48th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210373568 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF A MOBILE MINING MACHINE - The present disclosure relates to a system and a method of controlling the movement of a tracked mobile mining machine having one or more articulated vehicle units. The control system works by taking input from manual or automated input means, the input serving as a set operating value for at least one driving parameter. The controller generates control signals, which are sent to regulating means that actuate the motor of the mobile mining machine. Using sensors on the machine, actual values of the driving parameter are measured in real-time and fed to the controller for comparison with the original set values. Any difference in the values is compensated for when the controller sends control signals to the regulating means causing readjustment of the driving parameter of the mining machine. The control system is applicable to crawler-driven powered vehicle units to ensure synchronous crawler movement for both linear and non-linear paths. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373569 | DELIVERY SYSTEM, DELIVERY METHOD AND DELIVERY DEVICE - For a user to receive a package more smoothly from an unmanned ground vehicle, a delivery system includes an unmanned ground vehicle having at least two surfaces each of which is provided with a door of a storage compartment for receiving a package and facing in different directions. The delivery system determines a surface provided with a door of a storage compartment that stores a package to be received by the user next among the at least two surfaces, and adjusts a direction of the unmanned ground vehicle based on the determined surface before the user reaches the unmanned ground vehicle. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373570 | MOVING ROBOT AND TRAVELING METHOD THEREOF IN CORNER AREAS - The present disclosure relates to a moving robot that generates image information by accumulating results of sensing a corner area using a 3D camera sensor, and detects an obstacle by extracting an area for identifying the obstacle from the image information, and a traveling method thereof in corner areas. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373571 | MOVING ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BOUNDARY INFORMATION OF THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a moving robot system and a method for generating boundary information of the moving robot system that generates boundary information based on actual installation positions of a plurality of transmission devices when the plurality of transmission devices is installed based on map data provided from a web server. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373572 | SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS MATERIAL HANDLING IN AN OUTDOOR YARD - A flexible material handling system for can handle varied loads and placements including operation in varying weather conditions, and integrates safety systems to tolerate pedestrians and manual vehicles in an operating environment. An autonomous vehicle is operable along a vehicle traversal path within a predetermined set of environmental conditions. A GPS base station is operatively in communication with the autonomous vehicle. A supervisor/orchestrator is operatively in communication with the autonomous vehicle and the GPS base station and is operative to coordinate movement of the autonomous vehicle along the vehicle traversal path and assign one or more tasks for the autonomous vehicle to accomplish. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373573 | Fire Protection Robot, System Comprising the Fire Protection Robot, and Method for Using the Same - The invention relates to a fire protection robot ( | 2021-12-02 |
20210373574 | ROBOT FOR PROVIDING GUIDANCE SERVICE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A robot for providing a guidance service using artificial intelligence includes a communication unit, and a processor configured to measure a distance between each of a plurality of external robots located in a first area and the robot and transmit, to one or more external robots, a command for moving the one or more external robots among the plurality of external robots to a second area different from the first area through the communication unit, when the number of external robots within a certain distance is equal to or greater than a certain number based on the measured distance. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373575 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle control system and method forecast an upcoming intersection area of projected paths of a first vehicle system and a second vehicle system based on current movements of the first vehicle system and the second vehicle system. A reach distance of the first vehicle system is calculated as a distance from a leading edge of the first vehicle system to the intersection area. A difference between the reach distance of the first vehicle system and a designated gap distance with the designated gap distance are compared. The speed of the first vehicle system is automatically reduced responsive to the difference being no smaller than the designated gap distance and/or the first vehicle system is stopped responsive to the difference being smaller than the designated gap distance. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373576 | CONTROL METHOD OF ROBOT SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method of controlling a robot system, including recognizing identification information of a user, by a first robot, transmitting a recognition result of the identification information of the user to a server system including one or more servers, by the first robot, receiving user input including a shopping cart service request from the user, by the first robot, transmitting information based on the user input to the server system, by the first robot, determining a support robot for supporting a task corresponding to the service request, by the server system, making a request to a second robot identified to be the support robot for the task, by the server system, and performing the task, by the second robot. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373577 | Posture Estimation Device, Sensor Module, Measurement System, Moving Object, And Posture Estimation Method - A posture estimation device estimates a posture of a movable body based on acceleration information based on a posture change of the movable body and angular velocity information based on the posture change of the movable body. The posture estimation device includes a storage unit that stores the acceleration information, the angular velocity information, and a plurality of posture parameters related to a movement of the movable body, a parameter control unit that selects a selection posture parameter from the plurality of posture parameters, and a posture calculation unit that estimates the posture of the movable body by using the acceleration information, the angular velocity information, and the selection posture parameter. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373578 | CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CARRIER SYSTEM - A control method includes acquiring motion information of a tracked object, and based on the motion information, controlling movement of a carrying device that carries a tracking device to enable the tracking device to track the tracked object while maintaining approximately unchanged an angle between a moving direction of the tracked object and a line connecting the tracked object and the tracking device when the tracked object moves. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373579 | THRUST VECTORING SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR USE WITH UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES - A method for controlling a thrust vectored aircraft includes mapping aircraft control commands with a flight controller through at least an inner-mixing space and generating output commands. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373580 | System and method for autonomous air traffic control of unmanned aerial vehicles - A method for autonomous air traffic control (AATC) of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) comprising transporting a plurality of UAVs from an origin location to a destination location through a plurality of airspace regions, controlling the flight of said UAVs using a computer-based traffic management system, periodically tracking the flight of the UAVs, executing automated processes on the computer-based traffic management system and transmitting bi-directional information between the computer-based traffic management system and the UAVs through a communications network. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373581 | Airborne Relays in Cooperative-MIMO Systems - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) uses a first baseband processor to establish a first communication link with a ground station of a wireless network and a second baseband processor that establishes a second communication link with a user device. The second baseband processor for processing a radio transmission from a user equipment. The second baseband processor is communicatively coupled to the first baseband processor such that the radio transmission is communicated to the ground station via the first communication link. Flight-control hardware steers the UAV along a flight trajectory that is determined by a ground-based UAV controller based at least on the radio transmission, such that the UAV or the ground station can locate or track the user equipment. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373582 | FLUID TRANSFER COMPONENT FOR TRANSFERRING THERMAL ENERGY COMPRISING A FILM WITH FLUID CHANNELS - In one embodiment, a fluid transfer component for transferring thermal energy comprises a film comprising a polymer with a thickness less than 5 millimeters, an input side constructed to receive fluid that flows from the input side to an active region of the film, more than 20 fluid channels defined by interior surfaces within the film, each fluid channel separated spatially in at least 1 row in a thickness direction of the film, the more than 20 fluid channels have a channel density across the active region greater than 5 fluid channels per centimeter, wherein the thermal energy is transferred to or from an environment and the fluid in the active region. The film may be an extruded microcapillary film or interior surfaces may comprise a surface modified to produce a surface relief profile. The active region may cool or warm the environment, which may comprise an individual. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373583 | RESIDENTIAL WATER UTILIZATION TRACKING - Disclosed embodiments can provide a system and method for controlling irrigation schedules for a sprinkler system for at least one irrigation zone. The embodiments include automatically updating irrigation schedules based at least in part on watering restriction data from a water authority, such as a water utility authority, and water usage data for a property including the at least one irrigation zone. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373584 | COMPUTER-CONTROLLED VALVE ARRAY - In accordance with the principals of the present invention, a computer-controlled valve array to meter fluids is provided. An intake manifold defines a fluid-inlet chamber. A fluid inlet is in fluid communication with the fluid-inlet chamber of the intake manifold, the fluid inlet adapted to receive a high-pressure source of fluid. A number of valves have an inlet and an outlet. In an embodiment, the valves comprise pintle valves. At least one valve inlet is in fluid communication with the fluid-inlet chamber. The valves are electronically controlled to allow fluid through in response to a trigger. An outtake manifold is in fluid communication with the valve outlets. Outlet ports are in fluid communication with the outtake chamber of the outlet manifold. The outlet ports are adapted to receive and fluid communicate with the output circuit. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373585 | OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL DEVICE USING HYBRID AUTOMATED TESTING EQUIPMENT - An optical-electrical device can implement a feedback-based control loop for temperature of the device during component calibration. The optical-electrical device can implement compressed air to vary the device temperature during calibration. Additionally, non-active components of the device can be provided current to vary the temperature of the device in concert with the provided compressed air. Additional calibration temperatures can be implemented by activating and deactivating additional non-active components in the device, such as light sources, optical amplifiers, and modulators. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373586 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR POWER SUPPLY CONTROL - Disclosed is a power supply device including a first direct-current power source that generates a direct-current voltage to be supplied to a device that is a load, and a second direct-current power source that generates a direct-current voltage to be supplied to a sensor that detects a physical quantity. The first direct-current power source is an output variable type power source that generates a direct-current voltage that changes according to a signal from the sensor, and the second direct-current power source is an output fixed type power source that generates a constant direct-current voltage. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373587 | DETECTION AND PROTECTION CIRCUIT, POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT, POWER SUPPLY METHOD OF ACTIVE DEVICE - A detection and protection circuit includes: a comparator, six resistors, and two diodes. A first resistor is connected to a second resistor. The second resistor ( | 2021-12-02 |
20210373588 | LOW DROPOUT REGULATOR AND RELATED METHOD - A device is disclosed. The device includes an operational amplifier, an output circuit and a first feedback circuit. The operational amplifier includes an input terminal that is configured to receive a feedback signal. The output circuit is coupled to an output terminal of the operational amplifier and is configured to generate an output signal in response to an output of the operational amplifier. The first feedback circuit is coupled to the output circuit and is configured to couple at least one first ripple signal in the output signal to the input terminal of the operational amplifier that is configured to receive the feedback signal, for adjusting the output signal. A method also is disclosed herein. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373589 | DIGITAL LOW-DROPOUT REGULATOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DIGITAL LOW-DROPOUT REGULATOR - Embodiments of digital low-dropout (LDO) regulators and methods for operating a digital LDO regulator are described. In one embodiment, a digital LDO regulator includes a clamp circuit configured to generate a clamp voltage in response to an input voltage of the digital LDO regulator, a gate driver circuit configured to generate a drive voltage in response to the input voltage and the clamp voltage, and at least one transistor device configured to generate an output voltage in response to the input voltage and the drive voltage. Other embodiments are also described. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373590 | VEHICULAR DEVICE - A vehicular device includes a CPU. The CPU is set in a rated state in which the CPU operates at a rated operating clock and a high speed state in which the CPU operates at an operating clock higher than the rated operating clock. The high speed state is changeable in the operating clock and the rated state is not changeable in the rated operating clock. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373591 | CLOCK COMPENSATION CIRCUIT - A clock compensation circuit includes a delay circuit configured to generate a plurality of second clock signals by delaying a plurality of first clock signals, a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert phase differences between the plurality of second clock signals into voltages and output converted voltages as a plurality of phase difference voltages, and a comparison circuit configured to generate a plurality of phase difference detection signals by comparing the plurality of phase difference voltages with a reference voltage. The clock compensation circuit also includes a phase error control circuit configured to generate a plurality of control signals for controlling the delay circuit, the voltage conversion circuit, and the comparison circuit according to any of the plurality of second clock signals and the plurality of phase difference detection signals. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373592 | Optical Module With Conformable Portion - A head-mounted device to be worn on a head of a user includes a device housing, a support structure, and an optical module. The optical module includes an optical module housing. The optical module also includes a display that is located at an inner end of the optical module housing and a lens assembly that is located at an outer end of the optical module housing. The optical module also includes a conformable portion that is located at the outer end of the optical module housing, is located adjacent to the lens assembly, extends at least partially around a periphery of the lens assembly, and is engageable with a face portion of the user. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373593 | EAR PHYSIOLOGICAL WEARABLE DEVICE - An ear physiological wearable device, including a main body and a supporting body, is provided. The main body includes an acoustic driving portion, a temperature sensing portion and an optical scanning portion. The acoustic driving portion is adjacent to the temperature sensing portion, and the optical scanning portion is disposed below the acoustic driving portion and the temperature sensing portion. The supporting body is connected to the main body. The acoustic driving portion includes an acoustic outlet, and the temperature sensing portion includes a nozzle. Two ear physiological wearable devices, one of them including an acoustic driving portion with an acoustic end against the user's skull, another including a main body including a temperature sensing portion and an optical scanning portion, are provided. In this way, the audio signal can be transmitted and/or the users' physiological status can be sensed. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373594 | Wearable Security Device and Charging Band, System and Method - A wearable device for securely remaining coupled to a user and recording data pertaining to the user is provided. The device includes a main body, which has a display for viewing, a magnet for aligning the main body to other objects, a rechargeable battery for powering the main body and a computing module for storing, transferring and analyzing data. The device also includes a band extending from a first end of the main body to a second end of the main body for permitting coupling of the device to a user. The band may include anti-tampering features for preventing uncoupling of the device from a user without detection. The wearable device includes a charger to be worn adjacent to the device for wirelessly charging. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373595 | EYEWEAR DEVICE WITH FINGERPRINT SENSOR FOR USER INPUT - A system comprises an eyewear device that includes a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, a fingerprint sensor, and a sensing circuit. The fingerprint sensor includes an input surface to receive input of a finger skin surface. The sensing circuit is configured to track a pattern of fingerprint ridges of the finger skin surface on the input surface. Execution of programming by a processor configures the system to perform functions to track, via the sensing circuit, the pattern of fingerprint ridges of the finger skin surface on the input surface; generate a fingerprint image having the tracked pattern of fingerprint ridges; extract fingerprint features from the fingerprint image; and authorize the user to utilize the eyewear device based on the extracted fingerprint features. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373596 | VOICE-ENABLED EXTERNAL SMART PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH DISPLAY - A voice-enabled external smart battery processing system is provided. At least one sensor includes a microphone and is configured to identify an input audio signal from a user. A low-power processor is configured to process the input audio signal and initiate a voice assistant session for a host device. A battery is configured to provide power to the processor and the host device, while a display provides visual output based on the input audio signal. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373597 | PORTABLE COMPUTER UNIFIED TOP CASE - A top case assembly for a portable computer is disclosed. The assembly may include an integral unified (e.g., homogenous) top case formed from a single part. The integral top case provides an enclosure, frame and cosmetic exterior of the portable computer. The integral top case also serves as the primary structure of the portable computer. The assembly may include a variety of subassemblies such as keyboards, touchpads, circuit boards, and drives that are carried by the underside of the integral top case. The integral top case may be formed from aluminum slab that has been machined to form walls, openings, attachment areas and cosmetic areas of the top case. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373598 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a host; a first screen, comprising a first connecting edge, the first screen is slidably connected to the host by the first connecting edge, and the first screen slides between a first slide position and a second slide position relative to the host; a magnet module, disposed on the first screen or on the host, the magnet module comprises a plurality of magnet components, and the magnet components are arranged at intervals; and a magnetic induction module, disposed on the host or on the first screen relative to the magnet module, wherein when the first screen is flipped towards the host at any position between the first slide position and the second slide position, the magnetic induction module detects a magnetic field of the magnet module to causes the host to switch to a system state. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373599 | Back Input/Output Interface Design - A connector assembly for a mobile device is provided that includes a back plate adapted to be operably coupled with a mobile device, a connector region operably couple with the back plate, and at least one alignment member operably coupled with the back plate and positioned adjacent to the connector region. The connector region is configurable in at least a first arrangement and a second arrangement. The at least one alignment member aligns with the connector region and frictionally receive an accessory device. In the first arrangement, the connector region includes at least one electrical connector, and in the second arrangement, the connector region includes no electrical connectors. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373600 | EXPANSION ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an expansion electronic device suitable for being disposed at an edge of a main framework having therein a motherboard. The expansion electronic device includes an expansion frame bar and functional module. The expansion frame bar has thereon an expansion box. The expansion box has an access opening. The inner rim of the access opening has an inner annular wall. The access opening is covered with a protective cover. The outer rim of the protective cover has an outer annular wall corresponding in shape to the inner annular wall. A resilient annular surface is defined on the outer surface of the outer annular wall. The resilient annular surface abuts against the inner annular wall to hermetically seal the access opening. The functional module is disposed in the expansion box and electrically connected to a control wire exiting the functional module and electrically connected to the motherboard. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373601 | Curved Touchscreen Adaptive UI - The display disclosed herein receives input via one section of the display and controls another different section of the display responsive to this received input. Exemplary embodiments include a smartwatch, where the display encompasses at least part of the wristband and where multiple display sections are defined for the wristband display. A control circuit for the display receives input from a second display section of the wristband display, e.g., that is not fully visible to the user, and controls the first display section that is visible to the user responsive to the input received by the second display section. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373602 | FOLDABLE VIRTUAL REALITY DEVICE - A foldable virtual reality device is mounted on the section of the main body that includes the display and a side of the main body so that it can rotate, is switched in close-contact state with the front surface and the bottom surface of the main body, includes a screen member and a switching body that includes an ocular plate mounted to the screen member, moves the ocular plate between the close-contact state of the display and the ocular plate and the separation state maintaining a predetermined distance, and can implement virtual reality function by the display when the ocular plate is in separation state. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373603 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A flexible display device is provided. A first support member is fixed to a housing, a second support member is slidably arranged relative to the first support member; a flexible display screen is disposed on a side of the first support member and the second support member, the first end is connected to an end of the second support member, and the second end is connected to the transmission mechanism in the housing; and when the first support member slides relative to the second support member, the transmission mechanism keeps movements of both ends of the flexible display screen in a same movement distance at a same time. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373604 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel including a rear surface and a front surface, where the front surface is provided with a display surface and including a folding axis extending in a first direction, a first barrier member disposed on the rear surface of the display panel and having a modulus of about 1 GPa to about 300 GPa, a first coupling member disposed on a rear surface of the first barrier member, and a metal plate disposed on a rear surface of the first coupling member and including a first plate portion and a second plate portion which are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction and a connection portion connecting the first plate portion and the second plate portion, where the first coupling member does not overlap the connection portion in a plan view. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373605 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A display region of an electronic device is enlarged. Alternatively, a display region of an electronic device is protected. Alternatively, a display device for extending a display region is provided. A system includes an electronic device including a first display portion positioned on a first surface including an upper surface of a housing and a second display portion positioned on a second surface including a first side surface of the housing, and a display device including a third display portion positioned on a third surface of a support portion and a connection portion having a function of connecting with the housing and a function of reversibly changing the relative positions of the support portion and the housing between a first configuration and a second configuration. The first configuration is a configuration in which the support portion covers the first display portion such that the second display portion is visible. The second configuration is a configuration in which the support portion and the housing are opened such that the first display portion, the second display portion, and the third display portion are visible. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373606 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a first display and a second display. The first display includes a first display body having a first side, a positioning recess located at the first side, and an engagement recess located in the positioning recess. The second display is detachably mounted at one side of the first display body, includes a second display body, a positioning protrusion, and a pendulum hook, and has a second side. The positioning protrusion is connected to the second side and has a cavity configured to accommodate the pendulum hook pivotally connected to the positioning protrusion and including an engagement protrusion. The positioning protrusion is inserted into the positioning recess. The second side contacts the first side. The engagement protrusion is configured to move out of the cavity and be engaged with the engagement recess or move away from the engagement recess and move back to the cavity. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373607 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device includes a main framework, a back cover, a door cover, a functional module and a stop element. The back cover covers the main framework and has an expansion window. The door cover covers the expansion window. The functional module is disposed on an inner side of the door cover and electrically connected to a motherboard in the main framework. An operation interface corresponding in position to an outer side of the door cover is disposed on one side of the functional module. One side and the other side of the functional module oppose each other. The stop element is disposed on the inner side of the door cover, abuts against the other side of the functional module, and thus prevents the functional module from retracting under an external force. Therefore, the mobile electronic device is insusceptible to a collision and a fall. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373608 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a front glass cover that forms the front of the electronic device, a back cover that forms the back of the electronic device, a bezel that surrounds the space formed between the front and back covers and is formed integrally with, or separately from, the back cover, wherein the bezel has a first opening with a first size and a second opening with a second size smaller than the first size, the second opening being disposed adjacent to the first opening, a display device that is located in the space and has a screen area exposed through the front cover, a tray structure that is inserted into the space through the first opening and is detachably mounted, the tray structure having a recess in which a memory card and/or a subscriber identification module (SIM) card is received, a first member that holds the tray structure when the tray structure is inserted into the space and a second member that allows a first member to release the tray structure by the press of an external member that is inserted through the second opening, and a waterproof structure that includes a first portion that is movably inserted into the second opening, a first end portion that makes contact with the second member by the press of the external member, and a second end portion that is pressed by the external member. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373609 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING HINGE STRUCTURE - An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a housing including a front surface and a rear surface facing the direction opposite to the front surface; a support plate rotatably coupled to the rear surface of the housing, and rotating around a first axis from a position in which the support plate is in close contact with a partial area of the rear surface to an open state in which the support plate forms an angle with respect to the rear surface; and a hinge structure having at least a portion accommodated inside the housing, and rotatably coupling the support plate to the housing. Therein, the hinge structure can comprise: a first guide member mounted on and fixed to the inner side surface of the housing; a second guide member mounted on and fixed to one surface of the support plate; and a gear module for linking the first guide member and the second guide member, wherein the first axis can be positioned on the rear surface on the outside of the housing. The electronic device can vary according to embodiments. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373610 | SELF-ACTUATING HINGE MECHANISM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A notebook computer may include a display portion, a base portion, a hinge mechanism movably coupling the display portion to the base portion, an optical sensing system configured to capture an image of an object, an actuation system comprising a shape-memory alloy member coupled to the base portion and the display portion and configured to move the display portion relative to the base portion, and a processing system. The processing system may be configured to determine a target position for the display portion based at least in part on a location of the object in the image and cause the actuation system to actuate the hinge mechanism to move the display portion, relative to the base portion, from an initial position to the target position. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373611 | FOLDABLE HINGE MODULE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - Proposed is a foldable hinge module for a portable terminal, and more particularly, a foldable hinge module for a portable terminal that can easily unfold or fold a flexible display mounted on the portable terminal. In the foldable hinge module for a portable terminal, the flexible display can be smoothly unfolded or folded as the first rotary plate and the second rotary plate are easily rotated in the Y axis direction, by using the gear set part engaged with the first gear part formed in the first rotary plate and the second gear part formed in the second rotary plate to be operated. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373612 | ARM STRUCTURE, HINGE STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE ARM STRUCTURE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An arm structure of an electronic device is provided. The arm structure includes an arm body, a first cam disposed on one side of the arm body and including a first hole into which at least a portion of a rotating shaft providing a folding operation of the electronic device is inserted, a peak and a valley being formed around the first hole, a second cam arranged side-by-side on a same axis as the one side of the arm body, spaced apart from the first cam, and including a second hole into which at least a portion of the rotating shaft is inserted, a peak and a valley being formed around the second hole, and a connecting part disposed on another side of the arm body and fastened with a rotating part providing rotation of the electronic device. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373613 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PIVOT STRUCTURE THEREOF - An electronic device is provided, which includes a first body, a second body, and a pivot structure connecting the first body and the second body. The pivot structure includes a shaft with an axis, a first assembling element assembled with the shaft and connected with the first body and a second assembling element pivotally connected to the shaft and connected with the second body. The second assembling element includes an abutting portion. When at the first position, the abutting portion and the first assembling element are located on the same side relative to the axis. When at the second position, the abutting portion rotates around the axis and is located on a different side relative to the axis, and the abutting portion abuts the abutting surface to generate an abutting force. Then the first body rises and an angle relative to the abutting surface is generated. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373614 | HINGE MODULE AND FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A hinge module according to one embodiment includes a fixed structure including a central portion, a guide portion having an edge facing an edge of the central portion, and a support portion configured to connect the central portion and the guide portion, wherein an interior space is formed between the central portion and the guide portion, a connecting shaft extending into the interior space through the central portion and including a gear formed on at least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the connecting shaft, and a rotary structure disposed in the interior space, the rotary structure including a circular arc shaped gear having a plurality of gear teeth arranged in a circular arc shape and that are engaged with the gear, wherein the rotary structure rotates about a virtual axis of rotation passing through a center of a circular arc of the circular arc shaped gear. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373615 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CONNECTOR TO WHICH ACCESSORY DEVICE IS ATTACHABLE - An electronic device to which an accessory device is attachable according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes a housing including a first opening and a second opening and a connector at least partially exposed through the first opening and the second opening. The connector includes a main body, a button part seated on the main body so as to be movable in a first direction or a second direction, a first elastic member mounted between the main body and the button part, a movable part seated on the main body, and a second elastic member mounted between the main body and the movable part. A portion of the button part is exposed through the first opening, and a portion of the movable part is exposed through the second opening. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373616 | EXPANSION CARD ASSEMBLY AND EXPANSION CARD CAGE - The disclosure provides an expansion card cage including a cage, a latch and a fastener. The cage includes a back plate, a first mount plate, and a second mount plate. The back plate has two surfaces opposite to each other and two openings. The first mount plate and the second mount plate respectively protrude from the two surfaces of the back plate. The first mount plate is configured for an installation of a riser card configured for an insertion of an expansion card. The openings of the back plate are configured to expose the expansion card. The second mount plate has a fixation hole. The latch has a through hole. The fastener is disposed through the through hole of the latch and fixed in the fixation hole of the second mount plate so as to force the latch to press against a tab portion of the expansion card. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373617 | SERVER CHASSIS AND FASTENING ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A server chassis, configured to detachably fasten a PCB, includes a case, an expansion frame, and a fastening assembly. The fastening assembly includes a slidable component, a guiding component disposed through the slidable component and fixed to the case, a movable pin movably disposed through the slidable component, and a fastening pin fixed to the slidable component. When the slidable component is at a fastening position, the movable pin is movable between inserted and extracted positions. When the movable pin is at the inserted position, the movable pin is disposed through the slidable component and the case, such that the slidable component is positioned at the fastening position, and the fastening pin is disposed through the PCB and the expansion frame. When the movable pin is at the extracted position, the movable pin is disengaged from the case, such that the slidable component is slidable to a releasing position. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373618 | INTERFACE CARD CAGE AND SERVER - An interface card cage includes a first assembly and a second assembly. The first assembly includes a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bent portion. The second side wall has an opening. The bent portion and the first side wall extend in different directions. The bent portion includes a protrusion extending from the bent portion. The second assembly includes an assembly part having a slot. The assembly part includes a first side plate and a second side plate. The first side plate has a recess. The assembly part has a first edge and a second edge. A direction from the first edge to the second edge is different from a direction from the first side plate to the second side plate. The bent portion of the first assembly is located in the slot. The protrusion is located in the recess. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373619 | COVER INTERLOCK MECHANISM - A cover interlock mechanism for drawer in a rack enclosure includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion coupled to opposing sides of the drawer, the protrusions being urged outward from the drawer, at least one structural component of the rack enclosure that engages the protrusions to prevent the drawer from being inserted into the rack enclosure, and a cover for the drawer having cavities that align with the protrusions when the cover is placed on the drawer to urge the protrusions toward the drawer to allow the drawer to be inserted into the rack enclosure. The protrusions may be urged outward from the drawer by flexible members attached to the drawer. The flexible members may be attached to bottom portions of sides of the drawer. The structural component may be a rail of the rack enclosure. The rail may be part of the framework of the rack enclosure. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373620 | Hard Disk Drive Carrier Installation System - A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for assembling a hard disk drive (HDD) carrier. An information handling system provides instructions to position the HDD carrier in place in order to secure multiple HDD units. An image is captured of secure holes on the HDD carrier in which fasteners are to be installed. The information handling system provides instructions to fetch the fasteners used to secure the HDD units to the HDD carrier and instructions to install the fasteners to the HDD carrier. An image is captured of installed fasteners on the HDD carrier. Verification is performed of installation of the installed fasteners by comparing the installed fasteners to location data in an application of the information handling system. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373621 | STACKED COMPUTER SYSTEM - A stacked computer system includes a main machine module and expansion modules detachably stacked with each other. Each of the expansion modules is electrically connected to the main machine module. Each of the main machine module and the expansion modules includes a first connector located at an upper position and a second connector located at a lower position. In any two of the main machine module and the expansion modules adjacent to each other, the first connector of a lower one is connected to the second connector of the other one. Each of the first connector and the second connector includes at least two of a data transmission control interface, a power supply interface, a display signal transmission interface and a detection interface. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373622 | METHOD AND CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING DELIVERY OF POWER TO ONE OR MORE SERVERS - Delivery of power to one or more servers is controlled by energizing a control circuit and transmitting, from the control circuit to a first power source, a first signal indicating that the control circuit is energized. After transmitting the first signal indicating that the control circuit is energized, the control circuit receives a second signal indicating that the first power source is ready to provide power. The control circuit also receives, from a server, a third signal indicating that the server is energized. Having received the second signal indicating that the first power source is ready to provide power and the third signal indicating that the server is energized, the control circuit transmit to the server a fourth signal indicating that the server may start receiving power from the first power source. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373623 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND BEZEL THEREOF - A display device and a bezel thereof are provided. The display device includes a display panel and a bezel. The display panel has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface includes at least one pixel pad section, and the second surface includes at least one circuit pad section. The bezel includes a first surface connecting portion, a second surface connecting portion and at least one conductive wire. The edge of the display panel having the pixel pad section and the circuit pad section is accommodated between the first surface connecting portion and the second surface connecting portion. Each conductive wire has a first end and a second end. The first end is disposed on the first surface connecting portion and the second end is disposed on the second surface connecting portion. The part of the first connecting portion having the first end corresponds to the pixel pad section, and the part of the second connecting portion having the second end corresponds to the circuit pad section. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373624 | COOLING SYSTEM WITH ACOUSTIC NOISE CONTROL IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - A component-level cooling system for cooling components in a chassis includes a fan in a housing positioned on a circuit board. The housing has a fan inlet on a side, a first fan outlet on one end and a second fan outlet on a second end opposite the first end. The first fan outlet may direct a first airflow in a first direction to a vent on a first panel of the chassis. The second fan outlet may direct a second airflow in a second direction opposite the first direction. A duct comprises a duct inlet for receiving the second airflow, an elbow for redirecting the second airflow in a third direction to avoid the second airflow from colliding with a main airflow to reduce acoustic noise, and a duct outlet located to avoid heated air exiting the duct from re-entering the fan inlet. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373625 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING TEMPERATURE CONTROL - An electronic device and method of operating an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a temperature measurement unit configured to measure a temperature of each of multiple components of the electronic device, and a controller configured to change, based on a first reference temperature, an operating frequency of the controller to a first operating frequency when a temperature of the controller, measured by the temperature measurement unit, reaches the first reference temperature and change, based on a third reference temperature that is lower than the first reference temperature, the operating frequency of the controller to a second operating frequency when a temperature of at least one component of the multiple components reaches a second reference temperature while the controller operates at the first operating frequency. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373626 | MANAGEMENT OF A THERMALLY REGULATED STRUCTURE OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - An information handling system, comprising: a voltage source; a thermally regulated structure, including: a thermal fabric layer, the thermal fabric layer having a porosity; a laminate layer coupled to the thermal fabric layer, wherein a shape of the laminate layer controls the porosity of the thermal fabric layer; a temperature sensor configured to detect a first temperature of the information handling system; a thermal management controller to perform operations comprising: determining that the first temperature is above a threshold; in response, calculating a voltage to apply to the thermally regulated structure based on the first temperature; and providing a command to the voltage source to apply the voltage to the laminate layer of the thermally regulated structure to adjust a shape of the laminate layer such the porosity of the thermal fabric provides an emissivity of the thermally regulated structure to thermally radiate heat from the thermally regulated structure. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373627 | COMPUTING DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED AND ISOLATED LIQUID COOLING - An example computing device includes: a housing; a liquid cooling system; a first compartment of the housing that contains processing components; a second compartment of the housing that contains cooling components of the liquid cooling system; an airgap in the housing that physically separates and thermally isolates the first compartment and the second compartment, the airgap defined by external surfaces of the housing; and, a conduit of the housing that joins the first compartment and the second compartment at a side of the airgap, the conduit routing, internal to the housing, tubing of the liquid cooling system from the first compartment to the second compartment, the tubing conveying liquid that carries heat from the processing components to the cooling components for dissipation | 2021-12-02 |
20210373628 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTOR - An electronic device that includes a first device portion, a second device portion coupled to the first device portion, and a uni-directional thermally conductive connector coupled to the first device portion and the second device portion. The first device portion comprises a region that includes a component configured to generate heat. The uni-directional thermally conductive connector is configured to dissipate heat away from the first device portion and towards the second device portion. The uni-directional thermally conductive connector includes a thermally conductive material that primarily dissipates heat along a first direction of the thermally conductive material. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373629 | ASYNCHRONOUS TEMPERATURE CONTROL INTEGRATED DEVICE - An asynchronous temperature control integrated device includes a graphics card body including a graphics processor and a power supply circuit, at least one external fan connection port, a first heat dissipation device, at least one first temperature sensor, a second heat dissipation device, a plurality of second temperature sensors, a plurality of light emission elements, and a control device including an externality control member, a high-power drive module, and a scenario database. Thus, two groups of heat dissipation device and temperature sensor are provided to respectively detect the temperatures of two major heat sources on the graphics card body, and the heat dissipation performances of the two heat dissipation devices are individually controllable to make timely and efficient operations of the heat dissipation devices, and also to collaboratively drive an external fan to thereby enhance overall airflow, reduce system internal temperature, and achieve bettered conditions of temperature control. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373630 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING LIQUID DAMAGE TO AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for detecting, across a resistive sense circuit proximate to a venting system of an IHS, a first voltage at a first time, wherein the first voltage includes a state-steady voltage and a nominal voltage; comparing the first voltage to a voltage threshold, and determining that the first voltage is less than or equal to the voltage threshold and in response, maintaining a power state of the IHS; detecting, across the resistive sense circuit, a second voltage at a second time after the first time, wherein the second voltage includes the steady-state voltage and a low-voltage; comparing the second voltage to the voltage threshold, and determining that the second voltage is greater than the threshold voltage, and in response preparing a computer-implemented response to mitigate damage to the IHS from liquid contacting one or more computing components of the IHS. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373631 | ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an electric power supply system includes a processor, a power circuit and an embedded controller. The processor includes a first controller configured to modify an operating frequency of the processor and a second controller configured to modify an operating power of the processor. The power circuit and the embedded controller detect a presence or an absence of a battery in parallel. The power circuit instructs the first controller to modify the operating frequency when removal of the battery is detected. The embedded controller causes the second controller to modify the operating power via a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) when the removal of the battery is detected, and causes the first controller to stop modify the operating power via the power circuit. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373632 | REMOVABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A removable communication device is described herein. The removable communication device is configured to communicatively couple to a variety of receiving devices via a physical and/or electrical connection. When coupled the removable communication device can control the variety of receiving devices at least in part by using a touchscreen user interface located on the removable communication device. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373633 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRIC SYSTEMS MONITORING AND/OR FAILURE DETECTION - A system for electric systems monitoring in a datacenter comprises a plurality of power distribution units (PDUs), each of the plurality of PDUs comprising a temporary buffer memory and a plurality of electric power outlets and is configured to sense one or more power parameters relating to each of its electric power outlets, generate electric system operating data, and, upon receipt of a request, transmit over a datalink operated on a power line at least a portion of the electric system operating data store in the temporary buffer memory to a networking device. The networking device, communicably connected to the plurality of PDUs, is configured to send requests to transmit the electric system operating data, receive the electric system operating data and emit commands to each of the plurality of PDUs. A method for electric systems monitoring in a datacenter is also provided. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373634 | MICROCONTROLLER ENERGY PROFILER - A method is disclosed to estimate energy consumed by a component in a microcontroller during operation including identifying “event” activities, where the energy consumed by the component may be determined by the number of events executed by the component, and “duration” activities, where the energy consumed may be determined by the duration of time required to execute of the activity, and determining the energy consumed by the component based on the number of events/duration of time and an energy coefficient which corresponds to the amount of energy consumed by the component to execute the activity, under given operating conditions. In an embodiment, data transfers at a bus interface may represent event activities. Apparatus to estimate the energy consumed is disclosed including bus monitors to receive signals representing data transfers at a bus interface and provide signals indicating the number of data transfers executed. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373635 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a power supply; and a plurality of processor cores configured to operate with the power supply, wherein each of the plurality of processor cores includes a clock control circuit that decreases an own clock frequency used by an own processor core when detecting drop of a power supply voltage of the own processor core, and adjusts a speed at which the own clock frequency is increased according to a situation of a power supply voltage of another processor core among the plurality of processor cores. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373636 | POWER SUPPLY COMBINATION FOR DELIVERING POWER AT MULTIPLE VOLTAGES - A power supply combination comprises a first power source comprising a first power rail delivering power at a first voltage and a second power rail delivering power at a second voltage. The power supply combination also comprises a second power source comprising a third power rail delivering power at the first voltage and a fourth power rail delivering power at the second voltage. A first power combining circuit is electrically connected to the first power rail and to the third power rail. The first power combining circuit delivers power at the first voltage to a first voltage input of a load. A second power combining circuit is electrically connected to the second power rail and to the fourth power rail. The second power combining circuit delivers power at the second voltage to a second voltage input of the load. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373637 | Controlling a Processor Clock - There is disclosed a method of controlling the frequency of a clock signal in a processor. The method selects a first clock generator to provide a processor clock signal for executing an application. If a threshold event is detected, a second clock generator is selected. The method reduces the frequency of a clock signal generated by the first clock generator while a processor clock signal is being provided for execution of an application from the second clock generator. The second clock generator generates a clock at a lower speed than the first clock generator. After a predetermined time, the first clock generator is reselected to provide the processor clock signal. The threshold detection is repeated until an optimum clock frequency is discovered. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373638 | Method, Apparatus, And System For Energy Efficiency And Energy Conservation Including Power And Performance Balancing Between Multiple Processing Elements And/Or A Communication Bus - An apparatus, method and system is described herein for efficiently balancing performance and power between processing elements based on measured workloads. If a workload of a processing element indicates that it is a bottleneck, then its performance may be increased. However, if a platform or integrated circuit including the processing element is already operating at a power or thermal limit, the increase in performance is counterbalanced by a reduction or cap in another processing elements performance to maintain compliance with the power or thermal limit. As a result, bottlenecks are identified and alleviated by balancing power allocation, even when multiple processing elements are operating at a power or thermal limit. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373639 | Throughput-Optimized, Quality-Of-Service Aware Power Capping System - This disclosure describes a method to minimize disruption for throughput oriented jobs in power oversubscription services with a dynamic control. The mechanism controls power in a hardware-agnostic way, and the policy employs a multi-threshold approach that balances power safety with workload impact. Moreover, an alternative control mechanism ensures proper system operation while power measurements are unavailable. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373640 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOW POWER INTERNETWORK COMMUNICATION WITH MACHINE DEVICES - A wireless mobile device in a public communication network receives network-initiated signaling or messaging, while operating in a battery-conserving mode, or modes that, keep(s) minimal baseband processing functions awake. The baseband processing functions process incoming signaling or data in a received message to determine whether to act further on information in the incoming message by enabling additional processing capability in the mobile device. The mobile device may have permanent template criteria values, either coded in firmware or implemented in hardware, or temporary template criteria values, stored in RAM or processor registers, that are compared to values of an incoming message or datagram from the mobile network to determine whether to perform additional actions, such as awakening an application processor. Multiple templates may co-exist to allow different incoming datagrams to cause the device to take some additional action, respond, or even ignore information in an incoming datagram or message. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373641 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE SAME - A terminal and a method for managing the terminal are provided. The method includes: obtaining usage data of a user; determining whether the terminal is in a predetermined charging state; and performing an operation related to an artificial intelligence based on the usage data of the user, in response to the terminal being in the predetermined charging state. According to the terminal and the method for managing a terminal, the timing for performing the operation related to artificial intelligence can be adaptively selected to achieve a technical effect of improving the stability of the intelligent operation and reducing the power consumption of the terminal. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373642 | WIDE RANGE POWER MECHANISM FOR OVER-SPEED MEMORY DESIGN - A system for controlling an information handling system is disclosed that includes a central processing unit, a memory device, a power supply and a memory speed controller configured to determine one or more system parameters of the central processing unit, the memory device and the power supply, to store a boot setting as a function of the one or more system parameters and to cause a system reboot after storing the boot setting. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373643 | SENSOR-BASED USER DETECTION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods implemented by an electronic device with an imaging sensor that includes both an arrangement of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels at or near the perimeter (e.g., in a surrounding rectangle) of the arrangement. In some implementations, the second pixels, which may be larger in size than the arrangement of first pixels, can be intermittently positioned, for example, with intervening space in between groups of one or more second pixels along the side columns, top rows, or bottom rows of the arrangement. In some implementations, detected movement in a physical environment is determined to correspond to a person approaching the electronic device based on data of the second pixels. In some implementations, detecting the person approaching the electronic device initiates a user verification process at the electronic device. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373644 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORING APPARATUS AND FLASH MEMORY OPERATION METHOD - A semiconductor storing apparatus and a flash memory operation method, for shortening a recovery time from a deep power-down (DPD) mode without a dedicated command for the DPD are provided. A flash memory includes: a standard command interface circuit and a DPD controller, operating through an external power voltage; a voltage supply node, for supplying power from the external power voltage via a first current path; a voltage supply node, for supplying power from the external power voltage via a second current path; an internal circuit group, connected to the voltage supply node; and a charge pump circuit, connected to the voltage supply node. When the DPD mode is released, the internal circuit group is enabled after the charge pump circuit is enabled. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373645 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORING APPARATUS AND FLASH MEMORY OPERATION METHOD - A flash memory capable of automatically releasing a deep power-down mode is provided. The flash memory includes: a standard command interface (I/F) circuit and a deep power-down mode (DPD) controller, operating through an external power voltage; and an internal circuit, operating through internal voltages supplied from voltage supply nodes. The DPD controller detects whether the flash memory is in the deep power-down mode when a standard command is inputted to the standard command I/F circuit and recovers the internal circuit from the DPD mode in the case where the deep power-down mode is detected. The standard command is executed after the internal circuit is recovered. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373646 | TRAINED MODEL CREATION METHOD FOR PERFORMING SPECIFIC FUNCTION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, LEARNING MODEL FOR PERFORMING SAME FUNCTION, EXCLUSIVE CHIP AND OPERATION METHOD FOR SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A learning model creation method for performing a specific function for an electronic device, according to an embodiment of the present invention, can include the steps of: preparing big data for training an artificial neural network including, in pairs, sensing data received from a random sensing data generation unit for sensing human behaviors and specific function performance determination data for determining whether to perform a specific function of an electronic device with respect to the sensing data; preparing an artificial neural network model, which includes nodes of an input layer through which the sensing data is inputted, nodes of an output layer through which the specific function performance determination data of the electronic device is outputted, and association parameters between the nodes of the input layer and the nodes of the output layer, and calculates inputs of the sensing data for the nodes of the input layer in order to output the specific function performance determination data from the nodes of the output layer; and repeatedly performing a process of inputting the sensing data included in the prepared big data into the nodes of the input layer and outputting the specific function performance determination data that pairs with the sensing data included in the big data from the nodes of the output layer so as to update the association parameters, thereby mechanically training the artificial neural network model. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373647 | COMPUTE THROUGH POWER LOSS HARDWARE APPROACH FOR PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING NONVOLATILE LOGIC MEMORY - A computing device apparatus facilitates use of a deep low power mode that includes powering off the device's CPU by including a hardware implemented process to trigger storage of data from the device's volatile storage elements in non-volatile memory in response to entering the low power mode. A hardware based power management unit controls the process including interrupting a normal processing order of the CPU and triggering the storage of the data in the non-volatile memory. In response to a wake-up event, the device is triggered to restore the data stored in the non-volatile memory to the volatile memory prior to execution of a wake up process for the CPU from the low power mode. The device includes a power storage element such as a capacitor that holds sufficient energy to complete the non-volatile data storage task prior to entering the low power mode. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373648 | GROUPING POWER SUPPLIES FOR A SLEEP MODE - Methods, systems, and devices for grouping power supplies for a power saving mode are described to configure a memory device with groups of internal power supplies whose voltage levels may be successively modified according to a group order signaled by an on-die timer. For example, when the memory device enters a deep sleep mode, respective voltage levels of a first group of internal power supplies may be modified to respective external power supply voltage levels at a first time, respective voltage levels of a second group of internal power supplies may be modified to respective external power supply voltage levels at a second time, and so on. When the memory device exits the deep sleep mode, the groups of internal voltage supplies may be modified from the respective external power supply voltage levels to respective operational voltage levels in a group order that is opposite to the entry group order. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373649 | Attaching Extended Reality (XR) Content To Physical Points Of Interest - A method and system involving the fixed attachment of extended reality (XR) content that may consist of one or more three-dimensional renderings and animation, two-dimensions stills and/or video along with text that can be attached to physical points of interests in a physical world environment using coordinate data, FOV data, calculating geometric meshes and surface information of the one or more points of interests along with the world environment. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373650 | INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES USING POSITIONAL TRACKING - Interactive augmented reality experiences with an eyewear device including a position detection system and a display system. The eyewear device registers a first marker position for a user-controlled virtual game piece and a second marker for an interaction virtual game piece. The eyewear device monitors its position (e.g., location and orientation) and updates the position of the user-controlled virtual game piece accordingly. The eyewear device additionally monitors the position of the user-controlled virtual game piece with respect to the interaction virtual game piece for use in generating a score. Augmented reality examples include a “spheroidal balancing” augmented reality experience and a “spheroidal balancing” augmented reality experience. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373651 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANUALLY CONTROL BUNDLE OUTFEED APPARATUSES - A system and method for remotely controlling a plurality of apparatuses comprising a user interface configured to select a group of apparatuses from the plurality of apparatuses, execute actions to control an apparatus and a controller in communication with the user interface, the controller being configured to dynamically and operatively connect the user interface to one of the apparatuses of a group of apparatuses, the connection allowing the user interface to operatively control the apparatus. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373652 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VIRTUAL REALITY MOTION CONTROLLER - A system and method for generating motion commands based on detected motion of a user, the system including: a processing circuitry; an orientation sensor; a communication interface; and a housing having the processing circuitry, the orientation sensor, and the communication interface disposed therein, the housing further configured to be securely fastened to a body of a user; wherein the orientation sensor is configured to provide sensor readings indicative of a three-dimensional motion of a user; wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive the sensor readings from the orientation sensor; determine an initial reference position based on the sensor readings; determine a current user position based on the sensor readings; and determine the motion commands based on an angle between the current user position and the initial reference position; and wherein the communication interface is configured to relay the motion commands to a VR device. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373653 | TERMINAL EQUIPMENT, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To provide a mechanism that allows a user to have a novel inhalation experience, terminal equipment is provided that includes a communication unit that transmits inhalation information including information showing a location where a user is inhaling using an inhalation device and receives virtual space information that defines a virtual space created on the basis of the inhalation information; and a control unit that outputs from an output unit the virtual space defined by the virtual space information received. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373654 | DETERMINING ANGULAR ACCELERATION - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for calculating angular acceleration based on inertial data using two or more inertial measurement units (IMUs). The calculated angular acceleration may be used to estimate a position of a wearable head device comprising the IMUs. Virtual content may be presented based on the position of the wearable head device. In some embodiments, a first IMU and a second IMU share a coincident measurement axis. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373655 | AUGMENTED REALITY-BASED SYSTEM FOR MEASURING AND TREATING VERGENCE DISORDERS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A system and method for measuring and treating vergence disorders may include an augmented reality headset connected to a computing device for simultaneously presenting target images independently to a patient's eyes and independently tracking the position of each eye. The headset includes eye tracking technology for monitoring the orientation of the eyes. If the eyes are both on target, as determined by the eye tracking technology, then binocular single vision will occur, and if not, then diplopia will occur. A vergence demand may be created by incrementally moving the target images apart or together, until the vergence demand is too great for the patient to maintain SBV. Amplitudes of fusional vergence may be measured and stored by the computing device. The system may be utilized to perform therapeutic vergence treatment exercises to increase amplitudes of fusional vergence and measure and provide treatment for phoria and strabismus conditions. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373656 | ENHANCED AUTONOMOUS HANDS-FREE CONTROL IN ELECTRONIC VISUAL AIDS - Adaptive Control Systems and methods are provided for an electronic visual aid, which may be wearable, hand held or fixed mount, including autonomous hands free control integrated with artificial intelligence tunable to user preferences and environmental conditions. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373657 | GAZE TRACKING APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS - A head-mountable display (HMD) system includes at least one detector to detect movement of an eye of a user wearing the HMD, control circuitry to detect saccadic movement of the eye in dependence upon the detected movement of the eye, a display unit and a processor to generate images for display to the user by the display unit, in which the control circuitry is configured to control the processor in response to the detected saccadic movement, in which the control circuitry is configured to control the processor to adjust one or more image quality parameters for one or more of the images to be displayed by the display unit during the detected saccadic movement. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373658 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device that outputs at least one calibration point through a display, obtains gaze information corresponding to the at least one calibration point by using a gaze tracking sensor in response to an output of guide information instructing a user wearing the electronic device to gaze at the at least one calibration point, obtains a gaze accuracy corresponding to the at least one calibration point based on the obtained gaze information, determines a gaze zone-specific resolution based on the gaze accuracy corresponding to the at least one calibration point, and outputs an image through the display based on the determined gaze zone-specific resolution. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373659 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PAIR OF SMART GLASSES - A method for operating smart glasses includes an input unit and/or output unit and a gaze detection arrangement, wherein the gaze detection arrangement detects any eye movement of an eye including the steps of irradiating at least one wavelength-modulated laser beam to the eye, detecting an optical path length of the emitted laser beam based on laser feedback interferometry of the emitted laser radiation with backscattered radiation from the eye, detecting a Doppler shift of the emitted and backscattered radiation based on the laser feedback interferometry, and detecting an eye velocity based on the Doppler shift, and wherein the input unit and/or output unit is operated based on the optical path length and/or the eye velocity. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373660 | CALIBRATION, CUSTOMIZATION, AND IMPROVED USER EXPERIENCE FOR BIONIC LENSES - The present disclosure relates to calibration, customization, and improved user experiences for smart or bionic lenses that are worn by a user. The calibration techniques include detecting and correcting distortion of a display of the bionic lenses, as well as distortion due to characteristics of the lens or eyes of the user. The customization techniques include utilizing the bionic lenses to detect eye characteristics that can be used to improve insertion of the bionic lenses, track health over time, and provide user alerts. The user experiences include interactive environments and animation techniques that are improved via the bionic lenses. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373661 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC GRAPHICS RENDERING BASED ON SACCADE DETECTION - A method for rendering computer graphics based on saccade detection is provided. One embodiment of the method includes rendering a computer simulated scene for display to a user, detecting an onset of a saccade that causes saccadic masking in an eye movement of the user viewing the computer simulated scene, and reducing a computing resource used for rendering frames of the computer simulated scene during at least a portion of a duration of the saccade. Systems perform similar steps, and non-transitory computer readable storage mediums each storing one or more computer programs are also provided. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373662 | ENHANCEMENT OF EXTENDED REALITY (XR) INTERACTIONS - In one example, a method includes obtaining a set of extended reality experience information associated with an extended reality experience where the set of extended reality experience information is indicative of an expected extended reality experience for an object type, obtaining a set of object property information of a first object of the object type, obtaining a set of haptic device capability information of a wearable haptic device used to interact with the first object, determining, based on the set of object property information and the set of haptic device capability information, an actual extended reality experience for the object type, and initiating, based on a determined delta between the expected extended reality experience for the object type and the actual extended reality experience for the object type, a message configured to cause a printing of a second object of the object type for the extended reality experience. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373663 | WEARABLE GLOVE WITH HYBRID RESISTIVE-PRESSURE SENSORS - A wearable article comprising a knitted fabric formed in the shape of a glove. A force sensing element coupled to the fabric, the force sensing element comprising a resistive sensing system and a fluidic sensing system comprising one or more soft tubes coupled to a surface of the wearable glove wherein the resistive and fluid sensing systems correspond to first and second different sensor modalities which are physically decoupled. Control circuitry is coupled to receive signals from both the resistive sensing system and the fluidic sensing system and to combine resistive and fluidic sensing system signals provided thereto to perform at least one of: pose estimation, environment sensing, human state sensing, and static and dynamic task identification. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373664 | Manufacturing Assistance System - A system assists a worker in performing manufacturing tasks involving one or more objects. The system comprises an augmented-reality display system, a task-state sensing system that determines a state of a manufacturing task, a physiological-state-sensing system that detects a physiological state of the worker, and an electronic processing system. The electronic processing system determines a guidance setting for the worker from their detected physiological state and determines assistance information to display to the worker based on the state of the manufacturing task and the determined guidance setting for the worker. The augmented-reality display system displays the determined assistance information to the worker in a controlled spatial relationship to the object(s). | 2021-12-02 |
20210373665 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERIC CONTROL USING A NEURAL SIGNAL - Universal switch modules, universal switches, and methods of using the same are disclosed, including methods of preparing an individual to interface with an electronic device or software. For example, a method is disclosed that can include measuring brain-related signals of the individual to obtain a first sensed brain-related signal when the individual generates a task-irrelevant thought. The method can include transmitting the first sensed brain-related signal to a processing unit. The method can include associating the task-irrelevant thought and the first sensed brain-related signal with N input commands. The method can include compiling the task-irrelevant thought, the first sensed brain-related signal, and the N input commands to an electronic database. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373666 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION MODULE AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK MODULE - A piezoelectric vibration module has a first soft circuit board and a plurality of piezoelectric units. The first soft circuit board includes a plurality of cutting areas. Two adjacent cutting areas are spaced with a cut through groove. Each piezoelectric unit is respectively configured below each cutting area. | 2021-12-02 |
20210373667 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK MODULE - A haptic feedback module with a touch panel and a piezoelectric haptic feedback module is disclosed. The piezoelectric haptic feedback module contacts with the touch panel and has a first soft circuit board and a plurality of piezoelectric units. The first soft circuit board has a plurality of first electrode areas and each first electrode area has a first length. Each of the piezoelectric units is respectively configured below each of the first electrode areas. Each of the piezoelectric units has a second length, wherein the first length is 10% to 20% of the second length. | 2021-12-02 |