| 05th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
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| 20160033955 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER HAVING MACHINE ABNORMALITY HISTORY ANALYSIS SUPPORT FUNCTION - A numerical controller having a machine abnormality history analysis support function includes drawing unit for generating a tool image based on CNC information in which operation state information of a machine tool at the time of detection of an abnormality by an abnormality detection unit is associated with information about the detected abnormality, and arranging and drawing the tool image in a coordinate space. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033956 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER INCLUDING DNC OPERATION UNIT - In a numerical controller including a DNC operation unit, an automatic operation execution unit includes a buffering completion checking result holding unit for checking whether a portion of a machining program to be buffered includes a buffering point, an execution checking result holding unit for checking whether a portion of the machining program to be executed includes a buffering point, a comparison unit for comparing the buffering completion checking result holding unit with the execution checking result holding unit, and an execution unit for performing any one of continuation, suspension, and resumption of the automatic operation based on a result of the comparison. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033957 | COMPUTER PROGRAM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING A CRANKSHAFT - A method for evaluating a crankshaft. The method comprises receiving data related to a three dimensional scan of the crankshaft, generating a crankshaft computer model based on the data, and determining whether the crankshaft is suitable for machining into a machined crankshaft based on the crankshaft computer model. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033958 | ENDPOINT DETERMINATION USING INDIVIDUALLY MEASURED TARGET SPECTRA - Disclosed are approaches for determining a processing endpoint using individually measured target spectra. More specifically, one approach includes: measuring a white light (WL) target spectra of a semiconductor device on an individual wafer prior to formation of a polishing/planarization material; inputting the WL target spectra to a WL endpoint algorithm of the semiconductor device following formation of the polishing/planarization material; and determining, using the WL endpoint algorithm, the processing endpoint of the polishing/planarization material of the semiconductor device. In another approach, the endpoint measurement process comprises receiving spectra reflected from the semiconductor device during polishing, and comparing the spectra to the WL target spectra, which is previously stored within a storage device. As such, WL target spectra are measured “as is” (e.g., without simplifications, generalizations, assumptions, etc.) for each wafer to reduce complications inherent with the use of an uncertain and/or estimated target. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033959 | SERVO MOTOR CONTROLLER HAVING SELF-MEASURING FUNCTION AND SELF-MONITORING FUNCTION OF MECHANICAL STIFFNESS - A servo motor controller includes a speed command generating unit for generating a speed command value of the servo motor, a speed detecting unit that detects a speed of the servo motor, a torque command generating unit for generating a torque command value, a sine wave generating unit for generating a sinusoidal disturbance value, a frequency response calculating unit for calculating a frequency response when the sinusoidal disturbance value has been input to a speed control loop, a resonance frequency detecting unit for detecting a resonance frequency at which a gain is maximized, a resonance frequency storing unit for storing the resonance frequency, at least one filter for attenuating a specific frequency band component included in the torque command value, and a resonance frequency comparing unit for measuring stiffness of a machine tool based on the resonance frequency and adjusts the filter with respect to the resonance frequency. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED OBJECT MEASUREMENT - A method for automated part probing using a physical machine defining a physical working volume, the method including: generating a virtual model based on a virtual part design received from a user account, the virtual model comprising a virtual part model, based on the virtual part design, virtually fixed to a virtual fixture plate arranged within a virtual working volume representative of the physical working volume; generating a probing routine based on the virtual model; sending the probing routine to the machine; receiving probe outputs from the machine; and validating the virtual model based on the probe outputs. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033961 | Production Control Support Apparatus and Production Control Support Method - A production control support apparatus according to one embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates a plurality of different functions depending on respective regions of the upper bound value based on: a number of machines existing in each process; a time interval of the semi-finished products arriving at the production line; a statistical dispersion of the time interval; a time necessary for one machine in each process to process one semi-finished product; and a statistical dispersion of the necessary time; and thereby obtains a relationship between the upper bound value and the blocking probability for each of the regions, and an association of the functions of the respective regions is a function where the blocking probability monotonically decreases depending on an increase of the upper bound value. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033962 | AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCT USING AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT - An automated control of a system having a plurality of cooperating components involving controlled elements and sensors uses a simulator configured to simulate operation of the components. The simulator stores data representing states of the components and modifies the states over time in accordance with simulated operation of the system. An input module receives data from at least the sensors and updates in the simulator the data representing states of the components. An output module reads from the simulator the data representing states of the components and generates at least controlled element control signals for the controlled elements of the components. The simulator contains a virtual state machine representing the system, and automation of the system is achieved without state machine logic representing the system within the input module and the output module. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033963 | REMOTE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM BASED ON HIGH ACCURACY OF LOCALIZATION BY INDOOR INFRASTRUCTURE MAP AND SENSOR AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a remote autonomous driving system based on position recognition using an indoor infrastructure map and a sensor device and a method thereof. The server device for remote autonomous driving based on position recognition includes a first network interface unit configured to receive sensing information obtained by a movable infrastructure sensor device sensing a remotely controlled vehicle and transmit a control command for the movable infrastructure sensor device to track the remotely controlled vehicle, a remote controller unit configured to generate a driving route of the remotely controlled vehicle and a driving control command corresponding to the driving route using the sensing information, and a second network interface unit configured to transmit the driving control command to the remotely controlled vehicle. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033964 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control apparatus that switches an operating condition of a vehicle to a manual operation when the vehicle reaches a preset initial switch position while an automatic operation is underway includes: a driver condition determination unit configured to determine whether or not a driver is in a manual operation acceptance condition; an evacuation space identification unit configured to identify an evacuation space provided on a path of the vehicle before the initial switch position on the basis of map information; and a switch position setting unit configured to set a switch position in which the operating condition of the vehicle is to be switched from the automatic operation to the manual operation, in a position between the vehicle and the evacuation space when the driver is not in the manual operation acceptance condition. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033965 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OF MOTOR VEHICLES - The invention relates to a device for controlling the braking and/or steering and/or acceleration in a motor vehicle, wherein the device has a number of different sensor components, two diverse sensor fusion components, a man/machine interface component and a preferably intelligent actuator controller component, wherein each of these components constitutes a fault-containment unit and has a TTEthernet communications interface, and wherein all components are connected to a central TTEthernet message distribution unit, and wherein the components communicate with one another exclusively with use of standardised Ethernet messages, and wherein a diagnosis unit for time-correct monitoring of the exchanged messages can be connected to the TTEthernet message distribution unit. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033966 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRONE DELIVERY OR PICK UP DURING A DELIVERY OR PICK UP PHASE OF DRONE OPERATION - A system including a landing location where a drone at least one of delivers and acquires a parcel, and a homing device to interact with the drone to guide the drone to the landing location independent of interaction from another source. The homing device guides the drone during the landing phase of a flight plan. A method is also disclosed. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033967 | SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE WITH ACTIVELY ENGAGED DRIVE SYSTEM - A self-propelled device is provided including a drive system, a spherical housing, and a biasing mechanism. The drive system includes one or more motors that are contained within the spherical housing. The biasing mechanism actively forces the drive system to continuously engage an interior of the spherical housing in order to cause the spherical housing to move. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033968 | WORK VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK VEHICLE - The present invention provides a work vehicle including a control system that can switch between a first driving mode for allowing the work vehicle to travel in a manned state and a second driving mode for allowing the work vehicle to travel in an unmanned state, wherein the control system controls such that, during an execution of the second driving mode, a number of types of information exchanged by communication in the control system becomes less than that during the first driving mode, or a communication interval of information exchanged by the communication in the control system becomes longer than that during the first driving mode. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033969 | Data Mining in a Digital Map Database to Identify Unusually Narrow Lanes or Roads and Enabling Precautionary Actions in a Vehicle - Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, an unusually narrow road width or lane width. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where an unusually narrow road width or lane width exists along roads. Then, precautionary action data is added to the database to indicate a location at which a precautionary action is to be taken about the location where the unusually narrow road width or lane width exists. A precautionary action system installed in a vehicle uses this database, or a database derived therefrom, in combination with a positioning system to determine when the vehicle is at a location that corresponds to the location of a precautionary action. When the vehicle is at such a location, a precautionary action is taken by a vehicle system as the vehicle is approaching a location where the unusually narrow road width or lane width exists. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033970 | PROPULSION AND CONTROL FOR A MAGNETICALLY LIFTED VEHICLE - Electromechanical systems using magnetic fields to induce eddy currents and generate lift are described. Magnet configurations which can be employed in the systems are illustrated. The magnet configuration can be used to generate lift and/or thrust. Lift and thrust predictions for various magnet configurations are provided. Arrangements of hover engines, which can employ the magnet configurations, and an associated guidance, navigation and control system, are described. Finally, a number of different applications, such as trains, elevators and printing, which utilize embodiments of the electromechanical systems described herein, are presented. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033971 | SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT SCHEDULING FOR MULTIPLE AUTOMATED NON-HOLONOMIC VEHICLES USING A COORDINATED PATH PLANNER - A method for coordinating path planning for one or more automated vehicles is described, including querying an online path planner for possible solutions for at least one executable task for each of the one or more automated vehicles, examining the results of the query, deciding a coordinated path plan for each vehicle, and communicating the coordinated path plan to a traffic manager, wherein the traffic manager ensures that the one or more automated vehicles perform each executable task according to the coordinated path plan. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARALLEL FEEDBACK TEMPERATURE CONTROL - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a first feedback controller, a second feedback controller, and logic. The first feedback controller may be configured to calculate a first intermediate air mover speed based on a measured temperature. The second feedback controller may be configured to calculate a second intermediate air mover speed based on the measured temperature. The logic may be configured to select a maximum of the first intermediate air mover speed and the second intermediate air mover speed as a selected air mover speed and generate a control signal indicative of the selected air mover speed. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033973 | FLOW RATE CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR FLOW RATE CONTROL APPARATUS AND FLOW RATE CONTROL METHOD - In order to keep a stable flow rate at a set flow rate value when a pressure fluctuation occurs in an upstream side of a valve, without providing an additional sensor for detecting a pressure fluctuation, a flow rate control apparatus is provided with: the valve; a flow rate sensor; a valve control part configured to control the valve so that a deviation between a set flow rate value and a measurement flow rate value is reduced, on the basis of the deviation and a set control coefficient; and a control coefficient setting part configured to set the control coefficient so that when a pressure rise occurs in the upstream side of the valve, a decreased amount in flow due to a decreased opening of the valve and an increased amount in flow due to an increased amount of a differential pressure before and after the valve, are balanced. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033974 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY SCALING PERFORMANCE IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - A method and an information handling system for selecting or scaling system performance. The method of scaling performance of an information handling system includes a controller receiving component data that identifies a heat removal effectiveness of a cooling component, selecting a performance characteristics of the information handling system based on the received component data, and adjusting the operating parameters of the information system to achieve the selected performance characteristics and heat removal capability. The controller communicates with the cooling component through a serial signal bus. The cooling component includes a cooling device and storage. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033975 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING LEAKAGE POWER OF A SYSTEM ON CHIP WITH INTEGRATED THERMOELECTRIC COOLING - Systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for reducing leakage power of a system on chip (SoC). One such method comprises monitoring a plurality of temperature differentials across a respective plurality of thermoelectric coolers on a system on chip (SoC). Each of the thermoelectric coolers is dedicated to a corresponding one of a plurality of chip sections on the SoC. The thermoelectric coolers are controlled based on the plurality of temperature differentials to minimize a sum of a combined power consumption of the plurality of chip sections and the plurality of corresponding dedicated thermoelectric coolers. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033976 | STORAGE DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF ACCESSING STORAGE DEVICE - A method of operating a storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device, a controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory device and a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the nonvolatile memory device. The method includes calculating an average sensing temperature of a sensing temperature measured by the temperature sensor for a period of time, and periodically calculating an elapsed time of data after the data is programmed in the nonvolatile memory device based upon the average sensing temperature. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033977 | PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICES HAVING MULTI-PORT VALVE ASSEMBLIES - A plasma processing device may include a plasma processing chamber, a plasma electrode assembly, a wafer stage, a plasma producing gas inlet, a plurality of vacuum ports, at least one vacuum pump, and a multi-port valve assembly. The multi-port valve assembly may comprise a movable seal plate positioned in the plasma processing chamber. The movable seal plate may comprise a transverse port sealing surface that is shaped and sized to completely overlap the plurality of vacuum ports in a closed state, to partially overlap the plurality of vacuum ports in a partially open state, and to avoid substantial overlap of the plurality of vacuum ports in an open state. The multi-port valve assembly may comprise a transverse actuator coupled to the movable seal plate and a sealing actuator coupled to the movable seal plate. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033978 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC IN MODULAR POWER CONVERTERS - A power conversion system is provided. The power conversion system includes a plurality of power conversion modules connected in parallel, all power conversion modules of the plurality of power conversion modules configured to receive a pulse-width modulation control signal, each power conversion module of the plurality of power conversion modules including a current unbalance detection circuit configured to calculate a difference between a reference current and an output current of the power conversion module, and a processing device communicatively coupled to the current unbalance detection circuit and configured to perform processing using the calculated difference. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033979 | POWER SHARING SOLID-STATE RELAY - A solid-state switch, comprising at least one switch controller. At least one switch having a first terminal coupled to a power source, a second terminal coupled to the power source and a control terminal coupled to the switch controller and configured to selectively conduct and block current flow from the first terminal to the second terminal. At least one power converter coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal and configured to convert power from the power source from a first voltage level to a second voltage level and to provide power at the second voltage level to the switch controller. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033980 | ON-LOAD TAP-CHANGER FOR DRY TRANSFORMERS AND DRY TRANSFORMER - An on-load tap-changer for dry transformers, having an electric insulating hollow casing extending around a virtual axis, wherein several electric contact sections are foreseen along a path on the inner surface of the hollow casing, which are electrically joined through the wall of the hollow casing and a selector contact in the inner of the cylinder which is moveable along the path and that's outer end is selectively connectable with one of the contact sections by a respective movement. Respective cables are foreseen to electrically connect the contact sections from the radial outer side of the hollow casing, wherein at least some of the cables have a respective surrounding outer insulation at least at their respective connected end. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033981 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND METHOD OF REGULATING OUTPUT VOLTAGE THEREOF - Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a memory element to which a voltage and a current is input via a regulating input terminal to be able to change a threshold voltage thereof. The semiconductor integrated circuit device can change an output voltage depending on the threshold voltage. Also provided is a method of regulating an output voltage of the semiconductor integrated circuit device, including changing an input voltage to the regulating input terminal to change the output voltage, thereby setting an arbitrary output voltage. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033982 | DC-DC CONVERTING CIRCUIT AND A POWER MANAGEMENT CHIP PACKAGE INCLUDING THE SAME - A direct current (DC)-DC converting circuit includes a voltage converter generating a regulation current in response to a driving signal and generating an output voltage and an output current; an output voltage regulator regulating the output voltage and outputting a first control signal; a voltage limiter limiting a voltage value of the first control signal below a threshold value; a current sensor sensing an intensity of the regulation current and generating a second control signal having a voltage value corresponding to a value of the sensed intensity; and a driving signal generator generating the driving signal based on the first and second control signals, the first control signal having the voltage value below the threshold value. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033983 | REGULATOR CIRCUIT - A regulator circuit includes a first MOS transistor having a current channel connected between an input terminal and an output terminal, a regulator control circuit configured to control an amount of a current flowing through the current channel of the first MOS transistor towards the output terminal, a second MOS transistor having a current channel connected between the input terminal and the current channel of the first MOS transistor, and a body diode, a forward direction of which is along a direction from the input terminal to the output terminal, and a switch control circuit configured to switch off the second MOS transistor when a voltage at the input terminal decreases to a predetermined value that is equal to or greater than a voltage at the output terminal. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033984 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR HAVING SOURCE VOLTAGE PROTECTION FUNCTION - A voltage regulator having a source voltage protection function may include an error amplifying unit providing a gate signal depending on a difference in voltage levels between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage, a current adjusting unit adjusting a current between a source input terminal receiving a source voltage and a ground in response to the gate signal, a feedback circuit unit detecting the feedback voltage in a feedback node between the current adjusting unit and the ground, an over-voltage protection unit shutting the current adjusting unit down when an over-voltage condition is detected in the source voltage, and an under-voltage protection unit shutting the current adjusting unit down when an under-voltage condition is detected in the source voltage. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033985 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND REDUCING THE CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY WITH A NETWORK OF SMART SENSORS - The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring and reducing consumption of electricity with a network of smart sensors connected to either electrical devices and/or lights. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MANAGE RENEWABLE ENERGY ON THE ELECTRIC GRID - Systems and methods use a platform to send communications and instructions to one or more distributed resources on the grid or microgrid or facility to direct a flow of power from one or more power sources to one or more energy consuming devices. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFLINE AND ONLINE SUBSTATION SWITCHING - Systems and methods are disclosed that may use GPS, barcodes, RF signals, or other electronic technologies, individually or in combination, to identify a location of a substation at which a switching operation is to occur. At the substation location, a device camera or other optical or radio frequency reading apparatus may be used to scan a barcode or other visible indicia to confirm that the correct device or component is being switched before progressing to the next step in the switching order. RF identification, magnetic striping, and other technologies may also be used. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033988 | POWER CONVERTER USING CHARGE PUMP DIVIDER AND METHOD THEREFOR - A power converter uses a charge pump divider that includes a capacitive divider core and a phase clock generator. The capacitive divider core has an input for receiving an input voltage and an output for providing an output voltage. In a first phase the capacitive divider core is adapted to couple a flying capacitor in series with an output capacitor. In a second phase the capacitive divider core is adapted to couple the flying capacitor in parallel with the output capacitor. The phase clock generator activates a first phase clock indicating the first phase when a flying voltage across the flying capacitor is less than a predetermined portion of the input voltage minus a peak voltage, and subsequently activates a second phase clock indicating the second phase when the flying voltage exceeds the predetermined portion of the input voltage plus the peak voltage. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033989 | Tool Carrier for Setting Up and Placing a Tool For a Loader, and Method for Setting Up and Placing a Tool - The tool carrier disclosed herein has a locking device with a low degree of complexity, a low diversity of parts, and a high degree of reliability. By means of the completely automated locking process, the setting up of the tool on the tool carrier is considerably simplified for the operator or the driver, since neither has to leave the cabin any longer in order to lock the tool. The actuation of the setting up and holding devices by the tool during the setting up of the tool ensures that the locking device is used only if a tool is also set up. An erroneous movement of the lock into its locking position due to vibrations or by a movement of the tool carrier or the front loader without a set-up tool is effectively avoided. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033990 | Systems and Methods for Determining Absolute Time Corresponding to Relative Time-Stamped Events - System and methods for transferring time-stamped event data and correcting the relative time associated with the time-stamped event to the correct “absolute” time, wherein “absolute” time is an official reference time. A time stamp relative to a predetermined event is obtained from a real time clock (RTC) that is unsynchronized to absolute time and associated with event data, as may be acquired by a data monitoring component. The relative time of the event data is correlated with “absolute” time to find a correction factor or time offset that defines the variation between the relative time and the absolute time. The time offset is applied to some or all of a plurality of event data sets transferred to other components in a utilization system to provide time corrected event data sets. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033991 | SENSOR CHIP - A sensor chip comprises a sensing element providing a sensor signal, an on-chip memory, a configuration of a look up table of dimension N stored in the on-chip memory for assigning an output value to a combination of N input values, and a look up table engine for determining a corresponding output value in response to receiving a memory address for the look up table configuration and in response to receiving a sensor value derived from the sensor signal as one of the N input values. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033992 | CASE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A SCREEN - A case for holding an electronic device is disclosed. This case includes a front cover, a rear cover, wherein the front cover and rear cover are operably connected and are configured to form a cavity for placement of an electronic device, the electronic device including a display that is capable of creating a display image, and a filter material that forms at least one portion of the front cover. The filter material provides a diminished image of the display image when the filter material is viewed at an angle between about 5° and about 90°, the angle being horizontally, vertically or a combination of horizontally and vertically from perpendicular to the filter material. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033993 | Wearable Device And Electric Storage Equipment - A wearable device and an electric storage equipment are provided according to the present application. The wearable device includes a transparent window, a frame, a controller, and a sensor. A parameter of the wearing state of the wearable device can be acquired by the sensor, and a state of the frame can be controlled by the controller according to the parameter. When the wearable device is worn by the user, the frame is controlled to be in a first state to allow the frame to be invisible, and when the wearable device is not worn by the user, the frame is controlled to be in a second state to allow the frame to be visible or identifiable. The electric storage equipment may allow a transmittance of a set area to be switchable, thus, articles inside a casing can be observed without opening the door. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033994 | BI-STABLE SPRING WITH FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - A wearable accessory device is disclosed. The wearable accessory device includes a flexible display coupled to a bi-stable spring. Coupling the display to the bi-stable spring allows the accessory device to be easily worn in a number of convenient locations. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033995 | FLUID ANALYTE METER SYSTEM - A device for managing health data provides a first housing portion including a data storage system that stores health data and a second housing portion including a data communications element. The data communications element provides data communications between the data storage system and a processing device that processes the health data according to a data-management software. The first housing portion and the second housing portion are connected by a cable that communicates signals between the data communications element and other components in the first housing portion. Another device for managing health data provides a first housing portion including a health data management system and a data communications element that provides data communications between the health data management system and an external processing device. The second housing portion is removably coupled to the first housing portion, and includes at least one component used by the health data management system. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033996 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a display unit, a front case configured to be combined with the display unit using a front side of the front case, a main board configured to be combined with a rear side of the front case, a rear case configured to be combined with a rear side of the main board, a boss in which a internal screw thread formed on both a left side and a right side of the front case and the internal screw thread heading a rear side is formed, a connection hole formed on a position corresponding to the internal screw thread of the rear case, a screw configured to be connected with the internal screw thread in a manner of passing through the connection hole, a boss bump configured to be positioned at an outer circumstance of the boss and a boss accommodation part configured to be formed on both a left side and a right side of the main board and correspond to a shape of the boss and a shape of the boss bump. It is able to reduce thickness of the mobile terminal by omitting a frame. And, it is able to prevent the case from making a gap in a horizontal direction via a stable connection structure. Moreover, it is also able to prevent the front case and the rear case from being separated from each other via the stable connection structure. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033997 | TABLET COMPUTER STAND - A computer stand for use with a tablet computer comprises a frame with a viewing aperture. The tablet computer is secured to the back of the frame with a pair of brackets, each of which consists of a structural angle having a cutout in one flange that is equal in depth to the thickness of the tablet computer. The other flange of the structural angle has a cutout that is bounded by a pair of horns that engage the rounded corners of the tablet computer. The first cutout traps the tablet computer against the back of the frame while the second cutout prevents the tablet computer from moving sideways. Because the brackets are structural channel members, the brackets add rigidity to the frame, which otherwise would be unacceptably flexible or would require additional structural reinforcement. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033998 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING DISPLAY OF INDICIA READING TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for sealing a joint between a display and a housing of a hand held computer terminal is provided. The apparatus comprises a display frame. The display frame comprises display a front, a display back, and display sides. The front of the display frame comprises a recessed portion and a non-recessed portion. The recessed portion is configured to accept insertion of the display. The non-recessed portion defines at least a portion of the perimeter of the recessed portion. Fastening holes can be positioned outside the perimeter of the recessed portion. The display frame is configured to tighten to the housing and to compress the display between the display frame and the housing. The method comprises providing a display frame, assembling a display assembly, inserting the display assembly into the housing, and compressing the display between the display frame and the housing. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033999 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE A SPATIALLY DYNAMIC DISPLAY - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed An example apparatus to update a spatially adjustable display disclosed herein includes a display size monitor to acquire an indication of a size of the spatially adjustable display, a service image comparator to compare the indication of the size to a size model, and a source image adjuster to invoke visual configuration adjustments to an output image of the spatially adjustable display based on parameters identified in the size model. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034000 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device, including a flexible display panel; and a first roller connected to the display panel and having an outer surface, the first roller winding the flexible display panel on the outer surface, the first roller winding both in a first rotating direction and in a second rotating direction opposite to the first direction. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034001 | Peripheral Retention Device - Peripheral retention device techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a peripheral retention device includes a computing device securing portion and a peripheral securing portion. The computing device securing portion is configured to removably engage a computing device such that the computing device securing portion is securable to and removable from a first side of a housing the computing device using one or more hands of a user. The peripheral securing portion is connected to the computing device securing portion and configured to removably engage a peripheral device via a second side of the housing that opposes the first side of the housing such that the peripheral device is securable to and removable from the peripheral securing portion using one or more hands of a user | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034002 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A wearable electronic device includes a housing, an electronic module received in the housing, and a cover assembly. The cover assembly includes a cover and a rotating member. A first end of the rotating member is rotatably connected to the cover. A second end of the rotating member is detachably latched to the cover. When the rotating member is latched to the cover, the rotating member resists against the housing. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034003 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a housing, a buffer layer, a display, and a printed circuit board. The housing includes a main body with a front side having an outer peripheral edge and a first surface and a peripheral side extending from the outer peripheral edge of the front side. The front side and the peripheral side cooperate to form a receiving recess with the first surface of the front side facing the receiving recess. The buffering layer is positioned on a portion of the first surface. The display is received into the receiving recess. The printed circuit board is received into the receiving recess and coupled to the display. The buffering layer includes elastic material and conductive material. The buffering layer is positioned between the first surface and the display. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034004 | BIAXIAL HINGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A biaxial hinge is provided which includes a rotation cam part including a first rotation cam part and a second rotation cam part configured to rotate with hinge shafts as the center, wherein each of the first and second rotation cam parts include a plurality of pockets each of which comprises one side opened and is inwardly recessed, a sliding cam part comprising one side protruding in a direction of the rotation cam part and an incline so as to move upward and downward in cooperation with rotation of the rotation cam part and insert in the pocket, a guide part including a through-hole formed at a center portion and which one side of the projected sliding cam part perforates to guide movement of the sliding cam part, and a support part configured to support the sliding cam part at a lower portion of the sliding cam part. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034005 | Unibody Construction Triangular Chassis - A base chassis of an information handling system with a generally triangular profile is formed by connecting a plurality of three-dimensional sheet metal structural elements, wherein at least two of the elements have the same shape and a gusset. The gusset connects two of the structural elements. A plastic chassis assembly may be fitted over the base chassis. One or more handles may also be fitted over the base chassis. They may be located at vertices of the base chassis. Side door covers may be secured by rims on the base chassis. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034006 | CHASSIS USED FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A chassis used for an electronic device is disclosed, comprising: a main body ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034007 | Triangular System for Modifiable Thermal Control - An information handling system includes a triangular chassis, a plurality of graphics cards, and a plurality of air movers. An air stream of a first air mover may be axially aligned with the graphics cards and the first air mover may to direct the air stream into a first zone of the information handling systems including the graphics cards, the air stream being parallel to a longitudinal axis of the graphics cards. The first air mover may be a fan and the air flow may be laminar. A second zone of the information handling systems may include a CPU. The first zone may include a power supply unit. The air movers may be controlled independently, enabling independent control of a temperature in the first zone and a temperature in the second zone. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034008 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MODULAR BENCHTOP CHASSIS - This invention relates generally to modular instrument chassis and more particularly to benchtop and rack mount modular instrument chassis that employ the PXI and PXIe standards. The present invention combines the benefits of the PXI/PXIe systems without the drawbacks that preclude PXI/PXIe systems from being used effectively in a deployable environment. Embodiments of the present invention enable PXI/PXIe systems to be deployed in a benchtop or rack mount deployable environment and enable front-to-back cooling, flexible I/O (front and back I/O panels), consistent I/O on front and back panels for reproducible and repeatable connections to external devices and for calibration requirements associated with such environments while maintaining the modularity benefits of PXI/PXIe and without sacrificing PXI/PXIe slots. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034009 | THERMAL PROTECTION METHOD FOR REFERRING TO THERMAL HEADROOM TO CONTROL SELECTION OF COMPUTING POWER SETTING OF PROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEM AND RELATED MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM - A thermal protection method includes: determining a thermal headroom based on a difference between a current temperature and a predetermined threshold temperature; determining a power budget based on the thermal headroom; and utilizing a processor-based system to employ a target computing power setting according to at least the power budget, wherein selection of the target computing power setting is constrained by the power budget to ensure that the target computing power setting does not make the current temperature exceed the predetermined threshold temperature when employed by the processor-based system. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034010 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A PROGRAMMED ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC - An electronic device that generates a programmed electrical characteristic is described. During operation, the electronic device generates a programmed electrical characteristic associated with a predefined identifier that specifies information about the electronic device (such as a type, a model, a brand, an operating condition of the electronic device, and/or a unique identifier of the electronic device). For example, an integrated circuit in the electronic device may have a varying power consumption based on the predefined identifier. In particular, the programmed electrical characteristic may be associated with execution of a program module by a processor, such as initialization of firmware by the processor. The resulting modulated waveform may be detected and analyzed by another electronic device to determine the predefined identifier and, thus, a device profile (with the specified information) for the electronic device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034011 | RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC LOAD SHIFTING ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - Techniques are provided for shifting residential electric load from a utility power grid to a battery system during preconfigured hours of electric use. The apparatus includes a memory configured to store computer executable instructions, and a microprocessor in communication with the memory, the microprocessor configured to execute the instructions to cause the apparatus to shift residential electric load from the utility power grid to the battery system for a first time period during a first calendar period of a calendar year, and to shift residential electric load from the utility power grid to the battery system for a second time period during a second calendar period of the calendar year. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034012 | Dynamic Power Budgeting in a Chassis - A chassis determines a steady state power consumption of each node in the chassis based upon real-time monitoring of power consumption of the nodes. The chassis also determines a power allocation for each node based upon the steady state power consumptions for the nodes. The chassis also determines a total power allocation for the chassis based upon the steady state power consumptions for the nodes. The chassis also determines a source and amount of input power for the chassis based upon the total power allocation for the chassis. The steady state power consumption of a node may be determined by sampling the power consumption of the node during a window period, and setting the steady state consumption of the node to a range if the values of the samples during the window period are within the assigned range. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034013 | DYNAMIC VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY SCALING OF A PROCESSOR - A method of Dynamic Voltage Frequency Scaling (DVFS) of a processor includes measuring a first utilization of the processor utilized to execute at least one of a graphic task and a computing task. A second utilization is generated by adjusting the first utilization based on a duration of the graphic task and a duration of the computing task. An operation frequency of the processor is determined based on a comparison of the second utilization with at least one threshold value. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034014 | DIGITAL VOLTAGE DROOP MONITOR WITH CLOCK JITTER ADJUSTMENT - Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and/or method for measuring on-die voltage levels of an integrated circuit through a digital sampling circuit. In particular, the system and/or method utilize a delay line based analog-to-digital sampling circuit that produces a voltage reading over time, such as at every high frequency clock cycle. In one embodiment, the digital sampling circuit may include a clock jitter monitor circuit configured with a constant supply voltage. This clock jitter monitor is configured to measure the clock jitter that is experienced by the digital voltage monitor circuit and, when compared to measured voltage captured by the circuit, may be used to calibrate or otherwise correct the readings provided by the digital voltage monitor circuit. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034015 | MEMORY POWER SUPPLY LOAD MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for storing data are disclosed. The systems are configured to perform the methods and the methods may include, for example, receiving electronic data to be stored, partitioning the data into multiple segments, and storing each segment in a memory during a separate write cycle. The methods may also include programming a compensation load so that power provided by a power supply during the storing of each segment is substantially the same. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034016 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING POWER IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS - The invention is directed towards minimizing power consumption in computer systems. One embodiment of the invention is a power management system that is used for a computer system that has at least one device and one power domain. This embodiment uses two different power managers to manage the power consumption of the device and the power domain. Specifically, this embodiment has (1) a first power manager that determines when to change power state of the device, and (2) a second power manager that determines when to change power state of the power domain. Each of these power managers decides to change the power state of its corresponding device or domain based on information from several different sources. These sources can include power-management clients and power managers of related domains or devices. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034017 | CONTROLLING METHOD OF COMPUTER SCREEN AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A controlling method of a computer screen includes the following steps. Firstly, in a step (a), an image is captured. Then, a step (b) detects whether the image has a skin color distribution region. If an accumulative time length that no skin color distribution region is contained in the image is longer than a predetermined time length, a hibernation mode of the computer screen is enabled. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034018 | Operating System Management of Network Interface Devices - Operating system management of network interface devices is described. In one or more implementations, a determination is made by an operating system that network traffic associated with one or more applications of the computing device has completed. Responsive to the determination, a network interface device is caused to transition to a mode to reduce power consumption of the network interface device by the operating system. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034019 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER CONSUMPTION THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display an image; an image sensor configured to photograph a front view area of the display apparatus; and a controller having a plurality of image processing modes, each image processing mode having a power consumption level that is different than a power consumption level of other image processing modes of the plurality of image processing modes, and configured to process the photographed image in an image processing mode which consumes less power than a normal mode, and control the display to display the image in the normal mode if it is determined based on results of the processing of the photographed image that a user is present in the front view area of the display apparatus. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034020 | STAGED POWER DISTRIBUTION CONTROL - Various embodiments are directed to restrictions in portable computing device electric power to accommodate reductions in the voltage level of a power source. An apparatus comprises a controller caused to receive configuration data from a main processor circuit specifying a voltage level threshold and selected action to take to reduce electric power to a first component in response to the voltage level falling below the first voltage level threshold, recurringly monitor the voltage level; based on the voltage level falling below the first voltage level threshold, take the first selected action and transmit a signal to the main processor circuit indicating that the voltage level has fallen below the first voltage level threshold and that the first selected action has been taken; transmit the voltage level to the main processor circuit; receive a signal from the main processor circuit to undo the first selected action; and so undo. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034021 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method includes receiving a first image rendered by a graphics processing unit (GPU) from the GPU, comparing the first image with a second image rendered by the GPU before the first image, and controlling a rendering frequency of the GPU based on a result of comparing the first image with the second image. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034022 | DYNAMIC CORE SWITCHING - A system including a first core to execute instructions associated with an application at a first speed based on a first instruction set and a second core to execute the instructions associated with the application at a second speed based on a second instruction set. The first speed is greater than the first speed. The second instruction set is a subset of the first instruction set. A first memory stores an operating system. The operating system includes a kernel that provides services to the application. A core switching module loads into a second memory after the operating system is booted, where the second memory is separate from the first memory, switches execution of the instructions associated with the application between the first core and the second core, and switches the execution of the instructions associated with the application between the first core and the second core transparently to the operating system. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034023 | DYNAMIC CACHE PREFETCHING BASED ON POWER GATING AND PREFETCHING POLICIES - A system may determine that a processor has powered up. The system may determine a first prefetching policy based on determining that the processor has powered up. The system may fetch information, from a main memory and for storage by a cache associated with the processor, using the first prefetching policy. The system may determine, after fetching information using the first prefetching policy, to apply a second prefetching policy that is different than the first prefetching policy. The system may fetch information, from the main memory and for storage by the cache, using the second prefetching policy. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034024 | Performance of Services Based On Power Consumption - Technology for performing services based on power consumption is disclosed. A plurality of power consumption levels can be identified at a service area. The plurality of power consumption levels can be characterized into current power consumption behavior. The current power consumption behavior can be compared to at least one power consumption behavioral model, the power consumption behavioral model including historical power consumption behaviors for the service area. A service can be performed when the current power consumption behavior diverges from the power consumption behavioral model outside of a predefined threshold. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034025 | Physical Layer for Peripheral Interconnect with Reduced Power and Area - An integrated circuit (IC) implements an industry standard-defined peripheral interconnect to connect to another integrated circuit or component in a system. The industry standard specification includes a software interface that is well-defined and implemented by various software in the system, and thus is desirable to retain. However, the physical interconnect in the systems employing the integrated circuit may be short, and thus the elaborate physical layer definition may consume more integrated circuit area and power than is otherwise desirable in the IC. The IC may implement a simpler and more power-efficient physical layer, reducing both power consumption and semiconductor substrate area consumption, in some embodiments. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034026 | READING APPARATUS HAVING INTERFACE AND INTERFACE CONTROL DEVICE - In a reading apparatus, a control device determines whether a predetermined state is detected based on a signal outputted from a sensor device. The control device sets a first-interface control device into a normal state when a transition condition is satisfied while the first-interface control device is being in a power saving state. The transition condition includes a condition that the predetermined state is detected. The control device maintains the first-interface control device in the power saving state when the transition condition is not satisfied while the first-interface control device is being in the power saving state, regardless of whether a receiving device receives first input. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034027 | OPTICAL TRACKING OF A USER-GUIDED OBJECT FOR MOBILE PLATFORM USER INPUT - A method of receiving user input by a mobile platform includes capturing a sequence of images with a camera of the mobile platform. The sequence of images includes images of a user-guided object in proximity to a planar surface that is separate and external to the mobile platform. The mobile platform then tracks movement of the user-guided object about the planar surface by analyzing the sequence of images. Then the mobile platform recognizes the user input based on the tracked movement of the user-guided object. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034028 | PERSPECTIVE BASED TAGGING AND VISUALIZATION OF AVATARS IN A VIRTUAL WORLD - A system for perspective based tagging and visualization of avatars in a virtual world may include determining if another avatar has moved within a predetermined proximity range of a user's avatar in a virtual world. The system may also include allowing the user to tag the other avatar with information in response to the other avatar being within the predetermined proximity range of the user's avatar. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034029 | GAZE ACTIVATED CONTENT TRANSFER SYSTEM - A gaze activated data unit transfer system is described. An apparatus may comprise a gaze interface application operative on a processor circuit to manage data unit transfer operations based on eye movements of a human user. The gaze interface application may comprise a gaze interpreter component operative to receive eye movement information of a human eye from one or more eye gaze trackers, and interpret the eye movement information as a data unit transfer request to transfer a data unit from a source device to a target device, a data connection component operative to establish a data connection between the source and target devices using the transceiver in response to the data unit transfer request, and a data transfer component operative to send the data unit from the source device to the target device over the data connection. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034030 | REFLECTION-BASED CONTROL ACTIVATION - An electronic device detects an object in a field of view of a camera and determines a position of a reflection of the object in a reflective surface of the electronic device as viewed from a defined observation point. When the electronic device detects selection input from a user, a control of the electronic device is activated based on an alignment between a location on a reflective surface of the electronic device and the reflection of the object on the reflective surface. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034031 | ULTRASONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed are an ultrasonic apparatus for displaying one of an ultrasonic image, an external image and a composite image thereof by recognizing the position of eyes of a user, and a control method thereof. The ultrasonic apparatus includes a storage configured to store an external image of an object, an image processor configured to generate a composite image by registering an ultrasonic image of the object with respect to the stored external image, a recognizer configured to recognize a position of eyes of a user, and a display configured to display one of the ultrasonic image, the external image and the composite image of the ultrasonic image and the external image, based on the recognized position of the eyes of the user. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034032 | WEARABLE GLASSES AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE VIA THE WEARABLE GLASSES - Provided are wearable glasses including a display and a method of operating the same. The wearable glasses include: a display configured to display an image; a sensor configured to acquire wear state information representing a state in which a user currently wears the wearable glasses, while the image is being displayed on the display; and a processor configured to determine an inclination of the wearable glasses with respect to the user based on the acquired wear state information, and to adjust, based on the determined inclination, the image that is displayed on the display. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034033 | AUGMENTING MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE AUDIO OUTPUT VIA VIBRATION ELEMENTS - Embodiments of the invention utilize one or more vibration elements to enhance the audio output of a computing device. These vibration element(s) may comprise any conventional vibrating element including a mass element (i.e., counterweight) electrically driven via an actuator to produce the vibrations. The size of the mass element/counterweight may be selected based on the desired strength and frequency for the vibration components (i.e., lower frequencies may utilized larger/heavier mechanisms). Computing devices may process audio data and separately output some of the data for speakers (higher frequency data), and some of the data for vibration elements (lower frequency data). The surface where the device is placed creates a sounding board structure and the vibration elements generate the sensation of physical motion at low, sub-bass and sub-audio frequencies. This physical motion may be perceived by the user as low-frequency audio data, thereby enhancing the audio output of the speakers. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034034 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - A method of generating a keyboard switch haptic sensation in a coupled system comprising a touch-sensitive surface and a force exciter or actuator coupled to the touch-sensitive surface, the method comprising generating a carrier wave signal at frequencies within the frequency bandwidth of the coupled system, modulating the carrier wave signal with a modulation envelope so that the modulated carrier wave signal has a closely spaced pair of peaks, and driving the exciter or actuator with the modulated carrier wave signal to excite the touch-sensitive surface to provide a closely spaced pair of impulses whereby the keyboard switch haptic sensation is simulated to a user touching the touch-sensitive surface. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034035 | ACCELERATION SENSE PRESENTATION APPARATUS, ACCELERATION SENSE PRESENTATION METHOD, AND ACCELERATION SENSE PRESENTATION SYSTEM - An acceleration sense presentation apparatus includes a vibrator group including a plurality of vibrators; an input unit to which information having directivity is inputted; and a vibration control unit for continuously switching a vibrator to be vibrated based on the information having directivity. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034036 | OLED MULTI-USE INTELLIGENT CURTAIN AND METHOD - An intelligent architectural curtain system includes a foldable, retractable curtain which has two fabric portions separated by a flexible OLED display screen portion, which is used when deployed against the wall of an interior space. A controllable motor is used to controllably retract and deploy the foldable, retractable curtain to change between a folded state and a taut state. A sensor generates a control signal for actuating the motor in response to detecting at least one of a user gesture and reception of a remote control signal. A processor includes circuitry used to respond to the control signal by actuating the motor to automatically retract or deploy the foldable, retractable curtain and display a predetermined image from an image source on the flexible OLED display screen when the foldable, retractable curtain is deployed. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034037 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device and a control method thereof, a gesture recognition method and a head-mounted display device. The display device of the present invention comprises a display unit, an open type head-mounted display, an image acquisition unit and a gesture recognition unit. The control method thereof comprises steps of: providing, by the open type head-mounted display, a virtual 3D control picture to a user; acquiring, by the image acquisition unit, an image of action of touching the virtual 3D control picture by the user; judging, by the gesture recognition unit, a touch position of the user in the virtual 3D control picture according to the image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and sending a control instruction corresponding to the touch position to a corresponding execution unit. The present invention may be used for controlling a display device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034038 | INTERACTIVE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An interactive recognizing system and a display device provided with the interactive recognizing system, which belongs to a technical field of interactive control. The interactive recognizing system comprises: a sensing unit ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034039 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that is configured to provide a user interface to control a plurality of controllable objects. The user interface is associated with a gesture recognition area that is defined by a predetermined detection area of a sensor. The gesture recognition area is divided into a plurality of gesture recognition sub-areas based on a number of the controllable objects to be controlled by the user interface. The circuitry is further configured to detect a predetermined gesture within the predetermined detection area, determine the gesture recognition sub-area in which the predetermined gesture is detected, and perform an operation on one of the controllable objects based on the detected predetermined gesture and the determined gesture recognition sub-area in which the predetermined gesture is detected. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034040 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing device that detects the position of a subject shot by a camera in a three-dimensional space is provided. The information processing device includes a depth image acquiring section that acquires a depth image in which the distance of a subject in the depth direction from the camera is represented as a pixel value on an image plane, a spatial structure identifying section that identifies the position of a plane forming a predetermined angle with a gravity vector among subject surfaces by detecting a coordinate point collection representing the plane on the basis of the distribution of coordinate points obtained by inverse projection of pixels of the depth image to the three-dimensional space based on the direction of the gravity vector, and a target object extracting section that generates and outputs position information of a predetermined target object on the basis of the position of the plane. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034041 | WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed is wearable device including a sensor that detects a movement of a peripheral object, a display unit that displays a plurality of items and displaying a focus on at least one of the plurality of items, and a processor that controls the display unit to move the focus onto an item at a position corresponding to a moving direction of the peripheral object. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034042 | WEARABLE GLASSES AND METHOD OF PROVIDING CONTENT USING THE SAME - A wearable glasses is provided. The wearable glasses includes a sensing circuit, a communication interface, a display, and a controller. The sensing circuit senses movement information of a user wearing the wearable glasses. The communication interface receives notification message information. The display displays the notification message information within an angle of view of the user wearing the wearable glasses. The controller determines a movement state of the user based on the sensed movement information of the user and controls the display to display the received notification message information according to the movement state of the user. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034043 | BUTTONLESS DISPLAY ACTIVATION - In one example, a method includes determining, by a first motion module of a computing device and based on first motion data measured by a first motion sensor at a first time, that the mobile computing device has moved, wherein a display operatively coupled to the computing device is deactivated at the first time; responsive to determining that the computing device has moved, activating a second motion module; determining, by the second motion module, second motion data measured by a second motion sensor, wherein determining the second motion data uses a greater quantity of power than determining the first motion data; determining a statistic of a group of statistics based on the second motion data; and responsive to determining that at least one of the group of statistics satisfies a threshold, activating the display. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034044 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MULTI-EXPERIENCE TRANSLATION OF MEDIA CONTENT - A method or apparatus for controlling a media device using gestures may include, for example, modifying media content to generate first updated media content according to a comparison of first information descriptive of a first environment of the source device to second information descriptive of a second environment of the recipient device, capturing images of a gesture, identifying a command from the gesture, and modifying the first updated media content to generate second updated media content according to the command. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034045 | SPEED TYPING APPARATUS - A keyboard is provided having 26 letters assigned to only 16 to 21 keys, and preferably 21 keys. This advantageous system of typing makes use of either one or two hands. The 26 letters of the English alphabet are all displayed. Five keys have two letters—those letters are PQ, JK, UW, VX and YZ for a total of ten letters. Sixteen keys have one letter assigned to each key—namely the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, O, N, R, S and T for a total of sixteen letters assigned to a specific key—for a total of 26 letters. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034046 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING KEYBOARD INPUT IN THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE CONTACT POINTS - System and methods are provided for interpreting multiple contact events detected on a virtual keyboard of a computing device to determine an intended key press. The systems and methods utilize event data collected from each of the multiple contact events on a touchscreen in order to provide a general confidence level at which each contact event is deemed to be an intended key press. The confidence level is based on a probabilistic/algorithmic assessment of various criteria for each contact event detected. The criteria may be variable and rely on other events detected on the virtual keyboard even though each contact event is considered a physically independent action from one another. Once an intended key is determined, that key may be input to a word predication application also stored on the computing device. The word prediction application may use the intended key to predict at least one word for the user. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034047 | FLEXIBLE DEVICE AND INTERFACING METHOD THEREOF - A foldable device includes a sensor configured to sense an unfolding motion of the foldable device, a display configured to display a layout in which a representation of at least one object varies according to the sensed unfolding motion, and a controller configured to control the display of the layout so that the representation of the at least one object corresponds to the sensed unfolding motion. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034048 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO POINTING DEVICE AND VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - A video display system includes: a display device that displays a video, which constitutes a stereoscopic video, on its surface; and a light beam emitting device capable of pointing to one point with scattering light obtained by projecting a non-visible light beam or a visible light beam onto the surface, the display device has a camera capable of capturing the scattering light and a superimposition unit that superimposes a pointer image on a display video, and the superimposition unit superimposes the pointer image on the display video depending on a position of the scattering light captured by the camera. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034049 | POSITION INDICATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A position indicator includes: a chassis; a substrate disposed inside the chassis; a coil; capacitors disposed on the substrate; interconnects disposed on the substrate such that each at least partially connects a respective one of the capacitors to the coil in parallel; and pairs of land patterns. Each pair of land patterns includes a first land pattern and a second land pattern. Each of the interconnects has a first end connected to a first end of the coil and a second end connected to a second end of the coil, and is connected to one of the capacitors. The pairs of land patterns are disposed such that each of the interconnects is at least partially interposed between the first land pattern and the second land pattern of one of the pairs of land patterns. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034050 | USER INTERFACE ADAPTATION BASED ON DETECTED USER LOCATION | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034051 | AUDIO-VISUAL CONTENT NAVIGATION WITH MOVEMENT OF COMPUTING DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for navigating audio-visual content on a computing device are provided. Embodiments of the system allow a user of the device to navigate the audio-visual content through an application interface using a movement of the device in various directions. A motion detection component built in the device can detect the movement of the device and the detected motion can be translated into one of commands saved in a database. The command causes the application interface to display an updated audio-visual content reflecting the command, which is associated with a particular movement of the device. In some embodiments, the updated audio-visual content can be shared with other computing devices in connection with each other. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034052 | COLOR INPUT DEVICE AND ITS APPLICATION KIT - A color input device includes a stylus, a color input unit installed in the stylus. The color input unit includes a circuit board, an MCU, a color sensor, a color display device, a Bluetooth module, a memory, a control interface and a power supply device respectively connected to the MCU. Through the control interface, the color sensor can be activated to capture nature colors and to store intake colors in the memory, and the colors stored in the memory can be displayed on the full color LED display and selected and transmitted to a computing device via the Bluetooth module, enabling the APP of the computing device to temporarily store the inputted colors and synchronously display them on the display device of the computing device. Furthermore, the color input device can receive colors or patterns from the computing device for establishing a diversified color database. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034053 | OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM AND OPTICAL TOUCH METHOD - An optical touch system includes two touch devices, two optical sensing devices, and a processing module. When the optical touch system is in use according to an optical touch method, the two touch device are used to touch a touch surface and emit first light and second light with different wavelengths respectively. The two optical sensing devices are disposed at the circumference of the touch surface and individually receive the first light and the second light to generate an optical sensing signal. The processing module receives the two optical sensing signals and determines a touch position on the touch surface for each touch device according to the two optical sensing signals. Therefore, the touching by each touch device is independent, so the optical touch system and the optical touch method can allow touch operations for different purposes to be performed simultaneously. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034054 | BARCODE READER AND DOCKING STATION FOR CHARGING THE BARCODE READER - A barcode reader and a docking station for charging the barcode reader are disclosed. The barcode reader may be an elongated pen-shaped device that includes a capacitive tip for use as a stylus against a capacitive touch screen and a barcode reader for reading a barcode. The barcode reader may be docked in the docking station for charging. The docking station may include a magnetic structure for holding the barcode reader to the docking station, and a positioning structure for aligning the charging contacts of the barcode reader and the docking station. The docking station may include a battery such that the barcode reader may be charged from the battery while being docked in the docking station. | 2016-02-04 |
