Patents Examined by Chun Cao
  • Patent number: 11550375
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a storage system and an operating method thereof. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the storage system may include N (N is a natural number) temperature sensors and M (M is a natural number of 2 or more) modules, and may determine a thermal throttling level for each of the M modules based on N temperature information pieces collected from the N temperature sensors and N weights corresponding to the N temperature sensors, wherein the N weights are different for each of the M modules, and the storage system may perform the thermal throttling for the M modules based on the thermal throttling levels for the M modules respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Joon Joo, Ku Ik Kwon, Kyeong Seok Kim, Byong Woo Ryu
  • Patent number: 11531325
    Abstract: A nodal communication network of a process control or factory automation system includes nodes that are highly versatile (HV) field devices storing respective tag identifications. A DHCP server assigns respective endpoint identifications to nodes that connect to the network. A network node manager manages a mapping database that stores associations of tag identifications of network nodes with the assigned endpoint identifications, and a state database that stores updated states of the network nodes. A DNS server responds, in conjunction with the network node manager, to requests for endpoint identifications to allow nodes to be discovered within the network. An HV device node is a data source that establishes and maintains (sometimes simultaneously) respective communication sessions over the network with one or more other nodes that are consumers of the data generated by the HV devices, and data delivered via the communication sessions may be used to control an industrial process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Gary K. Law, Eric D. Rotvold, Neil J. Peterson
  • Patent number: 11526143
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes initiating a protection mode at a network device having a protective cover installed to filter airflow entering a network device, reducing one or more of a fan speed, processing functions, or power at the network device, exiting the protection mode upon removal of the protective cover from the network device, and increasing one or more of the fan speed, the processing functions, or the power to resume normal operation at the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, J. Scott Scheeler, Kameron Rose Hurst, Robert Gregory Twiss
  • Patent number: 11526203
    Abstract: A method for switching a power mode of a computer device is adapted to a computer accessory. The method comprises setting a power management mode of the computer device to be awakened when connected to the external power; connecting the computer accessory to a host connector of the computer device to establish a power connection and a communication connection through a host signal pin set of the host connector; through the power connection and the communication connection, detecting and determining the power mode of the computer device; and executing one of following steps upon receiving the switch signal: when the power mode is the normal operation state, transmitting a communication signal; when the power mode is the Suspend-To-RAM state, transmitting a wake up signal; and when the power mode is the Suspend-To-Disk state or the shutdown state, temporarily cutting off the external power and then restoring the external power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LUXSHARE-ICT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sean P. O'Neal, Erh-Tai Tsai, Quan-Fei Ning, Chih-Hsiung Chang, Ya-Ling Huang
  • Patent number: 11520390
    Abstract: An example of a computer-readable medium storing machine-readable instructions. The instructions may cause the processor to receive thermal data for a device and apply anomaly models to the thermal data to produce grades. Grades for a device may be combined into a system thermal grade and corrective actions identified to improve the system thermal grade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Augusto Queiroz de Macedo, Giovani Cavalcante Barbosa, Italo Renan De Macedo Lins, Rafael Oliveira Santos, Tatiana Saturno da Silva, Eanes Torres Pereira
  • Patent number: 11517984
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an additive manufacturing method that includes monitoring a temperature of a portion of a build plane during an additive manufacturing operation using a temperature sensor as a heat source passes through the portion of the build plane; detecting a peak temperature associated with one or more passes of the heat source through the portion of the build plane; determining a threshold temperature by reducing the peak temperature by a predetermined amount; identifying a time interval during which the monitored temperature exceeds the threshold temperature; identifying, using the time interval, a change in manufacturing conditions likely to result in a manufacturing defect; and changing a process parameter of the heat source in response to the change in manufacturing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SIGMA LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Lars Jacquemetton, Vivek R. Dave, Mark J. Cola, Glenn Wikle, R. Bruce Madigan
  • Patent number: 11520308
    Abstract: An improved method for configuring progressive ophthalmic lenses is disclosed. The method includes computing an improved merit function that modulates reduction of peripheral values of the mean sphere according to the prescription sphere. According to the method the amount of reduction of mean sphere of the lens peripheral regions is dependent on the prescription resulting from a modified merit function. As such, the reduction of peripheral mean sphere varies based on the prescription. According to the modified merit function and resulting improved merit function, the greater the hyperopia and/or presbyopia defined in a prescription, the smaller the reduction of the peripheral value of mean sphere. Accordingly, when the peripheral mean sphere reduction is relaxed, a near region is made wider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Indizen Optical Technologies of America, LLC
    Inventors: José Alonso, Eva Chamorro, Eduardo Pascual, José Miguel Cleva
  • Patent number: 11513584
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for saving power in a Universal Serial Bus (USB) repeater/re-timer between a USB host and a peripheral device by intercepting packets received from the host to predict the direction of data traffic to selectively turn off/on circuitry of a peripheral port used to receive packets from the peripheral device. If a host port determines that the host is sending a start-of-frame (SOF) packet, the direction of data flow is from the host to the peripheral device, and the repeater may turn off the peripheral port such as squelch circuitry. If the host port determines that the host is sending a non-SOF packet, such as an address token that precedes a host-to-peripheral-device data transfer or a peripheral-device-to-host data transfer, the direction of data flow is anticipated to be from the peripheral device to the host, and the repeater may re-enable the deactivated circuitry of the peripheral port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Pradeep Kumar Bajpai, Godwin Gerald Arulappan, Anup Nayak
  • Patent number: 11493899
    Abstract: A method for measuring a workpiece by a measurement device includes capturing an identification feature of a workpiece by a capture device, determining an item of identity information relating to the workpiece, comparing the identity information with identity information relating to a plurality of workpieces from a database which stores the identity information relating to the plurality of workpieces, identifying the workpiece in the database, and/or characterizing the workpiece from the comparison with the database, determining a measurement sequence stored in the database for the identified workpiece, or suggesting features or steps of a measurement sequence for the identified workpiece, and measuring the workpiece in accordance with the measurement sequence in the measurement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Riek, Thomas Mueller
  • Patent number: 11487337
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus, comprising: a memory configured to store program code; and electric circuitry including a processor, the processor being configured to read and operate according to the program code, the electronic circuitry configured to: set a plurality of candidate values of a parameter tunable in a computer system; trial each of the plurality of set candidate values of the parameter to the computer system for a predetermined period of time or a predetermined number of times and to calculate a reward in the computer system; select, when a trial satisfies a predetermined termination criterion, a candidate value of the parameter for which the maximum reward is calculated among the candidate values of the parameter and apply the selected candidate value of the parameter to the computer system; and re-set candidate values of the parameter based on the selected candidate value of the parameter to repeat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Rakuten Croun Inc.
    Inventor: Kyosuke Tomoda
  • Patent number: 11481018
    Abstract: In one example, an electronic device may include a power source to supply power to a peripheral device, a sensor circuit to monitor a power consumption of the peripheral device, and a controller coupled to the sensor circuit to detect that the power consumption of the peripheral device is greater than a threshold and generate a popup message on a user interface of the electronic device based on the detection. The popup message may include an option. Further, the controller may direct the power source to continue to provide the power to the peripheral device in response to a determination that the option is selected prior to an expiration of a timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Te-Yueh Lin, Hao-Cheng Chuang, Chien Chung Chien
  • Patent number: 11474588
    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of controlling power efficiency of a processor based on polling I/O. The method comprises checking at every predetermined time period whether a polling count is generated by a polling I/O operation for checking for a completion in response to an I/O request in storage; when it is checked that no polling count is generated, resetting a maximum frequency of the processor to have a default value; and converting a current operation frequency of the processor based on the polling count and an I/O sensitivity of the processor, when it is checked that the polling count is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Young Ik Eom, Yong Ju Song, Sungwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11474507
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for a dynamic fabrication system. In some implementations, a computing system obtains a digital model of a physical structure. A fabrication plan for the physical structure is generated. The fabrication plan is provided to a fabrication system to execute the automated fabrication procedure according to the fabrication plan. A set of operations are performed for each of at least a subset of tasks from a set of tasks executed by the fabrication system during an automated fabrication procedure to identify an adjusted fabrication plan. The fabrication system is directed to continue execution of the automated fabrication procedure according to the adjusted fabrication plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Intrinsic Innovation LLC
    Inventor: Ytai Ben-Tsvi
  • Patent number: 11467635
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to storage processor and storage system. A storage processor comprises a housing provided with a cover and a main power supply input, which, for example, connects an external power source to supply power to the storage processor. A battery is disposed within the housing and configured to continue supplying power to the storage processor in response to the main power supply input being cut off. A protection device is disposed within the housing and configured to disable the battery to supply power to the storage processor in response to determining that the cover is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Cheng, Adam Yu, Ricky Liu
  • Patent number: 11470746
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a computing device, the information handling system includes a computing component of the computing device that is housed in a chassis; and a heating component that increases a temperature of a portion of an airflow when the heating component is in an active state, the portion of the airflow thermally manages the computing component by reducing a temperature of the computing component. The airflow is received by the chassis via an air receiving exchange, and exhausted by the chassis via an air expelling exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph Danny King
  • Patent number: 11458576
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an additive manufacturing method that includes monitoring a temperature of a portion of a build plane during an additive manufacturing operation using a temperature sensor as a heat source passes through the portion of the build plane; detecting a peak temperature associated with one or more passes of the heat source through the portion of the build plane; determining a threshold temperature by reducing the peak temperature by a predetermined amount; identifying a time interval during which the monitored temperature exceeds the threshold temperature; identifying, using the time interval, a change in manufacturing conditions likely to result in a manufacturing defect; and changing a process parameter of the heat source in response to the change in manufacturing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SIGMA LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Lars Jacquemetton, Vivek R. Dave, Mark J. Cola, Glenn Wikle, R. Bruce Madigan
  • Patent number: 11460905
    Abstract: This application provides a frequency scaling method. The method includes: predicting an energy efficiency parameter for processing a current frame of an image by at least one module; and selecting, from a plurality of frequency sets based on the predicted energy efficiency parameter, a first frequency set that meets an energy efficiency requirement, and scaling a working frequency of each of the at least one module for processing the current frame to a preset frequency corresponding to each of the at least one module. According to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this application, a load change requirement can be responded to in time in a frequency scaling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qing Ding, Peng Li, Nianxian Lin
  • Patent number: 11442516
    Abstract: A data center system includes a load section having an array of electronic racks, a thermal management system, and a power flow optimizer. The power flow optimizer is configured to determine a load power requirement of the load section based on workload data of the electronic racks and thermal data of the thermal management system. The data center system further includes a resource section having a number of power sources to provide power to the load section. The resource section includes a resource controller to configure and select at least some of the power sources to provide power to the load section based on the load power requirement provided by the power flow optimizer. The power flow optimizer includes a power flow neural network (NN) model to predict, based on the thermal data and the load data, an amount of power that IT clusters and the thermal management system need.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 11444458
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for supplying power to an electronic computer having a first connection terminal coupled to a power supply, a second connection terminal coupled to an electrical ground, a microprocessor having a microprocessor supply input coupled, firstly, to a first terminal of first capacitance of a first capacitor and, secondly, coupled to a supply output of the power supply device, the second terminal of first capacitance being coupled to the electrical ground, the power supply device has a first supply input. It has a diode coupled to the supply input, and to the supply output, and a switching device coupled in parallel with the diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Philippe Boissiere
  • Patent number: 11442527
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a display device, a user input device, and a processor. The processor communicates with the display device and with the user input device. The processor detects whether the user input device is in an idle state. In response to an initial detection of the user input device being in the idle state, the processor continually determines a power consumption of the display device. While the power consumption is continually determined, the processor determines whether a predetermined amount of energy has been consumed. In response to a predetermined amount of energy being consumed, the processor turns off the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John T. Morrison