摘要:
A collective objects management system for objects such as documents contained in file folders in drawers of file cabinets. Each file folder has an electrical circuit with a visible indicator mounted on the file folder. Each folder circuit has an address decoder with a unique system address which generates a VALID signal whenever an incoming address from a source is a match. A local microcomputer and optional encoder receive incoming object identification signals from the source and supplies the desired object address to all the file folders in the cabinet. To aid the user, each file drawer has a visible indicator mounted on the front panel, the panel indicator being illuminated when the sought folder is contained in that drawer. The invention can be applied to a wide variety of collective objects management systems, such as supermarkets, automobile parts distributors, and various manufacturing operations.
摘要:
A pedometer has first and second signal generators mounted along the inner margin of a first shoe and separated by a fixed distance. A sensor and transmitter assembly is mounted along the inner margin of a second shoe. The sensor and transmitter assembly includes a sensor, a microcontroller unit and a wireless transmitter. A pair of impulses is received by the microcontroller unit each time the shoes pass in close proximity to each other. The microcontroller unit generates various pedestrian performance data based on the impulses. The pedestrian performance data is wirelessly transmitted to a display unit carried by the pedestrian.
摘要:
A brushless D.C. disk motor has one or more disk rotor assemblies and pairs of stator assemblies for each rotor assembly. Each disk rotor assembly has a disk and a plurality of permanent magnets distributed along two or more circular paths in the disk inboard of the peripheral edge of the rotor. Each stator assembly has a plurality of pole pieces and coils distributed along a mounting plate in corresponding circular paths. The disk is rotatably mounted to a support member; while the stator sub-assemblies are fixed to the support member. The coils are selectively activated by commutated power control signals generated in response to a vehicle condition parameter, such as vehicle speed or disk motor load, to optimize power drain from the source of electrical power in accordance with the value of the vehicle condition parameter.
摘要:
A brushless D.C. motor has a rotor with a plurality of magnets secured to a mounting surface. Each magnet has an RFID tag secured to a magnet surface, with each RFID tag having stored therein a unique identification character serving to identify the magnet. A stator has a plurality of pole teeth separated by slots, each pole tooth having a power coil wound thereabout. A plurality of RFID interrogation antennae are mounted adjacent the pole teeth. An RFID reader generates r.f. interrogation signals broadcast by the antennae to the RFID tags. The RFID tags respond by broadcasting the unique identification character whenever an interrogation signal is sensed as the tag enters the region of a pole tooth. This position and magnet identification information is received by the RFID reader, which processes the information and sends it to a motor controller and driver unit, which supplies operating power to the individual power coils. The coils are connected in either a conventional star configuration or individually to the electrical power source to provide improved commutation control of the motor. After assembly, the motor is calibrated to eliminate mechanical, electrical and magnetic irregularities by operating the motor in a generator mode, examining the emf generated by the power coils, and developing compensating parameters to alter the driving signals for the power coils.
摘要:
A “coil-on-a-chip” RFID tag having an rfid integrated circuit and an antenna contemporaneously formed on a substrate. The antenna is a helical multiple layer, multi-turn coil having an axis of revolution oriented at an angle, preferably ninety degrees, with respect to the major body plane of the rfid integrated circuit. The coil has a central opening with an annular core of magnetically permeable material. The RFID tag has an increased operating range over known ID tags.
摘要:
A tire parameter monitoring system has a plurality of sensor units each mounted with a different vehicle tire. Each sensor unit has a magnetic sensing element for converting magnetic field signals generated by a proximate set of magnets mounted to the vehicle at the tire locations. Each magnet set generates a unique magnetic field which identifies the magnet set location. Each sensor unit has a microcontroller for combining the converted magnetic field signals with fire parameter signals, and a transmitter for transmitting the combined signals to a receiving location. Received tire parameter signals are correlated with the tire location using the location signals, and driver advisory signals are presented to the driver.
摘要:
An RFID tag having an rfid integrated circuit and an antenna is combined with a first passive antenna circuit to provide an extended operating range. The first passive antenna circuit has a first coil and a first capacitor to tune the passive antenna circuit to a resonant frequency the same as the operating frequency of the RFID tag. The first coil has a central opening larger than the size of the antenna. The passive antenna circuit is arranged with the antenna located in the central opening of the coil, preferably in a co-planar manner, to promote inductive interaction therebetween. A second passive antenna circuit essentially identical to the first, but having larger dimensions, is positioned with the coil of the second passive antenna circuit surrounding the first coil to extend the operating range even further.
摘要:
An object circuit for use in an r.f. identification system for locating a specific object by generating identification signals of a specific frequency assigned to a given object, said object circuit including a receiving antenna, a crystal coupled to said receiving antenna, said crystal having a resonant frequency equal to the frequency assigned to the associated object, and circuitry coupled to said crystal for responding to a signal of said assigned frequency received by said object circuit.
摘要:
A traffic signal head uses a plurality of LED light sources mounted in one or more containment volumes in a housing. One version uses identical three-color LED light sources distributed through the containment volume: each source having a red light generating element, a yellow light generating element, and a green light generating element. A second version uses identical two-color LED light sources distributed through the containment volume, each source having a red LED light generating element and a green LED light generating element. For the second version, activation circuitry enables individual activation of the red LED elements to produce red signals, individual activation of the green LED elements to produce green signals, and concurrent activation of both types of LED elements to produce yellow signals. Both versions can be electrically configured to display any of the three colors, as well as special symbols-such as directional arrows.
摘要:
A thin film magnetic core array has a large number of individual thin film core memory elements arranged on a substrate with X, Y, Z and SENSE conductor leads reeving through the core elements between contact pads arranged about the periphery of the array. Each thin film magnetic memory element includes a bottom pole, a top pole forming a closed magnetic path with the top pole, the structure surrounding the leads passing through the core, and insulation material for electrically insulating the leads from each other and from the pole pieces. The SENSE lead from the array is coupled to a miniature thin film transformer which amplifies the signals read from the individual core elements. The transformer has a bottom pole, a top pole forming a closed magnetic path with the bottom pole, including a central leg extending between the top and bottom poles, and a pair of electrically conductive coils mutually spaced in the region between the top and bottom poles.