Classification of transmission

• US 10,027,131 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2015
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quantum Wave LLC
• Original Assignee: Cpg Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Corum, James F., Corum, Kenneth L., Pinzone, Joseph F., Miller, Michael W.
• Primary Examiner(s): SKIBINSKI, THOMAS S
• Application Number:
  US14/848,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20170070058A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,042 Days
• Field of Search: 307149, 307104, 333240, 343785, 343719, 343739, 343749, 324335
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/00 Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/00 Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/502 the energy repeater being integrated together with the emitter or the receiver

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for distributing power to loads and classifying loads that receive electrical energy in the form of guided surface waves that are transmitted by guided surface waveguide probes along a terrestrial medium.

Claims

1. A method of distributing power within a hierarchical power distribution system from a plurality of guided surface waveguide probes to at least one guided surface wave receive structure comprising:

associating each of the plurality of guided surface waveguide probes with a respective one of a plurality of frequency sets, each of the plurality of frequency sets corresponding to a transmission class among a plurality of transmission classes, wherein each of the plurality of guided surface waveguide probes is designated to transmit within a respective transmission class among the plurality of transmission classes;

transmitting, by each of the plurality of guided surface waveguide probes, at least one guided surface wave along a terrestrial medium to the at least one guided surface wave receive structure by generating at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident at a complex Brewster angle of incidence of the terrestrial medium; and

supplying, by the at least one guided surface wave receive structure, electrical energy to at least one electrical load coupled to the at least one guided surface wave receive structure.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one characteristic is associated with each of the plurality of transmission classes.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one characteristic specifies a range of sizes of the at least one electrical load.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one electrical load encompasses at least one portable personal device.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one characteristic comprises a criticality of the at least one electrical load.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of frequency sets comprises a plurality of discrete transmission frequencies reserved for a predefined criticality type of the at least one electrical load.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the criticality comprises a medical criticality associated with at least one medically critical load, wherein the at least one medically critical load is vital to a life of at least one entity associated with the at least one medically critical load.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein at least one of the plurality of frequency sets includes a subset of frequencies reserved for the medically critical loads.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the criticality comprises a transportation criticality.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of frequency sets services electrical loads of a predefined type.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for power over a network from the at least one guided surface wave receive structure; and

assigning the at least one guided surface wave receive structure to a discrete transmission frequency within a respective one of the plurality of frequency sets.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

generating a record including the assigning of the at least one guided surface wave receive structure to the discrete transmission frequency within the respective one of the plurality of frequency sets; and

determining a priority of power distribution associated with the at least one guided surface wave receive structure based at least in part upon the at least one electrical load.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the respective one of the plurality of frequency sets includes a reserved frequency set, and the priority of power distribution is further based at least in part on whether the at least one guided surface wave receive structure is assigned to the reserved frequency set within the respective one of the plurality of frequency sets.

14. A system comprising:

at least one guided surface waveguide probe configured to generate at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident at a complex Brewster angle of incidence of the lossy conducting medium, the at least one guided surface waveguide probe being associated with at least one respective frequency set among a plurality of frequency sets, each of a plurality of transmission classes being associated with each of the plurality of frequency sets;

wherein the at least one guided surface waveguide probe is configured to transmit at least one guided surface wave along a terrestrial medium to at least one guided surface wave receive structure within a respective transmission class among the plurality of transmission classes; and

wherein the at least one guided surface wave receive structure is configured to supply electrical energy to at least one electrical load coupled to the at least one guided surface wave receive structure.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one electrical load is experienced as at least one load at an excitation source coupled to the at least one guided surface waveguide probe transmitting the at least one guided surface wave.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein one of the transmission classes specifies a geographical transmission class.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the geographical transmission class is at least one of a local class, a regional class, or a nationwide class.

18. The system of claim 14, further comprising at least one control system in communication with the at least one guided surface waveguide probe, the control system configured to assign the at least one guided surface waveguide probe to the at least one guided surface wave receive structure.

19. The system of claim 14, further comprising at least one control system in communication with the at least one guided surface waveguide probe, the control system configured to assign the at least one guided surface wave receive structure to a respective frequency set associated with the at least one guided surface waveguide probe.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the respective frequency set is assigned based at least in part upon power data associated with a power source that is coupled to the at least one guided surface waveguide probe.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein at least one of the plurality of frequency sets comprises a reserved frequency set that is selected for use in connection with a specific category of electrical loads.

22. A system comprising:

at least one guided surface wave receive structure configured to;

receive electrical energy from at least one guided surface wave transmitted along a terrestrial medium from at least one guided surface waveguide probe transmitting in a respective transmission class among a plurality of transmission classes, the at least one guided surface wave receive structure being assigned the transmission class; and

supply the electrical energy to at least one electrical load coupled to the at least one guided surface wave receive structure; and

at least one control system configured to assign the at least one guided surface waveguide probe to the at least one guided surface wave receive structure in response to a request for power, the at least one guided surface waveguide probe being configured to generate at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident at a complex Brewster angle of incidence of the lossy conducting medium.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the at least one control system is further configured to assign the at least one guided surface wave receive structure to a respective frequency set associated with the at least one guided surface waveguide probe.