Patent Document ID: 9290273
Application ID: 13929041
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An adaptive freeze, snow or ice protection system where freezing conditions, snowing conditions, icing conditions or any combination thereof are environmental conditions that said protection system provides protection from, said protection system being supplied with an external energy source, said protection system comprising: a system module, said system module having an internal interface means, a processor and a local memory, said internal interface means being interconnected to said processor to provide communication between said processor and said internal interface means to allow a plurality of predetermined inputs and a plurality of predetermined outputs to pass between said processor and said internal interface means, said local memory being interconnected to said internal interface means to provide communication between said local memory and said internal interface means to allow predetermined outputs from said internal interface means to pass to said local memory where the predetermined outputs are stored as a plurality of predetermined data in said local memory and to allow retrieval of the predetermined data from said local memory by said internal interface means, said local memory being interconnected to said processor to provide communication between said local memory and said processor to allow predetermined outputs from said processor to pass to said local memory where the predetermined outputs are stored as a plurality of predetermined data in said local memory and to allow retrieval of the predetermined data from said local memory by said processor, said processor having a learning algorithm to perform a predetermined adaptive analysis using the predetermined data and using predetermined inputs so that said processor develops a plurality of system module control commands where said system module control commands are passed from said processor to said internal interface means, a sensing means, said sensing means having a predetermined arrangement and being received in predetermined locations such that said sensing means monitors for predetermined environmental conditions and converts the detected predetermined environmental conditions into a plurality of predetermined sensing means data signals, a heating means, said heating means having a predetermined arrangement and being received in predetermined locations such that said heating means provides desired protection in response to predetermined environmental conditions, a control system means, said control system means having a predetermined arrangement and being received in predetermined locations such that said control system means controls said heating means to provide desired protection in response to predetermined environmental conditions, an interconnection means, said interconnection means connects said sensing means to said internal interface means to provide communication between said sensing means and said internal interface means to allow said predetermined sensing means data signals and to allow predetermined outputs to pass between said sensing means and said internal interface means where said interface means converts sensing means data signals into predetermined inputs, and said interconnection means connects said heating means to said internal interface means to provide communication between said heating means and said internal interface means to allow said system module control commands, to allow said predetermined inputs and to allow said predetermined outputs to pass between said internal interface means and said heating means, and said interconnection means connects said control system means to said internal interface means to provide communication between said control system means and said internal interface means to allow said system module control commands, to allow said predetermined inputs and to allow said predetermined outputs to pass between said internal interface means and said control system means, and an energy supply system, said energy supply system connects said heating means to the external energy source to allow the energy from the external energy source to be delivered to said heating means where said heating means converts the energy into heat to provide desired protection in response to said system module control commands, whereby said system module receives the predetermined sensing means data signals from said sensing means via said interconnection means and said internal interface means, whereby the predetermined sensing means data signals are converted into predetermined inputs to be used by said processor and to be saved in said local memory as predetermined data, whereby the system module control commands are sent from said system module to said heating means via said internal interface means and said interconnection means to control the heat produced by said heating means with the energy from the external energy source that is provided to said heating means through said energy supply system in order to provide desired protection in response to predetermined environmental conditions, whereby the system module control commands are sent from said system module to said control system means via said internal interface means and said interconnection means so that said control system means can control said heating means in response to said system module control commands to provide desired protection in response to predetermined environmental conditions, and whereby said processor sends predetermined outputs to said internal interface means to provide status of said protection system.