Adaptive power system

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dc.contributor.assigneeRice Universityen_US
dc.contributor.publisherUnited States Patent and Trademark Officeen_US
dc.creatorFrantz, Jeremy P.en_US
dc.creatorWelsh, Erik J.en_US
dc.creatorGanier II, Carroll J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-04T19:05:47Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-05-04T19:05:47Zen_US
dc.date.filed2004-05-25en_US
dc.date.issued2008-06-10en_US
dc.description.abstractA power system having an extended life and a system and method for extending the life of a battery powered device. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a plurality of power sources and an alternate energy source. The method also comprises measuring the voltage of the power sources and the alternate energy source. The method further comprises selecting a power source to provide voltage to the device, wherein the selected power source provides voltage to the device. In addition, the method comprises optionally charging any power source that is providing voltage to the device. Moreover, the method is repeated after a variable delay. Further embodiments include switching to providing the voltage to the device from a power source while charging another power source.en_US
dc.digitization.specificationsThis patent information was downloaded from the US Patent and Trademark website (http://www.uspto.gov/) as image-PDFs. The PDFs were OCRed for access purposes.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationFrantz, Jeremy P., Welsh, Erik J. and Ganier II, Carroll J., "Adaptive power system." Patent US7385374B2. issued 2008-06-10. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1911/79969.en_US
dc.identifier.patentIDUS7385374B2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79969en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titleAdaptive power systemen_US
dc.typeUtility patenten_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.genrepatentsen_US
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