18th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160124401 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZED, SECURE, AND INTUITIVE SMART HOME CONTROL USING A SMART HAND - A user equipment (UE) for use in a smart home control system is provided. The UE includes a beam forming device configured to transmit a directional signal beam to an electronic device. The directional signal beam includes a credential associated with the UE. The UE also includes a transmitter configured to transmit a command signal including the credential after the beam forming device transmits the directional signal beam to the electronic device. The command signal commands an operation of the electronic device. The UE further includes an input device. The input device is configured to receive a directional signal beam generating input to initiate the transmission of the signal beam. The input device is also configured to receive a command input to initiate the transmission of the command signal. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124402 | COMPANION CONTROL INTERFACE FOR SMART DEVICES - A companion remote control system is usable with smart devices for controlling a plurality of controlled components. An overall control system includes: a companion remote configured for remote communication, and providing command options for a user desiring to interact with a controlled component; a software application configured for running on smart devices, which typically includes a graphical interface for the user to select desired controlled component from plurality of controlled components; and a control processor capable of communicating with companion remote, smart device and controlled components. The control processor is programmed to correlate user commands received from companion remote to appropriate instructions for a specific controlled component selection received from smart device. The control processor instructing the controlled component based on those commands, thereby allowing user to interact with selected controlled component using companion remote as if it was dedicated to that controlled component. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124403 | METHOD AND SERVER OF CUSTOMIZING SCENARIO MODE FOR SMART DEVICES - The present disclosure provides a method and a server of customizing a scenario mode for smart devices. The method includes: obtaining device information of a plurality of smart devices bound to a user account; pushing, according to the device information of the smart devices, a device startup condition list and a device task list to a controlling device bound to the user account, respectively; receiving, from the controlling device, selection information indicating a selected startup condition and a selected device task; and establishing, according to the selection information, a scenario mode for the smart devices, wherein the smart devices comprise at least one first smart device and at least one second smart device, and the scenario mode represents an operation mode for controlling actions of the at least one second smart device according to a status parameter collected by the at least one first smart device. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124404 | USER DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF USER DEVICE, APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICE - A user device, a method of driving the user device, an apparatus for providing a service, and a method of driving the apparatus for providing the service are provided. The user device includes a storage configured to receive a rule related to performing an operation of the device and to store the rule, and a controller configured to control to perform a former priority operation based on a determination result of the former priority operation included in the stored rule, and to transmit the rule to a periphery device for performing a latter priority operation included in the rule in response to the former priority operation being completed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124405 | THERMAL OPTIMIZATION OF AN IMAGING SCAN ROOM - In accordance with the present disclosure, a tool for evaluating the thermal layout of a scan room is discussed. In practice, the tool may be used to quickly generate and test different room and imaging system layouts to identify a suitable layout. A scan room and imaging system may then be placed and oriented in accordance with the layout that has been tested and found acceptable using the tool. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124406 | PROCESSING BOARD, MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A processing board mounted on a medical diagnostic apparatus, the medical diagnostic apparatus, and a method of controlling the medical diagnostic apparatus are provided. The processing board includes a sensor configured to sense at least one selected from the group consisting of an installation position, an installation direction, and a power consumption of the processing board. The processing board further includes a controller configured to set an identifier (ID) of the processing board based on an output signal of the sensor. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124407 | An Apparatus and a System for Controlling Sensors - Apparatus for controlling sensors is provided. The solution comprises an apparatus having a first interface ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160124408 | Method for Parametering a Field Device - A method for parametering a field device of automation technology by means of a service device. The field device includes at least a battery, a radio module and a non-volatile memory. The battery supplies the radio module and the non-volatile memory, in which parameters of the field device are stored, with energy. The method comprises the steps of establishing a wireless connection between the servicing device and the battery operated radio module of the field device, wherein the field device is operated offline; reading and/or writing parameters of the field device stored in the non-volatile memory; terminating the wireless connection between the servicing device and the battery operated radio module of the field device; connecting the field device to a two-wire line for energy supply of the field device; and parametering the field device after connecting to the two-wire line, wherein, for parametering, at least parameters stored in the non-volatile memory are accessed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124409 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE EXTERNAL EXCHANGE OR UPDATE OF A DEVICE - A method exchanges or updates an old device of a process control system, wherein information is collected about the type and the entity of the old device as well as the type of a new device, wherein the information is compiled into a request, and the request is forwarded to an external service system, with which the request is analyzed and processed, whereupon a new device is compiled externally and is transferred to the process control system in a transfer and is integrated into the process control system. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124410 | MODULE FOR A PROCESS ENGINEERING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROCESS ENGINEERING SYSTEM - A module for a process engineering system having process engineering hardware for carrying out a process engineering sub-process, a control system for local control of the process engineering hardware, the control system being set up to control the process engineering hardware independently and bring it to a number of specific defined states, and an external interface of the control system, the external interface being able to receive a number of defined commands which correspond to the specific defined states of the process engineering hardware. In addition, a method is claimed for controlling a process engineering system which is made up of a plurality of modules. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124411 | DISTRIBUTED ENERGY DEMAND MANAGEMENT - Distributed energy demand management mechanisms for a distributed energy network are disclosed. In one example, a local energy controller of a local energy system determines projected energy demand information for a plurality of energy devices of the local energy system based on energy pricing information received from a central energy coordinator. The local energy controller modifies an energy consumption schedule during an energy pricing transition period based on energy access control information received from the central energy coordinator to manage a projected energy demand increase during the energy pricing transition period of the distributed energy network. In one example, the central energy coordinator determines the energy pricing information for the distributed energy network based on energy supply information and the projected energy demand information. The central energy coordinator determines the energy access control information based on the projected energy demand increase during the energy pricing transition period. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124412 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND EXTENSION BOARD - A control system, includes a master control device configured to control a first controlled object based on time information output from a first clock unit, and a slave control device connected to the master control device via a network and configured to control a second controlled object different from the first controlled object based on control information transmitted from the master control device and time information output from a second clock unit. The time information of the first clock unit and the time information of the second clock unit are time-synchronized. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124413 | PLC SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A programmable logic controller (PLC) system is provided. The programmable logic controller (PLC) system divides a memory region into a plurality of regions according to a function, and reads or transmits data from or to the divided regions according to an operation mode to be performed, wherein the plurality of regions obtained through division includes: a first storage region storing log data on the PLC system; and a second storage region storing a hyper text markup language (HTML) file. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124414 | PLC SYSTEM - A programmable logic controller (PLC) system is provided. The programmable logic controller (PLC) system includes a storage unit storing a user program; a main control unit performing a scan operation based on the user program, measuring a scan time required for the scan time, and determining whether there is a need to process a web based service; and a web based service control unit processing the service data based on the scan time service request details, and service data that are transmitted from the main control unit, according to a result of the determination on whether there is a need to process the web based service. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124415 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING VARIOUS COLORS AND REDUCING OR ELIMINATING OTHER VISIBLE COLORS - A power control system includes a power reduction module operable to reduce power to a connected load, a switching module operable to selectively transfer power directly to the load or to the power reduction module, a frequency module coupled between a harmonic reduction module and the load, the harmonic reduction module connected to an output of the power reduction module for reducing signal harmonics from power transferred to the frequency module, a controller linked to the switching module and to the frequency module to provide control signals, a resistor coupled between the switching module and the power reduction module, and a resistor voltage monitor coupled between the switching module and the resistor, wherein the resistor voltage monitor measures a voltage across the resistor and sends voltage measurement data to the controller. A method for a power control system to reduce power consumption of a load is also disclosed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124416 | STANDBY CONTROL FOR MACHINE TOOLS - A standby control for a machine tool. The standby control is operable for regulating the energy consumption of one or more energy-consuming components of the machine tool during nonoperation of the machine tool. The standby control includes a controller operable to individually activate or deactivate energy-consuming components according to a predeterminable input value in order that a temperature of at least one of the individual components or a temperature of the machine tool is influenced during nonoperation of the machine tool. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124417 | AUTOMATIC GAIN ADJUSTMENT SUPPORT DEVICE - An automatic gain adjustment support device according to this invention supports automatic adjustment of a control gain in a control loop for a servomotor controller which controls a servomotor. The automatic gain adjustment support device includes a frequency characteristic measuring unit, a display unit, a condition setting unit, an automatic gain adjusting unit, and a parameter setting unit. The frequency characteristic measuring unit measures frequency characteristics of the control loop in the servomotor controller. The display unit displays, in Bode diagram form, the frequency characteristics of the control loop. The condition setting unit sets a target gain value at a predetermined frequency. The automatic gain adjusting unit automatically adjusts the control gain in the control loop to the target gain value at the predetermined frequency set by the condition setting unit. The parameter setting unit sets the control gain to the servomotor controller. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124418 | DETECTION OF THE POSITION OF A WINDING DRUM COUPLED TO A MOTOR VIA A DAMPING FLEXIBLE ELEMENT - An apparatus ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160124419 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING THERMAL DISPLACEMENT OF MACHINE TOOL - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for compensating thermal displacement of a machine tool, the apparatus including: a compensation quantity calculating unit configured to calculate a compensation quantity by using temperature data and a predetermined compensation parameter; a smoothing filter configured to exponentially smooth the calculated compensation quantity; a scaling unit configured to scale the exponentially smoothed compensation quantity; a time-dispersion compensating unit configured to calculate a final compensation quantity by time-dispersion compensation for the scaled compensation quantity according to a time-dispersion compensating period; and a control unit configured to compensate each axis of equipment according to the final compensation quantity, and adjusts the time-dispersion compensating period of the time-dispersion compensating unit according to an error absolute value representing a difference between an input value and an output value of the time-dispersion compensating unit. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124420 | THERMAL DISPLACEMENT CORRECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A MACHINE TOOL - A thermal displacement correcting apparatus includes a correction amount estimating device and a parameter automatic selecting device that, in a machine tool having two different sets of specifications that differ due to the presence/absence of a scale and different methods of measuring the lengths of a bed and a table, estimate a thermal displacement correction amount of the machine tool of each set of specifications. The two devices store a collection of parameters for an estimated thermal displacement calculation corresponding to each of the bed, the scale, the table, and a workpiece, as a database, and select the parameters belonging to the set of specifications from the database based on machine information according to each set of specifications, calculate estimated thermal displacements of the bed, the table, and the workpiece, or also the scale, according to the selected parameters, and combine the estimated thermal displacements. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124421 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR GRID LOCATION - A computer system at a substation of an electrical grid examines on-grid communication channels and for very channel, the system compares and correlates a GLA signal provided by a downstream transmitter on that channel to a reference GLA signal. The channel that provided the signal with the best correlation is mostly likely the channel with the transmitter. Thus, the feeder and phase of the signal can be determined from the correlation of signals. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124422 | AUTONOMOUS CONTROL SYSTEM - An autonomous control system having a numerical control device configured to perform machining operation by driving control of an item in a machining tool and an external device, the numerical control device includes a configuration data storing unit configured to store configuration data representing configuration of the item, and a machining program looking-ahead processing unit configured to generate item disposition data, and the external device includes a work information storing unit, an interference determination processing unit configured to command start of operation of the external device at time when the operation of the external device does not interfere with the item driven in the machining tool. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124423 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING AND CONFIGURING FIELD DEVICES IN AN AUTOMATION INSTALLATION - A method/device for managing/configuring field devices in an automation installation with a configuration tool designed to physically identify a field device therein, to logically incorporate it into, and configure it in, the automation installation, wherein the configuration tool to uses a prescribed field-device-type-specific information package describing functions and data of the field device at least partially and wherein the configuration tool has a server and a client, the server being designed to integrate received configuration data with the field-device-type-specific information package into an information package and to validate and process the information package with a piece of validation logic, and the client having a user interface for taking the configuration data. To avoid bottlenecks in the client/server communication, the client is equipped with an information package instance, and is designed to integrate taken configuration data into a package and validate the package. The server is designed to take validated packages. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124424 | 3D VISUALIZATIONS OF IN-PROCESS PRODUCTS BASED ON MACHINE TOOL INPUT - Systems and methods are provided for creating three dimensional (3D) visualizations of in-process products. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a controller and an interface. The controller is able to generate a 3D scene depicting ongoing assembly of a product by a machine tool. The scene includes a 3D model of the product and a 3D model of the machine tool, and the 3D models are placed within the scene based on a location of the product and a location of the machine tool. The interface is able to receive an update from the machine tool indicating a 3D placement of a part that has been attached by the machine tool to the product. The controller is also able to acquire a 3D model of the part, to insert the 3D model of the part within the scene based on the 3D placement, and to provide the scene for display to a user. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124425 | System and Method For Locating Clamping Points For A Part To Be Manufactured Through Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining Operations With The Aid Of A Digital Computer - Automated fixture layout is approached in two distinct stages. First, the spatial locations of clamping points on the work piece are determined to ensure immobility of the fixtured part under any infinitesimal perturbation. Second, spatial locations are matched against a user-specified library of reconfigurable clamps to synthesize a valid fixture layout or configuration that includes clamps that are accessible and collision free. The spatial locations matching during the second stage can be the same spatial locations chosen in the first stage to ensure immobility, or a different set of spatial locations. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124426 | System and method for detecting shaping - This disclosure relates to systems and methods for automatically detecting three-dimensional shaping in a three-dimensional model of a sheet-metal part. Therein, data of a three-dimensional model of the sheet-metal part, which extends in a plane spanned by a first direction and a second direction, is detected, wherein the sheet-metal part comprises a bulge in a third direction which is different from the first and the second directions. Then, a horizontal cut is made through the bulge, as well as a vertical cut perpendicular to the plane spanned by the directions, so that closed cross-sectional contours of the bulge are formed. After a transformation, e.g., a Fourier transformation, of the cross-sectional contours, a tool that produces the bulge can be allocated to the Fourier coefficients. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124427 | Analysis Device, Analysis Method, and Program - An analysis device refers to information included in a recorded product drawing, builds apart of or the entire wire harness by drawing corresponding graphic data of each member constituting the wire harness, adds non-corresponding graphic data to the built wire harness, and displays the product drawing. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124428 | GROUND REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AIRCRAFT WITH AN ELECTRIC TAXI SYSTEM - A ground remote control system for an aircraft includes a security pairing device configured to establish a first secure communication link and protocol between a remote control device and a ground remote control system controller; and establish a second secure communication link and protocol, using the first communication link and protocol between the remote control device and the ground remote control system controller. The ground remote control system controller is configured to receive drive command signals, brake command signals, steering command signals, and power command signals, from the remote control device and generate the electronic drive commands, the electronic brake commands, the electronic steering commands, and the electronic power commands. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124429 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUGMENTED PILOT OPERATIONS OF FLY-BY-WIRE VEHICLES - A system for augmented pilot operations is provided to perform checks and balances between navigable systems and a plurality of controlling parties of a Fly-By-Wire vehicle. A ground based control system having at least one of manual controls and an autonomous piloting system, an electronic communication system including at least one of an onboard communication system, a ground based communication system, and a programmable interface for inter party communication. An on board flight control system including at least one of a primary power unit, manual flight controls, and a programmable flight management system may be provided. An onboard auxiliary navigation system including at least one of an auxiliary power control unit, a ground operated control/navigation unit, a physical barrier may prevent manual override from within the plane or cockpit, and an assignment device. A disagreement detection system may be configured to detect unauthorized use of the Fly-By-Wire vehicle. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124430 | Positioning Device for a Remote Control of a Heavy Duty Vehicle or an Agricultural Vehicle - A positioning device for a remote control of a heavy duty vehicle or agricultural vehicle includes an elastic element. The elastic element has a fastening portion, configured to be secured to a body of the remote control, and a retaining portion, arranged to cooperate with an actuator of the remote control at a threshold position delimiting a first portion of a displacement trajectory of the actuator, and a second portion of the displacement trajectory, so as to oppose movement of the actuator according to its displacement trajectory along at least one displacement direction upon switching of said threshold position and allow switching at the threshold position in said displacement direction as a result of application of a threshold switching force exerted on the actuator. The threshold switching force is higher than a displacement force necessary for movement of the actuator on the first or second portion of the displacement trajectory. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124431 | MULTI-SCALE FIDUCIALS - Disclosed are various embodiments of a multi-scale fiducial. A multi-scale fiducial may have three or more scales, where the child fiducials are nested or otherwise linked by a relative position to the parent fiducials. Multi-scale fiducials may facilitate target identification and tracking at varying distances, potentially without the aid of a scale-invariant recognition algorithm. One application of multi-scale fiducials may involve target identification for autonomously controlled aerial vehicles. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124432 | AUTOMATIC DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC DRIVING CONTROL METHOD - Provided are an automatic driving control system and an automatic driving control method that are capable of clearing away suspicion of a foul by exchanging a “hand” for determining priority of passage by a fair method that allows no foul when automatically driven vehicles face each other on a road. When the automatically driven vehicles face each other on the road, the “hand” for determining the priority of passage is exchanged by performing transmission/reception two times by use of a composite number of prime numbers each having a large number of digits. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124433 | ROBOTIC PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS - An autonomous vehicle platform and system for selectively performing an in-season management task in an agricultural field while self-navigating between rows of planted crops, the autonomous vehicle platform having a vehicle base with a width so dimensioned as to be insertable through the space between two rows of planted crops, the vehicle base having an in-season task management structure configured to perform various tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124434 | SYSTEM, COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNMANNED VEHICLE FLEET CONTROL - A system for controlling a fleet of unmanned vehicles includes a plurality of unmanned vehicles connected to a computing device. The computing device stores a dynamic attribute and a static attribute respective to each of the plurality of unmanned vehicles. The computing device is configured to: receive a task request including (i) an item identifier of an item, (ii) an action type defining an action to be performed respective to the item, and (iii) a location identifier of a location at which to perform the action; responsive to receiving the request, retrieve the stored dynamic attributes and static attributes; based on a comparison of the task request with the dynamic attributes and the static attributes, select one of the plurality of unmanned vehicles; and transmit, via the network, a command to the selected unmanned vehicle to perform the action respective to the item at the location. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124435 | 3D SCANNING AND IMAGING METHOD UTILIZING A SELF-ACTUATING COMPACT UNMANNED AERIAL DEVICE - New methods, systems and devices for the efficient activation of drone devices and scanning of objects for the processing of 3D image models are disclosed. These methods, systems and devices incorporate the use of unmanned aerial drones to scan and collect image data collectors, providing a convenient and efficient configuration for the scanning of objects, large immovable objects and living creatures. Further features according to the present disclosure include enhanced automation of the scanning process and easy activation of the scanning drone by initiating operation of the drone by a predetermined displacement of the drone. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124436 | APPARATUS, METHODS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO CALIBRATE VALVE-MOUNTED INSTRUMENTS - Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to calibrate valve-mounted instruments, such as a position controllers and/or a position transmitter, are described. An example tangible computer-readable medium comprises instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to receive a first value representative of a current position of a valve, receive a second value representative of a sensitivity of a position sensor, compute a first estimated value corresponding to an expected fully-open position of the valve based on the received first and second values, compute a second estimated value corresponding to an expected fully-closed position of the valve based on the received first and second values, receive a control signal representative of a desired position of the valve, and in response to the received control signal, position the valve at substantially the desired position based on the first and second estimated values. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124437 | Measurement Control System for Multi-Shaft Supported Air Floatation Platform - A measurement control system for a multi-shaft supported air floatation platform, the system comprising a load feedback unit ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160124438 | SUBSTRATE LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS, EXHAUST SWITCHING UNIT AND SUBSTRATE LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate liquid processing apparatus includes a liquid processing unit that processes a substrate with processing liquids, an exhaust pipe, individual exhaust pipes corresponding to at least one of the processing liquids and an exhaust switching unit. Further, the exhaust switching unit comprises an exhaust gas inlet chamber and switching mechanisms. The switching mechanisms correspond to the individual exhaust pipes, respectively, and each of the switching mechanisms includes an exhaust gas suction opening communicating with the exhaust gas inlet chamber; an outlet opening communicating with a corresponding one of the individual exhaust pipes; an exterior air suction opening; and a valve body that switches a communication state of the exhaust gas suction opening, the outlet opening and the exterior air suction opening between a state where the exhaust gas suction opening communicates with the outlet opening and a state where the exterior air suction opening communicates therewith. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124439 | FLUID CONTROL VALVE - To provide a fluid control valve that enables the internal volume to be reduced and, for example, the falling response performance to be improved without compromising the accuracy in controlling a pressure, a flow rate, and so on of fluid, a fluid control valve includes a valve seat portion, a valve body capable of making or breaking contact with the valve seat portion, a fluid resistance, and a pair of clamping members that clamps the fluid resistance. The fluid resistance and the pair of clamping members form an in-valve space in which the valve body or at least part of an actuation member that moves the valve body is housed. Fluid passes through the fluid resistance from the downstream-side in-valve space and flows out to the outside. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124440 | FLOW-RATE CONTROL DEVICE AND FLOW-RATE CONTROL PROGRAM - A flow-rate control unit is constituted by a sensor model storage unit, a flow-rate simulation value output unit that outputs a flow-rate simulation value which is a flow-rate value that the sensor model outputs when a flow-rate setting value is input, a feedback control unit that outputs a flow-rate feedback value based on a deviation between a flow-rate measurement value and the flow-rate simulation value, and a valve control unit that controls a valve application voltage that is applied to a valve based on the flow-rate feedback value and a flow-rate feedforward value that is calculated from the flow-rate setting value, and the flow-rate simulation value output unit is configured to output the flow-rate simulation value in a state where a predetermined time delay exists with respect to the flow-rate setting value. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124441 | PRESSURE EQUALIZING INSERT - The invention relates to a pressure equalising insert ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160124442 | PRESSURE SENSOR AUTOTRIM ALGORITHM - A hydraulic steering system estimates a trim value from at least a backpressure sensed on a valve assembly in a steering gear. The system further applies the trim value to the pressure measurements of the valve assembly in the steering gear. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124443 | POWER MAPPING AND MODELING SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - This invention relates in general to a system, apparatus, and method comprises one or more mapping and modeling systems used for power estimation, management, and improved efficiencies for the integrated circuit. In addition, the invention provides a feedback telemetry and actuation system, apparatus, and method for controlling the flow speed and temperature of coolant fluid over an integrated circuit | 2016-05-05 |
20160124444 | VOICE COIL MOTOR TEMPERATURE SENSING CIRCUIT TO REDUCE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE DUE TO VOICE COIL MOTOR COIL SHORTING TO GROUND - An electrical circuit includes: a controlled switch; one or more temperature sensors in thermal contact with the controlled switch; and a control unit configured to: receive a temperature signal from the one or more temperature sensors; compare the received temperature signal to a predetermined threshold; and in response to the received temperature signal exceeding the predetermined threshold, render the controlled switch inoperative. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124445 | ULTRA LOW TEMPERATURE DRIFT BANDGAP REFERENCE WITH SINGLE POINT CALIBRATION TECHNIQUE - A bandgap voltage generator includes a plurality of calibration transistors. A test circuit measures the bandgap reference voltage generated by the bandgap voltage generator and enables a subset of the calibration transistors to correct to the bandgap reference voltage. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124446 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIPHASE SMPS INTERLEAVING - In described examples, a phase interleaver obtains (i) a first signal indicating a variance between a reference voltage and a regulated output voltage and (ii) a second signal indicating a voltage across an energy storage device. A voltage regulator includes multiple phase blocks collectively configured to generate the regulated output voltage. In a repeating cycle, (i) the voltage across the energy storage device is increased while the second signal is less than the first signal and (ii) in response to a determination that the second signal is greater than the first signal, the energy storage device is substantially discharged, multiple stages of a clock divider are transitioned in the phase interleaver, and a set of control signals is output from the clock divider. The control signals have a common switching frequency and a common switching period. The control signals control the phase blocks active in generating the output voltage. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124447 | Method to Pre-Set a Compensation Capacitor Voltage - Compensation capacitor voltages of DC-to-DC converters are pre-set without switching to enable smooth transition from sleep mode to active mode. Appropriate compensation capacitor voltages are set regardless of the length of no-switching sleep period or input voltage change. Therefore the converter can always start with appropriate error amplifier and duty conditions, and avoid output voltage disturbance when the PWM control loop takes over in active mode the control of buck converter. The appropriate capacitor voltages are enabled by creating a local PWM feedback loop of a PWM control loop without enabling the output stage. This local PWM feedback loop works intermittently and always sets the appropriate voltage for the error amplifier and compensation capacitor. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124448 | CAPACITOR-LESS LOW DROP-OUT (LDO) REGULATOR - An integrated circuit including a low drop out (LDO) regulator configured to implement transient response and loop stability in a capacitor-less configuration, including an error amplifier configured to receive a bandgap reference input; first and second pass elements configured to receive outputs from the error amplifier; first and second resistor feedback networks, the first resistor network configured to provide a feedback output as an input to the error amplifier; an overshoot protection circuit; and an output connected to the pass transistors; wherein the capacitor-less low dropout (LDO) regulator is operable without an output capacitor. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124449 | Electrical Power Transmission Line Length Measurement and Average Temperature Estimation - A system and method for measuring length of an electrical power transmission line, and for estimating the average temperature of the line over the measured length. A signal is applied to the line and reflected from a reflection point to obtain a present measure of the line's length. A modified catenary equation uses the length measurement and other variables to estimate average temperature. This temperature measurement can then be used to determine how much power the line is presently capable of safely carrying. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124450 | POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A power management device managing electric power in a load facility group including plural load facilities includes: a detector that detects an instantaneous value of power consumption for each of the plural load facilities; a forecaster that forecasts an instantaneous value of power consumption for each of the plural load facilities; an operation unit that obtains a difference between the value detected by the detector and the value forecasted by the forecaster, for each of the plural load facilities; a controller that outputs a storage command or a discharge command based on whether the difference obtained by the operation unit is positive or negative; and a storage/discharge device that stores/discharges electricity based on the storage command or the discharge command output by the controller. The power management device can respond to instantaneous and steep power consumption amount change in a load facility to enable efficient use of power. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124451 | POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD AND POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A power management method includes a prediction step S | 2016-05-05 |
20160124452 | An Application Topology Recognition Method for Distribution Networks - The present invention relates to a method for automatic identification of an application network topology for power distribution network control which belongs to the field of electric power automation. The method comprises the following steps: 1. statically configuring attributes of a switch; 2. determining, by a power distribution network intelligent terminal STU, whether a query trigger condition is satisfied; 3. sending, by an inquirer, a query command to initiate the query into an application network topology; 4. replying to the query command; 5. receiving the query command; 6. checking the integrity of the switch attribute information; and 7. forming an application network topology. The present method for automatic identification of an application network topology for a power distribution network control has few calculations and can be executed with high speed, ensures the integrity and reliability of information, and is particularly suitable for distributed intelligent control of the power distribution network. The establishment of the application network topology is distributed to each power distribution network intelligent terminal STU, thus reducing heavy calculation, and is suitable for applications having relatively few embedded system software and hardware resources. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124453 | Power Measurement In A Two-Wire Load Control Device - A two-wire load control device may be configured to compute an accurate estimate of real-time power consumption by a load that is electrically connected to, and controlled by, the two-wire load control device. The load control device may be adapted to measure a voltage drop across the device during a first portion of a half-cycle of an AC waveform provided to the device. The device may be further configured to estimate a voltage drop across the load during the second portion of the half-cycle. The estimated voltage drop may be based on the measured voltage drop. The device may be further configured to measure a current supplied to the load during a second portion of the half-cycle. The device may be configured to estimate power consumed by the load based on the measured current and the estimated voltage drop. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124454 | LOW QUIESCENT CURRENT VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH HIGH LOAD-CURRENT CAPABILITY - Embodiments of voltage regulators and methods for operating a voltage regulator are described. In one embodiment, a voltage regulator includes a set of current mirror circuits configured to convert an input voltage into an output voltage and a voltage buffer circuit configured to buffer a reference voltage for the set of current mirror circuits. The set of current mirror circuits form a positive feedback loop. Other embodiments are also described. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124455 | HIGH SPEED TRACKING DUAL DIRECTION CURRENT SENSE SYSTEM - A tracking current sense system is described that includes a current source and a current control device. The current source alternatively and substantially replicates a first current flowing through a first switch and a second current flowing through a second switch. The current control device configures the current source to alternate between replicating the first current and the second current. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124456 | NMOS REGULATED VOLTAGE REFERENCE - A method and system for generating a reference voltage are disclosed. The reference voltage is generated by generating a voltage VRIGHT using a first transistor and generating a voltage VBIAS using a second transistor. The gates of the two transistors are connected to a common node VREF, but the loads of the transistors have different resistances. At least one differential pair is used to detect a difference between voltages VRIGHT and VBIAS. VREF is forced to a value at which the source-drain currents in each of the transistors is equal. The transistors sued are NMOS transistors. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124457 | VEHICLE PEDAL - A vehicle pedal including a pedal body that has one longitudinal direction end portion disposed at a vehicle body floor side, and that is supported so as to be capable of pivoting about the one end portion, wherein: a friction regulating section is integrally formed to a tread portion of the pedal body; a first region and a second region are configured on the surface of the friction regulating section, a coefficient of friction of the second region in the longitudinal direction is greater than a coefficient of friction of the first region in the longitudinal direction; the first region configures another end portion side of the tread portion of the pedal body in the longitudinal direction; the second region configures one end portion side of the tread portion in the longitudinal direction. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124458 | STICK DEVICE AND RADIO CONTROL TRANSMITTER USING THE SAME - Inside a stick base, a variable resistor and a magnet brake are attached to a turnable first bridge. An A/D converter adapted to convert an analog value corresponding to a turning angle, which is obtained from the variable resistor, to a digital value, and a controller adapted to drive the magnet brake when a signal from the A/D converter is given and coincides with a predetermined value are provided. On the basis of data retained in a memory, current is applied to a coil of the magnet brake. Doing so makes it possible to electrically change operational feeling when turning a stick. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124459 | TIME SYNCHRONIZATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK WITH A PLURALITY OF NETWORK NODES - One or a plurality of sub-networks are defined in the communications network. Each of the sub-networks includes a plurality of network nodes from the communications network. One or a plurality of the sub-networks represent pre-determined sub-networks, in which respective pre-determined network nodes have both the function of a global slave node and the function of a local master node. The one or the other network nodes of the respective pre-determined sub-networks are local slave nodes. In addition to global synchronization using the global master node and the global slave nodes, local synchronization is also performed in the pre-determined sub-networks using the local master node and the local slave nodes. Thus, in the event of an error outside a pre-determined sub-network, the local synchronization may be continued, whereas the global synchronization is aborted. It is thus avoided that an erroneous synchronization is propagated into corresponding sub-networks. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124460 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY UNIT, AND CONFERENCE SYSTEM - A display device includes a touch panel having an operation surface, an electrostatic speaker provided on an opposite side of the operation surface of the touch panel, and a display panel provided on an opposite side of the electrostatic speaker with respect to the touch panel. The electrostatic speaker has a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer facing the first conductive layer, and a dielectric interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124461 | PROTECTIVE COVER FOR LAPTOP COMPUTERS - An exterior cover for a laptop computer having a display portion and a keyboard portion is disclosed. The exterior cover includes a first rigid planar element for placement on an outside surface of the display portion. The first rigid planar element includes a raised edge along a perimeter of the first rigid planar element, wherein the raised edge extends toward the display portion. The first rigid planar element further includes a plurality of tabs located on the raised edge, wherein each tab extends from the raised edge for gripping the display portion. The exterior cover further includes a second rigid planar element for placement on an outside surface of the keyboard portion. The second rigid planar element includes a raised edge extending toward the keyboard portion. The second rigid planar element further includes a plurality of tabs for gripping the keyboard portion. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124462 | CONFIGURABLE DOCK STORAGE - A docking scheme enables storage systems to adapt different storage configurations to different clients. Dock configurations identify reconfigurable sets of storage extensions for executing storage operations in a resource node. The resource node receives storage requests from clients and identifies the dock configurations associated with the clients. The resource node then generates a set of storage operations that implement the storage extensions for the identified dock configuration and uses the storage operations to execute the storage requests. Different clients may thus access the same stored data through different docks resulting on different operations within the resource node with the aim of optimizing performance for all clients. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124463 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PERIPHERALS CONNECTED TO A DOCKING STATION - A method for determining which of a plurality of mobile devices connected to the docking station is permitted to control the peripherals involves the docking station determining whether a new mobile device is connected to an input port of the docking station, and, if so, whether the new mobile device is capable of controlling any of the peripherals connected to the docking station. If it is determined that the new mobile device is not capable of controlling any of the peripherals, the docking station determines that the new mobile device is to be connected as a peripheral. If it is determined that the new mobile device is capable of controlling one or more of the peripherals, the docking station determines whether an existing mobile device connected to the docking station has control of the peripherals as a host device, and, if so, determining which of the new mobile device or the existing mobile device has a higher priority to control the peripherals as the host device, and providing the determined host device access to control the peripherals. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124464 | MULTIPLE CONNECTOR ELECTRONICS DOCKING BASE DEVICE - A multiple connector electronics docking base device includes a housing structured to have a slot extending into an upper surface of the housing. A disc is rotatably coupled to the housing and partially positioned within the slot wherein a selectable portion of the disc is positionable to be exposed within the slot. Each of a plurality of base connectors is coupled to the disc. The base connectors are spaced on the disc such that a selectable one of the base connectors is positionable within the slot. A first end of a wire is coupled to the disc such that each base connector is electrically coupled to the wire. A second end of the wire is coupled to the housing such that the second end is configured for being electrically coupled to a power source. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124465 | RETRACTABLE DOCKING SYSTEM - An information handling system (IHS) docking system includes an IHS chassis defining an alignment member passageway and an IHS connector opening. An IHS connector is movably coupled to the IHS chassis adjacent the IHS connector opening and resiliently biased into a retracted orientation. An alignment member securing device is moveably coupled to the IHS chassis adjacent the alignment member passageway and resiliently biased into a non-securing orientation. At least one docking actuator is located in the alignment passageway and coupled to the IHS connector and alignment member securing device. When the IHS chassis is docked with a docking station including a docking connector and an alignment member, the alignment member engages the at least one docking actuator to move the IHS connector relative to the IHS chassis to mate with the docking connector, and move the alignment member securing device relative to the IHS chassis to engage the alignment member. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124466 | Multiple Monitor Display Apparatus - A multiple monitor apparatus in the form of a laptop PC, a desktop monitor, a mobile device, and the like. In dual screen mode, the additional monitor is typically presented displaying different content and centered to the user. In single screen mode, the additional display enclosures are retracted and stored in such a manner that they do not present themselves to the user. A guiderail assembly is used to center both display enclosures relative to the user. The guiderail assembly may be motorized or manually effected and may be located above or below the primary enclosure hinge. The secondary enclosure may be extended and retracted from the primary enclosure by the use of slider arms. The secondary enclosure may also be hinged to the primary enclosure, utilize pegs, ride on its own guiderail, and detach from the primary enclosure or the apparatus. Independent guiderails may also be employed to center two or more displays relative to a user. In one embodiment, the monitor may be rotated from landscape to portrait view. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124467 | Multiple Position Input Device Cover - Flexible hinge spine techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124468 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a terminal body including a first side and a second side, a display located on the first side and configured to display information, a first touch sensor configured to receive touch inputs and located on the first side, a second touch sensor configured to receive touch inputs and located on the second side, and a controller configured to cause the display to display a first screen information, and a secondary image with the first screen information when a first touch input is received via the first touch sensor and a corresponding second touch input is received via the second touch sensor, wherein the secondary image is related to a selected region of the first screen information corresponding to a position of the first touch input. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124469 | DIGITAL BUSINESS CARD - An all-inclusive, electronic digital business card with the capability to continuously receive updated and current information. The card includes such things as sales and other business updates, time, weather, website information which contemporaneously changes as circumstances change, current news, and different email addresses. The card has lettering, numbers, and pictures which light up. It contains photo images and has video and audio capabilities. There is no limit to what could be included on the card, including the ability to translate or change to different languages as needed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124470 | MODULE CONNECTIVITY DEVICE - A module connectivity device includes a stationary pivot plenum, a number of rocker-arm assemblies movably coupled to the stationary pivot plenum in which the rocker-arm assemblies move between an open position and a closed position, and a number of module connectors movably coupled to the rocker-arm assemblies, in which the module connectors move between a disengaged position and an engaged position with respect to the connectors on system modules. A module connectivity system includes a number of rocker-arm assemblies and a number of module connectors movably coupled to the number of rocker-arm assemblies. The system also includes a module connectivity manager to manage the connectivity of the module connectors. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124471 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR STORAGE DEVICE - A mounting apparatus for selectively mounting a first storage device or a second storage device in a storage rack includes a supporting frame made of a resilient material. The supporting frame includes two side brackets. Each side bracket includes a sidewall, an upper wall, a lower wall opposite to the upper wall, and a deformable abutting member formed at the upper wall. The lower walls and the upper walls of the side brackets are capable of sandwiching two opposite portions of the first storage device. When the abutting members are bent below the corresponding upper walls, the lower walls and the abutting members of the side brackets are capable of sandwiching two opposite portions of the second storage device. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124472 | FIXING ASSEMBLY AND FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device comprises a bracket. The bracket comprises a positioning block. The positioning block comprises a positioning post. The bracket defines an opening and a receiving space. The opening communicates with the receiving space. A storage device extends into the receiving space from the opening. The positioning block is configured to resiliently move back. The positioning post is configured to be received in a fixing hole of the storage device to engage with storage device. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124473 | COMPUTER DEVICE WITH HEAT-DISSIPATION CHANNELS - A computer device with at least one heat-dissipation channel includes a master unit and a peripheral unit. A case of the master unit includes a first connection surface including a first hole. The first hole communicates to an external space through a first heat-dissipation channel inside the master unit. A case of the peripheral unit includes a second connection surface including a second hole. The second hole communicates to the external space through a second heat-dissipation channel. A fan is located inside the second peripheral unit channel. When the first connection surface and the second connection surface are aligned to connect with each other, the first heat-dissipation channel, the first hole, the second hole and the second heat-dissipation channel are sequentially communicated in space to form an integrated heat-dissipation channel for guiding a cooling airflow driven by the fan to pass therethrough. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124474 | EVAPORATOR, COOLING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided an evaporator including: a container including a top plate, and a bottom plate configured to be heated by an electronic component; a reinforcing member having a tubular shape extending from the bottom plate to the top plate, and configured such that a coolant is introduced inside the reinforcing member; a side opening formed in a side portion of the reinforcing member, and configured to allow the coolant to flow out to the bottom plate; and a discharge port provided in the top plate outside the reinforcing member, and configured to discharge vapor from the container, the vapor being generated by the coolant contacting the bottom plate. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124475 | THERMAL MITIGATION BASED ON PREDICATED TEMPERATURES - An apparatus is presented. The apparatus includes a first circuit configured to predict temperatures of a location for a plurality of time instances based on measured temperatures and a second circuit configured to schedule a thermal mitigation function based on the predicted temperatures. A method of operating an apparatus is presented. The method includes measuring temperatures on an integrated circuit, predicting temperatures of a location for a plurality of time instances based on the measured temperatures, and scheduling a thermal mitigation function based on the predicted temperatures. An apparatus is presented. The apparatus includes means for measuring temperatures on an integrated circuit, means for predicting temperatures of a location for a plurality of time instances based on measured temperatures, and means for scheduling a thermal mitigation function based on the predicted temperatures. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124476 | THERMAL MITIGATION OF MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE has a processor including a plurality of cores. The plurality of cores includes a first core and remaining cores. The UE determines a temperature of the first core of the plurality of cores. The first core processes a load. The UE determines that the temperature of the first core is greater than a first threshold. The UE determines that the temperature of the first core is not greater than a second threshold. The second threshold is greater than the first threshold. The UE transfers at least a portion of the load of the first core to a second core of the remaining cores in response to determining that the temperature of the first core is greater than the first threshold. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124477 | DEVICE COMMUNICATION WITH POWER DISTRIBUTION UNITS - In an embodiment, a data processing system comprises: a power distribution circuit that is configured to distribute electrical power to one or more network devices; a microcontroller; data transceiving logic that is configured to establish connectivity with the one or more network devices and the power distribution apparatus; receive a first data stream from a first network device; generate a combined signal by combining the first data stream with a power signal into the combined signal; one or more ports that are configured to transmit the combined signal to the one or more network devices. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124478 | CONFIGURABLE POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - In accordance with aspects of the present invention, a programmable power management integrated circuit is presented. An integrated circuit can include a plurality of cells, each cell including at least one driver for a switchable element; and a switch matrix and controller coupled to the plurality of cells, the switch matrix and controller being programmable to configure at least one power channel, each power channel including at least one cell of the plurality of cells. A method of providing a power management system using the integrated circuit includes receiving power requirements corresponding to a target device; providing implementation options to achieve the power requirements; selecting a solution from the implementation options; generating a programming file for a power management integrated circuit, and generating a printed circuit board design for the power management integrated circuit. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124479 | PEER TO PEER POWER MANAGEMENT - An apparatus and associated method contemplating first and second electronic devices configured to execute input/output (I/O) commands via a network. At least one of the electronic devices has a power manager application configured to control an amount of power supplied to the one of the electronic devices based on an amount of power being supplied to one or more of the electronic devices. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124480 | ACTUATING DRIVE AND METHOD FOR SERVICING AND/OR COMMISSIONING AN ACTUATING DRIVE - In an actuating drive ( | 2016-05-05 |
20160124481 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING UNDERVOLTING OF PROCESSING CORES - An example method for detecting undervolting of a core of a multi-core processing unit includes reading a value of an entry counter and a value of an exit counter. The value of the entry counter indicates that a core of the multi-core processing unit has begun executing a code section, and the value of the exit counter indicates that the core has completed executing the code section. The method also includes determining that the core was undervolted when: (i) the value of the entry counter is not the same as the value of the exit counter, and (ii) a core power resource does not satisfy a power resource threshold for the core. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124482 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD - A power management apparatus and a power management method are provided. The method includes the following steps. Conduct a first current path during a first period. Provide a first voltage to an operation end when the first current path conducts and a microprocessor is disabled. The first voltage is used to selectively conduct a second path during the first period. Provide a second voltage to the microprocessor when the second current path conducts. The second voltage is used to turn on the microprocessor. Provide a third voltage to the operation end by the microprocessor when the microprocessor is turned on. The third voltage is used to keep the second current path conducted. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124483 | Evaluation Device, Evaluation Method, and Evaluation Program for Power Storage System - An evaluation device carries out evaluation for BESS that is a power storage system that includes a chargeable and dischargeable battery and provides a power stabilization service with respect to a power transmission network by using the battery. The evaluation device includes an information acquisition unit that acquires input information including at least specification information relating to specifications of the BESS, an estimation unit that estimates a life of the battery and a pecuniary profit in compensation for the service on the basis of the input information that is acquired by the information acquisition unit, and an optimization unit that determines a value of a control parameter, which is optimal for control of an operation of the BESS, on the basis of the life of the battery and the pecuniary profit which are estimated by the estimation unit. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124484 | A Mobile Platform and a Method Therein - A method for controlling powering of a mobile platform | 2016-05-05 |
20160124485 | COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING AN ABSENCE MODE - A computer system includes a system component, at least one non-volatile mass memory, and at least one power supply unit that supplies power. The computer system has at least one system software component having an interface that selects energy-saving functions, which interface provides at least one function that operates the computer system in an absence mode in which at least one first application running on the computer system can be addressed via a network connection. At least one software component is executed by an operating system during operation of the computer system, which software component stops at least one second application when absence of a user is detected and calls the function that operates the computer system in the absence mode via the interface. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124486 | DISTRIBUTED POWER BUDGETING - A distributed power management system is configured determine a node power consumption of a node during a first time interval. The system can determine a node power cap. The system can determine a proportional component power budget for a component of the node based, at least in part, on the node power consumption and a component power consumption. The system can determine a power budget for the component for a second time interval based, at least in part on the proportional component power budget. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124487 | STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING POWER DISABLE SIGNAL - A storage device for connection with a host device via an interface bus, includes a storage unit and a storage controller configured to control access to the storage unit and receive a power disable signal from the host device. The storage controller includes a plurality of processing units, each of which receives an interrupt signal to initiate power disable processing, in response to assertion of the power disable signal. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124488 | CONTROLLING POWER STATES OF A DEVICE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling power states of a device. In one aspect, a circuit is configured to perform operations comprising: receiving, on a data pin of an SPI control interface, a command to enter a reduced power mode; determining that a select signal on a select pin of the SPI control interface has been released; in response to receiving the command to enter the reduced power mode and determining that the select signal has been released, causing the circuit to enter the reduced power mode; determining that the select signal on the select pin of the SPI control interface has been asserted; and in response to determining that the select signal on the select pin has been asserted, causing the circuit to exit the reduced power mode. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124489 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display apparatus is provided, which includes a receiver configured to receive video data, a signal processor configured to process the received video data, an outputter configured to output the processed video data, a generator configured to generate power using heat that is discharged from the display apparatus, a charger configured to store the generated power, and a controller configured to control supplying of the stored power to constituent elements of the display apparatus in the case where or when the display apparatus is in a standby power mode. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124490 | Dynamically Controlling Power Management Of An On-Die Memory Of A Processor - In one embodiment, a processor comprises: at least one core to execute instructions; a memory coupled to the at least one core, the memory including a plurality of pages to store information; and a page manager coupled to the memory, the page manager to access metadata of a page table entry associated with a page of the memory and update usage information of an entry of a database, the entry of the database associated with the page of the memory. The page manager may cause at least a portion of the memory to be dynamically powered down based at least in part on the usage information. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124491 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel and a power supply. The display panel displays an image at a first driving frequency in a normal mode and displays an image at a second driving frequency in a low power mode. The second driving frequency is lower than the first driving frequency. The power supply outputs a first initialization voltage at a first level to the display panel during an active period of the low power mode. The power supply outputs a second initialization voltage at a second level to the display panel during at least a portion of a blank period of the low power mode. The second level is higher than the first level. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124492 | Throttling Of Application Access To Resources - A method and apparatus of a device that modifies an application sleep state of a running application is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device detects an event associated with the running application. In addition, the device evaluates one or more run-time characteristics of the running application. The device further determines if the running application is a candidate to have the application sleep state of this running application modified based on the monitored one or more run-time characteristics of the running application and the detected event. If the running application is a candidate to have the application sleep state of this running application modified, the device sends a message to the operating system of the device indicating how the application sleep state of the running application is to be modified, where the device includes a virtual memory subsystem that pages data of the running application between volatile storage to non-volatile storage. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124493 | ENHANCED WAKEUP MODE - A method of operating a computer that is in a sleep state and that is accessed remotely. The method includes receiving an indication that the computer should transition from a sleep state to a wake state, determining whether the indication was generated as a result of a remote access to the computer, and upon determining that the indication was generated as a result of a remote access to the computer, causing the computer to transition to a partial wake state. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124494 | SERVER - A server includes a control module, a power-supply unit, a storage unit and a switch unit. The control module is electrically connected to a storage device. When the server is powered on, a first power is transmitted to from the power-supply unit to the storage unit and the switch unit, and received by the switch unit to generate a third power. When the server is powered off, the storage unit is triggered to transmit a second power to the switch to make the switch transmit the third power. The control module is provided to control a transmission information between the storage device and a buffer of the control module. When the server is powered on again, the control module continually works according to the transmission information stored in the buffer. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124495 | Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Power of Electronic Device - An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a data provider that stores at least one piece of data for calculating a current consumption value according to each application type; and a processor that changes a data collection period according to a power state of the electronic device, collect data from the data provider, calculates the current consumption value according to each application type based on the power state of the electronic device based on the collected data, and displays the calculated current consumption value according to each application type on a display. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124496 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus obtains a measurement value D of the distance between the object and information processing apparatus using a human detection sensor, and detects the object as a user (user detection state ST | 2016-05-05 |
20160124497 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN DISPLAY ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An electronic device and a method of controlling a screen display of the electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying, in one screen, a first display area in which a main task is executed and a second display area in which a sub-task is executed; detecting a rotation of the electronic device; determining a direction of a user's face relative to the electronic device; and determining a direction of the display area based on an angle between a direction of the electronic device and the determined direction of the user's face. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124498 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING FUNCTION USING SENSOR DATA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING SAME - An electronic device and method utilizes an external sensor group to facilitate miniaturization the device and repair/replacement of external sensors. An interface connected to an external sensor package including at least one sensor. A processor that when the external sensor package is connected through the interface, determines from which group the external sensor package is included in among pre-configured groups and controls the performance of a function corresponding to the determined group. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124499 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING INCOMING EVENTS WHILE PERFORMING A VIRTUAL REALITY SESSION - A virtual reality (VR) system including a virtual reality display and a virtual reality host is provided. The virtual reality display is arranged for displaying a virtual environment for a virtual reality user. The virtual reality host is arranged for performing a virtual reality session to generate the virtual environment using the virtual reality display and creating a virtual interface to sync and interact with a source unit, wherein when the source unit receives an incoming event, the virtual reality host receives a notification regarding the incoming event from the source unit and provides the notification to the virtual interface to generate an alert for the notification to the screen of the virtual reality display in the virtual environment for the virtual reality user. | 2016-05-05 |
20160124500 | WATCH TYPE CONTROL DEVICE - A watch type control device comprises: a band configured to surround at least a portion of a user's wrist; an IR module disposed on a side of the band facing the user's hand when the watch type control device is worn on the user's wrist, the user's hand and wrist being on the same side of the user's body; and a beam projector disposed on the band and configured to outwardly project a screen, wherein the IR module is configured to recognize a user's hand gesture and to initiate the execution of a program causing the beam projector to output on the screen a display corresponding to the program. | 2016-05-05 |