TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR TRACKING LOCATIONS AND STATUSES OF WHEELED VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:EP3614104A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-26

    申请号:EP19202571.6

    申请日:2006-03-20

    IPC分类号: G01C21/00 G01C17/00

    摘要: A vehicle tracking system includes a wheel (32) containing sensor circuitry (88, 90, 92, 94, 96) capable of sensing various types of conditions, such as wheel rotation, wheel vibration caused by skidding, and specific electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals indicative of particular wheel locations. The sensor circuitry is coupled to an RF transceiver (82), which may but need not be included within the wheel. The wheel (32) may also include a brake mechanism (100). In one embodiment, the wheels (32) are placed on shopping carts (30) and are used to collect and monitor shopping cart status and location data via a wireless network. The collected data may be used for various purposes, such as locking the wheel of an exiting cart if the customer has not paid, estimating numbers of queued carts, stopping wheel skid events that occur during mechanized cart retrieval, store planning, and providing location-based messaging to customers.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT FROM INTERMITTENT POWER SOURCES
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    发明公开
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT FROM INTERMITTENT POWER SOURCES 审中-公开
    SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR ENERGIESPEICHERUNG UND -VERWALTUNG VON INTERMITTIERENDEN ENERGIEQUELLEN

    公开(公告)号:EP2066515A4

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-27

    申请号:EP06803894

    申请日:2006-09-20

    摘要: A power management system is disclosed. Embodiments of the power management system may be configured for use with an electric generator that produces AC or DC voltage from an energy source, which may be intermittent or fluctuating. One embodiment of the power management system includes an energy storage reservoir configured to be electrically coupled to the electric generator. The energy storage reservoir includes at least one ultracapacitor and at least one rechargeable battery. The power management system also includes an electronic controller configured to control storage in the reservoir of energy generated by the electric generator and to control power usage from the reservoir and the generator. The electronic controller is configured to control energy storage and power usage in response to one or more control signals.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种电力管理系统。 电力管理系统的实施例可以被配置为与发电机一起使用,该发电机从可以是间歇性或波动的能源产生AC或DC电压。 电力管理系统的一个实施例包括配置成电耦合到发电机的能量存储容器。 能量储存器包括至少一个超级电容器和至少一个可再充电电池。 该电力管理系统还包括电子控制器,该电子控制器被配置为控制由发电机产生的能量在储存器中的储存并且控制来自储存器和发电机的电力使用。 电子控制器被配置为响应于一个或多个控制信号来控制能量存储和电力使用。