52nd week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160378068 | Timepiece and Electronic Timepiece - An electronic timepiece includes a measured time display region, a reception state display region, and one indicating hand that indicates the measured time display region and the reception state display region. In addition, a scale indicating measured time measured by using a time measurement function is disposed in the measured time display region, and a scale indicating a reception state of a satellite signal is disposed in the reception state display region. The one indicating hand indicates the scale in the measured time display region when the time measurement function is executed, and indicates the scale in the reception state display region when the reception function is executed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378069 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A consumer product that is a portable and, in some cases, a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device may have functionalities including: keeping time; monitoring a user's physiological signals and providing health-related information based on those signals; communicating with other electronic devices or services; visually depicting data on a display; gather data form one or more sensors that may be used to initiate, control, or modify operations of the device; determine a location of a touch on a surface of the device and/or an amount of force exerted on the device, and use either or both as input. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378070 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A consumer product that is a portable and, in some cases, a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device may have functionalities including: keeping time; monitoring a user's physiological signals and providing health-related information based on those signals; communicating with other electronic devices or services; visually depicting data on a display; gather data form one or more sensors that may be used to initiate, control, or modify operations of the device; determine a location of a touch on a surface of the device and/or an amount of force exerted on the device, and use either or both as input. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378071 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A consumer product that is a portable and, in some cases, a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device may have functionalities including: keeping time; monitoring a user's physiological signals and providing health-related information based on those signals; communicating with other electronic devices or services; visually depicting data on a display; gather data form one or more sensors that may be used to initiate, control, or modify operations of the device; determine a location of a touch on a surface of the device and/or an amount of force exerted on the device, and use either or both as input. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378072 | ROTARY INPUT MECHANISM FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes an enclosure having a sidewall with a button aperture defined therethrough, a display connected to the enclosure, a processing element in communication with the display. The device also includes a sensing element in communication with the processing element and an input button at least partially received within the button aperture and in communication with the sensing element, the input button configured to receive two types of user inputs. During operation, the sensing element tracks movement of the input button to determine the two types of user inputs. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378073 | LAYERED APPROACH TO ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION AND MODEL-BASED CONTROL OF PAPER MACHINES AND OTHER SYSTEMS - A method includes executing a control algorithm for an industrial process using a controller objective function, where the industrial process is associated with at least one controlled variable. The method also includes executing an optimization algorithm for the industrial process using an extended version of the controller objective function. The extended version of the controller objective function includes one or more additional terms added to the controller objective function, and one or more results of the optimization algorithm are provided to the control algorithm. The method further includes, based on tracking errors associated with the at least one controlled variable, adjusting at least one adaptive weight parameter in the extended version of the controller objective function. The at least one adaptive weight parameter is associated with at least one of the one or more additional terms. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378074 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGLE AND MULTIZONAL OPTIMIZATION OF UTILITY SERVICES DELIVERY AND UTILIZATION - The present invention is directed to utility service delivery wherein distributed intelligence and networking is used in the optimization of the service delivery. The present invention employs a network of data collection nodes and aggregation nodes located on a power grid controlled by a controlling agency. The data collection nodes comprise Intelligent Communicating Devices (ICDs) and Communicating Devices (CDs), which transmit metrics they collect over the power grid from locations near meters or service transformers to the aggregation nodes. Commands, policies, and program updates may be transmitted from a server at an aggregation node to the ICDs and CDs. The ICDs are also capable of issuing control commands to the CDs and grid management devices, acting locally and/or in conjunction with other ICDs, CDs, aggregation nodes, and central controlling agencies. Through these communications and commands, utility services delivery and utilization is optimized. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378075 | ULTRAVIOLET SENSOR FOR DETECTING INDOOR/OUTDOOR CONDITION - A method includes sensing a level of ultraviolet radiation in an environment in which an electronic device is present, detecting an environmental condition of the electronic device based upon the sensed level of ultraviolet radiation, and controlling the operation of the electronic device based upon the detected environmental condition. The detected environmental condition may include an indoor condition, outdoor condition, near-window condition, near-door condition, and in-vehicle condition of the electronic device. Controlling the operation of the electronic device based upon the detected environmental condition may include selectively activating and deactivating components of the device based on the detected environmental condition to reduce power consumption of the device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378076 | MODULAR CONTROL SYSTEM - Embodiments are directed towards automatically identifying, configuring, monitoring, controlling, managing, and maintaining a machine, via collection computers in communication with the machine components. The components include ID Tags that store identification data, such as a component type and a unique identifier. Interrogation of the ID Tags enables the automatic identification and configuration of the machine. Data provided by the sensors, during usage of the machine, enables the remote monitoring and managing of the usage, as well as maintaining of the machine. Machine maintenance includes automatically predicting and scheduling the replacement of various components. Embodiments provide suggestions for suppliers of replacement components, as well as suggestions for alternative components that may be better optimized for the configuration and usage of the machine. Heuristics and crowd-generated data, via machine user social networks, inform predictive analyses employed to automatically identify, configure, manage, operate, and maintain the machine. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378077 | SERVO CONTROL APPARATUS HAVING FUNCTION OF OPTIMIZING CONTROL GAIN ONLINE USING EVALUATION FUNCTION - A servo control apparatus includes a speed command generation unit, a torque command generation unit, a speed detection unit, a speed control loop, a speed control loop gain setting unit, a sinusoidal disturbance input unit which applies a sinusoidal sweep to the speed control loop, a frequency characteristic calculation unit which estimates the gain and phase of a speed control loop input/output signal from output of the speed control loop when a sine wave is input to the speed control loop, a reference characteristic generation unit which generates frequency characteristics for a feed axis, and a gain adjusting unit which adjusts the speed control loop gain. The gain adjusting unit uses the reference frequency characteristics and actually measured frequency characteristics to calculate an evaluation function value for each frequency sweep, and adjusts online the speed control loop gain to achieve a desired evaluation function value. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378078 | Triggering an Auto-Tuning Function of a PID Controller - A method for initializing an optimization function for parameters of a controller controlling a controlled system is provided. The controlled system includes at least one sensory component and at least one actuator component. The method includes receiving process data over time of the controller, determining a value of at least one prior specified key performance indicator (KPI) of the controller, and identifying a model of the controlled system. The method also includes comparing the at least one determined KPI value with at least one provided former KPI value, and comparing the identified model with at least one provided former model in the case of any significant difference between said values. The method includes initializing an optimization function of the controller parameters by using the determined KPI values as a cost function in the case of any significant difference between the models. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378079 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE CONTROLLING METHOD - A method of controlling one or more electrical devices includes controlling a camera device to capture an image of a user. An eye area of the user in the image is identified. Once the user has been determined to have closed eyes for a predetermined time duration according to the eye area in the image, power of the one or more electrical devices is turned off via a controller, that is electrically connected to the one or more electrical devices. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378080 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONVERSATIONAL INTERFACES FOR SYSTEM CONTROL - Technologies for conversational control of a home automation system include a computing device in communication with one or more home automation devices. The computing device receives text input indicative of a spoken user request including one or more parameters associated with a home automation command. The computing device matches the text input against a home automation language model including several predefined dialog patterns. The computing device resolves parameters of the command using a context model. The computing device may resolve the location, device, or requested device state of the command. The computing device generates a text response and a home automation command using the language model, and then presents the text response to the user and performs the home automation command using the home automation devices. In some embodiments, the computing device may control an application automation system or a data exploration system. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378081 | COLLABORATIVE ADJUSTMENT OF RESOURCES WITHIN A MANAGED ENVIRONMENT - A method for adjusting a resource within an area utilizing voting by users. The method includes a computer processor receiving a request from one or more of the users to adjust a resource. The method further includes generating a voting poll for the resource. The method further includes communicating the generated voting poll to a plurality of users, wherein the plurality of users includes the one or more users. The method further includes identifying valid responses to the communicated voting poll based on a first policy related to the resource. The method further includes determining a response to the voting poll, wherein the response is based, at least in part, on the first policy related to the resource and aggregated valid responses of the voting poll. The method further includes applying the determined response to the resource. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378082 | HUB FOR MANAGING NETWORKED HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES - A hub for managing networked household appliances is provided. The hub may include a network communication interface for wirelessly connecting to a wireless access point of a wireless local area network (WLAN), and a wireless repeater for receiving and rebroadcasting signals from the wireless access point. The hub may include an appliance communication interface for wirelessly connecting the hub to a plurality of household appliances and establish a wireless local appliance network over which the hub and the plurality of household appliances are configured to communicate with one another. The hub may also include a control module coupled to the appliance communication interface and configured to provide a user interface to enable a user to interact with the plurality of household appliances from the hub over the wireless local appliance network, and view status information associated with the household appliance. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378083 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SENSOR UNIT, SENSOR CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SENSOR CONTROL METHOD - A portable electronic device includes: a sensor unit configured to measure a condition of a user and/or an environment where the user is located; an action pattern storage unit configured to store therein an action pattern; and a control unit configured to control the sensor unit, wherein the control unit controls, with reference to the action pattern storage unit, an operation state of the sensor unit such that the operation state is adapted to an action state of the user. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DEVICE OF ONE REGION AMONG A PLURALITY OF REGIONS - A method of a server for controlling, a device of one region among a plurality of regions is provided. The method includes acquiring situation information of a first region among the plurality of regions, determining a state of a user in the first region based on the acquired situation information of the first region, determining a device set-up value of a second region adjacent to the first region among the plurality of regions based on the determined state of the user in the first region, and transmitting the determined device set-up value of the second region to a device of the second region or a gateway connected to the device of the second region. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378085 | HYBRID ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING BATTERY AND ULTRA-CAPACITOR FOR A FREQUENCY REGULATION MARKET - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems for improved hybrid energy storage systems employing batteries and ultra-capacitors (UC) operating in a frequency regulation market. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378086 | Control System Used for Precision Agriculture and Method of Use - This technology relates generally to control systems and, more particularly, to mobile control systems that facilitate security and maintenance of assets. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378087 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT OF PERFORMING SITUATIONAL CONTROL USING A STATE DIAGRAM - The present disclosure illustrates a system, a method and a computer program product of performing situational control using a state diagram. In the present disclosure, a state diagram including state nodes, state transfer indications and internal computing functions is provided, and a control is transferred to the state nodes according to the state transfer indications, and a common decision is then made by executing the internal computing function of the state nodes getting the control, so as to perform a technical means of situational control for the decision role. Therefore, the present disclosure not only uses the graphic control system to perform the situational control by making the common decision, but also achieves a technical effect of a safer and comprehensive control output. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378088 | REEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A reel management system is disclosed. A reel management system according to an embodiment of the present invention manages a reel in real time through registration, classification, and discharging, and automatically, accurately, and simply calculates the remaining amount of electronic components loaded on the reel. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378089 | Logical Position Sensor - A method of creating a logical position sensor for a component of an automation system includes an automation device determining (i) a unique identifier for the component; (ii) a geographical position of the component; and (iii) a logical position of the component within a production process performed by the automation system. The method further includes the automation device creating a logical position sensor for the component. The logical position sensor comprises a sensor interface which provides access to the unique identifier, the geographical position of the component, and the logical position of the component. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378090 | DEVICE MULTI-CONFIGURATOR - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for configuring a sensor. The method includes obtaining a sensor configuration for a sensor channel of a data acquisition device (DAD) coupled with a sensor, the sensor being configured to measure an operating condition of a machine, and obtaining a machine representation of the machine, the machine representation comprising a point. The point is associated with a point configuration. The method also includes associating the sensor channel with the point, based at least partially on a location of the sensor with respect to the machine and a location of the point in the machine representation. The method further includes automatically determining that the point configuration is out of sync with the sensor configuration associated therewith, and in response to determining that the point configuration is out of sync with the sensor configuration, obtaining a channel configuration or a point configuration update. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378091 | ADAPTIVE AIR COOLING - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for thermal management are provided. The apparatus may be a mobile device, a UE, a base station, a tablet computer, a smart watch, a head-mounted display, a portable media player, a personal navigation device, a wearable device, etc. The apparatus determines a direction of a natural draft relative to the apparatus. The apparatus generates an airflow within the apparatus in the direction of the natural draft. To determine the direction of the natural draft, the apparatus may detect an orientation of the apparatus and determine an upward direction based on the detected orientation. The upward direction may be generally aligned with the natural draft. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378092 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD - A temperature control method of controlling a temperature of a semiconductor wafer mounted on a mounting table includes a supply process of supplying, in a state that a supply of a power to a heater configured to heat the mounting table is stopped or the power is maintained to be constant, a heat transfer gas into a gap between the semiconductor wafer and the mounting table; a measurement process of measuring a temperature variation of the mounting table due to heat exchange between the semiconductor wafer and the mounting table through the heat transfer gas; a calculation process of calculating a correction value based on the temperature variation of the mounting table; and a control process of starting the supply of the power and controlling the power such that the temperature of the mounting table reaches a target temperature corrected with the correction value. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378093 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY SEQUENCING HOLE DRILLING OPERATIONS SUPPORTING ONE-UP ASSEMBLY - A method, a device, and a computer-readable storage medium is provided for performing the method for automating an assembling sequence operation for a workpiece using an one-up assembly process that uses adjacent hole clamping. The method can include obtaining an adjacency list from points for the workpiece to be assembled; controlling an assembly machine for assembling the workpiece using a sequence of assembly operations based on the adjacency list; identifying potential errors in the sequence of assembly operations; determining a revised sequence of assembly operations based on the potential errors that are identified; and controlling the assembly machine based on the revised sequence of assembly operations. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378094 | ONLINE REAL-TIME CONTROL METHOD FOR PRODUCT MANUFACTURING PROCESS - The invention provides an online real-time control method for a product manufacturing process and includes: (A) establishing a monitoring equation for estimating a product attribute in view of production line parameters corresponding to respective steps in a manufacturing process of a product; (B) when each of the steps is finished, updating the calculation result according to an online feedback value(s) of the production line parameter(s) corresponding to the finished step; (C) when the updated calculation result in the step (B) indicates that the quality of the product does not meet a required quality specification, adjusting the production line parameter(s) corresponding to the step(s) after the finished step to make the quality of the product meet the required quality specification. According to the method, a key attribute(s) of the display device can be kept within an acceptable specification by adjusting the production line parameter(s) of subsequent step(s). | 2016-12-29 |
20160378095 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING REAL-TIME WORK INFORMATION OF A MOTOR FITTING - A system for managing real-time work information of a motor fitting provides a sensor set at the motor fitting to transmit the real-time work information to a processing module. A processing unit of the processing module sends type information and a real-time work parameter according to the real-time work information. When a detection unit determines the real-time work parameter is fallen outside a normal work parameter according to a lookup table stored in a database and the type information, the detection unit generates an abnormal-notification signal for transmission. When an application procedure of the application-processing unit is triggered, the application-processing unit activates a play unit to play the normal work parameter, and further the activated play unit plays notification information upon receiving the abnormal-notification signal. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378096 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER AND NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM IN WHICH THE CONTROLLER IS CONNECTED BY NETWORK - A numerical controller in the present invention includes a bus trace circuit configured to fetch a bus cycle satisfying preset conditions, an alarm history, an alarm data acquisition table in which whether to acquire trace data is recorded for each alarm, and a trace circuit setting table in which fetching conditions of the bus cycle of the bus trace circuit are recorded for each alarm, and identifies an alarm for which the trace data is to be fetched from the alarm history and the alarm data acquisition table, reads the fetching conditions of the bus cycle corresponding to the alarm from the trace circuit setting table, sets the fetching conditions to the bus trace circuit, and acquires the trace data of the bus cycle based on the fetching conditions that are set through the bus trace circuit. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378097 | SECURITY LOCK-OUT FOR POWER TOOLS - A security lock-out device for power tools is provided. The lock-out device includes an input device configured to receive an input parameter and a control unit configured to store a predetermined value and evaluate whether or not the input parameter matches the predetermined value and to permit powered operation of the tool when the input parameter matches the predetermined value and prohibit powered operation of the tool when the input parameter does not match the predetermined value. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378098 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER HAVING FUNCTION OF AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING STORAGE DESTINATION OF MACHINING PROGRAM - A numerical controller performs analysis as to whether or not an input machining program is required to be read at high speed at the time of execution of the machining program, stores the machining program in any one of a storage unit which reads a program at high speed and a storage unit which reads a program at low speed in accordance with the analysis result, and updates information on a storage destination of the machining program. In this way, the storage destination of the input machining program can be automatically selected in accordance with the contents of the machining program. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378099 | Management of a Display of an Assembly Model - A method and apparatus for managing a display of an assembly model. The assembly model is displayed in an initial state within a first display area in a graphical user interface. A first display state of an item of the assembly model is changed to a second display state within the first display area in response to receiving a first type of input. The second display state of the item of the assembly model is changed to a third display state within the first display area in response to receiving a second type of input. An entry is added to an assembly hierarchy within a second display area in the graphical user interface in response to the second display state of the item changing to the third display state. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378100 | PROSTHETIC DEVICE CONTROL WITH A WEARABLE DEVICE - A method, computer program product and computer system for mode selection of a prosthesis is provided. A processor of a wearable device receives a first input from a user. A processor of a wearable device determines the first input indicates a change to a mode of operation of the prosthesis. A processor of a wearable device sends a first command to the prosthesis to change the mode of operation of the prosthesis. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378101 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING A VALVE BASED ON A COMBINATION OF A CHARACTERISTIC CURVE FOR THE VALVE AND A PROPORTIONAL, INTEGRAL AND DERIVATIVE SIGNAL VALVE - A process device control may use a combination of a characteristic curve for the device and a proportional, integral and derivative signal value. The characteristic curve for the device may define operational characteristics of the process device. The proportional, integral and derivative signal value may be representative of process device operational deviations from the characteristic curve. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378102 | REMOTELY DEPLOYABLE INVERSE PROACTIVE STATUS MONITORING AND REPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A method for assembling, integrating and utilizing common network elements including routers, modems, computers and software routines for maintaining and manipulating operating functions of remotely deployable controller systems, sensors, values, relays and other electro-mechanical devices to function as an inverse proactive status monitor and management system with reporting and remote access functions in a multi-tenant operating environment. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378103 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MALICIOUS ACTIVITY AND HARMFUL HARDWARE/SOFTWARE MODIFICATIONS TO A VEHICLE - An Artificial Intelligence (AI) interface and engine is described that enables the monitoring and analysis of vehicle information to determine if the vehicle has had at least one of hardware and software maliciously changed, added, or removed. The AI interface may determine the presence of the maliciously changed, added, or removed hardware and/or software such as by receiving an emergency condition from at least one sensor that is in disagreement with another sensor. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378104 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system includes: an outside-of-vehicle operation device configured to cause a vehicle to travel operated by an operator from outside of the vehicle, inside of a compartment of the vehicle being isolated from the outside of the vehicle by a vehicle body; an assist instruction device configured to cause the operator to select a travel mode in which the vehicle is allowed to travel by an operation of the outside-of-vehicle operation device; a parking brake operation detector configured to detect an operation of a parking brake; and a warning device configured to issue warning in a compartment to stimulate sense of hearing or sense of sight at the time the travel mode is selected and the operation of the parking brake is detected. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378105 | REMOTE-OPERATED WORKING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A remote-operated working device includes a movement controller that controls movement of the remote-operated working device; a working unit that performs a predetermined work on the work target; a first detector that detects contact between the working unit and the target; and a communicator that transmits a signal for vibrating the remote control to the remote control in a case where contact between the working unit and the work target is detected by the first detector. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378106 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING A SELF-BALANCING VEHICLE - The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for managing a self-balancing vehicle. The method may include: establishing a connection with the self-balancing vehicle through Bluetooth; acquiring status information of the self-balancing vehicle through the connection; and managing the self-balancing vehicle according to the status information of the self-balancing vehicle. Thereby, through the present disclosure, the user terminal may manage the navigation state of the self-balancing vehicle through Bluetooth connection. Thus, it not only improves the management efficiency of the self-balancing vehicle, but also brings convenience for the user to manage the self-balancing vehicle, and improves the user experience. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378107 | PROGRAMMABLE BUOY SYSTEM - A programmable buoy system having one or more buoys capable of connecting through the internet to a buoy command server. The buoy command server relays commands to each of the one or more buoys in response to user commands sent from a buoys command interface application on a mobile device. The programmable buoy system includes one or more buoys each having a hull with two or more pontoons where the hull has a top side and bottom side. A stationary rudder extends downward from the bottom side of the hull to be positioned in a body of water when the one or more buoys are in use. A motor is pivotably connected on each one or more buoys, wherein the motor has a propeller positioned away from the bottom side of the hull. The propeller and motor move the select one of the one or more buoys in the body of water. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378108 | COLLECTIVE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CONFIGURATIONS - This disclosure describes a collective UAV in which multiple UAVs may be coupled together to form the collective UAV. A collective UAV may be used to aerially transport virtually any size, weight or quantity of items, travel longer distances, etc. For example, rather than using one large UAV to carry a larger or heavier item, multiple smaller UAVs may couple together to form a collective UAV that is used to carry the larger or heavier item. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378109 | PERSONAL SENSORY DRONES - Various systems and methods for personal sensory drones are described herein. A personal sensory drone system includes a drone remote control system comprising: a task module to transmit a task to a drone swarm for the drone swarm to execute, the drone swarm including at least two drones; a transceiver to receive information from the drone swarm related to the task; and a user interface module to present a user interface based on the information received from the drone swarm. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378110 | Autonomous Behaviors for a Remote Vehicle - A method of operating a remote vehicle configured to communicate with an operator control unit (OCU) includes executing a click-to-drive behavior, a cruise control behavior, and a retro-traverse behavior on a computing processor. The click-to-drive behavior includes receiving a picture or a video feed and determining a drive destination in the received picture or video feed. The cruise control behavior includes receiving an absolute heading and velocity commands from the OCU and computing a drive heading and a drive velocity. The a retro-traverse behavior includes generating a return path interconnecting at least two previously-traversed waypoints of a list of time-stamped waypoints, and executing a retro-traverse of the return path by navigating the remote vehicle successively to previous time-stamped waypoints in the waypoints list until a control signal is received from the operator control unit. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378111 | Method and System for Controlling a Remote Vehicle - A system for controlling one or more remote vehicles. The system includes an operator control unit with a touch-screen user interface comprising an initial screen including a map view window that facilitates operator entry of mission commands to one or more remote vehicles, a remote vehicle selection/detection window allowing the operator to see which remote vehicles have been detected by the operator control unit and select among those vehicles to display a detailed window for the selected remote vehicle, the detailed window including status information regarding the remote vehicle, and a button or icon for launching a control application including the initial screen and the remote vehicle selection/detection window. The map view window displays a map of a remote vehicle environment. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378112 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Autonomous vehicle safety systems and methods are disclosed, which detect and consider occupant reactions to potential hazards to suggest or incorporate safety procedures. Also disclosed are systems for controlling autonomous vehicles based on occupant sentiment and other occupant data in order to improve the occupant driving experience. The disclosed embodiments may include an occupant monitoring system obtaining occupant data for an occupant of the autonomous vehicle. A learning engine can process occupant data received from the occupant monitoring system to identify one or more suggested driving aspects based on the occupant data. A vehicle interface can communicate the one or more suggested driving aspects to the autonomous vehicle, such as a defensive action that can enhance safety of the occupant(s). | 2016-12-29 |
20160378113 | DYNAMIC COMPLIANCE MONITORING OF UNMANNED VEHICLES - A system includes an unmanned vehicle (UV). A compliance unit receives sensor data from one or more sensors and compares the sensor data to a predetermined payload capacity threshold and a predetermined range capability threshold to determine compliance with a predetermined payload capacity and a predetermined range capability of the UV. The compliance unit generates a command to restrict the operation of the UV if the sensor data exceeds the predetermined payload capacity threshold and the predetermined range capability threshold of the UV. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378114 | AUTOMATED VEHICLE CONTROL WITH TIME TO TAKE-OVER COMPENSATION - A system for changing a control-mode of an automated vehicle from automated-control to manual-control includes an operator-detection device and a controller. The operator-detection device is operable to detect a readiness-state of an operator of a vehicle while a control-mode of the vehicle is automated-control. The controller is configured to forecast a future-time when the control-mode of the vehicle should change from automated-control to manual-control and determine a take-over-interval for an operator to assume manual-control of the vehicle once notified. The take-over-interval is determined based on the readiness-state. The controller is also configured to notify the operator that the control-mode of the vehicle should change from automated-control to manual-control no later than the take-over-interval prior to the future-time. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WRITING OCCUPANCY GRID MAP OF SENSOR CENTERED COORDINATE SYSTEM USING LASER SCANNER - A system for writing an occupancy grid map of a sensor centered coordinate system using a laser scanner includes a data unit that includes scan data read by the laser scanner, a past measurement map, and data relating to a movement of the sensor, a mapping unit for stochastically combining a current measurement map written from the scan data with a predicted map written by using the past measurement map and the data relating to a movement of the sensor, and a static and dynamic object detection unit for determining whether an object in the occupancy grid map is a static or a dynamic object by using a mapping algorithm of the mapping unit. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378116 | Mobile Robotic System - A mobile robotic system may include an automated guided vehicle, and a floor assembly including a support surface and a reconfigurable pathway, wherein the automated guided vehicle is configured to travel on the support surface and follow the reconfigurable pathway. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378117 | BISTATIC OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS - Apparatus and methods for navigation of a robotic device configured to operate in an environment comprising objects and/or persons. Location of objects and/or persons may change prior and/or during operation of the robot. In one embodiment, a bistatic sensor comprises a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver may be spatially displaced from the transmitter. The transmitter may project a pattern on a surface in the direction of robot movement. In one variant, the pattern comprises an encoded portion and an information portion. The information portion may be used to communicate information related to robot movement to one or more persons. The encoded portion may be used to determine presence of one or more object in the path of the robot. The receiver may sample a reflected pattern and compare it with the transmitted pattern. Based on a similarity measure breaching a threshold, indication of object present may be produced. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378118 | SMART TRAILER HITCH CONTROL USING HMI ASSISTED VISUAL SERVOING - A method for autonomously aligning a tow hitch ball on a towing vehicle and a trailer drawbar on a trailer through a human-machine interface (HMI) assisted visual servoing process. The method includes providing rearview images from a rearview camera. The method includes touching the tow ball on a display to register a location of the tow ball in the image and touching the drawbar on the display to register a location of a target where the tow ball will be properly aligned with the drawbar. The method provides a template pattern around the target on the image and autonomously moves the vehicle so that the tow ball moves towards the target. The method predicts a new location of the target as the vehicle moves and identifies the target in new images as the vehicle moves by comparing the previous template pattern with an image patch around the predicted location. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378119 | UNMANNED LIGHTER-THAN-AIR-SAFE TERMINATION AND RECOVERY METHODS - Innovative new methods in connection with lighter-than-air free floating platforms, of facilitating legal transmitter operation, platform flight termination when appropriate, environmentally acceptable landing, and recovery of these devices are provided. Especially, termination of radio transmissions and flight related to regional, governmental and international border requirements, regulations and laws. The new methods comprise specific criteria, detection of the criteria and elements of operation for reducing or preventing illegal transmissions, for producing rapid descend to the ground, for environmentally acceptable landing and for facilitating recovery all with improved safety and enhanced compliance with known regulations. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378120 | VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING (VTOL) UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) - One example embodiment includes a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The VTOL UAV includes a flight control system configured to provide avionic control of the VTOL UAV in a hover mode and in a level-flight mode. The VTOL UAV also includes a body encapsulating an engine and the flight control system. The VTOL UAV further includes a propeller disk coupled to the engine and configured to provide vertical thrust in the hover mode and to provide horizontal thrust for flight during the level-flight mode. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378121 | LANDING AIRCRAFTS WITH OPTIMAL LANDING SPOT SELECTION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for landing aircrafts with optimal landing spot selection. In one aspect, a method includes initiating an autorotation of an aircraft in response to detecting all engine failure, determining a plurality of flight characteristics and conditions of the aircraft at a time of initiating the autorotation, the plurality of flight characteristics and conditions comprising an aircraft altitude, an aircraft velocity, and wind direction, determining total air-time for glideslope and flare control, and a geographic area within which to land the aircraft by autorotation based on the plurality of flight characteristics and conditions, and controlling the aircraft to land the aircraft by autorotation within the geographic area. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378122 | VOLUME MEASURING STATION - Systems and methods according to one or more examples are provided for determining a flow rate of a fluid. In certain examples, a fluid volume flow rate measurement station may be provided. The station may include a plunger, a volume chamber with a cavity, and a level sensor attached to the volume chamber. In certain such examples, the station may measure the flow rate of a fluid. The station may be incorporated into an automated manufacturing system and certain parameters associated with the automated manufacturing system may be adjusted according to the flow rate of the fluid determined by the station. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378123 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGENT-BASED CONTROL OF SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE - The present invention is a method and system for control of sewer systems. The invention may implement ABRTC (RTC) to dynamically control of sewer systems to accomplish a desired outcome, such as CSO or SSO reduction or reduce water pollution or reduce surface flooding. In one embodiment, an Agent-Based RTC System assigns an agent to each sewer asset. Each agent measures the current state of its corresponding asset and assigns a virtual cost to any incoming flow to the asset based on the asset hydraulic or water quality state. The virtual cost is communicated to other assets upstream or downstream that may change the hydraulic or water quality state of the asset communicating the virtual cost. The network of agents may thus control the sewer to achieve the desired objective, such as asset hydraulic or water quality state. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378124 | ACTIVE PERFORATION FOR ADVANCED SERVER COOLING - Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the thermal management and regulation of electronic equipment. Microfluidic channels are utilized to actively change the aerodynamics of a surface, which may allow for the ability to change a surface texture from flat to raised, or dimpled, or from open to closed. The changing of the surface texture influences the fluid flow over or through the surface, thus allowing for thermal regulation of the surface. The thermal regulation system further controls fluid flow through an electronic device via a coating, or layer, having a plurality of active perforations thereon. The active perforations may open and close to increase and decrease the inlet of air to the system in order to help balance the back pressure in the system and redirect airflow to more sensitive system components. Active perforations may be individually opened and/or closed depending on location and system component utilization. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378125 | LOW-POWER, HIGH-PERFORMANCE REGULATOR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Low-power, high-performance voltage regulator circuit devices are disclosed and described. In one embodiment, such a device can include a first stage circuitry configured to generate a high voltage reference from a low voltage reference, a second stage circuitry coupled to the first stage circuitry, the second stage circuitry configured to receive the high voltage reference and output a voltage regulated signal, and a switch disposed between and coupled to the first stage circuitry and the second stage circuitry, the switch being configured to couple and uncouple the first stage circuitry from the second stage circuitry. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378126 | OPERATION TERMINAL, PROGRAM, AND METHOD - An operation terminal operates an operation target equipment. The operation terminal comprises: a display unit configured to display an operation screen for the operation target equipment; a communication unit configured to perform communication; and a control unit configured to control to transmit, by using the communication unit, at least one operation instruction from among candidates of available operations for the operation target equipment. The control unit controls a display object included in the operation screen, on the basis of a result of the operation instruction. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378127 | Controlling Building Systems - Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for measuring the supply of a consumable product to a facility over time and analyzing the measurements to determine the consumption or supply of the product by one or more loads and/or sources in the facility, and to determine induced and residual heat flow through the facility's envelope. Various aspects compare the measured supply of the consumable product to a database of consumption signatures. Operating conditions and facility characteristics may be further considered in determining a particular user's access of the consumable product. Thermal resistance factors of the building may be determined, which are based on the induced and residual heat flow through the facility. Finally, one or more signatures of a building system are analyzed to determine a building's overall efficiency, including determining a controllable load of a building and/or determining an efficient start time for one or more building systems. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378128 | DEVICE OPERATION SETTING APPARATUS AND DEVICE OPERATION SETTING VALUE DETERMINATION PROGRAM - A device operation setting apparatus includes a calculator and a determiner. The calculator calculates, based at least in part on a relationship between a setting value regarding operation control of a device and a consumed power of a device, a target value of the consumed power of the device. The determiner determines the setting value to cause that a difference between an actually measured consumed power of the device and the target value of the consumed power of the device calculated by the calculator is within a prescribed range. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378129 | POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE DETECTION CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A power supply voltage detection circuit can detect the power supply voltage obtained by stabilizing a power supply voltage supplied from outside and also the magnitude of the power supply voltage before being stabilized. This power supply voltage detection circuit includes a selection circuit that selects one power supply potential from among a plurality of power supply potentials including a first power supply potential supplied from outside and a second power supply potential obtained by stabilizing the first power supply potential, a variable voltage dividing circuit that divides the voltage between the power supply potential selected by the selection circuit and a reference potential by a set division ratio, a comparison voltage generation circuit that generates a comparison voltage based on a reference voltage, and a comparator that compares the voltage divided by the variable voltage dividing circuit with the comparison voltage and outputs a signal representing a comparison result. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378130 | Lockable Knob and Related Methods - Generally disclosed are lockable knobs for a rotary control of a device, wherein the control may be set at a specific setting via the knob without being susceptible to accidental disruption of the setting during use or transport of the device. Generally the device features: a spindle that is coupled to the rotary control via a set screw; a locking base with teeth that is stationary coupled adjacent to the spindle; and, a locking nut that may be positioned over the spindle, wherein the nut is configured to electively interact with the teeth of the base to prevent or allow rotation of the spindle. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378131 | HAPTIC OPERATING DEVICE WITH A ROTATING ELEMENT AND METHOD - Apparatus and method for operating vehicles by way of a haptic operating device having a rotating unit. Selectable menu items are displayed on a display unit, and a menu item being selected by rotating the rotating unit. The rotating unit latches at a number of haptically perceptible latching points during rotation. The number and rotational position of the haptically perceptible latching points is dynamically changed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378132 | LIGHT-WEIGHT ON-CHIP SIGNAL MONITOR WITH INTEGRATED MEMORY MANAGEMENT AND DATA COLLECTION - Embodiments of a device and method to automatically acquire signal quality metrics in a digital communication system are disclosed. The device may include acquisition means to sample the likelihood of a digital communication signal passing through a grid of time and amplitude regions, and storage means by which such likelihood measurements may be accumulated in a computer memory array for analysis. A state machine may execute a method that controls both the acquisition means and the storage means, requiring minimal intervention from supervisory systems. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378133 | CURRENT SENSOR BASED CLOSED LOOP CONTROL APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for performing current control for an integrated circuit are described. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises core logic coupled to receive a first current; a clock generator to generate a first clock signal; and a closed loop current controller coupled to the clock generator and coupled to provide a second clock signal to the core logic based on the first clock signal, the current controller to control an amount of the first current received by the core logic by changing the first clock signal to generate the second clock signal. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378134 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING NETWORKED COMPONENTS - A method for synchronizing a plurality of components that are networked via a plurality of high speed switches, the method includes frequency-locking to a master clock component clocks of the plurality of components, and synchronizing to a master counter, driven by the master clock, component counters of the plurality of components, so that the frequency-locked component clocks drive the component counters in synchrony with the master counter. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378135 | COMPUTING APPARATUS WITH REAL TIME CLOCK WITHOUT A BATTERY - The present disclosure describes embodiments of apparatuses and methods related to a computing apparatus with a real time clock (RTC) coupled to a bus, where the RTC does not have a backup power source to maintain time and date of the RTC. The computing apparatus may have firmware coupled to the bus, and the firmware may contain boot logic with network time protocol (NTP) logic. The computing apparatus may have persistent memory coupled to the bus with configuration parameters. The computing apparatus may have a controller coupled to the bus, where the controller is to retrieve the configuration parameters from the persistent memory and processes the boot logic with the NTP logic using the configuration parameters to transmit an NTP request over the bus and receives a coordinated universal time (UTC) over the bus and stores the UTC in the RTC. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378136 | UNITARY CHASSIS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In one example an electronic device comprises at least one electronic component and a chassis comprising a unitary body comprising a first major surface and a second major surface, a first wall and a second wall defining a chamber having a first opening to receive an electronic component. Other examples may be described. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378137 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH COMBINABLE IMAGE INPUT DEVICES - In one example an electronic device comprises a first section comprising a first image input device to generate a first image output, a second section comprising a second image input device to generate a second image output, a hinge assembly to couple the first section and the second section such that the second section is rotatable about the first section and a controller comprising logic, at least partially including hardware logic, to determine when the hinge assembly is in a position in which the first section and the second section are substantially coplanar and in response to a determination that the hinge assembly is in a position in which the first section and the second section are substantially coplanar, route the first image output and the second image output to a depth sensor module. Other examples may be described. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378138 | INTEGRATION OF FORCE TRANDUCER INTO TABLET TO MEASURE WEIGHT - Methods and apparatus relating to integration of force transducer into a mobile computing device to measure weight are described. In an embodiment, logic receives a load detection signal from one or more load sensors coupled to the mobile computing device. The one or more load sensors may be integrated into a chassis of the mobile computing device. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378139 | DISPLAY COVER PANEL WITH INSERT MOLDING - A display in a portable information handling system may have a narrow or no border. A display panel cover included with the display may be formed with an insert molding that is co-molded with an outer panel for high bonding strength and high stiffness, as well as providing a desired high quality external appearance to information handling system. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378140 | MECHANICALLY EMBEDDED HEATING ELEMENT - Methods and apparatus relating to provision and/or utilization of a mechanically embedded heating element are described. An embodiment includes a heating element which is thermally coupled to an adhesive. The adhesive bonds a first item and a second item. The heating element is capable of being heated in response to application of power and the heated heating element causes the release of a bond by the adhesive to allow for physical separation of the first item and the second item. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378141 | DISPLAY COVER PANEL WITH INSERT MOLDING - A display in a portable information handling system may have a narrow or no border. A display panel cover included with the display may be formed with an insert molding that is co-molded with an outer panel for high bonding strength and high stiffness, as well as providing a desired high quality external appearance to information handling system. Additionally, an exterior insert molding may be formed to include an exterior surface of the information handling system. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378142 | LIQUID-RESISTANT ACOUSTIC DEVICE GASKET AND MEMBRANE ASSEMBLIES - A liquid-resistant acoustic assembly for an electronic device includes an acoustic device positioned in a housing, a gasket compressed between the acoustic device and the housing, and a liquid-resistant membrane. The liquid-resistant membrane is disposed such that it is isolated from a non-uniform compressive distribution resulting from compression of the gasket. The liquid-resistant membrane may be uncompressed by compression of the gasket or compressed by a different compressive force than the gasket. For example, the liquid-resistant membrane may not be positioned between the gasket and the acoustic device, may be separated from the gasket, may be mounted to a shelf of the gasket or within a gap defined by the gasket, mounted to a stiffener positioned within the gasket, and mounted using other similar configurations. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378143 | SAPPHIRE COVER WITH INCREASED SURVIVABILITY - A sapphire article having improved survivability when subjected to impact or a drop event. The article includes a continuous planar array of sapphire segments, which reduces the bending stress experienced by each individual segment. The sapphire article may serve as a cover material for displays in mobile electronic devices. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378144 | Information Handling System Ceramic Chassis - An information handling system chassis is built at least in part from ceramic elements. For example, a transparent aluminum oxide ceramic portion covers a touchscreen to provide a rigid outer surface for accepting end user inputs. As another example, a ceramic chassis element has a ceramic material formed around a metal material of similar substance with bonding of the ceramic to the underlying material enhanced with oxidation of the outer surface of the metal material. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378145 | HINGE FOR A DEVICE - Particular embodiments described herein provide for device that includes a first housing, a cradle, and a hinge that rotatable couples the first housing to the cradle. The hinge includes a switch bolt configured to selectively provide friction torque to the hinge, a torsion spring configured to provide spring torque to the hinge, and a switch mechanism to activate and deactivate the switch bolt, wherein the friction torque provided by the switch bolt is greater than the spring torque provided by the torsion spring. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378146 | Fastenerless Hinge which Enables Thin Form Factor Low Cost Design - The present disclosure includes a fastenerless hinge system which enables a thin form factor low cost design. A hinge system described herein may include a hinge bracket and a hinge wing. The hinge bracket includes an elevated portion thereby providing a hollow region and one or more spring tabs. The hinge wing is slidably coupled to the hinge bracket through the hollow portion. Advantageously, a hinge system consistent with the present disclosure does not include fasteners such that the āZā height of the computing device may be minimized in addition to reducing costs. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378147 | COMPUTER INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE - An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU). | 2016-12-29 |
20160378148 | Electromagnetic Pulse Protected Cable - A computer storage system protected from electromagnetic pulses is described. The storage system utilizes either a hard drive or a solid state drive to hold the data. The device uses fiber optics to transfer data and is powered by either a Power over Fiber system or by a switched battery system. The device protects against radiation, magnetic pulses, and electronic pulses using an enclosure that incorporates a faraday cage, a radiation shield, and/or a magnetic shield. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378149 | THERMAL THROTTLING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Disclosed herein is a computing device configured to implement thermal throttling of a component of the computing device. The computing device includes an electronic component and a temperature sensor thermally coupled to the electronic component. The computing device also includes a thermal management controller to receive a temperature measurement from the temperature sensor and generate a throttling factor for the electronic component. If the temperature measurement is greater than a specified threshold, the throttling factor is to reduce performance of the electronic component to be at least the performance guarantee for the electronic component. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378150 | THERMAL MITIGATION USER EXPERIENCE - Examples described herein provide a thermal hardware mitigation experience for a computing device executing multiple applications. Thermal signals identifying thermal conditions for the device are processed and, based on those signals, a hardware mitigation user experience may be generated to prompt user interaction in order to mitigate a thermal hardware condition. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378151 | RACK SCALE ARCHITECTURE (RSA) AND SHARED MEMORY CONTROLLER (SMC) TECHNIQUES OF FAST ZEROING - Methods and apparatus related to Rack Scale Architecture (RSA) and/or Shared Memory Controller (SMC) techniques of fast zeroing are described. In one embodiment, a storage device stores meta data corresponding to a portion of a non-volatile memory. Logic, coupled to the non-volatile memory, causes an update to the stored meta data in response to a request for initialization of the portion of the non-volatile memory. The logic causes initialization of the portion of the non-volatile memory prior to a reboot or power cycle of the non-volatile memory. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378152 | IC CHIP - An IC chip includes at least two power supply domains, and an isolator configured to have a bridge function and a trace function. (a) The bridge function passes a signal on a bus in one of the two power supply domains to a bus in the other of the two power supply domains when turning on power supply in both of the two power supply domains; and (b) the two power supply domains are a first power supply domain and a second power supply domain, and the trace function traces actions of a circuit in the second power supply domain when turning off power supply in the first power supply domain and turning on power supply in the second power supply domain. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378153 | SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD - In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media (transitory and non-transitory) are described that include a plurality of sensor connectors to removably receive a corresponding plurality of sensors and a power management module to selectively provide power to sensor connector power terminals in response to power management signals from a sensor control module. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378154 | MITIGATION OF CHARGING INDUCED VOLTAGE OFFSET - Techniques for mitigating voltage offsets are described herein. A method for mitigating voltage offset includes receiving, via a sensor, charging current information. The method also includes adjusting, via a common mode adjustment circuitry, a common mode voltage based on charging current information and a physical layer circuit mode. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378155 | CHARGE PROCESS IN USB SETUP - A power delivery capability is described. In an embodiment, a device is described, comprising: a processor; and a storage comprising a set of instructions; wherein the set of instructions causes the processor to: Detect a power supplying device by universal serial bus based communication; Use a power delivery communication of the universal serial bus to read a capability of the power supplying device; Based on the capability, set a level of a power supply voltage different to universal serial bus voltages in case different voltages are supported by the power supplying device; Based on the capability, set a level of a power supply current in a linear current limiting mode in case the different voltages are not supported by the power supplying device. In other embodiments, a device and a method are discussed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378156 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - For example, an electronic device includes: a power generating unit configured to generate electric power according to a surrounding environment; a state transition unit configured to cause a state to transition according to the electric power supplied from the power generating unit; and an output unit configured to output predetermined information according to the transition of the state of the state transition unit. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378157 | SUPPORTING POWER MANAGEMENT ON POWER-OVER-ETHERNET (POE) ENABLED PORTS - Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for controlling power delivery in a power sourcing equipment. In embodiments, a power sourcing equipment that has a higher demand for power that it can provide supplies power according to priorities assigned to the attached devices. In embodiments, the power sourcing equipment may also receive identifying information from a device connected to the port and determines whether the device is a trusted device according to a security policy. If the device is not a trusted device, the power sourcing equipment may not provide any power to the device regardless of whether power is available. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378158 | FAILURE RECOVERY OF DISTRIBUTED CONTROL OF POWER AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT - An apparatus includes a plurality of components and a plurality of component controllers. Each of the plurality of component controllers is associated with at least one component of the plurality of components. Each component controller is configured to compute a local power budget for the at least one component based, at least in part, on the power differential and the proportion of the total power consumption corresponding to the at least one component. A service processor is configured to determine failure associated with at least one component controller of the plurality of component controllers or the at least one component associated with the at least one component controller. The service processor is configured to in response to a reset threshold not being exceeded, reset the at least one component controller without interrupting operations of any components of the at least one component that have not failed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378159 | NEGOTIATING A TRANSMIT WAKE TIME - Includes receiving, from a link partner, a message specifying a link partner receive wake time and resolving to the lesser of the received link partner receive wake time and a local transmit wake time. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378160 | HARDWARE APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO PERFORM TRANSACTIONAL POWER MANAGEMENT - Methods and apparatuses relating to transactional power management are described. In one embodiment, a hardware apparatus includes a hardware processor having a core, a plurality of power domains to transition to one of a plurality of power states in response to a power management command for each power domain, and a power transaction unit to assign a first power management command as a first power transaction and a second power management command as a second power transaction for concurrent execution, perform a commit of the first power transaction and the second power transaction when there is no conflict between the first power transaction and the second power transaction, and perform an abort of the first power transaction and a commit of the second power transaction when there is a conflict between the first power transaction and the second power transaction. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378161 | CLUSTERING EXECUTION IN A PROCESSING SYSTEM TO INCREASE POWER SAVINGS - Embodiments relate to clustering execution in a processing system. An aspect includes accessing a control flow graph that defines a data dependency and an execution sequence of a plurality of tasks of an application that executes on a plurality of system components. The execution sequence of the tasks in the control flow graph is modified as a clustered control flow graph that clusters active and idle phases of a system component while maintaining the data dependency. The clustered control flow graph is sent to an operating system, where the operating system utilizes the clustered control flow graph for scheduling the tasks. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378162 | VALIDATING POWER PATHS TO IT EQUIPMENT - A computer-implemented method for identifying power line segments and power line redundancies in a datacenter are provided. The computer-implemented method for identifying power line segments and power line redundancies in a datacenter include; transmitting a data packet from equipment compilers to a host program, where the data packet includes unique datacenter equipment identifiers, the datacenter equipment includes IT equipment and a power source; identifying one or more power line segments from the power source to the IT equipment; and determining an existence of a power line redundancy between the power source and the IT equipment. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378163 | CLUSTERING EXECUTION IN A PROCESSING SYSTEM TO INCREASE POWER SAVINGS - Embodiments relate to clustering execution in a processing system. An aspect includes accessing a control flow graph that defines a data dependency and an execution sequence of a plurality of tasks of an application that executes on a plurality of system components. The execution sequence of the tasks in the control flow graph is modified as a clustered control flow graph that clusters active and idle phases of a system component while maintaining the data dependency. The clustered control flow graph is sent to an operating system, where the operating system utilizes the clustered control flow graph for scheduling the tasks. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378164 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an electronic apparatus including: a processor including a plurality of cores that divisionally execute a plurality of tasks; a total task amount calculation circuit that calculates, for each of the cores, a total task amount as a total processing amount of the plurality of tasks to be executed; a sleep shift processing circuit that causes one of the plurality of cores to shift to a sleep mode based on the total task amount calculated for each of the cores; | 2016-12-29 |
20160378165 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POWER MANAGEMENT TO MITIGATE DECLINING BATTERY CAPACITY - A method and apparatus reduce power consumption and mitigate declining battery life. In some embodiments, an initial full charge capacity, C(O), of a rechargeable battery is determined. A full charge capacity, C(t), of the rechargeable battery is determined at time t. An average power consumption profile is determined. A reduced power consumption is implemented based on the average power consumption profile and a factor C(t)/C(O). In other embodiments, functions that are not used in an average power consumption profile are deactivated. Other functions that occur in certain use cases of the average power consumption profile are activated and deactivated as needed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378166 | POWER SAVING DURING A CONNECTION DETECTION - An electronic device includes a receiver sense circuit configured to generate a detection signal responsive to detecting a connection to a sink device via a connector. The electronic device further includes a controller coupled to a hot plug detect (HPD) interface. The controller is configured to enable a direct current (DC) voltage source based on the detection signal received from the receiver sense circuit. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378167 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF POWER-SAFE CONTROL PANEL INSTALLATION - Systems and methods of power-safe control panel installation are provided. Some systems can include a control panel that includes a programmable processor and executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software can transmit a signal to selectively remove power from at least one portion of the control panel. | 2016-12-29 |