METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING OPERATION ACCORDING TO DETECTED ORIENTATION

• US 20110184589A1
• Filed: 12/20/2010
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acumentrics Rups, LLC
• Original Assignee: Acumentrics Corporation (Acumentrics, Inc.)
• Inventors: Boudreau, Jeffrey M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,433,454 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/00 Supplying electric power to auxiliary equipment of vehicles circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/04 Cutting off the power supply under fault conditions protective devices and circuit arrangements in general H01H; H02H

Abstract

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) mountable within a vehicle receives input power and produces a first output in response to the received input power even in the absence of the input power. A detector is coupled to the UPS and detects a situation parameter associated with the vehicle and/or the UPS. The detected situation parameter is either an incline angle relative to a reference plane, an applied force, an acceleration or a vibration. The first output of the UPS is then modified as a function of the detected situation parameter with respect to either a threshold value or a range of values.

Claims

1. A system for mounting within a vehicle comprising:

an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) operable to receive input power at least at some times and to produce a first output in response to the received input power, said UPS operable to continue to produce the first output in the absence of the input power; and

a detector coupled to the UPS, the detector operable to detect at least one situation parameter associated with at least one of the vehicle and the UPS, wherein the at least one situation parameter is at least one of;

an incline angle relative to a reference plane,

an applied force,

an acceleration, and

a vibration,

wherein the UPS is operative to modify the first output as a function of the detected at least one situation parameter.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the UPS is operative to modify the first output as a function of the detected at least one situation parameter and one or more of:

a first predetermined parameter threshold value;

a first predetermined range of parameter values;

a time duration the detected at least one situation parameter is within a first predetermined range of parameter values; and

a time duration the detected at least one situation parameter exceeds a first predetermined parameter threshold value.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the detected at least one situation parameter is an incline angle relative to a reference plane and the UPS is operative to modify the first output as a function of the detected incline angle and one or more of:

a first predetermined inclination threshold value;

a first predetermined range of inclination values;

a time duration the detected incline angle is within a first predetermined range of inclination values; and

a time duration the detected incline angle exceeds a first predetermined inclination threshold value.

4. The system of claim 1, including at least one transmitter, wherein the UPS is operative to cause the cessation of a transmission of a first type of transmitted signal from the at least one transmitter and to initiate transmission of a second type of transmitted signal from the at least one transmitter, wherein the first and second types of transmitted signal are different from one another.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the UPS is configured to transmit only the first or the second type of transmitted signal at any given time.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one situation parameter is an incline angle relative to a reference plane and the UPS is further operative to turn off the first output when the detected incline angle bears a first predetermined relation to a first predetermined threshold value and to turn on the first output when the detected incline angle bears a second predetermined relation to the first predetermined threshold value.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the UPS is operative to produce a second output in response to the receipt of the input power at least at some times, the UPS operable to continue to produce the second output in the absence of the input power, wherein the UPS is further operative to modify the second output as a function of the detected at least one situation parameter.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the UPS is further operative to modify the second output in a manner different from the modification of the first output.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one situation parameter is an incline angle relative to a reference plane and the UPS is further operative to:

turn off the second output when the detected incline angle bears a first predetermined relation to a first predetermined threshold value; and

turn on the second output when the detected incline angle bears a second predetermined relation with respect to the first predetermined threshold value.

10. A method of operating an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) mounted within a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving input power at the UPS at least at some times and producing a first output in response to the received input power, said UPS operable to continue to produce the first output in the absence of the input power;

detecting at least one situation parameter associated with at least one of the vehicle and the UPS, wherein the at least one situation parameter is an incline angle relative to a reference plane, an applied force, an acceleration or a vibration; and

modifying the first output of the UPS as a function of the detected at least one situation parameter.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

modifying the first output as a function of the detected situation parameter and one or more of;

a first predetermined parameter threshold value;

a first predetermined range of parameter values;

a time duration the detected situation parameter is within a first predetermined range of parameter values; and

a time duration the detected situation parameter exceeds a first predetermined parameter threshold value.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one situation parameter is an incline angle relative to a reference plane, the method further comprising:

modifying the first output as a function of the detected incline angle and one or more of;

a first predetermined inclination threshold value;

a first predetermined range of inclination values;

a time duration the detected incline angle is within a first predetermined range of inclination values; and

a time duration the detected incline angle exceeds a first predetermined inclination threshold value.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

ceasing a transmission of a first type of transmitted signal; and

initiating a transmission of a second type of transmitted signal,

wherein the first and second types of transmitted signals are different from one another.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting only the first or the second type of transmitted signal at any given time.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one situation parameter is an incline angle relative to a reference plane, the method further comprising:

turning off the first output of the UPS when the detected incline angle bears a first predetermined relation to a first predetermined threshold value; and

turning on the first output of the UPS when the detected incline angle bears a second predetermined relation to the first predetermined threshold value.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

operating the UPS to produce a second output in response to the received input power at least at some times; and

modifying the second output as a function of the detected at least one situation parameter.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

modifying the second output in a manner different from the modification of the first output.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

turning off the second output when the detected incline angle bears a first predetermined relation to a first predetermined threshold value; and

turning on the second output when the detected incline angle bears a second predetermined relation with respect to the first predetermined threshold value.