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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2009
Applicant:
Yehuda Cern, Efrat, IL;
Inventor:
Yehuda Cern, Efrat, IL;
Assignee:
Ambient Corporation, Newton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/12 (2006.01); H01H 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a method that includes (a) acquiring a first spectral component of a single noise pulse on a power line, and a second spectral component of the single noise pulse, (b) determining that the single noise pulse is synchronous with a power voltage on the power line, (c) determining a first magnitude of the first spectral component, (d) determining a second magnitude of the second spectral component, and (e) determining a condition of the power line from the first and second magnitudes. There is also provided a system that employs the method.