1. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium, comprising:
computer code for communicating with a mobile device having a wireless communication channel, utilizing a vehicular assembly; and
computer code for performing at least one vehicular assembly function, utilizing the wireless communication channel of the mobile device.
2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the communication between the mobile device and the vehicular assembly is wired.
3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the communication between the mobile device and the vehicular assembly is wireless.
4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the at least one vehicular assembly function utilizes data received over the wireless communication channel.
5. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein the data includes updated traffic data.
6. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein the data includes updated roadway data.
7. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein the data includes social network data.
8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the social networking data includes a location of predetermined persons.
9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the social networking data includes a destination of predetermined persons.
10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the social networking data includes a traveling speed of predetermined persons.
11. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein the data is automatically provided.
12. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein a user requests the data.
13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the user requests the data using functionality associated with the vehicular assembly.
14. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the at least one vehicular assembly function includes a navigation function.
15. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the at least one vehicular assembly function includes a communication function between a local person and a remote person.
16. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the at least one vehicular assembly function includes a display function.
17. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the at least one vehicular assembly function includes an audible function.
18. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the at least one vehicular assembly function utilizes GPS data received by the vehicular assembly.
19. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication channel includes a broadband wireless channel.
20. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication channel includes a cellular wireless channel.
21. A method, comprising:
communicating with a mobile device having a wireless communication channel, utilizing a vehicular assembly; and
performing at least one vehicular assembly function, utilizing the wireless communication channel of the mobile device.
22. A vehicular assembly system, comprising:
an interface for communicating with a mobile device having a wireless communication channel, utilizing a vehicular assembly; and
a processor for performing at least one vehicular assembly function, utilizing the wireless communication channel of the mobile device.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claims which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A DCAC power inverter control unit of a resonant power converter circuit, wherein said power converter circuit comprises two independent DCAC power inverter stages for supplying a multi-primary winding transformer and wherein said DCAC power inverter stages are inductively coupled by a first and a second winding of an interphase transformer which is designed to balance differences in output currents (I1, I2) of the two DCAC power inverter stages.
2. The DCAC power inverter control unit according to claim 1,
wherein said resonant power converter circuit is a DCDC converter for use in a high-voltage generator circuitry.
3. The DCAC power inverter control unit according to claim 2,
wherein said multi-primary winding transformer is designed for high-voltage operation.
4. The DCAC power inverter control unit according to claim 3,
wherein said high-voltage generator circuitry serves for supplying an output power for an X-ray radiographic imaging system, 3D rotational angiography device or X-ray computed tomography device of the fan- or cone-beam type.
5. The DCAC power inverter control unit according to claim 1,
wherein said DCAC power inverter control unit is adapted to minimize a magnitude of the inverter output currents’ difference value (\u0394I) to a value which ensures that the interphase transformer is not operated in a saturated state by controlling switching states andor switching times of the DCAC power inverter stages dependent on this current difference (\u0394I), thus enabling zero current operation.
6. The DCAC power inverter control unit according to claim 5,
wherein the first winding of the interphase transformer is connected in series to at least one resonant tank circuit serially connected to a first primary winding of the multi-winding transformer at an output port of a first one of said DCAC power inverter stages and wherein the second winding of the interphase transformer is connected in series to at least one further resonant tank circuit serially connected to a second primary winding of the multi-winding transformer.
7. A resonant power converter circuit comprising two independent DCAC power inverter stages for supplying a mufti-primary winding transformer, wherein said DCAC power inverter stages are inductively coupled by a first and a second winding of an interphase transformer which is designed to balance differences in output currents (I1, I2) of the two DCAC power inverter stages.
8. The resonant power converter circuit according to claim 7,
wherein said resonant power converter circuit is a DCDC converter for use in a high-voltage generator circuitry.
9. The resonant power converter circuit according to claim 8,
wherein said mufti-primary winding transformer is designed for high-voltage operation.
10. The resonant power converter circuit according to claim 9,
wherein said high-voltage generator circuitry serves for supplying an output power for an X-ray radiographic imaging system, 3D rotational angiography device or X-ray computed tomography device of the fan- or cone-beam type.
11. The resonant power converter circuit according to claim 7,
comprising a DCAC power inverter control unit which is adapted to minimize a magnitude of the inverter output currents’ difference value (\u0394I) to a value which ensures that the interphase transformer is not operated in a saturated state by controlling switching states andor switching times of the DCAC power inverter stages dependent on this current difference (\u0394I), thus enabling zero current operation.
12. The resonant power converter circuit according to claim 11,
wherein the first winding of the interphase transformer is connected in series to at least one resonant tank circuit serially connected to a first primary winding of the multi-winding transformer at an output port of a first one of said DCAC power inverter stages and wherein the second winding of the interphase transformer is connected in series to at least one further resonant tank circuit serially connected to a second primary winding of the multi-winding transformer.
13. A device selected from a group consisting of an X-ray radiographic imaging system, a 3D rotational angiography device, and an X-ray computed tomography device, comprising a resonant power converter circuit for supplying an output power for use in a high-voltage generator circuitry which provides a supply voltage for operating an X-ray tube, wherein said resonant power converter circuit comprises two independent DCAC power inverter stages for supplying a multi-primary winding transformer and wherein said DCAC power inverter stages are inductively coupled by a first and a second winding of an interphase transformer which is designed to balance differences in output currents (I1, I2) of the two DCAC power inverter stages.
14. The device according to claim 13, further comprising:
a DCAC power inverter control unit which is adapted to minimize a magnitude of the inverter output currents difference value (\u0394I) to a value which ensures that the interphase transformer is not operated in a saturated state by controlling switching states andor switching times of the DCAC power inverter stages dependent on this current difference (\u0394I), thus enabling zero current operation.
15. The device according to claim 14,
wherein the first winding of the interphase transformer is connected in series to at least one resonant tank circuit serially connected to a first primary winding of the multi-winding transformer at an output port of a first one of said DCAC power inverter stages and wherein the second winding of the interphase transformer is connected in series to at least one further resonant tank circuit serially connected to a second primary winding of the multi-winding transformer.
16. A method for controlling a resonant power converter circuit for supplying an output power for use in a high-voltage generator circuitry of an X-ray radiographic imaging system, 3D rotational angiography device or X-ray computed tomography device of the fan- or cone-beam type, said resonant power converter circuit comprising two independent DCAC power inverter stages for supplying a multi-primary winding transformer and said DCAC power inverter stages being inductively coupled by a first and a second winding of an interphase transformer for balancing differences in resonant output currents (I1, I2) of the two DCAC power inverter stages, wherein said first winding is connected in series to a first primary winding of the mufti-winding transformer at an output port of a first one of said DCAC power inverter stages and wherein said second winding is connected in series to a second primary winding of the multi-winding transformer,
said method comprising the steps of
continuously detecting the two inverters’ resonant output currents (I1, I2) during an initiated X-ray imaging session while symmetrizing current flows at the output ports of the two DCAC power inverter stages by using said interphase transformer,
calculating a magnitude of a current difference (\u0394I) which is obtained by subtracting the resonant current (I2) at an port of a second one of the two DCAC power inverter stages from the resonant current (I1) at the output port of the first one of these two DCAC power inverter stages, and
controlling switching states andor switching times of the two DCAC power inverter stages dependent on the calculated difference (\u0394I) of the detected inverter output currents (I1, I2) such that said current difference takes on a minimum value which ensures that the interphase transformer is not operated in a saturated state, thus enabling zero current operation.
17. A non-transitory computer program product for implementing a method of controlling a resonant power converter circuit supplying an output power for use in a high-voltage generator circuitry of an X-ray radiographic imaging system, 3D rotational angiography device or X-ray computed tomography device of the fan- or cone-beam type when running on an operational control unit of such a system or device,
wherein said resonant power converter circuit comprises two independent DCAC power inverter stages for supplying a multi-primary winding transformer and said DCAC power inverter stages being inductively coupled by a first and a second winding of an interphase transformer for balancing differences in resonant output currents (I1, I2) of the two DCAC power inverter stages, wherein said first winding is connected in series to a first primary winding of the multi-winding transformer at an output port of a first one of said DCAC power inverter stages and wherein said second winding is connected in series to a second primary winding of the muiti-winding transformer,
said computer program product executing the steps of
calculating a magnitude of a current difference (\u0394I) which is obtained by subtracting the resonant current (I2) detected at an output port of a second one of the two DCAC power inverter stages from the resonant current (I1) detected at the output port of the first one of these two DCAC power inverter stages, said currents being symmetrized by means of said interphase transformer, and
controlling switching states andor switching times of the two DCAC power inverter stages dependent on the calculated difference (\u0394I) of the detected inverter output currents (I1, I2) such that said current difference takes on a minimum value which ensures that the interphase transformer is not operated in a saturated state, thus enabling zero current operation.