Patents by Inventor Eric Ian Mikuteit

Eric Ian Mikuteit has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for managing electrical current in a portable computing device
    Patent number: 9087114
    Abstract: An electrical current (“EC”) manager module may assign a plurality of hardware elements of the PCD to one of two groups. The EC manager module may monitor individual electrical current levels of one of the groups as well as calculate an instantaneous electrical current level for the PCD based on a current charge status for the PCD. The EC manager module may then adjust operation of at least one hardware element to keep operation of the PCD below the calculated instantaneous electrical current level for the PCD. The EC manager module may estimate an electrical current level for one of the groups based on requests issued to hardware elements. The EC manager module may also compare the calculated instantaneous electrical current level to the monitored electrical current level. The calculated instantaneous electrical current level may be compared to minimum current levels listed in a table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher Chun, Amy Derbyshire, Jon J. Anderson, Christopher Patrick, Todd Sutton, Eric Ian Mikuteit
  • System and Method For Managing Electrical Current In A Portable Computing Device
    Publication number: 20130227327
    Abstract: An electrical current (“EC”) manager module may assign a plurality of hardware elements of the PCD to one of two groups. The EC manager module may monitor individual electrical current levels of one of the groups as well as calculate an instantaneous electrical current level for the PCD based on a current charge status for the PCD. The EC manager module may then adjust operation of at least one hardware element to keep operation of the PCD below the calculated instantaneous electrical current level for the PCD. The EC manager module may estimate an electrical current level for one of the groups based on requests issued to hardware elements. The EC manager module may also compare the calculated instantaneous electrical current level to the monitored electrical current level. The calculated instantaneous electrical current level may be compared to minimum current levels listed in a table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher Chun, Amy Derbyshire, Jon J. Anderson, Christopher Patrick, Todd Sutton, Eric Ian Mikuteit