Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device, such as a notebook computer or laptop, that includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which includes any type of components, elements, circuitry, etc.). The electronic device may also include a hinge assembly to secure a top portion of the electronic device to an accessory. The hinge assembly is to allow a rotation of the top portion in relation to the accessory. The hinge assembly may include a plurality of discs to receive a plurality of segments of the accessory as the hinge assembly engages to secure the top portion of the electronic device to the accessory.

Abstract: A flash drive that can utilize space behind a mobile device is disclosed. In some embodiments, a body of the flash drive has three portions, a front portion, a back portion, and an intermediate portion that runs from the front portion to the back portion. A mobile device connector extends from a first end of the front portion, and a second connector extends from a second end of the back portion. The intermediate portion is configured to cause, when the mobile device connector is connected to the mobile device, the second connector and part of the back portion of the body to be located behind and, in some embodiments, adjacent to the back of the mobile device. This can enable part of the body to fit in a gap that can form between the back of the mobile device and a user's palm when the user holds the mobile device.

Abstract: A heat dissipation structure for hand-held device includes an element holding member internally defining a receiving space, a base plate held in the receiving space and having a plurality of electronic elements mounted on a top thereof, at least one heat conductive layer provided on one side of the electronic elements opposite to the base plate, and a graphite layer provided on one side of the heat conductive layer opposite to the electronic elements. The heat conductive layer transfers heat produced by the electronic elements to the graphite layer, from where the heat is quickly dissipated into ambient air, enabling upgraded heat dissipation efficiency of the electronic elements.

Abstract: A system and method for adaptive thermal and performance management in electronic devices are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: providing a processor with a plurality of selectable performance levels and a sensor in an electronic device; receiving sensor information from the sensor, the sensor information including information for determining if the electronic device is positioned proximately to an active airflow; determining a device context from the sensor information; and dynamically modifying the performance level of the processor by implementing one of a plurality of selectable performance levels of the processor based on the device context.

Abstract: A method for operating an electronic apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving a token, activating a power switch for powering up a core in response to the receiving the token, and outputting the token based on a state of powering up the core. The outputting of the received token is delayed until the state of powering up the core is reached. In one aspect, an electronic apparatus includes a power switch configured to power up to a core is provided. A power-switch control circuit is configured to receive a token, activate the power switch for powering up the core in response to receiving the token, output the received token based on a state of powering up the core. The outputting of the received token is delayed until the state of powering up the core is reached. A plurality of the power-switch control circuits is configured as a ring.

Abstract: An electronic device has an I/O port, a bus connector and a transistor that is connected between the I/O port and a communications contact of the bus connector. A control circuit is connected to the transistor to maintain a gate voltage of the transistor independent of power supply voltage on a power supply contact of the connector. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Abstract: In an embodiment, processor includes at least one logic circuit to generate information to be output from the processor; an input/output (IO) interface circuit coupled to the at least one logic circuit to receive and transmit the information; a voltage regulator to provide an operating voltage to the IO interface circuit; and a controller to control the voltage regulator to provide the operating voltage at an adjusted level from a nominal operating voltage based on a process variation of at least a portion of a die including the IO interface circuit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: An interface device, a vehicle having the same, and a method of controlling the same are provided. The interface device includes a port unit to which the external device is connected and is configured to transmit a first current transmitted from the multimedia player to the external device. A regulation unit is configured to regulate external power into a second current and a selection unit is configured to switch the first current transmitted to the port unit to the second current based on a mode of the external device. Merchantability is improved since an electronic device within the vehicle is rapidly charged using a USB port.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit operates with a voltage supplied from a first power supply IC to transmit and receive data to and from an external memory. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes: an interface circuit operating with a voltage supplied from a second power supply IC and accessing the external memory to transmit and receive data to and from the external memory; a determination circuit which determines, based on a result of the access by the interface circuit, an AC timing specification between the external memory and the interface circuit to generate control information for controlling an output voltage of the second power supply IC in accordance with the AC timing specification; and a voltage control circuit which controls the output voltage of the second power supply IC in accordance with the control information.

Abstract: Systems and methods related to hardware controlled power domains in a hardware system (e.g., an integrated circuit) are disclosed. In one embodiment, fully automatic power on and power off of the power domains in the hardware system is provided without software involvement. In this manner, power up and power down times for the power domains are substantially reduced or minimized, which in turn enables shorter active times for the power domains and thus reduced power consumption (e.g., reduced leakage when hardware in the power domains is idle).

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, one or more information handling resources communicatively coupled to the processor, and a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor. The management controller may have stored thereon at least one of a power table comprising parameters for power management of the one or more information handling resources and a thermal table comprising parameters for thermal management of the one or more information handling resources, and firmware comprising instructions executable on the management controller and configured to enable a user of the information handling system to, during runtime of the management controller, create a virtual power and thermal table capable of storing one or more entries, each entry setting forth power parameters and thermal parameters for an information handling resource.

Abstract: Techniques describe apparatus and method for generating computed results based on sensor readings for detecting features, such as edges, corners etc. The sensor apparatus may include a sensor element array that includes a plurality of sensor elements. The sensor elements may be arranged in a 2-dimensional array, such as columns and rows. The sensor elements may be capable of generating sensor reading based on environmental conditions. The sensor apparatus may include a dedicated computer vision (CV) computation hardware in in-pixel circuitry, peripheral circuitry or dedicated microprocessor coupled to the sensor element array and configured to receive output from one or more of sensor elements. The dedicated CV computation hardware may include configurable blocks for detecting features using CV operations, wherein the configurable blocks may be configured to switch between multiple CV operations, such as linear binary pattern (LBP) and/or histogram of signed gradient (HSG) computer vision operations.

Abstract: Techniques describe apparatus and method for generating local binary pattern (LBP) labels based on sensor readings from sensor elements. The sensor apparatus may include a sensor element array that includes a plurality of sensor elements and may also include in-pixel circuitry coupled directly to the sensor element, peripheral circuitry coupled to the sensor element array and configured to receive output from one or more of sensor elements and digital circuitry. The in-pixel circuitry and/or peripheral circuitry may include an analog and/or digital computation structure configured to generate an LBP label for each of the sensor elements readings, by currently comparing the sensor readings for the referenced sensor element with the sensor readings of four or less neighboring sensor elements, and using previously, or subsequently, generated comparisons for the remaining neighboring sensor elements.

Abstract: Energy consumption analytics of a cloud based service is provided. An application such as a power analytics application monitors power consumption data of a server of the cloud based service. The power consumption data of the server is captured in a data file, a data store, a temporary storage, etc. The power consumption data is analyzed to detect power consumption metrics for the server. The power consumption metrics are presented in a business intelligence data structure.

Abstract: A multiple-CPU (e.g., multi-core) computing device includes P-state management technologies that allow the computing device to update P-state data of all of the individual CPUs using a single periodic task running on one of the CPUs.

Abstract: This application relates to methods, apparatus, and systems for throttling a subsystem of a computing device, when a current demanded by the subsystem exceeds a threshold value, in order to protect a power supply providing the current to the subsystem. By reducing the current demanded by the subsystem, the subsystem can be powered by a power supply having a smaller dynamic current range than the subsystem, thereby removing the need to provide a larger power supply for the subsystem. The demand current is measured before the current provided by the power supply significantly increases and a transient current source providing current to the subsystem is depleted. In this way, the subsystem can be throttled before the power supply is aware of an increase in the current demand.

Abstract: The present inventions are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for scheduling in a data decoder.

Abstract: A mode switching method of wearable equipment and the wearable equipment are disclosed. The method comprising: confirming a current mode being a sleep mode, detecting an accumulated time of a motion state, judging whether the accumulated time is greater than a first predetermined time period and switching to a fake sleep mode if it is; and detecting an accumulated footsteps and a sleep state, which by judging whether the accumulated footsteps in a second predetermined time period is greater than a threshold footsteps and switching to the motion state if it is; and judging whether the second predetermined time period is experienced in the sleep state and switching to the sleep mode if it is. The present invention can improve the accuracy, while reducing power consumption.

Abstract: In one embodiment, while a mobile electronic device is in a first operation state, it receives sensor data from one or more sensors of the mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device analyzes the sensor data to estimate a current intention of a user with respect to the mobile electronic device; and transition from the first operation state to a second operation state based on the current intention of the user with respect to the mobile electronic device.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method that allow the adjustment of performance settings of a computing system are disclosed. One or more functional units may include multiple monitor circuits, each of which may be configured to monitor a given operational parameter of a corresponding functional unit. Upon detection of an event related to a monitored operational parameter, a monitor circuit may generate an interrupt. In response to the interrupt a processor may adjust one or more performance settings of the computing system.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for power-efficiently processing sensor data. In one embodiment, the operations implemented include: configuring a sensor fusion engine and a peripheral controller with a general purpose processor; placing the general purpose processor into a low-power sleep mode; reading data from a sensor and storing the data into a companion memory with the peripheral controller; processing the data in the companion memory with the sensor fusion engine; and awaking the general purpose processor from the low-power sleep mode.

Abstract: A switching method and an electronic device solve the technical problem of an inflexible switching way of an electronic device. The method includes capturing a first sensing parameter by a first sensing unit, and capturing a second sensing parameter by a second sensing unit, when the electronic device is in a first work state; judging whether the first sensing parameter meets a first preset condition and the second sensing parameter meets a second preset condition, or not; generating a first switching instruction for controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to a second work state, when the first sensing parameter meets the first preset condition and the second sensing parameter meets the second preset condition; and controlling the electronic device to switch from the first work state to the second work state, according to the first switching instruction.

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms to manage power states for a system-on-chip (SOC). Multiple modules of the SOC include a first module to perform a task including one or more accesses to a memory. In an embodiment, the SOC is transitioned to one of a path-to-memory-available (PMA) power state and a path-to-memory-not-available (PMNA) power state, where the transition is in response to an indication that, of the multiple modules, only the first module is to access the memory during the task. The PMA power state enables data communication between the memory and the first module and prevents data communication between the memory and any other module of the multiple modules. In another embodiment, the PMNA power state prevents data communication between the memory and any of the multiple modules, but allows a low latency transition from the PMNA power state to the PMA power state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for a zero voltage processor sleep state. A processor may include a dedicated cache memory. A voltage regulator may be coupled to the processor to provide an operating voltage to the processor. During a transition to a zero voltage power management state for the processor, the operational voltage applied to the processor by the voltage regulator may be reduced to approximately zero and the state variables associated with the processor may be saved to the dedicated cache memory.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to efficient and/or robust link power management of a UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter) interface are described. In an embodiment, logic causes a link to enter into a low power consumption state in response to a message exchange over data lines of a UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter) interface. The message exchange over the data lines of the UART interface is followed by a modification to one or more flow control signals coupled to the UART interface. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for reducing current transients of a power supply are disclosed. Specifically, the embodiments discussed herein include a control system configured to throttle a processor of a computing device when the current demanded by the processor from the power supply exceeds a reference current value. Throttling can include reducing or limiting the performance state that the processor can be operable in. Additionally, the control system can be operated according to multiple time domains, allowing the sampling of an input current to be performed at a higher rate than a rate at which analysis on the sampled input current is performed. The processor can remain throttled depending on a delayed release filter, which determines when a processor can return to a performance state that was previously removed.

Abstract: A rack server system is provided. When a power source supplied to the rack server system is normal, a part of the power source is supplied to a management module in the rack server system and the other part of the power source charges the energy storage component. When the power source supplied to the rack server system is abnormal, the power source will be blocked and not be supplied to the management module, thereby preventing the rack server system from operating abnormally. In stead of the power source, the electricity stored in the energy storage component is supplied to the management module. Herein, the management module also records this situation as the state information about the rack server system whereby the rack server system can be managed according to the state information.

Abstract: A power management device includes a workload rate detector configured to adjust a length of a duration period; a power management unit configured to calculate a period workload rate in the duration period; and a voltage-clock provider configured to adjust a power level, based on the period workload rate and/or based on an external command.

Abstract: In one example an electronic device comprises at least one sensor to detect an input from a remote input source and a controller comprising logic, at least partly including hardware logic, to detect an input on the at least one sensor, generate a signal in response to the input; and forward the signal to an application. Other examples may be described.

Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems and apparatuses for gesture-based augmented reality. Also discussed herein are methods of using the systems and apparatuses. According to an example a method may include detecting, in image data, an object and a gesture, in response to detecting the object in the image data, providing data indicative of the detected object, in response to detecting the gesture in the image data, providing data indicative of the detected gesture, and modifying the image data using the data indicative of the detected object and the data indicative of the detected gesture.

Abstract: A “Natural Motion Controller” identifies various motions of one or more parts of a user's body to interact with electronic devices, thereby enabling various natural user interface (NUI) scenarios. The Natural Motion Controller constructs composite motion recognition windows by concatenating an adjustable number of sequential periods of inertial sensor data received from a plurality of separate sets of inertial sensors. Each of these separate sets of inertial sensors are coupled to, or otherwise provide sensor data relating to, a separate user worn, carried, or held mobile computing device. Each composite motion recognition window is then passed to a motion recognition model trained by one or more machine-based deep learning processes. This motion recognition model is then applied to the composite motion recognition windows to identify a sequence of one or more predefined motions. Identified motions are then used as the basis for triggering execution of one or more application commands.

Abstract: A stereoscopic tracking status indicating method is provided. The method includes tracking information of a user's face by a three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus. The method also includes generating abnormal status indicating information when the information of the user's face is not tracked, where the abnormal status indicating information indicates that the information of the user's face is not tracked. Further, the method includes presenting the abnormal status indicating information to the user, such that the user is prompted to adjust a position of the user's face based on the abnormal status indicating information.

Abstract: Improving accuracy in understanding and/or resolving references to visual elements in a visual context associated with a computerized conversational system is described. Techniques described herein leverage gaze input with gestures and/or speech input to improve spoken language understanding in computerized conversational systems. Leveraging gaze input and speech input improves spoken language understanding in conversational systems by improving the accuracy by which the system can resolve references—or interpret a user's intent—with respect to visual elements in a visual context. In at least one example, the techniques herein describe tracking gaze to generate gaze input, recognizing speech input, and extracting gaze features and lexical features from the user input. Based at least in part on the gaze features and lexical features, user utterances directed to visual elements in a visual context can be resolved.

Abstract: Display repositioning is provided. A viewer set is detected based, at least in part, on sensory data received from one or more sensors, wherein the viewer set includes one or more viewers of a display device. A location of the viewer set is determined relative to a screen of the display device based, at least in part, on the sensory data. A secondary interface element is presented via the screen, wherein the secondary interface element has a location based, at least in part, on the location of the viewer set and wherein the secondary interface element has a size based, at least in part, on the location of the viewer set.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a main body, a fixing body, and a first display unit provided on the main body and/or the fixing body, wherein the first display unit has a first visible area and when the eyes of the viewer are a first distance away from the first visible area, a first image area of the image is perceived by the viewer, and when the eyes of the viewer are a second distance away from the first visible area, a second image area of the image is perceived by the viewer. The second image area includes the first image area and the first distance is larger than the second distance. A first content in the first image is displayed in the first image area, wherein the first content is perceived by the viewer when eyes of the viewer are the first distance away from the first visible area.

Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus is disclosed, the apparatus includes a reflective microdisplay, a visible light source, an illumination optics unit, an imaging optics unit and an eye tracker module which includes an invisible light source and a sensor. The invisible light source emanates an invisible light beam which is subsequently received by the imaging optics unit and directed thereby into an eye of a user. The sensor receives the invisible light beam reflected back from the eye of the user and thereby captures an image of the eye, on the basis of which, a position of the eye is determinable by calculation. The apparatus has the advantage of an improvement in the accuracy of the object tracking and does not have influence on the user at all.

Abstract: Systems and methods may provide a dynamically adjustable array of tactile elements on the back of a computer tablet. When an application running on the tablet requests user input at one or more locations on the display, these locations may be mapped onto corresponding tactile elements on the back of the tablet and the user may then engage the locations by touch instead of providing input on the display. The particular set of tactile elements chosen in the mapping may be altered to suit the application and the preferences of the user. In one embodiment, the tactile elements are groups of inflatable buttons that may readily be felt by the user.

Abstract: A haptic feedback assembly includes interconnections for mechanically and electrically securing a haptic actuator in a track pad assembly so as to securely and efficiently provide haptic feedback to a user.

Abstract: A touch-sensitive sheet member contains a body having predetermined hardness and a sheet shape and a sense-of-touch-representing unit that represents a sense of touch. The sense-of-touch-representing unit has a predetermined size and is arranged at positions of the body or at a predetermined position of the body. The touch-sensitive sheet member also contains a medium-supplying unit that supplies medium to the sense-of-touch-representing unit.

Abstract: A method of repositioning of screen elements from a first orientation to a second orientation with rendering one or more active screen elements on the display area in the first orientation. In one embodiment, upon detection to a second orientation, the active screen elements are re-rendered on the display area to be displayed in the new orientation while the direction of movement of animation remains in the same direction relative to the display area. In another embodiment, the method may consist of maintaining a list of screen elements and a list of graphical features including a directionality indicator where the directionality indicator points in a first direction in a first orientation and the same first direction in a second orientation. Re-rendering may be accomplished using a subset of HTML5 and a subset of CSS3 or its successors without having to use code native to the device containing the display area.

Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for localizing a region of interest using a hand gesture are disclosed. For example, the method acquires an image containing the hand gesture from the ego-centric video, detects pixels that correspond to one or more hands in the image using a hand segmentation algorithm, identifies a hand enclosure in the pixels that are detected within the image, localizes a region of interest based on the hand enclosure and performs an action based on the object in the region of interest.

Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and apparatus for localizing a region of interest using a dynamic hand gesture are disclosed. For example, the method captures the ego-centric video containing the dynamic hand gesture, analyzes a frame of the ego-centric video to detect pixels that correspond to a fingertip using a hand segmentation algorithm, analyzes temporally one or more frames of the ego-centric video to compute a path of the fingertip in the dynamic hand gesture, localizes the region of interest based on the path of the fingertip in the dynamic hand gesture and performs an action based on an object in the region of interest.

Abstract: Techniques and systems are described that enable improved gesture discernment from input devices, as well as simplified modeling and processing of gestures by application software layers. Given data (e.g., about movements, actions, or events) gathered from input devices, techniques and systems allow gestures to be discerned and inferred more formally and reliably, and processed more easily by an application layer. A gesture interpreter is provided that, in response to receiving an activation input data from an input device, instantiates a high-level Petri Net instance, executes the high-level Petri Net instance, and returns, to an application layer, an outcome gesture indicative of a terminal node in a path of the high-level Petri Net instance being traversed during the execution of the high-level Petri Net instance.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a collector for collecting information about a subject, comprising a first detector for detecting movement of the collector; and a gesture recognition apparatus for recognizing a gesture based on the information on the subject. The gesture recognition apparatus includes a storage unit for storing an operating instruction for an electronic device which corresponds to the gesture information; and a controller for correcting the recognized gesture information based on information on the movement of the collector, and determining an operating instruction for an electronic device which corresponds to the corrected gesture information.

Abstract: An interactive displaying method, a control method and an apparatus for achieving displaying of a holographic image are provided. The interactive displaying method comprises: scanning a 3D space by controlling signal transmitters arranged in a matrix to transmit signals; determining a target object in the 3D space; and determining a first position of the target object and displaying a viewable image corresponding to the target object at a second position of a display region. The control method comprises: scanning a 3D space by controlling signal transmitters arranged in a matrix to transmit signals; determining a gesture operation of a target object; determining the gesture; and executing a control operation corresponding to the gesture. The apparatus comprises a display unit, a signal detecting unit, a position determining unit and a display control unit.

Abstract: This relates to a device that detects a user's motion and gesture input through the movement of one or more of the user's hand, arm, wrist, and fingers, for example, to provide commands to the device or to other devices. The device can be attached to, resting on, or touching the user's wrist, ankle or other body part. One or more optical sensors, inertial sensors, mechanical contact sensors, and myoelectric sensors can detect movements of the user's body. Based on the detected movements, a user gesture can be determined. The device can interpret the gesture as an input command, and the device can perform an operation based on the input command. By detecting movements of the user's body and associating the movements with input commands, the device can receive user input commands through another means in addition to, or instead of, voice and touch input, for example.

Abstract: A configurable human-machine interface for controlling an electrical apparatus includes at least one permanent magnet rigidly connected to each of utensils and a magnetometer array including N triaxial magnetometers, mechanically linked to each other without any degree of freedom to retain a known distance between each of the magnetometers, wherein N is a whole number greater than or equal to five, and a processing unit configured to: define, for each permanent magnet of a utensil, a value of at least one variable encoding a position or orientation of same in a three-dimensional reference system fixed without any degree of freedom to the array or the amplitude of the magnetic moment of same, from measurements of the magnetometers of the array, and automatically select a control law based on the value defined for the variable.

Abstract: A mechanism to provide visual feedback regarding computing system command gestures. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a sensing element to sense a presence or movement of a user of the apparatus, a processor, wherein operation of the processor includes interpretation of command gestures of a user to provide input to the apparatus; and a display screen, the apparatus to display one or more icons on the display screen, the one or more icons being related to the operation of the apparatus. The apparatus is to display visual feedback for a user of the apparatus, visual feedback including a representation of one or both hands of the user while the one or both hands are within a sensing area for the sensing element.

Abstract: An input method and an electronic device are provided. The input method includes: detecting a presence of a first track set which corresponds to a first predetermined identifier, wherein the first track set comprises at least one track and is inputted into the electronic device; and if the first track set corresponds to the first predetermined identifier, associating a second track set with at least one second predetermined character that is related to the first predetermined identifier, wherein the second track set comprises at least one second track and is inputted into the electronic device after the first track set has been inputted. Recognition ability of the electronic device for the character is improved, and the input efficiency is increased.

Abstract: A medical treatment system comprising a housing; a recess defined by the housing; and a keyboard connected to the housing by a mechanism configured to permit the keyboard to move between: a deployed position in which the keyboard is disposed outside of the recess at an angle of 10° to 80° relative to a front surface of the housing; and a stored position in which the keyboard is at least partially disposed in the recess and keys of the keyboard are exposed for use by a user.