Abstract: An electronic device includes a bracket having a through hole, a first circuit board and a second circuit board which are disposed below the bracket. The second circuit board is electrically connected with the first circuit board, and a first module and a second module are disposed above the bracket. The first module and the second module are electrically connected with the first circuit board via a wiring structure passing through the through hole.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to an integrated liquid cooling of a server system. For example, a method for integrated liquid cooling of a server system can include creating a liquid cooling component that includes creating a three dimensional (3D) design based on a server system, where the 3D design includes customized angle geometry. Further, the method for integrated liquid cooling of a server system can include forming the liquid cooling component based on the 3D design, where the liquid cooling component includes a plurality of liquid flow passages for delivering cooling resources to the server system, and delivering the cooling resources to the server system via the liquid cooling component.

Abstract: In one implementation, a system for a memory cooling pad includes a first thermal interface material coupled to a second thermal interface material by a liner material configured to position the first thermal interface material on a first side of a memory unit and to position the second thermal interface material on a second side of the memory unit.

Abstract: Certain aspects direct to systems and methods for platform simulation for development projects of a management controller, such as a baseboard management controller (BMC). The management controller stores a firmware module and a simulator module. The firmware module is supposed to receive thermal output signals from cooling zones of a computing device. The simulator module is a software implemented module used to simulate the cooling zones, by generating the thermal output signals of the cooling zones based on configuration data stored in a data store, and sending the simulated thermal output signals to the firmware module for development and testing purposes.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for environmentally monitoring electronics devices. Each electronics device has an environmental sensor configured to monitor an environmental state. Environmental control logic, including computer instructions stored in the memory, is configured to simultaneously query, with respect to a global clock, at least a subset of the electronics devices to read the respective sensors and thereby obtain a set of environmental data points, and to map the set of environmental data points in relation to the sensor locations forming a transmissibility mode profile (TMP).

Abstract: Methods and systems for scalable high-performance embedded computing architectures. According to an embodiment, a scalable high-performance embedded computing system increases computational capability within the restrictive size, weight, and power constraints of systems such as the external pod payloads of unmanned aircraft systems, among many other possible systems. The core computer capability can be placed in various environments, and according to one embodiment utilizes a flight-certified aeronautics pod that is scalable in length. The scalable HPEC system can be connected to external data sources, or the nose and tail can be made of Radio Frequency transparent material, enabling the use of various RF sensing technologies within the same aeronautics enclosure. According to an embodiment, a lightweight, thermally-efficient conduction cooled chassis supports the required board and interface hardware.

Abstract: A user detection apparatus includes a processor for an information handling device and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect a user in a user space that is proximate to the information handling device in response to an airflow being detected in the user space and, in response to detecting the user, resume or begin operations in the information handling device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a temperature sensor and a processor. The temperature sensor measures temperatures of a plurality of memory modules. The processor changes memory addresses of the plurality of memory modules such that temperatures of the plurality of memory modules are equalized, the memory addresses of the plurality of memory modules being associated with memory addresses of pages that are assigned to a virtual memory in which the plurality of memory modules are virtually available.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides system and methods for electric vehicle distributed intelligence. A system may determine scheduled charging times and scheduled charging locations to charge electric vehicles. The scheduled charging locations may correspond to charging stations geographical distributed throughout a power grid. The system may receive parameters related to power grid components configured to affect distribution of power. The system may forecast a power demand for charging the electric vehicles at the scheduled charging times and scheduled charging locations. The system may determine that a power demand to charge the electric vehicles is greater or less than power made available by the power grid components at the charging stations. The system may cause power to be reallocated among the power grid components in response to determination that the power demand to charge the electric vehicles is greater or less than power made available by the power grid components.

Abstract: A computing device is associated with a circuit for sharing and distributing backup power. During normal operating conditions, a main bus bar provides power to each computing device in a rack via a main power bus of the corresponding circuit. In the event of an AC power outage, the main power bus is deactivated and a backup power path of the circuit is activated. Backup power is provided to the device from a battery of the circuit via the backup power path. A shared power path is also activated in the circuit such that backup power may be provided from the battery to the main bus bar. By providing backup power to the main bus bar, the other computing devices in the rack that do not have sufficient backup power may receive backup power from the main bus bar until AC power is restored.

Abstract: A processor adjusts frequencies of one or more clock signals in response to a voltage droop at the processor. The processor generates at least one clock signal by generating a plurality of base clock signals, each of the base clock signals having a common frequency but a different phase. The processor also generates a plurality of enable signals, wherein each enable signal governs whether a corresponding one of the base clock signals is used to generate the clock signal. The enable signals therefore determine the frequency of the clock signal. In response to detecting a voltage droop, the processor adjusts the enable signals used to generate the clock signal, thereby reducing the frequency of the clock signal droop.

Abstract: A power supply manageable wearable device includes: a power management module connected to the microphone interface, a control module and a function module that are connected to the power management module respectively; wherein the control module monitors whether a user instruction includes a voice communication instruction; if the user instruction includes the voice communication instruction, the power management module is enabled to supply power to a microphone and output a first voltage to supply power to the control module; or otherwise, the power management module is enabled to cut off power supply to the microphone and output a second voltage to supply power to the control module and the function module, or output a first voltage to supply power to the control module and output a second voltage to supply power to the function module. The wearable device has the advantages of convenient use and low cost.

Abstract: Power supply of ECUs connected to a communication network is optimally controlled so that power consumption is reduced. A transceiver/receiver converts a message of a differential signal received via a CAN bus into a digital signal. A select circuit determines whether the converted message is in a CAN format or a UART format. If it is in the UART format, the select circuit outputs a message to the UART circuit. A UART circuit determines whether the message matches a UART format. If matched, an ID determination circuit determines whether the input message is specifying a CAN ID of its own ECU. If it is the CAN ID of the ECU, the ID determination circuit outputs an enable signal to turn on a regulator and supply power to an MCU and an actuator.

Abstract: One example includes a power control system. The power control system includes an activation controller that is powered via a first power voltage generated via a first power supply and is configured to provide an enable signal. The activation controller can assert the enable signal in response to an input activation signal to control activation of a second power supply. The second power supply can generate a second power voltage in response to the enable signal being asserted. The second power voltage can be provided to regulate power associated with ancillary electronic circuitry. The system also includes a deactivation controller that is powered via the second power voltage and is configured to generate a disable signal to de-assert the enable signal in response to one of a plurality of predetermined deactivation conditions.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit that stores object identification data for identifying an object operable by a user and feature data indicating a feature of appearance of each object; an environment map storage unit that stores an environment map representing a position of one or more objects existing in a real space and generated based on an input image obtained by imaging the real space using an imaging device and the feature data stored in the data storage unit; and a selecting unit that selects at least one object recognized as being operable based on the object identification data, out of the objects included in the environment map stored in the environment map storage unit, as a candidate object being a possible operation target by a user.

Abstract: In various embodiments, the motion of a wristband is used to control games.

Abstract: The present application provides a method and device for determining input information, and relates to the field of a wearable device. The method comprises in response to a first part of a body of a user executing an action, acquiring target blood-flow information about the first part or a second part that corresponds to the first part; and determining input information according to the target blood-flow information and reference information. According to the method and device, the body of the user is used as an input interface, to cause an interaction area to be increased, which helps to improve input efficiency and user experience.

Abstract: The present application provides methods and devices for determining an action and/or an action part, and generally relates to the field of wearable devices. A method disclosed herein comprises: in response to that a first part on a body of a user executes an action, acquiring target blood flow information of the first part or a second part corresponding to the first part; and determining the first part and/or the action according to the target blood flow information and reference information. The methods and devices provide a new scheme for recognizing an action and/or an action part.

Abstract: A locomotion system for use with a virtual environment technology includes a platform configured to support a user, a harness support assembly coupled to the platform and extending upwardly from the platform, and a safety harness configured to be worn by the user. The harness support assembly includes a support halo positioned above the platform and extending about a vertical central axis. The safety harness includes an interface structure moveably coupled to the support halo.

Abstract: According to the invention, a method for changing a display based on a gaze point of a user on the display is disclosed. The method may include determining a gaze point of a user on a display. The method may also include causing a first area of the display to be displayed in a first manner, the first area including the gaze point and a surrounding area. The method may further include causing a second area of the display to be displayed in a second manner, the second area being different than the first area, and the second manner being different than the first manner.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a terminal side association processing unit which associates first additional information with sound information, an imaging unit which images second additional information, and a detection unit which detects positional information and azimuth information of the imaging unit. The main body side association processing unit associates the associates the third additional information with the first additional information and the sound information based on an imaging time when the second additional information is imaged.

Abstract: A haptically-enabled controller device comprising a controller body, a user input element, a haptic actuator, and a transmission component is presented. The user input element has a range of motion that extends from a first position to an end stop position. The haptic actuator is configured to output a force or torque. The transmission component comprises an arm connected to the haptic actuator and to the user input element. The arm is configured to transfer the force or torque from the haptic actuator to the user input element with a first multiplication factor when the user input element is at the first position, and to transfer the force or torque from the haptic actuator to the user input element with a second multiplication factor when the user input element is at the end stop position. The second multiplication factor is higher than the first multiplication factor.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a user interface. The method comprises acquiring information on a position where at least one of a first device and a second device contacts a body of a user, and upon the occurrence of a triggering event that causes haptic feedback in at least one of the first device and the second device, controlling properties of haptic feedback provided in at least one of the first device and the second device, with reference to the acquired information on the body contact position, information on a display state associated with the triggering event, and information on contents or functions associated with the triggering event.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display part; a top panel having a manipulation surface; a coordinate detector configured to detect coordinates of a manipulation input performed on the manipulation surface; a vibrating element configured to generate a vibration at the manipulation surface; a drive controlling part configured to drive the vibrating element such that an intensity of the natural vibration changes in accordance with a position of the manipulation input performed on the manipulation surface and in accordance with a degree of time change of the position; and a housing to which the top panel is attached, wherein the top panel is fixed to the housing along an edge side of the top panel, and a first fixing force at first positions where antinodes of the natural vibration occur is smaller than a second fixing force at second positions where nodes of the natural vibration occur.

Abstract: An input device includes a touch panel incorporating a switch electrode region, and an actuator. The switch electrode region includes a switch electrode and a ground electrode disposed side by side with the switch electrode. The actuator includes a push button having an operation surface, an elastic body, a conductor, and a facing surface. The conductor faces the switch electrode region and is separated from the switch and ground electrodes. The conductor moves in line with a press put on the push button such that a capacitance value between the conductor and each of the switch and ground electrodes changes in response to a distance between the conductor and the switch electrode.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to determining proximity based on image blurriness. In some aspects, a device may analyze an image sensed by an image sensor of the device. The device may determine a metric based on analyzing the image. The metric may provide an indication of a blurriness or a sharpness of the image. The device may determine, based on the metric, a measure of proximity associated with the image.

Abstract: Provided are an optical terminal device and a scan program having a high operability not needing an excessive consciousness. An optical terminal device obtains the entire image of a scan object range, and includes an image capture unit including an imaging element, taking an image of each region within the scan object range, and obtaining unit image data of each region, a positional information obtaining unit obtaining image positional information corresponding to the unit image data, and an image synthesis unit synthesizing a plurality of the unit image data, and creating the entire image of the scan object range. The positional information obtaining unit includes a six-dimensional sensor provided at a device main body, and detecting an acceleration and angular speed, and an arithmetic processing unit calculating the image positional information of the unit image data based on the acceleration and angular speed.

Abstract: An input mechanism for a portable electronic device includes a rotational manipulation mechanism, such as a cap or shaft. The input mechanism also includes a sensor having first capacitive elements coupled to the manipulation mechanism, second capacitive elements, and a dielectric positioned between the first and second capacitive elements. Movement of the manipulation mechanism alters the positions of the first and second capacitive elements with respect to each other and is determinable based on capacitance changes resulting therefrom. In some implementations, the second capacitive elements may be part of an inner ring or partial ring nested at least partially within an outer ring or partial ring.

Abstract: A multimedia system for a vehicle is provided. The multimedia system includes a processor and a multi-function control knob communicatively coupled to the processor. The multi-function control knob is configured to provide control signals to the processor such that the multi-function control knob operates in a first mode or a second mode and switch between the first mode and the second mode in response to a double actuation of the multi-function control knob.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touch panel including a plurality of touch panel electrodes; a stylus pen configured to perform transmission and reception of an electric signal with the touch panel using capacitive coupling and without using a separate power supply to the stylus pen; and a controller configured to, when the electric signal is received from the stylus pen through the capacitive coupling, detect a location of the stylus pen with respect to the touch panel based on signal magnitudes of at least two touch panel electrodes from which the electrical signal is detected.

Abstract: A touch screen apparatus includes: an active area and a non-active area outside the active area; first sensing electrodes arranged along a first direction in the active area; second sensing electrodes arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction in the active area, the second sensing electrodes being insulated from the first sensing electrodes; and at least one additional sensing electrode separated from the first and second sensing electrodes, the at least one additional sensing electrode being located in the non-active area.

Abstract: A user terminal device and a control method are provided. The user terminal device includes a display, a sensor configured to sense a user interaction on the display, and a controller configured to, in response to a user interaction being sensed by the sensor of a touch being made by an input device of a polyhedral shape that includes different touch patterns on each of a plurality of surfaces, control a function of the user terminal device according to a touch pattern on a touched surface among the plurality of surfaces.

Abstract: A method is provided for using an active stylus and a sensor controller that engage in two-way communication with each other. The sensor controller sends a beacon signal BS indicating reference time of a frame F. After detecting the beacon signal BS, the active stylus sends, included in a response signal to the beacon signal BS, a hash value CP_Hash associated with capability information indicating the type of one or more pieces of interactive data DF that can be obtained by the active stylus. The active stylus periodically sends data signals DF1,DF2, and so on, which include at least part of the one or more pieces of interactive data DF and which are configured in a format determined based on the one or more pieces of interactive data DF.

Abstract: A display unit, in the form of a monocle or other very small display, provides visual input to a user based on data received from an input unit, such as a track pad. The display unit may provide a graphical user interface and is placed in front of a user's eye. The display unit has optics that allow data, documents, and information within the graphical user interface to be displayed for user viewing at very short distances. A user may provide input through the input unit remote from the monocle. The input unit may be held by the user in one hand, two hands, wrist-mounted, or in some other configuration.

Abstract: A display device including a display panel and a touch panel is provided. At least one of the display panel and the touch panel is made of a flexible material. The display device is capable of being switched between a first usage state where a portion of the touch panel overlaps a portion of the display panel so that a touch operation is capable of being performed, through the touch panel, on at least a portion of an image displayed on the display panel, and a second usage state where the display panel is located at a side of the touch panel and does not overlap the touch panel and a button pattern is formed on the touch panel through which an operation is performed on the image displayed on the display panel.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes a sensing pattern which includes a first mesh pattern formed in a first direction and a second mesh pattern formed in a second direction, the second mesh pattern including isolated unit patterns, a bridge electrode connecting the neighboring isolated unit patterns of the second mesh patterns, an insulation layer disposed between the sensing pattern and the bridge electrodes, and an auxiliary mesh pattern disposed on or below at least one of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern, the auxiliary mesh pattern being connected to at least one of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern.

Abstract: One object is to provide a new electronic device which is configured so that a user can read data regardless of a location, input data by directly touching a keyboard displayed on a screen or indirectly touching the keyboard with a stylus pen or the like, and use the input data. A first transistor electrically connected to a reflective electrode and a photo sensor are included over one substrate. A touch-input button displayed on a first screen region of the display portion is displayed as a still image, and a video signal is output so that a moving image is displayed on a second screen region of the display portion. A video signal processing portion supplying different signals between the case where a still image is displayed on the display portion and the case where a moving image is displayed on the display portion is included.

Abstract: A touch display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The touch display panel includes a substrate, a conductor, a first pressure sensing electrode and a second pressure sensing electrode. The conductor is stacked under the substrate, and the conductor is not connected to a bias. The first pressure sensing electrode is disposed on the substrate and disposed above the conductor. A compression zone exists between the first pressure sensing electrode and the conductor, so as to form a first pressure sensing capacitor. The second pressure sensing electrode is disposed on the substrate and disposed above the conductor. The compression zone exists between the second pressure sensing electrode and the conductor, so as to form a second pressure sensing capacitor connected in series with the first pressure sensing capacitor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic device including a first touch circuit to be coupled to a first touch sensing unit, the first touch sensing unit having first drive lines and first sense lines intersecting the first drive lines. A second touch circuit is to be coupled to a second touch sensing unit, the second touch sensing unit having second drive lines and second sense lines intersecting the second drive lines. A touch force circuit is to be coupled to a touch force sensing unit, the touch force sensing unit having third drive lines and third sense lines intersecting the third drive lines. The first touch circuit, second touch circuit, and touch force circuit are configured to drive the first, second, and third drive lines as a function of a synchronization signal, and acquire data from the first, second, and third sense lines as a function of the synchronization signal.

Abstract: A capacitive sensing system for determining mass displacement and direction is disclosed. In an embodiment, a capacitive sensing system for sensing mass displacement and direction comprises: a mass; a periodic drive electrode pattern formed on or attached to the mass; a sensing electrode array positioned relative to the periodic electrode pattern, the sensing electrode array operable to sense a capacitance in an overlapping area between the periodic drive electrode pattern and the sensing electrode array; and a capacitive sensing circuit coupled to at least the sensing electrode array, the capacitive sensing circuit operable to generate a periodic signal based on the sensed capacitance, to determine a phase shift in the periodic signal in response to the periodic drive electrode pattern moving relative to the sensing electrode array, and to determine, based on the phase shift, a displacement and direction of the mass on a movement axis.

Abstract: A pressure sensor including: a first conductor; a second conductor spaced apart from the first conductor, and positioned so as to form a capacitance with the first conductor; and an elastic member positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, in which the capacitance varies according to a pressure applied to one or more of the first conductor and the second conductor, and the first conductor has a shape different from that of the second conductor.

Abstract: A conductive sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first nanostructure and a second nanostructure disposed to intersect each other. A thickness of an intersect region of the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure is 0.6 to 0.9 times the sum of thicknesses of non-intersection regions of the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a method for manufacturing a touch sensor capable of concurrently forming routed circuit patterns on both surfaces of a base film and capable of aligning the routed circuit patterns on the top and bottom surfaces with each other with high accuracy. [Solution] A method for manufacturing a touch sensor includes forming electrode patterns on both surfaces of a base film through concurrent light exposure on both surfaces and development using photosensitive electrically conductive films each including a support film, an electrically conductive layer disposed on the support film and containing an electrically conductive fiber, and a second photosensitive resin layer disposed on the electrically conductive layer. Routed circuit patterns obtained by patterning the light-shielding metal layers are formed in advance on both surfaces of the base film.

Abstract: A wiring body for a touch sensor includes a first resin layer, a first conductor layer provided on the first resin layer and including a first conductor line, a second resin layer covering the first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer provided above the first conductor layer via the second resin layer and including a second conductor line. The first and second conductor layers are electrically insulated by the second resin layer, a following Expression is satisfied: D1<D2. D1 is a thickness of the first resin layer in a first region corresponding to the first conductor line in a first predetermined cross-section that crosses the wiring body along the second conductor line, and D2 is a thickness of the second resin layer in the first region of the first predetermined cross-section.

Abstract: The present application relates to a conductive structure body and a method for manufacturing the same. A conductive structure body according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application comprises a substrate; a metal layer provided on the substrate; and a light reflection reducing layer provided on at least one surface of the metal layer and comprising copper-manganese-nickel oxide.

Abstract: A touch sensor may include a base substrate, a sensing unit including a first electrode and a second electrode provided on a same layer of the base substrate and not overlapping with each other, wherein a capacitance of the sensing unit is changed by a user's touch, and a cushion layer disposed on at least one surface of the sensing unit and configured to have a permittivity change in response to a pressure of the user's touch, wherein the cushion layer may include an insulator and conductive particles and the insulator may include an elastic material elastically deformed by the pressure of the user's touch.

Abstract: A pressure sensor including a first conductor located in a pressure sensing region including a first sensing region and a second sensing region; and a second conductor spaced apart from the first conductor, the second conductor forming capacitance with the first conductor. The first conductor includes a first conductive part located in the first sensing region and a second conductive part located in the second sensing region. The area ratio of the second conductive part with respect to the second sensing region is different from the area ratio of the first conductive part with respect to the first sensing region.

Abstract: In a method of input sensing and exclusion, an input is detected within a sensing region of an input device. It is determined that the input is along an edge of the input device. It is then determined whether the input satisfies exclusion criteria. Responsive to satisfaction of the exclusion criteria, the input is excluded from consideration as valid input.

Abstract: A conductive film includes a wiring pattern having the following characteristics. For each spectrum in which spectrum peaks obtained by performing two-dimensional Fourier transform on transmittance image data of the entire image has normalized spectrum intensities equal to or greater than a specified value, an angle is set to oscillate by each unit of a specific angle. Intensity differences, each of which is obtained from a maximum value and a minimum value of the normalized spectrum intensity for each angle, are calculated. One or more clusters of bars, which indicate frequencies of a histogram at an average value or more of the intensity difference in a case where the histogram is a histogram of the intensity differences, are isolated from the other cluster.

Abstract: The present invention provides a touch processing device which is configured to connect to a touch sensitive panel having a plurality of sensing points. The touch processing device comprises a transmitter detecting module and an information transmitting module. The transmitter detecting module is configured to detect a transmitter transmitting an electrical signal only when approaching or touching the touch sensitive panel and to generate at least a two-dimensional sensing information. The at least one two-dimensional sensing information is sensing information corresponding to the plurality of sensing points with respect to at least one frequency. The information transmitting module is configured to transmit the at least one two-dimensional sensing information.