Patents Examined by Mark A Connolly
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Patent number: 11249457Abstract: A support structure includes a discrete object side and a recess in the discrete object side, the recess formed to mate with a fixture side of a workpiece. A method for manufacturing a support structure includes registering a discrete object model to a blank model and forming a recess in a discrete object side of the fixture blank model.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: PROTO LABS INCInventors: James L Jacobs, II, Emily Lingham
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Patent number: 11236925Abstract: The invention relates to a control system for a building zone which is climate conditioned by a climate conditioning system, wherein the climate conditioning system controls at least one climate parameter in the building zone, the climate parameter being at least one of: temperature (T) and humidity (RH). The control system is configured to provide a climate parameter target to a building management system. The climate parameter target is determined dynamically based on current sensor measurements while taking energy, thermal comfort and preservation requirements into account. Namely, rather than continuously steering the climate parameter to reach a preset value, some ‘free-running’ of the climate parameter is allowed by calculating a permissible range for the climate parameter, which reduces active climate conditioning and thereby contributes to energy savings. To further take preservation requirements into account, the rate of change in the climate parameter is limited to a maximum.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: DYSECO HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Rick Paul Kramer
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Patent number: 11229316Abstract: The invention relates to an internal control method for a food processor appliance (A), comprising the following steps of: (E1) reception of a control data item (Cde) including a control command (IC); (E2) generation of a state data item (IE) by the control unit; (E3) transmission of the state data item (IE); (E4) reception of a confirmatory control command (ICC); (E5) triggering of the execution of a given task by at least one given functional element, corresponding to the control command (IC).Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: SEB S.A.Inventors: Laurent Blond, François Retif, Jean-Yves Beaudet
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Patent number: 11231761Abstract: Power monitoring circuitry is provided to monitor an input system power profile of processing tasks executing on a processing platform. An input is provided to receive from the processing platform, a processing system signal indicating a power being consumed by the processing platform. A counter is provided to store a count value corresponding to an accumulated number or amount of times that a warning threshold condition associated with a warning threshold value is satisfied by the received processing system signal in a count-accumulation time interval. The count value is supplied to a power control circuit of the processing platform via a bus in response to a read request from the power control circuit, the power control circuit being responsive to the count value to control a performance level of the processing platform.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Philip Lehwalder, Robert Santucci, Tod Schiff
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Patent number: 11231763Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device and a method for controlling heat generated on the surface of the electronic device. The electronic device may comprise a display and a processor, wherein the processor: displays, on the display, graphic elements at the request of a first application; during a first period of time, acquires first information corresponding to the graphic performance of the displayed graphic elements, and identifies a clock control level for controlling operation performance according to execution of the first application; and during a second period of time following the first period of time, identifies a clock value corresponding to the identified clock control level on the basis of the acquired first information, and controls the operation performance according to execution of the first application by using the identified clock value.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong-Min Lee, Kwang-Eun Go, Kang-Sik Kim, Dong-Sub Kim, Young-San Kim, Won-Min Kim, Young-Hyun Ban, Min-Woo Song, Chung-Hyo Jung
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Patent number: 11226127Abstract: In a control system, a heat load estimation unit, by referring to location information that indicates a location environment of a house H1 and to weather information that indicates a weather forecast for a certain time slot T1, estimates a heat load which depends on solar radiation to the house H1 during the time slot T1. Specifically, the heat load estimation unit checks whether or not there is a building that blocks the solar radiation to the house H1 during the time slot T1 based on the location information when the weather forecast indicated in the weather information is sunny. Further, the heat load estimation unit estimates the heat load which depends on the solar radiation to the house H1 during the time slot T1 according to a result of the check. An operation control unit controls ahead, operation of an air conditioner provided in the house H1 before the time slot T1 according to the heat load estimated by the heat load estimation unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Takashi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11194379Abstract: A wake-up circuit and method are provided for detecting and preventing false positive wake-up events in an electronic device in a sleep mode. Methodology entails producing first, second, and third sensor signals at successive first, second, and third instants in time in response to a physical stimulus detected by a sensor of the wake-up circuit. The first sensor signal is selected to be a reference value. A first difference value is determined between the second sensor signal land the reference value, a second difference value is determined between the third sensor signal and the reference value, and communication of a wake-up signal to the electronic device is prevented when at least one of the first and second difference values fails to exceed a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.Inventors: Volker Dietmar Wahl, Philippe Bernard Roland Lance, Jacques Trichet
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Patent number: 11181956Abstract: A method and a device for controlling a fan speed provided and may be applied to a server. According to an example of the method, a target DTS temperature curve corresponding to a current ambient temperature of the server is determined, and then, a DTS temperature corresponding to a current load of a power consumption component in the server is determined according to the target DTS temperature curve, and a speed of a fan associated with the power consumption component is adjusted according to the DTS temperature and a current temperature of the power consumption. The power consumption of the power consumption component and the power consumption of the fan are effectively balances by dynamically controlling the fan speed under different loads and at different ambient temperatures, thereby minimizing the power consumption of the server.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: New H3C Information Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mingchun Lei, Huanjun Zhang, Libo Chen, Bo Zhang
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Patent number: 11175642Abstract: The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in a local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to a first sensor and a second input connected to a second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first output and a second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. Each of multiple inputs is configured to be individually assigned to any of the multiple outputs. The local data collection system includes multiple data acquisition units each having an onboard card set configured to store calibration information and maintenance history.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Strong Force IOT Portfolio 2016, LLCInventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin
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Patent number: 11169496Abstract: The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in a local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to a first sensor and a second input connected to a second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first output and a second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. Each of multiple inputs is configured to be individually assigned to any of the multiple outputs. The local data collection system includes multiple data acquisition units each having an onboard card set configured to store calibration information and maintenance history, and a neural net expert system using intelligent management of data collection bands.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Strong Force IOT Portfolio 2016, LLCInventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin
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Patent number: 11163353Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include a device comprising a first sensor and a circuitry configured to detect a first user action and a second user action, the second user action being detected by the first sensor. The circuitry is further configured to designate a first mode based on the first user action and a second mode based on the second user action, the first mode and the second mode being power saving modes and the second mode is configured to save power consumed by the first sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kazuyuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11163282Abstract: The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in a local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to a first sensor and a second input connected to a second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first output and a second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. Each of multiple inputs is configured to be individually assigned to any of the multiple outputs. The local data collection system includes multiple data acquisition units each having an onboard card set configured to store calibration information and maintenance history.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Strong Force IOT Portfolio 2016, LLCInventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin
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Patent number: 11150621Abstract: The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in a local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to a first sensor and a second input connected to a second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first output and a second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. Each of multiple inputs is configured to be individually assigned to any of the multiple outputs. The local data collection system includes multiple data acquisition units each having an onboard card set configured to store calibration information and maintenance history. The local data collection system is configured to manage data collection bands.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Strong Force IOT Portfolio 2016, LLCInventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin
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Patent number: 11144025Abstract: The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in a local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to a first sensor and a second input connected to a second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first output and a second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. Each of multiple inputs is configured to be individually assigned to any of the multiple outputs. The local data collection system includes multiple data acquisition units each having an onboard card set configured to store calibration information and maintenance history. The local data collection system is configured to manage data collection bands.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Strong Force IOT Portfolio 2016, LLCInventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin
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Patent number: 11137158Abstract: An illustrative HVAC controller may include a communication module for wirelessly communicating with a network and wiring terminals for receiving a wired connection to a remote temperature sensor that is situated remote from the HVAC controller and in a living space of the building. A controller may be operably coupled to the communication module and the wiring terminals and may be configured to implement a thermostat control algorithm to generate one or more control signals, wherein the one or more control signals are provided by a wired connection to the HVAC system to control one or more HVAC components of the HVAC system. The thermostat control algorithm may be configured to compare a sensed temperature received from the remote temperature sensor via the wiring terminals and a temperature setpoint received from the server via the network.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Ademco Inc.Inventors: Peter M. Anderson, Ryan Strassburg, Rolf L. Strand, Luke A. Piram, John D. Mitchell
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Patent number: 11132038Abstract: A data processing device includes a persistent storage for storing a state repository and a state manager. The state manager updates a portion of the state repository associated with a row of devices based on states of the devices to obtain an updated state repository; makes a first determination that the portion indicates a thermal issue; in response to the first determination: makes a second determination that the thermal issue cannot be addressed using a gas flow; and in response to the second determination: modifies a power state of at least one of the devices in the row to address the thermal issue.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Steven Embleton, Ben John Sy, Eric Michael Tunks
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Patent number: 11127615Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a processing section that includes a plurality of process modules each of which performs a predetermined processing; a carrying-in/out section that holds the plurality of substrates, and carries the substrates into/out of the processing section; a transfer unit that transfers the substrates; and a controller that controls the processing section, the carrying-in/out section, and the transfer unit. The controller performs a control such that the plurality of substrates is sequentially transferred from the carrying-in/out section to the processing section, and the transferred substrates are sequentially and serially transferred to the plurality of process modules, sets an interval until a next substrate is unloaded after a substrate is unloaded from a predetermined module of the carrying-in/out section, and performs a control such that the plurality of substrates is sequentially unloaded from the predetermined module with a setting value of the interval.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Takafumi Matsuhashi, Kunio Takano, Toshiharu Hirata
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Patent number: 11126243Abstract: Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation includes a main SoC comprising main processor(s), an auxiliary processor, and a kernel that executes on the one or more main processor cores. During kernel suspend of the kernel, a power management microcontroller monitors a battery for conditions corresponding to respective wake-on-battery triggers, detects that the monitored conditions correspond to a particular wake-on-battery trigger; and in response, sends, to the auxiliary processor, an interrupt corresponding to a particular wake-on-battery trigger, wherein the interrupt causes the auxiliary processor core to enable the main processor(s) and resume the kernel from kernel suspend. After resuming from kernel suspend, the kernel adds a first kernel resume source event indicating the particular wake-on-battery trigger to a power event queue.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Liang Chai, Xiang Wang, Brenda Stefani, Lyford Beverage, Jr., Allan Velzy, Edwin Joseph Fitzpatrick, III
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Patent number: 11114947Abstract: An improved AC power supply is described. The supply identifies the load through monitoring the current and voltage wave forms and phase relations with the AC Mains. The comparison is done in conditions where the power to the load is programmably varied through use of a control switch located in the line and neutral between the AC mains and the load. The program of controlling the switch is varied to optimize the ability to distinguish similar load types. The switch can be further used to control power to the load that varies according to a set of rules based upon the identity of the load. In a preferred embodiment, the design enables high efficiency with minimal components that may be fully integrated onto silicon.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Inventors: Mark Telefus, Harry Rodriguez, Chris Casey, Thar Casey
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Patent number: 11112853Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to Priority Based Application Event Control (PAEC) to reduce application events are described. In one embodiment, PAEC may determine which applications (and their corresponding sub-system(s)) may cause a processor or platform to exit a low power consumption state. In an embodiment, PAEC may determine which applications (and their corresponding sub-system(s)) may resume operations after a processor or platform exit a low power consumption state. Other embodiments are also claimed and disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Rajesh Poornachandran, Rajeev Muralidhar