Temperature compensation warming fabric
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1. A warming fabric, comprising:
- a fabric;
a heating element associated with the fabric and configured to heat the fabric;
a data temperature mechanism configured to generate data regarding an ambient temperature of the fabric; and
a microcomputer configured to set the level of heat output of the heating element based at least partly upon the data generated by the data temperature mechanism without resort to a direct temperature measurement of said fabric itself and without resort to a direct temperature measurement of said heating element.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a warming blanket system having a fabric comprising a heating element, a data temperature mechanism configured to provide ambient air temperature data, a user input configured to provide user heat output preference data for a given normal ambient temperature, and a control system configured to input said air temperature and user heat output preference data and adjust heat output to said heating element based upon a deviation of a measured ambient temperature from said normal ambient temperature.
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31 Claims
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1. A warming fabric, comprising:
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a fabric;
a heating element associated with the fabric and configured to heat the fabric;
a data temperature mechanism configured to generate data regarding an ambient temperature of the fabric; and
a microcomputer configured to set the level of heat output of the heating element based at least partly upon the data generated by the data temperature mechanism without resort to a direct temperature measurement of said fabric itself and without resort to a direct temperature measurement of said heating element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A control for a warming fabric, comprising:
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a data temperature mechanism configured to generate data regarding an ambient temperature of a warming fabric; and
a microcomputer configured to set the level of heat output of the warming fabric based at least partly upon the data generated by the data temperature mechanism without resort to a direct temperature measurement of said fabric itself and without resort to a direct temperature measurement of said heating element. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A warming blanket system, comprising:
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a fabric comprising a heating element;
a data temperature mechanism configured to provide ambient air temperature data;
a user input configured to provide user heat output preference data for a given normal ambient temperature; and
a control system configured to input said air temperature and user heat output preference data and adjust heat output to said heating element based upon a deviation of a measured ambient temperature from said normal ambient temperature without resort to a direct temperature measurement of said fabric itself and without resort to a direct temperature measurement of said heating element. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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