公开(公告)号：US06898942B2

公开(公告)日：2005-05-31

申请号：US10350567

申请日：2003-01-24

申请人： David J. Schanin

发明人： David J. Schanin

IPC分类号： F25D17/06 ,  F25D29/00 ,  G05D23/19 ,  G07F9/02 ,  G07F9/10 ,  H02M3/156 ,  G05D23/32 ,  A24F27/14

CPC分类号： F25D29/00 ,  F25B2600/23 ,  F25D17/062 ,  F25D2700/02 ,  F25D2700/04 ,  F25D2700/123 ,  G05D23/1902 ,  G07F9/02 ,  G07F9/105 ,  H02M3/156

摘要： A refrigerated appliance that dispenses items includes a power source and a cooling system. Power control circuitry is electrically coupled between a power source (e.g., power cord coupled to a wall outlet) and components (for example, a compressor and one or more circulating fans of the cooling system) of the appliance. A controller, which is operably coupled to the power control circuitry, is adapted to manage the supply of electrical power to such components by intelligently transitioning between a normal-operation mode and at least one power-conserving mode. To achieve efficient power conservation, the controller automatically transitions between the at least one power-conserving mode and the normal-operation mode based upon at least one temperature signal, at least one dispensing event signal, and possibly other data signals supplied to the controller.

摘要翻译： 分配物品的冷冻器具包括电源和冷却系统。 功率控制电路电耦合在电器（例如，耦合到墙壁出口的电源线）和器具的部件（例如，冷却系统的一个或多个循环风扇）之间。 可操作地耦合到功率控制电路的控制器适于通过在正常操作模式和至少一个功率节省模式之间智能地转换来管理向这些组件供电。 为了实现有效的功率节省，控制器基于至少一个温度信号，至少一个分配事件信号以及可能地提供给控制器的其它数据信号，在至少一个省电模式和正常操作模式之间自动转换。

公开(公告)号：US06801836B2

公开(公告)日：2004-10-05

申请号：US09899499

申请日：2001-07-05

申请人： David J. Schanin

发明人： David J. Schanin

IPC分类号： G05D1100

CPC分类号： H05B37/0218 ,  Y02B20/40 ,  Y02B20/46 ,  Y10T307/469

摘要： A refrigerated vending machine provides separate power conservation modes for the cooling system and the panel lights. Power conservation for the panel lights takes into account whether the vending machine is located indoors or outdoors. The location can be indicated by a setting by the vending machine operator or may be determined automatically according to maximum brightness or color temperature. If the vending machine is outdoors, the panel lights are turned off when the ambient is bright (to save energy when the panel lights are not needed) and turned on when the ambient is dark (to attract customers). If the vending machine is indoors, the panel lights are turned off when the ambient is dark (since the room is presumably vacant) and turned on when the ambient is bright (indicating the room is in use). Optionally, an occupancy sensor can be used to turn off the panel lights if the room light is on but no one has been detected in it. The cooling system uses a conservation mode in which circulation fans are switched off so only items in a position to be dispensed first or second are kept at the desired temperature.

摘要翻译： 冷藏自动售货机为冷却系统和面板灯提供单独的节电模式。 面板灯的节电考虑了自动售货机是否位于室内或室外。 该位置可以由自动售货机操作者的设置指示，或者可以根据最大亮度或色温来自动确定。 如果自动售货机在户外，当环境亮起时，面板灯熄灭（当不需要面板灯时节省能源），并且当环境黑暗时打开（吸引客户）。 如果自动售货机在室内，当环境黑暗（由于房间大概空闲）时，面板灯熄灭，当环境亮起时（表示房间正在使用中），则面板灯熄灭。 可选地，如果房间指示灯亮，但没有检测到，占用传感器可用于关闭面板灯。 冷却系统使用节流模式，其中循环风扇被关闭，因此只有处于待分配位置的物品被保持在期望的温度。

公开(公告)号：US06581396B2

公开(公告)日：2003-06-24

申请号：US10151513

申请日：2002-05-20

申请人： David J. Schanin

发明人： David J. Schanin

IPC分类号： F25B100

CPC分类号： G07F9/02 ,  F25B2600/23 ,  F25D17/062 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F25D2700/02 ,  F25D2700/04 ,  F25D2700/123 ,  G05D23/1902 ,  G07F9/105 ,  H02M3/156

摘要： A refrigerated soda vending machine includes sensors for monitoring various parameters such as temperature within its refrigerated chamber and for monitoring occupancy in the chamber vicinity. Sensor data is used to determine when to switch between normal and power-conservation modes of operation. In either mode, a cooling system is regulated so that a compressor goes on when an upper internal temperature threshold is reached and off when a lower internal temperature threshold is reached. In normal mode, fans circulate air to maintain a relatively uniform temperature throughout the chamber. During power-conservation mode, the fans are mostly off when the compressor is off. In the absence of circulation, the temperature within the refrigerated chamber stratifies so that a lower cool zone and an upper warm zone can be differentiated. Soda cans are held in vertical stacks so that the lowest cans are located in the cool zone.

公开(公告)号：US06243626B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-05

申请号：US09182586

申请日：1998-10-28

申请人： David J. Schanin

发明人： David J. Schanin

IPC分类号： G05D1100

CPC分类号： H02M3/156 ,  F25B2600/23 ,  F25D2700/02 ,  F25D2700/04 ,  F25D2700/123 ,  G07F9/02 ,  G07F9/105

摘要： An external power-management device controls the supply of electric power from a wall outlet to a refrigerated vending machine. The system includes a switch that couples power in an ON condition and decouples in an OFF condition. The switch is controlled by a controller based on data received from a current sensor, an occupancy sensor, a temperature sensor, and a time-of-year circuit. Upon startup, the current is monitored to determine maxima and minima for the vending machine. The system supplies power to the appliance during business hours as indicated by the time-of-year circuit and while the vicinity is occupied as determined by the occupancy sensor irrespective of the values for current and temperature. Absent the current sensor, the power would be decoupled after a predetermined duration of non-occupancy during nonbusiness hours. However, if the current sensor indicates a high (relative to the previously determined minima and maxima) current at the proposed shutdown time, shutdown is aborted to avoid interruption of a compression (cooling) cycle initiated by the vending machine. The temperature is used in determining when, after shutdown, power is resumed to permit vending machine contents to be cooled.

摘要翻译： 外部电源管理装置控制从墙壁插座到冷藏自动售货机的电力供应。 该系统包括一个在ON状态下连接电源并在OFF状态下解耦的开关。 开关由控制器基于从当前传感器，占用传感器，温度传感器和时间电路接收的数据来控制。 启动时，监控电流以确定自动售货机的最大值和最小值。 系统在工作时间内为设备供电，如时间年限电路所示，并且由占用传感器确定的附近被占用，与当前和温度的值无关。 没有当前的传感器，在非工作时间内预定的非占用持续时间之后，电源将被去耦。 然而，如果当前传感器在所提出的关闭时间处指示高（相对于先前确定的最小值和最大值）电流，则停止关闭以避免中断自动售货机发起的压缩（冷却）循环。 温度用于确定关机后何时恢复供电以允许自动售货机内容物被冷却。

公开(公告)号：US5004969A

公开(公告)日：1991-04-02

申请号：US422396

申请日：1989-10-16

申请人： David J. Schanin

发明人： David J. Schanin

IPC分类号： H02M1/08 ,  G05F1/455 ,  H02M5/293 ,  H05B39/04 ,  H05B39/08

CPC分类号： H05B39/048 ,  G05F1/455 ,  H02M5/293 ,  H02M2005/2935 ,  Y02B20/148

摘要： A method and circuit for reverse phase control of alternating current being delivered to a load are disclosed wherein voltage-controlled semiconductor switches, such as MOSFET's and IGBT's, are used as electronic switches to conduct voltage during the leading edge of the AC voltage cycle and conduction is terminated when the desired phase angle of the current flow has been reached. The disclosed method and circuit eliminate the need for zero crossing detection of the AC waveform and ensure that the voltage-controlled switches are always turned on before the zero crossing thereby minimizing radiated interference and incandescent lamp hum. The method used is primarily digital in nature making mechanical input or electronic input for the power control equally efficient to implement.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于交流到负载的交流电的反向相位控制的方法和电路，其中诸如MOSFET和IGBT的电压控制半导体开关被用作电子开关以在交流电压周期的前沿和导通期间传导电压 当达到电流的所需相位角时终止。 所公开的方法和电路消除了对交流波形的零交叉检测的需要，并且确保压控开关在过零之前总是导通，从而最小化辐射干扰和白炽灯嗡嗡声。 所使用的方法主要是数字化的，使得功率控制的机械输入或电子输入同样有效地实现。

公开(公告)号：US4446382A

公开(公告)日：1984-05-01

申请号：US351720

申请日：1982-02-24

申请人： Russell L. Moore ,  David J. Schanin

发明人： Russell L. Moore ,  David J. Schanin

IPC分类号： H03K17/66 ,  H04L12/40 ,  H03K17/56 ,  H03K17/62

CPC分类号： H03K17/66

摘要： The present disclosure describes a circuit arrangement wherein a clock signal generator generates two sets of time-period, separated enable signals and wherein there is controllable first direction current flow circuitry and controllable second direction current flow circuitry. One set of said enable signals is connected to said first circuitry to cause current flow in a first direction during a first period of time while the other set of said enable signals is connected to said second circuitry to cause current flow in a second direction during a second period of time which is separated from said first period by a predetermined period. The arrangement insures that the circuitry will not attempt to drive current in both directions at the same time.

摘要翻译： 本公开描述了电路装置，其中时钟信号发生器产生两组时间周期分离的使能信号，并且其中存在可控的第一方向电流流动电路和可控的第二方向电流流动电路。 一组所述使能信号连接到所述第一电路，以在第一时间段期间使第一方向上的电流流动，而另一组所述使能信号连接到所述第二电路，以在第一时间段期间使电流在第二方向上流动 第二时间段，其从所述第一时段分离预定时段。 该装置确保电路不会同时尝试在两个方向上驱动电流。

公开(公告)号：US07525296B2

公开(公告)日：2009-04-28

申请号：US11506627

申请日：2006-08-18

申请人： Richard R. Billig ,  David J. Schanin

发明人： Richard R. Billig ,  David J. Schanin

IPC分类号： G05F1/56

CPC分类号： H02M7/2176 ,  H02M3/156

摘要： A spread-spectrum power converter uses an inter-cycle duty-cycle error compensation to achieve a combination of high-precision tracking of a target average duty cycle and a favorable noise signature. The pulse train consists of a series of cycles having cycle durations of a positive integer of clock cycles, pulse durations of a whole number of clock cycles, and duty cycles corresponding to a ratio of pulse durations over cycle durations. The pulse durations are selected at least in part as functions of a target average duty cycle, the respective cycle durations, and a ripple (or other) error from other cycles in the train. The cycle durations can also be in part a function of the target average duty cycle so that the duty cycle errors can be minimized.

摘要翻译： 扩频功率转换器使用周期间占空比误差补偿来实现目标平均占空比的高精度跟踪和有利的噪声特征的组合。 脉冲串由一系列周期组成，具有周期持续时间为正整数的时钟周期，整个时钟周期的脉冲持续时间，以及对应于脉冲持续时间与循环持续时间的比率的占空比。 脉冲持续时间至少部分地作为目标平均占空比的函数，相应的循环持续时间以及来自列车中的其它周期的波动（或其他）误差来选择。 循环持续时间也可以部分地是目标平均占空比的函数，从而可以使占空比误差最小化。

公开(公告)号：US06931869B2

公开(公告)日：2005-08-23

申请号：US10462453

申请日：2003-06-16

申请人： David J. Schanin

发明人： David J. Schanin

IPC分类号： F25D17/06 ,  F25D29/00 ,  G05D23/19 ,  G07F9/02 ,  G07F9/10 ,  H02M3/156 ,  B62D5/62

CPC分类号： G07F9/02 ,  F25B2600/23 ,  F25D17/062 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F25D2700/02 ,  F25D2700/04 ,  F25D2700/123 ,  G05D23/1902 ,  G07F9/105 ,  H02M3/156

摘要： A refrigerated vending machine for dispensing items (such as soda cans or other beverage containers) includes a power source and a cooling system (e.g., evaporator, condenser, compressor, circulating fan). Power control circuitry selectively provides electrically coupling of at least one component of the cooling system to the power source. A controller, operably coupled to the power control circuitry, is adapted to control the power control circuitry in a power-conserving mode of operation and in a normal-operation mode. The controller automatically transitions from the power-conserving mode to the normal-operation mode based upon an activity event signal. The activity event signal may be provided by an occupancy sensor that senses occupancy in the vicinity of the refrigerated appliance. Alternatively, the activity event signal may represent vending activity (e.g., money insertion). The controller automatically transitions from the normal-operation mode to the power conservation mode based upon a temperature signal provided by an internal temperature sensor and/or the ouput of the occupancy sensor. The power-conserving mode of operation and the normal-operation mode provide different internal temperature characteristics (e.g., varying temperature variance) within a chamber in the refrigerated appliance.

摘要翻译： 用于分配物品（例如苏打水罐或其他饮料容器）的冷藏自动售货机包括电源和冷却系统（例如蒸发器，冷凝器，压缩机，循环风扇）。 功率控制电路选择性地提供冷却系统的至少一个部件与电源的电耦合。 可操作地耦合到功率控制电路的控制器适于在功率节省操作模式和正常操作模式下控制功率控制电路。 控制器根据活动事件信号自动从节电模式转换到正常工作模式。 活动事件信号可以由感测冷藏器具附近的占用的占用传感器提供。 或者，活动事件信号可以表示自动售货活动（例如，货币插入）。 控制器基于由内部温度传感器和/或占用传感器的输出提供的温度信号，自动地从正常操作模式转换到省电模式。 省电操作模式和正常操作模式提供冷藏设备中的室内的不同的内部温度特性（例如，变化的温度变化）。

公开(公告)号：US5477476A

公开(公告)日：1995-12-19

申请号：US91643

申请日：1993-07-14

申请人： David J. Schanin ,  Richard R. Billig

发明人： David J. Schanin ,  Richard R. Billig

IPC分类号： G06F1/32 ,  G06F3/03

CPC分类号： G06F1/3215 ,  G06F1/3284 ,  Y02B60/1267

摘要： A power conservation system (PCS) includes a data handler, a controller and a power switch. The data handler is located between a host network and a network printer, while the power switch is between an AC power source and the printer's power input. The PCS can thus shut down the printer during periods when no data is being sent to the printer. The PCS monitors data to and from the printer, allowing it to track the printer's state and to capture its network identification. State tracking permits the PCS to emulate the printer when it is down and when it is booting. Additionally, the information stored in a state memory of the data handler can permit the printer's last ready state to be reconstructed after it turns on and boots to a ready state. In some cases, the data handler can answer network requests without turning on the printer. Thus, the PCS provides for effective power conservation while remaining invisible to a user.

摘要翻译： 省电系统（PCS）包括数据处理器，控制器和电源开关。 数据处理器位于主机网络和网络打印机之间，而电源开关位于交流电源和打印机的电源输入之间。 因此，PCS可以在没有数据发送到打印机的期间关闭打印机。 PCS监视来自打印机的数据，允许它跟踪打印机的状态并捕获其网络标识。 状态跟踪允许PCS在打印机关闭时以及启动时模拟打印机。 此外，存储在数据处理器的状态存储器中的信息可以允许打印机的上次就绪状态在其打开并重新启动并启动到就绪状态之后被重建。 在某些情况下，数据处理程序可以在不打开打印机的情况下回答网络请求。 因此，PCS提供有效的功率节省，同时对用户不可见。

公开(公告)号：US5067071A

公开(公告)日：1991-11-19

申请号：US706142

申请日：1985-02-27

申请人： David J. Schanin ,  Russel L. Moore ,  John R. Bartlett ,  Charles S. Namias ,  David W. Zopf ,  Brian D. Gill ,  Trevor A. Creary ,  Stephen S. Corbin ,  Mark J. Matale ,  David F. Ford ,  Steven J. Frank

发明人： David J. Schanin ,  Russel L. Moore ,  John R. Bartlett ,  Charles S. Namias ,  David W. Zopf ,  Brian D. Gill ,  Trevor A. Creary ,  Stephen S. Corbin ,  Mark J. Matale ,  David F. Ford ,  Steven J. Frank

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F11/20 ,  G06F11/22 ,  G06F11/267 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F13/36 ,  G06F13/362 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F15/167 ,  G06F15/177

CPC分类号： G06F15/167 ,  G06F11/22 ,  G06F13/1663 ,  G06F13/36 ,  G06F13/362 ,  G06F13/4036 ,  G06F13/4217 ,  G06F11/10 ,  G06F11/20 ,  G06F11/2236

摘要： Disclosed is a multiprocessor computer system including a plurality of processor modules with each of the processor modules including at least one processor and a cache memory which is shared by all of the processors of each processor module. The processor modules are connected to a system bus which comprises independent data, address, vectored interrupt, and control buses. A system memory which is shared by all the processor modules is also connected to the buses, and the cache memories in each processor module store those memory locations in the main memory most frequently accessed by the processors in its module. A system control module controls the operation and interaction of all of the modules and contains the bus arbiters for the vector, data and address buses. The system control module also controls the retrying of requests which are not completed and should any requester fail to obtain access to a bus, the system control module also unjams this deadlock. Each of these multiprocessor computer systems can be connected to another multiprocessor computer system through an interface which includes a cache for housing frequently accessed locations of the other multiprocessor system.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种包括多个处理器模块的多处理器计算机系统，每个处理器模块包括至少一个处理器和由每个处理器模块的所有处理器共享的高速缓冲存储器。 处理器模块连接到包括独立数据，地址，向量中断和控制总线的系统总线。 由所有处理器模块共享的系统存储器也连接到总线，并且每个处理器模块中的高速缓冲存储器存储由其模块中的处理器最频繁访问的主存储器中的那些存储器位置。 系统控制模块控制所有模块的操作和交互，并包含向量，数据和地址总线的总线仲裁器。 系统控制模块还控制未完成的请求的重试，如果任何请求者无法访问总线，则系统控制模块也会破坏此死锁。 这些多处理器计算机系统中的每一个可以通过包括用于容纳其他多处理器系统的频繁访问位置的高速缓存的接口连接到另一个多处理器计算机系统。