Patents by Inventor Zhongchao Lv

Zhongchao Lv 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).

  • Information processing apparatus and power supply control circuit
    Patent number: 9261937
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a power supply control portion that performs control of a power supply; a detection signal emitting portion that, when a connection of an external power source is detected in an operation stand-by state in which power consumption is suppressed and an operation is on stand-by, emits a detection signal only for a certain time period, in accordance with the detection; and a power supply portion that supplies power to the power supply control portion based on the detection signal emitted by the detection signal emitting portion and also stops the power supply to the power supply control portion after a certain time period elapses from the connection in the operation stand-by state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Morimura, Daisuke Kawamoto, Takeshi Endo, Takeshi Masuda, Zhongchao Lv
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20140181566
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a power supply control portion that performs control of a power supply; a detection signal emitting portion that, when a connection of an external power source is detected in an operation stand-by state in which power consumption is suppressed and an operation is on stand-by, emits a detection signal only for a certain time period, in accordance with the detection; and a power supply portion that supplies power to the power supply control portion based on the detection signal emitted by the detection signal emitting portion and also stops the power supply to the power supply control portion after a certain time period elapses from the connection in the operation stand-by state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: TAKAAKI MORIMURA, DAISUKE KAWAMOTO, TAKESHI ENDO, TAKESHI MASUDA, ZHONGCHAO LV
  • Information processing apparatus and power supply control circuit
    Patent number: 8700942
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a power supply control portion that performs control of a power supply; a detection signal emitting portion that, when a connection of an external power source is detected in an operation stand-by state in which power consumption is suppressed and an operation is on stand-by, emits a detection signal only for a certain time period, in accordance with the detection; and a power supply portion that supplies power to the power supply control portion based on the detection signal emitted by the detection signal emitting portion and also stops the power supply to the power supply control portion after a certain time period elapses from the connection in the operation stand-by state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Morimura, Daisuke Kawamoto, Takeshi Endo, Takeshi Masuda, Zhongchao Lv
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20120042187
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a power supply control portion that performs control of a power supply; a detection signal emitting portion that, when a connection of an external power source is detected in an operation stand-by state in which power consumption is suppressed and an operation is on stand-by, emits a detection signal only for a certain time period, in accordance with the detection; and a power supply portion that supplies power to the power supply control portion based on the detection signal emitted by the detection signal emitting portion and also stops the power supply to the power supply control portion after a certain time period elapses from the connection in the operation stand-by state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Takaaki Morimura, Daisuke Kawamoto, Takeshi Endo, Takeshi Masuda, Zhongchao Lv