PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977306
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["315", "186000"]

Abstract:
An electric power system includes a centralized switched mode power supply (SMPS) and a network bridge. The centralized SMPS includes AC/DC PFC power converters, DC/DC power converters and a control circuit having a communication interface. The control circuit is configured to control power switch(es) of the AC/DC PFC power converters and power switch(es) of the DC/DC power converters. The network bridge is in communication with the communication interface for receiving remote access control commands between a device remote from the centralized SMPS and the control circuit for controlling the power switch(es) of the AC/DC PFC power converters and the power switch(es) of the DC/DC power converters. Other example electric power systems and methods of detecting when at least one of a plurality of LED strings malfunctions in an electric power system are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of detecting when at least one of a plurality of LED strings malfunctions in an electric power system including a centralized switched mode power supply having at least one AC/DC PFC power converter and at least one DC/DC power converter coupled between the AC/DC PFC power converter and the plurality of LED strings, the at least one DC/DC power converter including one or more power switches, the method comprising:\n comparing an output current of the DC/DC power converter coupled to the plurality of LED strings to an output current setpoint of the DC/DC power converter; and if the output current is less than the output current setpoint signifying at least one of the plurality of LED strings is malfunctioning, controlling the one or more power switches of the DC/DC power converter to reduce the output current of the DC/DC power converter by an amount corresponding to the remaining number of LED strings of the plurality of LED strings.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44444
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15566564', '12479430', '12643883', '16078871', '14042802']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.696744214166717
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5143421535205097
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6785040081020962
- Mean Citation Score: 275.38707800000003
- Max Citation Score: 279.29697000000004
- Similarity Product: 204.6720511287368

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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