Abstract: A controller is formed as one chip, and controls a voltage regulator that supplies a power supply voltage to a CPU. The controller includes: an input unit for receiving a monitor voltage for monitoring the power supply voltage applied to the CPU; a control unit for detecting that the power supply voltage is decreased to a target voltage by the monitor voltage with the voltage regulator being in OFF state in a discharge mode; and an output unit for outputting a result signal indicating to make transition to a normal mode, when the power supply voltage has reached the target voltage. The control unit includes a calculation circuit, which is operated in accordance with a program. The calculation circuit is provided between the input unit and the output unit.

Abstract: A host device (10) may comprise an electrical power transmitting controller device (100), and an accessory device (20) may comprise an electrical power receiving controller device (200). After an identification and handshaking process to determine power requirements the power transmitting controller device (100) provides electrical power to the electrical power receiving controller device (200) to operate the accessory device. Coded communication data is transferred between the host device (10) and the accessory device (20) by a communication link. Power and communication are transferred over a single wire, such as an auxiliary pole (AUX) of a 3.5 mm jack interface (IO20).

Abstract: Servers, storage medium and methods associated with control of power management services of remote servers of a remote computing service are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a storage medium may have instructions to enable a local server to query a remote computing service having one or more remote servers. The instructions may enable the local server to receive a record from the remote computing service in response to the query. The record may include information related to power management services available from the one or more remote servers. The instructions may enable the local server to transmit power management commands, based on the information, to the remote computing service to at least partially control power consumption by the one or more remote servers. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and products for budgeting for power consumption in a chassis environment that includes a plurality of integrated technology elements (‘ITEs’), each ITE having power utilization information indicating an average power consumption of the ITE, including: determining, by a chassis management module, a total power requirement value based on a sum of the average power consumption for each ITE; increasing, by the chassis management module, the total power requirement value in dependence upon a predetermined power utilization delta; identifying, by the chassis management module, one or more power supplies to provide power to the ITEs in the chassis environment in dependence upon power delivery capabilities of the one or more power supplies and the total power requirement value; and powering on the identified one or more power supplies by the chassis management module.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to detecting access to powered down devices are described. In one embodiment, the power status of a device is determined based on a memory address corresponding to a data access request initiated by a processor or processor core. Access to a storage device, corresponding to the device, is controlled based on the power status of the device, e.g., to avoid random system hanging or crashes that may be hard to reproduce or debug. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A power management method for a server system is provided. At least any one of a power status indication signal and an alert signal from a power supply is detected to judge whether an input voltage is normal. If it is judged that the input voltage is abnormal, a motherboard sends the power status indication signal to a battery backup unit (BBU) to inform the BBU to supply power to the motherboard. If it is judged that the input voltage is abnormal, the motherboard lowers its loading.

Abstract: An information handling system is powered by a battery. In response to determining that a remaining amount of power within the battery has fallen below a first threshold, power consumption of the information handling system is reduced by reducing at least one non-critical operation of the information handling system, while maintaining at least one critical operation of the information handling system. After reducing the at least one non-critical operation, it is increased in response to determining that the remaining amount of power within the battery has risen above a second threshold.

Abstract: Includes receiving, from a link partner, a message specifying a link partner receive wake time and resolving to the lesser of the received link partner receive wake time and a local transmit wake time.

Abstract: A method includes monitoring power usage for a storage system that includes a set storage units at a first level of storage granularity and a set of storage sub-units at a second level of storage granularity, wherein the second level of storage granularity is finer than the first level of storage granularity. The method further includes assigning a non-uniform power budget to the set of storage units and adjusting a power budget for the storage sub-units according to the non-uniform power budget assigned to the storage units. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: Improved power management techniques for computer-readable storage devices are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a plurality of logical storage devices and a controller to manage operations of the plurality of logical storage devices, the controller comprising a configuration component to configure a global power consumption threshold defining an overall power consumption budget for the plurality of logical storage devices, a tracking component to maintain a global power consumption tally comprising an estimated total power consumption level for the plurality of logical storage devices, and an arbitration component to resolve an operation request based on the global power consumption threshold and the global power consumption tally. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented computer shut-down method includes identifying that a computing device has been moved from an open configuration in which input and output mechanisms on the computing device are accessible to a user, to a closed configuration in which at least some of the input and output mechanisms are inaccessible to a user; starting a shut-down timer in response to identifying that the computing device has been moved from the open configuration to the closed configuration; waiting a predefined time period, as established by the shut-down timer, and determining from the shut-down timer that the computing device can be transitioned from an active state into a sleep state in which power consuming components of the computing device are powered down; and transitioning the computing device from the active state to the sleep state upon determining that the computing device can be transitioned.

Abstract: A data processing device may receive, from an application running on the data processing device, an indication that one or more sensors may be associated with a user input for the application. Based on sensing information collected from the one or more sensors, a characteristic of the user input may be determined by the data processing device. The data processing device may refrain from entering a sleep mode if the characteristic of the user input matches a specific characteristic condition specified by the application. The data processing device may allow entering the sleep mode if the characteristic of the user input does not match the specific characteristic condition for a specific timeout period specified by the application. The data processing device may receive the indication, information on the specific characteristic condition and/or information on the specific timeout period via invoking, by the application, one or more application programming interfaces (APIs).

Abstract: A network-centric, power management system and method is disclosed for monitoring and controlling device nodes attached to a network. The monitoring and controlling includes collecting and processing information available on the network about the device nodes and using the collected information to manage power on the device nodes.

Abstract: Systems and methods of enabling power management in a micro server include providing multiple cores, a power management module coupled to the cores, and one or more peripherals coupled to the power management module. The power management module may be configured to cause the one or more peripherals to delay operations based on determining that the cores are in a first power consumption state, and place the cores in a second power consumption state for a predetermined time period. The second power consumption state may consume less power than the first power consumption state. The power management module may cause the one or more peripherals to resume their operations based on expiration of the predetermined time period and may place the cores in a third power consumption state based on the expiration of the time period.

Abstract: Systems and methods related to wakeup circuits for electronic devices are disclosed. More particularly, an electronic device includes a component operable in at least a lower power state and a higher power state and a wakeup circuit configured to signal the component to transition from the lower power state to the higher power state upon declaration of a wakeup event. The wakeup circuit is configured to process a received input signal to synchronize with a clock; generate an activity signal that includes an activity pulse for each time the processed input signal changes state in different cycles of the clock; open a qualification window upon detection of a first activity pulse in the activity signal; and in the event more than a threshold number of activity pulses in the activity signal are detected prior to closing the qualification window, declare a wakeup event.

Abstract: A method of staggering lanes in a peripheral component interconnect express (PCI-Express) port is described herein. The method includes initiating the port to enter or exit an electrical idle state. The method also includes forwarding a token to a predetermined lane of the port. Additionally, the method includes turning the predetermined lane ON or OFF by indication to an analog circuit interface. The method also includes forwarding the token to a neighboring lane when a staggering interval timer elapses.

Abstract: In one embodiment a controller comprises logic to determine whether an electronic device is operating in a low power state and in response to a determination that the electronic device is operating in a low power state, implement a memory state management routine which reduces power to at least a section of volatile memory in the memory system. Other embodiments may be described.

Abstract: A control unit for power supply circuits of points of load (POL) of an electronic system includes a means for autonomous customization by the customer-user of the original control program residing in the ROM of the device, as well as configuration of control parameters of the POL. Microprocessor architecture of the device includes a dedicated logic block and a rewritable non-volatile memory coupled to the data bus of the device or to an auxiliary bus thereof, thus providing a means for software extension of the power supply circuits. RAM is loaded at start-up with data of modified or added routines for implementing new commands and values of configuration and control data of the POL. The RAM may optionally be subjected to encryption/decryption for protection. During operation, program execution jumps from ROM address space to RAM address space and vice versa when certain values of a program counter are reached.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a main processor and a first memory. The main processor is configured to: determine whether or not specific data is stored in a first IO memory area of the first memory; generate a first piece of image data based on an OS memory area of the first memory; store the first piece of image data to a nonvolatile storage device; generate a second piece of image data based on the OS memory area of the first memory and the first IO memory area of the first memory; store the second piece of image data to the nonvolatile storage device; restore the software program to the OS memory area from the first piece of image data; and restore the software program to the OS memory area and the specific data to the first IO memory area from the second piece of image data.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for monitoring, controlling and reducing power in electronic devices and appliances, specifically the standby or vampire power. The system includes a central controller and one or more power switch routers (PSR). The one or more PSRs are networkable and the controller and one or more PSRs communicate by a wireless connection. The central controller and the one or more PSRs may be coupled in a network, where the network may be either a star network or a mesh network, or a combination of a star and mesh network. The resulting network is a scalable AC power switch network that may be remotely or locally controlled with advanced metering telemetry. To reduce vampire power, the PSRs are able to accurately measure the power consumption, measuring the neutral power line, and communicate information to the central controller.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is described herein for providing an early wake scheme before spawning a new thread. An early wake indication may be provided an amount of time, which may include an amount of time to perform a demotion from a current power state to a lower power state that is closer to an active power state, before a new thread is to be spawned and executed on a processing element (e.g., core or thread). Upon encountering the spawn of the new thread, such as a helper thread, the processing element may further transition from the lower power state to an active power state. The new thread may be executed on the processing element without incurring the latency associated with execution of the new thread waiting for the demotion from the current power state to an active power state after the spawn of the new thread.

Abstract: A system and method for conservation of battery power in a portable medical device is provided. In one example, a processor arrangement that includes a plurality of processors is implemented. At least one of these processors is configured to execute the critical functions of the medical device, while one or more other processors assume a reduced service level, thereby drawing significantly less power. According to this arrangement, the medical device conserves energy by drawing the additional electrical power needed to activate the additional processing power only when needed.

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes the step of obtaining a digital image of an object with a digital camera. The object is identified. A user query is received. The method includes the step of matching, with at least one processor, the user query with at least one manipulatable portion of a virtual view of the digital image of the object. The method include the step of obtaining the at least one manipulatable portion from a database of manipulatable portions of the object. The method includes the step of integrating the at least one manipulatable portion with the virtual view of the digital image of the object, wherein a manipulatable portion comprises a region of an augmented-reality element integrated into the virtual view of the digital image of the object, and wherein the augmented-reality element comprises a hyper link to another augmented-reality element comprising a virtual interior view of the object and wherein the camera obtains the predefined user gesture.

Abstract: A control device includes a storage device for prestoring rendering command data, a central processing device, and a rendering processing device. The rendering command data is data for generating a rendering command executed in order to generate display data indicating a display image to be displayed on a display device. The central processing device refers to a screen management table when a predetermined rendering condition is satisfied, and specifies and outputs rendering command specifying data corresponding to the satisfied rendering condition. The rendering processing device acquires the rendering command data specified by the outputted rendering command specifying data from storage device, generates display data based on the acquired rendering command data, and outputs the display data to the display device.

Abstract: An object manipulation apparatus and method model an object for manipulation of a virtual object, suggest object operation schema, define a physical and mental condition of an avatar, and set motion data of the avatar.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a contact sensing unit which senses an area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal, a recognizing unit which recognizes a function mode of the portable terminal based on information about the contacted area sensed by the contact sensing unit, and a control unit which changes the portable terminal to a function mode recognized by the recognizing unit. Since a function mode of the portable terminal is controlled according to the way a user holds the portable terminal, convenience of changing a function mode of the portable terminal is provided through a single manipulation.

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: A method includes receiving an image including an eye of a user of a computerized system and identifying, based the image of the eye, a direction of a gaze performed by the user. Based on the direction of the gaze, a region on a display coupled to the computerized system is identified, an operation is performed on content presented in the region.

Abstract: An apparatus for tracking a gaze of a glasses wearer simultaneously captures at least two face images by a camera, extracts glasses feature points when glasses are present within the face images by confirming whether the glasses are present within the captured face images, and calculates a gaze vector based on the extracted glasses feature points.

Abstract: A haptic control device, particularly for motor vehicles, with a touchpad including at least one contact-sensitive touch. A control signal can be triggered upon contact with the touch region, and the touchpad can be moveably driven by a drive in the plane of the touchpad in a certain rhythm. The touchpad is connected to a stationary carrier by one or more flexible connecting elements. The flexible connecting element or elements are spring arms, one end of which is connected to the carrier and the other end of which is connected to the touchpad.

Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display part, a vibrating body and a vibration transmission member. The first substrate includes a display region and an input region on an outer primary surface thereof, a non-display region outside of the display region on the first substrate, and an input section for detecting a position of an input on the input region. The second substrate includes a second internal primary surface facing a first primary surface of the first substrate. The display part is located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The vibrating body is located on a peripheral region of the second substrate. The vibration transmission member transmits vibration generated by the vibrating body from the second substrate to the first substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method that generates a tactile presentation, which indicates time on a mobile device. The mobile device may include a touch screen, a processor, and a means for generating electrovibrations. The touch screen may include the functionality to be activated to electrovibrate in at least one portion of the touch screen. The processor may receive electrical signals specifying and displaying a current time on the touch screen. The means for generating electrovibrations generates electrovibrations that vary in response to the time to provide the tactile presentation of the time on the touch screen. The touch screen typically includes a glass plate that is topped with a transparent electrode and insulator. The insulator may be operable to receive contact from a user's finger and in response, generate electrical impulses to provide a tactile presentation as haptic feedback to the user.

Abstract: A method of operating an image-capturing device for displaying an image of a subject on a screen, and performing image-capturing operation for the subject in response to a user's input to the screen. The method includes: a first step of detecting a pressing force of the user's finger press on the screen; a second step of displaying an image capture icon on the screen, the icon being actuated by the user for commanding the device for the capturing operation; a third step of, in response to a determination that the touch position overlaps with a region of the icon displayed, and that the force is above a first threshold, initiating focusing operation to focus on the subject; and a fourth step of, after the focusing operation is initiated, in response to a determination that the force is above a second threshold larger than the first threshold, initiating the capturing operation.

Abstract: Provided are a transparent tactile layer panel and a method of operating the transparent tactile layer panel. The transparent tactile layer panel includes an ion conducting polymer film on which tin antimony oxide (TAO) coatings are perpendicularly disposed in a matrix type, and generates a surface button by applying an electric signal to each of the TAO coatings and contracting the ion conducting polymer film. In particular, the transparent tactile layer panel includes: an input panel body including an ion conducting polymer film disposed between a screen and a cover film and coated with tin antimony oxide (TAO); a voltage applier configured to apply a voltage to the TAO coating; and a touch detector configured to sense an input when a user inputs into the cover film and detect a spot of the input. Accordingly, the input panel body may provide a three-dimensional effect by the voltage signal applied.

Abstract: An operating device includes a push operation mechanism including an operating portion to be push-operated, a tactile presenting means that drives the operating portion, a detecting portion for detecting movement of the operating portion, and a drive control unit that drives the driving portion by a drive control signal and a main vibration pulse signal output after outputting the drive control signal, the drive control signal being generated based on a start pulse signal and a pre-vibration pulse signal. The drive control unit sets a mask time to invalidate a detection signal of the detecting portion in a certain period when the drive control signal is output and switches from the output of the drive control signal to the output of the main vibration pulse signal based on a detection signal of the detecting portion after an elapse of the mask time.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process is provided. The process includes switching, in a case where at least one of an attitude sensing result and an acceleration sensing result relating to a portable information terminal, the portable information terminal including a touch panel, satisfies a predetermined switching condition, data of interest to a corresponding piece of data among plural pieces of data; and performing, on the data of interest, in a case where at least one of the attitude sensing result and the acceleration sensing result relating to the portable information terminal satisfies a predetermined performing condition, processing corresponding to the performing condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for triggering an instruction, methods and systems for obtaining user information, a terminal, and a server. The instruction triggering method includes: detecting a shaking operation of a mobile terminal; and triggering a preset input instruction according to the detected shaking operation. The user information obtaining method includes: when a mobile terminal detects a shaking operation, the mobile terminal sending a user information obtaining request to a server; and the mobile terminal receiving user information of a matching user returned according to the user information by the server. Another user information obtaining method includes: after a server receives a user information obtaining request triggered by a shaking operation of a mobile terminal, obtaining a user who matches the user information obtaining request and sending user information of the matching user to the mobile terminal.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a housing, a display unit installed in the housing and having a display area to display an image or a menu icon, a sensing unit installed in the housing adjacent to the display unit, and having a virtual area to sense an object which is disposed over the display area of the display unit, the virtual area defined by a boundary extended from the display area in a direction perpendicular to the display area, and a controller to analyze status of the object according to an original state of the object and a sensed state of the object, and to determine the analyzed status of the object as a user input.

Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional mouse device using several body parts, and a marionette control system using the same. The three-dimensional mouse device includes: a support member that is worn on at least one of a head, a face, an arm, and a foot among body parts; an action recognition module that is mounted on the support member; and an action recognition module that is attached to the support member to sense a motion of the body parts and output a sensing signal to the action recognition module.

Abstract: A key assembly for an electronic device that includes a keycap defining a key that has a non-opaque portion to identify the key that is backlit. The assembly includes a light guide positioned in spaced relation to the keycap. An optical radiation source, such as top-fire light emitting diode, is mounted below the lower surface of the light guide. A mask is disposed on the top surface of the optical radiation source. The mask includes an aperture to allow light from the optical radiation source to pass into the light guide, and the mask blocks at least a portion of the light from the optical radiation source. The mask blocks a portion of the top surface of the optical radiation source that emits tinted light. The light guide is affixed atop the opaque mask such that it is nearly directly affixed to the optical radiation source.

Abstract: There is provided a keyboard module including a plurality of keyboard keys, an optical finger mouse and a transmission interface. The keyboard keys are configured to trigger a digital signal. The optical finger mouse is configured to detect a physiological characteristic and a displacement. The transmission interface is configured to send the digital signal, the physiological characteristic and the displacement to a display device. There is further provided a display system.

Abstract: Touch sensitive mechanical keyboards and processes for detecting touch events and key depressions on the touch sensitive mechanical keyboard are provided. The touch sensitive mechanical keyboard can include a set of individually depressible mechanical keys having a touch sensitive area located on their surface. A touch sensor can be included to detect touch events on the surface of the mechanical keys. A keypad can also be included to detect a depression of the mechanical keys. The touch sensitive mechanical keyboard can further include a processor for distinguishing detected touch events from detected key depressions. The processor can generate either a key depression command or a touch event command.

Abstract: A computing device is described that outputs, for display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys. The computing device receives, an indication of a gesture detected at a presence-sensitive input device. The computing device determines, based at least in part on the indication of the gesture and at least one characteristic of the gesture, one or more keys from the plurality of keys. The computing device determines a character string based on the one or more keys from the plurality of keys. In response to determining that the character string is not included in a lexicon and a spatial model probability associated with the one or more keys from the plurality of keys exceeds a probability threshold, the computing device outputs, for display, the character string.

Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to optical devices, such as interactive displays, and in particular to interactive projection displays having passive input devices. The present disclosure also provides a passive interactive input device having the ability to overcome problematic ambient interference signals in an interactive display, such as an interactive projection display.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical displacement detection apparatus and an optical displacement detection method. The optical displacement detection apparatus includes: a light source for projecting light on a surface; an image capturing unit for generating an image signal according to light reflected from the surface; and a processing unit for generating an auto-exposure (AE) state value and an image quality (IQ) value according to the image signal, and determining an AE range according to an initial AE range, the AE state value and the IQ value.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for converting a display into a touch display. One or more optical sensors are arranged proximate the display. A processor receives a signal from the optical sensor(s) and, based on the signal, executes instructions for: (i) determining a distance between a pointer device and a surface of the display signal; (ii) determining a position of the pointer device on the surface of the display; (iii) when the distance is less than a threshold detection distance and greater than a threshold touch distance, providing an indication on the display that the position of the pointer device has been determined; and (iv) when the distance is less than the threshold touch distance, taking an action indicative of contact between the pointer device and the surface of the display.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a system and process that controls a group of networked electronic components using a multimodal integration scheme in which inputs from a speech recognition subsystem, gesture recognition subsystem employing a wireless pointing device and pointing analysis subsystem also employing the pointing device, are combined to determine what component a user wants to control and what control action is desired. In this multimodal integration scheme, the desired action concerning an electronic component is decomposed into a command and a referent pair. The referent can be identified using the pointing device to identify the component by pointing at the component or an object associated with it, by using speech recognition, or both. The command may be specified by pressing a button on the pointing device, by a gesture performed with the pointing device, by a speech recognition event, or by any combination of these inputs.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to computing technologies. In particular, aspects of the disclosure relate to mobile computing device technologies, such as systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for improving orientation data. In one embodiment, the orientation data is generated based on information synchronized to a common sensor input from a plurality of sensor inputs. In one implementation, the common sensor input is from a gyroscope. Furthermore, techniques are provided for improved and novel methods of presenting orientation data to an application layer.

Abstract: A multi-functional pen apparatus and a method for using the multi-functional pen are provided. The method includes switching an operation mode of the multi-functional pen to a pen mode according to a predetermined key input; receiving pen data in the switched pen mode; and transmitting the pen data to a portable terminal, wherein the portable terminal transmits a call based on the transmitted pen data.

Abstract: An operating method for an interactive writing device is provided. The operating method includes following steps. A visible light image is captured in response to an original outputted image. A tag searching region is established in the visible light image in response to a writing operation performed by a writing object having a color tag pattern. The original outputted image corresponding to the tag searching region is filtered from the visible light image in the tag searching region to generate a local processed image. A color tag corresponding to the color tag pattern of the writing object is searched from the local processed image. A color value corresponding to the color tag is generated.