Abstract: Disclosed herein is an antenna apparatus for use in harvesting ambient radio frequency, RF, energy. The apparatus comprises one or more RF antenna components arranged to receive RF energy for producing electricity. The one or more RF antenna components comprise a plurality of frequency filtering components, each frequency filtering component being arranged to filter a respective frequency band of the received RF energy. Also disclosed herein is an apparatus comprising a rectifying circuit arranged to convert a variable electrical signal received at an input from an associated antenna into a direct current electrical signal for supplying to an electrical energy storage unit, the antenna for use in harvesting ambient radio frequency, RF, energy. The apparatus also comprises a power management module having an input arranged to receive the direct current and control supply of the direct current to the electrical energy storage unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 8, 2014
Date of Patent:
December 5, 2017
Assignee:
Drayson Technologies (Europe) Limited
Inventors:
Paul David Mitcheson, Stepan Lucyszyn, Manuel Pinuela Rangel, David Christopher Yates
Abstract: The present invention provides a portable processing device comprising a journey type determining module, a journey length determining module and a communication module. The journey type determining module is operable to determine whether a journey undertaken by a person carrying the portable processing device is an environmentally-friendly journey comprising a journey undertaken in an environmentally-friendly vehicle, a journey undertaken using self-propelled means or a journey undertaken on foot. The journey length determining module is operable to determine a length of a said environmentally-friendly journey under-taken by the person carrying the portable processing device. The communication module is operable to transmit journey data to record management apparatus defining the length of the environmentally-friendly journey undertaken by the person carrying the portable processing device.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 25, 2015
Publication date:
October 26, 2017
Applicant:
Drayson Technologies (Europe) Limited
Inventors:
Paul Rudd Drayson, Manuel Pinuela Rangel