Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adaptive power management for self-sustaining energy harvesting system
-
Application No.: US15951561Application Date: 2018-04-12
-
Publication No.: US10211647B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Stewart E. Hall , Melwyn F. Sequeira
- Applicant: Stewart E. Hall , Melwyn F. Sequeira
- Applicant Address: US FL Boca Raton
- Assignee: Sensomatic Electronics, LLC
- Current Assignee: Sensomatic Electronics, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Boca Raton
- Agency: Fox Rothschild LLP
- Agent Robert J. Sacco; Carol E. Thorstad-Forsyth
- Main IPC: H02J5/00
- IPC: H02J5/00 ; G08B29/18 ; H02J7/00 ; H02J7/34 ; H02J7/35 ; H02J7/02 ; H02J1/10 ; G08B17/00

Abstract:
Systems (100) and methods (500, 600) for adaptively managing power for an Energy Harvesting System (“EHS”). The methods involve: measuring a light intensity level available in a surrounding environment; wirelessly communicating a first wireless signal from the EHS (100) to a remote device (700) for causing the light intensity level to be increased by remotely turning on a light source (106, 108) or opening a cover preventing light emitted from the light source from reaching the EHC, when the light intensity level is below a pre-specified level; using an Energy Harvesting Circuit (“EHC”) to recharge a rechargeable battery (310) when the light intensity level rises above the pre-specified level; and wirelessly communicating a second wireless signal from the EHS to the remote device for causing the light source be turned off or the cover to be closed, when the capacity or state-of-charge of the rechargeable battery reaches a pre-specified value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180241219A1 ADAPTIVE POWER MANAGEMENT FOR SELF-SUSTAINING ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-08-23
Information query