US Patent No. 10,925,131
PREDICTIVE LIGHTING CONTROL USING LOAD CURRENT SLEW RATE FOR POWER SWITCHING
| Patent No. | 10,925,131 |
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| Issue Date | February 16, 2021 |
| Title | Predictive Lighting Control Using Load Current Slew Rate For Power Switching |
| Inventorship | Sidney Lyle King, Draper, UT (US) Joseph M. Doubek, Salt Lake City, UT (US) Gregory Scott Smith, Woods Cross, UT (US) Robert Don Bruhn, Jr., West Jordan, UT (US) |
| Assignee | WirePath Home Systems, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US) |
Claim of US Patent No. 10,925,131
1. An electronic device, comprising:current measuring circuitry configured to measure load current to produce a load current measurement; and
a processor coupled to the current measuring circuitry, wherein the processor is configured to calculate an estimated load current slope based on the load current measurement and to determine a predicted zero-cross point for the load current based on the estimated load current slope to minimize damaging voltage spike creation, and wherein the processor calculates a rolling average of the load current for a current sample point.
a processor coupled to the current measuring circuitry, wherein the processor is configured to calculate an estimated load current slope based on the load current measurement and to determine a predicted zero-cross point for the load current based on the estimated load current slope to minimize damaging voltage spike creation, and wherein the processor calculates a rolling average of the load current for a current sample point.