Software for configuring and delivering power
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1. A system for configuring an output of a configurable power supply, comprising:
- interfacing means for electrically coupling said power supply to independently and simultaneously access both a previously unknown battery-powered device and an installed battery thereof, said coupling resulting in the power supply being capable of bypassing said battery as a source of power for the powered device, without limiting said battery'"'"'s ability to automatically access said device;
preloading means for temporarily electrically coupling to the battery at least one of one or more substantial resistive loads, said resistive loads being capable of combining in order to vary the coupled load;
processing means accessible to said power supply for executing program instructions embodied on a computer-readable medium, comprising;
detecting means for acquiring at least one value as to voltage sag resulting from said preloading;
analyzing means for evaluating the acquired voltage-sag value and determining an anticipated fully-charged battery voltage;
said analyzing means further for producing an output voltage value of the configurable power supply by performing in a work space at least one of one or more predetermined computations based on acquired and memorized voltage values, andcontrolling means accessible to said processing means and power supply for configuring the output voltage of the power supply to said previously produced output voltage value,whereby, said power supply delivers a suitably configured power signal to said device.
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Abstract
Software (101 and 800) which interacts with either embedded (100) or external (400) hardware assemblies, for processes (330 to 356) such as acquiring power-related values (342), principally by the use of a connector (132) that accesses a battery (134), in order for a processor (102) to calculate an optimized power signal (338), and then to configure an output (344) of a power supply (122) to deliver the power signal to a powered device (136).
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1. A system for configuring an output of a configurable power supply, comprising:
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interfacing means for electrically coupling said power supply to independently and simultaneously access both a previously unknown battery-powered device and an installed battery thereof, said coupling resulting in the power supply being capable of bypassing said battery as a source of power for the powered device, without limiting said battery'"'"'s ability to automatically access said device; preloading means for temporarily electrically coupling to the battery at least one of one or more substantial resistive loads, said resistive loads being capable of combining in order to vary the coupled load; processing means accessible to said power supply for executing program instructions embodied on a computer-readable medium, comprising; detecting means for acquiring at least one value as to voltage sag resulting from said preloading; analyzing means for evaluating the acquired voltage-sag value and determining an anticipated fully-charged battery voltage; said analyzing means further for producing an output voltage value of the configurable power supply by performing in a work space at least one of one or more predetermined computations based on acquired and memorized voltage values, and controlling means accessible to said processing means and power supply for configuring the output voltage of the power supply to said previously produced output voltage value, whereby, said power supply delivers a suitably configured power signal to said device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for configuring an output voltage signal of a configurable power supply for powering a battery-powered device, comprising:
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interconnecting means for electrically coupling said power supply to independently and simultaneously access both a previously unknown battery-powered device and an in situ battery thereof; preloading means for temporarily electrically coupling to the battery at least one of one or more substantial resistive loads, said resistive loads being capable of combining in order to vary said load; processing means accessible to said power supply for executing program instructions embodied on a computer-readable medium, comprising; detecting means for acquiring and storing battery voltage values, at least one of which is a voltage-sag value resulting from said preloading; analyzing means for producing an output voltage value of the configurable power supply by performing in a work space at least one of one or more predetermined computations based on acquired voltage values, and controlling means accessible to said processing means and power supply for configuring the output voltage signal of the power supply to said previously produced output voltage value; whereby a configured voltage signal is delivered to said battery-powered device from said power supply, instead of from said battery. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for configuring an output voltage of a configurable power supply, comprising:
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attaching means for electrically coupling said power supply to independently and simultaneously access a previously unknown battery-powered device and a battery electrically coupled thereto; processing means accessible to said power supply for executing program instructions embodied on a computer-readable medium, comprising; detecting means for acquiring battery voltage values, at least one of which is based on temporarily electrically coupling to said battery one or more available resistive elements, said elements capable of being combined for providing variable resistances; analyzing means for determining an output voltage value for the configurable power supply by performing in a work space at least one of one or more predetermined computations based on acquired voltage sag and fully-charged battery voltage values, and controlling means accessible to said processing means and power supply for configuring the output voltage of the power supply to a previously determined output voltage value. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of configuring an output of a configurable power supply, comprising:
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electrically coupling said power supply to access both a previously unknown battery-powered device and a battery installed therein; processing program instructions embodied on a computer-readable medium accessible to said power supply, comprising; acquiring a value expressing battery voltage sag by temporarily preloading said battery with at least one of one or more substantial resistive loads from accessible resistive elements that are variable by a combining thereof; analyzing the acquired value for determining an anticipated fully-charged battery voltage; performing at least one of one or more predetermined computations for producing an output voltage value based on memorized voltage sag and fully-charged battery voltage values, and controlling the configurable power supply to output the voltage value resulting from the predetermined computation; whereby said power supply accesses said powered device and delivers the resulting output voltage thereto. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for configuring an output voltage signal of a configurable power supply for powering a previously unknown battery-powered device, comprising:
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interconnecting means at said battery-powered device for electrically coupling a battery and said configurable power supply, so that the power supply accesses first said battery and then said battery-powered device; preloading means for temporarily electrically attaching a first resistive element at said battery; varying means for further preloading said battery by combining said first resistive element with at least one other available resistive element; processing means accessible to said power supply for executing program instructions embodied on a computer-readable medium; acquiring means for capturing a voltage sag value when preloading, then again when varying said preloading; analyzing means performed in a work space for determining an anticipated fully-charged battery voltage based on at least one of the acquired voltage values, then further analyzing by performing at least one of one or more predetermined computations based on acquired and memorized voltage values, resulting in a value for configuring a first output voltage of said configurable power supply, and delivering the output voltage signal to the battery-powered device from said configurable power supply, instead of from said battery. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of determining a power requirement of a previously unknown battery-powered device, comprising:
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interconnecting said powered device for receiving power by electrically coupling an installed battery and a configurable power supply thereto, so that the power supply accesses first said battery and then said device; preloading said battery by temporarily electrically attaching a first resistive element thereto; further preloading said battery by combining said first resistive element with at least one other available resistive element; providing a processor accessible to said power supply for executing program instructions embodied on a computer-readable medium; acquiring voltage sag values upon said preloading, then again when varying said preloading; analyzing, in a work space, an anticipated fully-charged battery voltage based on at least one of the acquired voltage values, and further analyzing by performing at least one of one or more predetermined computations based on acquired and memorized voltage values, resulting in determining a voltage value as the power requirement of the powered device; whereby said determined value is for configuring a first output voltage signal of said power supply. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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