Shared Battery Backup Control Panel for Multi-System Standby
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing premises safety and automation systems often require separate control panels with battery backup for each system, leading to complexity and inefficiency in managing battery backup power across multiple systems with varying standby time requirements.
Innovation Solution
A control panel with multiple connections and processors that can supply battery backup power to multiple safety and automation systems, prioritizing power distribution based on standby time requirements and current usage, while disconnecting less critical systems to ensure sufficient battery life for critical ones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate control panels with battery backup are used for each premises safety or automation system, then each system can maintain its required standby time independently, but the overall system complexity and number of devices increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple premises safety and automation systems into a single control panel that shares a common battery backup resource. The control panel integrates multiple connections to different systems (fire safety, security, automation) and uses a single battery pack to power all of them during standby mode, thereby reducing the total number of control panels while maintaining reliability through intelligent power management.
Solution Approach 2:
The control panel is designed with multi-functionality to serve multiple premises safety and automation systems simultaneously. It includes multiple connections that can interface with different types of systems (fire detection, security alarms, building automation) and provides universal battery backup support for all connected systems, making a single device replace multiple dedicated control panels.
2Reliability
If battery backup power is supplied to all systems simultaneously, then all systems can operate during standby mode, but the battery may deplete too quickly to meet the longest standby time requirement
Solution Approach 1:
The control panel implements dynamic power management by continuously monitoring the standby time requirements of connected systems and adjusting power distribution in real-time. When power is supplied to multiple systems simultaneously, the control panel dynamically disconnects or reduces power to systems with shorter standby requirements, thereby extending the overall battery standby time while ensuring critical systems remain powered.
Solution Approach 2:
The control panel applies different power management strategies to different connected systems based on their individual standby time requirements. Critical systems with long standby requirements receive continuous power, while non-critical systems with short standby requirements have power reduced or disconnected after their specific time threshold is reached, optimizing battery usage according to local needs of each system.
3Duration of action of moving object
If the control panel disconnects systems with shorter standby time requirements, then battery life is extended for critical systems, but power distribution management becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The control panel implements self-service through automatic power management algorithms that independently monitor each connected system's standby time requirements and autonomously make disconnection decisions. The system automatically tracks which systems have met their standby requirements and disconnects them without human intervention, thereby extending battery life for critical systems while keeping the control logic manageable through rule-based automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The control panel uses feedback mechanisms to continuously monitor the operational status and power consumption of each connected system. Based on this feedback, the control panel adjusts power distribution by disconnecting systems that have satisfied their standby time requirements, creating a closed-loop control system that optimizes battery usage while managing complexity through responsive, data-driven decision-making.
Data Source
AI summary
Some non-limiting aspects of the present disclosure allow a single box to implement a control panel for controlling two or more safety/automation systems (e.g., fire protection, intrusion, access control, building controls, etc.), while also meeting standby and/or other battery backup requirements of each one of the safety/automation systems.