or the load in order to charge the super capacitor from the battery or load or charge the battery/load from the super capacitors in a controlled way (d) a hybrid controller configured to identify when pulsed power is required to/from the load, and based on a charging pulse profile, supplying a plurality positive and/or negative current pulses to the battery.
Unlike prior art systems that utilize a trainer who manually sets the user's device parameters such as speed, resistance, and incline to track the parameters of the trainer's device such as the trainer's device speed and, resistance, and incline; the disclosed novel system automatically controls the user's device parameters so that the physiological state of the user (e.g., the user's heart rate) tracks the physiological state of the trainer (e.g., the trainer's heart rate). Disclosed are physiological sensors that measure various biological conditions of the trainer and on the user and adds an immersion controller into the user's system that essentially uses the exercise devices as actuators that are adjusted in order to keep the user's physiological state tracking the trainer's physiological state.
A63B 22/02 - Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with movable endless bands
Disclosed are sensors that measure various both biological conditions and mental conditions of the trainer and on the user and adds an immersion controller into the user's system that essentially uses the exercise devices as actuators that are adjusted in order to keep both the user's physiological state and mental state tracking the trainer's physiological state and mental state.
Disclosed is a system configured to deliver power to a load in a transport vehicle, the system having: (a) a battery; (b) a super capacitor bank; (c) a bidirectional DC/DC converter configured to transfer power to/from the super capacitors in order to absorb/supply power from/to the load, and configured to transfer power between the super capacitors and the battery and/or the load in order to charge the super capacitor from the battery or load or charge the battery/load from the super capacitors in a controlled way (d) a hybrid controller, the hybrid controller configured to identify when pulsed power is required to/from the load and instructing the DC/DC converter to supply/absorb power to/from the load from/to the super capacitor bank and to identify when power needs to be transferred between the super capacitor and the battery/load to charge or discharge the battery/load and/or super capacitor.
B60T 8/17 - Using electrical or electronic regulation means to control braking
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
B64D 27/24 - Aircraft characterised by the type or position of power plants using steam or spring force
B64D 31/12 - Initiating means actuated automatically for equalising or synchronising power plants
H02P 21/05 - Arrangements or methods for the control of electric machines by vector control, e.g. by control of field orientation specially adapted for damping motor oscillations, e.g. for reducing hunting
H02P 21/13 - Observer control, e.g. using Luenberger observers or Kalman filters
B64D 31/00 - Power plant control systemsArrangement of power plant control systems in aircraft
G05D 1/08 - Control of attitude, i.e. control of roll, pitch, or yaw
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Control system connected to an arresting gear system having an outer control loop and a plurality of inner current control loops
A control system is described that is connected to an advanced arresting gear system. The control system has: (a) an outer control loop; (b) a first inner control loop associated with a port-side motor current controller for outputting a voltage command for controlling a port side motor that controls a port side of an arrestment cable; (c) a second inner control loop associated with a starboard-side motor current controller outputting a second voltage command for controlling a starboard side motor that controls the starboard side of the arrestment cable. Each of the port-side motor current controller and the starboard-side motor controller comprises: a positive sequence controller, at least one negative sequence controller, one or more delay state feedback to counter control loop delays, wherein the delay state feedback provides high bandwidth, low current overshoot, small current rise time and good current stability margins.
H02P 5/46 - Arrangements specially adapted for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of two or more electric motors for speed regulation of two or more dynamo-electric motors in relation to one another
H02P 21/05 - Arrangements or methods for the control of electric machines by vector control, e.g. by control of field orientation specially adapted for damping motor oscillations, e.g. for reducing hunting
Disclosed within is a closed loop controller having: (a) a signal processing and statistics subsystem sampling an input data stream from at least one sensor, calculating real-time continuous statistics in the input data stream based on a sliding window technique, and outputting one or more classifications based on the real-time statistics; and (b) an intelligent fuzzy logic controller receiving the one or more classifications from the signal processing and statistics subsystem, accessing a heuristic rule set based on expert knowledge, and outputting a noninvasive stimulation pattern based on the one or more classifications and the heuristic rule set.
A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
A61B 5/374 - Detecting the frequency distribution of signals, e.g. detecting delta, theta, alpha, beta or gamma waves
A61N 1/20 - Applying electric currents by contact electrodes continuous direct currents
A61N 1/36 - Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers
G05B 13/02 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
G06F 17/18 - Complex mathematical operations for evaluating statistical data
G06N 7/02 - Computing arrangements based on specific mathematical models using fuzzy logic
G16H 20/30 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
G16H 20/70 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
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System and method using bins to identify gain value(s) of an engage/arrest controller in an aircraft arrestment system
The design of a novel digital controller for a motor driven aircraft arrestment system of the type used on aircraft carriers is described. The unique control and feedback design of the described controller has many advanced features, which provide many advantages over existing designs for controlling advanced arresting gear systems. Gain scheduling in engage/arrest controllers can be done based on estimated parameters such as speed, effective skew angle, and faults to allow optimized engage/arrest controllers, where the gain scheduling can be defined, discretely, for each “bin” as defined for a range of threshold values, or it can be defined, continuously, using interpolation and/or functions of speed and effective skew.
G11B 7/09 - Disposition or mounting of heads or light sources relatively to record carriers with provision for moving the light beam or focus plane for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the light beam relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following
H02P 21/05 - Arrangements or methods for the control of electric machines by vector control, e.g. by control of field orientation specially adapted for damping motor oscillations, e.g. for reducing hunting
B64D 27/24 - Aircraft characterised by the type or position of power plants using steam or spring force
B64D 31/00 - Power plant control systemsArrangement of power plant control systems in aircraft
H02P 21/13 - Observer control, e.g. using Luenberger observers or Kalman filters
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Trajectory generator system providing shaft port and starboard side speed and position references for use by an engage phase controller and an arrest phase controller of an aircraft arrestment system
The design of a novel digital controller for a motor driven aircraft arrestment system of the type used on aircraft carriers is described. The unique control and feedback design of the described controller has many advanced features, which provide many advantages over existing designs for controlling advanced arresting gear systems. Also described is a trajectory generator subsystem which provides the port and starboard side speed and position references used by both an engage phase controller and/or an arrest phase controller of the aircraft arrestment system.
B64C 11/50 - Phase synchronisation between multiple propellers
B64D 31/12 - Initiating means actuated automatically for equalising or synchronising power plants
B64D 27/24 - Aircraft characterised by the type or position of power plants using steam or spring force
H02P 21/13 - Observer control, e.g. using Luenberger observers or Kalman filters
H02P 21/05 - Arrangements or methods for the control of electric machines by vector control, e.g. by control of field orientation specially adapted for damping motor oscillations, e.g. for reducing hunting
The design of a novel digital controller for a motor driven aircraft arrestment system of the type used on aircraft carriers is described. The unique control and feedback design of the described controller has many advanced features, which provide many advantages over existing designs for controlling advanced arresting gear systems.
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
G05D 1/08 - Control of attitude, i.e. control of roll, pitch, or yaw
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Control system connected to an arresting gear system having an outer control loop and a plurality of inner current control loops
A control system is described that is connected to an advanced arresting gear system. The control system has: (a) an outer control loop; (b) a first inner control loop associated with a port-side motor current controller for outputting a voltage command for controlling a port side motor that controls a port side of an arrestment cable; (c) a second inner control loop associated with a starboard-side motor current controller outputting a second voltage command for controlling a starboard side motor that controls the starboard side of the arrestment cable. Each of the port-side motor current controller and the starboard-side motor controller comprises: a positive sequence controller, at least one negative sequence controller, one or more delay state feedback to counter control loop delays, wherein the delay state feedback provides high bandwidth, low current overshoot, small current rise time and good current stability margins.
H02P 21/05 - Arrangements or methods for the control of electric machines by vector control, e.g. by control of field orientation specially adapted for damping motor oscillations, e.g. for reducing hunting
H02P 21/22 - Current control, e.g. using a current control loop
G05B 11/32 - Automatic controllers electric with inputs from more than one sensing elementAutomatic controllers electric with outputs to more than one correcting element
A current controller is provided having a positive sequence controller and at least one negative sequence controller, where one or more error signals operated on by the positive sequence controller are transformed into at least one sequence reference frame and input to the at least one negative sequence controller with at least one targeted harmonic set by a harmonic factor value.
A method (as implemented in a current controller) is provided for higher bandwidth operation based on minimized interference between positive and negative components of a current controller, where the method may be performed without additional filtering on measured currents to isolate positive and negative current components. The method involves: identifying one or more error signals operated on by a positive sequence controller; transforming the one or more error signals into at least one negative sequence reference frame associated with at least one negative sequence controller; inputting transformed error signals to the negative sequence controller, where undesirable interactions between the positive sequence controller and negative sequence controller is minimized by sharing error signals.
A hybrid system modifies a control algorithm such that the super-capacitor can not only supply pulsed power, but it now can also absorb pulsed power from the load while keeping the battery current constant such that the incoming pulsed power does not stress the battery. The absorbed energy is accumulated in the capacitor and then the control algorithm operates the DC/DC converter to recharge the battery with the energy from the capacitor at a rate that optimized battery performance. If the load supplies energy to the hybrid system such that the current into the battery is within its optimal operating range, then the load is permitted to directly charge the battery. This hybrid system keeps the battery current operating in its most efficient range during both discharging and charging (the discharging and charging currents may be different values) by using the super-capacitor to supply or absorb pulsed in energy that would otherwise stress the rechargeable battery and result in reduced battery cycle life and/or reduced effective capacity over time.
H02J 1/00 - Circuit arrangements for dc mains or dc distribution networks
H02J 3/00 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
H02J 7/34 - Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering
H02M 3/158 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
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Product research and development; Research and development of new products for others; Research and development and consultation related thereto in the field of electronics; engineering
A current controller is provided having a positive sequence controller and a negative sequence controller, where error signals operated on by the positive sequence controller are transformed into a negative sequence reference frame and input to the negative sequence controller. A current controller is also provided having a positive sequence controller, a negative sequence controller, and one or more delay state feedbacks to counter control loop delays, where the delay state feedbacks provide high bandwidth, low current overshoot, small current rise time and good current stability margins. A current controller is also disclosed having a positive sequence controller, a negative sequence controller, and one or more cross coupled gains between a d-axis and a q-axis, where the cross coupled gains are proportional to the speed of a motor associated with the current controller.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
An electrical circuit board unit, designed to provide uninterruptible power supply comprised of super capacitors that provide backup direct current power to a nominal 12 Volts Direct Current System in the event that the primary power supply is interrupted, for use with low power remote systems where primary power can be interrupted, and for integration into solar, wind, or other renewable energy systems and as a stand alone package
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For hybrid super-capacitor / battery systems in pulsed power applications
A hybrid super-capacitor/battery system is disclosed (particularly under high pulsed power and low temperature conditions) which allows an existing battery system to ride through transient loading and provide excellent energy density and power density under practical loading conditions.
H02J 7/34 - Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering
H02M 3/157 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators with digital control
H02M 3/158 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load
H02M 3/156 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators
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Block switch controller comprising a closed loop vector controller incorporating a delay state having a feedback gain
A block switch controller for a linear motor is disclosed, the linear motor having a plurality of motor blocks, a shuttle which is propelled by the magnetic forces generated by a motor current passing through the motor blocks, a plurality of motor block switches selectively passing the motor current through the motor blocks, and a plurality of position sensors determining the position of the shuttle relative to the motor blocks, wherein the controller comprises a closed loop vector controller that incorporates a delay state having a feedback gain.
An article of manufacture is provided having computer readable program code embodied therein which implements modeling of a system (e.g., an electromagnetic aircraft launch system) having at least a linear motor and a block switching controller. The computer readable program code implements the following steps: (a) generating a model of the system, the model having a plurality of sub-models, the plurality of sub-models comprising at least a sub-model of the linear motor and a sub-model of the block switching controller; (b) inserting at least one simulation artifact (e.g., a capacitive element) into the system model between two sub-models, the simulation artifact creating a virtual voltage state; and (c) simulating the operation of the system using the generated model. The insertion of a simulation artifact into the model between sub-models can enable the sub-models to be independently modeled in different reference frames (e.g., the stator abc-reference frame and the dq-reference frame).
G06G 7/63 - Analogue computers for specific processes, systems, or devices, e.g. simulators for electric systems or apparatus for power apparatus, e.g. motors, or supply distribution networks
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Block switching transient minimization for linear motors and inductive loads
A block switch controller for a linear motor is disclosed, the block switch controller having a motor current threshold profile controlling the switching of a plurality of block switches in a linear motor. Also, a block switch controller for a linear motor comprising a closed loop vector current controller that incorporates a delay state having a feedback gain is disclosed. Additionally, a method of switching a plurality of block switches that minimizes switching transients is provided. Finally, an article of manufacture containing computer code implementing a modeling and simulation program for modeling a linear motor system is provided.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Sensor, namely, a signal conditioning and communication devices for industrial process control and load cell indicators that electronically stores information regarding the transducer's characteristics and parameters such as type of device, manufacturer, model number, serial number, calibration date, and sensitivity, and other data, namely, display data, on a chip; stores calibration coefficients and frequency response for a transducer, namely, a table or an algorithm; incorporating the chip containing the data into a digital signal conditioner
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Computer peripherals; telecommunications switches in the nature of fiber optic data communication switches, both optical/electric/optical (OEO) and all optical (OOO)
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Signal conditioning and communication devices for industrial process control, namely electronic digital signal conditioners for use with strain gage transducers, sensors, load cells and extensometers
