49th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150346714 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device includes a program storage unit storing machining programs of systems; and a program analysis unit executing the machining programs independently for each system by analyzing the machining programs of the systems, wherein when control variable is not being executed in machining program of any system, if control variable is executed in machining program of any system, the program analysis unit permits only a system having executed the control variable to execute the control variable, and does not permit another system other than the system having executed the control variable to execute the control variable even when an attempt is made to execute the control variable in machining program of the other system, and when execution of the control variable is completed in the machining program being executed, the program analysis unit permits machining program of any system to execute the control variable. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346715 | Motor Driving Device - The present invention provides a motor driving device for easily and accurately detecting an abnormal status of a motor. The motor driving device ( | 2015-12-03 |
20150346716 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING A CONTROL UNIT - A method and a device for testing a control unit, in which sensor data are transmitted over a network connection to a real or simulated control unit, which data are calculated by a data processing system using simulation, in which the simulation of the sensor data takes place at least in part with at least one graphics processor of at least one graphics processor unit of the data processing system. The simulated sensor data are encoded in image data that are output via a visualization interface to a data conversion unit that simulates a visualization unit connected to the visualization interface. Via the data conversion unit the received image data are converted into packet data containing the sensor data through the network connection to the control unit. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346717 | INTELLIGENT CONDITION MONITORING AND FAULT DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE - A system for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis includes a data collection function that acquires time histories of selected variables for one or more of the components, a pre-processing function that calculates specified characteristics of the time histories, an analysis function for evaluating the characteristics to produce one or more hypotheses of a condition of the one or more components, and a reasoning function for determining the condition of the one or more components from the one or more hypotheses. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346718 | Autonomous Vehicle Monitoring and Control - An autonomous vehicle may be partially controlled or monitored by a remote endpoint assigned to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle sends one or more assisted driving messages directly to the autonomous vehicle or through a server. The server may identify multiple potential remote driving endpoints and assign one or more of the potential remote driving endpoints to the autonomous vehicle. The one or more potential remote driving endpoints return a command to the autonomous vehicle directly or through the server. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346719 | FORWARD AND LATERAL TRACKING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The forward and lateral tracking system contains a moving carrier and a remote control device. The moving carrier contains a front frame, a first lateral frame, a second lateral frame, and at least a driving unit. The front frame has a first IR (infra-red) receiver and a second IR receiver for detecting left and right movement, and a first supersonic detector for detecting forward distance. The first lateral frame has a second supersonic detector and a third supersonic detector for detecting left and right movement, and a third IR receiver. The second lateral frame has a fourth supersonic detector and a fifth supersonic detector for detecting left and right movement, and a fourth IR receiver. The remote control device contains at least an IR transmitter signally linked to the IR receivers. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346720 | FORWARD TRACKING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The forward tracking system contains a moving carrier and a remote control device. The moving carrier contains a control module, a frame, and at least a driving unit. The control module directs the driving unit to move or turn the moving carrier. The frame has a first and a second IR (infra-red) receivers to detect the user's turning left or right, and a first supersonic detector to detect a distance from the user. The remote control device contains at least an IR transmitter signally linked to the first and second IR receivers. When a user is in front of the moving carrier, the first and second IR receivers, and the first supersonic detector provide lateral movement and forward distance detection, so that the moving carrier automatically follows the user at a constant distance behind as the user moves straight ahead, or turns left or right. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346721 | AIRCRAFT - A flight system comprising an aircraft equipped with at least four rotors and having a payload, a number of rotors rotating in one direction and a number of rotors rotating in the other direction, as well as a remote control, the aircraft being connected to the remote control, so as to transmit data, via respective transmitter/receiver units, both the aircraft and the remote control having a data processing device connected to the respective transmitter/receiver unit, both the aircraft and the remote control having the same sensors for flight attitude detection, where, when there is an angle change in the remote control around its X- and/or Y- and/or Z-axis, the amount of the angle change correlates with a definable speed of the aircraft, the speed specified according to the angle change being transmitted as a target value of the data processing device of the aircraft and/or of the remote control. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346722 | Virtual and Augmented Reality Cockpit and Operational Control Systems - Architecture for a multimodal, multiplatform switching, unmanned vehicle (UV) swarm system which can execute missions in diverse environments. The architecture includes onboard and ground processors to handle and integrate multiple sensor inputs generating a unique UV pilot experience for a remote drone pilot (RDP) via a virtual augmented reality cockpit (VARC). The RDP is monitored by an operational control system and an experienced control pilot. A ground processor handles real-time localization, forwarding of commands, generation and delivery of augmented content to users, along with safety features and overrides. The UVs onboard processors and autopilot execute the commands and provide a redundant source of safety features and override in the case of loss of signal. The UVs perform customizable missions, with adjustable rules for differing skill levels. RDPs experience real-time virtual piloting of the UV with augmented interactive and actionable visual and audio content delivered to them via VARC systems. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346723 | VEHICLE TRAJECTORY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle includes obtaining, by one or more processors, information describing a current state of the autonomous vehicle and a goal state of the autonomous vehicle; determining, by the one or more processors, an initial vehicle trajectory from the current state of the autonomous vehicle to the goal state of the autonomous vehicle; and determining, by the one or more processors, an optimized vehicle trajectory based the initial trajectory and a velocity profile by applying numerical minimization to minimize a trajectory length value and a lateral acceleration value. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346724 | VARIABLY CONTROLLED GROUND VEHICLE - Method and apparatus for providing autonomous control of a vehicle. A vehicle can be manually controlled by an operator. An autonomous system can monitor the operator's control inputs and the environment of the vehicle to determine whether the control inputs result in safe operation of the vehicle. If control inputs are not safe, then the autonomous system can modify the operator's unsafe inputs into safe inputs. In various instances, the autonomous system can operate the vehicle without operator input. In the event an operator attempts to apply control inputs to the vehicle while the autonomous system is otherwise in control, the autonomous system can check to see whether the operator's inputs result in safe operation of the vehicle. If the operator's control inputs are safe, then the autonomous system can replace its autonomous commands with the operator's commands. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346725 | UNMANNED VEHICLE OPERATING MODES - An aircraft is provided and includes a frame, drive elements configured to drive movements of the frame and a computer configured to receive mission planning and manual commands and to control operations of the drive elements to operate in a safe mode in which mission commands are accepted but manual commands are refused, a manual mode in which mission commands are refused but manual commands are accepted and an enroute mode. The computer is further configured to only allow mode transitions between the safe and manual modes and between the safe and enroute modes. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346726 | CONTROLLABLE BUOYS AND NETWORKED BUOY SYSTEMS - Buoyant sensor networks are described, comprising floating buoys with sensors and energy harvesting capabilities. The buoys can control their buoyancy and motion, and can organize communication in a distributed fashion. Some buoys may have tethered underwater vehicles with a smart spooling system that allows the vehicles to dive deep underwater while remaining in communication and connection with the buoys. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346727 | Parking Autonomous Vehicles - Technology is described for parking autonomous vehicles. An autonomous vehicle may receive an instruction to park the autonomous vehicle. The instruction may be received when the autonomous vehicle is in a preselected location. The autonomous vehicle may select at least one parking area that potentially has available parking spaces to park the autonomous vehicle using, in part, a defined set of parking criteria. Commands may be provided to drive the autonomous vehicle to the parking area. The autonomous vehicle may be configured to select an available parking space within the parking area to park the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may send a confirmation message after the autonomous vehicle is parked in the available parking space within the parking area. The confirmation message may include a parking location associated with the autonomous vehicle. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346728 | Implement Guidance - Efficient towed implement guidance to a desired path is achieved by guiding a towing vehicle toward a path on the opposite side of a desired path, then guiding the vehicle back to the desired path. Efficient forward implement guidance to a desired path is achieved by guiding a pushing vehicle along a tractrix. A vehicle leaves a straight line along a tractrix to keep a rear implement on the line as long as possible. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346729 | WATERCRAFT AUTOMATION AND AQUATIC EFFORT DATA UTILIZATION - Watercraft automation and aquatic data utilization for aquatic efforts are disclosed. In one aspect, an anchor point is obtained and a watercraft position maintenance routine is actuated to control the watercraft to maintain association with the anchor point. In another aspect, prior aquatic effort data is obtained in association with an anchor point. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data is generated in association with an anchor point. In still another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized for prediction generation. In yet another aspect, current aquatic effort data and prior aquatic effort data are utilized to obtain another anchor point for a watercraft. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346730 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC POSITIONING - A system for minimizing fuel consumption in a dynamic positioning (DP) vessel comprising a measurement system, an observer system, a control system and a thruster system. The heading of the vessel is adjusted to minimize the environmental forces felt on each side of the vessel. The method also allows for operator input to offset the vessel heading to improve comfort on board. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346731 | TECHNIQUES FOR ARRANGING STAGE ELEMENTS ON A STAGE - A stage arrangement system is configured to arrange stage elements on a stage where a performance is to take place. The stage arrangement system is configured to move the stage elements to reflect arrangement data that reflects desired positions and orientations for each stage element. The stage arrangement system first localizes one or more stage elements by determining the position and orientation associated with each such element. Then, the stage arrangement system repositions and/or reorients each stage element to comply with the arrangement data. Each stage element may indicate position and/or orientation changes to stagehands or manual laborers, who then move each element accordingly. Alternatively, each stage element may autonomously move in order to implement the position and/or orientation changes. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346732 | ADJUSTABLE PASSIVE FLOW REGULATOR - An adjustable passive flow regulator may be used in the field of drug delivery (liquid or gaseous, e.g. for pain management) or for draining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for hydrocephalus patient. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346733 | GASEOUS FUEL CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINES - A fuel control device or fuel valve assembly includes a valve for metering flow of gaseous fuel to an engine, a drive device associated with the valve to adjust the effective flow area of the valve, a flow meter with at least one fixed area orifice located upstream of the valve, and one or more sensors to measure predetermined parameters of the fuel flowing through the flow meter. A controller receives input from the flow sensor or sensors and a fuel demand signal from the engine control, calculates current flow rate based on the sensor inputs, and controls the drive device to adjust the valve flow area up or down depending on the difference between the calculated flow rate and current fuel demand signal. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346734 | CONTROLLER FOR VACUUM SEWAGE SYSTEM - A controller for a vacuum sewage system includes a housing having multiple chambers. Certain chambers are maintained under atmospheric pressure or vacuum prior to activation of the controller. Ports, valves, orifices and air flow paths located in the housing control the rate of air flow between groups of the chambers during activation of the controller. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346735 | DUMPING WELL - A dumping well including a tank, upper and lower liquid level detectors, and a dump valve operated by pressurized fluid. The dumping well dumps liquid from the tank in response to liquid reaching an upper liquid level and ceases dumping liquid upon the liquid reaching a lower liquid level. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346736 | CHEMICALLY-OPERATED TURING MACHINE - The present disclosure relates to a Turing machine having a reactor comprising a reactant solution comprising a reactant; a first chemical species source to provide a selected amount of a first chemical species; a second chemical species source to provide a selected amount of a second chemical species; one or more controllers coupled to control the addition of the first and second chemical species from the first and second chemical species sources responsive to an input; and a sensor positioned to sense changes in the reactant as the controller controls the first and second chemical species sources to add selected amounts of the respective first and second chemical species to the reactor. The controller receives signals corresponding to the state of the reactant and correlates the states of the reactant to a result that is computed as a function of the input. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346737 | REGULATORS HAVING AN ISOLATED LOADING CHAMBER AND BLOWOUT PREVENTION APPARATUS - Fluid regulators are described. An example fluid regulator described herein includes a regulator body defining a sensing chamber between an inlet and an outlet, a bonnet coupled to the regulator body, the bonnet defining a loading chamber, the loading chamber being fluidly isolated from the sensing chamber and an environment surrounding the fluid regulator, a guide disposed between the sensing chamber and the loading chamber, the guide defining a vent flow path, the vent flow path to enable the sensing chamber to vent to the environment during a failure condition of the fluid regulator, a transverse bore defined between an interior surface of the regulator body and an exterior surface of the regulator body, the transverse bore being aligned with the vent flow path to enable fluid communication between the transverse bore, the vent flow path, and the environment surrounding the fluid regulator, the exterior surface of the regulator body defining a groove that is partially defined by the transverse bore, and a filter to be disposed in the groove to cover an outlet of the transverse bore. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346738 | OIL PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING OIL-PRESSURE CHARACTERISTIC - In a method for setting a command-response characteristic of an oil pressure control apparatus for each oil temperature, the command-response characteristic actually measured at a reference oil temperature is treated as a reference I-P characteristic. Then, a stroke-response characteristic is calculated based on the reference I-P characteristic, a thrust-force correlation and a restoring-force correlation. An overlapping length and a clearance width of overlapping areas between a sleeve and a spool of the oil pressure control apparatus are estimated based on the reference I-P characteristic and the stroke-response characteristic. Finally, the command-response characteristics for each oil temperature are decided and set based on the overlapping length and the clearance width. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346739 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL FORCE, SPEED AND VIBRATION MONITORING AND CONTROL - The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for active vibration control system speed monitoring and control in which a speed protection monitor configured to receive index pulses as inputs to monitor the speed of one or more force generators. A rotary actuator control system can be connected in communication with the speed protection monitor and the one or more force generators, wherein the rotary actuator control system is configured to shut down or adjust the speed of the one or more force generators if the one or more force generators are determined to be operating at undesired speeds. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346740 | SMART WATER HEATER SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA - A smart water heater system (SWHS) for a domestic water system having a plurality of fixtures is provided. The SWHS has a water tank having a cold water inlet configured to receive cold water from a cold water supply and a heat source configured to heat the cold water producing hot water. The water tank may also have a hot water outlet configured to discharge the hot water from the water tank. The SWHS may also have a mixing valve configured to blend cold water from the cold water supply with the hot water from the hot water outlet to produce blended water, wherein the blended water is directed to the domestic water system. The SWHS may also have a first flow meter configured to measure a flow rate of the blended water from the mixing valve, a second flow meter configured to measure a flow rate of cold water supplied to the domestic water system, and a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of the cold water supplied to the water tank. The SWHS may also have a controller in communication with the mixing valve, the first flow meter, the second flow meter, and the pressure sensor. The controller may be configured to identify which fixture is being used when the domestic water system is drawing water from the water tank, determine an average water temperature utilized by each fixture, and adjust the mixing valve based on which fixture is identified such that a temperature of the blended water is generally equal to the average water temperature for the identified fixture. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346741 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL OF THERMOSTATIC ELECTRIC LOADS USING HIGH-GRANULARITY ENERGY USAGE DATA - A system, apparatus, and method for distributed control of thermostatic electric loads (TELs) including receiving at an energy gateway, a demand response event signal and receiving real-time measurements of a temperature value and a power consumption value corresponding to a temperature setting of a plurality of TELs. The method retrieving historical data from pre-determined load profiles for the TELs and comparing load profiles and real-time measurements to determine a first consumption trajectory. Further, coordinating temperature settings of at least two TELs to generate a second consumption trajectory corresponding to the demand response event signal. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346742 | ENERGY RECYCLING FOR A COST EFFECTIVE PLATFORM TO OPTIMIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR LOW POWERED SYSTEM - A system including: a voltage converter configured to convert a voltage from a power source to a different voltage; a memory coupled to the voltage converter; a digital logic circuit; and a level shifter coupled between the memory and digital logic circuit; wherein leakage current from the memory is stored in a capacitance in the digital logic circuit, wherein the voltage converter is further coupled to a node between the memory and digital logic circuit, and wherein the voltage converter is configured to: monitor a voltage at the node wherein the node has a desired operating voltage value; and adjust the voltage at the node when the voltage at the node varies from the desired operating voltage value. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346743 | BIAS TECHNIQUES AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS TO REDUCE LEAKAGE CURRENT IN A CIRCUIT - An apparatus includes an input/output (I/O) pin and an electrostatic discharge device. The electrostatic discharge device is coupled to the I/O pin and to a voltage regulator. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346744 | Method and Apparatus for Compensating PVT Variations - A method and device for compensating PVT (process, voltage temperature) variations are disclosed. In some embodiments an integrated circuit includes a buffer circuit and a PVT (process, temperature, voltage) compensation circuit configured to compensate a PVT variation of the buffer circuit, wherein the PVT compensation circuit includes adders and subtractors. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346745 | THERMALLY-ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE SCALING FOR SUPPLY VOLTAGE SUPERVISOR POWER OPTIMIZATION - Aspects of an integrated circuit (IC) using a scaling voltage are provided. The IC includes a chip section configured to operate using a scaled supply voltage. The IC also includes a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the chip section. The IC also includes an adjustment circuit configured to adjust a supply voltage to a scaled supply voltage, wherein the scaled voltage is based on the measured temperature. Aspects of a testing device for a chip are also provided. The testing device includes a sensor configured to measure an operating frequency of a section of the chip when operating at a defined temperature. The testing device also includes a memory device comprising a scaled voltage table, the scaled voltage table configured to store as an entry the measured operating frequency and the defined temperature. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346746 | BANDGAP REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATOR CIRCUITS - Bandgap reference voltage generator circuits are provided that include an operational amplifier, a current mirror configured to be coupled to a supply voltage, a first branch coupled to the current mirror, a second branch coupled to the first branch, a third branch coupled to the second branch and a fourth branch. The operational amplifier includes a first input configured to receive a first voltage and a second input configured to receive a second voltage, and an output that is configured to generate an output voltage. The current mirror is configured to generate a third voltage and a first current. The first branch is configured to receive a second current that is a first portion of the first current, the second branch is configured to receive a third current that is a second portion of the first current, the third branch is configured to receive a fourth current that is a third portion of the first current, and the fourth branch is configured to receive a fifth current generated by the current mirror. The fifth current is used to generate a bandgap reference voltage. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346747 | OFF SIGNAL GENERATOR AND POWER CONVETER INCLUDING THE SAME - An off signal generator may be capable of supplying a uniform current. The off signal generator may comprise an off signal generation unit outputting an off signal in response to a first signal and blocking the off signal from being output in response to a second signal, and a signal control unit generating the second signal at a preset time interval and transferring the generated second signal to the off signal generation unit. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346748 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A LOW DROPOUT VOLTAGE REGULATOR - A semiconductor device including a voltage regulator is disclosed. The voltage regulator may include a multipath amplifier stage, a driver stage coupled to the multipath amplifier stage, a dynamic compensation circuit coupled to the multipath amplifier stage, and a current compensation circuit. The dynamic compensation circuit may be operable to provide a varying level of compensation to the multipath amplifier stage, where the varying level of compensation proportional to a current level associated with the load; and the current compensation circuit may be operable to allow a minimum current level at the driver stage. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346749 | System and Method for a Linear Voltage Regulator - In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a power supply includes measuring an output signal of the power supply, determining a control voltage based on the measured output signal, and determining whether a supply voltage of a voltage follower circuit is greater than a first threshold. When the supply voltage of the voltage follower circuit is greater than the first threshold, the control voltage is applied to an input of the voltage follower circuit and an output of the voltage follower circuit is applied to a control node of an output transistor in a first mode. When the supply voltage of the voltage follower circuit is not greater than the first threshold, the voltage follower circuit is shut down and the control voltage is applied to the control node of the output transistor in a second mode. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346750 | Current Sink Stage for LDO - An LDO circuit with a current sink stage reduces significantly overshooting of the output voltage due to sudden changes of output current. The activation of the current sink stage is independent of the overshoot percentage of the regulated output voltage. The disclosure doesn't require large output capacitors to avoid the possibility of brownouts of chips supplied by the LDO. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346751 | Power Supply Control Method and Device - A power supply control method and device and relates to the field of electronics, and can alleviate impact of a power supply input disturbance on an output voltage. A specific solution is as follows: sampling an input voltage to generate a sampled input voltage; performing anti-steady-state-disturbance processing on the sampled input voltage to generate a feed-forward input voltage; sampling an output voltage to generate a sampled output voltage; and combining the sampled output voltage and the feed-forward input voltage that is output by a feed-forward digital control circuit into a stability voltage. The present invention is applied to power supply control. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346752 | COMBINATION POWER SOURCE FOR INSTRUMENTED SENSOR SUBSYSTEMS - An instrumented sensor subsystem power supply for use in hydrocarbon drilling operations. The system includes an external internal power supply, wired to an external conductive coil. In addition, an instrumented sensor subsystem is installed on an oilfield component adapted for use in a wellbore. The instrumented sensor subsystem includes an internal inductive coil and an internal power storage unit, and creates a magnetic flux region between the internal and external conductive coils when both are in close proximity. The instrumented sensor subsystem also includes a measurement sensor electrically connected to the internal power storage unit and conductive coil. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346753 | Systems and Methods for Convex Relaxations and Linear Approximations for Optimal Power Flow in Multiphase Radial Networks - Centralized node controllers in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable linear approximation of optimal power flow. One embodiment includes a centralized node controller including: a network interface, a processor, and a memory containing: a centralized power control application a network topology, where the network is multiphase unbalanced and comprises a plurality of connected nodes; wherein the processor is configured by the centralized controller application to: request node operating parameters from the plurality of connected nodes; calculate network operating parameters using a linear approximation of optimal power flow and the node operating parameters from the plurality of connected nodes; send network operating parameters to the plurality of connected nodes. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346754 | BANDGAP VOLTAGE CIRCUIT WITH LOW-BETA BIPOLAR DEVICE - Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a reduction in the spread of a bandgap voltage of a bandgap reference circuit. The biasing current for a target bipolar device is conditioned by passing it through one or more like bipolar devices prior to biasing the target bipolar device. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346755 | SWITCHING CURRENT SOURCE CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A switching current source circuit is provided. A current source drains a bias current from a power supply via a first mirror transistor. A second mirror transistor has a source coupled to the power supply, a gate coupled to the gate of the first mirror transistor, and a drain for providing an output current. A switch is coupled between the gates of the first and second mirror transistors, and has a control terminal for receiving a control signal. A first capacitor is coupled between the gate of the second mirror transistor and the voltage generating unit. A second capacitor is coupled between the gate of the second mirror transistor and a ground. The voltage generating unit selectively provides a first voltage or a second voltage different from the first voltage to the first capacitor according to the control signal. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346756 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A plurality of IO cells are arranged along an edge portion of a semiconductor chip. Some elements forming a reference voltage generation circuit are arranged in a first corner region of the semiconductor chip. Remaining elements forming the reference voltage generation circuit are arranged in a core region on an inner side of the edge portion of the semiconductor chip. Among a plurality of corner regions, the first corner region is located closest to the remaining elements. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346757 | ACTIVE DRIVER AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An active driver includes a mirror circuit suitable for generating a drive voltage and a sink voltage using an external voltage, a first reset circuit suitable for outputting the drive voltage of a logic high level in a standby mode; a second reset circuit suitable for transitioning the drive voltage to a logic low level in response to the sink voltage when being changed from the standby mode to an active mode, and an output circuit suitable for outputting the external voltage as an internal voltage in response to the drive voltage when being changed from the standby mode to the active mode. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346758 | POWER SOURCE CIRCUIT - At normal times other than a restarting of an engine after being idling-stopped, a voltage Va | 2015-12-03 |
20150346759 | PROTECTIVE APPARATUSES FOR ROTARY CONTROL KNOBS - In some embodiments, a protective apparatus for rotary control knobs may comprise a cover adapted fit over a rotary control knob; a knob cavity internal to the cover adapted to provide space for the rotary control knob to rotate about; and an access aperture located on the surface of cover member and adapted to provide limited user access to the rotary control knob. The cover member may be configured to encase or surround a control knob. The apparatus may further comprise a plate which may be integrally formed or molded to the cover and which contains a control shaft aperture adapted to receive the control shaft of a rotary control assembly. Once a control shaft is inserted through the control shaft aperture, a fastener may be secured to the control shaft over the plate, thereby securing the apparatus to the control shaft. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346760 | DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND DISTRIBUTION METHOD - Provided is distribution device that distributes time information to at least one sensor device, the distribution device including a storage unit that stores a time adjustment amount to be used for adjusting a local time, a calculation unit that calculates a time difference between a reference time and the local time, an adjustment unit that calculates an adjusted local time by adjusting the local time by an amount equal to or less than the time adjustment amount, when the time difference is greater than the time adjustment amount, and a distribution unit that distributes time information of the adjusted local time to the sensor device. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346761 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - There is provided a communication apparatus. A communication unit transmits data to a communication module, which communicates with an external device, according to a clock signal, and receives data from the communication module in accordance with a timing corresponding to a timing signal generated by delaying the clock signal. An adjustment unit adjusts an amount of the delay. A control unit controls the communication unit to repeatedly perform first processing for transmitting a first command to the communication module, second processing for receiving a first response that is sent from the communication module, and third processing for transmitting a packet to the communication module according to the first response. In a predetermined mode, the control unit controls the communication unit to perform processing for transmitting data of the packet regardless of contents of the first response. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346762 | DWELL TIMERS FOR SERIAL ATTACHED SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEM INTERFACE DEVICES - Methods and structure for dwell timers in Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) devices. An exemplary system includes a SAS end device. The SAS end device includes a physical link (PHY) operable to receive an OPEN Address Frame (OAF) from a coupled SAS device. The SAS end device also includes a controller. The controller is able to determine that the end device is presently unable to service a connection, and to wait a period of time for a dwell timer to expire. The controller is also able to service the connection by sending an OPEN_ACCEPT response if the end device becomes able to service the connection before the dwell timer expires, and to send an OPEN_REJECT (RETRY) response if the end device does not become able to service the connection before the dwell timer expires. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346763 | APPARATUS MANAGEMENT DEVICE, CLOCK SPEED CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus manager monitors and controls respective apparatus connected via a network. A learner learns load periods when a significant load is imposed on a processor, on the basis of a utilization condition of the processor, and stores load period information indicating the learned load periods in auxiliary storage. The clock speed controller references the load period information, and controls the operating clock speed of the processor to be a normal level clock speed if the current time is during a load period, and a low level clock speed if the current time is during a time period other than a load period. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346764 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a display unit and a data acquisition unit, wherein the electronic device can be attached to an object and can be maintained in a relative position relationship with the object, and at least a part of the electronic device and an external surface of the object meet a predefined condition; and the data acquisition unit is connected to the display unit, and is configured to acquire data related to the object when the electronic device is attached to the object; and the display unit is further configured to display the data. The electronic device in the present disclosure can be attached to a variety of objects, and can acquire data related to the objects and then display the data on the display unit, to achieve the technical effect of enabling an object which is a non-electronic device and an electronic device without a display unit to have a display unit. In addition, the electronic device can be applicable to a variety of objects, thereby saving cost of manufacturing a plurality of displays. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346765 | PORTABLE INFORMATION APPARATUS - A portable information apparatus of an embodiment includes a display unit having a display portion and a panel, a housing having a front frame and a rear frame, and a mounting substrate arranged therein. The display portion has a display surface and a back surface. The panel is arranged on the display surface of the display portion and has a back surface, a display surface and a side surface. The back surface of the panel is formed at a display surface side of the display portion. The front frame is formed to surround the side surface of the panel. The rear frame is arranged at a back surface side of the display portion, contacts the front frame, and opposes to the display unit. The rear frame has a first rear frame and a second rear frame, and the first rear frame has rigidity larger than the second rear frame. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346766 | BATTERY COMPARTMENTS FOR WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A battery box for a wearable computing device is disclosed. The battery box is comprised of a cover, battery, a structural housing sized to hold the battery, and a polymer rim. The battery box is enveloped in a thermoplastic elastomer molecularly bonded to the polymer rim. The polymer rim, thermoplastic elastomer, and cover of the battery box cooperatively resist fluid ingress into the battery box. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346767 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A wearable electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, an electronic module, and a connecting member. The second housing is detachably assembled to the first housing. The electronic module is received in a receiving space between the first and second housings. The connecting member is attached to one of the first and second housings. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346768 | MODULAR WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - Apparatus and methods for providing and using wearable computing devices. A wearable computing device with a device body and a removable face portion, where the removable face portion is removable yet operatively coupled with the device body. A display and sensor or sensors can be provided on the fact portion. The face portion, or a bezel of the face portion, can be rotated relative to the device body or the face portion. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346769 | Computer Apparatus - A computer apparatus includes a base and a display device. The base includes a first casing and a ferromagnetic unit fastened to the first casing. The display device includes a second casing having a connecting side portion and a magnetic unit. In a first use state, the connecting side portion of the second casing is adjacent to the first casing of the base, and an angle formed therebetween is adjustable. The magnetic unit is fastened to the connecting side portion of the second casing, and magnetically attracts ferromagnetic unit of the base, thereby permitting sliding of the display device relative to the base without separating therefrom. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346770 | INFORMATION DEVICE - An information device includes: a first housing and a second housing coupled through a hinge mechanism, the second housing being openable to a angle from a closed state where the second housing overlaps with the first housing; a third housing attached to a surface of the second housing on a first housing side through a movement mechanism capable of moving the third housing with respect to the second housing from an overlapped state with the second housing; a first display screen provided on a surface of the third housing on the first housing side; and at least one unit selected from a group of a second display screen, an input mechanism, an output mechanism and an input-output mechanism, the surface being exposed when the third housing is moved with respect to the second housing in a state where the second housing is opened with respect to the first housing. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346771 | Mounting Wedge for Flexible Material - Implementations of a mounting wedge for a flexible material are described. According to various embodiments, a flexible material such as a fabric is laminated to a surface of a device, such as a portable computing device. At least some embodiments utilize a mounting wedge to secure an edge of the flexible material to the device, as well as for a mounting surface for a component of the device. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346772 | SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND DOCKING STATION USING THE SAME - A supporting structure and a docking station using the same are provided. The supporting structure includes an elastic member, a sliding member, a lifting element and a damper. The sliding member having an inclined plane is connected to the elastic member. When the elastic member receives a force, the elastic member forces the sliding member to move along an axis line with the inclined plane facing to the lifting element. The lifting element is arranged over a travel path of the inclined plane and has an abutting portion. When the lifting element receives another force so that the abutting portion abuts against the inclined plane, the sliding member stops moving and the height position of the lifting element is fixed. The damper is mated with the sliding member to slow down the velocity of the sliding member. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346773 | EXTENDABLE AUXILIARY DEVICE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING A PORTABLE TERMINAL-SUPPORTING FUNCTION - A portable terminal auxiliary device having a portable terminal support function is provided. The portable terminal auxiliary device includes: a body part having a front surface and a rear surface; a front surface connector provided on the front surface of the body part and connected to a connector of a portable terminal side so as to exchange power and signals; a stand provided on the front surface of the body part so as to support a portable terminal together with the body part; and a rear surface connector electrically connected to the front connector and provided on the rear surface of the body part so as to be connected to a front connector of a second auxiliary device. Additional auxiliary device can be further connected to the portable terminal auxiliary device capable of supporting a portable terminal. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346774 | LAMP TABLET DOCKING STATION WITH CAM LOCK - A lamp stand docking station. The lamp stand docking station includes a base, where the base is configured to support the lamp stand docking station. The lamp stand docking station also includes a lamp head attached to the base. The lamp head includes a first tread within the lamp head and an adjustable arm for securing an external device. The lamp head also includes a second tread on the adjustable arm, the second tread configured to be pressed against the first tread and a lamp. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346775 | Computer Apparatus - A computer apparatus includes a base and a display device. The base includes a first casing and a ferromagnetic unit fastened to the first casing. The display device includes a second casing having a connecting side portion and a magnetic unit. In a first use state, the connecting side portion of the second casing is adjacent to the first casing of the base, and an angle formed therebetween is adjustable. The magnetic unit is fastened to the connecting side portion of the second casing, and magnetically attracts ferromagnetic unit of the base, thereby permitting sliding of the display device relative to the base without separating therefrom. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346776 | Input Device, Information Processing Device - A novel input device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. Alternatively, a novel input device is provided. The input device includes a sensor panel that can be folded, a housing that enables the sensor panel to be folded, and a sensing portion that senses the folded state of the sensor panel and supplies folding information. Furthermore, the sensor panel includes a signal line extending in the column direction, and a part of one signal line is placed to face another part of the signal line in the folded state. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346777 | PROTECTIVE FRAME AND STAND FOR PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A personal electronic device system may protect a personal electronic device with a frame that may include a movable portion that can provide support as a stand. The movable portion may be pivotally connected to a fixed portion of the frame. The movable portion may be movable from a position planar with the fixed portion to a position angled with the fixed portion. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346778 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a housing assembly and a control module. The control module is received in the housing. The control module includes a fixed assembly and a movable assembly. The fixed assembly is fixedly received in the housing assembly. The movable assembly is detachably assembled to the housing assembly. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346779 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, USER INTERFACE METHOD IN THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COVER OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed are an electronic device, a User Interface (UI) method in the electronic device, and a cover of the electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch screen, and a controller configured to determine whether a cover covers the touch screen, to define a first area and a second area on the touch screen respectively in correspondence with a window area and a keyboard area of the cover, when the cover covers the touch screen, and to control display of a keypad related to contents displayed in the first area in the second area. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346780 | Fabric Lamination to a Component - Techniques for fabric lamination to a component are described. According to various implementations, a single piece of fabric is laminated to a moveable component and to an apparatus to which the moveable component is attached. Generally, lamination of fabric to a moveable component and portions of an associated apparatus can enhance a user experience in a variety of ways. Embodiments may also be employed to cut fabric from around a surface component of an apparatus. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346781 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY BASED ON A MANNER OF HOLDING THE APPARATUS - A device includes a display panel configured to display one or more interfaces. The device includes one or more motion sensors. The device includes circuitry configured to determine, based on an input from the one or more motion sensors, a tilt angle of the device. The circuitry is configured to select, based on the determined tilt angle, an interface, of the one or more interfaces, and to control the display panel to display the selected interface. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346782 | Electronic Device Structures Joined Using Shrinking and Expanding Attachment Structures - An electronic device has structures that are assembled using attachment structures. The attachment structures change shape to help join the electronic device structures together. Structures that may be joined together can include electronic device housing structures, display structures, internal device components, electrical components, and other portions of an electronic device. The attachment structures can include heat-activated attachment structures, structures that are activated using other types of applied energy, and structures that change shape due the application of chemicals or other treatments. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346783 | GRAPHICS CARD COOLER - A bracket for cooling a peripheral component interconnect card is disclosed. The bracket includes a plurality of heat transfer surfaces, mounting systems for a blower fan, fan shroud and liquid cooling system for cooling the peripheral component interconnect card. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346784 | INTEGRATED VAPOR CHAMBER FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING DEVICES - A vapor chamber may be integrated with one or more components of a computing device to provide thermal management. The vapor chamber may include upper and lower portions forming the vapor chamber, and an annular space between the upper and lower portions that includes a fluid. The vapor chamber may be configured to absorb heat from a heat source of the computing device. Subsequently, the uniform heat transfer may enable the external surfaces of the computing device to achieve substantially isothermal external surface conditions, which may maximize a power dissipation of the computing device for a given ambient temperature ensuring a temperature of the computing device remains at or below safe limits while in use. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346785 | THERMAL CONTROL METHOD AND THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a thermal control method and a thermal control system. The thermal control method comprises: detecting a temperature variance of a component of the electronic device to generate a detecting result; and determining a temperature threshold value for the integrated circuit as a throttling point according to the detecting result. The thermal control system comprises: a detecting unit, for detecting a temperature variance of a component of the electronic device to generate a detecting result; and a determining unit, for determining a temperature threshold value for the integrated circuit as a throttling point according to the detecting result. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346786 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING POWER MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS - A method and apparatus are provided by which a mobile device performs power management functions. According to some embodiments, a controller detects a pattern of push events on at least a button of the mobile device and determines whether the detected pattern matches the stored pattern or not. The controller upon detecting that the detected pattern matches the stored patterns, transmits a signal to a processor of the mobile device to perform a predetermined power management function on the mobile device when the detected pattern matches the stored pattern wherein the predetermined function is associated with the stored pattern. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346787 | CLOUD MANAGEMENT WITH POWER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT - A system and method for managing power in virtualized computer systems are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a request to instantiate a virtual machine is received. A processor determines that a power state is to be altered to instantiate the virtual machine on a computing system, and in response to the determination, alters the power state. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346788 | CONTROL DEVICE, DC-DC CONVERTER, SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A control device includes a processor that executes a process including generating a driving signal that drives a switching device, so that an output voltage of a converter circuit that performs a step-down conversion on input power by driving the switching device matches a target value, and modifying the target value so that as an output current of the converter circuit becomes lower the output voltage becomes closer to an upper limit value of the output voltage. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346789 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF - A power supply system is provided to control one or more power supply units associated with an information handling system. A first power supply unit and a second power supply unit are electrically coupled to the information handling system. A controller is provided in communication with both the first and second power supply units. The controller functions to select one of the first and second power supply units to electrically power the information handling system. The non-selected unit generates zero output. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346790 | BASEBAND PD COMMUNICATION OVER USB STANDARD A CONNECTOR - In some example embodiments, there may be provided an apparatus. The apparatus may include a first interface including a first voltage terminal and at least one data interface terminal and a second interface including a second voltage terminal and at least one configuration channel terminal, wherein the first voltage terminal is coupled to the at least one configuration channel terminal by at least a pull-up circuitry configured to cause a predetermined voltage at the at least one configuration channel terminal, and wherein the at least one configuration channel terminal is coupled to the at least one data interface terminal to enable communication between the at least one data interface terminal and the at least one configuration channel terminal. Related methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346791 | Power Sequencing For Embedded Flash Memory Devices - A system and method for improved power sequencing within an embedded flash memory device is disclosed. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346792 | PROTOCOL FOR MANAGING A CONTROLLABLE POWER ADAPTER ACCESSORY - A host device can manage a controllable power adapter accessory using a communication protocol. Based on information provided by the controllable power adapter accessory as to its power capabilities and the power needs and preferences of the host device, the host device can determine a desired power profile and request power from the accessory conforming to the desired profile. The desired power profile can also depend in part on the power-carrying capability of one or more cables connected between the host device and the accessory. In some instances, the host device and controllable power adapter accessory can be connected via an intermediary accessory that can siphon power from the controllable power adapter accessory, and the host device can manage the power siphoning behavior of the intermediary accessory using the communication protocol. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346793 | SELECTIVE ASSEMBLING TYPE COMPUTING DEVICE - A selective assembling type computing device includes a host computer and at least one peripheral device. The host computer has a first host external connection surface and a second host external connection surface, and the peripheral device has a first peripheral device external connected surface and a second peripheral device external connected surface. The peripheral device is provided for selectively assembling to the first host external connection surface or the second host external connection surface through assembling the second peripheral device external connected surface to the first host external connection surface or through assembling the first peripheral device external connected surface to the second host external connection surface. When the peripheral device is assembled to the host computer, the host computer detects the peripheral device to obtain at least one electrical operating parameter of the peripheral device to accordingly transmit a working power to the peripheral device. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346794 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - When a control circuit of a printer detects a USB connection with a host device when a power switch is in an on state in an initial state, the control circuit performs an initialization process (enumeration) (a first initialization process) which requests bus power, and performs a USB communication process and charging of a secondary cell after the first initialization process is completed (successful). When the first initialization process fails, the control circuit performs an initialization process requesting self power (a second initialization process), and does not perform charging of the secondary cell. Here, the first initialization process includes a request for a greater supply of power than the second initialization process. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346795 | MULTI-HOST POWER CONTROLLER (MHPC) OF A FLASH-MEMORY-BASED STORAGE DEVICE - A multi-host power controller (MHPC) of a flash-memory-based storage device is disclosed. In one aspect, the MHPC receives power mode change requests from each of multiple input/output (I/O) clients. The MHPC extracts and stores a “vote,” or a requested power mode, from the power mode change requests, and then applies a voting logic to the stored votes to determine whether to transition the flash-memory-based storage device between power modes. If the flash-memory-based storage device is not currently operating in the power mode determined by the MHPC, the MHPC is configured to issue a power mode change command to the flash-memory-based storage device to transition to the determined power mode. In this manner, the MHPC is able to control the power mode of the flash-memory-based storage device while receiving direct power mode change requests from multiple I/O clients. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346796 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH POWER MANAGEMENT MECHANISM AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device with a power management mechanism and a power management method thereof are disclosed. The electronic device includes a multi-core processor and a temperature sensor. The multi-core processor has a plurality of processor cores. The temperature sensor is coupled to the multi-core processor. The temperature sensor detects the temperature of the multi-core processor and determines whether the electronic device enters an underclocking mode from a performance priority mode according to the detected temperature. When the temperature of the multi-core processor is greater than a first temperature threshold, the multi-core processor controls the electronic device to enter a first underclocking mode and dynamically adjusts an enabled core number. When the temperature of the multi-core processor is greater than a second temperature threshold, the multi-core processor controls the electronic device to enter a second underclocking mode. The first temperature threshold is smaller than the second temperature threshold. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346797 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING ENERGY METERS - User interfaces are provided that display application energy usage information to a user. Application energy usage information may be displayed as an energy meter user interface that provides derived information (e.g., power and time used to determine energy usage) that is not available through a traditional activity monitor. For example, energy usage information is provided for an application running in isolation, taking into account energy usage based on what the application is doing and not what the rest of the system is doing (e.g., shows CPU wakes in isolation of any other processes). Each of a series of energy bars is presented as an energy utilization metric that includes at least one of a utilization portion and a wake tax portion, combined to represent to represent total energy utilization. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346798 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PERFORMANCE BASED ON THERMAL CONDITIONS WITHIN A PROCESSOR - A system and method for efficient management of operating modes within an integrated circuit (IC) for optimal power and performance targets. A semiconductor chip includes processing units each of which operates with respective operating parameters. Temperature sensors are included to measure a temperature of the one or more processing units during operation. A power manager determines a calculated power value independent of thermal conditions and current draw. The power manager reads each of a first thermal design power (TDP) value for the processing units and a second TDP value for a platform housing the semiconductor chip. The power manager determines a ratio of the first TDP value to the second TDP value. Additionally, the power manager determines another ratio of the first TDP value to the calculated power value. Using the measured temperature, the ratios and the calculated power value, the power manager determines a manner to adjust the operating parameters. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346799 | TECHNIQUES FOR INCREASING ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF SENSOR CONTROLLERS - Methods and apparatus relating to increasing energy efficiency of sensor controllers are described. In an embodiment, logic (e.g., within a sensor controller) performs one or more tasks corresponding to acquisition of data from one or more sensors. The logic performs the one or more tasks to allow a processor core of the sensor controller to enter (or stay in) a low power consumption state during performance of the one or more data acquisition tasks. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346800 | THERMALLY ADAPTIVE QUALITY-OF-SERVICE - A method and apparatus of a device that manages a thermal profile of a device by selectively throttling central processing unit operations of the device is described. The device manages a thermal profile of the device by adjusting a throttling a central processing unit execution of a historically high energy consuming task. In this embodiment, the device monitors thermal level of the thermal profile of the device, the device is executing a plurality of tasks that utilize a plurality of processing cores of the device. If the thermal level of the device exceeds a thermal threshold, the device identifies one of the plurality tasks as a historically high energy consuming task, and throttles this historically high energy consuming task by setting a force idle execution time for the historically high energy consuming task. The device further executes the plurality of tasks. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346801 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR DISTRIBUTED POWER ASSERTION - A method and an apparatus for a power assertion management are described. A power assertion indicator may be maintained for a device component having a power level. The power assertion indicator can indicate whether the power level of the device component is allowed to be lowered. A power assertion request may be sent from a first process to prevent lowering the power level of the device component before a data processing task is completed. A second process can receive a request from the first process to perform operations for the data processing task. The power level of the device component may not be allowed to be lowered before the second process completes the operations for the data processing task. The power level of the device component may be lowered after the data processing task is completed. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346802 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprises: a receiving unit that receives data; a determination unit that, if the received data is setting value change data used for changing a setting value, determines whether or not the setting value needs to be immediately changed based on the setting value change data; and a control unit that, if the information processing apparatus operates in a sleep mode and it is determined that the setting value needs to be immediately changed, controls so that the information processing apparatus returns from the sleep mode and changes the setting value, and if the information processing apparatus operates in the sleep mode and it is determined that the setting value does not need to be immediately changed, controls so that the information processing apparatus does not immediately change the setting value and maintains the sleep mode. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346803 | Integrated Circuit with Interface Circuitry, and an Interface Cell for Such Interface Circuitry - An integrated circuit is provided with interface circuitry used to provide an interface between functional circuitry of the integrated circuit and components external to the integrated circuit. The interface circuitry includes a plurality of interface cells having interface components configured to operate from a first power supply. Each interface cell incorporates a power supply line section extending across its width and configured to cooperate with power supply line sections of other interface cells to provide a power supply line structure shared by the plurality of interface cells, for provision of the first power supply to the interface components. Each power supply line section includes a first supply line portion and a second supply line portion, the first supply line portion being sized to support a current carrying constraint of the interface circuitry, whilst the second supply line portion is sized insufficiently to support that current carrying constraint. Instead, each interface cell is arranged within the interface circuitry such that the second supply line portion is connected to a current carrying structure external to that interface cell, such that the second supply line portion in combination with the connected current carrying structure is sized sufficiently to support the current carrying constraint. Such an approach enables a reduction in the area required for the power supply line structure, hence enabling a reduction in the size of the interface circuitry, and accordingly a corresponding reduction in the required size of the integrated circuit. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346804 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION INCLUDING DETECTING AND CONTROLLING CURRENT RAMPS IN PROCESSING CIRCUIT - Some implementations provide techniques and arrangements for adjusting a rate at which operations are performed by a processor based on a comparison of a first indication of power consumed by the processor as a result of performing a first set of operations and a second indication of power consumed by the processor as a result of performing a second set of operations. The rate at which operations are performed by the processor may be adjusted when the comparison indicates that a difference between the first indication of power consumed by the processor and the second indication of power consumed by the processor is greater than a threshold value. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346805 | Information Processing Device, Printing Device, and Control Method - An information processing device having plural control units appropriately executes an arbitration process when a control unit is hibernating (in power-saving mode) and transmits data correctly to an external device. The information processing device has a first CPU and a second CPU; a first memory embedded in a semiconductor chip including the first CPU and second CPU; and a second memory disposed externally to the semiconductor chip. The first CPU executes an arbitration process according to the type of event that occurred when the first CPU is in a first state, the second CPU and the second memory are in a second state different from the first state, and an event requiring sending data from the first memory to the second memory occurs. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346806 | System on a Chip with Fast Wake from Sleep - In an embodiment, a system on a chip (SOC) includes a component that remains powered when the remainder of the SOC is powered off. The component may include a sensor capture unit to capture data from various device sensors, and may filter the captured sensor data. Responsive to the filtering, the component may wake up the remainder of the SOC to permit the processing. The component may store programmable configuration data, matching the state at the time the SOC was most recently powered down, for the other components of the SOC, in order to reprogram them after wakeup. In some embodiments, the component may be configured to wake up the memory controller within the SOC and the path to the memory controller, in order to write the data to memory. The remainder of the SOC may remain powered down. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346807 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF RF LOW POWER MODES IN A MULTI-RATE WIRELESS SYSTEM USING MCS VALUE - Methods, systems, and devices are described for power conservation in a wireless communications system. In embodiments, power conservation may be achieved by adaptively controlling power modes of a wireless communication device, using a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) value as a factor for guidance. According to one aspect, the device may be in a reception mode. While in a first power mode, the device may receive control information for incoming data that is being transmitted via a transmission frame. The control information may be located in a first portion of the frame with the data following in a second portion of the frame. The control information may include or otherwise indicate an MCS value corresponding to the MCS applied to the incoming data. Based on the MCS value, the device may be adaptively switched to a second power mode for receiving the incoming data. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346808 | START-UP ARCHITECTURE OF REDUNDANT POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A start-up architecture of a redundant power supply system is provided. The redundant power supply system is electrically connected to a load, and includes N+M power supplies, where N≧1 and M≧1. The start-up architecture includes a power integration backboard electrically connected to the power supplies, and a mode switching member. The power integration backboard includes an activation circuit, and has a synchronous booting mode in which the power supplies are simultaneously activated and a sequential booting mode in which the power supplies are sequentially activated. The mode switching member is electrically connected to the activation circuit, and receives a manual switching of a user to output a synchronous booting signal that controls the power integration backboard to enter the synchronous booting mode and to output a sequential booting signal that controls the power integration backboard to enter the sequential booting mode. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346809 | THERMAL MITIGATION USING SELECTIVE TASK MODULATION - A method and apparatus of a device that manages a thermal profile of a device by selectively throttling central processing unit operations of the device is described. The device monitors the thermal profile of the device, where the device executes a plurality of tasks that utilizes a central processing unit of the device. In addition, the plurality of tasks includes a high QoS task and a low QoS process. If the thermal profile of the device exceeds a thermal threshold, the device increases a first CPU throttling for the low QoS task and maintains a second CPU throttling for the high QoS task. The device further executes the low QoS task using the first CPU utilization with the first processing core of the CPU by selectively forcing an idle of the low QoS task during an execution window. In addition, the device executes the high QoS task using the second CPU throttling with a second processing core of the CPU. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346810 | Generating And Providing Immersive Experiences To Users Isolated From External Stimuli - An immersive experience system provides interactive content to a user while isolating the user from external stimuli in an isolation chamber. The user floats in a high-density suspension liquid maintained at the user's body temperature while consuming the interactive content which can provide audio, video and tactile inputs to the user. The user can interact with the immersive experience system via different modalities such as eye movements or gestures or via providing thought input through a visual cortex thought recorder comprised in the immersive experience system. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346811 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display system has a display apparatus configured to be attached to a head of the user, and a display control apparatus connected to the display apparatus. The display control apparatus has a detection part that detects a tilt of the user, and a transmitting part that transmits a first tilt image representing the tilt to the display apparatus, and the display apparatus has a receiving part that receives the first tilt image from the display control apparatus, and a display part that displays the first tilt image. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346812 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING CONTENT AND/OR PLAYING BACK CONTENT - Content delivery and playback methods and apparatus are described. The methods and apparatus are well suited for delivery and playback of content corresponding to a 360 degree environment and can be used to support streaming and/or real time delivery of 3D content corresponding to an event, e.g., while the event is ongoing or after the event is over. Portions of the environment are captured by cameras located at different positions. The content captured from different locations is encoded and made available for delivery. A playback device selects the content to be received based in a user's head position. | 2015-12-03 |
20150346813 | HANDS FREE IMAGE VIEWING ON HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - Disclosed are a system and a method for hands free operating of a head mounted device. An example method includes reading sensor data from sensors associated with a head mounted device worn by a user. The method allows recognizing, based on the sensor data, a gesture generated by a movement of a head of the user. In response to the recognition, an operation associated with the recognized gesture and a mode of the head mounted device of the head mounted device is performed. The gesture can include a rotation, a pitch, and a roll. The operation includes zooming an image on a screen of the head mounted device, panning the image, scrolling a series of images on the screen, and switching modes of the device. A speed of execution of the operation is proportional to a ratio determined from an angle of the head movement. | 2015-12-03 |