Apparatus for producing a time-proportioned control signal electronically
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1. An apparatus for producing a timed control signal for actuation of a responsive device for changing a condition to a predetermined desired condition, said apparatus comprising(a) electronic means for sensing the condition;
- (b) means for creating electronic signals proportional to the measure of said condition being sensed by said electronic means within a sensitivity range and cyclic electronic ramp signals rising uniformly to a maximum amplitude representing said sensitivity range;
(c) electronic means for processing said proportional signals to create therefrom a series of timed control signals by comparison of said proportional signals and said rising cyclic ramp signals at each cycle thereof and creating one of said timed control signals for the remaining duration of each cycle at the time that each ramp signal rises above each proportional signal.
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Abstract
A solid state electronic controller for humidification devices employs an electronic humidity sensor to create an electronic signal proportional to the humidity in the space to be controlled, and massages or processes this proportional signal to create a cyclic series of time-proportioned control signals to cause the operation of the humidification devices in each cycle for a period proportional to the difference between the sensed humidity and the desired humidity.
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1. An apparatus for producing a timed control signal for actuation of a responsive device for changing a condition to a predetermined desired condition, said apparatus comprising
(a) electronic means for sensing the condition; -
(b) means for creating electronic signals proportional to the measure of said condition being sensed by said electronic means within a sensitivity range and cyclic electronic ramp signals rising uniformly to a maximum amplitude representing said sensitivity range; (c) electronic means for processing said proportional signals to create therefrom a series of timed control signals by comparison of said proportional signals and said rising cyclic ramp signals at each cycle thereof and creating one of said timed control signals for the remaining duration of each cycle at the time that each ramp signal rises above each proportional signal.
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2. An apparatus for producing a timed control signal for actuation of a responsive device for changing a condition to a predetermined desired condition, said apparatus comprising
(a) means for sensing the condition; -
(b) means for creating an electronic signal proportional to the measure of said condition being sensed by said means for sensing; (c) means for creating electronically a cyclic sawtooth direct current wave form signal of constant maximum amplitude and having a cycle including a uniformly changing ramp signal of like maximum amplitude included as a portion thereof; (d) means for electronically re-basing and amplifying said proportional signal suitably for comparison with said ramp signal to cover a sensitivity range which has limits set by a proportional signal corresponding to a selected condition and by another proportional signal corresponding to said predetermined desired condition; (e) an electronic means for comparison of said proportional signal after said re-basing and amplifying with said ramp signal at each said cycle of said sawtooth signal; and (f) means for electronically creating from said comparison said timed control signal whose duration during each said cycle is directly proportional to the difference between said proportional signal after said re-basing and amplifying and said desired condition signal as related to said maximum amplitude of said ramp signal. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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