Patents Examined by Terrell S Johnson
  • Patent number: 11366166
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for displaying information of a motor are provided. The method includes: acquiring a target category identifier of a target motor; determining a category parameter interface according to the target category identifier, and displaying the category parameter interface, wherein the category parameter interface displays a category parameter tag that prompts a user to enter parameter information corresponding to the category parameter tag; acquiring target parameter information entered by the user via the category parameter interface; and obtaining target display information corresponding to the target category identifier according to the target parameter information, and displaying the target display information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingming Qin, Yajun Zheng, Xiaojie Shao
  • Patent number: 11353945
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multimedia device and a method for controlling the same. More specifically, the present disclosure may be applied to all of a 5G communication technology field, a robot technology field, an autonomous driving technology field, and an AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology field. An extended reality device including a camera, a display, a sensor for sensing a user action, and a controller that activates a power saving mode when a predetermined user action is detected using the sensor while a predetermined application is executed in a non-power saving mode is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Minhyuk An
  • Patent number: 11348752
    Abstract: A circuit breaker comprises a solid-state switch, an air-gap electromagnetic switch, switch control circuitry, a zero-crossing detection circuit, and a current sensor. The solid-state and air-gap switches are connected in series in an electrical path between line input and load output terminals of the circuit breaker. The switch control circuitry controls the solid-state and air-gap switches. The zero-crossing detection circuit detects zero crossings of an AC waveform on the electrical path. The current sensor senses current flow in the electrical path to detect a fault condition based on the sensed current flow. In response to a detected fault condition, the switch control circuitry generates control signals to place the solid-state switch into a switched-off state and place the air-gap switch into a switched-open state after the solid-state switch is placed into the switched-off state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Amber Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Telefus, Stephen C. Gerber, Damon M. Baker, Kenneth D. Alton
  • Patent number: 11342151
    Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a circuit breaker housing, an air-gap switch disposed within the housing, and a first visual indicator configured to provide an indication of an open state and a closed state of the air-gap switch. The first visual indicator includes a first window that is formed as part of the circuit breaker housing, and first and second indicator elements disposed within the circuit breaker housing. The first indicator element is configured to move into position behind the first window as the air-gap switch is placed into the open state and thereby provide a visual indication of the open state of the air-gap switch. The second indicator element is configured to move into position behind the first window as the air-gap switch is placed into the closed state and thereby provide a visual indication of the closed state of the air-gap switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Amber Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Telefus, Damon M. Baker, Graham L. Maxwell, Timothy D. Burkhard, David J. Tostenson
  • Patent number: 11340678
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may convert first analog signals to first digital values, in which the first analog signals are proportional to current of a battery of an information handling system (IHS); convert the second analog signals to second digital values, in which the second analog signals are proportional to current from a power supply; convert the third analog signals to third digital values, in which the third analog signals are proportional to power consumption of components of the IHS and the battery; and provide a first mean digital value determined from the first digital values, a second mean value determined from the second digital values, and a third mean digital value determined from the third digital values to at least one of IHS firmware, an application, and an operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Richard Christopher Thompson, Tyler Ryan Cox, Adolfo Sandor Montero, Thanh Thien Tran
  • Patent number: 11334141
    Abstract: A system and method for ensuring information present in volatile memory is moved to persistent memory before power is removed. An information handling system stores a time value corresponding to an amount of time for power to be supplied to the information handling system after a signal is received to power down the information handling system. An embedded controller determines the amount of information present in volatile memory, determines an amount of time needed to move the information to persistent memory, and adjusts the time value as needed to ensure power is supplied to the system until the information has been moved to persistent memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Lee B. Zaretsky, Srinivas Kamepalli
  • Patent number: 11310894
    Abstract: A driver comprises a controller coupled with a LED, and an interface circuit configured to be coupled between the controller and an external device. The interface circuit comprises an interface port configured to be coupled to the external device, an analog interface module, a digital interface module and a power supply module. The analog interface module is coupled between the interface port and the controller and configured to transmit an analog signal therebetween the external device and the controller in a first mode. The digital interface module is coupled between the interface port and the controller and configured to transmit a digital signal between the external device and the controller in a second mode and a third mode. The power supply module is coupled to the interface port and configured to provide energy to the external device in the first mode and the third mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Hongbin Wei, Longyu Chen, Timothy Alan Taubert
  • Patent number: 11287866
    Abstract: A computing device, a power consumption prediction method thereof, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. In one embodiment, leakage power consumption of a graphics processor is obtained. Switching power consumption data corresponding to the graphics processor running a frame of image is obtained. Switching power consumption is estimated according to the switching power consumption data. Overall power consumption of the graphics processor is obtained according to the leakage power and the switching power consumption. Overall power consumption of the graphics processor processing one frame of image is estimated based on the overall power consumption. Power consumption performance of the graphics processor is therefore predicted in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaoni Guo
  • Patent number: 11281276
    Abstract: A control of a memory system includes firmware and one error correction code (ECC) module. The module includes a power control engine and ECC components, each ECC component including a power monitor and a power controller. The firmware configures a window of time and a power consumption rate of a select ECC component depending on characteristics of the memory system. The power monitor of the select ECC component measures a power consumption of the select ECC component within the window. The power control engine receives the measurement of power consumption, decides a next power level for the select ECC component, and controls the power controller of the select ECC component such that the select ECC component operates at the next power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Fan Zhang, Hongwei Duan, Aman Bhatia
  • Patent number: 11263021
    Abstract: Examples described here include systems and methods for refreshing the operating system (“OS”) of a device enrolled in a management platform. Execution of a first command file ensures that necessary components of the management platform residing on the device are stored in a partitioned portion of the device hard drive to preserve them during the OS refresh. After a new instance of the OS has been installed, execution of a second command file migrates the necessary components from the partitioned portion of the hard drive to the new OS instance. When the user logs back into the refreshed device, a third command file installs all necessary device management components at the new OS instance and re-enrolls the device with the management platform. In this manner, the OS of a managed device can be refreshed and re-enrolled in the management platform without significant input from a user or administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexey Polyakov, Nitin Rao, Nikhil Ravishankar, Xueliang Hua, Shravan Shantharam, Ondrej Stastny, Brooks Peppin
  • Patent number: 11237841
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to configurable media structure are described. A memory device can be configured to boot up in a variety of configurations. The variety of configurations can include using the memory device for persistent memory storage, for non-persistent memory storage, etc. For instance, an apparatus can include a first memory array and a second memory array. The apparatus can include a memory controller coupled to the first memory array and the second memory array. The second memory array can be configured to store at least two boot images. The first memory array can be configured to operate based on which of the at least two boot images is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Reshmi Basu, Richard C. Murphy
  • Patent number: 11216023
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for setting a time for a tick interrupt are disclosed. The method includes performing a compensation for a system time when a tick interrupt is executed; setting a time of a next tick interrupt according to a timeout task and a compensated system time if the timeout task exists when the tick interrupt is executed; and when a system enters into a low power mode after the tick interrupt is executed, correcting the time of the next tick interrupt according to the timeout task that is updated when the low power mode is entered. The present disclosure can decouple logic relationships between tick interrupts and Idle tasks, thereby reduces the number of division operations that involve rounding, reduces such accumulated error associated with compensation time, and improves the accuracy of the system time, as compared to the existing technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Lingjun Chen, Bin Wang, Liangliang Zhu, Xu Zeng, Zilong Liu, Junjie Cai
  • Patent number: 11209887
    Abstract: A robot operates using electrical power. An application subsystem provides application functionality such as processing speech, performing video calls, retrieving information responsive to a user request, presenting audio or video content, and so forth. A mobility subsystem includes sensors, software, and hardware that allows the robot to move about an environment. The application subsystem operates using electrical power from a first battery while the mobility subsystem operates using electrical power from a second battery. An electrical interconnect allows for the transfer of electrical power between the subsystems. A power management module uses information about previous tasks performed by the robot that involved the application subsystem and the mobility subsystem to develop power training data. This power training data is then used to estimate power consumption for future task requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Hwisung Jung
  • Patent number: 11209882
    Abstract: A system for mechanically indicating a power consumption level is provided. The system includes a solid-state drive (SSD) device and a circuit board contained in the SSD device. The circuit board contains a power consumption capacity selector accessible from outside the SSD device wherein the power consumption capacity selector is configurable to open and close a circuit. The system further includes a mechanical structure configured to insert into the SSD device from outside the SSD device. The mechanical structure is positioned to contact the power consumption capacity selector and to open and close the circuit using the power consumption capacity selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Jason David Adrian
  • Patent number: 11209884
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel and improved information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program with which it is easy for a user to predict a future remaining battery amount. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a control unit that performs control to calculate a future prediction value of remaining battery amount on the basis of a use history of an information processing apparatus by a user and to present prediction value related information related to the prediction value to the user. According to the present disclosure, the user can easily predict the Future remaining battery amount. Note that the effects described above are not necessarily limitative. With or in the place of the above effects, there may be achieved any one of the effects described in this specification or other effects that may be grasped from this specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoo Mizukami, Noriaki Sakamoto, Tomonobu Tsujikawa, Shota Kawarazaki, Ryo Nakagawa, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11188345
    Abstract: A method for network communication across application containers in a computer server system includes executing, by a computer system, a host operating system (OS). The host OS is an instance of an OS. The host OS includes multiple application containers operatively coupled to a memory. The method further includes executing, by the host OS, a virtual network interface for each of the application containers. The method further includes implementing, by the host OS, a remote direct memory access (RDMA) transparently for communications amongst the application containers by utilizing shared memory communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qin Yue Chen, Han Su, Feifei Li, Yu Zhuo Sun, Chao Jun Wei
  • Patent number: 11157054
    Abstract: A terminal device serves as a computer portable by a user and includes: a power supply controller that is connected to a device via a cable and supplied with power from the device, and communicates information with the device via the cable; a wireless communicator that is wirelessly connected to an access point to communicate information via a network; and an access-point controller that causes, when connected to a predefined control device via the cable, the wireless communicator to wirelessly connect to a first access point associated with the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirotaka Yakame, Taketoshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11157439
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for protecting in-flight data during a fundamental reset of a SSD by a connected host are presented. In embodiments, a controller for the SSD includes an input interface configured to receive commands from the host over a link, and processing circuitry coupled to the input interface. The processing circuitry is configured to, in response to receiving a reset command from the host, reset the link and an address space of the SSD, complete a flush of in-flight data from temporary buffers to non-volatile storage of the SSD, and, during an initialization sequence performed by the host, perform an internal reset. In embodiments, in response to the SSD performing the internal reset, the host's state of the SSD is reset, and the host is caused to re-initialize the link and configure the address space of the SSD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Judah Gamliel Hahn, Karin Inbar, Horst-christoph Georg Hellwig
  • Patent number: 11151257
    Abstract: Introduced here are technologies for securely booting a network access device or a satellite device. A network-accessible server system may receive a boot request that includes a boot certificate to identify the network access device. The network-accessible server system may determine that the boot certificate corresponds with a verified boot certificate listed on a boot certificate registry. The network-accessible server system may determine that a geographical location of the network access device and a mobile application executing on an electronic device are within a predetermined range. The network-accessible server system may distribute a digital certificate to the network access device based on determining that the boot certificate corresponds with any verified boot certificate listed on the boot certificate registry and determining that the geographical location of the network access device and the mobile application executing on the electronic device are within the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NETGEAR, INC.
    Inventors: Mihir Dushyantbhai Shah, Tejas Pankajkumar Shah, Peiman Amini, Joseph Amalan Arul Emmanuel
  • Patent number: 11137816
    Abstract: A software operation method for managing power supply and an electronic apparatus using the same are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a controller configured to convert a state into a sleep state, to convert the sleep state into a wake-up state for every first interval and to execute the first software. The controller is configured to convert the wake-up state into the sleep state, if an execution of the first software ends. The controller is configured to convert the sleep state into the wake-up state for every second interval and to execute the second software. The controller is configured to convert the wake-up state into the sleep state, if an execution of the second software ends. A classification into the first software and the second software is made based on an execution period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor Korea Inc.
    Inventor: Beom Jin Kim