Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Electrical speed signal processing systems – With speed analog electrical signal
Patent
1977-01-14
1978-10-17
Salce, Patrick R.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Electrical speed signal processing systems
With speed analog electrical signal
123102, 180105E, 361242, B60K 3100
Patent
active
041212738
ABSTRACT:
A cruise control system having means to provide a signal corresponding to a desired speed for use by a servo control to regulate the speed. This system uses a current source to ramp charge a first capacitor. A comparator compares magnitude of the voltage on the first capacitor against the signal representative of the desired speed. A first counter is used to accumulate counts from a first frequency generator. A latch counter capable of following the counts in the first counter is used to store the counts when the comparator indicates the voltage on the first capacitor is substantially equal to the magnitude of the signal representative of the speed. A digital comparator then compares the counts stored in the latch counter against counts being accumulated anew in the first counter while the first capacitor is being recharged. Means are provided to inhibit the first capacitor from being charged further after the digital comparator indicates equality between the quantity of the counts being compared. Means to transfer the voltage on the first capacitor to a second capacitor are used so that the voltage on the second capacitor can be compared against the signal representative of the actual speed which then provides an output to the servo control to regulate the speed.
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patent: 3599154 (1971-08-01), Carol, Jr. et al.
patent: 3949359 (1976-04-01), Sorkin
patent: 3952829 (1976-04-01), Gray
Jarrett Robert Benjamin
Pace Wilson David
Weber Howard Fredrick
Barbee Joe E.
Motorola Inc.
Salce Patrick R.
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