Patents Examined by Nitin C. Patel
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Patent number: 10579132Abstract: Power consumption by a first host included in a plurality of hosts in a clustered computing system, where each of the hosts executes one or more applications, is managed by detecting that a utilization level of the first host falls below a threshold value and, responsive to the detecting, migrating one or more applications executing on the first host to a second host. After the migration is completed, the first host is caused to consume less power while remaining powered on.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Parth Shah, Madhuri Yechuri
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Patent number: 10574077Abstract: A method and apparatus for charging an electronic device and a storage medium are provided. The electronic device includes a rechargeable battery; a charging port; and at least one processor configured to: if a supply power amount of power supplied from an outside through the charging port is smaller than a use power amount of power used by the electronic device and a remaining amount of the battery is smaller than or equal to a reference value, switch the electronic device to a power-saving mode. Also, other embodiments may be implemented.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Dae-Han Choi
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Patent number: 10553264Abstract: A memory device includes: a first clock receiver configured to receive a first clock signal; a second clock receiver configured to receive a second clock signal when data is input or output, wherein the second clock signal has a first clock frequency in a preamble period, and has a second clock frequency different from the first clock frequency after the preamble period; a command decoder configured to receive a clock synchronization command synchronized with the first clock signal and generate a clock synchronization signal, wherein the clock synchronization signal is generated during the preamble period; and a clock synchronizing circuit configured to generate a plurality of division clock signals in response to the second clock signal, latch the clock synchronization signal during the preamble period, and selectively provide the plurality of division clock signals as internal data clock signals according to a result of the latching.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hye-Ran Kim, Seong-Hwan Jeon, Tae-Young Oh
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Patent number: 10551903Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel and a power supply. The display panel displays an image at a first driving frequency in a normal mode and displays an image at a second driving frequency in a low power mode. The second driving frequency is lower than the first driving frequency. The power supply outputs a first initialization voltage at a first level to the display panel during an active period of the low power mode. The power supply outputs a second initialization voltage at a second level to the display panel during at least a portion of a blank period of the low power mode. The second level is higher than the first level.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taehyeong An, Suhyeong Park, Soowan Yoon
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Patent number: 10551892Abstract: Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for a centralized backup power support system that improves testability of non-volatile dual in-line memory modules (NVDIMM) on Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) testers and in-system tests. An NVDIMM includes both volatile memories and non-volatile memories. According to an embodiment, a compact backup power distribution board is powered with an external power supply with an individual protection circuit. The backup power distribution board has an unlimited energy capacity for any density of NVDIMM and zero charge waiting time. According to an embodiment, instead of using an electric double-layer capacitor (EDLC) to support backup power, a resistor is used instead of an EDLC on each backup power module. There is no charging time when the backup power module does not have EDLC cells, resulting in significant reduction in test time and production cost and increase in production output.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: SMART Modular Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jinying Shen
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Patent number: 10545551Abstract: A communication device for starting power supply before establishment of a link is provided. A device to be connected to a source device or a sink device includes a device information presenting unit for presenting device information on power supply of the device. The device information presenting unit presents a device type (no need power device, need power device, and provide power device). At the time when the device is connected to an MHL connector of the source device or the sink device, even when the link is not established, the source device or the sink device reads information from the device information presenting unit and appropriately starts to supply and demand electric power.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Satoshi Teramoto
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Patent number: 10545559Abstract: A data processing system comprising an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) configured to perform a data processing operation. The data processing system also includes a register arranged to receive an output of the data processing operation, the register comprising a plurality of single-bit storage devices arranged to store binary data of a predetermined data size. A control system is arranged to place a subset of the plurality of single-bit storage devices into a power saving state based on at least one parameter relating to the data processing operation, to limit an output data size of the output of the data processing operation to less than the predetermined data size.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Apical LimitedInventor: Daren Croxford
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Patent number: 10545556Abstract: An IC includes logic groups each including a launch and a capture FF with a logic cloud in between. A power switch is in series with a power supply node of the logic groups. The logic groups have a clock-gating and power control (PCGC) block for dynamically generating a power supply enable (PS_EN) signal output coupled to a control node of the power switch and a clock output (CLK_OUT) signal coupled to a clock input of the launch or capture FF for clocking the logic groups. The PCGC blocks receive an EN signal and a CLK_IN signal and dynamically generate the PS_EN signal and CLK_OUT signals. During clock cycles at least one logic group(s) does not contribute to an intended logic result for the IC the CLK_OUT signal disables switching of at least a portion of the logic group(s) while the PS_EN signal turns off power to the logic group(s).Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Rama Venkatasubramanian, Jose Flores, Ivan Santos
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Patent number: 10534412Abstract: A system to regulate the temperature of a Source Port that includes a Port Controller having a first source power capabilities list stored thereon in a non-transitory digital media, the source capabilities list identifying a plurality of first power delivery capabilities that, based on their power requirements, may be negotiated by the Port Controller, a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the power system and communicates that measured temperature to a comparator. The comparator compares the measured temperature to predefined limit temperatures and when the measured temperature crosses a predefined limit temperature threshold, the first source capabilities list being replaced with a second source capabilities list identifying a plurality of second power capabilities that, based on their power requirements, may be connected to the Source Port.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems Corp.Inventors: David Perchlik, Reid Adriance
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Patent number: 10528115Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a method performed by a computing device of a computer system having a hierarchical arrangement of power nodes including servers. The method includes determining power utilization patterns of the servers, calculating asynchrony scores for the servers based on the power utilization patterns, and clustering the servers into clusters based on the asynchrony scores, where each cluster has servers that have synchronous utilization patterns. The method also includes allocating the servers to the hierarchical arrangement of power nodes by selecting servers from the clusters to reduce synchronous power utilization patterns by the hierarchical arrangement of power nodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Qingyuan Deng, Chang-Hong Hsu
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Patent number: 10509458Abstract: An information processing device suppresses the entering of a state unintended by a user in a standby mode. The information processing device, which has a standby mode and a normal operation mode, has a mode control portion changing the mode to the standby mode of bringing the state into a first low power consumption state and configured to be switched to a first operating state in which background processing is executed in response to a stop of a display of a display portion, and a power setting processing portion configured to set a first upper limit power consumption in the first operating state and a second upper limit power consumption in a second operating state in the normal operation mode, and set the first upper limit power consumption so as to be lower than the second upper limit power consumption when the mode control portion changes the mode to the standby mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Kosugi, Takuroh Kamimura, Hajime Yoshizawa, Yuhsaku Sugai
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Patent number: 10506734Abstract: An information handling system includes multiple power supply units, and first and second chassis management controllers. The power supply units provide power to components within the information handling system. The first chassis management controller calculates a first number of power supply units needed to provide power to the components of the information handling system, and asserts a first chassis armed signal to servers in response to a detection that the first number of power supply units is greater than zero. The second chassis management controller receives the first number of power supply units from the first chassis management controller, and asserts a second chassis armed signal to the servers in response to a detection that the first number of power supply units being greater than zero.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Aaron M. Rhinehart, Dan Rao, Binay A. Kuruvila
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Patent number: 10503234Abstract: An electromechanical relay switching system for reducing electromagnetic or radio interference. The system includes an electromechanical relay with an energizeable coil and a microcontroller configured to synchronize energizing the coil relative to a voltage zero crossing time based on a relay contact close time and relay contact bounce time measured particularly for the relay.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Kortek Industries Pty LtdInventors: Barrie Davis, Benjamin Davis
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Patent number: 10488903Abstract: An extended base of a mobile terminal and a power supply management method for the extended base is described herein. When a mobile terminal is inserted into an extended base, an enable circuit of the extended base is electrically connected to the mobile terminal and generates an enable signal, and a switch circuit outputs a voltage under control of the enable signal, so that a power supply of the extended base supplies power under control of the voltage. When the mobile terminal is removed from the extended base, the enable circuit stops generating the enable signal, and the switch circuit stops outputting the voltage, so that the power supply cannot supply power under the control of the voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Huiyuan Wang, Chao Fu
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Patent number: 10489166Abstract: A computer program product for dynamically reconfiguring time zones in real-time using plural time zone (TZ) libraries is provided. The method provides integrating a first time zone information data (TZID) version and a second TZID version into a TZ library in an operating system. A first configuration comprising the TZ library and the first TZID version is selected. Responsive to adjusting the first configuration to a second configuration comprising the TZ library and the second TZID version, the second configuration is used automatically without restarting the operating system and without restarting an application.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David N. Clissold, Su Liu, Michael Ow, Teerasit Tinnakul
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Patent number: 10489165Abstract: A computer program product for dynamically reconfiguring time zones in real-time using plural time zone (TZ) libraries is provided. The method provides integrating a first time zone information data (TZID) version and a second TZID version into a TZ library in an operating system. A first configuration comprising the TZ library and the first TZID version is selected. Responsive to adjusting the first configuration to a second configuration comprising the TZ library and the second TZID version, the second configuration is used automatically without restarting the operating system and without restarting an application.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David N. Clissold, Su Liu, Michael Ow, Teerasit Tinnakul
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Patent number: 10488907Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device operable by a power supply voltage obtained from a commercial power supply, includes a capacitor charged with the power supply voltage, and a circuitry configured to write power failure occurrence time information to a nonvolatile memory using power of the capacitor after occurrence of power failure, read the power failure occurrence time information from the nonvolatile memory, and transmit the power failure occurrence time information to an external device.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Tadashi Tsuji
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Patent number: 10466760Abstract: An energy allocation system may include a group of agents, each agent corresponding to a device requesting an amount of energy. The energy allocation system may perform a comparison, such as a hybridized comparison, between a selected agent and each other agent included in the group. Based on the outcome of each comparison for the selected agent, an aggregated outcome for the selected agent is determined. The aggregated outcome for the selected agent is compared to a threshold for the energy allocation system. Based on the comparison of the aggregated outcome to the threshold, the selected agent either receives the requested amount of energy or receives an instruction to enter a low-power state.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Mohit Srinivasan, David Decker
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Patent number: 10467415Abstract: An unlockable bootloader of an electronic device may be unlocked by a user of the electronic device using a sanctioned bootloader unlocking process. An eligibility check may be performed through an interaction between the device and at least one network node(s) to determine whether a user of the electronic device is eligible to unlock the bootloader of the electronic device. If eligible, the user can provide user input to unlock the bootloader, causing the device to send an acknowledgement to the network, and, in response, the device receives a token from the network node. Upon receipt of the token, the electronic device can perform a first reboot, unlock the bootloader using the token, and perform a second reboot into the operating system with an unlocked bootloader. Due to the device-network interactions during the sanctioned bootloader unlocking process, one or more protection measures can be implemented, such as disabling software updates.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventor: Joshua Patrick Finger
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Patent number: 10459867Abstract: A dynamic bus communication apparatus for an electrosurgical system includes a data wire, a clock wire, a first variable resistor coupled to the data wire, a second variable resistor coupled to the clock wire, an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a controller. The data wire is configured to transmit a data signal between a battery and an instrument powered by the battery. The clock wire is configured to transmit a clock signal between a battery and an instrument. The ADC is configured to sample the data signal and the clock signal at a substantially higher frequency than a frequency of the clock signal. The controller is configured to control a resistance of the first variable resistor and a resistance of the second variable resistor based on the digitally sampled data signal and the digitally sampled clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventor: Scott E. M. Frushour