Dynamic energy harvesting and variable harvesting force system

1. A dynamic energy harvesting and variable harvesting force system, comprising:

a motor configured to generate a motor voltage by a force applied to the motor;

a boost converter configured to adjust the motor voltage as a motor current associated with the motor voltage propagates through the boost converter;

a power storage device configured to store energy harvested by the boost converter when the boost voltage exceeds an energy storage threshold;

a controller configured to:

dynamically adjust a harvesting force applied by the motor so that the harvesting force is relative to the force applied to the motor; and

dynamically adjust the energy stored by the power storage device via adjustment in motor voltage.

2. The dynamic energy harvesting and variable harvesting force system of claim 1 , wherein the boost converter is further configured to increase the motor voltage as a motor current associated with the motor voltage propagates through the boost converter thereby generating the boost voltage associated with the increased motor current.

3. The dynamic energy harvesting and variable harvesting force system of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

dynamically adjust the harvested energy stored by the power storage device by adjusting the boost voltage to be within a boost voltage threshold, and wherein the boost voltage when maintained within the boost voltage threshold enables the power storage device to store the harvested energy without impacting the harvesting force applied by the motor.

4. The dynamic energy harvesting and variable harvesting force system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

monitor the motor voltage triggered by the force applied to the motor;

apply a duty cycle to the boost converter based on the motor voltage, wherein a selected duty cycle corresponds to a magnitude of the harvesting force that is applied to the motor; and

dynamically adjust the harvesting force applied by the motor so that the magnitude of the harvesting force corresponds to the duty cycle applied to the boost converter that corresponds to the force applied to the motor based on the monitored motor voltage.

5. The dynamic energy harvesting and variable harvesting force system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

monitor the boost voltage generated by the boost converter as the motor current associated with the motor voltage propagates through the boost converter to determine when the boost voltage exceeds the energy storage threshold; and

activate the boost converter to allow the power storage device to store the energy harvested by the boost converter when the boost voltage exceeds the energy storage threshold.

6. The dynamic energy harvesting and variable harvesting force system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

decrease the boost voltage when the boost voltage is higher than the boost voltage threshold to increase the harvested energy stored by the power storage device; and

increase the boost voltage when the boost voltage is lower than the boost voltage threshold to decrease the harvested energy stored by the power storage device to prevent an increase in the harvesting force applied by the motor.

7. The dynamic energy harvesting and variable harvesting force system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

increase a duty cycle that is applied to a buck converter to decrease the boost voltage when the boost voltage is higher than the boost voltage threshold to increase the harvested energy stored by the power storage device; and

decrease the duty cycle that is applied to the buck converter to increase the boost voltage when the boost voltage is lower than the boost voltage threshold to decrease the harvested energy stored by the power storage device to prevent the increase in the harvesting force applied by the motor.

8. A method for dynamically adjusting harvesting of energy and dynamically varying a harvesting force applied to a motor, comprising:

generating a motor voltage by a force applied to the motor;

adjusting the motor voltage as a motor current associated with the motor voltage propagates through a boost converter;

storing energy harvested by the boost converter when the boost voltage exceeds an energy storage threshold;

dynamically adjusting the harvesting force applied by the motor so that the harvesting force is relative to the force applied to the motor; and

dynamically adjusting the harvested energy stored by the power storage device via adjustment in the motor voltage.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the adjusting of the motor voltage comprises:

increasing the motor voltage as a motor as the motor current associated with the motor voltage propagates through the boost converter thereby generating the boost voltage associated with the increased motor current.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the dynamic adjusting of the harvested energy comprises:

dynamically adjusting the harvested energy stored by the power storage device by adjusting the boost voltage to be within a boost voltage threshold, wherein the boost voltage when maintained within the boost voltage threshold enables the power storage device to store the harvested energy without impacting the harvesting force applied by the motor.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the dynamic adjusting of the harvesting force comprises:

monitoring the motor voltage triggered by the force applied to the motor;

applying a duty cycle to the boost converter based on the motor voltage, wherein a selected duty cycle corresponds to a magnitude of the harvesting force that is applied to the motor; and

dynamically adjusting the harvesting force applied by the motor so that the magnitude of the harvesting force corresponds to the duty cycle applied to the boost converter that corresponds to the force applied to the motor based on the monitored motor voltage.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the dynamic adjusting of the harvested energy further comprises:

monitoring the boost voltage generated by the boost converter as the motor current associated with the motor voltage propagates through the boost converter to determine when the boost voltage exceeds the energy storage threshold; and

activating the boost converter to allow the power storage device to store the energy harvested by the boost converter when the boost voltage exceeds the energy storage threshold.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the dynamically adjusting of the harvested energy further comprises:

decreasing the boost voltage when the boost voltage is higher than the boost voltage threshold to increase the harvested energy stored by the power storage device; and

increasing the boost voltage when the boost voltage is lower than the boost voltage threshold to decrease the harvested energy stored by the power storage device to prevent an increase in the harvesting force applied by the motor.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the dynamically adjusting of the harvested energy further comprises:

increasing a duty cycle that is applied to a buck converter to decrease the boost voltage when the boost voltage is higher than the boost voltage threshold to increase the harvested energy stored by the power storage device; and

decreasing the duty cycle that is applied to the buck converter to increase the boost voltage when the boost voltage is lower than the boost voltage threshold to decrease the harvested energy stored by the power storage device to prevent the increase in the harvesting force applied by the motor.

15. A system for dynamically harvesting energy and dynamically varying a harvesting force of a door closer control device, the system comprising:

a motor associated with the door closer control device that is configured to generate a motor voltage by a force applied to the motor;

a power storage device associated with the door closer control device that is configured to store energy harvested from the motor that is generated by rotational movement of a pinion; and

a controller associated with the door closer control device that is configured to:

determine whether the rotational movement of the pinion based on the force applied to the motor is within an intermediate range of operation that is above a low range of operation and below a high range of operation that does not require additional adjustment to a harvesting force applied to the motor to compensate for the rotational movement of the pinion that is in the low range of operation and/or the high range of operation,

dynamically adjust the harvesting force applied to the motor so that the harvesting force is relative to the force applied to the motor when the rotational movement of the pinion is in the intermediate range of operation, and

dynamically adjust the harvested energy stored by the power storage device based on the motor voltage.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the intermediate range for the rotational movement of the pinion is between 2.0 RPM and 15.0 RPM.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the rotational movement of the pinion based on the force applied to the motor is within a low range of operation that fails to exceed a motor voltage threshold, wherein the motor voltage threshold when exceeded by the motor voltage activates the controller and fails to activate the controller when the motor voltage is below the motor voltage threshold.

18. The system of claim 15 , further comprising a jumpstart configurator that is configured to:

increase the motor voltage to exceed the motor voltage threshold to activate the controller so that the controller dynamically adjusts the harvesting force applied to the motor so that the harvesting force is relative to the force applied to the motor as when in the intermediate range of operation.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the rotational movement of the pinion based on the force applied to the motor is within a high range of operation that triggers an increased risk of damage to the door closer control device;

dynamically increase the harvested energy stored by the power storage device to decrease the motor voltage that is increased by an increase in the force applied to the motor in the high range of operation when the rotational movement of the pinion is in the high range of operation; and

dynamically adjust the harvesting force applied to the motor so that the harvesting force increases to decrease the force applied to the motor when the rotational movement of the pinon is in the high range of operation.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the high range for the rotational movement of the pinion is greater than 15.0 RPM.