24th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170168469 | HOME AUTOMATION DATA STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHODS - In some embodiments, a home automation data storage system is provided. The home automation data storage system can include a plurality of home automation components, each component including a storage device. The system can also include a controller database for storing control data for the home automation system. The system can also include an electronic device communicatively coupled to the plurality of home automation components, the controller database, and a computing device, the electronic device having programming instructions that cause the electronic device to receive data from the computing device, store at least a portion of the data in the storage device of a component from the plurality of home automation components, and store information associating the storage device of the component and the at least a portion of the data in the controller database. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168470 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STATE-TRANSITION-CONTROLLED PROCESSING OF OBJECTS - A controller and method for state-transition-based processing of objects following a state-structured process flow with plural process states. For each process state, one or more tasks are selected to process a transition of a selected object from one process state to a subsequent process state. State parameters of the object are captured. The current process state of the object is determined based on the captured state parameters. The tasks are generated for a specific process state in dependence on assigned task parameters of a process task. Operating tags are expendably assigned to a process task by an assigner unit or assignee unit, the operating tags including dynamically alterable operating parameters adding operational constraints to processing the process task. The state-structured process flow is dynamically generated and processed by triggering defined threshold and/or trigger values and/or steering the processing of the process tasks based on the operating parameters of the operating-tags. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168471 | Remote Controller for Controlling Apparatus by Diverting Feedback Signal from Native Controller to the Remote Controller and Methods for Same - A remote controller can be provided on any apparatus that employs feedback control from a native controller to add functionality to the apparatus where the native controller is not capable of providing such functionality independently. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168472 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS OR INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus is used with a network including one or more units each includes a sensor and/or actuator. The information processing apparatus is configured to use one or more computer programs (JavaScript, Java, etc.) each for controlling the sensor and/or actuator of the connected units. A library (default library/user-defined library) is prepared. The library includes classes each describing a method to control the sensor and/or actuator of the one or more units. The computer program can be created by combining one or more classes obtained from the library. The information processing apparatus is configured to control the sensor and/or actuator according to the created computer program. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168473 | SIGNALLING OF SPECIFICATION INFORMATION ON AN INDUSTRIAL DEVICE - A method comprises a network apparatus requesting and receiving, from an industrial automation device via a communications network, identification information on the industrial automation device regarding at least one characteristic of the industrial automation device. Based on the receiving, art interaction specification is retrieved regarding the industrial automation device from a database, the interaction specification indicating at least one protocol for interaction between the network apparatus and the industrial automation device. The at least one protocol is utilized for interacting between the network apparatus and the industrial automation device via the communications network, to read and write information supported by at least one of the industrial automation device and a memory device connected to it. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168474 | ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING COMMUNICATION FUNCTION FOR COMMUNICATING WITH PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER - A communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a robot control device, a programmable logic controller for establishing communication with the robot control device, and a communication setting device that is loaded with a configuration file to define communication parameters used in the communication. The communication setting device sets the communication parameters to the programmable logic controller. The robot control device includes a file output unit for outputting the configuration file depending on an internal state of the robot control device. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168475 | SMART LOADER APPARATUS FOR TRUNK LID HINGE - A smart loader apparatus for a trunk lid hinge includes a hinge alignment jig at which a trunk lid hinge is aligned and disposed at a predetermined position, a smart loader of which a transfer gripper for gripping the trunk lid hinge aligned at the hinge alignment jig is disposed at a front end portion, and the smart loader includes an articulated arm for transferring the trunk lid hinge gripped by the transfer gripper to a predetermined position of a vehicle body, a driving portion that drives the transfer gripper and the articulated arm to change a position of the transfer gripper, a force and torque (FT) sensor installed at a portion at which the articulated arm and the transfer gripper are connected, and a controller that controls the driving portion to move the transfer gripper in the direction of the force sensed by the FT sensor. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168476 | Operating Terminal of an Agricultural Machine with Hypervisor Software - The invention relates to an operating terminal ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170168477 | MATCHING PROCESS CONTROLLERS FOR IMPROVED MATCHING OF PROCESS - Described herein are methods and systems for chamber matching in a manufacturing facility. A method may include receiving a first chamber recipe advice for a first chamber and a second chamber recipe advice for a second chamber. The chamber recipe advices describe a set of tunable inputs and a set of outputs for a process. The method may further include adjusting at least one of the set of first chamber input parameters or the set of second chamber input parameters and at least one of the set of first chamber output parameters or the set of second chamber output parameters to substantially match the first and second chamber recipe advices. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168478 | VEHICLE REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PROMPT FEEDBACK IN REMOTE CONTROL DISABLED STATE - A vehicle remote control system includes a telematics center receiving a remote control command from a mobile terminal, delivering the remote control command to a tele-terminal, receiving a remote control result from the tele-terminal, and delivering the remote control result to the mobile terminal. The telematics center receives accessory (ACC) mode information of a vehicle from the tele-terminal, stores the received ACC mode information, and provides the ACC mode information to the mobile terminal upon receiving the remote control command from the mobile terminal. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168479 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF A MOVEMENT MANEUVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for controlling an automatic movement maneuver of a motor vehicle between an initial position and a final position includes establishing a path between the initial position and the final position of the vehicle and recording the path in a memory. The method also includes initiating automatic movement of the vehicle from the initial position, automatically moving the vehicle along the path, and automatically stopping the vehicle in the final position. Additionally, the method includes emitting a repetitive control signal from a mobile terminal and slaving the automatic movement of the vehicle along the path to a reception of the repetitive control signal by the vehicle. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168480 | ADJUSTMENT OF PLANNED MOVEMENT BASED ON RADIO NETWORK CONDITIONS - A movement adjusting device adjusts the movement of a wireless transceiver moving according to a plan along a route through a wireless communication network ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170168481 | USER INTERFACE FOR ORIENTING ANTENNAS - Disclosed is a configuration for displaying a user interface on a device (e.g., a remote controller) to assist a user in correctly orienting the device for improved communication with an aerial vehicle. Position information is received by device from the aerial vehicle. The remote controller detects its own position and orientation. Based on the orientation of the remote controller and the relative position of the remote controller and aerial vehicle, the remote controller displays an indication to the user to assist the user in orienting the remote controller so that one or more directional antennas of the remote controller are oriented for effective communication between the device and the aerial vehicle. Also disclosed is an antenna configuration within a housing of a remote controller. The antenna configuration includes two ceramic patch antennas. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168482 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOCUS AND CONTEXT VIEWS FOR TELEPRESENCE AND ROBOTIC TELEOPERATION - Example implementations include a system and method for providing a focus and context view for a movable apparatus. The focus view is indicated in a central portion of the display, and a context view is warped around the focus portion of the display to provide context. In example implementations, selection of another portion to render as the focus portion causes the movable apparatus to orient itself to the focus portion as the forward direction. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168483 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING DATA VALUES AND FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE - A method and device for operating at least one first automated vehicle including receiving data values, which represent at least one transition from an automated operation of at least one second automated vehicle to a manual operation of the at least one second automated vehicle, and operating the at least one first automated vehicle, the operation taking place as a function of the received data values. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168484 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING, RECEIVING AND PROCESSING DATA VALUES, AND A TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND RECEIVING DEVICE - A method for transmitting, receiving and processing data values, including detecting first data values, which represent at least one first transition from an automated operation of at least one first automated vehicle to a manual operation of the at least one first automated vehicle. The method also includes transmitting the first data values, receiving the first data values and a step of processing the first data values, and a transmission device and a receiving device for carrying out the method for transmitting, receiving and processing data values. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168485 | System and Method for Controlling Autonomous Vehicles - A method determines iteratively a motion of the vehicle from an initial location and a target location. An iteration of the method determines a location between the initial location and the target location that satisfies spatial constraints on locations of the vehicle and determines state transitions of the vehicle moved to the location from a set of neighboring locations determined during previous iterations. The method selects a neighboring location resulting in an optimal state transition of the vehicle and updates a graph of state transitions of the vehicle determined during previous iterations with the optimal state transition. The motion of the vehicle is determined a sequence of state transitions connecting the initial location with the target location and the vehicle is controlled according to the determined motion. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168486 | HYBRID REALITY BASED i-BOT NAVIGATION AND CONTROL - A system and method for interaction, navigation and control of an autonomous robot. The system comprises of two electronic devices, which are compatible with all operating systems and also compatible with magnetic trigger of a virtual reality device. When a virtual reality application run, the application provides two scenes at the display. The interaction, navigation and control over the autonomous robot is based on movement triggered from the virtual reality device. On moving the head upwards and downwards the robot will move forward and backward respectively. The left and right movement of the platform would result in the brain infrastructure movement of the robot. The robot can interact with people in real time and it can also identify if the robot had already interacted with person. The robot can identify person on gender, age, voice and face recognition basis and it can also make calls, texts and clicking selfies etc. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168487 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING POLLUTION - A pollution source detection system includes an automated vehicle including a position sensor that detects a geographic position of the automated vehicle and at least one pollution detection sensor that measures a concentration of pollution at the automated vehicle. The pollution source detection system includes a back-end system. The back-end system includes a network interface that receives the geographic position and the concentration of the pollution from the automated vehicle. The back-end system includes a database that stores the geographic position and the concentration of the pollution received via the network interface. The back-end system includes a processor that measures a gradient of the concentration of the pollution and controls a movement of the automated vehicle based on the gradient to guide the automated vehicle toward a source of the pollution. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168488 | AUTONOMOUS VISUAL NAVIGATION - A method of visual navigation for a robot includes integrating a depth map with localization information to generate a three-dimensional (3D) map. The method also includes motion planning based on the 3D map, the localization information, and/or a user input. The motion planning overrides the user input when a trajectory and/or a velocity, received via the user input, is predicted to cause a collision. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168489 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE TRACTION OF DISCRETE LOCATIONS OF A ROAD SEGMENT - A computer system operates to determine a traction value for each of a plurality of regions of the road network. A region of the road network for which the traction value is unknown is identified. A vehicle is directed to operate over the region of the road network to obtain additional data that is indicative of a current traction value. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168490 | WORK MACHINE, SYSTEM, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM FOR GENERATING TRAVEL ROUTE OF WORK MACHINE, FOR DETERMINING AVAILABILITY OF ENTRY TO TRAVEL ROUTE, AND FOR AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING TRAVEL ROUTE, AND TRAVEL CONTROL SYSTEM OF WORK MACHINE - A travel route automatic selection system for a work machine includes a travel route search unit that searches a travel route satisfying a condition that the work machine can enter from a current position for preparing entry only by forward movement along an entry route formed so that the work machine enters at an entry position in a same direction as a traveling direction when the work machine travels the travel route, at an entry position positioned between a travel route start position and a work start position, from a predetermined travel route corresponding to each of the one or a plurality of work target zones, by determining whether the condition is satisfied based on at least the travel route part of the predetermined distance from the travel route start position at least between the travel route start position and the work start position of the predetermined travel route. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168491 | WORK MACHINE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING TRAVEL ROUTE OF WORK MACHINE, AND TRAVEL CONTROL SYSTEM OF WORK MACHINE - A travel route generation system of generating a travel route of a work machine that performs predetermined work while traveling a route formed by linking ends of at least a plurality of substantially parallel routes through inversion routes in a work target zone, the ends being positioned at or near intersections of the routes and the periphery of the work target zone, the system including a zone setting unit that sets a periphery of the work target zone and a periphery of an entry prohibited zone outside of the work target zone; and a route generation unit that selects, for each of the inversion routes, an inside inversion route, not an outside inversion route, according to a positional relationship between the periphery of the work target zone and the periphery of the entry prohibited zone, wherein the inside inversion route is selected as the travel route. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168492 | AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL VEHICLE AND REPRODUCTION TRAVEL METHOD - An autonomous travel vehicle includes a traveler, a storage, an elapsed autonomous travel time counter, and a reproduction travel command calculator. The traveler travels according to a travel control command. The storage stores travel route data in which subgoal points and arrival times are associated with each other. In a reproduction travel mode, the elapsed autonomous travel time counter counts the elapsed autonomous travel time while adjusting progress of the elapsed autonomous travel time. In the reproduction travel mode, the reproduction travel command calculator calculates a reproduction travel control command at the elapsed autonomous travel time as the travel control command based on a subgoal point stored in the travel route data in association with an arrival time immediately after an arrival time corresponding to the elapsed autonomous travel time. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168493 | Identification of Acceptable Vehicle Charge Stations - A vehicle may require an electric recharge. A request may be sent to obtain identification of charge locations along a route. Along with the request, data may be sent identifying vehicle location, route, and desired safety rating. A response may be obtained from a remote server, and the results may be displayed, which include the user rating of the charge station. The desired user rating may be adjusted based on the battery's state of charge (SOC). The desired user rating may be decreased as the battery state of charge decreases. The user may further set the desired user rating. The desired user rating may further depend on other ratings of the charging station. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168494 | FORMATTING SENSOR DATA FOR USE IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM - A sensor interface for an autonomous vehicle. The sensor interface generates a plurality of sensor pulses that are each offset in phase relative to a local clock signal by a respective amount. The sensor interface receives sensor data from a sensor apparatus and formats the sensor data based at least in part on the plurality of sensor pulses to enable the sensor data to be used for navigating the autonomous vehicle. For example, the sensor interface may add a timestamp to the sensor data indicating a timing of the sensor data in relation to the local clock signal. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168495 | ACTIVE LIGHT SENSORS FOR DETERMINING EXPECTED TRACTION VALUE OF A ROAD SEGMENT - A system and method to control a vehicle, provides for directing light onto a region of a road surface on which the vehicle is moving. A variation in a characteristic of a reflection of the directed light is determined. Accumulated precipitation is detected on at least the region of the road based on the determined variation. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168496 | AUTOMATIC TRAVEL VEHICLE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRAVEL OPERATION OF AUTOMATIC TRAVEL VEHICLE, AND SERVER - An automatic travel vehicle includes a body, a drive unit to move the body on a travel surface along a travel guide line, a detection unit to detect a mark attached to one adjacent portion of the travel guide line for one spot set along the travel guide line, and a control unit to control an operation of the automatic travel vehicle based on the detected mark. The control unit interprets the mark attached to the one adjacent portion of the travel guide line at a first side of the body when the automatic travel vehicle travels along the travel guide line in a first travelling direction, and interprets the mark attached to the one adjacent portion of the travel guide line at a second side of the body when the automatic travel vehicle travels along the travel guide line in a second travelling direction. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168497 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE - A vehicle and a method for controlling the vehicle are provided. In particular, the vehicle includes an imaging device that is configured to acquire an image of a cargo loaded onto the vehicle and a display unit that is configured to display the image of the cargo acquired by the imaging device. Additionally, a processor is then configured to calculate a height of the cargo when the cargo displayed on the display unit is selected, and calculate a total height that is a sum of the height of the cargo and a height of the vehicle. Accordingly, the processor determines whether the vehicle is capable of safely passing through a detected height limit facility without the risk of a potential collision with the cargo. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168498 | AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENT DEVICE, AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENT METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - A determination on whether or not a local device position and a map contain an error is made. A position measurer of an autonomous movement device measures a local device position. A map memory stores the created map. A position estimator estimates the local device position. A determiner determines whether or not a difference between the measured position by the position measurer and the estimated position by the position estimator is within a predetermined error range. A map editor edits the stored map in the map memory when the determiner determines that the difference is out of the predetermined range. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168499 | OBSTACLE DETECTION FOR A ROBOTIC WORKING TOOL - A robotic work tool system ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170168500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE TRACTION ABILITY OF VEHICLES IN OPERATION - A computer system operates to determine a traction value for each of a plurality of regions of a road network. The computer system identifies a region of the road network for which the traction value is known. The computer system may direct a vehicle to operate over a region of the road network where the traction value is known, in order to obtain sensor data that is indicative of a traction capability of the vehicle. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168501 | Method for Setting Travel Path of Autonomous Travel Work Vehicle - For easy setting of a path of an autonomously-traveling autonomous travel work vehicle, provided is a method for setting a path for an autonomous travel work vehicle to run and operate by determining positions with the use of a satellite positioning system so as to drive and carry out an agricultural field operation. The method includes inputting a front-to-back length of a vehicle body, a width of an implement and an overlapping amount of implements ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170168502 | MISHAP AMELIORATION BASED ON SECOND-ORDER SENSING BY A SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE - A self-driving vehicle (SDV) ameliorates a vehicular mishap incurred by a second vehicle. At least one sensor on a first SDV detects a second vehicle that has been involved in a vehicular mishap. One or more processors determine a confidence level L, which is a confidence level of a mishap assessment accuracy of determining that the second vehicle has been involved in the vehicular mishap. In response to the confidence level L exceeding a predetermined value, the SDV executes an amelioration action to ameliorate a condition of the second vehicle that has been involved in the vehicular mishap. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168503 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TOWING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods disclosed relate to autonomous vehicle technology. A follow vehicle having driving controls for use by humans may be equipped with a wireless transceiver, controller, sensors, and interfaces for use with control systems such that the follow vehicle may be caused to follow the lead vehicle without human interaction with the follow vehicle. The follow vehicle may wirelessly receive information from the lead vehicle regarding position, movement, acceleration or deceleration, steering, or other information relevant to following the lead vehicle. The follow vehicle may include sensors for sensing the position, movement, acceleration, deceleration, steering, or other properties of the lead vehicle. The lead vehicle may be equipped with RF transmitters that provide indicators to the follow vehicle, such that the sensors can more readily sense the lead vehicle. Multiple follow vehicles may be wirelessly linked to form a train that is not mechanically linked. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168504 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING A FOLLOWING VEHICLE WITH A SCOUT VEHICLE - A method and system for automatically controlling at least one following vehicle, where a scout trajectory is produced for a scout vehicle and the scout vehicle is guided along the scout trajectory. Scout environmental data are captured by scout sensors and a desired trajectory is produced for the following vehicle. Following vehicle environmental data are captured by following vehicle sensors. Reference trajectory data are produced based on the scout trajectory and reference environmental data are produced based on the scout environmental data. The reference trajectory data and the reference environmental data are transmitted to the following vehicle. A trajectory similarity is determined by a trajectory comparison of the desired trajectory produced and the transmitted reference trajectory data, an environment similarity is determined by an environmental data comparison of the captured following vehicle environmental data and the transmitted reference environmental data. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168505 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING A FOLLOWING VEHICLE WITH A SCOUT VEHICLE - A method and system for automatically controlling at least one following vehicle where a scout trajectory is produced for a scout vehicle and the scout vehicle is guided along an actual trajectory, the actual trajectory of the scout vehicle and scout environmental data is captured by scout sensors. A desired trajectory is produced for the following vehicle and following vehicle environmental data are captured by following vehicle sensors. A scout trajectory similarity is determined based on the scout trajectory produced and the captured actual trajectory, reference trajectory data are produced and reference environmental data are produced based on the scout environmental data. The reference trajectory data and the reference environmental data are transmitted to the following vehicle and a trajectory similarity is determined by a trajectory comparison based on the desired trajectory produced and the transmitted reference trajectory data. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168506 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE COMMUNICATION, VEHICLE CONTROL, AND/OR ROUTE INSPECTION - In a system and method for communicating data between first and second vehicles, a first electronic component in the first vehicle is monitored to determine if the component is in (or enters) a failure state. In the failure state, the first electronic component is unable to perform a designated function. Upon determining the failure state, data is transmitted from the first vehicle to a second electronic component on the second vehicle, over a communication channel linking the first vehicle and the second vehicle. The second electronic component is operated based on the transmitted data, with the second electronic component performing the designated function that the first electronic component is unable to perform. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168507 | Autonomous Cargo Delivery System - The present invention is directed to a system and methods of providing platform-agnostic systems and methods capable of providing an integrated processor and sensor suite with supervisory control software and interfaces to perform small unit rapid response resupply and CASEVAC into hazardous and unpredictable environments. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168508 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Optimizing a Timing of a Flush Valve - A system for optimizing a timing of a flush valve is provided. The system includes a flush valve comprising a flow area and a solenoid configured to open the flush valve, at least one pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure in the flush valve, and at least one controller in communication with the at least one pressure sensor and the solenoid. The at least one controller is programmed or configured to control the solenoid to open the flush valve for a flush time in response to a flush request, measure a pressure in the flush valve to obtain at least one flush valve pressure, adjust the flush time based at least partially on the at least one flush valve pressure, resulting in an adjusted flush time, and control the solenoid to open the flush valve for the adjusted flush time in response to a flush request. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168509 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLOW RATE OF FLUID, MASS FLOW RATE CONTROL DEVICE FOR EXECUTING METHOD, AND MASS FLOW RATE CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING MASS FLOW RATE CONTROL DEVICE - A control operation of correcting, based on a difference between a target value and a measured value of a controlled response time, a standby time from change in a set value of a flow rate to a value that is not zero until start of output of an opening signal is repeated. As a result, a response time for the flow rate to reach the set value of the flow rate after the set value changes can be a desired value independently of a type, the set flow rate, the temperature, and the pressure of fluid, individual differences among devices, and the like. The difference between the target value and the measured value of the controlled response time may be multiplied by a weight coefficient, and the control operation may be carried out for each of a predetermined plurality of ranges of the flow rate. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168510 | FLUID MIXING VALVE - In the disclosure a fluid mixing valve for mixing a first fluid and a second fluid is provided, comprising: a housing; a balance valve module for balancing pressure between the first fluid and the second fluid, comprising a first fluid inlet, a second fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet in fluid communication with the first fluid inlet, and a second fluid outlet in fluid communication with the second fluid inlet; an adjustable valve module disposed on the balance valve module, comprising an inner casing member, flow-rate adjustment seat secured to the inner casing member, and a temperature adjustment shaft received in the inner casing member; and a mixed fluid discharging passage. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168511 | HVAC CONTROLLER CONFIGURATIONS THAT COMPENSATE FOR HEATING CAUSED BY DIRECT SUNLIGHT - A thermostat may include a housing, a user interface, temperature sensors providing temperature sensor measurements, and a processing system configured to control an HVAC system based on a comparison of a determined ambient temperature and a setpoint temperature. The thermostat may (i) determine time intervals in which direct sunlight is incident on the thermostat; (ii) during time intervals in which direct sunlight is not incident on the thermostat, process the temperature sensor measurements according to a first ambient temperature determination algorithm to compute the determined ambient temperature; and (iii) during time intervals in which it is determined that direct sunlight is incident on the thermostat, process the temperature sensor measurements according to a second ambient temperature determination algorithm to compute the determined ambient temperature that compensates for a heating of the thermostat caused by the direct sunlight. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168512 | OUTPUT VOLTAGE STABILIZING CIRCUIT OF POWER SUPPLY - The present disclosure provides an output voltage stabilizing circuit of a power supply, including: a compensation resistor, a voltage dividing circuit and a power driving chip; one end of the compensation resistor is connected with a load output end of the power supply, the other end of the compensation resistor is connected with a first end of the voltage dividing circuit, a second end of the voltage dividing circuit is connected with a voltage feedback pin of the power driving chip, and a third end of the voltage dividing circuit is grounded. The compensation resistor feeds back the voltage of the load output end of the power supply to the voltage feedback pin of the power driving chip via the voltage dividing circuit, and then the power driving chip adjusts the output voltage pin thereof, so that the output voltage of the power supply is kept stable. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168513 | METHODS AND APPARTUSES FOR REDUCING POWER LOSS IN CELLULAR SYSTEMS - A method is provided. The method comprises measuring a voltage on a power cable proximate to a remote radio head coupled to the power cable; and transmitting the measured voltage to affect an adjustment to an output voltage of a programmable power supply coupled to the power cable. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168514 | ACCURATE HOTSPOT DETECTION THROUGH TEMPERATURE SENSORS - In one embodiment, a temperature management system comprises a plurality of temperature sensors on a chip, and a temperature manager. The temperature manager is configured to receive a plurality of temperature readings from the temperature sensors, to determine a plurality of power values based on the temperature readings, to determine a plurality of temperature values based on the determined power values, the determined temperature values corresponding to a plurality of different locations on the chip, and to estimate a temperature of a hotspot on the chip based on the determined temperature values. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168515 | Method and System for DC-DC Voltage Converters - On embodiment pertains to a method including determining if an amplitude of an error signal has entered steady state. If the amplitude of the error signal has not entered steady state, then amplify with a high gain the amplitude of the AC component of the error signal. If the amplitude of the error signal has entered steady state, then initiate a timer. Determining if the amplitude of the error signal has remained in steady state while the timer runs. If the amplitude of the error signal has remained in steady state while the timer runs, then amplify with a low gain the amplitude of the AC component of the error signal. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168516 | RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED HOME POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A method for regulating a power transfer between a utility grid and a renewable energy system includes receiving a power transfer request from the utility grid at a controller of the renewable energy system that includes at least one of a desired power transfer level, power factor and energy or time duration of the power transfer. A SOC of an energy storage device of the renewable energy system and a power output of the renewable energy source are compared to respective SOC and power output thresholds, with the power transfer request being completed if the SOC and the power output are greater than the respective SOC and power output thresholds so as to cause the requested power to be transferred to the utility grid, and the power transfer request being denied if the SOC and the power output are less than the respective SOC and power output thresholds. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168517 | Power supply system and method - A power supply system for a circuit device includes a power supply unit, a switch unit and a voltage detector. The power supply unit, coupled to the circuit device via a power line, is used for supplying basic power for the circuit device via the power line, wherein the power line is coupled to the circuit device via a plurality of nodes. The switch unit, near to a node among the plurality of nodes, is coupled to the circuit device via the power line. The voltage detector, coupled to the circuit device and the switch unit, is used for detecting a voltage of the node and controlling the switch unit to be closed to allow the circuit device to receive auxiliary power via the switch unit when detecting that the voltage of the node is lower than a first threshold value. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168518 | TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATOR THAT IMPRESSES CONTROLLED VOLTAGES ACROSS RESISTORS - An apparatus and method for generating a temperature-compensated reference voltage are disclosed. The apparatus generates substantially equal temperature-compensated currents by controlling (through negative feedback) voltages across separate resistors through which the currents flow, respectively. Two of the temperature-compensated currents are formed by combining (e.g., summing) a complementary to absolute temperature (CTAT) current (I | 2017-06-15 |
20170168519 | MECHANICAL LINK SYSTEM FOR PEDAL DEVICE - A mechanical link system for a pedal device, comprising: a bracket device, a pedal arm pivotally arranged in relation to the bracket device between at least a first, second, and a third position, a first link arm, a second link arm, a first spring device, a second spring device wherein the pedal arm is mechanically interconnected to the first link arm, wherein the pivoting of the pedal arm from the first position towards the second position causes the first spring device to be compressed at a higher rate than the second spring device, wherein the pivoting of the pedal arm from the second position to the third position causes the second spring device to be compressed at a higher rate than the first spring device, wherein the pedal arm is mechanically interconnected to the first link arm via a guide element that is slidingly connected to the first link arm. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168520 | Timebase Synchronization - In an embodiment, an integrated circuit such as an SOC (or even a discrete chip system) includes one or more local timebases in various locations. The timebases may be incremented based on a high frequency local clock that may be subject to variation during use due. Periodically, based on a lower frequency clock that is subject to less variation, the local timebases may be synchronized to the correct time, using hardware circuitry. In particular, the correct timebase value for the next synchronization may be transmitted to each local timebase, and the control circuit for the local timebase may be configured to saturate the local timebase at the correct value if the local timebase reaches the correct value before the synchronization occurs. Similarly, if the synchronization occurs and the local timebase has not reached the correct value, the control circuit may be configured to load the correct timebase value. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168521 | DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A data communication device is provided. The data communication device includes a data array configured to receive pieces of data, register cells, each register cell of the registers cells being configured to be activated based on a respective one of the pieces of data, and an outputter configured to output information corresponding to a register cell that is activated among the register cells. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168522 | Flip Down Double Sided Touch Screen - An approach is disclosed that provides a attached touch layer that can be rotated respective to, and independently of, a display component and a keyboard component. The display component is attached to the keyboard component. The touch layer can overlay the display screen component or the keyboard component. In addition, the touch layer can be at an intermediate position in between the display component and the keyboard component. Touch input can be received at both sides of the touch layer. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168523 | BISTABLE WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - The subject technology encompasses a wearable computing device configured to be conveniently worn around a user's wrist. In some aspects, the wearable computing device can include a bistable housing configured to be mechanically stable in each of a first mechanical configuration and a second mechanical configuration, and a mobile computing device mechanically coupled to the bistable housing. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168524 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING STANDING UNIT - Disclosed is an electronic device that includes a standing unit capable of obliquely supporting the main body. The electronic device may include: a main body that includes a first surface on which a display is disposed and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; a standing unit received in the second surface of the main body so as to be concealed from the outside or extracted from the second surface of the main body so as to obliquely support the main body; and a cover disposed on the second surface of the main body to operate in conjunction with the standing unit, the cover being configured to allow the received standing unit to be hidden and to obliquely support the main body together with the standing unit, and the standing unit may be received in, or extracted from, the second surface by rotational, tensile, and compressive operations. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168525 | HOT SWAPPING BATTERIES IN A MOBILE DEVICE - One embodiment provides an electronic device, including: a housing with a recess defined therein by an upper wall, a lower wall, and a planar surface between the upper wall and the lower wall, wherein the planar surface comprises a plurality of pins; said housing being open on lateral sides of said recess; and a processor disposed within the housing; a contact rail; a second contact rail; wherein the first contact rail and the second contact rail are operatively coupled to the processor; wherein the contact rail is disposed at or on a surface selected from the group of surfaces consisting of: the upper wall and the planar surface adjacent to the upper wall; and wherein the second contact rail is disposed at or on a surface selected from the group of surfaces consisting of: the lower wall and the planar surface adjacent to the lower wall. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168526 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a sheath including a connection magnet to couple another device, wherein the connection magnet is installed in a region of the sheath where the another device is coupled; a movable part installed in the region of the sheath where the another device is coupled, wherein the movable part is foldable back to a side where the connection magnet is present; and a magnetism-blocking part installed on a region of the movable part that covers the connection magnet when the movable part is folded back to the connection magnet side. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168527 | HARD DISK DRIVE WITH A VIBRATION ISOLATION FRAME - Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a hard disk drive system with improved isolation from operational vibration. More particularly, embodiments disclosed herein provide a hard disk drive system with a vibration isolation frame and flexible connection without deviation from standard form factor. The standard form factor is the form factor of the hard disk drive with the base plate, but without the isolation frame. The hard disk drive with the isolation frame has the same form factor as the hard disk drive without the isolation frame, but with the base plate. Examples of form factors that may be utilized include the form factors for 3.5 inch and 2.5 inch hard disk drives. It is to be understood that 3.5 inch and 2.5 inch form factors are simply examples. Other size form factors are contemplated as well. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168528 | METHOD TO REALIZE RECONFIGURABLE MEMORY TOPOLOGY - An apparatus and method to permit reconfiguration of a memory topology. A printed circuit board (PCB) has a central processing unit (CPU) connector coupled a pair of dual inline memory module (DIMM) connectors coupled thereto. The PCB defines an electrical access channel coupling the pair of DIMM connectors into a T topology having a first branch and a second branch. The second branch of the T topology is electrically discontinuous with the rest of the T topology proximate to a T junction. A bridge may be provided to span the discontinuity. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168529 | HOUSING FOR A COMPUTER SYSTEM, PARTS OF A HOUSING FOR A COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND METHODS FOR INCREASING AN AIRFLOW IN A HOUSING OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM - According to various embodiments, a housing for a computer system may be provided. The housing may include: an upper portion configured to hold an input device of the computer system; a lower portion comprising a foot of the housing for the computer system; and a pressure drop reducing mechanism configured to increase an airflow between the upper portion and the lower portion by moving the lower portion away from the upper portion. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168530 | SECONDARY MANAGEMENT DEVICE DETERMINING DESIRED FAN SPEED UPON FAILURE OF PRIMARY MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A power device powers a hardware component and a fan cools the component. A primary management device monitors a first characteristic, which is the temperature of the component or the power provided by the power device, and determines a desired fan speed of the fan based on the first characteristic. A secondary management device monitors a second characteristic, which is the temperature of the component or the power provided by the power device, and sets the fan speed to the desired fan speed determined by the primary management device. The secondary management device constructs a profile of the fan speed in relation to the second characteristic by periodically recording the fan speed and the second characteristic. In response to the primary management device failing, the secondary management device determines the desired fan speed based on the profile and set the fan speed to the desired fan speed that it determined. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168531 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING PORTABLE INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS - Systems and methods that may be implemented using an external cooling dock that is configured to provide supplemental cooling to a portable information handling system by blowing sub-ambient temperature air into one or more existing external air intake-vents of the chassis of the portable information handling system. The external cooling dock may be further configured to electronically dock or otherwise mate in bidirectional signal communication with the portable information handing system to allow the cooling dock processing device to operate cooperatively in a closed loop with the internal processing device/s of the portable information handling system so as to control operation of the cooling dock components and/or the operation of the processing devices within the portable information handling system. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168532 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF SPATIALLY DISPERSED OPERATION PROCESSORS - An operation processor device includes a plurality of operation processing cores and at least one temperature sensor. The temperature sensor senses temperatures of the operation processing cores. When a temperature of a first operation processing core that is operating is sensed to be equal to or higher than a reference value, a second operation processing core that does not operate starts to operate and the first operation processing core stops operating. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168533 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESETTING TO FACTORY DEFAULT WITH BOOTLOADER PROGRAM - The present principle generally relate to resetting of an electronic device, and particularly, to resetting of an electronic device to factory default of settings if a reset button is pressed for more than a certain amount of time such as, e.g., ten seconds. The amount of time the reset button is pressed is monitored by a bootloader program after a reboot of the processor. The present principles allow the use of the same reset button for two different functions: a normal power off-on reset and a reset to the factory default. The present principles also allow the electronic device to be reset to the factory default even if the main software of the electronic device is locked up (i.e., non-functioning). | 2017-06-15 |
20170168534 | TEMPERATURE-AWARE MICROPROCESSOR VOLTAGE MANAGEMENT - A method, system, and computer program product for controlling power supplied to a processor is disclosed. A voltage regulator is set to a first voltage regulator set point, wherein the first voltage regulator set point provides a first load line for operation of the processor. A change in an operation of the processor from a first operating condition along the first load line to a second operating condition along the first load line is determined. The voltage regulator is the set to a second voltage regulator set point and the processor is operated at a third operating condition on a second load line corresponding to the second voltage regulator set point. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168535 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POWER SUPPLY UNIT CONFIGURATIONS IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - A method determines power supply unit configurations in an information handling system. The method includes determining, via a controller, a first amount of power required to operate functional components of the IHS. A history table is retrieved containing a plurality of power supply unit (PSU) configurations and PSU data. The method further includes determining if the history table contains a first PSU configuration corresponding to the first amount of power. In response to determining that the history table contains the first PSU configuration corresponding to the first amount of power, the PSUs identified as active mode PSUs in the first PSU configuration are triggered to be in an active mode and operating at the corresponding percentage load and the PSUs identified as sleep mode PSUs in the first PSU configuration are triggered to be in a sleep mode. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168536 | POWER MANAGEMENT BASED ON CIRCUIT CONNECTION INFORMATION - In accordance with the example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform receiving, by a receiver, more than one modulated signal from each of more than one transmitter of at least one branch circuit, wherein each modulated signal includes a transmitter identification signal; based on characteristics of the more than one modulated signal, detecting at least a number ofpower supplies on each branch circuit and a power draw from each power supply of the number of power supplies on each branch circuit, wherein the characteristics include a power rating of each power supply of the number of power supplies; and based on the detected information, controlling at least the power draw from each power supply o f the number of power supplies on each branch circuit. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168537 | A Method for Diagnosing Power Supply Failure in a Wireless Communication Device - A method in a wireless communication device for diagnosing power supply failure in the wireless communication device is provided. The wireless communication device detects ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170168538 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWERING MULTIPLE COMPUTER PLATFORMS IN SYMMETRIC CONFIGURATION - Techniques pertaining to powering multiple platforms with a minimum impact on air passage in a predefined environment are disclosed. Instead of connecting each of the platforms in a chassis to a power supply therein, embodiments of the present invention uses what is referred to as cascading powering to power all platforms within minimum cable delivery. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a motherboard is disposed between two power supply units that are used to power the motherboard. The motherboard has power connectors located towards or near the power supply units so that only short cables are needed to power the platform. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168539 | REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A MULTI-SLICE COMPUTER PROCESSOR - Reducing power consumption in a multi-slice computer processor that includes a re-order buffer and an architected register file, including: designating an entry in the re-order buffer as being invalid and unwritten; assigning a pending instruction to the entry in the re-order buffer; responsive to assigning the pending instruction to the entry in the re-order buffer, designating the entry as being valid; writing data generated by executing the pending instruction into the re-order buffer; and responsive to writing data generated by executing the pending instruction into the re-order buffer, designating the entry as being written. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168540 | REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF A COMPUTE NODE EXPERIENCING A BOTTLENECK - A method includes obtaining component utilization data for multiple components of a compute node during at least one previous execution of a workload. The method further includes using the component utilization data to identify a first component having a utilization level that is less than a threshold utilization level during the at least one previous execution of the workload, wherein the first component is one of the multiple components of the compute node. The method still further includes, during a subsequent execution of the workload on the compute node, throttling the first component to prevent the first component from exceeding the threshold utilization level. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168541 | PROCESSOR CORE ENERGY MANAGEMENT - Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for processor core energy management are described. In an embodiment, energy management logic causes a modification to energy consumption by an electrical load (such as a processor core) based at least in part on comparison of an electrical current value and an operating current threshold value. The electrical current value is detected at an electrical current sensor coupled to the electrical load. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168542 | METHOD FOR PLAYING VIDEO AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for playing a video, wherein the method specifically comprises detecting a display status of a screen in a process of playing a video file, and stopping decoding and playing video data in the video file and continuing to decode and play audio data in the video file upon detecting a change of the display status of the screen from on to off. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168543 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR WAKING UP A SCREEN - Methods and devices are provided for waking up a screen in the field of application of electronic technologies. The method may be implemented by a device including a screen and a frame at least partially surrounding the screen. In the method, the device activates at least one temperature transducer according to a predetermined sequence when the screen is in an off state, where the at least one temperature transducer is disposed at least partially in the frame. The device may obtain a temperature measurement through the activated temperature transducer. When any one of the temperature measurement is within a preset range of temperature, the device may trigger the screen to be switched from the off state to an on state. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168544 | REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A MULTI-SLICE COMPUTER PROCESSOR - Reducing power consumption in a multi-slice computer processor that includes a re-order buffer and an architected register file, including: designating an entry in the re-order buffer as being invalid and unwritten; assigning a pending instruction to the entry in the re-order buffer; responsive to assigning the pending instruction to the entry in the re-order buffer, designating the entry as being valid; writing data generated by executing the pending instruction into the re-order buffer; and responsive to writing data generated by executing the pending instruction into the re-order buffer, designating the entry as being written. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168545 | Decentralized Sleep Management - Techniques for employing a decentralized sleep management service are described herein. In some instances, each computing device of a group of computing devices periodically shares information about itself with each other computing device of the group. With this information, each computing device within the group that is awake and capable of managing other devices selects a subset of devices to probe. The devices then probe this subset to determine whether the probed devices are asleep. In response to identifying a sleeping device, the probing device takes over management of the sleeping device. Managing the sleeping device involves informing other devices of the group that the sleeping device is being managed, in addition to monitoring requests for services on the sleeping device. In response to receiving a valid request for a service hosted by the sleeping device, the managing device awakens the sleeping device and ceases managing the now-woken device. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168546 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING INTER-LANE POWER MANAGEMENT - A method and apparatus for performing inter-lane power management includes de-energizing one or more execution lanes upon a determination that the one or more execution lanes are to be predicated. Energy from the predicated execution lanes is redistributed to one or more active execution lanes. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168547 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a keyboard, a backlight and a hardware processor. The backlight illuminates the keyboard. The hardware processor is electrically coupled to the backlight. The hardware processor is configured to gradually decrease brightness of the backlight during a period of time of which the backlight is continuously on. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168548 | SEGREGATED POWER STATE CONTROL IN A DISTRIBUTED CACHE SYSTEM - A method, system, and device provide for selective control in a distributed cache system of the power state of a number of receiver partitions arranged in one or more partition groups. A power control element coupled to one or more of the receiver partitions and a coherent interconnect selectively control transition from a current power state to a new power state by each receiver partition of one or more partition groups of the plurality of partition groups. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168549 | CHIP POWER SUPPLY METHOD AND CHIP - The present invention relates to a chip power supply method and a chip, where configuration memory array provides configuration voltage to an NMOS transmission gate, and an LDO circuit supplies power to the chip. The method includes: determining that a working state of the chip switches from a first state to a second state, where the first state and the second state are separately an initial mode, a program mode or a user mode; and adjusting, according to the working state of the chip, a configuration bit to adjust an output voltage of the LDO circuit. The present invention reduces power dissipation of the chip during memory configuration, and improves working performance thereof during the user mode. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168550 | Power Measurement Circuit, BMC Having the Same and Load Balancing - A power measurement circuit is disclosed. The power measurement circuit comprises a sampling register, a latch generator, an accumulation unit, a calculation unit and an output register. The sampling register samples an input signal based on a sampling clock to generate a binary digit. The latch generator generates a latch signal based on the sampling clock and a measurement interval. The accumulation unit accumulates the binary digit based on the latch signal to generate a sum value. The calculation unit calculates an ON-phase rate of the input signal according to the sum value and the measurement interval. The output register stores a power consumption value according to the ON-phase rate of the input signal. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168551 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING ELECTRIC-POWER SAVING MODE, CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of reliably specifying a notification factor of a detection error. An execution-state monitoring unit monitors an execution state of an electric-power supplying process of supplying electric power to a process executing unit. A response-notification receiving unit receives a response notification from the process executing unit. A notification unit gives a notification that the process executing unit is not detected when an execution of the electric-power supplying process is completed and when the response notification is not received. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168552 | POWER CONSUMPTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided are a power consumption control system and method that clarify the timing for carrying out each of a plurality of processes and thereby facilitate standby power control and the leveling of power consumption. To this end, PERT analysis is performed on the basis of process information that relates to a production line, process flexibility analysis is performed on the basis of the PERT analysis, process arrangement combinations and the total number of process arrangement combinations are determined on the basis of the process flexibility analysis, distributions of the total number of process arrangement combinations are determined for the process arrangement combinations, the process arrangement combination having the smallest distribution is selected from among the distributions, the processes are rearranged, and the progression of the processes is controlled on the basis of the rearranged processes. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168553 | DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE - A drive control device, which includes a control module generating an optical driver power supply control signal; a detection module detecting a working state of an optical driver according to the optical driver power supply control signal or receiving an external input signal and generating a switch control signal according to a detection result or the external input signal; and an execution module electrically connected with the detection module and powering on or off power supply on the optical driver according to the switch control signal. The powering-on and powering-off of the optical driver are flexibly controlled, the situation of increase of additional power consumption of a device for a reason that the optical driver is in a standby state for a long time is avoided. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168554 | METHOD OF MODIFYING A POWER MESH - A method of modifying a power mesh includes measuring distances between end cap blocks included in a standard cell in a chip sub-block. The end cap blocks are located at edges of the chip sub-block and edges of the macro cell. The method includes searching a logic circuit block located between the first and second end cap blocks of the end cap blocks. A distance between the first and second end cap blocks is shorter than a predetermined length. It is determined whether a power supply voltage line and a ground voltage line exist at a partial region of the first power mesh layer. When the power supply voltage line or the ground voltage line is determined not to exist at the partial region, the power mesh data are modified to supplement the power supply voltage line or the ground voltage line at the partial region. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168555 | DEVICE POWER SAVING DURING EXERCISE - A method includes: supporting a normal operation mode during which functionalities of a portable apparatus are available through an operating system of the apparatus, wherein the operating system includes a plurality of layers including a kernel and library functions-layer; supporting a limited operation mode during which the apparatus is configured to execute a physical activity algorithm based on physical activity data corresponding to a physical activity session performed by a user of the apparatus, wherein the physical activity algorithm applies a direct low-level hardware access bypassing at least the layers above the kernel and the library functions-layer; and switching between the normal operation mode and the limited operation mode | 2017-06-15 |
20170168556 | LAUNCHING VIRTUAL OBJECTS USING A RAIL DEVICE - Embodiments herein describe a throwing apparatus that includes a projectile that slides on a rail. In one example, as the user makes a throwing action, the projectile slides along the rail and locks into place at an end of the rail. In response, the throwing apparatus launches a virtual object representing the projectile along a virtual path extending away from the throwing apparatus. The apparatus may include an emitter that transmits a signal indicative of the signal path of the virtual object. An external device receiving the signal can determine whether the device is on the path and whether it is struck by the virtual object. The apparatus may also include a speaker that outputs a sound simulating the projectile flying through free space. The speaker may change the volume of the sound depending on whether the virtual object is moving away or towards the throwing apparatus. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168557 | USER INTERFACE SELECTION BASED ON USER CONTEXT - Technologies are generally described to provide alternate user interfaces based on user context. In some examples, a user interface system may measure a user characteristic associated with a particular user interface type. The user interface system may then determine whether the measured user characteristic is suitable for use as a user interface input, for example by comparison with a baseline user characteristic. Upon determination that the measured user characteristic is suitable, the user interface system ma use the measured user characteristic for user interface purposes. On the other hand, upon determination that the measured user characteristic is not suitable, the user interface system may use a different user interface type to attempt to receive user inputs. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168558 | KINESTHETIC SENSORS FOR DETERMINING ANGULAR DISPLACEMENTS - A kinesthetic sensor measure angular displacement of body parts of users by measuring a density of substances contained in a conduit of the kinesthetic sensor. For example, the kinesthetic sensor measures the density of substance including in a conduit by transmitting a signal into the conduit and measuring the signal after the signal passes through the conduit and one or more substances included in the conduit. Based on the density of the one or more substances included in the conduit from the measured signal, an angular displacement of a user's body part proximate to the kinesthetic sensor is determined. Kinesthetic sensors may use different architectures such as an open-loop, a closed-loop architecture, or an architecture using blood vessels as conduits. Additionally, kinesthetic sensors can be flexible to conform to physical contours of different body parts. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168559 | ADVERTISEMENT RELEVANCE - Systems and methods for displaying an image of a virtual object in an environment are described. A computing device is used to capture an image of a real environment including a marker. One or more virtual objects which do not exist in the real environment are displayed in the image based at least on the marker. The distance and orientation of the marker may be taken into account to properly size and place the virtual object in the image. Further, virtual lighting may be added to an image to indicate to a user how the virtual object would appear with the virtual lighting. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168560 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING AN "ATTITUDE DIRECTOR INDICATOR" IN A HEAD VIEWING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT - The general field of the invention is that of methods of displaying an “attitude director indicator” in a head viewing system for aircraft comprising:
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20170168561 | HEAD UP DISPLAY AUTOMATIC CORRECTION METHOD AND CORRECTION SYSTEM - A head-up display (HUD) automatic correction method includes: projecting, by a HUD device, a head-up display image onto a windshield of a vehicle; photographing, by a camera disposed outside of the vehicle, the head-up display image; generating, by an image processing unit, a correction signal by analyzing the head-up display image photographed by the camera; and controlling, by a HUD controller, the HUD device to correct the head-up display image using the correction signal. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168562 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A head mounted display device is used by being mounted on a body of a user and includes an image display unit through which outside scenery is transmitted and that displays an image such that the image is visually recognizable together with the outside scenery. Further, the head mounted display device includes a target detection unit that detects a target of the user in a visual line direction and a position detection unit that detects a position of the target with respect to a display region of the image display unit. Further, the head mounted display device includes an information display control unit that determines a display position of information based on a position of the target detected by the position detection unit and allows the image display unit to display information. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168563 | DEFORMATION CONTROL METHOD, DEFORMATION CONTROL APPARATUS, AND USER EQUIPMENT (UE) - Embodiments of the present application disclose a deformation control method, a deformation control apparatus, and a user equipment (UE). The method comprises: generating trigger information according to a focus behavior of a user on at least one associated region in multiple associated regions on a deformation controllable device, where the multiple associated regions are multiple regions on which the user synchronously focuses or will synchronously focus; and controlling, in response to the trigger information, the deformation controllable device to be deformed to a target shape that meets at least one shape restriction condition, where the at least one shape restriction condition comprises: a distance between any two associated regions in the multiple associated regions is less than a distance threshold. The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application make it more convenient for a user to focus on multiple associated regions on which the user synchronously focuses, and facilitate use of the deformation controllable device by the user. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168564 | DEFORMATION CONTROL METHOD, DEFORMATION CONTROL APPARATUS, AND USER EQUIPMENT (UE) - Embodiments of the present application disclose a deformation control method, a deformation control apparatus, and a user equipment (UE). The method comprises: generating trigger information according to a focus behavior of a user on at least one associated region in multiple associated regions on a deformation controllable device, where the multiple associated regions are multiple regions on which the user synchronously focuses or will synchronously focus; and controlling, in response to the trigger information, the deformation controllable device to be deformed to a target shape that meets at least one shape restriction condition. The at least one shape restriction condition comprises: a value of at least one angle between at least one normal line of any associated region in the multiple associated regions and at least one normal line of any other associated region is less than an angle threshold. The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application make it more convenient for a user to gaze at multiple associated regions on which the user synchronously focuses, and facilitate use of the deformation controllable device by the user. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168565 | Wearable Devices, Wearable Robotic Devices, Gloves, and Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products Interacting with the Same - One aspect of the invention provides a wearable device including: at least one compliant region adapted and configured to be placed over a joint of a subject and at least two flexible but less compliant regions coupled to opposite ends of the compliant region. Another aspect of the invention provides a wearable robotic device including a wearable device as described herein and at least one actuator adapted and configured to move the flexible but less compliant regions relative to each other. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168566 | AR GLASSES WITH PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF EXTERNAL DEVICE BASED ON EVENT INPUT - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece includes predictive control of external device based on an event input. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168567 | COMPLIANT MULTI-REGION ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT AND STRAIN SENSORS - An apparatus includes a glove for a human hand, and a sensing network coupled to the glove. The sensing network includes a strand of compliant material with a center axis and a multi-region angular displacement sensor connected to the strand. The multi-region angular displacement sensor includes a first angular displacement unit in a first sense region of the stand. The first angular displacement unit is used to determine a first angular displacement in response to deformation of the first angular displacement unit by a first joint of the human hand. The multi-region angular displacement sensor also includes a second angular displacement unit disposed in a second sense region of the strand. The second angular displacement unit is used to determine a second angular displacement in response to deformation of the second angular displacement unit by a second joint of the human hand. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168568 | HEADSET WITH CONTACTLESS ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS FOR FACIAL EXPRESSION AND COGNITIVE STATE DETECTION - A head-mounted display (HMD) device includes a plurality of activity detection sensors coupled to a liner formed around a periphery of a HMD or a band attached to the HMD. The sensors attached to the liner are adopted for direct or indirect contact to an upper portion of a user's face, and the sensors coupled to the band are adopted for direct or indirect contact with a back side of the user's head. The activity detection sensors detect electrical field signals caused by muscle contractions in an upper portion of a user's face or brain activity signals when the user is wearing the HMD. The HMD includes a module that reconstructs and projects a facial animation model of the user and a cognitive state of the user based on signals from the activity detection sensors while the HMD is in use by the user. | 2017-06-15 |