28th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150192929 | ELECTRONIC COMPENSATED PIVOT CONTROL - In embodiments of electronic compensated pivot control, a computing device includes a device housing that is integrated with a display device, and the device housing tilts for multiple display positions. Pivotable components pivot in coordination to position the display device in a display position, and sensors detect positioning inputs that are received to re-position the display device. Actuators are implemented for electronic actuation to drive the pivotable components to position the display device, and clutches are implemented to limit movement of the pivotable components. A pivot controller is implemented to receive input data corresponding to a user input to change a position of the display device, control the actuators based on the input data to assist with positioning the display device, receive an indication that the user input has stopped, and control the one or more clutches to hold the position of the display device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192930 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WATER OUTGOING FROM CONTAINER BY PRESSURE AND DEVICE FOR ACHIEVING THE SAME - A device for controlling water outgoing of a container by pressure includes a motor, an outgoing pipe, a water outgoing unit, a first thin film, a thin film sensing device and a check valve unit. The motor pumps water to a container. The outgoing pipe is connected between the water outgoing unit and the motor. The outgoing pipe has the check valve unit connected thereto. The thin film sensing device is connected beside the outgoing pipe. When the oater outgoing unit is set to be OFF, the pressure in the thin film sensing device increases to let the first thin film protrude to touch the switch of the thin film sensing device to control the motor to pump or not to pump the water. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192931 | VALVE POSITIONER WITH OVERPRESSURE PROTECTION CAPABILITIES - A method of limiting control pressure provided to an actuator of a valve coupled to a valve positioner, a drive signal is provided to a pneumatic stage of the valve positioner. The pneumatic stage is arranged to control output pressure of the valve positioner in accordance with the drive signal. A pressure measurement from a pressure sensor communicatively coupled to the valve positioner is obtained, and an abnormal pressure is detected based on the pressure measurement. In response to detecting the abnormal pressure, the drive signal is controlled so as to limit the output pressure of the valve positioner, wherein the output pressure provides control pressure to the actuator. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192932 | GAS DIVIDED FLOW SUPPLYING APPARATUS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT - A gas divided flow supplying apparatus, including a control valve | 2015-07-09 |
20150192933 | AUTOMATIC SMART WATERING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a smart water flow apparatus capable of maintaining a desired level of water in a reservoir using sensor technology while having an override or shutoff feature that is programmable to address variations in water pressure or to prevent flooding due to sensor malfunction or power failure. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192934 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PRESSURE AND FLOW OF GASES, PARTICULARLY IN MINING APPLICATIONS - A regulator, valve and regulator system for regulation of pressure and flow of gas from a source to the environment, such as from a highly pressurized oxygen source in an emergency life support system to the surrounding environment. The regulator includes redundant flow paths and redundant stages for reliable control of gas pressure from the source. The valve includes a unique valve seat assembly and a bonnet assembly sealed both from the environment and from the gas flowing through the valve for control of flow of gas from the source. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192935 | GAS PRESSURE REGULATOR WITH GUIDE - A gas pressure regulator for use with gas delivery systems is provided. The gas pressure regulator includes, in one form, a body defining a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a central portion having a longitudinal axis extending therethrough. An inlet is disposed proximate the distal end portion of the body, the inlet defining an inlet axis extending therethrough, and the inlet axis being offset from the longitudinal axis. A cavity is disposed within the central portion of the body, and defines an upper portion and a lower portion, the cavity centrally aligned with the longitudinal axis. The gas pressure regulator further includes a channel extending between the inlet and the cavity, and a guide disposed within the lower portion of the cavity in abutment with a bottom surface of the cavity substantially perpendicular to the lateral axis. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192936 | Datacenter And Cooling Control Fault-Tolerance Using Compute Resources - Management of infrastructure devices is performed by computing devices that are associated with the processing being provided by the data center, such as chassis managers. A master is first selected through polling or consensus algorithms, and then subsequently the master is endowed with the authority to manage infrastructure devices and generate the control output to such infrastructure devices. Alternatively, no master need be elected and, instead, output to such infrastructure devices is generated by a computing device selected utilizing polling or consensus algorithms, and in accordance with a management decision made through polling or consensus algorithms. The interplay between the cooling apparatuses of individual server computing devices and the cooling apparatuses of the data center as a whole is also managed to increase the portion of the cooling of server computing devices provided by data center air movers. Control of data center air movers can be determined empirically or predictively. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192937 | OPTIMIZATION OF THERMAL AIR FLOW REQUEST IN A MODULAR CHASSIS - A method of thermal control in a chassis is presented. An example method of thermal control can include each of one or more blades reporting a requested fan blade speed to a CMC controller where the CMC controller performs an auction of the requested fan blade speed, determines a high value and assigning a corresponding active blade, and reporting the high value to the blades. The active blade then provides fan speed alerts while the passive blades provide fan speed alerts only when the new fan speed request exceeds the high value. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192938 | AIR CONDITIONER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner management system and a method for controlling an air conditioner are disclosed. A user interface device provides a user interface to sense a user measure indicating a user opinion regarding operation of an air conditioner, generates feedback data associated with the sensed user measure, and transmits the generated feedback data. A central management device receives and stores the feedback data transmitted by the user interface device and calculates a set value to control the air conditioner based on the received feedback data and previously stored feedback data. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192939 | HOME SERVER FOR CONTROLLING NETWORK AND NETWORK CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND HOME NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A home server, method, and system are provided. The method includes receiving user request information from a user terminal; collecting characteristic information of an environment in which the home server is provided; predicting a driving condition for driving a device in the home network so that the characteristic information matches the user request information; transmitting the driving condition to the user terminal; and controlling the at device according to the driving condition in response to receiving a confirm command for the driving condition from the user terminal. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192940 | CONFIGURING A SYSTEM OF COMPONENTS USING GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT HAVING A ZONE MAP - In one embodiment, graphical programming is used to configure a system of audio, video, lighting, HVAC and/or security components. Representations of audio, video, lighting, heating, HVAC and/or security components are displayed in a graphical user interface. Each representation corresponds to a physical component that is available for inclusion in the system. A zone map that represents one or more zones is displayed in the graphical user interface. A selected representation of an audio, video, lighting, heating, HVAC or security component is dragged and dropping to a selected zone of the zone map to indicate installation of a selected physical component in the corresponding room. One or more realized services that the system is capable of providing are determined based at least in part on the selected zone of the zone map. Thereafter, an output is provided based on the one or more realized services. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192941 | Load Adaptive Loop Based Voltage Source - Systems and methods are provided for a power supply. A first output stage is configured to supply power from a power source at a target voltage to a device in an integrated circuit in response to a power demand of the device. Load detector circuitry is configured to detect a load resulting from operation of the device, and a supplemental output stage is configured to selectively supply supplemental power from the power source to the device, in addition to the power provided by the first output stage, in response to detection of an additional load resulting from operation of the device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192942 | VOLTAGE OPTIMIZATION CIRCUIT AND MANAGING VOLTAGE MARGINS OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A voltage margin controller, an IC included the same and a method of controlling voltage margin for a voltage domain of an IC are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the voltage margin controller includes: (1) monitoring branches including circuit function indicators configured to indicate whether circuitry in the voltage domain could operate at corresponding candidate reduced voltage levels and (2) a voltage margin adjuster coupled to the monitoring branches and configured to develop a voltage margin adjustment for a voltage regulator of the voltage domain based upon an operating number of the circuit function indicators. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192943 | CHARGE SHARING LINEAR VOLTAGE REGULATOR - Exemplary embodiments are related to voltage regulators. A device may include a first energy storage element coupled between a ground voltage and an output. The device may also include a second energy storage element coupled to the ground voltage and configured to selectively couple to the output. Further, the device may include a voltage regulator coupled between an input and the second energy storage element. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192944 | Power Socket and Method for Monitoring Appliance Event of Load - A power socket which monitors an appliance event of a load includes a power sensor, a front-end signal filter, a microprocessor, and a memory electrically connected to the microprocessor. The power sensor senses a power signal induced by the appliance event of the load and accordingly generates at least one sense signal. The front-end signal filter filters the sense signal according to a filtering criteria, in which the sense signal is filtered out or passed by the front-end signal filter. The microprocessor analyzes the sense signal which is passed to identify whether the passed sense signal is in accordance with a configurable event set. A configuration action is performed through an instruction of the microprocessor when the passed sense signal is analyzed and identified in accordance with the configurable event set. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192945 | DETERMINING LOAD REDUCTIONS IN DEMAND RESPONSE SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a signal processing technique for characterization of baseline noise, and for determining load reduction in presence of baseline noise. The method utilizes sparse signal processing algorithm to recover demand resource response signal and a plurality of SNR enhancement strategies are then applied to demand resource response signal for enhancing the signal to noise ratio. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192946 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATOR - A reference voltage generator including an electrostatic discharge (ESD) resistor, a first branch coupled to the ESD resistor and including a first capacitor, a second branch coupled to the ESD resistor and including a second capacitor, wherein the first and second capacitors are coupled in parallel, a first switch configured to control a first charge transfer path leading to the first branch, and a second switch configured to control a second charge transfer path leading to the second branch. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192947 | STEERING APPARTUS FOR A STEERED VEHICLE - A steering apparatus comprises a rotatable steering shaft and a sensor which senses angular movement of the steering shaft. An electromagnetic actuator actuates a stop mechanism to releasable engage the steering shaft. There is a microcontroller which causes the electromagnetic actuator to actuate the stop mechanism to fully engage the steering shaft and prevent rotation of the steering shaft in a first rotational direction, which corresponds to movement towards the hardstop position, while allowing rotational play between the steering shaft and the stop mechanism in a second direction, which corresponds to rotational movement away from the hardstop position, when the sensor senses that the steering shaft has reached a hardstop position. A driver applies a reserve polarity pulse to the electromagnetic actuator when the stop mechanism is fully engaged and the steering shaft is rotated, as permitted by the rotational play, in the second rotational direction. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192948 | DEVICE FOR MOUNTING A PEDAL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A device for mounting a pedal of a vehicle including a support on which the pedal is mounted by a principal rotary shaft and a shearing mechanism connected to a fixed bodywork element of the vehicle, the shearing mechanism configured to radially shear off the principal shaft in a case of a displacement of the support relative to the bodywork element, to detach the pedal from the support. A secondary shaft is fixed to the pedal and is configured to position the pedal, which has been sheared off, in a new operating position. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192949 | Digital Calibration-Based Skew Cancellation for Long-Reach MIPI D-PHY Serial Links - A Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) physical layer (D-PHY) serial communication link and a method of reducing clock-data skew in a MIPI D-PHY serial communication link include apparatus including a clock transmitting circuit for transmitting a clock signal on a first lane of the MIPI D-PHY serial link, a data transmitting circuit for transmitting a data signal on a second lane of the MIPI D-PHY serial link, a clock receiving circuit for receiving the clock signal on the first lane of the MIPI D-PHY serial link, and a data receiving circuit for receiving the data signal on the second lane of the MIPI D-PHY serial link. The clock transmitting circuit and the data transmitting circuit transmit the clock signal and the data signal in phase during a calibration mode and out of phase during a normal operation mode. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192950 | CONTROL OF PREDICATION ACROSS CLOCK DOMAINS - Embodiments are disclosed for a method of executing instructions in a processing core of a microprocessor. In one embodiment, the method comprises, in a first clock domain, receiving an input from a second clock domain external to the first clock domain, the input comprising an indication from the second clock domain regarding whether to execute an instruction in the first clock domain. The method further comprises synchronizing the input from the second clock domain with the first clock domain, if the instruction is a predicatable instruction and the indication matches a predicate condition that indicates not to perform the instruction, then not performing the instruction, and otherwise performing the instruction. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192951 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device comprises a display panel, a window, a plurality of partitions, and an adhesive. The display panel is configured to display an image. The window is placed over the display panel. The plurality of partitions interposed between the display panel and the window. The adhesive is formed between adjacent partitions. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192952 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus having a display module which may be selectively set to a flat surface state or a curved surface state. The display apparatus having a display module includes a bendable display panel configured to display images, a first frame provided at a front of the display panel, and a second frame provided at a back of the display panel. The second frame includes a first bracket positioned at a back of the display panel, and a second bracket provided to be slidable with respect to the first bracket. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192953 | PORTFOLIO COVER FOR PORTABLE INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS - A portfolio cover for a portable information handling system may include a display portion and an input device portion and a cover portion separated by two hinge sections. The display portion, the input device portion and the cover portion may be reinforced with a polymer laminate and laminated together, while the hinge sections may remain unlaminated. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192954 | CONVERTIBLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - A convertible device and a method of controlling therefor are disclosed in the present specification. In this case, according to one embodiment, a convertible device includes at least one of the first processing module and the second processing module that comprises a memory configured to store mode information for a plurality of operational modes of the convertible device, and to store first angle data, a receiving unit configured to receive an input for changing an angle different from an angle of the stored first angle data, a detection unit configured to detect second angle data according to the received input, a controller configured to identify an operational mode of the convertible device based on the first and second angle data and the stored mode information, and control to output a predetermined user interface on the identified operational mode of the convertible device, and an output unit configured to output a predetermined user interface. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192955 | PROTECTIVE CASE WITH KEYBOARD FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A protective case for a tablet device having a back face and a front face, a touchscreen on its front face, and one or more control buttons and ports on its perimeter walls. The case comprises a shell having front and back sides wherein the front side is configured to receive and retain the tablet device while providing user access to the touchscreen and user access to one or more of the control buttons, said shell including a back wall that is configured to cover at least a portion of the back face of the tablet. The protective case further includes a front cover that includes a tray, a wireless keyboard and keyboard housing. The tray includes opposing side rails and the keyboard housing includes opposing grooves on opposing side walls that are concealed and configured to engage the rails to allow the keyboard housing to slide in and out from the tray in a defined manner. The tray, keyboard and shell may each include magnets to facilitate the positioning of the case in the various open and closed positions. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192956 | PLANAR ELECTRONIC DISPLAY MOUNT WITH ADJUSTABLE KEYBOARD TRAY - A device supports a separate keyboard and flat panel electronic display, such as a tablet touch screen computer, on a common arched member, each adapted to independently translate along the arch to optionally dispose the keyboard accessible for use, or at the top of the arch in which the keyboard and display are vertical and disposed behind a device mounting bracket. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192957 | DETACHABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONNECTION APPARATUS USABLE WITH THE SAME - A detachable electronic device includes a tablet computer and a peripheral apparatus where the tablet computer is detachably disposed. The detachable electronic device may include a connection apparatus disposed in the peripheral apparatus, the connection apparatus to which the tablet computer is detachably mounted; wherein the connection apparatus may include a base rotatably disposed in the peripheral apparatus; a male connector disposed in the base; a supporting member disposed below the male connector and elastically supporting the male connector upwardly; and a pair of hooks disposed at opposite sides of the male connector in the base, and wherein the tablet computer may include a female connector disposed in a side surface of the tablet computer and to be connected to the male connector; and a pair of push-push latches disposed to be coupled to the pair of hooks at opposite sides of the female connector. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192958 | ENABLING STIFF PLASTIC CHASSIS WITH THIN METAL SKINS - Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device, such as a notebook computer, laptop, or tablet that includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which may include any type of components, elements, circuitry, etc.). One particular example implementation of an information-processing device includes a logic component mounted on a circuit board. The information-processing device also includes a plastic layer surrounding the logic component. Further, the information-processing device includes a first metal layer surrounding the logic component. The plastic layer is integrated with the first metal layer. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192959 | FRAME STRUCTURE FOR FIXING PANELS WITH DIFFERENT SIZES AND PANEL DEVICE THEREWITH - A frame structure includes a holding plate, a first supporting member, a first driving member, a second supporting member and a second driving member. The holding plate is for holding a first panel. The first supporting member is slidably disposed on the holding plate. The first driving member connects the holding plate and the first supporting member and drives the first supporting member to slide relative to the holding plate along a first direction, so as to clamp a first corner of the first panel. The second supporting member is slidably disposed on the holding plate and opposite to the first supporting member. The second driving member connects the holding plate and the second supporting member and drives the second supporting member to slide relative to the holding plate along a second direction, so as to clamp a second corner of the first panel. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192960 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM WITH A CONFIGURABLE DISPLAY - Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device, such as a notebook computer, laptop, or tablet that includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which may include any type of components, elements, circuitry, etc.). One particular example implementation of the electronic device may include establishing an electrical coupling between a first portion of an electrical device and a second portion of the electrical device, where the first portion includes a first display and the second portion includes a second display. Removing the first portion from the second portion permits the first portion and the second portion to each operate as a standalone tablet device. The example implementation may also include initiating a collaboration session when the first portion is removed from the second portion. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192961 | FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BONDING ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE - A flexible substrate, a display device and a method for bonding an electronic device onto a flexible substrate are disclosed. The flexible substrate includes a base substrate, the base substrate includes a bonding portion for bonding an electronic device and an auxiliary bonding portion integrally formed with the bonding portion, the auxiliary bonding portion and the bonding portion are disposed back to back, and the bonding portion completely falls into a region where the auxiliary bonding portion is provided in an orthographic projection direction. With an auxiliary bonding portion being disposed beside the bonding portion for bonding the electronic devices such as ICs and FPCs, when bonding the electronic device onto the bonding portion, the auxiliary bonding portion can enhance the strength of the bonding portion and improve the bonding alignment precision and contact property of the electronic device, which further improves the non-defect ratio of the flexible display device and has a lower cost. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192962 | PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - A portable terminal, including a first housing including opposing first and second sides, a second housing including opposing first and second sides, a hinge connecting the first sides of the first and second housings, a flexible display including a first end disposed in the second side the first housing, a second end disposed in the second side of the second housing, and a driver configured to drive the display, wherein the first housing and the second housing are configured to rotate on the hinge to form an angle in therebetween such that a corresponding portion of the display is exposed, and the driver is configured to output driving signals corresponding to the angle to the flexible display, such an image is displayed on the exposed portion of the flexible display. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192963 | ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLYING METHOD - An electronic assembly includes a transparent adhesive layer, a transparent cover, a display module and a frame. The transparent adhesive layer has a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface opposite to the first adhesive surface, the second adhesive surface having a central region and a peripheral region around the central region. The transparent cover is adhered to the first adhesive surface of the transparent adhesive layer. The display module is adhered to the central region of the transparent adhesive layer. The frame has a border carrying part which is adhered to the peripheral region of the transparent adhesive layer. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192964 | INVISIBLE, LIGHT TRANSMISSIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An invisible, light-transmissive display system with a light resistant material is provided. Substantially invisible, tapered, light-transmissive holes are penetrated in a lighttransmissive pattern through at least a portion of the light resistant material using a laser beam having a focal width less than the smallest diameter of the tapered holes. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192965 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided, including a housing, a circuit board, a fixed member, a curved groove formed on the fixed member, a slider, and a supporting member. The circuit board is disposed in the housing. The fixed member is fixed to the housing. The slider is movably disposed in the groove, and the supporting member is connected to the slider. When the slider moves from a first position to a second position in the groove, the slider protrudes from the housing for supporting the housing, and an angle is formed between the supporting member and the housing. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192966 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal having a first body, a second body and a hinge module connecting the second body to the first body such that the second body is movable relative to the first body is provided. The hinge module includes a first frame rotatably connected to the first body and a second frame connected to the first frame to support at least one portion of the second body in a supporting state, the second frame being connected to the second body such that the second frame is rotatable relative to the second body in order to allow the second body to rotate in the supporting state. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192967 | Display Device, and Control Method for Display Device - A display device includes: a display unit that includes a display screen displaying an image, a first side extending in a long direction of the display unit, and a second side extending in a short direction of the display unit; a first presence sensor that is provided on the first side; a second presence sensor that is provided on the second side; a display screen detecting unit that detects whether the display screen of the display unit is in a vertical orientation or a horizontal orientation; and a control unit that obtains a detection result of either one of the first presence sensor and the second presence sensor in accordance with the orientation detected by the display screen detecting unit, the control unit controlling display of an image on the display unit based on the obtained detection result. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192968 | TABLET STORAGE DEVICE - A tablet storage device includes a frame having a plurality of slots, at least one of which is adapted to hold a tablet. A docking station can be disposed in at least one slot. In some cases the docking station is configured to align a tablet as the tablet is positioned in the slot such that a corresponding port in the tablet aligns with, and connects to, a connector. The frame also has a surface to attach the device to a vertical surface and can have a door that can be moved from an open to a closed position and adapted to retain at least one tablet held within at least one slot when the door is closed. A power supply system and/or a network connection system can be provided with the tablet storage device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192969 | DEVICE FOR PROVIDING PROTECTION AGAINST INTRUSION FOR AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Described are examples of a device for providing protection against intrusion in order to protect at least one electronic component, the device comprising an enclosure surrounding the electronic component and proof against a type of radiation, at least one piece of equipment selected from a receiver and a transmitter of radiation of said type arranged inside the enclosure and substantially tuned to another piece of equipment that is complementary and disposed outside the enclosure, and a detection module suitable for detecting an intrusion if at least one receiver receives radiation of said type. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192970 | SERVER DEVICE - A server device includes a tray having a lug, a hard disk unit removably disposed on the tray, and a handle pivotally connected to two opposite sides of the hard disk unit. The lug is formed with a slot thereon to define two inner edges opposite to each other. The handle is provided with a protrusion arranged in the slot. When the handle is rotated towards one end of the hard disk unit, the protrusion is rotated along with the handle to contact and push one of the inner edges of the lug, such that the hard disk unit is restrained by the tray after the hard disk unit is slid in relative to the tray. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192971 | High power portable device and docking station - A system includes a high performance but very compact computer processing module and an associated docking station. The module includes a processor that is contained within an outer housing. The outer housing defines a heat transmission surface that is thermally coupled to the processor and other heat generating components in the module. The docking station includes a receiving portion for receiving a portion of the outer housing of the module. The docking station also includes a thermally conductive substrate defining a heat receiving surface which aligns with the heat transmission surface when the module is installed to the receiving portion. An array of conductive fibers thermally couples the heat transmitting surface to the heat receiving surface. This forms a dry low pressure thermal coupling interface with high reliability with repeated thermal coupling and decoupling. This is advantageous relative to traditional semi liquid or liquid thermal compounds or compliant thermal pads which require high pressure coupling or unreliable repetitive thermal coupling and decoupling. The high performance computing processor is detached from heatsink and fan, and hence is compact enough to enable a person to carry a high performance computer in their pocket. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192972 | ELECTRIC DEVICE - An electric device includes a main power switch connected to a regular power supply, a sub power switch which receives a starting/stopping instruction from a user when the main power switch is turned on, and a control unit which acquires a notification signal notifying that the instruction has been received from the sub power switch and controls the starting/stopping based on the notification signal. The electric device includes a transfer unit which, when the notification signal is received from the sub power switch, transfers the fact thereof to the control unit, and the transfer unit is configured, when receiving a permission signal that the transfer is permitted from the control unit, to transmit the notification signal to the control unit. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192973 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An energy management system and method connecting a load to multiple energy sources. The system includes a load connection, source connections for each energy source, a control unit and at least one energy management module having an inductor and four switches. The first source is in parallel with the load. The first switch couples the first source positive terminal to the first inductor end, second switch couples the first source negative terminal to the first inductor end, third switch couples the second source positive terminal to the second inductor end, and fourth switch couples the second source negative terminal to the second inductor end. The control unit controls the four switches of each module to transfer energy between the energy sources through the module inductor. The system can have more than two sources. Modes including one or two switch, synchronous or asynchronous, and buck or boost can be used. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192974 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A BUS INTERFACE SYSTEM - Embodiments of bus interface systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a bus interface system includes a master bus controller and a slave bus controller coupled along a bus line. The master bus controller is configured to generate an input data signal that is received by the slave bus controller along the bus line. The slave bus controller includes power conversion circuitry configured to convert the input data signal from the master bus controller into a supply voltage. By providing the power conversion circuitry, the slave bus controller is powered using the input data signal and without requiring an additional bus line to transfer a supply voltage to the slave bus controller. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192975 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION MODE - An information processing system is capable of communicating with an external apparatus via a network. The information processing system is capable of operating in at least three operation modes including: a first mode; a second mode, which consumes less power than the first mode; and a third mode, which consumes less power than the second mode and where the communication via the network is not performed. The information processing system includes a mode control section and a second mode processing section. The mode control section, when the information processing system operates in the third mode, shifts the operation mode to the second mode periodically or in accordance with a predetermined time schedule. The second mode processing section performs a communication process via the network as information processing in the second mode. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192976 | Contextual Platform Power Management - In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor including logic to determine from data received from one or more sensors, whether the apparatus is in physical contact with a user. The logic is further to set a power management policy of the apparatus based on a processor context, where the processor context is determined based at least in part on whether the apparatus is in physical contact with the user, and where the power management policy is used by the logic to determine a level of power consumption at which to operate the processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192977 | DATA INVERSION BASED APPROACHES FOR REDUCING MEMORY POWER CONSUMPTION - Disclosed herein are approaches to reducing a guardband (margin) used for minimum voltage supply (Vcc) requirements for memory such as cache. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192978 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT ESTIMATION OF THE ENERGY DISSIPATION OF PROCESSOR BASED SYSTEMS - A system and method of scheduling tasks, comprising receiving activity and performance data from registers or storage locations maintained by hardware and an operating system; storing calibration coefficients associated with the activity and performance data; computing an energy dissipation rate based on at least the activity and performance data; and scheduling tasks under the operating system based on the computed energy dissipation rate. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192979 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT ESTIMATION OF THE ENERGY DISSIPATION OF PROCESSOR BASED SYSTEMS - A system and method of scheduling tasks, comprising receiving activity and performance data from registers or storage locations maintained by hardware and an operating system; storing calibration coefficients associated with the activity and performance data; computing an energy dissipation rate based on at least the activity and performance data; and scheduling tasks under the operating system based on the computed energy dissipation rate. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192980 | Electronic Computer Providing Power/Performance Management - Computational resources of an electronic computer are monitored by predictors that establish predicted trade-offs between performance and power for a particular workload while the workload is being executed. A coordinator combines prediction values to identify a limited number of combinations of operating states of the computational resources, allowing operating states of the computational resources to be readily adapted during program execution based on a particular workload. The limited number of combinations of operating states are ideally Pareto optimal combinations. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192981 | SYSTEM INTERCONNECT DYNAMIC SCALING BY PREDICTING I/O REQUIREMENTS - Interface management techniques provide reduced power consumption along with reducing heat and EMI generation in a computer system having multiple interconnected processing units. Physical link layers of external interfaces that interconnect the processing units of have dynamically adjustable bandwidth and the bandwidths are dynamically adjusted by predicting interface bandwidth requirements. An interface control method detects events other than I/O requests that occur in a processing unit that are indicators of potential future transactions on one of the external interfaces connected to the processing unit. The method predicts, from the detected events, that future transactions will likely occur on the interface, and in response, controls the dynamically adjustable bandwidth of physical link layer of the interface to accommodate the future transactions. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192982 | CIRCUIT, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY TURNING OFF INTERNAL CLOCK DRIVERS - The present invention includes a circuit, system and method for selectively turning off internal clock drivers to reduce operating current. The present invention may be used to reduce power consumption by reducing operating current in a memory device. Operating current may be reduced by turning off internal clock drivers that deliver a clock signal during selected periods of time. According to an embodiment of clock control circuitry of the present invention, an internal clock can be selectively gated in response to a gating signal based in part on idle time and absence of a read or write burst operation. Methods, memory devices and computer systems including the clock control circuitry and its functionality are also disclosed. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192983 | BUS MICROCONTROLLER, BUS NODE CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FOR A VEHICLE - A bus microcontroller includes a processor circuit having at least one unit designed for performing one or more functions due to a bus command via a communication bus, a power control circuit adapted to be coupled to a transmitter-receiver circuit for receiving bus messages via the communication bus, and a means for placing at least part of the processor circuit into a reduced-power operating mode without placing the entire processor circuit into the reduced-power operating mode. The power control circuit is designed to evaluate incoming bus messages with respect to an activation bus message containing information on activating at least part of the processor circuit, and to output a corresponding activation control signal. The bus microcontroller also includes means for activating at least a part of the processor circuit that is placed in a reduced-power operating mode, in response to output of an activation control signal of the power control circuit. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192984 | Delayed Shut Down of Computer - A computer-implemented computer shut-down method includes identifying that a computing device has been moved from an open configuration in which input and output mechanisms on the computing device are accessible to a user, to a closed configuration in which at least some of the input and output mechanisms are inaccessible to a user; starting a shut-down timer in response to identifying that the computing device has been moved from the open configuration to the closed configuration; waiting a predefined time period, as established by the shut-down timer, and determining from the shut-down timer that the computing device can be transitioned from an active state into a sleep state in which power consuming components of the computing device are powered down; and transitioning the computing device from the active state to the sleep state upon determining that the computing device can be transitioned. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192985 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR EARLY DEEP SLEEP STATE EXIT OF A PROCESSING ELEMENT - An apparatus and method is described herein for providing an early wake scheme before spawning a new thread. An early wake indication may be provided an amount of time, which may include an amount of time to perform a demotion from a current power state to a lower power state that is closer to an active power state, before a new thread is to be spawned and executed on a processing element (e.g., core or thread). Upon encountering the spawn of the new thread, such as a helper thread, the processing element may further transition from the lower power state to an active power state. The new thread may be executed on the processing element without incurring the latency associated with execution of the new thread waiting for the demotion from the current power state to an active power state after the spawn of the new thread. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192986 | STRETCHABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A controlling method of a stretchable display apparatus includes displaying an image on a stretchable display panel of the stretchable display apparatus, sensing a stretching of the stretchable display panel to generate a sensing signal corresponding to the stretching of the stretchable display panel, acquiring stretching information about the stretching from the sensing signal, and controlling the image displayed on the stretchable display panel based on the stretching information. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192987 | MOTION CONTROL ASSEMBLY WITH BATTERY PACK - A motion control assembly includes a motion control device electrically connected to a battery pack and to a mobile computing device for at least data transmission therebetween. The motion control device can generate inputs, such as inputs corresponding to an attribute of a sensed object, for transmission to the mobile computing device. The drain on a battery of a battery-powered mobile computing device can be reduced when used with a motion control device as follows. A motion control assembly, comprising a motion control device and a battery pack, capable of powering the motion control device, as an integral, one-piece unit, is selected. The motion control device is connected to an electrical connector of a battery-powered mobile computing device. The motion control device is supplied with power from the battery pack during use so the motion control device can be operated using the power from the battery pack. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192988 | Augmented Reality System Incorporating Transforming Avatars - An improved playground system is disclosed. A playground toy incorporates a wireless transceiver and a motion sensor. Based on the level of activity monitored by the motion sensor, the wireless transceiver transmits a message to smart devices, such as smart phones or wearable computers that causes an augmented reality avatar for the playground toy to transform. When additional activity is noted, additional messages causing additional avatar transformations can be sent. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192989 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display for outputting an image, and a controller functionally connected to the display. The controller acquires a user input through at least one side surface of the display, determines grip information on the user input related to the electronic device based on the user input, and provides at least one of an application or a function corresponding to the grip information through the electronic device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192990 | Display control method, apparatus, and terminal - In order to solve a problem that current terminal display control techniques are based on manual operations, the present disclosure provides a display control method, device and terminal. The device includes an acquisition module configured to acquire periodically a facial image of a user, a processing module configured to calculate coordinates of a reference object according to the facial image and compare the coordinates of the reference object with preset coordinates, and an execution module configured to execute an operation according to a processing result; the terminal includes a sensing device configured to sense a facial image of a user, a display device configured to display content and the display control device provided by the present present disclosure, wherein the display control device is configured to acquire periodically the facial image of the user through the sensing device, calculate the coordinates of the reference object according to the facial image; and control content display of the display device according to the coordinates of the reference object and the preset coordinates. With the implementation of the present disclosure, the user can implement control of content displayed by a terminal using only facial actions rather than a keyboard, a mouse or a touch screen, thus freeing both hands of the user and enhancing user experiences. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192991 | Systems and Methods for Implementing Head Tracking Based Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) that Incorporate Gesture Reactive Interface Objects - Embodiments in accordance with this invention disclose systems and methods for implementing head tracking based graphical user interfaces that incorporate gesture reactive interface objects. The disclosed embodiments perform a method in which a GUI includes interface objects is rendered and displayed. Image data of an interaction zone is captured. A targeting gestured targeting a targeted interface object is detected in the captured image data and a set of 3D head interaction gestures are enabled. Additional image data is captured. Motion of at least a portion of a human head is detected and one of the 3D head interactions is identified. The rendering of the interface is modified in response to the detection of one of the 3D head interactions and the modified interface is displayed. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192992 | EYE VERGENCE DETECTION ON A DISPLAY - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth technique for displaying an image based on eye vergence. The technique includes determining a first distance from one or more eyes of a user to a display location, and determining, based on eye gaze vectors associated with the eyes of the user, an eye convergence distance. The technique further includes causing the image to be displayed when the eye convergence distance is substantially the same as the first distance, or causing a display of the image to be terminated when the eye convergence distance is not substantially the same as the first distance. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192993 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) DEVICES - A control system includes an RFID device and an RFID reader antenna configured to receive a signal from the RFID device. The signal is associated with a command. A transmitter transmits the command to an electronic device to operate the electronic device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192994 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of controlling a function of an electronic device is provided. The method includes determining whether a human body of a user is in contact with the electronic device, and performing a corresponding function if the human body of the user is in contact with the electronic device. The determination of whether the human body of the user is in contact with the electronic device is based at least in part on whether an image pattern of the human body of the user, which is detected by the image sensor, a temperature pattern of the electronic device, which is detected by the temperature sensor, and a resistance pattern of the human body of the user, which is detected by the body conductivity sensor, respectively correspond to a reference image pattern, a reference temperature pattern, and a reference resistance pattern. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192995 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TACTILE SENSATIONS - The present disclosure concerns a method and apparatus for the creation of an acoustic field for providing tactile sensations. More particularly, but not exclusively, this disclosure concerns a method and apparatus for the creation of an acoustic field providing tactile sensations for use with an interactive device. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192996 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a position detection unit, a sensory stimulation unit, and a control unit. The display unit includes a display surface that displays a 3D image. The position detection unit detects, as an object depth, a position of an object with respect to the display surface. The sensory stimulation unit stimulates a user's sense. The control unit controls the sensory stimulation unit on the basis of an image depth that indicates a stereoscopic position of at least one display object obtained from the 3D image and the object depth. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192997 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To provide a mechanism for easily setting a tactile sensation to be given to a user when the user touches an image, an information processing apparatus includes a display that displays an image and includes an input plane for performing a touch operation, a detection unit that detects a touch operation on the input plane, a setting unit that sets the area of an image corresponding to a touch position of the touch operation on the input plane as a tactile area for giving a tactile sensation, and a drawing control unit that applies a color over the displayed image by using a different color according to a tactile sensation type to enable recognizing the tactile area set by the setting unit. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192998 | TACTILE SENSE CONTROL APPARATUS, TACTILE SENSE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A tactile sense control apparatus includes a specifying unit that specifies a type of a tactile sense to be given to a user while a touch-input is being performed on an input surface, a tactile sense generation unit that generates a tactile sense to be given to the user via the input surface, and a control unit that controls the tactile sense generation unit to execute a first control for generating a first tactile sense when the specifying unit specifies a first type, execute a second control for generating a second tactile sense when the specifying unit specifies a second type, and stop the first control when the specifying unit changes the first type to the second type, execute a third control different from the first control and the second control, and then execute the second control. | 2015-07-09 |
20150192999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING RETAIL PROCESSES BASED ON MACHINE-READABLE IMAGES AND USER GESTURES - Systems and methods for implementing retail processes based on machine-readable images and user gestures are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes capturing one or more images including a machine-readable image and a user gesture. The method also includes identifying the machine-readable image as being associated with a product. Further, the method includes determining whether the user gesture interacts with the machine-readable image in accordance with a predetermined gesture. The method also includes implementing a predetermined retail process in association with the product in response to determining that the user gesture interacts with the machine-readable image in accordance with the predetermined gesture. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193000 | IMAGE-BASED INTERACTIVE DEVICE AND IMPLEMENTING METHOD THEREOF - An image-based virtual interactive device and implementing method thereof is provided wherein a projection module is used to project an image-based virtual interactive interface. When the user operates in the range of the image-based virtual interactive interface, a photosensing module and a tracking module simultaneously sense and capture the characteristics of the user's limb movements, and an identification module determines whether an operating command has been performed. Once it is performed, the operating command is then sent to an electronic device to drive corresponding application programs so as to perform a corresponding action. In this manner, the user can directly conduct human-computer interaction with the electronic device merely through limb movement, without contacting a physical medium. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193001 | INPUT DEVICE, APPARATUS, INPUT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image analyzer ( | 2015-07-09 |
20150193002 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING SERVICE USING MOTION RECOGNITION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a motion recognition device configured to recognize a user motion, a display device configured to display an image on a screen; an application execution device configured to execute at least one portion of a service, and a controller configured to control the display device to capture the displayed image and display at least one service item which is related to the captured image with the captured image on the screen in response to the user motion being recognized, and control the application execution device to execute the at least one portion of the service which corresponds to a selected service item selected by the user motion. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193003 | INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD - A device that is worn on a portion of a user's body and inputs a command into a controller, includes a sensor that obtains angular velocities and an acceleration in a first coordinate system fixed in the input device, a processor that performs setting a second coordinate system for a reference posture of the user, calculating a rotation matrix that converts the angular velocities in the first coordinate system into angular velocities in the second coordinate system using the acceleration in the first coordinate system, calculating feature amounts in the second coordinate system using the angular velocities in the second coordinate system, and specifying the command using the feature amounts, and a transmitter that transmits the command to the controller. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193004 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF TERMINALS USING ACTION RECOGNITION - An apparatus and method for controlling a plurality of terminals using a gesture recognition. The method includes recognizing a gesture by using an action sensor; verifying an angle of a paired second terminal; deciding an input signal by combining the gesture and the angle; and controlling a first terminal in response to the decided input signal. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193005 | USER-DIRECTED PERSONAL INFORMATION ASSISTANT - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for identifying a characteristic of an object. The technique includes determining that the object is a target of a directional gesture and detecting a trigger event that occurs while the object is the target of the directional gesture. The technique further includes, in response to the trigger event, acquiring sensor data associated with the object via one or more sensors and analyzing the sensor data to identify at least one characteristic of the object. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193006 | INTERFACING APPLICATION PROGRAMS AND MOTION SENSORS OF A DEVICE - Interfacing application programs and motion sensors of a device. In one aspect, a high-level command is received from an application program running on a motion sensing device, where the application program implements one of multiple different types of applications available for use on the device. The high-level command requests high-level information derived from the output of motion sensors of the device that include rotational motion sensors and linear motion sensors. The command is translated to cause low-level processing of motion sensor data output by the motion sensors, the low-level processing following requirements of the type of application and determining the high-level information in response to the command. The application program is ignorant of the low-level processing, and the high-level information is provided to the application program. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193007 | UNIVERSAL BUS IN THE CAR - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system to recognize the drivers and/or passengers within the automobile. Based on the recognition, the vehicle may change a configuration of the automobile to match predetermined preferences for the driver and/or passenger. The configurations may also include the recognition of a unique set of gestures for the person. Further, the configuration can also include the tracking of health data related to the person. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193008 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CAPACITIVELY DETECTING KEY MOTION AND FINGER PRESENCE ON KEYBOARD KEYS - A keyboard including a plurality of key assemblies configured to be pressed by an input object. A subset of the plurality of key assemblies each includes a key cap and a first electrode pair underneath the key cap and configured to detect key motion in response to downward force applied by the input object. The key cap also includes a second electrode pair disposed underneath the key cap and configured to detect positional information about the input object interacting with the key cap. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193009 | FOLDABLE CONFIGURATIONS FOR A THUMB TYPING KEYBOARD - Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that could include a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which includes any type of components, elements, circuitry, etc.). One particular example implementation of the electronic device may include a first portion that contains a first display; a second portion that further comprises a keyboard and a fold away area; and a hinge, where the hinge couples the first portion and the second portion, and where the fold away area can rotate with respect to the hinge. In certain cases, the fold away area can rotate with respect to the hinge to expose the keyboard for thumb typing. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193010 | HARDWARE KEYBOARD FOR DISPLAY KEYBOARD - A keyboard module for use with touchscreen displays may provide more than one function associated with one or more keys. Activation of touchscreen keys may be triggered by providing detection of more than one contact type for a key. A key may include a first contact path with a first touchscreen key and a second contact path with a second touchscreen display key. Activation of the touchscreen keys may be triggered depending on the type of contact made with the key. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193011 | Determining Input Associated With One-to-Many Key Mappings - In some examples, a physical keyboard is used with a computing device. For instance, the physical keyboard can be integrated with a bottom bezel area of a tablet computing device. Gesture sensors can also be integrated with the physical keyboard to provide functionality associated with thumb gestures. To illustrate, thumb gestures can be used for spacebar functionality, zooming in and out of an area on a display, or rotating an area on a display. In some instances, touch sensors can also be integrated with one or more keys of the physical keyboard to provide additional input to the computing device for determining keyboard input. In an implementation, touch sensors can be integrated on a top surface of a key or on one or more sides of a key. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193012 | 3-DIMENSIONAL HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE - In general, in one aspect, a laptop computer includes two planes of orthogonal proximity sensors that are utilized to create a three dimensional user interface. The planes of proximity sensors are provided in the display and the, keyboard. The intersections of the proximity sensors along three axis defines a plurality of coverage areas. An object (e.g., users finger, pointer) is determined to be within a coverage area if the corresponding intersecting proximity sensors indicate presence of the object. A user may identify an item on the display for selection by placing an object within an appropriate coverage area and select the item by moving the object toward the display. A user may identify an action to be taken on the display by moving an object through one or more of the coverage areas. A 3D image of an object may be generated based on the coverage areas indicating the object is located therein. The 3D image may utilized to authenticate a user. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193013 | Camera-Assisted Motion Estimation for Application Control - Embodiments of the present invention generate estimates of device motion from two data sources on a computing deviceāa motion sensor and a camera. The device may compare the estimates to each other to determine if they agree. If they agree, the device may confirm that device motion estimates based on the motion sensor are accurate and may output those estimates to an application within the device. If the device motion estimates disagree, the device may alter the motion estimates obtained from the motion sensor before outputting them to the application. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193014 | INPUT DEVICE THAT IS WORN BY USER AND INPUT METHOD - An input device, that is worn on a portion of a user's body, includes: a sensor unit configured to obtain angular velocities and an acceleration in a first coordinate system fixed in the input device; a reference posture specification unit configured to generate a second coordinate system for a reference posture of the user; a rotation matrix calculator configured to calculate a rotation matrix that transforms the angular velocities in the first coordinate system into angular velocities in the second coordinate system using the acceleration in the first coordinate system; a characteristic value calculator configured to calculate characteristic values in the second coordinate system using the angular velocities in the second coordinate system; a command specification unit configured to specify a command according to the characteristic values; and a transmitter configured to transmit the command to the controller. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193015 | Computer Interaction Device - A computer mouse is presented with added capabilities and circuitry to access features, such as touch screen features, of newer computer operating systems. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193016 | CURSOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosure is related to a cursor control apparatus and a method for controlling the cursor. The cursor control apparatus essentially includes a light-emitting unit for emitting lights, a housing having a light passage thereon, a light-sensing unit and a control unit. The lights are emitted to outside the apparatus via the light passage. The light-sensing unit then receives the reflected lights from a surface via the passage, especially the lights reach a plurality of sensing cells arranged in an array. The control unit is used to control the energy of the emitting lights, and control the light-sensing unit to receive the lights. After that, the energy received by every sensing cell in an interval can be computed and find the spatial interference difference of energy. The difference is made to determine a moving direction, for example the cursor's movement with the movement of user's finger around the light passage. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193017 | OPERATING DEVICE - An operating device includes: right and left hold sections to be held by a user, the right and left hold sections provided with first operating members; and a central section interconnecting the right and left hold sections. The operating device has a second operating member forming an upper surface of the central section. The second operating member includes a touch sensor located between the first operating members of the right and left hold sections, and is so supported as to be capable of vertical movement in response to a user s pressing-down operation. The second operating member is plate-like in shape, so that user s fingers can easily reach the second operating member in a condition where the user is holding the hold sections. As a result, operability of the operating device can be enhanced. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193018 | TARGET POSITIONING WITH GAZE TRACKING - Embodiments that relate to positioning a target indicator via a display system are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method for positioning a target indicator using gaze tracking data having a coarse accuracy from a gaze tracking system of a computing device. Head pose data having a fine accuracy greater than the coarse accuracy is received from a head tracking system. Using the gaze tracking data, an approximate user gaze region within a display region is determined, and the target indicator is displayed at an initial location within the approximate user gaze region. A reposition input from the user is received. In response, subsequently received head pose data is used to calculate an adjusted location for the target indicator. The target indicator is then displayed at the adjusted location. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193019 | MOBILE APPARATUS WITH OPTICAL INDEXER, AND METHOD FOR INDEXING USING THE SAME - Disclosure is to a mobile apparatus having an optical indexer, and a method for performing indexing. The mobile apparatus includes an optical indexing module for sensing a movement. A control interface is generated in simulation and displayed on the mobile apparatus as it apparatus operates as a computer mouse. In the method, the simulated control interface is initiated in the beginning. The optical indexing module is activated to perform a tracing process, in which the optical indexing module emits a light and receives, especially by the multiple sensing cells arranged in an array, the reflected light. The photo energy received by the every sensing cell within a time slot can be computed. The energy difference in the time slot is used to determine a moving direction. An indexing signal is generated by converting movement signal made by optical indexing module and control signal from the simulated control interface. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193020 | Cushioned Mouse Pad Device - A cushioned mouse pad device supports a mouse pad in a stable position. The device includes a panel having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a perimeter edge extending around and between the top surface and the bottom surface. The top surface is configured for supporting a computer mouse thereon to input control signals to a computer by movement of the computer mouse on the top surface. A cushion is coupled to the bottom surface of the panel and includes an exposed lower surface facing away from the panel. A bottom channel extends across the lower surface of the cushion defining a medial section of the cushion positioned between a pair of outer sections of the cushion. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193021 | OPTICAL TOUCH PEN - An optical touch pen includes a pen case, an operation module, and a power module. The operation module is disposed within an upper cover of the pen case, and includes a pen tip, a supporting part, a circuit board and a multi-directional auxiliary element. The multi-directional auxiliary element is arranged between an inner wall of the upper cover and the engaging structure of the supporting part. The power module is disposed within a lower cover of the pen case. When an external force is applied to the pen tip, the pen tip and the supporting part are shifted in response to the external force, the engaging structure of the supporting part is shifted relative to the multi-directional auxiliary element, and the external force is transmitted downwardly to the circuit board. Consequently, a current switch on the circuit board is triggered and the power module is electrically conducted. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193022 | WIRELESS MOUSE - A wireless mouse includes several power generation devices each having a generator, a rotating member, a connection rod, a drive wheel and a slave wheel. The rotating member and the drive wheel are coupled to the connection rod. A stopper block is fixed on the rotating member with an end portion fitting into one gear of a ratchet portion defined on the connection rod. An elastic member is fixed between the connection rod and the drive wheel. The slave wheel is assembled on a rotating shaft of the generator, and engaged with the drive wheel. When the rotating member rotates, the connection rod is rotated unidirectional by the engagement of the stopper block and the ratchet portion, and the elastic member is deformed to rotate the drive wheel with the slave wheel, causing the rotating shaft of the generator to rotate and generate electrical energy to power the wireless mouse. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193023 | DEVICES FOR USE WITH COMPUTERS - A computer mouse for use with a computer, including: a base with a lower surface configured for sliding across a work surface and having at least one portion forming part of a base contact plane; an upper body extending from the base; a contact sensor; an optical movement sensor system capable of detecting mouse movement relative to the work surface, a communication system, for communicating computer-readable movement and/or position data signals from the device to a computer, wherein the mouse is configured to operate in a first mode when orientated in a first orientation, and a second mode when orientated in a second orientation when the base contact plane is inclined with respect to the first orientation, and wherein the optical movement sensor system is configured to capture an image of the work surface in both the first and second modes to determine device movement in both modes. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193024 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH CONTOL PEN - A capacitive touch control pen is disclosed. The capacitive touch control pen includes a hollow conductive tube, having an open end and a closed end; a conductive touch control member, fastened at the open end of the conductive tube, one part of the conductive touch control member is exposed outside the conductive tube and the other part of the conductive touch control member is arranged inside the conductive tube; a circuit board, disposed at an inner wall of the conductive tube; and a conductive connection unit, electrically connected with the circuit board and the conductive tube to make the circuit board, the tube, the conductive connection unit, and the conductive touch control member become a circuit loop. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193025 | PEN FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCH SYSTEMS - A pen configured for use with a touch sensor includes a pen tip that is configured to make contact with the touch sensor. The pen body includes an electrically conductive receiver portion and an electrically conductive emitter portion that is electrically insulated and electrostatically shielded from the receiver portion. The pen includes circuitry configured to receive a touch sensor drive signal applied to a drive electrode of the touch sensor through the receiver portion of the pen body. In response to the received signal, the pen circuitry generates a pen drive signal that is phase additive with the touch sensor drive signal and emits the pen drive signal through the emitter portion of the pen body. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193026 | COORDINATE DETECTION SYSTEM, COORDINATE DETECTION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A coordinate detection system includes a coordinate input device including a panel surface, an indication tool including a tip part with a conical shape or truncated-conical shape, a first image taking device to take a first image of the indication tool, a second image taking device to take a second image of the indication tool, and an information processing device to detect a first set of two oblique lines of the conical shape or truncated-conical shape based on the first image, detect a second set of two oblique lines of the conical shape or truncated-conical shape based on the second image, and calculate coordinates of a vertex of the tip part on the panel surface based on a first point of intersection between two oblique lines included in the first set and a second point of intersection between two oblique lines included in the second set. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193027 | MEDIA CONTROLLER - A media controller for controlling an electronic device includes a body having a communication portion, a stylus portion, and a control portion. The media controller also includes a short-range communication module positioned in the communication portion, a conductive tip supported by the stylus portion, an actuator supported by the control portion, and a processor positioned within the body. The processor is coupled to the short-range communication module. The processor is operable to send a first command, while in a first mode, to the electronic device using the short-range communication module, receive a user input through the actuator, and switch from the first mode to a second mode in response to the user input. The processor is further operable to send a second command, while in the second mode, to the electronic device using the short-range communication module. The second command is different than the first command. | 2015-07-09 |
20150193028 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF ERASING INFORMATION INPUT WITH PEN - A display device includes a display unit, a pen position acquiring unit that acquires a contact position of the electronic pen on the display unit, or a proximity position of the electronic pen on the display unit, a display controller that displays on the display unit a trace of contact positions, a touch sensing unit that senses a touch position on the display unit, and a controller that sets the acquired proximity position of the electronic pen as a reference position. In a case where the touch sensing unit senses the touch position, the controller performs a process of erasing a display presented by input with a pen, when the sensed touch position is within a predetermined range from the reference position, and executes a process different from the process of erasing a display, when the sensed touch position is outside the predetermined range. | 2015-07-09 |