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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul B Patton, Edgewood, MN (US);
Kenneth B Kidder, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364550 ; 364178 ; 364574 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for monitoring a plurality of AC input signals to a control system. An AC interrupt signal is generated, based on an AC system signal which is substantially phase-synchronous with the AC input signals, for an interrupt time period corresponding to a time period when the AC system signal exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage. The AC interrupt signal is verified and a timer is set for a pseudo-random time value. The AC input signals are sampled when the timer has reached the pseudo-random time value to determine the presence or absence of valid AC input signals.