22nd week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170153589 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS COMPRISING A SHEET FEED UNIT REMOVABLY MOUNTED - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a sheet storage cassette, a sheet feed unit, a first detection sensor having a first detector for detecting the presence/absence of sheets stacked on a sheet stacking plate, a second detection sensor having a second detector for detecting the position of the top face of the sheets stacked on the sheet stacking plate, a cassette detection sensor, a driving device, and a controller. The sheet feed unit includes a first actuator for switching detection states of the first detection sensor and a second actuator for switching detection states of the second detection sensor. The controller determines the mounting state of the sheet feed unit based on the detection state of the first and second detection sensors. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153590 | CONVEYING ROLLER, AND FEEDING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A conveying roller has a rotary shaft portion, a roller supporting member, and a roller member. The rotary shaft portion is extendable/contractible. The roller supporting member has an interior space. The roller member is supported on the outer circumferential surface of the roller supporting member. The rotary shaft portion includes first and second shafts. The first shaft has one end part inserted into the interior space, and is movable axially relative to a first side surface. The first shaft has a regulating portion displaceable between a permitting position where the regulating portion permits the movement of the first shaft in the insertion direction relative to the roller supporting member without interfering with a rim of an opening and a restricting position where the regulating portion restricts the movement of the first shaft in the insertion direction relative to the roller supporting member by interfering with the rim. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153591 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium; an edge detecting unit configured to detect edge positions at a plurality of portions along each side of the recording medium being conveyed; a shape detecting unit configured to detect a shape of the recording medium, based on an edge detection result obtained by the edge detecting unit; and an image correcting unit configured to correct the image to be formed on the recording medium, based on a change in the shape of the recording medium before and after image forming, the change being detected by the shape detecting unit. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153592 | POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A post-processing device includes a sheet conveyer that conveys a sheet along a first direction and a sheet end detection sensor that is movable along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and that detects an end of the sheet in the second direction, wherein the second direction is a sheet width direction. The post-processing device further includes a control unit that: causes the hole puncher to move along the second direction based on a position of the end of the sheet detected by the sheet end detection sensor, adjusts a sensitivity of the sheet end detection sensor, determines, prior to adjusting the sensitivity, whether the sheet still remains at the hole puncher based on levels of output signals from the sheet end detection sensor, and outputs, upon determining that the sheet still remains at the hole puncher, a warning signal. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153593 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A fixing device includes a clutch provided between a driving motor and a rotary cam, and a control unit. In a case in which press-contact force of the pressure roller is a high load, when a jam state has been detected, the control unit transmits power to the rotary cam by switching the clutch to a power transmission state, and stops the driving motor at the time of rotation of the rotary cam by a predetermined angle. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153594 | Image Forming Device, Process Cartridge, and Developer Cartridge - A developer cartridge according to one aspect described herein is attachable to a photoconductor unit that comprises a photoconductive drum. The developer cartridge may comprise a main body having an opening, the main body comprising an electric circuit, a front cover configured to move to an opening position in which the opening of the main body is exposed and to a closing position in which the opening of the main body is closed, a first terminal electrically connected to the electric circuit, a photosensitive drum, and a developer cartridge comprising a developing roller, developing frame having a pressed portion, memory unit and second terminal. The front cover may include a pressing portion configured to press the pressed portion of the developing frame in a direction from the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum, and wherein the second terminal faces to the front cover when the front cover is in the closed position. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153595 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided with a printing portion, a waste toner collection portion that includes a conveyance member that is driven by a motor, and conveys waste toner, thereby to collect the waste toner in a waste toner container, a current detection portion for detecting a motor current value, a fan that discharges scattering toner, and a control portion. In driving the fan, the control portion detects a value of the motor current value and sets rotation speed of the fan so that the larger said detected value of the motor current value, the higher the rotation speed. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153596 | MISATTACHMENT PREVENTION DEVICE FOR IMAGE FORMING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A misattachment prevention device for an image forming unit includes multiple developer containing parts that contain individual color developers, and process parts each of which is capable to be engaged with any of the developer containing parts, and forms the image forming unit for an individual color by having one of the developer containing parts engaged, wherein (c) each of the process parts is provided with an intermediate locking member guide part in a place opposing the one of the developer containing parts, and (d) the intermediate locking member guide part is provided with an intermediate locking member that is locked with a locking part formed on the one of the individual developer containing parts, protruded from the intermediate locking member guide part to a side of an apparatus main body, and locked with a locked part formed on the apparatus main body. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153597 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including a process cartridge and a main body with an opening and a cartridge supporter is provided. The process cartridge includes a drum cartridge; a toner cartridge attachable to the drum cartridge; and a switching member switchable states in the process cartridge between a first state, wherein detachment of the toner cartridge is restricted, and a second state, wherein the toner cartridge is released from the restriction. The cartridge supporter is movable between a first position, wherein the cartridge supporter supports the process cartridge to be placed entirely in an inner space in the main body on an inner side of the opening, and a second position, wherein the cartridge supporter supports the process cartridge to be at least partly placed outside the inner space. When the cartridge supporter is in the second position, the switching member is at least partly placed outside the inner space. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153598 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus includes: a casing; first and second heat sources disposed in the casing; a first blower blowing air toward the first heat source to cool the first heat source; and a second blower blowing air toward the second heat source to cool the second heat source. The first and second blowers are disposed to have their respective suction portions facing each other so that the air blown out via the first blower and that blown out via the second blower move away from each other. An air suction port which sucks from outside the casing the air that is blown by the first blower and an air suction port which sucks from outside the casing the air that is blown by the second blower are configured by a common air suction port. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153599 | Systems and Methods for Improving Resolution in Lensless Imaging - An infrared imaging system includes a phase grating overlying a two-dimensional array of thermally sensitive pixels. The phase grating comprises a two-dimensional array of identical subgratings that define a system of Cartesian coordinates. The subgrating and pixel arrays are sized and oriented such that the pixels are evenly distributed with respect to the row and column intersections of the subgratings. The location of each pixel thus maps to a unique location beneath a virtual archetypical subgrating. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153600 | ANALYTIC METHOD FOR COMPUTING VIDEO HOLOGRAMS IN REAL TIME - A holographic display device for computing a video hologram of a scene is disclosed. The scene comprises a multitude of object points. The holographic display device comprises at least one light modulator means. Said holographic display device is configured to perform the steps of (a) defining a visibility region within a periodicity interval of the video hologram of the scene to be reconstructed; (b) for each object point, defining a modulator region by the defined visibility region together with each object point of the scene to be reconstructed, where a sub-hologram of an object point of the scene to be reconstructed is computed for each modulator region, and where an entire video hologram is created by superposition of said sub-holograms; (c) determining complex hologram values of a sub-hologram in a modulator region from a wave front of an object point to be reconstructed by computing modulation functions of an imaging element which is modeled in the respective modulator region of said holographic display device, and in whose focal point the object point to be reconstructed lies, where the sub-hologram of said object point is computed using the modulation functions, and (d) encoding the video hologram of the scene into the screen means. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153601 | METHOD FOR ENCODING A HOLOGRAM IN A LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE - A hologram is constructed from individual subholograms assigned to corresponding encoding regions in a light modulation device and respectively assigned to an object point of the object to be reconstructed with the hologram. With a virtual observer window, a defined viewing region is provided through which a reconstructed scene in a reconstruction space is observed by an observer. A complex value of a wavefront for each individual object point is calculated in the virtual observer window. Each individual amplitude of a complex value of a wavefront in the virtual observer window is subsequently multiplied by a correction value with which a correction of the angle selectivity of at least one volume grating arranged downstream in the beam path of the light modulation device is carried out. The corrected complex values determined in this way for all object points are summed and transformed into the hologram plane of the light modulation device | 2017-06-01 |
20170153602 | HOROLOGY CALENDAR SYSTEM - A horology calendar system ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170153603 | HOROLOGY CALENDAR SYSTEM - A horology calendar system ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170153604 | TIMEPIECE CALENDAR SYSTEM - A timepiece calendar system ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170153605 | ENVIRONMENT DEPENDENT - TEMPERATURE INDEPENDENT COLOR CHANGING LABEL - A timing device comprises a sensing material and/or a component which is sensitive to the presence of an environmental attribute. The environmental attribute drives and speeds up or slows the timing device as the concentration of the attribute increases or decreases, respectively. Alternatively, the timing device is activated upon sensing the presence of the environmental attribute and indicates a total passage of time from exposure/activation of the timing device. Particularly, sensing materials of varying types are able to be used to indicate exposure to a variety of substances. For example, in some embodiments, the timing device comprises a sensing material which is sensitive to the presence of ultraviolet radiation. Alternatively, the sensing material is sensitive to other variables such as x-ray radiation and nuclear radiation. In further embodiments, the sensing material is sensitive to biological or physical contamination. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153606 | Systems and Methods for Operating an Energy-Efficient Display - Described systems and methods allow minimizing energy use and increasing battery life of a wearable device such as a smartwatch, by optimizing the way an image displayed to the user is updated in response to an event. In some embodiments, an image of each display object (e.g., clock hand, text, weather symbol, fitness icon) is individually stored in an image cache, such as a processor register or a separate section of memory. A new, updated on-screen image is computed dynamically, by combining cached images of the respective display objects. When the appearance of a current display object must change in response to the event, an updated image of the respective object is cached for future use. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153607 | ALARM SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Methods and apparatuses are provided for setting alarm times in the field of electronics. The method includes: acquiring a target smart scene of a home device, where the target smart scene indicates a performance of a target operation at a triggering time; acquiring the triggering time from the target smart scene; and setting an alarm time based on the triggering time. With the present disclosure, after setting the target smart scene, a user corresponding to a terminal can set the alarm time without exiting a smart home application for the target smart scene. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153608 | INDUSTRIAL MACHINE SYSTEM, INDUSTRIAL MACHINE, TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER AND PARAMETER EDITING METHOD OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINE - An industrial machine system includes an industrial machine including circuitry which controls operation of a control target machine based on multiple parameters and a set control mode among multiple control modes, and a terminal device including circuitry which changes at least part of the parameters in the industrial machine through wireless communication. The circuitry of the industrial machine sorts out, based on the set control mode, changeable parameters changeable by the terminal device among the parameters, and the circuitry of the terminal device controls display of the changeable parameter sorted by the circuitry of the industrial machine on a display. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153609 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A characteristic change, disturbance, and an abnormal state are accurately detected with no use of a high-accuracy simulation model. A control device for controlling a control target includes a predictive value calculator that outputs a predictive value of an output value to an input value with respect to a model of the control target, a prediction error calculator that calculates a relational value indicating a relationship between the predictive value and a measured value of output of the control target; and a change detector that compares a first relational value to a second relational value, the first relational value being the relational value in a reference state in which the control target operates normally, the second relational value being the relational value in an operating state in which the control target is operated. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153610 | ADAPTIVE SENSOR DATA SELECTION AND SAMPLING BASED ON CURRENT AND FUTURE CONTEXT - A method for controlling a sensor may be performed by a mobile device including a processor and a memory. The method may include receiving raw data from the sensor, classifying the raw data into a context value, interpreting the context value into a higher-level context, receiving a predicted context based on the higher-level context, and controlling the sensor based on the predicted context. Controlling the sensor may include controlling a frequency at which raw data is received from the sensor, or an on/off state of the sensor. Control of the sensor may also be based on both the higher-level context and the predicted context. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153611 | CONTROL PARAMETER TUNING DEVICE, CONTROL PARAMETER TUNING METHOD, CONTROL PARAMETER TUNING PROGRAM - A control parameter tuning device for tuning a control parameter stored in a control system that controls a controlled object on the basis of a control parameter, includes a model updating module configured to update a controlled-object model that represents the controlled object when tuning a control parameter using data acquired when the controlled object operates; a first search module configured to repeatedly run simulations using the updated controlled-object model to search for a control parameter within a first range, and output a candidate for an optimal value for the control parameter; and a second search module configured to repeatedly operate the controlled object and search for a control parameter within a second range narrower than the first range and determined by the candidate output by the first search module and acquire operation results for the controlled object. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153612 | COMPUTERIZED AND ELECTRONIC PLATFORM FOR DRIVING URBAN EQUIPMENT - The invention disclosure relates to a computerized and electronic platform for driving urban of various categories, wherein it comprises an information base in which are recorded: category-based digital representations of each of the categories, each consisting of a plurality of attributes specific to the category considered; functional scripts controlling processing operations applied periodically for each of the items of equipment a digital object whose structure is determined by the digital representation associated with the category and whose attribute values are determined as a function of the physical state of the associated item of equipment; a dialogue and interfacing layer common to the digital representations and ensuring the exchanges of digital information between the items of equipment of each of the categories and the associated digital object and communication drivers associated with each of the items of equipment, ensuring the conversion of physical data into digital data. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153613 | DYNAMICALLY ADAPTIVE PERSONALIZED SMART ENERGY PROFILES - A facility employing systems, methods, and/or techniques for dynamically and adaptively configuring configurable energy consuming and producing devices (e.g., smart energy devices) based on user profiles and user presence information is disclosed. In some embodiments, the facility periodically detects the presence of users, and retrieves preference information for those users. For each of one or more configurable energy devices in the area, the facility generates a combined setting based on the preferences of each user present and adjusts the devices based on the combined settings. For example, if User A, User B, and User C are present in a room and User A's preferred temperature setting is 75° F., User B's preferred temperature setting is 68° F., and User C's preferred temperature setting is 70° F., the facility may generate a combined setting for a thermostat by taking the average value of the users in the room. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153614 | CORRECTION DEVICE, CORRECTION DEVICE CONTROLLING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Improvement of following performance about a target value is achieved in a control system, particularly a feedback control system. A command value correcting device corrects a current-control-cycle command value received with a feedback controller using a current-control-cycle controlled variable of a control target. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC RECOGNIZING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN PERTURBATIONS IN A NETWORK - A method and apparatus for automatic recognition of similarities between perturbations in a network, the apparatus includes a memory unit for storing a first data array of multiple perturbation data snapshots each recorded in response to a perturbation observed in the network; a generation unit adapted to generate by machine learning a data model of perturbations trained on the first data array, wherein the trained data model provides a latent vector representation for each of the perturbations; a recording unit adapted to record a perturbation data snapshot if a perturbation is observed during operation of said network and adapted to provide a corresponding second data array for the recorded perturbation data snapshot; and a processing unit adapted to derive a latent vector representation for the observed perturbation from the second data array using the trained data model of perturbations. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153616 | PRODUCTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACTUAL PRODUCTION INFORMATION IN PRODUCTION LINE AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A production control apparatus includes a workpiece position detection unit, an ID generation unit, an ID notification unit, a data receiving unit, and a storage unit. The data receiving unit receives the unique IDs generated by the ID generation unit and the traceability data (actual production information) when the workpieces for which the unique IDs have been generated are processed, from the manufacturing machines to which the unique IDs have been notified by the ID notification unit. The storage unit records the unique IDs and the traceability data received by the data receiving unit in association with each other. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153617 | Object Creation In Process Control Systems - A computer-implemented method for creating software objects in a process control system. The method is performed by a processing tool. The method includes creating a process object in the process control system, the process object having at least two aspects. The method includes instantiating at least one instance of the process object in the process control system. The process object is defined by a control device object type having at least two aspects. The control device object type inherits at least one aspect of the at least two aspects from a control object type and inherits at least one other aspect of the at least two aspects from a device object type. There is also provided a processing tool, a computer program, and a computer program product. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153618 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SCHEDULE OF AN APPLIANCE - A method of determining an optimal schedule for performing a cycle of operation in the appliance wherein the schedule is a function of the tradeoff factor wherein the tradeoff factor is used to determine a rate threshold above which a delay request is included in the optimal schedule, and the rate threshold is a summation of I) an average of a series of projected rates for the use of the resource by the appliance for a future series of time periods and II) a product of the tradeoff factor and a standard deviation of the series of projected rates. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153619 | PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER SYSTEM - A programmable controller system includes a control device; a functional device including a buffer memory and a general-purpose logic unit; and a peripheral device that creates a user program. The peripheral device includes a circuit setting unit, which sets operation data indicating the operation of a logic of the general-purpose logic unit; and a circuit-control-parameter setting unit, which sets a circuit control parameter representing the relation between a buffer memory address indicating an address in the buffer memory and a logic address indicating an address in the logic. The functional device includes a circuit control unit that transfers the operation data to the logic address on the basis of the specified buffer memory address and the circuit control parameter. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153620 | METHODS AND NODES FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A TOOL SERVER AND A PLURALITY OF TOOL CONTROLLERS IN A WORK TOOLS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method performed by a work tools communication system facilitates communication between a tool server and tool controllers connected thereto. The method includes: sending, from the tool server to a first of the tool controllers, a message, including a destination address of and a requested action to be performed by the first tool controller, to control at least one work tool connected to the first tool controller. The method also includes, by the first tool controller: receiving the message based on the destination address; analysing the message to detect the requested action; and controlling the at least one work tool according to the detected requested action. The message includes header and payload parts, including the requested action and details of the requested action, respectively. The payload part is divided into a plurality of data nodes, each data node including a type of data field and a data value field. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153621 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINING WORKPIECES TO FORM AN ARTICLE - A workpiece having at least one physical feature is placed into a workstation fixture having at least one adjustable locator. Measurement data reflecting the position of the at least one physical feature of the workpiece and measurement data reflecting the position of the at least one adjustable locator are obtained. A processor ingests and utilizes the collection of assembly data and the measurement data to define and store in memory at least one ordered pair correlating the physical feature and the adjustable locator. The processor defines a test vector that connects the position of the at least one physical feature and the position of the at least one adjustable locator. The processor to computationally discovers a best fit for adjusting the position of the adjustable locator to register with the physical feature by applying to the test vector a computational optimization process that seeks to minimize the length of the test vector to thereby generate a digital shim vector. The adjustable locator is then physically moved according to the digital shim vector, which is stored in association with the collection of assembly data. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153622 | FULLY-CLOSED LOOP POSITION CONTROLLER - A fully-closed loop position controller with a velocity control system based on a velocity feedback of mixed velocities of a motor velocity and a load velocity. The fully-closed loop position controller identifies a ratio of load moment of inertia in real time to select an optimum mix gain in accordance with a changing ratio of load moment of inertia such that a position loop gain and a speed loop gain can be varied accordingly. The fully-closed loop position controller controls the load position based on the mix gain, the position loop gain, and the velocity loop gain. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153623 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER - A numerical controller according to the present invention includes: a turning condition designation unit that designates a machining condition of turning; a nicking condition designation unit that designates a machining condition of nicking; a fixed cycle instruction analysis unit that generates an instruction sequence of a turning cycle operation based on the turning machining condition; and a nicking operation instruction generation unit that generates an instruction sequence of a nicking cycle operation based on the turning machining condition and the nicking machining condition. The numerical controller executes the instruction sequence of the nicking cycle operation before executing the instruction sequence of the turning cycle operation. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153624 | ASSEMBLY LINE EFFICIENCY SYSTEM - A system and method for determining and visually displaying efficiency rates for a production or assembly line has three main parts. A computer accepts predetermined data that sets a baseline rate and a target rate of production of units and data from a counter that counts the actual number of units being produced. The counter is most commonly an electric eye attached at a strategic point in the production or assembly line by a magnetic base. A three light visual display has Green, Yellow and Red lights to visually display whether the actual rate of production of units is above the target rate, below the target rate but above the baseline rate or below the baseline rate. The computer screen allows for data input (baseline and target rates, time period measured), worker breaks and product “Changeovers” and may also show graphics depicting the amount of time in which the production or assembly line is at or below the baseline and target rates or in between those rates. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153625 | CELL CONTROL APPARATUS WHICH PREDICTS FAILURE OF MANUFACTURING MACHINES AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A cell control apparatus comprises an operation information acquisition unit which acquires operation information of manufacturing machine, a failure prediction unit which predicts a failure time of the manufacturing machine based on the operation information of the manufacturing machine, and a replacement time acquisition unit which acquires a replacement time of the component from a component management apparatus. When the failure time is earlier than the replacement time, the cell control apparatus performs a control for reducing an operation load of the manufacturing machine on which a failure of the component is predicted so that the failure time is later than the replacement time. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153626 | CAM DATA DISPLAY DEVICE - A cam data display device is designed to perform waveform display of a motion of an electronic cam and is provided with a cam-shape data storage unit configured to store cam-shape data in which a phase of a camshaft is associated with a position of a slave axis, a camshaft rotational speed acquisition unit configured to acquire a rotational speed of the camshaft, and a waveform generation unit configured to generate the waveform display indicative of the relationship between time and the motion of the slave axis, based on the cam-shape data and the rotational speed of the camshaft. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153627 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMUM MANUFACTURING ALTERNATIVE FOR MANUFACTURING A PRODUCT - A method and device for determining an optimum manufacturing variant for manufacturing a product from currently available manufacturing alternatives of one or more manufacturing plants, and for creating the associated manufacturing documents based on the following steps: creating a product-specific, manufacturing plant-independent CAD manufacturing specification of the product to be manufactured; determining different possible manufacturing alternatives for manufacturing the product based on the created product-specific, manufacturing plant independent CAD-manufacturing specification and the available manufacturing machines; generating a specific CAD-model for each determined manufacturing alternative, wherein a feedback report is created by an associated CAM-engine for each generated specific CAD-model; evaluating the created feedback reports of the different manufacturing alternatives in order to determine the manufacturing alternatives that are suitable for manufacturing the product and to evaluate whether each manufacturing alternative complies with predefined manufacturing tolerances and manufacturing specifications; and selecting the optimum manufacturing alternative. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153628 | PROFILE GENERATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PROFILE GENERATION APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A velocity profile is calculated to have a lower power peak or a lower torque peak and to allow a control target to reach a predetermined position within an intended time. An input reception unit receives a designated drive time. A profiling unit generates an input profile including a leading edge portion, a flat portion, and a trailing edge portion calculated based on the principle of least action. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153629 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING FEED RATE BASED ON SPINDLE LOAD - A numerical controller performs PID control to control the move speed of an axis for driving a spindle such that a load value of the spindle becomes constant. When the spindle load value exceeds a threshold value, a speed calculation unit of the numerical controller calculates an override for the feed rate of the axis instructed by command data such that the load value of the spindle becomes constant, and, at the start of the speed calculation process, assigns the override just before the start of the speed calculation process to an initial value of an integral term or an offset for PID control. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153630 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ROOT CAUSES OF YIELD LOSS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a two-phase process for searching the root causes of the yield loss in the production line | 2017-06-01 |
20170153631 | METHOD, NODES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM OF A TOOL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method performed by a tool communications network for remote control of power tools includes: determining control data and arranging the control data in a message structure by a tool server. The message structure includes a message header for message transmission and a message body, including at least one data container, for carrying control data. The data container contains at least one individual control data item containing metadata and value data, and is expressed in a binary format. The method also includes: transmitting by the tool server a message based on the message structure including the control data; receiving by a tool controller the message based on the message structure comprising the control data; and storing the control data according to the message structure in a database of a plurality of tool controllers. At least one power tool is connected to at least one tool controller. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153632 | ROUTING OF ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING MESSAGES - An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) gateway is provided for routing of ERP messages to Manufacturing Execution System (MES) applications. The gateway can receive a message from an ERP system via a manufacturing services bus specifying a business objective requiring action at a control level of an enterprise. The received message can be routed to a selected MES application capable of carrying out the business objective based on attributes within the message. Message routing can be based on location tags contained in the message. The message can also be routed to a selected subset of MES applications based on an analysis of respective capabilities and control contexts of the MES applications. Messages can be routed between the ERP system and the MES applications via the manufacturing services bus, which can manage protocol transformations for a heterogeneous set of applications. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153633 | Commissioning Field Devices in a Process Control System Supported by Big Data - Techniques for determining device-specific information such as commissioning data, location information, images, and other data descriptive of a process device installed in a plant include obtaining the device-specific information at a local device during the process device's commissioning. Based on this information, the local device determines the relative order of the process device within a process flow, and may determine a process element alignment map indicating the activation order of a plurality of process elements within the flow. A user may modify the map at the local device. The map is transmitted to a process control big data network for use in discovery and learning analytics. The device-specific information and/or the map may be utilized to generate, at the local device, representations/views of the process flow, which may include real-time operational data. A user may zoom in or out on these views for more or less detail. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153634 | CONTROLLER - The velocity and force of a target is controlled to have a predetermined relationship, independently of changes in the velocity at which the target is driven using a velocity command value and in an external force from the target. A controller controls a control target, driven to generate a predetermined viscous force as a reaction force, by periodically outputting a command value to the control target using a target value calculated from a command pattern for driving the control target and a feedback value from the control target relative to the target value. A correction operation unit obtains a control physical quantity different from the command value, calculates a correction command value based on a relationship between an error of the obtained control physical quantity from its target value and an error of the feedback value from the target value, and outputs the correction command value to the control target. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153635 | METHOD FOR THE REMOTE CONTROL OF A FUNCTION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE USING AN ELECTRONIC UNIT OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE, AND A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for the remote control of a function of a motor vehicle by means of a vehicle-external electronic unit, in which the vehicle-external electronic unit ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170153636 | Vehicle with wearable integration or communication - A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a control system and a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the control system. The control system is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wearable device worn by a user using the wireless transceiver and the control system is configured to receive input from one or more sensors of the wearable device. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153637 | PORTABLE RADIO OPERATING UNIT FOR CONTROLLING A TRUCK - A method for controlling an industrial truck equipped with a vehicle radio unit via a radio control unit that is portable and designed to transmit signals to the vehicle radio unit, which has a transmitter, a housing equipped with at least one control panel and an acceleration sensor arranged in the housing, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
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20170153638 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE, AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An acquirer of an autonomous mobile device acquires a value of level difference between a datum level and the device. A determiner determines whether the value of level difference acquired by the acquirer is equal to or higher than a given value. A movement restrictor restricts parallel shift of the device when the determiner determines that the value is equal to or higher than the given value. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153639 | Predicting and Responding to Cut In Vehicles and Altruistic Responses - Systems and methods are provided for detecting and responding to cut in vehicles, and for navigating while taking into consideration an altruistic behavior parameter. In one implementation, a navigation system for a host vehicle may include a data interface and at least one processing device. The at least one processing device may be programmed to receive, via the data interface, a plurality of images from at least one image capture device associated with the host vehicle; identify, based on analysis of the plurality of images, at least one target vehicle in an environment of the host vehicle; determine, based on analysis of the plurality of images, one or more situational characteristics associated with the target vehicle; determine a current value associated with an altruistic behavior parameter; and determine based on the one or more situational characteristics associated with the target vehicle that no change in a navigation state of the host vehicle is required, but cause at least one navigational change in the host vehicle based on the current value associated with the altruistic behavior parameter and based on the one or more situational characteristics associated with the target vehicle. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153640 | UNMANNED FLYING OBJECT AND FLIGHT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flight control method of an unmanned flying object includes acquiring first positional information indicating a position of the unmanned flying object using a position sensor, receiving a position reset command and second positional information that indicates a position of an operation device from the operation device used to operate the unmanned flying object, determining a rotation angle needed to orient a movement direction of the unmanned flying object in a predetermined direction in accordance with the first positional information and the second positional information, and performing control to orient the movement direction of the unmanned flying object in the predetermined direction in accordance with the rotation angle. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153641 | AUTONOMOUS TRAVELING DEVICE - An autonomous traveling device includes a vehicle body, a traveling body to move the vehicle body, a ranging device to consecutively change a direction of emission of light beams while optically scanning a scanning range, and a reflection body to change a direction of an optical path of at least part of light beams emitted from the ranging device and reflected to an area other than a center area of the scanning range. Further, an autonomous traveling device includes an optical path changing device. The optical path changing device changes an angle of inclination downwardly relative to a scanning plane of the ranging device and changes a direction of an incident light from a lateral direction to a forward direction of the vehicle body. Further, the optical path changing device changes a direction of an incident light toward a foot area of the vehicle body. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153642 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING ESTIMATION USING A SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION MODEL - A method and apparatus for traffic signal timing estimation are disclosed. Traffic signal timing estimation may include a vehicle identifying transportation network information representing a vehicle transportation network including an intersection. The transportation network information may include expected traffic control device state information corresponding to the intersection, such as a support vector regression based machine learning model trained for the intersection. The vehicle may identify a route through the vehicle transportation network that includes the intersection based on the expected traffic control device state information and may control the traversal of the vehicle transportation network by the vehicle based on the expected traffic control device state information to minimize one or more operational cost metrics. Training the model may include identifying training data from input data previously generated and stored by a traffic control device controller of the intersection. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153643 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device includes circuitry configured to: acquire, from vehicles each of which has a driving assist function, a use information of the driving assist function of each of the vehicles that are traveling; calculate an information indicating a use possibility of the driving assist function on the basis of the use information; and transmit the information indicating the use possibility to a given vehicle having the driving assist function in a manner that the given vehicle uses the information indicating the use possibility to conduct a route search. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153644 | Action Planning Device - Vehicle systems that implement action planning for a vehicle have had difficulty in maintaining safety in the event of a failure in a recognition device since these systems generate trajectories and control the vehicle on the basis of outside-world information recognized by recognition devices. The present invention was conceived in light of the aforementioned situation and addresses the problem of maintaining safety even in the event of a failure in a recognition device of a vehicle system. This problem can be solved by an action planning device having a failure detection unit for detecting a failure in an outside-world recognition unit and a trajectory generation/determination unit for executing an action on the occurrence of a failure on the basis of outside-world information outputted by the outside-world recognition unit, wherein the trajectory generation/determination unit takes an action for coping with the failure on the basis of failure information from the failure detection unit. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153645 | VEHICLE STOP GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE STOP GUIDANCE METHOD - A vehicle stop guidance system and a method for storing a camera image obtained from a camera device configured to photograph a surrounding of a set vehicle to be stopped into a camera image storage unit; detecting a target facility at which the set vehicle is to be stopped; calculating a distance between a target object being a target which exists at the target facility and for which the set vehicle is to be stopped and a target device of the set vehicle to be made closer to the target object; calculating a stop position that causes the distance between the target object and the target device to fall within a set range based on a calculation result of the distance; and guiding the set vehicle to the stop position based on a calculation result of the position. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153646 | APPARATUS OF CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF MOBILE ROBOT MOUNTED WITH WIDE ANGLE CAMERA AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus of controlling movement of a mobile robot mounted with a wide angle camera and a method thereof. An apparatus of recognizing a position of a mobile robot includes two wide angle cameras which obtain one pair of stereo images on a region of interest including a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in accordance with movement of a mobile robot; an inertial measurement unit (IMU) which obtains inertial information of a mobile robot; a position recognizing unit which predicts a movement point using one between first odometry information calculated based on at least one pair of stereo images and second odometry information calculated based on the inertial information and estimates a current position using the predicted movement point and a previously stored key frame, by a position recognizing unit; and a movement control unit which controls movement of the mobile robot based on the estimated position. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153647 | APPARATUS OF UPDATING KEY FRAME OF MOBILE ROBOT AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of updating a key frame of a mobile robot. An apparatus for updating a key frame of a mobile robot includes a key frame initializing unit which initializes seeds which constitute a key frame in a first position of the mobile robot and a key frame updating unit which projects seeds in the initialized key frame onto a first image photographed in the first position to obtain a coordinate according to each of the seeds and projects the seeds with the coordinates onto a second image photographed in a second position in accordance with movement of a mobile robot to update the seeds of the key frame as a projected result. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153648 | ROBOTIC WORKING TOOL SYSTEM WITH A BOUNDARY WIRE - A robotic work tool system ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170153649 | WORK MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM, WORK MACHINE, WORK MACHINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE - A work machine control system includes a steering device configured to operate steering wheels of a work machine, a posture detector configured to detect a first azimuth as information on an orientation of the work machine, a steering angle detector configured to detect a steering angle of the steering device, an azimuth calculation unit configured to obtain a second azimuth of the work machine by using the steering angle detected by the steering angle detector, and a vehicle control unit configured to control the steering device by using either the first azimuth or the second azimuth, wherein the first azimuth or the second azimuth is switched to be transmitted to the vehicle control unit. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153650 | MULTIPLE ROTORS AIRCRAFT AND CONTROL METHOD - A multiple rotors aircraft and a control method thereof are provided. The control method comprises the following steps. First, current motion information of the multiple rotors aircraft is obtained. Then, at least one control gain is adjusted through a gain adjustment function according to the current motion information. The gain adjustment function conforms to a non-Lipschitzian characteristic, and at least one rotor of the multiple rotors aircraft is controlled according to the control gain. Therefore, the multiple rotors aircraft would be ensured that its flight attitude is toward a target position, and the expected result would be conformed rapidly. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153651 | FLOW RATE MEASURING UNIT AND FLOW RATE CONTROL UNIT - A flow rate measuring unit, comprising a housing, which is composed of at least two housing parts that can be connected to one another and in which a flow passage extends, which branches off into a measuring channel branch and at least one bypass channel branch, wherein a substrate comprising a sensor system is disposed in the measuring channel branch. According to the invention, the flow passage includes a channel widening chamber in which an insert plate stack composed of at least two insert plates is disposed, which each include at least one plate-longitudinal recess extending in the longitudinal direction as the measuring channel branch and/or as the bypass channel branch. The insert plates are provided as insert parts for the channel widening chamber. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153652 | RECONFIGURABLE MODULAR FLUID FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM FOR LIQUIDS OR GASES - The embodiments herein discloses a linear seal system for interconnecting flow controller modules in a fluid flow controller. The system comprises a flow sensing module is coupled to an inlet connection module to measure a fluid flow rate to generate a sensor output signal. A flow control valve module is coupled to the flow sensing module to provide a user desired flow rate through an outlet connection module. An electronic control system is configured to regulate an operation of the flow sensing module and the flow control valve module based on the command signal to achieve a desired flow rate. A linear track system provided to support all the modules in a linear arrangement, includes a dovetail locking configuration. The linear track has two rod/screws to compress the seals between the modules. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153653 | PRESSURE REDUCTION VALVE - A pressure reduction valve includes: a housing; an inlet and an outlet provided in the housing; a piston movable in the housing; a rod extending from the piston toward the inlet; a rod sliding part where the rod slides in the housing; a valve element provided in the rod; a valve seat to be seated with the valve element; a valve chamber formed around the valve element downstream the valve seat; a pressure control chamber provided between the piston and the housing downstream of the piston to communicate with the outlet; a passage formed in the rod and the piston; a spring to urge the piston and the rod to separate the valve element from the valve seat; and a sealing member provided in the rod sliding part. A wear ring is provided upstream of the seal member to narrow a clearance between the rod sliding part and the housing. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153654 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING RESONANCE - A device for analyzing and compensating for automotive noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) is provided. The device includes a microprocessor, a sensor, to measure NVH associated with an automotive system of a vehicle at a frequency and monitor any direct correlation of an environmental condition to a harmonic or resonation problem, the sensor having an output in electrical communication with the microprocessor when vibrations are present at the measured frequency, and a tensioner for adjusting surface tension of a surface of the vehicle to reduce resonance, wherein the tensioner adjusts tension when said microprocessor determines resonance as sensed by the sensor. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153655 | BYPASS SWITCH FOR IN-LINE POWER STEAL - A power supply unit for use with thermostats or other like devices. The power supply unit may keep electromagnetic interference emissions and harmonics at a minimum. A unit may have enough power for triggering a switch at about a cross over point of a waveform of input power to the unit. Power for triggering may come from a storage source. Power for the storage source may be provided with power stealing which require switching transistors which can generate emissions. In-line thermostats using MOSFETS power steal may do the power steal during an ON state (triac, relay or silicon controlled rectifier activated). Gate signals to the transistors may be especially shaped to keep emissions from transistor switching at a minimum. All that may be needed, during an OFF state as a bypass, is a high voltage controllable switch. The need may be achieved using high voltage MOSFETS. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153656 | METHOD FOR STARTING A FAN OPERATION TEST - The present invention concerns a method for starting a test testing the operation of at least one fan designed, said method comprising steps of:—comparing (E | 2017-06-01 |
20170153657 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An integrated circuit includes: a source current generation block suitable for generating a source current; a first mirroring block suitable for generating first and second mirroring currents corresponding to the source current; a second mirroring block suitable for generating a third mirroring current and a reference current corresponding to the first mirroring current; a first correction block suitable for correcting a current mismatch between the source current, the first mirroring current and the second mirroring current based on the third mirroring current; and a second correction block suitable for correcting a current mismatch between the first mirroring current, the third mirroring current and the reference current based on the second mirroring current. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153658 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT, PROTECTIVE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electronic circuit includes a first consumption part, at least one second consumption part, and a current mirror circuit. The first consumption part passes a current to consume electricity when a voltage exceeding a first voltage is applied. At least one second consumption part is disposed in parallel with the first consumption part and passes a current to consume electricity. The current mirror circuit passes, to the second consumption part, a current corresponding to a current that flows through the first consumption part. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153659 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT - An FDSOI reference voltage generation circuit, including a CTAT current generation circuit; a PTAT-type voltage generation circuit including a first branch including first and second series-connected transistors, the front surface gates of the first and second transistors being connected to the conduction node of the second transistor opposite to the first transistor; a third diode-assembled transistor having a conduction node connected to an output node of the PTAT voltage generation circuit and having its other conduction node forming a reference voltage supply node; and a current mirror; wherein the first and second transistors are of LVT type and the third transistor is of RVT type. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153660 | AUTOMATIC CLOCK CONFIGURATION SYSTEM - A method for automatic clock configurations is performed by a system having a host and a peripheral device. The host indicates on a first general-purpose input/output (GPIO) of a peripheral interface connecting the host and the peripheral device, whether the host supports a first clock configuration. The peripheral device receives from the first GPIO whether the host supports the first clock configuration. The peripheral device selects, in response to the host supporting the first clock configuration, use of a local clock of the peripheral device. The peripheral device selects, in response to the host not supporting the first clock configuration, use of a common clock of the host. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153661 | TIMING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOVING OBJECT - A timing device includes a counter that performs counting action in synchronization with pulses in a clock signal to generate a 6-bit count value representing decimal numbers “0” to “39” in each count cycle in order to perform counting action on a 1/100-second basis and an output control circuit that outputs upper 4 bits of the count value generated by the counter as 4-bit timed data representing time on a 1/1000-second basis. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153662 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE - A head mounted display device includes at least one display panel, two first lenses, two second lenses, and microstructures. The display panel is adapted to provide an image beam. The first lenses are disposed between the display panel and a focus area. Each first lens includes a first surface and a second surface. The second lenses are disposed between the first lenses and the focus area. The microstructures are disposed on at least one of the first surfaces and the second surfaces. Each first lens has an axis. The microstructures include a first microstructure group disposed close to the axis and a second microstructure group disposed away from the axis. A first angle is formed between any two adjacent microstructures in the first microstructure group, and a second angle is formed between any two adjacent microstructures in the second microstructure group. The first angle is greater than the second angle. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153663 | Information Handling System Folded Display Assembly - A portable information handling system display has an OLED film disposed over front and rear faces of a substrate, such as a carbon fiber material. A protective cover is disposed over the OLED film with a folded portion along an end of the substrate, the protective cover hardened at the front and rear faces and left unhardened along the folded portion. In one example embodiment, a transparent bezel is placed over the folded portion with the OLED film presenting system information through the bezel, such as battery state, etc. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153664 | DETACHABLE PORTABLE COMPUTING APPARATUS - Detachable portable computing apparatus includes a base, a connecting component and a display component. The connecting component includes a housing, a first magnetic unit, and a guide pin. The housing has an opening on the housing. The first magnetic unit locates inside the housing, and moves toward or away from the opening. The guide pin is connected to and interlocking with the first magnetic unit. The guide pin can be accommodated inside the housing or protruded outside the housing from opening. The display component includes a guided socket and a second magnetic unit. The guided socket and the second magnetic unit are located at same side of the display component. While the second magnetic unit of the display computing component approaches the opening, the first magnetic unit is attracted, to drive the guide pin to be protruded outside the housing, and connects with the guided socket. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153665 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes an expansion assembly and a tablet computer. The expansion assembly includes a hinge base, a rotating element, and a first magnet. The hinge base is located on the expansion assembly and has a first concave portion. The rotating element is pivoted to the first concave portion. The first magnet is located on the hinge base. The position of the first magnet corresponds to the position of the rotating element. The tablet computer includes a housing and a second magnet. The housing has a second concave portion. The position of the second concave portion corresponds to the position of the first concave portion and the second concave portion has an oblique wall. The second magnet is located on the oblique wall and the magnetic force of the second magnet is greater than the magnetic force of the first magnet. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153666 | Bag computer vertical operating position holder - Disclosed is a bag using a flexible fabric attachment flap as a hinge to pivotally attach the display panel to the outside top front area of the bag. For holding a display panel angle relative the bag front, the flexible fabric hinge includes a free section allowing an extension of the display panel to be used as a prop to hold the panel's angle. So that the display panel may be viewed by the bag wearer over the top end of the bag (vertical operating position) the bag may include a holder, for example an elastic band, to hold the bottom end of the display panel in a vertical position for viewing. The bag may include an operator body interface at the bag's bottom to stabilize the bag on the operator's body front and hold the display panel in viewing position. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153667 | ADJUSTABLE DOCKING STAND WITH EJECTOR AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AND USING THE SAME - A charging stand including a connector base. The charging stand also can include a docking connector pivotally coupled to the connector base and configured to be removably coupled to an electronic device. The charging stand additionally can include an ejector at least partially surrounding the docking connector and configured to push the electronic device at least partially off the docking connector when the docking connector is rotated in a first direction relative to the connector base. Other embodiments are provided. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153668 | FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A foldable display device includes a display panel including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and an impact absorption film adjacent to the second surface of the display panel and including first and second impact absorption layers. The second impact absorption layer includes a soft part corresponding to a first region of the second impact absorption layer and a hard part corresponding to a second region of the second impact absorption layer. The first impact absorption layer and the soft part of the second impact absorption layer have an elastic modulus value less than an elastic modulus value of the hard part. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153669 | MULTI-FACED DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure discloses a multi-faced display device, comprising a first display panel and a second display panel, wherein each of the first display panel and the second display panel is provided with a lateral side curving toward a back side of a display region to form an L-shaped structure, a lateral side of the first display panel opposite to the curved lateral side is encapsulated with the curved lateral side of the second display panel, and the curved lateral side of the first display panel is encapsulated with a lateral side of the second display panel opposite to the curved lateral side to form a closed structure, and a display surface of the multi-faced display device is an outside surface of the closed structure. A function of displaying images may be achieved on surfaces of the closed structure of the multi-faced display device in at least four directions; furthermore, the display device employs two L-shaped display panels to achieve a curved display surface resulting from connection of two groups of display surfaces in two directions via arcuate surfaces, thereby enhancing continuity of images displayed in respective directions of the multi-faced display device, as compared with a multi-faced display device formed by a plurality of planar display panels which has a plurality of edges upon display on multiple surfaces. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153670 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD - A display system may include a first display apparatus and a second display apparatus. The first display apparatus may include a first image-display surface. The second display apparatus may include a second image-display surface. At least one of the first image-display surface and the second image-display surface may perform at least one of extending and bending in response to at least one of a first condition and a second condition. The first condition may be related to that the second image-display surface moves relative to the first image-display surface. The second condition may be related to that a distance between the first image-display surface and the second image-display surface becomes equal to a predetermined length. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153671 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a display device that gives a viewer a strong stereoscopic effect or sense of depth or a natural stereoscopic effect or sense of depth in a two-dimensional image, a display device including a display portion having a curved surface is provided. The display portion may be bent in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction. Alternatively, the display portion may have a convex surface or a concave surface on a display surface side. The display device may include a frame portion. A display device including a frame portion and a display portion which has a display surface on a frame portion side, is located so as to be apart from the frame portion with a distance therebetween, and has a curved surface, in which the display portion overlaps with an opening of the frame portion, and an end portion of the display portion overlaps with the frame portion, is provided. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153672 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE WITH DETACHABLE DEVICE - A head-mounted device including a main frame couplable to an electronic device and a support part configured to affix the main frame to a facial side of the user, and an auxiliary input device including a body, an input module disposed on at least one surface of the body and configured to process an input signal for controlling a function of the electronic device, a sensor module disposed in the body and configured to obtain sensing information in accordance with a movement of the auxiliary input device, and a connection part electrically connectable to the electronic device and configured to serve as a path through which the input signal and the sensing information are transmitted to the electronic device is provided. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153673 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Portable electronic apparatus includes a display component, a base, a keyboard component, and a slidable structure. The display component includes an interlocking structure. The base includes a pivotally-connected portion, pivotally-connected to the display component. The keyboard component disposed on the base can move toward or away from the base. The slidable structure disposed between the base and the keyboard component can slide relative to the base. The slidable structure includes a protruding portion, protruding along a side of the slidable structure away from the base. While the display component is rotated away from the base, the interlocking structure of the display component is actuated by the rotated display component, and drive the slidable structure to slide away from the pivotally-connected portion, moved relative to the base. Subsequently, the first protruding portion of the slidable structure pushes the keyboard component moving away from the base. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153674 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COVERING DEVICE - An electronic device includes at least one processor and a storage device that stores one or more programs. When the at least one processor executes the one or more programs, the at least one processor is caused to: obtain sensing data from a sensing unit of a covering device, wherein the sensing data includes a bending position of the covering device and a bending degree of the bending position; determine an operation received by the covering device according to the sensing data; and trigger corresponding processing of the electronic device according to the received operation. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153675 | FASTENING DEVICE - A fastening device for fastening at least one storage device includes a bracket and a cover plate. The bracket has an accommodating space, a first opening and a second opening. The bracket is formed as a hollow rectangular structure and an assembly rail is disposed at opposite inner side walls of the bracket. The at least one storage device is accommodated in the accommodating space through two sides of the assembly rail. The cover plate is disposed on a side of the bracket and covers the first opening of the bracket. The bracket and the cover plate are engaged with each other, such that an appearance of the fastening device conforms to Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) standard. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153676 | HEAT DISSIPATION COMPONENT - Heat dissipation component includes a fan unit, a first housing, and an airflow-guiding plate. The fan unit includes a fan blade portion, and a fan housing including a first air-guided cap and a second air-guided cap. The second air-guided cap, having a fan inlet, is disposed on the first air-guided cap. The fan blade portion is disposed between the first air-guided cap and the second air-guided cap, and pivotally-connected to the fan housing at the second air-guided cap. The first housing is disposed on a side of the second air-guided cap away from the first air-guided cap. An inlet airway is formed between the first housing and the fan unit. The airflow-guiding plate is disposed between the first housing and the second air-guided cap, and extended from outline of the main fan inlet toward outline of the inlet airway and away from the main fan inlet. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153677 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Electronic apparatus includes a display component, a base, a moveable case, and a transmission component. The display component includes a rotational shaft. The base is pivotally connected to the rotational shaft. The base has an opening. The moveable case is pivotally connected to the base. The moveable case can selectively cover or uncover the opening. The transmission component is disposed on the base. The transmission component is operatively connected between the rotational shaft and the moveable case. When the display component is rotated away from the base, the rotational shaft actuates the moveable case to rotate to uncover the opening through the transmission component. When the display component is rotated toward the base, the rotational shaft actuates the moveable case to rotate to cover the opening through the transmission component. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153678 | PORTABLE INFORMATION APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus having a cooling device that can reduce size and cost thereof while maintaining sufficient cooling performance of cooling a portable information apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a portable information apparatus and a cooling device. The portable information apparatus includes a heat-dissipation heat sink thermally connected to a heating body. The cooling device includes a cooling unit for absorbing heat from the heating body. The cooling unit includes a heat-receiving heat sink that is thermally connected to a heat-dissipation heat sink when the portable information apparatus is connected to the cooling device, and a radiator that dissipates heat absorbed in the heat-receiving heat sink to outside. The radiator is disposed on an exhaust path from an air outlet of the portable information apparatus while the portable information apparatus is connected to the cooling device. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153679 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF DATA AND POWER OF A DATA ACQUISITION DEVICE - A system and method for management of data and power of a data acquisition device may include a power and storage module (PSM) comprising a memory and a power source unit, the PSM adapted to provide power to a data acquisition portable device (DAPD) and to store data received from the DAPD and a docking unit adapted to charge the power source unit and to perform at least one of: reading information from the memory and writing information to the memory. Charging the power source unit and transferring data to/from the memory may be done substantially at the same time and by the same docking unit. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153680 | Power Management System and Method - A distributed power management system comprising at least two power management integrated circuits PMICs is presented. A master power management integrated circuit PMIC supplies power to a subsystem of an electronic device based on a current state of a master finite state machine FSM executed by the master PMIC. A slave power management integrated circuit PMIC executes a slave finite state machine FSM and supplies power to another subsystem based on the current state of the master FSM. For synchronizing the operation of both PMIC, the master PMIC transmits, to the slave PMIC, synchronization information indicative of at least one of an input signal of the master FSM, a state of the master FSM, a state transition of the master FSM, and an output signal generated by the master FSM. A distributed power management method is presented which is carried out by a master PMIC and a slave PMIC. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153681 | CONTACTLESS TURNING ON OF IOT DEVICES USING MOBILE PHONE CAMERA LIGHT SOURCE - Method and system for turning on an IoT device directly in a contactless manner using a mobile phone with a camera light source and an app is disclosed. A photo sensor unit is provided on top of the IoT device for converting the incident light from mobile phone into authorized and authenticated power-on switching command to the IoT device. The photo sensor unit can be a first photosensitive circuit, a second photosensitive circuit, or a third photosensitive circuit, which includes a photodiode, a photo resistor, and an amorphous silicon solar cell, respectively. The photo sensor unit is coupled to a power-on circuit of the IoT device, and used for detecting an intensity of incident light and assessing whether a voltage difference produced by the incident light exceeds a power-up voltage difference threshold value, and if so, awaking the IoT device to be power-on, otherwise, maintaining the IoT device to stay powered off. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153682 | TRANSIENT STABILITY SIMULATION AND OPERATION OF POWER SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for simulating and operating a power system following a contingency are provided. Semi-analytic solutions (SASs) for the power system state variables may be derived offline for a plurality of contingencies. Following a contingency, the SASs may be evaluated online, faster than real time, to study transient stability of the power system under a plurality of remedial scenarios. The stability of the power system may then be maintained by controlling the power system based on the most effective of the plurality of remedial scenarios. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153683 | SYSTEM WAKEUP ON WIRELESS NETWORK MESSAGES - While an information handling device is in a reduced power state, the information handling device transitions from the reduced power state to a higher power state in response to receiving a message over an established wireless network connection that maintains a presence on a wireless network. In turn, the information handling device processes the message accordingly in the higher power state. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153684 | INTERCONNECT SERIALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system to reduce power consumption are described. The system can include a first device and a second device of a plurality of devices. The second device can be coupled to the first device via an interconnect. A serialization capability of the first device can be determined. Further, access to the second device one or more of the plurality of devices can be determined. The interconnect can be serialized based on the determined serialization capability and the determined access to the second device. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153685 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROJECTING BATTERY USAGE - Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for projecting battery usage. By use of a processor, an expected battery usage rate of an application is determined. An estimated length of time a battery will power an apparatus if the application is executed is determined. The estimated length of time the battery will power the apparatus may be based on the expected battery usage rate of the application and a current remaining battery power. The estimated length of time together with a visual representation of the application is displayed. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153686 | DATA LOGGER AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM APPLIED TO THE DATA LOGGER - According to one embodiment, a data logger driven by a battery, includes a sensor, a log creation module, a detection module, a communication module, and a controller. The sensor measures a predetermined physical quantity. The log creation module creates a log based on the predetermined physical quantity. The detection module detects a take-over state that another data logger takes over creation of the log. The communication module communicates with said another data logger synchronized with the data logger. The controller performs a process to cause said another data logger to take over the creation of the log by communicating with said another data logger by the communication module when the take-over state is detected by the detection module. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153687 | POWER MANAGEMENT OF USER INTERFACES WITH COORDINATED ULTRA-LOW POWER STATES - An example method for power management of a user interface includes initiating a low power entry at a data lane of the user interface. The method further includes coordinating with a peripheral device to enter into an ultra-low power state. The peripheral device is to initiate a low power entry at the clock lane to enter the user interface into an ultra-low power state in response to detecting the low power entry at the data lane. | 2017-06-01 |
20170153688 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY AND CONTROL METHOD FOR POWER SAVING OF MEMORY - A control apparatus includes functional modules and an arbitration unit. Each functional module includes a memory capable of transitioning, per a control signal, between a first power state and a second power state consuming lower power than the first power state. The arbitration unit performs control to cause a power state of the memory of one of the functional modules to make a transition. Each functional module receiving a request for power state transition of the memory makes an inquiry of whether the power state of the memory can transition to another state. In response to the inquiry, the arbitration unit issues a permission for transition of the power state of the memory of one of the functional modules. The functional modules that have received the permission from the arbitration unit control the control signal input to the memory, to make the transition of the power state of the memory. | 2017-06-01 |