52nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150370232 | MANAGING COORDINATED CONTROL BY MULTIPLE DECISION MODULES - Techniques are described for implementing automated control systems that manipulate operations of specified target systems, such as by modifying or otherwise manipulating inputs or other control elements of the target system that affect its operation (e.g., affect output of the target system). An automated control system may in some situations have a distributed architecture with multiple decision modules that each controls a portion of a target system and operate in a partially decoupled manner with respect to each other, such as by each decision module operating to synchronize its local solutions and proposed control actions with those of one or more other decision modules, in order to determine a consensus with those other decision modules. Such inter-module synchronizations may occur repeatedly to determine one or more control actions for each decision module at a particular time, as well as to be repeated over multiple times for ongoing control. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370233 | Compact Aero-Thermo Model Base Point Linear System Based State Estimator - Systems and methods for controlling a fluid based engineering system are disclosed. The systems and methods may include a model processor for generating a model output, the model processor including a set state module for setting dynamic states of the model processor, the dynamic states input to an open loop model based on the model operating mode. The model processor may further include an estimate state module for determining an estimated state of the model based on a prior state model output and the current state model of the open loop model, the estimate state module determining estimator gain associated with the current state model and applying the estimator gain to determine the estimated state of the model. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370234 | DIGITAL TRIGGERING USING FINITE STATE MACHINES - An apparatus that can be configured for various functions such as a digital oscilloscope, logic analyzer or frequency analyzer is disclosed. The apparatus includes a symbol generator, a multi-symbol FSM, and a controller. The symbol generator generates an ordered sequence of symbols from an ordered sequence of digital values. The symbol generator generates one symbol corresponding to each of the digital values. The digital values have a greater number of possible values than the symbols. The controller causes the multi-symbol FSM to search for a pattern in the sequence of symbols that identifies a corresponding pattern in the sequence of digital values. A portion of the digital sequence is then displayed based on the location of the pattern in the sequence of symbols. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370235 | ANALYZING SCADA SYSTEMS - A method for analyzing SCADA projects includes generating a configuration for the SCADA system deployed in a default environment, receiving a first result of a set of tests run on the SCADA system SCADA system using the configuration in the default environment, determining whether the first result of the set of tests is successful, deploying the SCADA system using the configuration in a customer environment, comparing the default environment with the customer environment, determining differences between the default environment and the customer environment, receiving a result of another set of tests run based on the differences between the default environment and the customer environment, adjusting the configuration in the customer environment based on the result of the another set of tests to generate an adjusted configuration, and receiving a second result of the set of tests nm on the SCADA system using the adjusted configuration in the customer environment. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370236 | CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD DATA EXCHANGE - A condition monitoring system for a network of distributed devices, the system including at least one portable communication device and at least one central control server. Each of the distributed devices is provided with a monitoring unit for receiving and processing the condition data from at least one sensor and with a communication link between the monitoring unit and the central control server. The central control server is configured to store the condition data in combination the identification data. The monitoring unit is provided with a communication interface for connecting the portable communication device to the monitoring unit. The monitoring unit is configured to enable data exchange between the portable communication device and the central control server. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370237 | AUTOMATICALLY REMOVING WASTE MATERIAL USING A STRIP DIE WHEN CUTTING A SHEET OF MATERIAL ACCORDING TO A PREDETERMINED PATTERN - A cutting and stripping apparatus has a controller and causes a strip die to be prepared with cutouts according to a pre-determined pattern, e.g., on a cutting table and positioned on a stripping station that has a removal tool to remove waste material. After a sheet of material is cut on the same or another cutting table, the sheet is positioned in the stripping station over the female strip die. The removal tool moves to programmed positions in the stripping station and removes pieces of waste material. The final stripped cut sheet is the brought to the out-stack. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370238 | MOVEABLE SLIDER FOR USE IN A DEVICE ASSEMBLY PROCESS - A system for use in a device assembly process to aid in performing at least one device assembly operation is disclosed. The system may comprise: a moveable slider moveably coupled to a slider base to move components of the device in the assembly process; and an electronics module coupled to an end portion of the slider base. The electronics module may comprise: a driver to provide driver output to the moveable slider; and a controller that includes the driver to transmit control signals through the driver to control movement of the moveable slider. The moveable slider may move components of the device in the assembly process in which at least one device assembly operation is performed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370239 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPORTING DISRUPTION IN THE GROUPING OF ARTICLES - During grouping, articles ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150370240 | METHOD FOR ALIGNING A STRIP OF LABELS - A method for aligning a strip of labels, which contains a plurality of labels, relative to a cutting device, wherein the strip of labels is cut into labels by the cutting device that are subsequently applied to containers. In a learning mode, the strip of labels is automatically transported by a transport device and the position of the strip of labels relative to the cutting device is detected by a position sensor disposed as a first camera, and, in an aligning mode, an operator can then enter a desired cutting parameter in a machine control unit of an input unit. Information indicated of the desired cutting parameter relative to the strip of labels is then displayed to the operator on a screen, and the machine control unit controls the cutting device on the basis of the desired cutting parameter. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370241 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE SYSTEM HAVING POWER TOOL AND A MOTOR-DRIVEN ADVANCING MECHANISM - A method for controlling a device system ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150370242 | THERMAL DISPLACEMENT CORRECTION DEVICE FOR WORKING MACHINE - Provided is a thermal displacement correction device for a working machine that includes a thermal displacement correction amount calculation unit for calculating a thermal displacement correction amount and configured to correct a thermal displacement amount caused by heat generated and radiated from the working machine and changing with time by the thermal displacement correction amount, the thermal displacement correction device for the working machine including: a correction error coefficient storage memory; a correction precision calculation unit configured to calculate the correction precision of the thermal displacement correction amount based on the thermal displacement correction amount and the correction error coefficient; and a correction precision degradation notification unit. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370243 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION COORDINATION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION COORDINATION PROGRAM - Included are a machining device having a drive unit, a data memory, and an instruction unit; and a database server that stores NC data used by the machining device as a database, each connected via a network. The machining device is used in an information coordination system in which information in the NC data is coordinated between the machining device and the database server. The machining device includes an NC-data collection unit that collects the NC data from the data memory; an information-coordination-command generation unit that generates an information coordination command to access the database in the database server so as to match data corresponding to the machining device in the database server with the collected NC data; and an information-coordination-command transmission unit that transmits the information coordination command to the database server. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370244 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING AN IMAGING DEVICE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF AT LEAST ONE HANDLING DEVICE FOR HANDLING SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS - Disclosed is an apparatus for handling electronic components. The apparatus comprises: i) a rotary device and a plurality of pick heads arranged circumferentially around the rotary device, each pick head being operable to hold an electronic component; ii) a position-determining device for determining an arrangement of the electronic components as held by the respective pick heads; iii) a fiducial mark arranged in a position that is indicative of the arrangement of the electronic components, as determined by the position-determining device; iv) a first imaging device arranged relative to the fiducial mark; and v) at least one handling device for handling the electronic components. Specifically, the first imaging device is operable to capture at least one image comprising the fiducial mark and the at least one handling device so that a position of the at least one handling device is adjustable to align the at least one handling device with respect to the arrangement of the electronic components, based on an offset between the fiducial mark and the at least one handling device as derived from the at least one image captured by the first imaging device. A method of adjusting the position of at least one handling device of an apparatus for handling electronic components is also disclosed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370245 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides a substrate processing apparatus, a substrate processing method, a semiconductor device manufacturing method, and a control program capable of controlling thickness uniformity of a film formed on a substrate. The substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber into which a substrate is transferred; a heating device heating the substrate, transferred into the process chamber, from its periphery side; a cooling device cooling the substrate, transferred into the process chamber, from its periphery side; a process gas supply unit supplying a process gas into the process chamber; and a control unit controlling the heating device and the cooling device to generate temperature difference between a center and the periphery sides of the substrate and controls the process gas supply unit. The control unit operates the process gas supply unit to stop operation of the cooling device during supply of the process gas into the process chamber. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370246 | SUBSTRATE TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A substrate transporting apparatus includes a first light emitting sensor emitting a first sensing light in a first direction, a first light receiving sensor receiving the first sensing light, a second light emitting sensor emitting a second sensing light in a second direction different than the first direction, a second light receiving sensor receiving the second sensing light, a substrate transporting loader passing through traveling lines of the first sensing light and the second sensing light, a state information storage unit storing state information of the substrate transporting loader, and an operation information computing unit computing operation information of the substrate transporting loader based on the state information. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370247 | IDENTIFYING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ORIGIN USING TOOLING SIGNATURE - A method for determining if an individual integrated circuit was manufactured using an individual instance of tooling includes collecting from the individual integrated circuit first data representing at least one attribute that varies as a function of the tooling used to manufacture the individual integrated circuit and second data identifying the integrated circuit as having been manufactured using the individual instance of tooling. The first data is compared to a signature of the individual instance of tooling identified by the second data. The signature is derived from the at least one attribute measured from a population of integrated circuits that were manufactured using the individual instance of tooling. The individual integrated circuit is identified as having been manufactured using the individual instance of tooling identified in the second data collected from the individual integrated circuit if the first data correlates to the signature by a predetermined threshold. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370248 | System, Methods and Apparatus Using Virtual Appliances in a Semiconductor Test Environment - In one embodiment, a semiconductor test control system includes a computer system having a plurality of hardware resources; a hypervisor installed on the computer system; and a test floor controller installed on the computer system. The hypervisor virtualizes the hardware resources and provides each of at least one virtual appliance with access to a respective virtual set of hardware resources. Each virtual set of hardware resources places its respective virtual appliance in controlling communication with at least a first aspect of a semiconductor test system, thereby enabling the respective virtual appliance to test a respective type of semiconductor device. The test floor controller is in controlling communication with i) at least a second aspect of the semiconductor test system, and ii) each of the at least one virtual appliance. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370249 | SLOW SPEED SIGNAL DETECTION FOR ABS SENSORS WITH ADAPTIVE TIME WATCHDOG CONCEPT FOR 0Hz CAPABILITY - The present disclosure relates to a rotation speed sensor, including at least one sensor element to detect a magnetic input signal of the rotation speed sensor, a time watchdog with a programmable time constant and an output control circuit. The time watchdog generates a time-out event when no minimum or maximum or no output switching event of a magnetic input signal of the rotation speed sensor is detected within a time-interval equal to a programmed time constant of the time watchdog. Further, the output control circuit changes the output signal of the rotation speed sensor from a first value to a second value, when a minimum or a maximum or output switching event of the magnetic input signal is detected within the time interval and a change of the magnetic input signal is greater than a predetermined value. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370250 | MAGIC WAND INTERFACE AND OTHER USER INTERACTION PARADIGMS FOR A FLYING DIGITAL ASSISTANT - Methods and systems are described for new paradigms for user interaction with an unmanned aerial vehicle (referred to as a flying digital assistant or FDA) using a portable multifunction device (PMD) such as smart phone. In some embodiments, a magic wand user interaction paradigm is described for intuitive control of an FDA using a PMD. In other embodiments, methods for scripting a shot are described. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370251 | Method and system for drone deliveries to vehicles in route - A system comprise a server configured to communicate vehicle information with a vehicle transceiver of a vehicle moving along a vehicle route and communicate drone information with a drone transceiver of a drone moving along a drone route. A computing device with a memory and a processor may be configured to communicatively connect with the server, process the vehicle information and the drone information, identify a plurality of pickup locations based in part on the vehicle information and drone information, select at least one of the plurality of pickup locations based in part on a priority score associated with a travel time to or wait time for each of the plurality of pickup locations, and update the drone route based in part on the selected pickup location. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-MODE UNMANNED VEHICLE MISSION PLANNING AND CONTROL - Systems and associated methods for planning and control of a fleet of unmanned vehicles in missions that are coordinated temporally and spatially by geo-location, direction, vehicle orientation, altitude above sea level, and depth below sea level. The unmanned vehicles' transit routes may be fully autonomous, semi-autonomous, or under direct operator control using off board control systems. Means are provided for intervention and transit changes during mission execution. Means are provided to collect, centralize and analyze mission data collected on the set of participating unmanned vehicles. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370253 | Systems For a Shared Vehicle - The present invention relates to a system for automatically adjusting a vehicle feature of a vehicle, where the system includes a first sensor, an onboard computer, a camera, a mirror, a controller; an actuator; and an algorithm. The algorithm instructs the onboard computer in steps for adjusting one or more vehicle features. The first sensor and the controller are in electronic communication with the onboard computer and the controller is in electronic communication with one or more actuators that connect to and adjust the various vehicle features. The onboard computer includes or accesses a database that correlates users, features, and vehicle feature settings. Such vehicle features include seat position and camera viewing angle. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370254 | Construction Equipment Driving Control Method - Disclosed is a construction equipment driving control method for controlling machine driving without using an additional straight driving pedal. According to the present invention, the construction equipment driving control method is applied to construction equipment comprising: right and left driving operation devices; a controller; right and left driving motors; right and left forward driving proportional solenoid valves; right and left backward driving proportional solenoid valves; and a setting means for setting the function for moving a machine forward or backward by the operation of the driving operation device, and the method comprises: a first step for moving the machine forward or backward by controlling the right and left driving motors correspondingly to the operation amount of operation pedals if one operation pedal among the driving operation devices is operated after a mode is converted into an activation mode by the operation of the setting means; and a second step for driving or converting, in the driving direction, the machine by controlling the right and left driving motors correspondingly to the operation amounts of the operation pedals of the driving operation devices if the pedals are simultaneously operated after a mode is converted into an inactivation mode by the operation of the setting means. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370255 | METHODS FOR OPERATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN SPECIAL CONTROL ZONES - A method of controlling autonomous or driverless vehicles in a specific control zone is disclosed. The vehicles enter the zone and come under the control of a zone authority that coordinates the movements of the vehicles until they leave the zone. The behavior of the vehicles is modified to insure that it matches a set of rules established by the zone authority. The zone may be an area such as a bridge, tunnel or construction zone where efficient, possibly single lane, travel requires tight coordination. Other possible zones include parking areas, indoor passages and areas with security concerns. The zone authority simultaneously controls multiple autonomous vehicles and possible additional driver operated vehicles. The messages establishing control or providing continuing administration of rules may be delivered by any type of communications link or may be associated with a device issued to vehicles entering the zone which is collected on exit. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370256 | GROUND VEHICLE-LIKE CONTROL FOR REMOTE CONTROL AIRCRAFT - A hand-held radio transmit controller for remotely controlling an aircraft, and a method for controlling a remote control aircraft offering ground vehicle-like control. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370257 | SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTROL - A self-controlled device maintains a frame of reference about an x-, y- and z-axis. The self-controlled device processes an input to control the self-propelled device, the input being based on the x- and y-axis. The self-propelled device is controlled in its movement, including about each of the x-, y- and z-axis, based on the input. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370258 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PATH OF A ROTARY-WING DRONE, A CORRESPONDING SYSTEM, A ROTARY-WING DRONE IMPLEMENTING THIS SYSTEM AND THE RELATED USES OF SUCH A DRONE - A method for controlling a path of a rotary-wing drone wherein said method comprises:
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20150370259 | APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING A DRIVER TO DETECT AND ESCAPE FROM A SINKING VEHICLE - An apparatus for enhancing a driver to detect and escape from a sinking vehicle is disclosed. When the thin film pressure with a closed and hollow carrier is detecting an outside water pressure is higher than the first predetermined value and making sure the vehicle is sinking into water, the lifting unit is driven to lower down by the motor which is controlled by the micro-controller unit and simultaneously the window glass is opened. The apparatus further comprises an addressing unit connected to the battery and the micro-controller unit for transmitting automatically a help signal and an addressing signal to at least one predetermined receiving unit to achieve the efficiencies of self-assisting with one's life and escaping from a sinking vehicle in time and extending the rescue time with no delay, uncertainty or inefficiency. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370260 | RELAY - In order to make it possible to diagnose an operation state of a fluidic device despite reducing the size of the fluidic device, a relay is configured to include a first port connected with the fluidic device and a second port connected with a user information processor, and receive fluid-related data from the fluidic device via the first port and transmit the data to the user information processor via the second port, or receive the data from the user information processor via the second port and transmit the data to the fluidic device via the first port. In addition, the relay includes a third port that is connected with a diagnostic apparatus adapted to diagnose the operation state of the fluidic device, receive diagnostic data from the fluidic device via the first port, and transmit the diagnostic data to the diagnostic apparatus via the third port. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370261 | VALVE CONTROL DEVICE AND VALVE CONTROL METHOD - A valve control device for controlling a drive device that drives a valve includes: an operation amount calculation unit that calculates an operation amount of the drive device at predetermined sampling intervals based on a control deviation between a target value of an opening degree of the valve and an actually measured value of an opening degree of the valve; a state determination unit that determines whether the valve is in a steady or transient state; and a first correction unit that outputs, if the state determination unit determines the valve is in the steady state, a predetermined first correction value corresponding to a sign of the control deviation to correct the operation amount calculated by the operation amount calculation unit with the first correction value. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370262 | Liquid Supply Apparatus - The liquid supply apparatus includes: an inverter converting the frequency of an alternating-current power supply; a pump including an electric motor driven by the inverter; a control part; and the like. The control part includes a physical quantity detection part, a medium control part, and the like. The physical quantity detection part detects a physical quantity concerning the output of the inverter. On the basis of the physical quantity detected by the physical quantity detection part, the medium control part controls at least one of the flow rate and the pressure of the liquid supplied by the pump. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370263 | GAS MIXING DEVICE - A gas mixing device is disclosed. The present invention comprises: a first electric type flow rate controller, provided with a first gas, for controlling a flow rate of the first gas; a second electric type flow rate controller, provided with a second gas to be mixed with the first gas, for controlling a flow rate of the second gas; and a first non-electric type flow rate controller for controlling the flow rate of the first gas, by receiving the first gas, when the electric power is not supplied to the first electric type flow rate controller provided in parallel to the first electric type flow rate controller. According to the present invention, the gas mixing device for implementing a powerless operation during a power outage and guaranteeing high accuracy of a gas mixing ratio is provided. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370264 | VEHICLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ANTICIPATORY LINE PRESSURE FOR TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENTS - A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present discourse includes, among other things, controlling a vehicle by pressurizing a transmission pump in response to an anticipated shift change trigger. The anticipated shift change trigger may include touching a shift device of the vehicle, or detecting that a vehicle occupant is in proximity to the shift device of the vehicle. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370265 | Fluid Compression System and Control Device Therefor - An object of the present invention is to provide a fluid compression system which can supply compressed fluid in accordance with a sudden change in an amount of fluid used even when the number of compressors to be installed is increased, and a control device thereof. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370266 | ACTIVE NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEMS AND - Active noise and vibration control (ANVC) systems and methods are provided. The systems and methods include providing sensors configured to detect vibration of a structure and a controller in electrical communication with the sensors. The controller includes a hardware processor and a memory element configured to process the vibration detected by the sensors, generate a force control command signal, and output the force control command signal via an interface. The systems and methods include provisions for at least one circular force generator (CFG) in electrical communication with the controller, the CFG is configured to execute the force control command signal output from the controller and produce a force that substantially cancels the vibration force. In some aspects, one or more CFGs control different vibration frequencies causing unwanted vibrations or acoustical tones. In some aspects, one or more CFG's control unwanted vibrations during some conditions and noise during other conditions. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370267 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OVEN APPLIANCE AND A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN OVEN APPLIANCE - A method for operating an oven appliance includes establishing a set temperature, operating a heating element of the oven appliance in order to heat a cooking chamber of the oven appliance to a target temperature with the heating element, and continually reducing the target temperature to the set temperature. A related control system for an oven appliance is also provided. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370268 | BYPASS SWITCH FOR IN-LINE POWER STEAL - A power supply unit for use with thermostats or other like devices. The power supply unit may keep electromagnetic interference emissions and harmonics at a minimum. A unit may have enough power for triggering a switch at about a cross over point of a waveform of input power to the unit. Power for triggering may come from a storage source. Power for the storage source may be provided with power stealing which require switching transistors which can generate emissions. In-line thermostats using MOSFETS power steal may do the power steal during an ON state (triac, relay or silicon controlled rectifier activated). Gate signals to the transistors may be especially shaped to keep emissions from transistor switching at a minimum. All that may be needed, during an OFF state as a bypass, is a high voltage controllable switch. The need may be achieved using high voltage MOSFETS. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370269 | DC Thermostat with Low Battery Response - A battery powered thermostat senses a battery voltage drop to a low-battery voltage level. At that point, the thermostat microprocessor provides a LOW BATTERY alert message, visible on the thermostat display. If the occupant fails to replace the power cells or does not notice the LOW BATTERY message, when the battery voltage drops further the microprocessor alters the thermostat set points. This reduces the number of heating or cooling cycles per day, and reduces the number of actuations of the latching relays in the thermostat, conserving remaining battery life. At a further drop in battery voltage the set points are changed additionally. Additional functions, such as second level heat, second level cooling, and fan speed, are disabled. The change in heat or cooling cycles induces the occupant to check the thermostat where he or she will notice the LOW BATTERY message. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370270 | DC Thermostat with Latching Relay Repulsing - A thermostat, of the type that employs latching relays to connect thermostat power to the various wires of the thermostat run, has a re-pulse feature that supplies latching pulses at a given interval, e.g., three hours, to ensure that the relays are in their proper state agreeing with the thermostat mode and the room temperature relative to the setpoint(s). In the case that the room air temperature is changing in a manner contrary to the current heating or cooling mode, which may indicate the latching relay has been knocked or bumped and needs to have its proper state re-established, the thermostat microprocessor issues pulses to the latching relay(s) more frequently, e.g., each 30 minutes, and the re-pulses may have a longer pulse width, e.g., increased from 20 ms to 25 ms. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370271 | Optimizing Operations of Multiple Air-Conditioning Units - A method operates a set of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) units by optimizing jointly operations of the set of HVAC units subject to constraints to determine times of switching each HVAC unit ON and OFF and by controlling each HVAC unit according to the corresponding times of switching. The operation of each HVAC unit is represented by a continuous function. The constraints include a complementarity constraint for each HVAC unit, such that the complementarity constraint for the HVAC unit defines a discontinuity of the operation of the HVAC unit at corresponding times of switching. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370272 | INTELLIGENT CONFIGURATION OF A SMART ENVIRONMENT BASED ON ARRIVAL TIME - A method includes receiving an estimated time of arrival (ETA) relating to an arrival to an environment, an arrival of an event, arrival of an activity, or a combination thereof; and controlling, configuring, or controlling and configuring a smart device based upon the ETA. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370273 | HYSTERETIC POWER CONVERTER WITH CALIBRATION CIRCUIT - A power converter includes a first load terminal used to supply a current to a load and a second load terminal used to return a feedback voltage based on the current. A calibration circuit supplies a calibrated voltage processed from the feedback voltage, and a hysteretic comparator controls a current level of the current based on a difference between the feedback voltage and the calibrated voltage. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370274 | POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH MITIGATION FOR RADIATION INDUCED SINGLE EVENT LATCH-UP IN MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES - A power delivery system includes a programmable current limit switch circuit connected between a power supply and electronic control circuits that are susceptible to single event latch-up. The programmable current limit switch is connected in a power bus between the power supply and the electronic control circuits. The programmable current limit switch circuit removes power from the electronic control circuits when an over-current condition persists for a blank time period, and restores power to the electronic control circuits after a retry time period. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370275 | DNA OF ENERGY CONSUMING SYSTEMS - A method for virtually connecting design, construction, equipment and control systems as a holistic system to discover the peak performance of energy consuming systems based on system inherent characteristics is provided. The method can include collecting primary information from the energy consuming system, developing energy consuming system schematics, evaluating energy consuming system performance, determining discrepancy and field verification information, defining the energy system limitation for optimization and activating the virtual holistic system and the method further can include performing energy system optimization on the virtual holistic system and performing energy system performance financial analysis on the virtual holistic system. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370276 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING REGULATED VOLTAGE ISLAND POWER SYSTEM - Various embodiments include an integrated circuit (IC) structure having: a chip control logic; a chip power system connected with the chip control logic; and a voltage island connected with the chip control logic and the chip power system, the voltage island including: an interface component for interfacing with the chip power system and the chip control logic; a logic island connected with the interface component; and a voltage island power system connected with the interface component and the logic island, the voltage island power system independently controlling a voltage supplied to the logic island. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370277 | Adaptive PID Control System for Industrial Turbines - The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes providing a process controller configured to perform a control algorithm based on at least one first control parameter, providing a parameter controller configured to perform a parameter adjustment algorithm, providing a turbine having an output sensor, providing to the process controller at least one first control parameter and a first input value, controlling the turbine based on the at least one first control parameter and the first input value, receiving a turbine response value provided by the turbine output sensor, determining at least one second control parameter based on the turbine response value and the parameter adjustment algorithm, providing, to the process controller from the parameter controller, the at least one second control parameter, and controlling the turbine based on the at the least one second control parameter and a second input value. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370278 | Maximum Power Point Tracking Method and Device, and Photovoltaic Power Generation System - The present invention provides a maximum power point tracking method and device and a photovoltaic power generation system. The maximum power point tracking method comprises: sampling present voltage and present current of a photovoltaic array; obtaining present power based on the present voltage and the present current; using difference between the present power and power for previous sampling time as present perturbation power, and based on ratio of the present perturbation power to perturbation power for previous sampling time, obtaining gradient perturbation voltage step ratio; obtaining perturbation voltage step based on the gradient perturbation voltage step ratio and voltage difference between the present voltage and the voltage for previous sampling time; and controlling output voltage based on the perturbation voltage step. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370279 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE CIRCUIT - A reference voltage circuit including a constant voltage circuit and a resistance voltage divider circuit. The constant voltage circuit includes a Zener diode, and a bias current circuit connected in series with the Zener diode and causing a constant current to flow into the Zener diode. The resistance voltage divider circuit is connected in parallel with the Zener diode, and includes first and second resistors connected in series. The first resistor is connected to a cathode side of the Zener diode, and is formed of a low temperature coefficient resistor body that is temperature-independent. The second resistor is connected to an anode side of the Zener diode, and is formed of a resistor body having temperature characteristics that are the reverse of output temperature characteristics of the Zener diode. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370280 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH IMPROVED LOAD REGULATION - A voltage regulator comprises a ground node, a pick-off node, a regulator branch, a load branch, and a current mirror the regulator branch and the load branch are connected in parallel between the pick-off node and the ground node; the load branch comprises one or more resistive connecting lines that are connectable in series with the load to generate a load current through the load branch; the regulator branch comprises a bias node, a resistive element, and a tap node; the bias node is arranged to provide a regulated bias voltage; the resistive element is connected between the bias node and the pick-off node; and the tap node is connected between the bias node and the resistive element. The current mirror is connected to the tap node and arranged to draw a mirror current from the tap node; the mirror current having a component that is proportional to the load current. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370281 | NOISE CANCELING CURRENT MIRROR CIRCUIT FOR IMPROVED PSR - A current mirror circuit provides a current to drive a load. A noise cancelling circuit is provided to keep the load current constant in spite of variations in the supply voltage. The noise cancelling circuit includes an auxiliary current path which branches from the load current path. The length-to-width ratios of transistors of the circuit are selected to provide the desired noise cancellation while maintaining device stability. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370282 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE MOVABLE STRUCTURE - A sliding portion of a slider slides on a sliding surface of a base. This slider is biased toward the base by a stabilizer formed by an elastic, small-diameter, rod-shaped member. Specifically, the stabilizer is formed by a center portion, a link portion, a spring portion, and an abutting portion. When the abutting portion abuts an abutting recess of a cover attached over the slider to be biased toward the base, the spring portion plastically deforms about an arc portion. Due to a resulting reaction force, a pressing portion formed by the center portion biases the sliding portion of the slider toward the base. Accordingly, play may be suppressed with a small number of components. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370283 | AUTOMATIC LOCKING KNOB ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF USE - Embodiments of the present technology relate to safety knobs. An example automatic locking knob assembly includes a knob, a base, an adapter, and a locking sub-assembly. The locking sub-assembly is configured to automatically lock the knob into place when a valve stem of a stove is in an off position. The locking sub-assembly also allows for controlled rotation of the valve stem of the stove by actuation of buttons associated with the knob. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370284 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND PRECURSOR ARTICLES - A first polymer latex and second polymer latex can be mixed to form a dried primer layer on a substrate to adhere patterned materials having fine lines. The first polymer latex comprises a first polymer and a first surfactant such that a dried coating of the first polymer latex has a surface polarity of at least 50%. The second polymer latex comprises a second polymer and a second surfactant such that a dried coating of the second polymer latex has a surface polarity of less than or equal to 27%. Moreover, a dried coating of the mixture has a surface polarity of at least 15% and up to and including 50%. Primed substrates are useful for preparing electrically-conductive articles having electrically-conductive fine lines directly on a dried primer layer by applying a patterned material to a substrate. Such articles can be used as touch screen displays in various electronic devices. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370285 | WRIST-MOUNTED DEVICE TO ASSIST PILGRIMS - The wrist-mounted device to assist pilgrims is an electronic device worn on the wrist that provides functions to assist a pilgrim, particularly a pilgrim on a pilgrimage to a holy site. The device includes a heart rate monitor that alerts the user when his or her heart rate is too high, a GPS unit showing the location of holy sites of interest, a monitor for keeping a count of the number of perambulations around a holy site, e.g., when performing a Tawaf, an audio playback device that will play back a prayer or scripture, such as the Dua'a, and an annunciator for announcing prayer times. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370286 | LAPTOP - A laptop includes a screen and a base having a keyboard. An end of the screen is articulated to an end of the base via a rotating device; and a first distance between a bottom edge of the screen and a bottom edge of the keyboard is smaller than a second distance between a top end of the screen and the bottom edge of the keyboard when the screen is closed onto the base. A guide rail is provided at two sides of the base, and the screen is slidable along the guide rail. The rotating device includes an articulated shaft connected to the base; and at any position on the guide rail, the screen is rotatable about the articulated shaft. When the screen is closed onto the base, the display surface of the screen faces outwards, thus the user can use the laptop in a tablet computer mode. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370287 | FLEXIBLE DEVICE AND FOLDING UNIT THEREOF - A flexible device in which a display is folded is provided. The flexible device includes a main body, a flexible display fixed to a first surface of the main body, and a cover coupled to the main body to face a second surface of the main body, wherein the second surface of the main body is opposite to the first surface of the main body, such that when the main body is curved or folded, the cover moves with respect to the second surface of the main body to compensate for a difference in elongation, which is generated when the main body is curved or folded. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370288 | PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURES FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - A protective enclosure for a mobile computing device may include a sheet of tempered glass and a shell. The shell may include a first lip defining a first aperture, and a second lip defining a second aperture. The sheet of tempered glass may be coupled to the second lip to substantially block the second aperture. The shell may be configured to receive the mobile computing device such that a front display of the mobile computing device is visible through the first aperture, and a back side of the mobile computing device is visible through the second aperture and the sheet of tempered glass. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370289 | HINGE ASSEMBLY - The disclosure relates to a hinge assembly ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150370290 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a portable electronic apparatus including a contactless communication module configured to execute contactless communication with an external device is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a first detector, a second detector, and a controller. The first detector is configured to detect contactless communication with the external device. The second detector is configured to detect an orientation of the electronic apparatus. The controller is configured to execute control according to the detected orientation when the contactless communication with the external device is detected. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370291 | SUN SHADE CASE FOR A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - The present portable computing device case is configurable for both carrying a portable computing device and for obstructing external lighting while using a portable computing device in an upright viewing position, particularly for augmented reality applications, outdoor gaming applications and for use of a digital camera housed within the portable computing device. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370292 | RETRACTABLE SCREEN-AND-KEYBOARD ASSEMBLY FOR TABLES - Retractable screen ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150370293 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CANISTER HOUSING ENCLOSURE - The loading density of canisters fitted to a supporting substrate of a storage enclosure is reduced. A plurality of rail structure bodies are provided in parallel with the Y-axis direction so as to be spaced apart by a first predetermined distance in the X-axis direction. A pair of the rail structure bodies arranged on left and right sides in the Y-axis direction support the canisters. The rail structure body includes first contact parts extended in parallel with the Y-axis direction, second contact parts formed continuously with the first contact parts so as to protrude by a second predetermined distance to one side in the X-axis direction, and coupling parts formed continuously with the first contact parts and the second contact parts. The canister is supported between one side surface of the second contact part of one rail structure body and the other side surface of the contact part. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370294 | ADAPTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF DATA CENTER COOLING - An electronic system comprises: at least one electronic component; a cooling system condition receiver, wherein the cooling system condition receiver is capable of receiving a condition signal, and wherein the condition signal describes a current condition of a cooling system that provides conditioned air to an ambient environment of the electronic system; and a throttle, wherein the throttle, in response to the cooling system condition receiver receiving the condition signal that describes the current condition of the cooling system, adjusts an amount of heat generated by said at least one electronic component by throttling back operations of said at least one electronic component. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370295 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING ADAPTIVE FET DRIVE VOLTAGE OPTIMIZATION FOR POWER STAGES OF MULTI-PHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR CIRCUITS - Methods and systems are disclosed that may be employed to implement adaptive FET drive voltage optimization for voltage regulator (VR) integrated power stages (IPstages) that have different MOSFET RDS(on) characteristics to improve VR efficiency and current-sense accuracy. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370296 | Power Sequencing by Slave Power Sequencers Sharing a Command Bus - Embodiments provide apparatuses and systems in which slave power sequencers share a command bus and power sequence respective power groups through power sequence states of a power sequencing protocol in response to commands on the command bus. In some examples, a system may include a master power sequencer to output onto a command bus a command to perform a power sequencing protocol for transitioning the system from a first power state to a second power state, and a plurality of slave power sequencers sharing the command bus, each slave power sequencer to power sequence a respective power group to a next power sequence state in response to the command. Other examples are described and claimed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370297 | MODULAR POWER DISTRIBUTION FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS - Various techniques for modular power distribution in computing facilities are described herein. In one embodiment, a power distribution unit includes a first subsystem for receiving power from a power source. A configuration of the first subsystem corresponds to one or more characteristics of the power source. The power distribution unit also includes a second subsystem electrically coupled to one or more of processing units in a component enclosure. A configuration of the second subsystem is independent from the one or more characteristics of the power source. A set of connectors electrically couple the first subsystem to the second subsystem allowing the power from the power source to flow from the first subsystem, via the second subsystem, and to the processing units in the component enclosure. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370298 | RECONFIGURABLE DIGITAL VOLTAGE REGULATOR FABRIC - Described is an apparatus which comprises: a plurality of bridges which are operable to drive respective signals for one or more power supply rails; a plurality of controllers; and a main controller to couple one or more controllers from the plurality of controllers to one or more bridges from the plurality of bridges. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370299 | TUNNELING IN USB POWER DELIVERY - An electronic system includes a computer and a power adapter. The computer includes an embedded controller (EC) coupled to a computer power delivery (PD) controller. The power adapter includes a power adapter PD controller connected to a slave device and is configured to communicate with the computer over a communication link. The computer PD controller is configured to receive a command from the EC and, to transmit a universal serial bus (USB) vendor defined message (VDM) header and one or more vendor defined objects (VDOs) including the information of the payload of the transmit command. The power adapter PD controller responds to the one or more VDOs either by changing an output signal to the slave device connected to the power adapter PD controller, reports a state of a general purpose input/output (GPIO) pin of the power adapter PD controller, or changes the state of the GPIO pin. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370300 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CALIBRATION OF VOLTAGE REGULATOR SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE TYPES OF POWER STAGES - Methods and systems are disclosed that may be employed to enable multi-phase voltage regulator (VR) system calibration during the development phase of a multi-phase VR system so as to meet defined accuracy targets and, in one example, to avoid the need for system level calibration in a production environment. The disclosed systems and methods may be further implemented to enable use of multiple sources for and types of integrated power stages (IPstages) in a common multi-phase VR system configuration while still achieving the required current sense accuracy, thus reducing or substantially eliminating continuity of supply (COS) concerns. The disclosed methods and systems may also be implemented to improve accuracy of current sense in a manner that improves VR system performance, power saving and reliability. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370301 | PREVENTING OVERSUBSCRIPTION TO POWER RESOURCES IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM - Preventing oversubscription to power resources in a computing system that includes a plurality of power supplies configured to deliver power to a plurality of integrated technology elements (‘ITEs’), including: detecting, by a power management module, that power delivery capabilities of the power supplies have changed; determining, by the power management module in dependence upon a power redundancy policy and the power delivery capabilities of the power supplies, power settings for the plurality of ITEs; and updating, by the power management module, power settings for the plurality of ITEs. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370302 | FIRMWARE INTERFACE WITH DURABLE MEMORY STORAGE - Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) with durable storage to provide memory write persistence, for example, in the event of power loss. The system may include a processor to host the firmware interface which may be configured to control access to system variables in a protected region of a volatile memory. The system may also include a power management circuit to provide power to the processor and further to provide a power loss indicator to the firmware interface. The system may also include a reserve energy storage module to provide power to the processor in response to the power loss indicator. The firmware interface is further configured to copy the system variables from the volatile memory to a non-volatile memory in response to the power loss indicator. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370303 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING POWER IN A CHIP MULTIPROCESSOR USING A PROPORTIONAL FEEDBACK MECHANISM - A system includes a power management unit that may monitor the power consumed by a processor including a plurality of processor core. The power management unit may throttle or reduce the operating frequency of the processor cores by applying a number of throttle events in response to determining that the plurality of cores is operating above a predetermined power threshold during a given monitoring cycle. The number of throttle events may be based upon a relative priority of each of the plurality of processor cores to one another and an amount that the processor is operating above the predetermined power threshold. The number of throttle events may correspond to a portion of a total number of throttle events, and which may be dynamically determined during operation based upon a proportionality constant and the difference between the total power consumed by the processor and a predetermined power threshold. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370304 | ENHANCING POWER-PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - Techniques described above may enhance the power-performance efficiency of a processor, SoC, or a computing system. Embodiments described here allow an increase in frequency of the clock signal to a peak frequency value in response to detecting an occurrence of a burst of high activity within the low processor utilization periods. A power management unit may accumulate the budget during the low or idle processor utilization periods and the level of activity of the burst of high activity signal may be determined. The PMU may increase the frequency of the clock signal provided to the processing cores if the level of the burst of high activity exceeds a first threshold value and an accumulated budget value exceeds a second threshold value. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING POWER SAVINGS AND INTERFERENCE MITIGATION ON PHYSICAL TRANSMISSION MEDIA - Systems and methods for providing power savings and interference mitigation on physical transmission media are disclosed. Exemplary aspects include the ability to change physical layer (PHY) configurations based on operating conditions. By changing the PHY configuration, power consumption and electromagnetic interference (EMI) may be reduced. Still other operating conditions may be used to initiate switching between different PHYs. In another exemplary aspect, parameters of the PHY, such as slew rate, may be modified based on operating conditions to save power and/or reduce interference. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370306 | Method and System Providing Power Management for Multimedia Processing - A power management method is provided to detect system information for a multimedia process, which is to be executed in a multimedia processor system that includes a plurality of cores belonging to a plurality of power domains. The power domains are controlled independently of one another. The method further identifies a set of power domains that provides a processing capacity matching a requirement of the multimedia process indicated in the system information, and supplies power to one or more of the power domains according to the identified set of power domains. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370307 | MANAGING POWER CONSUMPTION STATE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES RESPONSIVE TO PREDICTING FUTURE DEMAND - A system and process that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transitioning a processor from a high-power consumption state to a low-power consumption state, wherefrom return to the high-power consumption state includes a boot process. Future demand for operation of the processor in the high-power consumption state is predicted, while the processor is in the low-power consumption state. The processor is transitioned from the low-power consumption state to the high-power consumption state in response to predicting future demand for operation of the processor in the high-power consumption state. Such transition of the processor from the low-power consumption state to the high-power consumption state sufficiently precedes actual demand for operation of the processor in the high-power consumption state so as to avoid perceptible user delay. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370308 | BRANCH PREDICTION WITH POWER USAGE PREDICTION AND CONTROL - A method maintains power usage prediction information for one or more functional units in branch prediction logic for a processing unit such that the power consumption of a functional unit may be selectively reduced in association with the execution of branch instructions when it is predicted that the functional unit will be idle subsequent to the execution of such branch instructions. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370309 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE ASSISTANCE IN REDUCING CPU POWER CONSUMPTION - A method for processing data includes receiving in a peripheral device, which is connected by a bus to a host processor having multiple host resources, information regarding respective power states of the host resources. The data are selectively directed from the peripheral device to the host resources responsively to the respective power states. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370310 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The electronic device, which is to be carried by the user, has a first inertial force sensor, a second inertial force sensor, an action-mode determiner, and a controller. The action-mode determiner determines an action mode of the user based on at least one of a first inertial force signal fed from the first inertial force sensor and a second inertial force signal fed from the second inertial force sensor. When the action-mode determiner determines that the user starts a first action based on the first inertial force signal or on both of the first inertial force signal and the second inertial force signal, the controller reduces power to be supplied to the first inertial force sensor. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370311 | DECOUPLED ENTRY AND EXIT PREDICTION FOR POWER GATING - Power gating logic detects a transition of a component of a processing device into an idle state. In response to detecting the transition, the entry/exit power gating logic selectively implements one or more entry prediction techniques for power gating the component based on estimates of reliability of the entry prediction techniques. The entry/exit power gating logic also selectively implements one or more exit prediction techniques for exiting the power gated state based on estimates of reliability of the exit prediction techniques. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370312 | ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE HAVING WAKE-UP FOR DAISY CHAIN - A monitoring device has an event monitor, an uplink interface to a chain controller device, and a downlink interface to a further monitoring device, and a daisy controller for coupling the uplink to the chain downlink. The event monitor, in response to detecting an event in sleep mode, generates a wake-up signal. The daisy controller sets the electronic monitoring device to a wake-up request mode and disables the bidirectional data communication via the downlink interface, and subsequently transmits a wake-up request to the chain controller device via the uplink interface. In response to receiving a wake-up command, the daisy controller re-enables the bidirectional data communication via the downlink interface and sets the electronic monitoring device to the operational mode. Thereby a wake-up sequence is performed while the wake-up request mode avoids bus conflicts. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370313 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Power consumption is reduced. A semiconductor device includes an arithmetic processing circuit, a power supply circuit, a power management unit (PMU), and a power switch. The arithmetic processing circuit includes a storage circuit for retaining generated data. The storage circuit includes a backup circuit including a transistor and a capacitor. When a control signal for transition to a resting state is input from the arithmetic processing circuit to the PMU, the PMU performs voltage scaling operation for lowering the power supply potential of the arithmetic processing circuit. When the time of the voltage scaling operation is longer than the time of the resting state, the PMU performs power gating operation for stopping supply of power to the arithmetic processing circuit. The storage circuit performs data backup operation before the PMU performs the voltage scaling operation. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370314 | POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE AND LOAD CONSUMPTION CONTROL - Examples of electronic circuits and methods are provided. A power adapter is coupled to load device such that a power node and a signal node and a ground node are common to both entities. A supply voltage is regulated and provided by the power adapter to the load device in accordance with a voltage sensed at the signal node. Electrical current drawn by the load device is limited in accordance with a voltage sensed at the signal node. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370315 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STANDBY POWER REDUCTION IN A SERIAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a serial communication system having a device including a receiver detection module, this specification is directed to systems and methods for selectively reducing the power consumed by the receiver detection module, preferably when the device is operating in a low power mode. In some embodiments, a signal detection module is configured to receive a control signal from the transmitter of a device at the other end of the communications link to control the operation of the receiver detection module. The control signal may be in-band or may be transmitted on a sideband of the serial link. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370316 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC POWER MANAGEMENT ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSORS IN A SHARED POWER DOMAIN - Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting an input parameter, such as power supply level, to a shared power domain in a portable computing device are disclosed. The power domain includes a plurality of processing resources that share the power source. The power supply level is reduced based on a critical core vote pool derived from votes from the plurality of processing resources. The critical core vote pool is narrowed from all the votes by disqualifying votes based on the operating status of the associated processing resources. For example, because inactive processing resources may be unaffected by a change in the voltage level to the shared domain, and because certain active processing resources are in a position to adjust to a power change dictated by another processing resource, such processing resources may be considered noncritical and their votes disqualified from consideration. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370317 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY - An electronic device and method for controlling a deformable display are provided. The method includes sensing deformation of the deformable display, comparing a degree of the sensed deformation with a predetermined value, dividing at least a part of the deformable display based on a result of the comparison, determining at least a part of divided areas to be an active area or inactive area, and controlling at least part of information displayed in at least a part of the divided areas. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370318 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In response to receiving a captured user image while the output image is being displayed to the user, display of the output image is controlled so as to reflect characteristics of the user that is determined based on the captured user image and a user instruction that is recognized based on the captured user image. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370319 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS BY A USER - An apparatus and a method for controlling the same by a user are suggested. The suggested apparatus comprises: a detecting unit for detecting a first event executed by a user in relation to a plurality of devices including the apparatus; a control unit for generating a second event according to the first event detected by the detecting unit; an output unit for presenting the second event to the user, wherein the control unit generates a command for executing the first event on the apparatus as a function of a response of the user to the second event detected by the detecting unit. The suggested apparatus and method are suitable to provide a second event, before executing a command corresponding to a first event from the user, for the user to confirm the intention of the first event. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370320 | Smart Clothing with Human-to-Computer Textile Interface - This invention is smart clothing with a touch-based and/or gesture-based human-to-computer textile interface which transduces human touch and/or gestures into computer inputs. In an example, this interface can comprise an array or mesh of electroconductive fibers, threads, or yarns which are woven together using a plain weave, a rib weave, a basket weave, a twill weave, a satin weave, a leno weave, or a mock leno weave. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370321 | SHAPE RECOGNITION DEVICE, SHAPE RECOGNITION PROGRAM, AND SHAPE RECOGNITION METHOD - A shape recognition device, a shape recognition program, and a shape recognition method that can obtain more precise information for recognizing an external shape of an object are provided. A shape recognition device of the present invention includes an external-shape detecting unit that detects an external shape of an object, a first extracting unit that extracts a first feature point on the external shape based on the external shape detected by the external-shape detecting unit, and a second extracting unit that extracts a second feature point that exists on the external shape or in the external shape and differs from the first feature point. As a result, more precise information for recognizing the external shape of the object can be obtained. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370322 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEZEL MITIGATION WITH HEAD TRACKING - The present disclosure presents methods and apparatuses for operating a multi-display device to mitigate the effects of image interruption due to bezels between individual display devices. For example, a method of operating a video device includes generating a bezel-corrected image which spans a plurality of display devices, the bezel-corrected image including masked image pixels, wherein the masked image pixels are associated with a bezel of at least one of the plurality of display devices. Such example methods may further include detecting a head position change of a user and displaying one or more of the masked image pixels on at least one of the plurality of display devices based on the head position change. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370323 | USER DETECTION BY A COMPUTING DEVICE - In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally identifies a person's face, and optionally performs an action in accordance with the identification. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally determines a gaze location in a user interface, and optionally performs an action in accordance with the determination. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally designates a user as being present at a sound-playback device in accordance with a determination that sound-detection criteria and verification criteria have been satisfied. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally determines whether a person is further or closer than a threshold distance from a display device, and optionally provides a first or second user interface for display on the display device in accordance with the determination. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally modifies the playing of media content in accordance with a determination that one or more presence criteria are not satisfied. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370324 | ADJUSTING CONTENT DISPLAY ORIENTATION ON A SCREEN BASED ON USER ORIENTATION - A system for adjusting content display orientation on a screen is disclosed. The system may include a processor that may detect both eyes and a body part of a user that is proximal to one or more of the user's eyes. The system may then determine an eye gaze plane based on the positions of the first and second eyes of the user. The eye gaze plane may be determined by identifying a first line of sight extending from the first eye and a second line of sight extending from the second eye. Additionally, the eye gaze plane may bisect a center of the first eye and a center of the second eye of the user. Once the eye gaze plane is determined, the system may adjust the orientation of content displayed on a display device based on the eye gaze plane and on the position of the body part. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370325 | Context-Aware Self-Calibration - A method for context-aware self-calibration includes measuring for a plurality of time segments, at least one feature of at least one biosignal or each of at least one channel. Each biosignal is created in response to a user imagining an intended direction for each time segment. An object is moved along an actual decoded direction determined by an output of a decoder configured to correlate for each time segment the at least one feature to the intended direction. The decoder self-calibrates to minimize for each time segment, an error between the actual decoded direction, and the intended direction inferred subsequent to the respective time segment. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370326 | SYSTEMS, ARTICLES, AND METHODS FOR WEARABLE HUMAN-ELECTRONICS INTERFACE DEVICES - Systems, articles, and methods for wearable human-electronics interfaces are described. A wearable human-electronics interface device includes a band that in use is worn on an appendage (e.g., a wrist, arm, finger, or thumb) of a user. The band carries multiple sensors that are responsive to vibrations. The sensors are physically spaced apart from one another on or within the band. The band also carries an on-board processor. The sensors detect vibrations at the appendage of the user when the user performs different finger tapping gestures (i.e., tapping gestures involving different individual fingers or different combinations of fingers) and provide corresponding vibration signals to the processor. The processor classifies the finger tapping gesture(s) based on the vibration signals and an on-board transmitter sends a corresponding signal to control, operate, or interact with a receiving electronic device. The sensors include inertial sensors, digital MEMS microphones, or a combination thereof. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370327 | VIRTUAL INPUT DEVICE AND VIRTUAL INPUT METHOD - A virtual inputting device comprises: a signal collection unit including a bioelectrical sensor for collecting bioelectrical signals and an acceleration sensor for collecting acceleration signals; a signal preprocessing unit for performing preprocessing for the bioelectrical signals and the acceleration signals collected by the signal collection unit; a signal segmentation unit for performing segmentation processing for the preprocessed bioelectrical signals and acceleration signals so as to obtain a plurality of gesture segments; a feature extracting unit for extracting feature values from the bioelectrical signals and the acceleration signals for respective gesture segments; a feature combination unit for combining feature values extracted from the feature extracting unit to form a combined feature vector; a gesture recognition unit for performing gesture recognition based on the combined feature vector; and a character mapping unit for obtaining characters corresponding to the recognized gesture according to a predetermined mapping relationship between characters and gestures. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370328 | A DISPLAY APPARATUS PROVIDING TACTILE FUNCTIONALITY - An apparatus comprising: at least two actuators configured to provide a force to move a display assembly component at least at two separate locations of the display assembly component such that at least one of the at least two separate locations of the display assembly component has a displacement based on at least one actuation input; at least one sensor configured to determine the displacement of the display assembly component, wherein the sensor is configured to provide a feedback signal; and a control unit configured to control at least one of the at least two actuators based on the at least one actuation input to the control unit and the feedback signal. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370329 | VEHICLE OPERATION INPUT DEVICE - A vehicle operation input device includes an option display unit that displays a plurality of options on a display, an operation input unit having an operation surface, where the operation input unit generates operating information indicating a position in the operation surface at which a finger of the operator touches the operation surface, a finger position detecting unit that detects a position of part of an arm of the operator and obtains the position as the positional information regarding the finger of the operator, and a control unit. The control unit sets a particular option among the plurality of options immediately beneath the finger in accordance with the positional information regarding the finger obtained by the finger position detecting unit. An example of the particular option is at least one of the options located in the middle. | 2015-12-24 |
20150370330 | INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has a touch sensor | 2015-12-24 |
20150370331 | SURFACING RELATED CONTENT BASED ON USER INTERACTION WITH CURRENTLY PRESENTED CONTENT - A method and system for, at an electronic device with one or more processors, presenting a media content item on an electronic display. The electronic device detects a user action with a respective portion of the media content item, wherein the user action does not include explicit selection of the respective portion of the media content item. In response to detection of the user action, the electronic device identifying additional content to present based on the content included in the portion of the respective portion of the media content item. The electronic device then simultaneously presents the additional content and the media content item on the electronic display. | 2015-12-24 |