18th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150115795 | DEVICE FOR DRIVING A PLURALITY OF LIGHT BLOCKS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A driver device (P) for a plurality of light blocks (LED_DRL/PL, LED_TI) of a motor vehicle comprising at least two inputs (P | 2015-04-30 |
20150115796 | PINCHED PLASMA BRIDGE FLOOD GUN FOR SUBSTRATE CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION - A plasma flood gun for an ion implantation system includes an insulating block portion and first and second conductive block portions disposed on opposite sides of the insulating block portion. Conductive straps can be coupled between the first and second conductive block portions. The conductive block portions and the central body portion include recesses which form a closed loop plasma chamber. A power source is coupled to the conductive block portions for inductively coupling radio frequency electrical power into the closed loop plasma chamber to excite the gaseous substance to generate a plasma. The respective recess in the second conductive block portion includes a pinch region having a cross-sectional dimension that is smaller than a cross-sectional area of portion of the closed loop plasma chamber directly adjacent the pinch region. The pinch region can be positioned immediately adjacent an outlet portion formed in the second conductive block portion. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115797 | HIGH-FREQUENCY POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IGNITION VOLTAGE SELECTION METHOD - When RF power is supplied from an RF generator to a load via a power supply unit,
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20150115798 | Plasma Generator Using Spiral Conductors - A plasma generator includes a pair of identical spiraled electrical conductors separated by dielectric material. Both spiraled conductors have inductance and capacitance wherein, in the presence of a time-varying electromagnetic field, the spiraled conductors resonate to generate a harmonic electromagnetic field response. The spiraled conductors lie in parallel planes and partially overlap one another in a direction perpendicular to the parallel planes. The geometric centers of the spiraled conductors define endpoints of a line that is non-perpendicular with respect to the parallel planes. A voltage source coupled across the spiraled conductors applies a voltage sufficient to generate a plasma in at least a portion of the dielectric material. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115799 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device, can include a panel, a driving unit driving the panel, a timing controller controlling the driving unit, a power supply supplying power to the panel, a current detection unit detecting a current flowing through power line wiring of the panel and outputting the detected currents, and a power controller comparing the detected current with a current value configured internally and outputting a shutdown signal which turns off the power supply if the detected current exceeds the predetermined current value. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115800 | Sectioned Network Lighting Device Using Full Distribution of LED Bins - A driver circuit is configured for connection to a power source and includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) having at least one performance characteristic that varies according to different performance categories ranging between higher performance and lower performance. The driver circuit also includes a plurality of LED sections each populated with at least one LED of a different one of the different performance categories. Circuitry is coupled to the LED sections and configured to activate and deactivate the LED sections based on LED performance. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115801 | PROGRAMMABLE LIGHT TIMER AND A METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAMMABLE LIGHT TIMER - A programmable light timer for implementing a timing pattern is described. The programmable light timer comprises a memory storing a plurality of timing patterns, each timing pattern being associated with a unique timing pattern code and having one or more on/off settings for a time period; and a user interface enabling the selection of a timing pattern code associated with a timing pattern of the plurality of timing patterns. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115802 | CUSTOMIZABLE MODULAR LUMINAIRE - A luminaire having a body that includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion including two or more apertures. At least one of the two or more apertures being sized to match a main lighting component, at least one other of the two or more apertures being sized to match a first function module, and at least another of the two or more apertures being sized to match a second function module. One of the first function module and the second function module is one of a motion detector, a camera, an air pollution sensor, and a communication unit. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115803 | HEAD LAMP - A head lamp assembly wearable by a user or attachable to an object comprising a substrate, a first light source, a second light source, and a sensor. The sensor can turn the first and second light sources ON when light striking the sensor falls below a predetermined intensity level. The sensor can turn the first and second light sources OFF when light striking the sensor exceeds a predetermined intensity level. An override switch can allow user to keep the light sources either completely illuminated or obfuscated, irrespective of the sensor. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115804 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIGHTING - An apparatus and method for controlling lighting are disclosed. The apparatus includes a reception unit, a determination unit, a state determination unit, and a lighting control command transmission unit. The reception unit receives an event message from a light sensor. The determination unit determines whether the event message is an event message attributable to a change in luminance or an event message related to a DALI system. If it is determined that the event message is the event message attributable to a change in the luminance, the state determination unit determines the luminance change state of a lit space using the event message attributable to a change in the luminance. The lighting control command transmission unit sends a lighting control command corresponding to the luminance change state using a control group address. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115805 | COMMISSIONING LIGHTING SYSTEMS - Commissioning a lighting system is disclosed. A user can be provided with a pointing device capable of emitting or returning a signal which can be received by detectors co-located with each fixture in the lighting system. The user can add a fixture to a group by aiming the pointing device at the fixture when the fixture is not assigned to the group, and the user can remove a fixture from a group in the same way when the fixture was previously assigned to the group. Additional user gestures are also disclosed. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115806 | DISTRIBUTED LIGHTING NETWORKS - Described herein is an autonomous distributed lighting network which comprises a plurality of luminaires for providing lighting levels in accordance with idle dimming profiles, at least one sensor for sensing ambient conditions, and a communications network. Luminaire nodes, sensor nodes, a timer node and a controller node are connectable to the communications network. Each luminaire node is associated with a luminaire and is operable for receiving broadcast messages from the communications network, the luminaire overriding its normal idle dimming profile in response to an appropriate broadcast message. Each sensor node is associated with at least one sensor device and transmits broadcast messages onto the communications network in accordance with events sensed by each related sensor device. A timer node, if present, provides time synchonisation for the luminaires within the network. In addition, a controller node is used for set up and maintenance of the network. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115807 | LUMINAIRE CONTROLLER - Described herein is a luminaire controller for a luminaire in which dimming signals can be provided to control the operation of the luminaire. The controller also includes an energy measurement module connected to a mains supply, a sensor module, a power switch, a central processing module and a ZigBee transceiver module. The controller, in addition to providing dimming signals in accordance with ambient lighting conditions sensed by a photocell in the sensor module provides efficient energy metering. In one embodiment, the luminaire controller is directly mountable on a luminaire which is to for control thereof. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115808 | HIGH EFFICIENCY LEDS AND LED LAMPS - In various embodiments, lighting systems include an electrically insulating carrier having a plurality of conductive elements disposed thereon, a light-emitting array, and at least one power source. The light-emitting array is disposed over the carrier and includes a plurality of light-emitting strings, each light-emitting string comprising a plurality of electrically connected light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Each LED has at least two electrical contacts, and each electrical contact is electrically connected to a conductive element by a conductive adhesive and/or a solder. The power source provides power to the light-emitting strings. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115809 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION FOR LIGHTING SYSTEMS - Techniques are provided for bi-directional communication between a power supply and one or more light engines (and/or other lighting system components) via the existing power lines so that no additional communication wires are needed. In particular, the power supply can transmit information by modulating its output (voltage or current) and the light engine (or other lighting componentry, such as a sensor) can communicate back by modulating how much power it draws from the power supply. Any suitable type of modulation scheme can be used, and a master-slave arrangement can be used to control the bi-directional communication if so desired, so as to avoid multiple devices communicating over the power line communication channel at the same time. Other embodiments allow a multiple simultaneous communications over the power line communication channel. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115810 | LED DRIVE CIRCUIT - An LED drive circuit includes: a rectifier circuit that outputs a full-wave rectification waveform voltage; a primary LED row that includes a first partial LED row and a second partial LED row; an auxiliary LED row-; a bypass circuit that is connected to part connecting the first partial LED row and the second partial LED row and that returns current from the first partial LED row to the rectifier circuit; and a current limiting circuit that limits the current flowing through the auxiliary LED row wherein the primary LED row and the auxiliary LED row are connected in parallel to the rectifier circuit; and the bypass circuit blocks the current passing through the bypass circuit in accordance with the current flowing through the primary LED row, and controls and blocks the current flowing through the auxiliary LED row. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115811 | DETECTION OF LINEAR AND PWM DIMMING IN A SOLID STATE LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device employs an array of LEDs as a lighting source. The array of LEDs may be coupled in series between a power supply node and ground. In order to determine whether the input drive signal to the array of LEDs is a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal or a linear signal, the voltage across the string of LEDs is sampled and stored in a cyclical buffer. The variance of the samples stored in the cyclical buffer is then calculated and used to determine whether the input signal provided to the string of LEDs at the power supply node is a PWM signal or a linear signal. In one embodiment, the variance is compared to a predetermined threshold value to determine whether the input signal is a PWM signal or a linear signal. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115812 | FLICKER-FREE CONVERTER FOR DRIVING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES - A spike-free converter for driving light-emitting diodes includes a closed loop direct current-direct current (dc-dc) converting unit, a switch, a first inductor, and a first diode. The closed loop dc-dc converting unit is used for generating a driving voltage to drive at least one light-emitting diode strings according to a dc voltage, and generating a switch control signal. The switch is used for receiving the switch control signal and being turned on and turned off according to the switch control signal. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115813 | BOOST CONVERTER WITH A PULSE FREQUENCY MODULATION MODE FOR OPERATING ABOVE AN AUDIBLE FREQUENCY - The embodiments discussed herein relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for executing a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode of a boost converter in order to ensure that a switching frequency of the boost converter is a above an audible frequency threshold. In this way, a user operating a display device that is controlled by the boost converter will not be disturbed by audible noises generated at the display device. The PFM mode enforces an audible frequency threshold by using control circuitry designed to increase or decrease the frequency of a pulse signal depending on how the frequency of the pulse signal changes over time. The control circuitry can apply an additional load to the boost converter in order to increase the frequency of the pulse signal when the frequency is approaching the audible frequency threshold. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115814 | PULSE CURRENT LED DRIVING CIRCUIT - In one embodiment, a pulse current light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit, can include: (i) an AC power supply configured to generate an AC input; (ii) a rectifier circuit that receives the AC input voltage, and generates a DC input voltage; (iii) a sampling circuit that receives the DC input voltage, and generates a DC sense voltage; (iv) a comparison circuit that receives the DC sense voltage, and generates a first comparison signal; (v) a feedback compensating circuit that samples a current that flows through a transistor, and generates a compensation signal; (vi) a signal processing circuit that receives the first comparison signal and the compensation signal, and generates an on signal; and (vii) the transistor having a gate configured to receive the on signal, a drain configured to receive the DC input voltage, and a source coupled to a first terminal of a sampling resistor. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115815 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a rectifier circuit, a mutual inductance device coupled to the rectifier circuit, an energy-storing capacitor coupled to a common node of a primary winding and a secondary winding of the mutual inductance device, a light emitting unit coupled to the mutual inductance device, a switch unit coupled to the light emitting unit, and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled to the energy-storing capacitor and controls operation of the switch unit according to a voltage across the energy-storing capacitor. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115816 | SOLID STATE LIGHTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A lighting device employs at least one string of LEDs as a lighting source. The string of LEDs may be coupled in series between a power supply node and ground. In order to accurately determine a drive current running through or drive voltage across the string of LEDs, the drive current through the string of LEDs or the drive voltage across the string of LEDs is sampled randomly or semi-randomly, and a moving average is determined from each one of the samples. By sampling the drive current through or drive voltage across the string of LEDs randomly or semi-randomly, inaccuracies due to synchronization of the sampling with interference in the drive current signal or the drive voltage signal are effectively prevented. Accordingly, an accurate measurement of the drive current through or the drive voltage across the string of LEDs may be obtained. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115817 | CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT OF LED LIGHT SET - The present invention provides construction improvement of LED light set mainly including a controller connected with an electricity plug and a main light string of a plurality of main light bulbs in serial arrangement while each of the main light bulbs is individually connected with an associate light string of a plurality of associate light bulbs as characterized in that a main control IC is provided within the controller to control the main light string operation and an associate control IC is provided within each main light bulb to control the associate light string operation. Thereby the capability of the associate control IC within each main light bulb to reduce both voltage and current is utilized to enable every associate light string to use an associate conducting wire thinner than a main conducting wire in order to reduce the manufacturing cost significantly. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115818 | LED DRIVING CIRCUIT - A LED (Light-Emitting Diode) driving circuit including at least one light-emitting unit and a protection detecting circuit, is provided. Each light-emitting unit includes an LED string coupled to a driving voltage, a current regulator and a transistor. The current regulator is coupled to a corresponding LED string and controls a current flowing therethrough. The transistor is coupled between the LED string and the current regulator. The protection detecting circuit generates a clamping reference level signal to a control terminal of the at least one transistor and is coupled to a connection node of the at least one transistor and the at least one LED string. When a voltage of any connection node is higher than a preset protection value, the protection detecting circuit decreases the clamping reference value to reduce or cut off the current of the at least one LED string. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115819 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING APPARATUS - A light emitting diode driving apparatus may include: a light emitting diode emitting light by receiving rectified power; a driver driving the light emitting diode based on a voltage level of the rectified power; and a controller limiting an operation of the driver based on a voltage applied to the driver and a hysteresis reference value. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115820 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LED - A light emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus may include: a rectifying unit providing a rectified voltage; an LED array including at least one LED string including first to nth LEDs connected in series; a sink path controller providing first to (n−1)th sink path control signals according to a level of the rectified voltage; a sink path switching circuit unit including first to (n−1)th sink path switches performing a switching operation according to each of the first to (n−1)th sink path control signals; a voltage phase controller generating a phase-adjusted voltage; a source path controller providing first to (n−1)th source path control signals; and a source path switching circuit unit including first to (n−1)th source path switches performing a switching operation according to each of the first to (n−1)th source path control signals. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115821 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - There is provided a light emitting diode (LED) driver including: a power supplying unit including a dimmer and a rectifying unit and supplying a supply voltage to an LED device; and a control unit acquiring section information regarding the supply voltage and setting an LED on-time based on the section information. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115822 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING APPARATUS - A light emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus may include: a power converting unit switching input power to supply driving power to at least one LED; and a driving controlling unit controlling the supplying of the power of the power converting unit based on a switching period of the power converting unit and a demagnetization time in the switching period. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115823 | ANALOG CIRCUIT FOR COLOR CHANGE DIMMING - An analog-based dimmable LED lighting system includes a plurality of LED lighting modules, which emit light at different correlated color temperature (CCT) ranges. Each of the LED lighting modules is powered by a common dimming signal in the form of an AC voltage which corresponds to a dimming level in a dimming region. Each of the LED lighting modules includes an LED, an analog rectifier bridge to convert the AC voltage of the common dimming signal to a DC voltage, and an analog current limiter connected between the rectifier and the LED to control current through the LED according to the common dimming signal. The LED(s) in the different lighting modules are controlled, via respective analog current limiter, to produce a resultant light at a selected CCT and light intensity according to the common dimming signal. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115824 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVER - A light emitting diode driver includes a power supplying unit receiving an alternating current (AC) power and outputting a transformed power according to a predetermined ratio, a rectifying unit rectifying the output power from the power supplying unit, and a double voltage unit receiving the rectified power from the rectifying unit and generating an output voltage such that the level of the output voltage is variable, and has constant duty and frequency thereof even the variance of the voltage level. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115825 | OLED POWER DRIVER CIRCUIT - An efficient, cost effective power driver for OLED panels is configured with a small BOM without compromising the display quality. The power driver adopts only one Inverting Buck-Boost Converter (IBBC) to regulate the necessary output voltage for the OLED panel load. The output voltage to drive the OLED panel load is supplied by the IBBC and the positive input of the OLED panel is tied into the input power supply of VIN directly without any switch. A DC-DC converter is provided to generate a reference ground and drive the associated control circuits. The input DC voltage VIN is utilized as a reference voltage for both the IBBC and the DC-DC converter. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115826 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a display device, including: a plurality of pixels; a scan driver connected to a plurality of scanning lines connected to the plurality of pixels; and a gate signal generator configured to determine a level of a gate-on voltage according to ambient temperature and to supply the gate-on voltage to the scan driver, wherein the gate signal generator is further configured to apply a hysteresis characteristic to a thermistor voltage to vary according to the ambient temperature. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115827 | HIGH-FREQUENCY DISCHARGE IGNITION APPARATUS - A high-frequency discharge ignition apparatus includes: a spark discharge path generation apparatus | 2015-04-30 |
20150115828 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING APPARATUS AND LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LIGHTING APPRATUS - A light emitting diode driving apparatus may include a power supplying unit receiving phase-controlled power and supplying operation power having a preset level, a driving unit receiving the operation power from the power supplying unit to drive a light emitting diode unit receiving the phase-controlled power, and a noise current limiting unit decreasing a noise current due to a parasitic capacitance component of the driving unit. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115829 | THEATRICAL EFFECTS CONTROLLER - Provided is a system for controlling lighting effects. The system comprises a controller and one or more wireless dimmer devices with incorporated digital effects engine. The controller transmits wirelessly and effects parameters to the wireless dimmer devices. The dimmer devices receive the effects parameters, generate output effects parameters using the digital effects engine, and provide the output effects parameters to either dimmer output channels or DMX output channels. The digital effect engine comprises a low frequency oscillator and several random number generators. The random number generators may be used to modulate frequency of the low frequency oscillator and modulate a level of each dimmer output channel. The random number generators are configured to generate independent strings of pseudo-random numbers. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115830 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION FOR LIGHTING SYSTEMS - Techniques are provided for bi-directional communication between a power supply and one or more light engines (and/or other lighting system components) via the existing power lines so that no additional communication wires are needed. In particular, the power supply can transmit information by modulating its output (voltage or current) and the light engine (or other lighting componentry, such as a sensor) can communicate back by modulating how much power it draws from the power supply. Any suitable type of modulation scheme can be used, and a master-slave arrangement can be used to control the bi-directional communication if so desired, so as to avoid multiple devices communicating over the power line communication channel at the same time. Other embodiments allow a multiple simultaneous communications over the power line communication channel. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115831 | CONVERSION CIRCUIT BETWEEN FLUORESCENT BALLAST AND LED - Conversion circuits ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150115832 | OFFSET COMPENSATION IN DRIVING CIRCUITS - Apparatus and methods are presented for compensating for offsets in digital-to-analog converters (DACs). An apparatus may comprise a gain block. The non-inverting input of the gain block may be provided with a bias voltage selected to exceed the worst-case expected positive offset of a DAC. Feedback from the output of the gain block may be provided to a processor. The processor may be connected to drive the DAC. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115833 | CONTROL OF LIGHT HAVING MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES - An illumination control method is disclosed. The illumination control method comprises the steps of: acquiring a list of control information items for satisfying light-emitting conditions for illumination generated by multiple light source elements in order to have a specific color and a specific light intensity; determining control information from the list so that the sum of each driving power source for the multiple light source elements is equal to or less than a predetermined value; and adjusting the driving power sources for the multiple light source elements on the basis of the determined control information, wherein the control information indicates the each driving power source for the plurality of light source elements, the light-emitting conditions include the light intensity for each of a plurality of wavelengths, and the number of light source elements is greater than the number of light-emitting conditions. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115834 | SMART HOME NETWORK APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A network apparatus is provided. The network apparatus includes a communication unit configured to perform communication with at least one device. The apparatus also includes a storage unit configured to store information for an illumination device located within a preset distance range from the at least one device. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to control a light-emitting state of the illumination device located within the preset distance range from the at least one device based on the information stored in the storage unit when a preset event occurs in the at least one device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115835 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIGHTING BASED ON INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for controlling lighting based on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. Pieces of input information required to control lighting devices connected to a Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) network are received. An event corresponding to an IP packet, provided via network input among the pieces of the input information, is generated and is converted into a format of a DALI command. Time synchronization for the DALI command is performed while operating in conjunction with a DALI timer. A lighting device connected to the DALI network is controlled in compliance with the DALI command, for which time synchronization has been completed. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115836 | DIMMING CONSOLE - A dimming console serves to store output levels of a plurality of lighting instruments and control the output levels of the plurality of lighting instruments. The dimming console includes an output unit configured to output, to a display, a scene preparation region that displays scenes indicating at least states of the output levels of the plurality of lighting instruments and a scene storage region indicating playback order information regarding a scene playback order; an input unit configured to receive an operation for the scene preparation region and an operation for the scene storage region; and a control unit configured to edit the scenes or the playback order information pursuant to the operation of the input unit and to control the output unit to output the edited scenes or the edited playback order information. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115837 | DIMMING CONSOLE - A dimming console includes a plurality of physical faders, a display and a control unit. The control unit has a function of displaying a virtual fader for changing an output level of a lighting instrument on a display and a function of displaying a scene icon including scene information on the display. Each of the physical faders has a function of playing back a scene associated with the scene icon. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115838 | SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A switching mode power supply apparatus includes a main transformer converting DC voltage of a predetermined amplitude supplied from a voltage source into DC voltage of a different amplitude; an auxiliary transformer operated by receiving current flowing in a primary winding of the main transformer; a first semiconductor switching element turning on/off an LED array that is driven by receiving voltage from a secondary winding of the auxiliary transformer; and an auxiliary circuit disposed in an LED control circuit unit including the LED array and the first semiconductor switching element, wherein the auxiliary circuit distributes current flowing in the first semiconductor switching element so as to reduce heat generated in the first semiconductor switching element. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115839 | CONFIGURABLE LED DRIVER/DIMMER FOR SOLID STATE LIGHTING APPLICATIONS - A configurable light emitting diode (LED) driver for powering a set of light fixture loads including a power circuit and a primary controller for controlling the power circuit. The driver further includes a set of output current drivers, each of the set of output current drivers connected to one of the set of light fixture loads for controlling the associated light fixture load and a secondary controller for controlling the set of output current drivers. The driver also includes an apparatus for mapping the set of output current drivers to various dimming zones and for mapping output channels into groups. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115840 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVER - There is provided a light emitting diode driver capable of improving power efficiency by using a resistor having a low power consumption rating while controlling an LED channel so that it has constant brightness stably. The light emitting diode driver includes: a power supplying unit converting an input voltage into a predetermined driving voltage so as to supply the driving voltage to an LED channel; and a driving unit amplifying a detection voltage detected based on a current from the LED channel by a predetermined gain and controlling the current flowing through the LED channel so that the amplified detection voltage has a level equal to that of a predetermined reference voltage. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115841 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SITUATIONAL ACOUSTO-OPTIC EFFECT - A method and an apparatus for producing situational acousto-optic effect are provided. In the method, a sound signal is detected and a fast Fourier transform (FFT) and a normalization calculation are performed on the sound signal to produce a frequency domain signal. Then, a plurality of frequencies having variations between the frequency domain signals produced before and after a time point are determined whether to fit in with a frequency spectrum of a specific tone. Once the frequencies fit in with the frequency spectrum, a light source is controlled to produce light with a color corresponding to the specific tone. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115842 | HF SYSTEM FOR A HIGH-FREQUENCY LAMP - The invention relates to an HF system that comprises an HF device ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150115843 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM PROVIDING WHITE LIGHT WITH VARIOUS COLOR TEMPERATURES - In a light emitting device and system providing white light with various color temperatures are provided, a light emitting device includes a light emitting element (LED) that is operated by a driving bias and emits first light, and a phosphor layer including a phosphor that partially wavelength-converts first light and emits second light, thereby emitting white light using the first light and the second light, wherein the phosphor has a maximum conversion efficiency at a first level of the driving bias, and the LED has a maximum conversion efficiency at a second level of the driving bias, the first level being different from the first level. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115844 | SHORT ARC TYPE DISCHARGE LAMP - Provided is a short arc discharge lamp that includes: a body including therein a reflection surface and having a front opening; a cathode and an anode opposed to each other in discharge space defined by the reflection surface surrounding the discharge space; a window member provided in front of the body and covering the front opening; and a window supporting member including an inner ring section, an outer ring section, and a coupling section. The inner ring section is configured to allow a circumferential side surface of the window member to be fixed thereto, the outer ring section is larger in diameter than the inner ring section, and the coupling section connects the inner ring section and the outer ring section together. The inner ring section includes, in front of the window member, a front edge section having a shape bent in a radial direction of the window member. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115845 | Light Sources Adapted to Spectral Sensitivity of Diurnal Avians and Humans - A method of illuminating livestock with artificial light sources. The method includes generating a first light having a first light output that provides white light at typical lumen levels for workers. Then by using a dimming device the light source can be dimmed to provide a blue light at under 3 lumen in order to provide artificial light to the diurnal avians representative of moonlight to cause the occurrence of a predetermined characteristic visual spectral response of the diurnal avian substantially enclosed habitat for diurnal avians. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115846 | PIEZOELECTRIC COOLING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a piezoelectric cooling control apparatus and method, which set pulse parameters based on the temperature of the heating unit of a cooling target device, and thus control piezoelectric cooling. The piezoelectric cooling control apparatus includes a temperature sensing unit for sensing temperature of a heating unit of a cooling target device. A determination unit determines whether to activate piezoelectric cooling, based on the sensed temperature of the heating unit and a temperature setting range. A setting unit is configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit to activate piezoelectric cooling, set pulse parameters based on the temperature setting range and the temperature of the heating unit. A pulse control unit generates a PWM waveform based on the set pulse parameters and outputs the PWM waveform. A piezoelectric cooling unit performs piezoelectric cooling based on the PWM waveform. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115847 | VIBRATION GENERATING APPARATUS - A vibration generating apparatus with high yield, low cost, and can exhibit vibration tactile haptic effects even with variation in the natural frequency of a mechanical vibrator, including a damping system having a damping ratio ξ<1 to support a mechanical vibrator to a fastening part, and a magnetizing unit generating a dynamic magnetic field to vibrate the mechanical vibrator by non-contact, the mechanical vibrator generating a beat vibration by making the frequency of a drive voltage applied to the magnetizing unit, from a drive start or middle of drive, to be a non-resonant frequency out of a damped natural frequency of the mechanical vibrator, wherein the apparatus comprises a forced vibration control unit controlling to stop application of the drive voltage, in a beat wave defining an amplitude of the beat vibration, at a second valley part after a first peak part from the side of the drive start. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115848 | ELECTRIC LINEAR ACTUATOR - An electric linear actuator includes a linear array of poloidal electrical cods. The central openings of each of the coils are coaxially aligned to define a central bore for the linear array. A shaft is received within and is movable along the central bore of the linear array. Magnets are affixed at spaced intervals along the shaft. A power source provides power to each of the coils of the linear array. Position sensors are provided for determining the axial position of the shaft along the central bore. A control processor receives position data from the position sensors and controls the application of power from the power source to each of the coils in the linear array. The control processor selectively activates the electrical coils to cause variable application of force on the shaft through electro-magnet attraction or repulsion. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115849 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAUSING AND RESUMING AN OPERATION OF A MOTOR - A motor controller coupled to a motor is described. The motor controller includes a computing device configured to receive a first command designating a duration during which to operate the motor. The computing device is further configured to operate the motor during a first portion of the designated duration, receive a second command to pause the operation of the motor, in response to receiving the second command, pause the operation of the motor, receive a third command to resume the operation of the motor, and in response to receiving the third command, resume the operation of the motor for a second portion of the designated duration. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115850 | VARIABLE TORQUE ANGLE FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR - A method for controlling an electric motor (such as a synchronous reluctance electric motor) is suggested, in which the torque angle in the d-q-reference frame is at least in part and/or at least at times varied depending on at least one working condition of the electric motor. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115851 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ECM MOTOR TO OUTPUT CONSTANT TORQUE - A method for controlling an ECM motor to output a constant torque. The method includes: 1) entering a target torque value T0 from an external device; when the motor is in a non-use state, starting the motor, and allowing the microprocessor to acquire an original output voltage value P chopped by a PWM signal; when the motor is in a running state, allowing the microprocessor to acquire a current output voltage value P chopped by the PWM signal; 2) enabling the microprocessor to calculate a target bus current value Itad using the function Itad=F(T,P) according to the target torque value T0 and the output voltage value P chopped by the PWM signal; and detecting a real-time bus current Ibus; and 3) allowing the microprocessor to compare the target bus current value Itad with the real-time bus current Ibus for conducting a closed-loop control. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115852 | OVER-CURRENT PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE - An over-current protection circuit may include a preliminary driving unit driving a motor inverter in a start-up mode prior to a normal mode, a current level detecting unit detecting a level of a current flowing through the motor inverter and a motor according to driving of the motor inverter and providing a detection voltage, and an over-current reference voltage setting unit setting the detection voltage detected by the current level detecting unit as an over-current reference voltage in the start-up mode. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115853 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELIMINATING MALFUNCTIONS IN A NETWORK - Electrical malfunctions in a network which are caused by torque fluctuations of an electric motor, in particular flicker, are reduced by using a control device. For simple and cost-effective minimizing or even correction of such malfunctions with the control device, the control device has at least one first input for supplying an input signal which contains information suitable for determining the loading of the network by torque fluctuations and at least one output for transmitting an output signal to at least one converter supplying the electric motor. This makes it possible to reduce or ideally to eliminate electrical malfunctions in a network which are caused by torque fluctuation of the electric motor. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115854 | MOTOR SPEED CONTROL WITH SPEED FOLDBACK FOR PHASE IMBALANCE PROTECTION - A variable frequency motor drive comprises a converter including a rectifier having an input for connection to an AC power source and converting the AC power to DC power. A DC bus is connected to the rectifier circuit. At least one bus capacitor is across the DC bus. An inverter receives DC power from the DC bus and converts the DC power to AC power to drive a motor. A controller is operatively connected to the converter. The controller comprises a speed control controlling the inverter responsive to a speed command to maintain a desired motor speed. A speed foldback control measures DC bus ripple voltage and regulates the speed command responsive to the measured DC bus ripple voltage. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115855 | MOTOR CONTROLLER DETECTING ABNORMALITY OF POWER TRANSMISSION UNIT BETWEEN MAIN SPINDLE AND MOTOR - A motor controller includes a single-rotation signal detector detecting a single-rotation signal that indicates a single rotation of a main spindle, a rotation angle detector detecting a rotation angle of a motor every predetermined time, and a counter adding up the rotation angle. A value of the counter is reset when the single-rotation signal detector detects the single-rotation signal of the main spindle. The motor controller further includes a judgment unit judging that a power transmission unit has abnormality when a value of the rotation angle of the motor added up in the counter deviates from a predetermined range. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115856 | MOTOR DRIVE CONTROLLER AND MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL METHOD - An motor drive controller may include: A mode control unit calculating a pulse frequency of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal provided from an outside and generating an operating signal according to the calculated pulse frequency of the PWM signal, a regulator receiving the operating signal, transitioning to an enable state based on the operating signal, and generating a driving voltage and a motor control module receiving the driving voltage from the regulator and controlling an operation of a motor. The mode control unit is configured to set up a sleep mask time using a clock signal provided from the outside and control the regulator to maintain the enable state during the sleep mask time. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115857 | HANDHELD POWER TOOL WITH COMPACT AC SWITCH - A power tool is disclosed having a compact AC switch assembly. An electric motor driving the power tool is contained within a housing that includes a handle. A trigger is slidingly received in the handle and moves in an axis of trigger travel along a trigger travel distance extending between an extended position of the trigger and a depressed position. A trigger switch including a printed circuit board is disposed in mechanical communication with the trigger and controls the electric motor in accordance with trigger position. The printed circuit board has a plurality of conductive traces that are sequentially arranged and linearly aligned adjacent the trigger in a direction that is transverse to the axis of trigger travel to reduce the width of the printed circuit board to a value that is less than or equal to three times the trigger travel distance. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115858 | APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING PHASE ERROR IN INVERTER OUTPUT VOLTAGE - A phase compensation apparatus in an inverter output voltage in a system is provided, whereby performance of an inverter can be enhanced by compensating a time delay of measured voltage of inverter output voltage detection unit. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115859 | CONTROL CIRCUIT - A circuit allows an energy efficient DC design to drop in to an AC application and interface directly with the AC signals in a cost effective manner. The circuit is implemented without any use of mechanically switched contacts. All switching of current is done through solid state devices. Positional feedback and speed of the motor is provided through an optically encoded output gear eliminating the need for mechanical position switches to determine motor rotational position. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115860 | Motion-Control System for Performing Different Tasks - A motion-control system for moving a mass according to different tasks includes at least one controllable actuator for performing the different tasks and an input module for receiving a specific task to perform. The system also includes a controller for controlling a performance of the specific task by the controllable actuator according to a specific control law and a tunable actuator having a tunable parameter of mechanical response, wherein the tunable actuator is mechanically arranged in the system, such that different values of the tunable parameter change dynamics of the system. An optimization module of the system jointly selects a value of the tunable parameter and the specific control law based on the specific task. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115861 | Method and Apparatus for Conducting a Plausibility Check on a Position of an Actuating Element of a Position Encoder System with an Electronically Commutated Electric Machine - A method for operating a position encoder system includes performing a closed loop position control based on a detected first position indication of a position of an actuating element. The performing of the closed loop position includes generating a position correcting variable and allocating a space vector the position correcting variable to enable an adjustment drive to be controlled. The method further includes performing a check on the first position indication or correcting the first position indication with the allocated space vector. An adjustment drive is configured to adjust the actuating element. The actuating device includes a rotating electronically commuted motor. The motor has a rotor and an electronic rotor position of the rotor is configured to be allocated to multiple positions of the actuating element. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115862 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND MOTOR SYSTEM - A motor control apparatus includes a position and speed estimator configured to output a new estimated motor position and an estimated motor speed based on a position estimation deviation that is a difference between an acquired motor position and an estimated motor position of a motor, and a controller configured to output a motor power command, which controls the motor, based on the estimated motor position, the estimated motor speed, and a position command. The position and speed estimator includes a motor model of the motor configured to output the estimated motor position and the estimated motor speed based on a predetermined calculation value, and a nonlinear compensator configured to output a compensation motor power based on the position estimation deviation to compensate an error of the motor model. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115863 | MOTOR STARTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - A motor starter system and a method for operating same are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, reliability of a motor protection function during an overcurrent is improved by automatically controlling the on/off state of an electromagnetic contactor using an analog sensor value outputted from an external sensor. In addition, the present invention can receive an external sensor value through a connected upper monitoring device, monitor, in real time, the motor starter state, and transmit a control command for directly controlling the on/off state of the electromagnetic contactor, and thus enables excellent operation, integrated lifetime prediction, and motor load management. Furthermore, the present invention can reduce wiring work and a cost thereof and maximizing the use of space more than when controlling the electromagnetic contactor by using the I/O of a PLC. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115864 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR - A motor control apparatus includes a voltage regulator to execute a voltage increase mode to increase a voltage applied to an induction motor from a lower limit of a first range over time. A frequency regulator executes a frequency decrease mode to decrease a frequency of the voltage from an upper limit of a second range over time. When a current through the motor exceeds a first threshold in the voltage increase mode, a mode changer changes the mode to the frequency decrease mode. When the current through the motor becomes smaller than a second threshold in the frequency decrease mode, the mode changer changes the mode to the voltage increase mode to control the motor to change from a free running state to a state in which the voltage and the frequency satisfy a relationship. A determinator determines whether the voltage and the frequency satisfy the relationship. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115865 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR - A motor control apparatus includes a voltage regulator to execute a voltage increase mode to increase a voltage applied to an induction motor from a lower limit of a first range over time. A frequency regulator executes a frequency decrease mode to decrease a frequency of the voltage from an upper limit of a second range over time. The frequency regulator limits decrease of the frequency when a bus voltage of a bus exceeds a first threshold in the frequency decrease mode. The bus supplies DC power to an inverter to drive the motor. A mode changer alternatively changes the voltage increase mode and the frequency decrease mode to control the motor to change from a free running state to a state in which the voltage and the frequency satisfy a relationship. The determinator determines whether the voltage and the frequency satisfy the relationship. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115866 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE FOR SOLAR ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE - An electricity storage device for a solar energy harvesting device comprising at least a first electricity storage unit, at least a second electricity storage unit, a battery monitoring unit and a power converter. The second electricity storage unit is for coupled to an exterior power supply system which charges/discharges the second electricity storage unit in a predetermined voltage. The battery monitoring unit controls the power converter according to the output voltage of the first electricity storage unit for converting the electricity of the first electricity storage unit to the second electricity unit. When the output voltage of the first electricity storage unit is larger than a start voltage, the electricity of the first electricity storage unit is converted to the second electricity storage unit. When the output voltage of the first electricity storage unit is less than a stop voltage, the battery monitoring unit disables the power converter. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115867 | SOLAR ENERGY HARVESTING PROTECTING SHEATH AND BACK-SIDE COVER FOR MOBILE DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a solar energy harvesting protecting sheath for installing to the back-side cover of a mobile device. The solar energy harvesting protecting sheath comprises a body, a solar energy receiving unit, a solar energy harvesting circuit, a thermal resistive layer and an energy transmission interface. A containing portion of the body is for accommodating the mobile device. The solar energy harvesting circuit is disposed in the body and coupled to the solar energy receiving unit. The solar energy harvesting circuit has at least an energy storage unit for storing solar energy. The thermal resistive layer disposed in the body is placed between the solar energy receiving unit and the solar energy harvesting circuit. The energy transmission interface is coupled to the energy storage unit and transmits the energy in the energy storage unit to the mobile device through an electrical connector of the mobile device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115868 | ENERGY HARVEST AND STORAGE SYSTEM AND MULTI-SENSOR MODULE - An embodiment includes a system, comprising: a circuit; an energy harvesting device configured to convert energy from the circuit to electrical energy; an energy storage device configured to store the electrical energy; and a power supply configured to supply power from the energy storage device, and multi-sensor module including such a system. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115869 | MODULAR SOLAR POWER GENERATOR - A portable, modular solar array. The array includes a support structure configured to support a plurality of solar panel modules in a side-by-side co-planar arrangement. The support structure can be configured to support the modules in an elevated position to provide an overhead structure that shades an underlying area. The solar panel modules include solar panels mounted on a frame in a planar configuration. The frame includes a pair of hooked mounting flanges at a first end and a pair of slotted mounting flanges at a second end that enable mounting of the module between opposing support bars of the support structure. The modules are in electrical communication with a battery for storage of electrical energy generated by the solar panels. The frames and the mounting flanges are further configured to enable stacking of a plurality of the modules for storage or transport. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115870 | Flexible Wrist-Worn Recharging Device - An electrical storage device incorporating embodiments of the invention is capable of converting and/or storing energy provided by light-radiation and ancillary power sources for use intended to provide electrical charge to battery operated and Mobile Electronic Devices. The preferred embodiment of the invention exhibits a form of a Wrist-Worn Device comprising of a Battery-Bank, Photovoltaic Array and Controller. Typically in the form of a Flexible Wrist-Worn Recharging Device, the preferred embodiment of the invention may be an independent device connected to battery-operated devices such as a Mobile Electronic Device as needed, or otherwise integrated with exiting Mobile Electronic Devices to provide augmented battery life. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115871 | WEARABLE CHARGING DEVICE CONTROLLER AND METHODS - Embodiments relate generally to wearable electrical and electronic hardware, software, wired and wireless network communications, and to wearable/mobile computing devices configured to communicate data. More specifically, disclosed are wearable charging devices, platforms and methods directed to charging, for example, wearable communication devices, such as a headset, among other devices. In some embodiments, a wearable device charger includes a rigid shell, which can include a protective cavity dimensioned to receive a housing of a wearable communication device in a nested state. The wearable device charger also can include a component cavity, including a power reservoir configured to store electric charge for transfer to the wearable communication device, and a translatable coupler that can include a connector configured to removably couple to the wearable communication device. The translatable coupler can be configured to translate the connector from the protective cavity in the nested state to a region external to the protective cavity. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115872 | Power Converter - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for calculating the input current being drawn by a power converter. The power converter may be connected to and charging a battery and the method includes the steps of measuring the current and voltage being supplied to the battery, along with the frequency at which the power converter is operating. The voltage being supplied to the power converter may be calculated using a pre-determined relationship with the current and voltage being supplied to the power converter and the frequency of operation. The voltage being supplied to the converter may then be used to calculate the current being drawn by the converter. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115873 | ON-BOARD CHARGER FOR ECO-FRIENDLY VEHICLE - An on-board charger for an eco-friendly vehicle includes a timer-type control pilot (CP) detection circuit, which is connected to electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) using a connector, that: i) detects a CP signal transmitted from the EVSE as an input signal via the connector, ii) outputs the CP signal as a direct current (DC) signal recognized as DC, and iii) allows an on-board charger (OBC) control circuit to control a charge to be maintained in a turned-on state by the DC signal. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING OF AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a method for charging an energy storage device in a vehicle using a power supply, the method comprising: determining a first voltage output from the power supply; starting charging; determining a second voltage output from the power supply; determining a first voltage difference based on a difference between the second voltage and the first voltage; after a predetermined time, aborting charging; determining a third voltage output from the power supply; starting charging; determining a fourth voltage output from the power supply; determining a second voltage difference based on a difference between the fourth voltage and the third voltage; determining a deviation value based on a difference between the second difference and the first difference; and based on the deviation value, controlling a charging parameter. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115875 | CHARGING CIRCUIT - A charging circuit for charging a rechargeable battery, the charging circuit includes: a switching element connected to a power supply; a pulse width controller configured to control open and close of the switching element; and a MOSFET arranged between the switching element and the rechargeable battery. The charging circuit may further include a thermistor connected between a gate and a source of the MOSFET. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115876 | MOBILE ROBOT, CHARGING APPARATUS FOR THE MOBILE ROBOT, AND MOBILE ROBOT SYSTEM - A charging apparatus is configured to charge a mobile robot. The mobile robot is configured to emit an optical pattern. The charging apparatus includes a main body configured to perform charging of the mobile robot as the mobile robot docks with the charging apparatus, and two or more position markers located at the main body and spaced apart from each other. The position markers are configured to create indications distinguishable from a surrounding region when the optical pattern is emitted to surfaces of the position markers. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115877 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MOUNT A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO WIRELESSLY CHARGE - A system and method for mounting and charging a portable electronic device on or in contiguity to a wireless charging device. The wireless power transferring and charging device includes a suction pump that provides a suction vacuum to mount/hold a portable electronic device onto an induction charging surface of the wireless charging device in a vertical or semi-vertical position to be wirelessly powered and/or charged. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115878 | WIRELESS CHARGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a wireless charging device and a control method thereof, the wireless charging device including: a receiving module receiving power from the outside in a magnetic induction scheme or a magnetic resonance scheme to thereby charge a battery; and an input signal determining unit receiving an input signal from the outside and determining characteristics of the input signal, wherein the receiving module includes a reception controlling unit controlling the receiving module to be operated in the magnetic induction scheme or the magnetic resonance scheme according to the characteristics of the input signal received from the input signal determining unit. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115879 | WIRELESS CHARGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a wireless charging device and a control method thereof, the wireless charging device including: a first receiving module receiving power from the outside in a magnetic induction scheme to thereby charge a battery; a second receiving module receiving power from the outside in a magnetic resonance scheme to thereby charge the battery; a switching unit performing a switching operation at a preset interval such that one of the first receiving module and the second receiving module is selected; and a switching controlling unit receiving a stop signal or an operating signal from one of the first receiving module and the second receiving module to thereby control the switching operation of the switching unit. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115880 | WIRELESS INDUCTIVE CHARGING OF WEAPON SYSTEM ENERGY SOURCE - A charging system for the wireless inductive charging of an energy source in a weapon in a weapon system. The charging system includes a first portion of the weapon system, wherein the first portion has a first inductive coil therein, and a female receiver sized for receiving, in a male-female mating engagement, the first portion of the weapon system. The receiver has a second inductive coil positioned to inductively couple with the first inductive coil when the first portion of the weapon system is in the male-female mating engagement with the receiver. The first inductive coil is adapted for electrical connection to a weapon system platform electrical power supply and has a direct current resistance of less than or equal to substantially 0.2 Ohms so as to be adapted to provide charging power having a peak power of at least substantially 10 watts. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115881 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSCEIVER AND PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A wireless power transceiver for wirelessly charging a battery of a portable terminal may include a body having a storage space, a power receiving module stored in the body and receiving power wirelessly from an exterior in a preset scheme to charge the battery, and a power transmitting module stored in the body and transmitting power wirelessly from the battery to an exterior in a preset scheme. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115882 | WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM WITH DOUBLE DETECTING CIRCUITS - A wireless charging system with double detecting circuits comprises a detecting circuit connected to an inductive loop to detect the induced electric field of the inductive loop; an auxiliary detection circuit connected to a power loop to detect the induced electric field of the power loop, wherein when the waveform detected by the detecting circuit is not applicable, it is replaced by the waveform detected by the auxiliary detecting circuit in order to determine the condition of the electrical receiver device and thus adjust the output to the inductive loop from the power loop. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115883 | Wireless Charging System with Auto-Detection - A wireless charging system with auto-detection with an inductive loop for detecting an induced electric field resulted from the approach of an electrical receiver device to determine whether the electrical receiver device is close enough and thus adjust the output to the inductive loop from the power loop. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115884 | CONTROLLING FIELD DISTRIBUTION OF A WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER - Exemplary embodiments are directed to control of field distribution of a wireless power transmitter. A transmitter may include a transmit antenna configured to generate a field. The transmitter may further include least one parasitic antenna proximate the transmit antenna and configured to modify a distribution of the generated field. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115885 | VARIABLE WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION - Exemplary embodiments are directed to variable power wireless power transmission. A method may include conveying wireless power to a device at a first power level during a time period. The method may further include conveying wireless power to one or more other devices at a second, different power level during another time period. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115886 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER AND CHARGING METHOD - An example electric vehicle charging method includes charging a battery of a vehicle using an external power source, and adjusting the charging based on a predicted amount of charging generated when driving the vehicle from the external power source to a destination. The external power source is at a higher elevation than some point along the route to the at least one destination. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115887 | TRANSPORT VEHICLE, CHARGING SYSTEM AND ELECTRICITY-GENERATING TIRE - A transport vehicle includes a driving unit, a wheel and a charging system. The charging system includes an electricity-generating tire and a converting unit. The electricity-generating tire has a tire body mounted on the wheel, and a piezoelectricity generating unit disposed at the tire body and configured to output electricity when the piezoelectricity generating unit is subjected to mechanical forces attributed to movement of the tire body on a ground surface. The converting unit operates to convert the electricity outputted by the piezoelectricity generating unit into a form of energy for storage in an energy storing unit. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115888 | CHARGING DEVICE HAVING ADAPTIVE INPUT - The invention relates to a charging device ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150115889 | CHARGING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - Electrical connection arrangement ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150115890 | INTEGRATED BATTERY UNIT WITH COOLING AND PROTECTION EXPEDIENTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES - Methods of and apparatus for removing heat generated by cells of a battery pack. The methods and apparatus may employ one or more fan modules disposed between or next to cells of the battery pack, or one or more fans directly mounted to the battery pack or battery pack case housing the cells. Further, a motor controller isolation system operates to electrically isolate the motor controller of the electric vehicle when the battery pack is being charged. The motor controller isolation system may be integrated with the integrated battery pack and thermal and ventilation system. The integrated system, or “integrated battery unit (IBU),” is preferably manufactured in a manner that requires no, modifications to the electric vehicle in which the IBU is installed. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115891 | POWER-SHARING CHARGING SYSTEM, CHARGING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a charging system including: at least two charging devices including at least two output units configured to supply connected automobiles with charging power, a first bus electrically connected to the output units and configured to transfer charging power to the output units, and a power processing unit configured to process power, which is supplied from a power source, using a first capacity and supply the first bus with the processed power; and a second bus configured to connect a first bus of a first charging device and a first bus of a second charging device, wherein, when a total capacity of charging power supplied to automobiles connected to the first charging device exceeds the first capacity, a part or all of lacking capacity is supplied via the second bus. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115892 | CHARGING BALANCING SYSTEM BASED ON BATTERY OPERATING PROCESS AND METHOD THEREOF - A charging balancing system and method thereof based on a battery operating process and are disclosed. This is done by detecting a state of all cells in a detecting battery assembly to generate detection parameters, analyzing the detection parameters to produce an operating process, selecting at least one of residual power estimation methods according to the operating process, so as to calculate a residual power of each cell, and adjusting the charging current and charging time for each cell according to the residual power. As such, the efficiency of charging balancing is promoted. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115893 | ARRAY-TYPE MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND BOARD HAVING THE SAME MOUNTED THEREON - An array-type multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a plurality of first dielectric layers and a plurality of second dielectric layers, first and second internal electrodes disposed on the first dielectric layers and facing each other, third and fourth internal electrodes disposed on the second dielectric layers and facing each other, a first external electrode disposed on a first end surface of the ceramic body and connected to the first internal electrode, a second external electrode disposed on a first side surface of the ceramic body and connected to the second internal electrode, a third external electrode disposed on a second end surface of the ceramic body and connected to the third internal electrode, and a fourth external electrode disposed on a second side surface of the ceramic body and connected to the fourth internal electrode. | 2015-04-30 |
20150115894 | COOLER HAVING BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM - A portable cooler includes a cooler body formed of an insulating shell defining an interior storage section, a rechargeable battery, and a charging port coupled to the rechargeable battery to guide energy from the rechargeable battery to an external electrical device coupled to the port. The port may be, for example, a USB port or other port. The port may be protected from water infiltration. In some aspects the charging port is a universal port and various specific ports may be included as port attachments. The port attachments allow for a variety of devices to be coupled to the charging port. In some aspects the rechargeable battery may be a high-voltage battery coupled to the charging port through a voltage limiter. | 2015-04-30 |