US 12,135,530 B2
Generator output adaptation with in-line drive-sense circuit
Patrick Troy Gray, Cedar Park, TX (US); Gerald Dale Morrison, Redmond, WA (US); Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Leander, TX (US); and Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Belton, TX (US)
Filed by SIGMASENSE, LLC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/128,694.
Application 18/128,694 is a continuation of application No. 17/387,263, filed on Jul. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,640,148.
Application 17/387,263 is a continuation of application No. 16/856,813, filed on Apr. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,188,043, issued on Nov. 30, 2021.
Application 16/856,813 is a continuation of application No. 16/355,922, filed on Mar. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,671,034, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0236557 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05B 13/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H02P 23/14 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 15/02 (2013.01) [H02P 23/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A generator system with in-line drive-sense circuit (DSC) electric power output signal processing, the generator system comprising:
a generator, wherein, when enabled, the generator operably coupled to output an output electric power signal;
an in-line drive-sense circuit (DSC) operably coupled to receive the output electric power signal and to generate a conditioned output electric power signal, wherein, when enabled, the in-line DSC operably coupled and configured to:
process the output electric power signal to generate the conditioned output electric power signal;
output the conditioned output electric power signal to a load via a single line and simultaneously to sense the conditioned output electric power signal via the single line;
based on the sensing of the conditioned output electric power signal via the single line, detect an effect on the conditioned output electric power signal that is based on an electrical characteristic of the load; and
generate a digital signal representative of the electrical characteristic of the load;
memory that stores operational instructions; and
one or more processing modules operably coupled to the in-line DSC and the memory, wherein, when enabled, the one or more processing modules is configured to execute the operational instructions to:
receive the digital signal representative of the electrical characteristic of the load from the in-line DSC; and
process the digital signal to determine information regarding one or more operational conditions of the load.