Patents by Inventor Herman Hartmann

Herman Hartmann 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).

  • Electronic device, a method of controlling an electronic device, and system on-chip
    Patent number: 8819463
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which comprises at least one processing unit (CPU) for processing at least one application, an operating system (OS) for controlling the at least one application performed by the at least one processing unit (CPU), at least one workload build-up detector (WBD) for detecting a build-up of the workload of the at least one processing unit (CPU), at least one workload decrease detector (WDD) for detecting a decrease of the workload of the at least one processing unit (CPU), and at least one power management unit (SPM) for controlling an operating frequency and/or an operating voltage of the at least one processing unit in dependence on the detected workload build-up or the detected workload decrease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Artur Tadeusz Burchard, Herman Hartmann
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE, A METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM ON-CHIP
    Publication number: 20110113274
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which comprises at least one processing unit (CPU) for processing at least one application, an operating system (OS) for controlling the at least one application performed by the at least one processing unit (CPU), at least one workload build-up detector (WBD) for detecting a build-up of the workload of the at least one processing unit (CPU), at least one workload decrease detector (WDD) for detecting a decrease of the workload of the at least one processing unit (CPU), and at least one power management unit (SPM) for controlling an operating frequency and/or an operating voltage of the at least one processing unit in dependence on the detected workload build-up or the detected workload decrease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Artur Tadeusz Burchard, Herman Hartmann
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM-ON-CHIP
    Publication number: 20110099404
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided which comprises at least one processing unit (CPU) for processing at least one application having at least one task at least one operating frequency, an user event detecting unit (UED) for detecting at least one user event which initiates at least one task with an associated user event execution time, and a power manager (PM) for managing a power consumption of the processing unit (CPU) by controlling the operating frequency of the processing unit (CPU) in dependence of the associated user event execution time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Herman Hartmann, Artur Tadeusz Burchard