摘要:
A communications network in which user equipment is provided with a selecting device which communicates with a pricing device in service provider equipment. When communications or other services are required, the selection circuit polls a plurality of service providers, and the pricing circuit of each service provider generates a price signal indicating the level of price for its services. The selection circuit then selects a service provider, based on price (and also other factors such as quality of service).
摘要:
A remote parameter monitoring system utilizes a series of half-wave rectifier diodes in combination with a unique overlapping wiring arrangement to provide for location-specific detection of a parameter condition existing at a plurality of spaced locations. In one embodiment of the invention, the system is used for monitoring cracks in helicopter rotor blades and indicating to the crew in the cockpit both the fact of a cracked blade and the specific blade which is cracked. In such embodiment, the system includes a three-phase alternating current transformer whose primary windings are supplied by the helicopter's three-phase alternating current generators and whose secondary windings make up part of the wiring loops between the cockpit and the rotor blades. By controlling currents flowing in opposite directions in the wiring loops, the system allows for blade-specific crack detection of up to six rotor blades by means of only three wires between the rotor blade assembly and the cockpit area.
摘要:
Given a device for contact-free position measurement, a movable or resting part that represents a load in an alternating field or that is designed as an element emitting field lines is spatially neighbored by a sensor carrier that exhibits a plurality of individual sensors that are electrically and spatially separated from one another, whereby each of said individual sensors can be applied to direct or alternating voltage, and whereby an interrogation and evaluation means is provided, to which each of the individual sensors is connectable for the purpose of identifying its output signal that is dependent on the position of the positionally variable or resting position indicator.
摘要:
A keyboard having keys activated by electrical contacts and the capacity to read one state from among four possible states, wherein the keyboard is a dipole disposed between two terminals between which are positioned in parallel three connectors, each including one of the electrical contacts, two of these connectors including diodes mounted anode to cathode, in such a way that the various states may be discriminated by means of the successive application of two reverse electrical voltages (V1, V2) to the terminals of the dipole and the corresponding detection of the logic states of the contacts using a logic detector.
摘要:
Control circuit system wherein low level signals are delivered through small (miniature) gauge control conductors to remote control circuit breakers to control connection of load devices to load bus through use of solid state circuitry. Such control may be used between the flight station of an aircraft and the various load centers remote therefrom, in an automobile or in an industrial or utility system. The circuitry is also responsive to faults in the load circuits, and current limiting warning lights (CLWL's) located in the power supply of the control conductors may limit current and indicate the status of faults in the control and/or remote power circuits. A large number of CLWL's for the different circuits may be arranged in a matrix at a control station and means with corresponding load identifying indicia are provided to facilitate changes and correlation of lighted CLWL's with respect to the controlled load switching device. The load switching devices may be associated in a plurality of priority groups and means provided to disconnect all the devices in a group simultaneously either manually or sequentially in reverse order of group priority upon increasing power system failures or in response to other control logic.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for an improved multiple channel sensor interface circuit is described which comprises a plurality of input integrator circuits (35) coupled in parallel; a switched capacitor multiplexer (37) coupled to the input integrator circuits (35); and an output integrator stage (39) coupled to the switched capacitor multiplexer (37). An additional embodiment is described wherein a multiple channel voltage sensor interface circuit comprising a plurality of switched capacitor storage elements (S26 . . . S28) is coupled to a plurality of inputs; a plurality of integrator amplifiers (51, 53) is coupled to the switched capacitor storage elements (C22 . . . C30); and timing circuitry is coupled to the switched capacitor storage elements (C221 . . . C30) and to integrator amplifiers (51, 53) operable to selectively enable sampling of the inputs.
摘要:
Two condition sensors of two entirely different types are selected and monitored by a single condition sensor interface means. The interface means provides for selection of the sensor to be activated, or can be operated in a mode to repetitively sample both sensors. The sensors rely on a hybrid type device utilizing an integrated circuit, discrete components, and a mounting substrate. The sensors may be mounted on the substrate for temperature stability.
摘要:
A universal analog signal interface includes a pair of signal conditioning circuits, each responsive to one of a pair of analog signals presented between two inputs of each for providing corresponding pairs of output signal manifestations representative of the magnitude and the phase of the pair of signals received; the analog interface further including signal conversion circuitry responsive to each of the pairs of signal manifestations of magnitude and phase for providing a digital signal representative of the ratio of the smaller magnitude signal manifestation divided by the larger magnitude signal manifestation and for providing digital signals representative of each of the phase signal manifestations.
摘要:
Command words with address signals are transmitted periodically from a control room to field solenoid valves which are each provided with a single actuation circuit. The solenoid valves that are to be actuated in the field each correspond to the address of the transmitted command words which energize the coil of the corresponding solenoid valve. The actuation circuit inserts an address signal for that particular circuit with regard to current information flowing in the energized coil and sends it back to the control room as an acknowledge word. The control room previously predicts acknowledge words which will be sent back by the actuation circuits when the actuation circuits properly respond to the transmitted command words and the control room registers the predicted acknowledge words as reference words. The acknowledge word sent back by the actuation circuit is compared with the reference word and if an inconsistency exists a fault in the actuation circuit is indicated. The command words includes a control signal N to continuously energize the solenoid valve and a test signal for momentarily energizing the solenoid valve for test. These signals are transmitted from the control room alternately at predetermined intervals and the indication of the compared result of the acknowledge word and the reference word is inhibited during a predetermined time period after the alternation of the address.