Patents Examined by Alexander H Taningco
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Patent number: 11522544Abstract: Described are on-die termination (ODT) systems and methods that facilitate high-speed communication between a driver die and a receiver die interconnected via one or more signal transmission lines. An ODT control system in accordance with one embodiment calibrates and maintains termination resistances and drive currents to produce optimal output swing voltages. Comparison circuitry employed to calibrate the reference resistance is also used to calibrate the drive current. Termination elements in some embodiments are divided into two adjustable resistive portions, both of which are designed to minimize capacitive loading. One portion is optimized to produce a relatively high range of adjustment, while the other is optimized for fine-tuning and glitch-free switching.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Huy M. Nguyen, Vijay Gadde, Benedict Lau
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Patent number: 11502388Abstract: An embodiment electronic device includes a ground plane; and an antenna. The antenna includes a first trace having a first end and a second end, the second end of the first trace being electrically coupled to the ground plane. The antenna also includes a second trace distinct and physically separated from the first trace, the second trace having a first end and a second end, the second end of the second trace being electrically coupled to the ground plane, the first trace and the second trace forming discontinuous portions of the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Pierre Rizzo, John Coronado, Mohammad Mazooji
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Patent number: 11494066Abstract: A system including an electronic processor, a transceiver communicatively coupled to the electronic processor, a touch screen display communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and a non-transient memory medium communicatively coupled to the electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to generate a graphical representation based on at least one configuration file, the graphical representation including a button, present the graphical representation on the touch screen display, receive, via the touch screen display, a user input indicative of selecting the button, and transmit, via the transceiver, a lighting system control command based selection of the button.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Hubbell Lighting, Inc.Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Timothy E. Willis, Christopher Lane Bailey
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Patent number: 11497104Abstract: A load control system for controlling at least one electrical load may comprise a plurality of control devices and a sensor external to at least one of the control devices. The sensor may be configured to sense a condition of a space in which the control devices are installed. The at least one electrical load may be controlled in response to the condition sensed by the sensor. The control devices may include respective illuminated portions. The control devices may adjust the intensity of the respective illuminated portions in response to the condition sensed by the sensor. If multiple sensors are included in the load control system to sense the condition, the control devices may adjust the intensity of their respective illuminated portions by aggregating the condition sensed by each sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: LUTRON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LLCInventors: Stephen M. Ludwig, Jr., James P. Steiner
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Patent number: 11489526Abstract: Described is a level-shifter that can save area between voltage domains with limited voltage differential, and further save power by steering current between two power supply rails. The level-shifter comprises: an input to receive a first signal between a first reference rail and a second reference rail; an output to provide a second signal the first reference rail and a third reference rail, wherein in a voltage level of the third reference rail is higher than a voltage level of the second reference rail, and wherein a voltage level of the first reference is lower than the voltage level of the second reference rail and the third reference rail; and a circuitry coupled to the input and the output, wherein the circuitry is to steer current from the third reference rail to the second reference rail.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Andres Malavasi Mora, Jaydeep Kulkarni, Anupama Thaploo, Muhammad Khellah
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Patent number: 11486566Abstract: Disclosed is a modular housing for drivers used for LED lamps. The housing includes connectors for AC in from a power source, DC out to the lamps, and also has connectors allowing for control lines to be received from a control box. The housing includes an arrangement for creating two opposite stacks of drivers. The fronts of the drivers are cooled by circulating air through the space between the stacks, and heat is also dissipated through the side walls of the housing, which acts as a heat sink. The number and specifications of the drivers in the housing are configured such that every module is able to serve a number of LED lamps.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Sunlite Science & Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jeff Chen, Xiaofang Suo
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Patent number: 11482775Abstract: An integrated antenna assembly includes one or more antenna elements, one or more electronics components, and one or both of a static discharge element disposed between the antenna element(s) and the electronics component(s) and/or one or more thermal dissipators.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Inventor: John E. Rogers
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Patent number: 11477873Abstract: A switch control system for a motor and a lamp of a fan includes a motor switch, a lamp switch, a detection unit, a wireless remote control receiving unit, a control unit, and a drive unit. The control unit is electrically connected to the motor switch through a motor power processing part. The control unit is electrically connected to the lamp switch through a lamp power processing part. Thus, the motor switch and the wireless remote control receiving unit are able to operate and control the motor independently, and the lamp switch and the wireless remote control receiving unit are able to operate and control the lamp independently.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: AIR COOL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Shih-Min Chen
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Patent number: 11468836Abstract: The present invention overcomes image defects such as the brightness inclination or smears by reducing the line resistance of a power source bus line which supplies electricity to organic EL elements. A plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix array is connected to power source lines, and the plurality of power source lines are connected to a power source bus line. Both ends of the power source bus line are connected to a power source part via a FPC. By supplying electricity to both ends of the power source bus line from the power source part, the line resistance of the power source bus line can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Tokuda, Hiroshi Kageyama, Masamitsu Furuie
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Patent number: 11465551Abstract: An automotive lighting apparatus is provided that includes a rear body which is adapted to be fixed to the outside or to the inside of the vehicle; a front half-shell arranged to close the mouth of said rear body; and at least one lighting assembly which is located inside the rear body and is adapted to backlight, on command, a corresponding transparent or semi-transparent sector of the front half-shell; the lighting assembly including a radially emitting optical fibre of given length; an electrically-powered, collimated light source which is located in front of a proximal end of the optical fibre, and is adapted to direct, towards the same proximal end, a collimated light beam that enters and travels inside the optical fibre; at least one proximal photometric sensor which is arranged beside the collimated light source and/or the proximal end of the optical fibre so as to capture/detect the light reflected/scattered on entering into the optical fibre; at least one distal photometric sensor which is located inType: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Marelli Automotive Lighting Italy S.p.A. Con Unico SocioInventors: Desiree Monti, Michele Antonipieri, Daniele Petris, Fabio Leone
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Patent number: 11454361Abstract: A task light that includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED's) adapted for providing a variable intensity of emitted light; a light directing member for directing light from the LED's onto a work surface; a control logic, electrically connected to a light intensity selector, an ambient light sensor, and the plurality of LED's and wherein the control logic compares the intensity of ambient light in the area surrounding the work surface with the desired intensity of light to be provided at the work surface and adjusts the supply of electrical power to the LED's so that the total of the variable intensity of emitted light and the intensity of ambient light in the area surrounding the work surface is approximately equal to the desired intensity of light to be provided at the work surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Inventor: Ole Falk Smed
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Patent number: 11451230Abstract: An example integrated circuit includes an array of circuit tiles; interconnect coupling the circuit tiles in the array, the interconnect including interconnect tiles each having a plurality of connections that include at least a connection to a respective one of the circuit tiles and a connection to at least one other interconnect tile; and a plurality of local crossbars in each of the interconnect tiles, the plurality of local crossbars coupled to form a non-blocking crossbar, each of the plurality of local crossbars including handshaking circuitry for asynchronous communication.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Steven P. Young, Brian C. Gaide
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Patent number: 11451160Abstract: Disclosed is an image display apparatus including: a display; and a power supply configured to supply power to the display; wherein the power supply comprises a converter including at least one switching element and configured to output direct-current (DC) power by converting a level of input power based on a switching operation of the at least one switching element, and wherein, a first mode where the at least one switching element performs a switching operation continuously or a second mode where the at least one switching element stops the switching operation are performed according to a load at an output terminal of the converter. Accordingly, power consumption required to display an image may be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Dohoon Kim
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Patent number: 11445592Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for measuring power for a lighting control system. The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for measuring power for a lighting control system. The includes a lighting control module configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical power to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module, a detector circuit positioned in the lighting control module, and a controller in electrical communication with the detector circuit. The controller is specially programmed to correlate a quantity of electrical power transmitted to the lighting circuit to the response of the lighting circuit. The controller is further programmed to determine a power correction factor based on the correlation between the quantity of electrical power transmitted and the response. The power correction factor is configured to alter the response of the lighting circuit to a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Savant Systems, Inc.Inventor: Nicholas David Pennycooke
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Patent number: 11438225Abstract: A load control system may be commissioned using beacons. The load control system may include control devices that each include a beacon transmitting circuit configured to transmit a beacon that comprises an identifier associated with the control device. A network device, such as a mobile device, may discover a control device based on the beacon received from the control device. In response to discovery of the control device, the control device may be added to a temporary group of control devices for being collectively configured and/or controlled. Control devices may be discovered based on the signal strength at which the beacons are received. The control devices may provide feedback to a user in response to confirmation messages to indicate to a user that the lighting control device has been added to the temporary group. The control devices may stop providing the feedback after they are removed from the temporary group.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventors: Todd G. Anderson, Maxwell Anselm, Vidur Garg, Ashok Karmani, Sanjeev Kumar, Sandeep Mudabail Raghuram, Somesh Rahul, Ananthanag Nemmani, Jaykrishna A. Shukla, Alcides J. Dias, Surjith Bhagavath Singh
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Patent number: 11437776Abstract: A light emission control device includes: a first light emission control circuit outputting a first control signal and a second control signal; and a second light emission control circuit outputting a third control signal and a fourth control signal. The first light emission control circuit controls a phase of the second control signal based on a first PWM signal in a first PWM dimming mode. The second light emission control circuit controls a phase of the fourth control signal based on a second PWM signal in a second PWM dimming mode. The second light emission control circuit outputs the fourth control signal having a phase different from that of the second control signal in a first analog dimming mode and a second analog dimming mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Atsushi Yamada
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Patent number: 11428395Abstract: A system for providing information about presence in a space includes a movement sensor for generating a signal upon detecting movement; and a presence sensor for generating a signal upon detecting presence, being a temperature-based matrix sensor having an array of sensing elements. The system further includes a processing and/or control component in communication with the movement and presence sensors, configured to generate a presence signal upon receiving the first and/or second signals; and configured to obtain background information of the presence detection field. The information includes reference temperature values and are obtained upon the movement sensor not detecting movement and/or the presence sensor detecting presence. For each sensing element with presence, using the measured temperature value of surrounding sensing elements not having presence.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: RADE TECNOLOGÍAS, S.L.Inventors: Raúl Delgado Acarreta, Alejandro Pérez Paño, José Cuesta Álvarez, Bernardo Navarro Almiñana, Daniel Osuna Sanz, Alejandro Gállego Torrijos, Javier Izcara Lausín
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Patent number: 11432387Abstract: A modular system includes an LED driver and an LED light engine. The driver includes a switched mode power converter and a first control unit to control a switch of the converter, thereby controlling the supply current to an LED assembly of the light engine. The assembly includes LEDs and one or more switches arranged in series or in parallel with one or more of the LEDs. The light engine also includes a second control unit controlling the one or more switches of the LED assembly so as to control current through the LEDs. The first control unit controls amplitude of the supply current. The second control unit controls duty cycle of the LED current through the LEDs. The first and second control units are configured to synchronize a switching operation of the switched mode power converter with a switching operation of the switches of the light engine.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: eldoLAB Holding B.V.Inventors: Marc Saes, Stephen Haight Lydecker, Tijs Versteegde
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Patent number: 11421868Abstract: The invention further describes tube LED lamp (1) realised to replace a fluorescent tube lamp (70), which tube LED lamp (1) comprises a tube (12) containing an LED arrangement (10) with a number of LEDs (100); a connector arrangement (16A, 16B) with connectors (16) realized for insertion into sockets (50) of a socket arrangement (50A, 50B) of a tube lamp housing (5) incorporating a dimming ballast (20, 21); a driver circuit arrangement (11) for driving the LED arrangement (10), which driver circuit arrangement (11) is realized to output an LED current (ILED) on the basis of an input current provided by the dimming ballast (20, 21); and a safety switch (S13, M1) arranged within the tube (12) to electrically isolate connectors (16) of the connector arrangement (16A, 16B), wherein the safety switch (S13, M1) is arranged between the driver circuit arrangement (11) and the LED arrangement (10).Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Haimin Tao
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Patent number: 11425809Abstract: A retrofitted light fixture can include an existing power supply of an existing light fixture that receives, when in a retrofitted state, AC mains power directly from a power source and delivers primary power to one or more existing light fixture components of the existing light fixture. The retrofitted light fixture can also include an adapter coupled to and disposed between the existing power supply and the power source, where the adapter provides the AC mains power to the power supply, where the adapter includes at least one retrofit component lacking from the existing light fixture, where the at least one retrofit component comprises a controller and a transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Jyoti Kumar, Jared Davis