Abstract: A drone, a method for controlling the flight of a drone, and a program for controlling the flight of a drone capable of preventing the drone from flying into a place where it is difficult for an operator to visually observe the drone and flying the drone within an area in which the operator can visually observe the drone are provided. A control unit of the drone determines whether an illuminance detected by an illuminance sensor satisfies a required illuminance for the drone to fly, and if the detected illuminance does not satisfy the required illuminance, inhibits the drone from flying in the flight direction.

Abstract: A method for generating a signal for transferring a partly or highly automated vehicle into a safe system state at a target site. First, a need to transfer the vehicle into a safe system state is ascertained. A vehicle state is then determined, the vehicle state encompassing the current vehicle position. At least one target site is ascertained. Travel trajectories are ascertained from the current vehicle position to the at least one target site. The travel trajectories are related. One of the travel trajectories is selected based on the rating that has been carried out. A signal is generated on the basis of the selected travel trajectory.

Abstract: An acquirer of an autonomous mobile device acquires a value of level difference between a datum level and the device. A determiner determines whether the value of level difference acquired by the acquirer is equal to or higher than a given value. A movement restrictor restricts parallel shift of the device when the determiner determines that the value is equal to or higher than the given value.

Abstract: A vehicle includes: motor(s), local sensors, processor(s) configured to: generate a virtual map based on the local sensors; receive a plurality of reports from a plurality of external entities, statistically compare the plurality of reports, and identify an outlying report based on the statistical comparison; instruct the external entity responsible for the outlying report to mark future reports; ignore marked reports; generate the virtual map based on unmarked reports; reallocate virtual map processing resources based on unmarked reports.

Abstract: A drone is described. The drone includes a depth sensor configured to provide information for determining a distance between the drone and a moving base. The drone also includes a processor configured to control a computer vision tracking algorithm based on the distance, and to control drone movement based on the computer vision tracking algorithm. A vehicle is also described. The vehicle includes a depth sensor configured to provide information for determining a distance between a drone and the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a processor configured to control a computer vision tracking algorithm based on the distance and to send information for controlling drone movement based on the computer vision tracking algorithm.

Abstract: A method reduces a risk exposure to an item being transported by a self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more processors determine a risk-level R for contents of a smart vault that is being transported by the SDV, where R describes a real-time risk of the contents being stolen from the smart vault while being transported by the SDV. In response to determining that R is greater than a predefined risk value, one or more processors electronically communicate an executable instruction to a SDV on-board computer to take a risk-lowering action that will reduce the level of R.

Abstract: A drive assist apparatus includes a data collection part that collects driving behavior data representing driving maneuvers and vehicle behaviors caused by the driving maneuvers for each drivers, a classification part that classifies the driving behavior data into a plurality of clusters each showing a tendency of driving behavior of the drivers by clustering the driving behavior data, a storage part that stores cluster information representing a driving behavior characteristic of each of the clusters, a subject data acquisition part that acquires, as subject data, the driving behavior data for a subject driver to be assisted, an estimation part that estimates, as a corresponding cluster, one of the clusters to which the subject driver is assumed to belong by comparing the subject data with the cluster information stored in the storage part, and an assist providing part that provides a drive assist depending on the estimated corresponding cluster.

Abstract: A method of navigating an autonomous coverage robot on a floor includes controlling movement of the robot across the floor in a cleaning mode, receiving a sensor signal indicative of an obstacle, rotating the robot away from the sensed obstacle, determining a change in the received sensor signal during at least a portion of the rotation of the robot away from the sensed obstacle, and identifying the sensed obstacle based at least in part on the determined change in the received sensor signal.

Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product controls operations of a vehicle based on a condition of cargo being transported. One or more processors receive output from vehicle sensors on a first cargo vehicle, where the output from the vehicle sensors describes a movement of the first cargo vehicle. The processor(s) determine that the movement of the first cargo vehicle has caused cargo in the first cargo vehicle to shift beyond a predetermined amount, and transmit instructions to a second cargo vehicle to adjust initial cargo loading operations on the second cargo vehicle based on determining that the movement of the first cargo vehicle has caused the cargo to shift beyond the predetermined amount in the first cargo vehicle.

Abstract: Various applications for use of mass estimations of a vehicle, including to control operation of the vehicle, sharing the mass estimation with other vehicles and/or a Network Operations Center (NOC), organizing vehicles operating in a platoon and/or partially controlling the operation of one or more vehicles operating in a platoon based on the relative mass estimations between the platooning vehicles. When vehicles are operating in a platoon, the relative mass between a lead and a following vehicle may be used to scale torque and/or brake commands generated by the lead vehicle and sent to the following vehicle.

Abstract: A valve includes an inlet unit including an inlet hole into which a fluid is introduced, a pressure adjusting unit which adjusts a pressure of the fluid introduced through the inlet unit, and a discharging unit having an opening and closing member which selectively discharges the fluid which had its pressure adjusted, and a water outlet hole which discharges the fluid passing through the opening and closing member to the outside, wherein a cross-sectional area of the inlet hole is greater than a cross-sectional area of the water outlet hole and a flow direction of a fluid from the pressure adjusting unit to the opening and closing member and a flow direction of a fluid from the opening and closing member to the water outlet hole are perpendicular to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed are a water storage tank and a method for controlling the full water level thereof. The water storage tank according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a tank main body for storing water which flows in through a water inlet and discharging water through an outlet; and a control unit for controlling inflow and outflow of water into and from the tank main body, wherein the control unit can change the height of the full water level of the tank main body according to a user's selection or the degree of water discharge from the tank main body.

Abstract: A thermostat for a climate control system includes an electronic memory in which at least three occupancy settings are stored. The occupancy settings including a pre-defined unoccupied temperature set-point associated with an unoccupied state, a pre-defined occupied temperature set-point associated with an occupied-awake state and a pre-defined sleep temperature set-point associated with an occupied-asleep state. The thermostat's microprocessor is configured to communicate with the memory, and to establish at least three time periods during the day. The microprocessor assigns to each time period one of at least three user-selectable occupancy states including an unoccupied state, an occupied-awake state and an occupied-asleep state.

Abstract: An electrical ballast includes an inverter circuit and a detection circuit. The inverter circuit is configured to receive a dc voltage and provide an output voltage to a lighting module. The detection circuit is electrically coupled to the inverter circuit and a voltage source, and configured to detect an ac voltage signal in the inverter circuit, and pull down the voltage source from a supply level to an under voltage locking level to shut down the inverter circuit on the condition that the ac voltage signal is greater than a threshold value, and restart the inverter circuit after a delay period.

Abstract: A system for controlling voltage unbalance in a direct current distribution system includes a measurement processor configured to measure a positive load current, and a negative load current at a first load point, including a first load connected to a positive line and a neutral line and a second load connected to the neutral line and a negative line, and at a second load point in a power distribution system; and a control processor configured to determine whether to activate a first load point switching signal based on the positive and negative load currents at the first and second load points to control the first load point to switch the connections of the first load and the second load between the positive line and the negative line.

Abstract: An analog block implemented with a band-gap reference scheme for use in a device includes a mode control unit and a band-gap reference circuit. The mode control unit is configured to generate a mode selection signal associated with the operational mode of the device. The band-gap reference circuit includes a bias generator, an error amplifier, and a band-gap loop circuit. The bias generator is configured to provide a band-gap reference voltage in a first bias state when the device operates in a normal mode or in a second bias state when the device operates in a standby mode. The error amplifier is configured to generate an error voltage according to the bias voltage. The band-gap loop circuit is configured to provide a band-gap reference voltage according to the error voltage. First current flowing through the bias generator in the first bias state is larger than second current flowing through the bias generator in the second bias state.

Abstract: This application relates to a circuit for generating an output voltage and regulating the output voltage to a target voltage. The circuit includes a switchable voltage divider circuit configured to generate a feedback voltage that is a variable fraction of the output voltage, an error amplifier stage configured to generate a control voltage on the basis of a reference voltage and the variable fraction of the output voltage, a buffer stage configured to generate the output voltage on the basis of the control voltage, and a charge injection circuit configured to inject charge at an intermediate node between the error amplifier stage and the buffer stage to thereby modify the control voltage generated by the error amplifier stage. The application further relates to a method of operating such circuit.

Abstract: A wide-tuning range low output impedance flip voltage follower (FVF) low dropout regulator (LDO) for large capacitor switching loads is disclosed. In some implementations, the LDO includes an operational amplifier and a FVF. The FVF can have a gain device, a source follower device, and an adaptive level shifter coupled between a drain of the source follower device and a gate of the gain device.

Abstract: A power distribution management apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a detection unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire predetermined data at a predetermined interval from meters classified into a predetermined group, the data containing power consumption. The detection unit is configured to detect, as an abnormal place, a facility of a power distribution system associated with the group when the predetermined data is not acquired within the predetermined interval from the respective meters included in the group.

Abstract: Energy management using a wearable device is described herein. One apparatus includes a user interface, a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to receive a communication from a utility information system of a utility, wherein the communication includes information associated with energy being provided to a facility by the utility, provide, via the user interface, the information to a user of the apparatus, receive, via the user interface, a command from the user to adjust energy consumption of the facility based, at least in part, on the information, and send the command to an energy management system of the facility, wherein the apparatus is a wearable device.

Abstract: Information equipment 300 is controlled by a HEMS 200 and located in a consumer's facility 10. The information equipment 300 comprises a storage unit 300configured to store a variable indicating a route type of an operational instruction on the information equipment 300.

Abstract: A system and method is provided that facilitates aggregation of a plurality of controllable distributed energy resources (DERs). A processor may be configured to determine DER forecasts including non-influenced power profile forecasts for a plurality of DERs that include different types of load assets that consume power, for when the DERs are not influenced via dispatches from the system, based at least in part on different physics characteristics associated with the different types of the DERs. The processor may also determine a combined reserve capacity forecast for aggregated DERs including both power assets that output power and the different types of load assets, based at least in part on an aggregation of the non-influenced power profile forecasts. In addition, the processor may control at least some of the plurality of DERs based at least in part on the combined reserve capacity forecast.

Abstract: A voltage generating circuit including a pre-driving unit and a voltage generating unit is provided. The pre-driving unit receives an oscillation signal and enhances a driving capability of the oscillation signal to generate a pre-driving signal. The voltage generating unit receives an input signal and the pre-driving signal, and generates an output signal according to the input signal and the pre-driving signal. The voltage generating unit generates a voltage signal according to the pre-driving signal. One of the pre-driving unit and the voltage generating unit adjusts a slew rate or a ringing component of the voltage signal by using the pre-driving signal. A pre-driving signal generating module for driving a voltage generating circuit is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a voltage generation circuit which outputs high-precision output voltage in a wide temperature range. A semiconductor device has a voltage generation circuit. The voltage generation circuit has a reference voltage generation circuit which outputs reference voltage, and a plurality of correction circuits for generating a correction current and making it fed back to the reference voltage generation circuit. The correction circuits generate sub correction currents which monotonously increase from predetermined temperature which varies among the correction circuits toward a low-temperature side or a high-temperature side. The correction current is sum of a plurality of sub correction currents.

Abstract: A circuit for generating a bandgap voltage includes a circuit module for generation of a base-emitter voltage difference formed by a pair of PNP bipolar substrate transistors which identify a first current path and a second current path. A first current mirror of an n type is connected between the first and second branches and is further connected via a resistance for adjustment of the bandgap voltage to the second bipolar transistor. A second current mirror of a p type is connected between the first and second branches, and connected so that the current mirrors repeat current of each other. In operation to generate the bandgap voltage, current flows from the supply voltage to ground only through said the first and second bipolar substrate transistors.

Abstract: Techniques for influencing power consumption of a client while streaming multimedia content from a server over a network are described. The power consumption is influenced by controlling how many requests are used by the client to receive media segments of the multimedia content from the server. For example, the number of requests is reduced by increasing the durations of the available media segments. Thus, rather than requesting a certain number of media segments each of a particular duration, a lower number of media segments is requested where the requested media segments have longer durations. Although a longer duration generally results in a larger power saving, the length of a requested media segment is balanced against other parameters associated with current conditions of the client, server, and/or network to allow for, for example, adaptive streaming. As such an optimum duration is determined based on different parameters associated with the current conditions.

Abstract: A top case assembly for a portable computer is disclosed. The assembly may include an integral unified (e.g., homogenous) top case formed from a single part. The integral top case provides an enclosure, frame and cosmetic exterior of the portable computer. The integral top case also serves as the primary structure of the portable computer. The assembly may include a variety of subassemblies such as keyboards, touchpads, circuit boards, and drives that are carried by the underside of the integral top case. The integral top case may be formed from aluminum slab that has been machined to form walls, openings, attachment areas and cosmetic areas of the top case.

Abstract: Wearable electronic devices that provide robustness against variations in user form are described. The wearable electronic devices include a set of pod structures arranged in an annular configuration having a variable circumference, with adaptive physical coupling between adjacent pairs of pod structures. Adaptive physical coupling advantageously accommodates different user sizes, forms, and movements and enhances the overall ergonomics of the wearable electronic devices. Adaptive physical coupling also maintains substantially constant and/or equal angular spacing between components of the wearable electronic devices regardless of the form of the user.

Abstract: A head mounted electronic device includes a casing assembly. The casing assembly includes an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to each other. The inner surface includes at least one inner hole, and the outer surface includes at least one outer hole. The inner hole and the outer hole are connected through and misaligned with each other. The application further discloses a head mounted electronic device cushion.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a display unit including a window glass and a display module; a front case and a rear case configured to support the display unit; an antenna including a first coil formed on an edge region of a rear surface of the window glass or formed on an edge region of a front surface of the front case, a second coil formed at a height different from that of the first coil in a thickness direction of the mobile terminal, and a conductive hole configured to electrically connect the first coil and the second coil; a battery configured to supply power to the mobile terminal; and a battery cover positioned on a back side of the display unit and including a metal.

Abstract: A housing for a display device is disclosed. The housing includes a back plate configured to be deformable to change its curvature; and at least one curvature retaining unit located on a first side of the back plate that is convex when the back plate is bent. Each curvature retaining unit includes a plurality of supporting members arranged in a row, a first side of each of the supporting members is pivotably mounted to the back plate, and each curvature retaining unit has a non-supporting state and a supporting state. In the non-supporting state of the curvature retaining unit, the back plate is in a flat state; and in the supporting state of the curvature retaining unit, two opposite sides of adjacent supporting members abut against each other such that the back plate is in a bent shape. Moreover, a display device having the housing is disclosed.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a flexible display module including a first display part, a second display part, and a third display part; a supporting member coupled to the first display part and including a hinge, a first supporting part, and a second supporting part; a first housing configured to have the first supporting part inserted and withdrawn; a second housing configured to have the second supporting part inserted and withdrawn; a first guide member coupled to the first housing and configured to guide the second display part when the first supporting part is inserted into or withdrawn from the first housing; and a second guide member coupled to the second housing and configured to guide the third display part when the second supporting part is inserted into or withdrawn from the second housing.

Abstract: A flexible display device including a display panel including a first space area and a second space area; a touch panel disposed on the display panel to sense a touch signal; a first sensor disposed on the touch panel in the first space area and configured to sense a first coordinate signal for the first space area; a second sensor disposed on the touch panel in the second space area and configured to sense a second coordinate signal for the second space area; and a driving control unit configured to calculate a folding angle between the first space area and the second space area based on the first and second coordinate signals and calculate a coordinate of a touch point based on the touch signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a control method therefor, the mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body; a display unit disposed on a front side and comprising a first part, and a second part formed so as to be rotatable about a boundary part on one side of the first part, thereby being in either a first-part covering state or a first-part not-covering state; and a control unit controlling the display unit so that at least one page among a plurality of pages in an electronic document can be outputted, detecting the bending of the display unit by the movement of at least one of the left-end and right-end, selecting, on the basis of the detected bending, at least one page among the plurality of pages, and controlling the display unit so that the selected page is outputted.

Abstract: A foldable device includes: a flexible display including: a first part; a second part; and a third part provided between the first and second parts; a first body supporting the first part; and a second body supporting the second part, each of the first and second body are configured to move between a first and a second position, in response to each of the first and second bodies being provided in the first position, the first body and the second body form a receiving space, the third part forms a curved portion of the flexible display and the curved portion is provided within the receiving space, and wherein the first part is configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the flexible display with respect to the first body in response to the first and second bodies moving between the first and second positions.

Abstract: An operating mode distinguishing method, a touch point determining method and a touch control circuit are provided. It is determined whether an underwater mode is entered according to a self capacitance value and a mutual capacitance value. In the underwater mode, a touch point position is determined according to deformation of a substrate.

Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a storage device enclosure system, which includes two hard disk drives (HDDs), a form factor compatible connector, the form factor compatible connector attached to the two HDDs and configured to connect the two HDDs to an external computing system, and a controller, the controller located on the form factor compatible connector and configured to performing data mirroring of data from the external computing system via a SATA port multiplier onto the two HDDs.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a link mechanism provided in a body chassis and configured to operate in linkage with a rotational moving operation for rotationally moving a display chassis relative to a body chassis by a hinge mechanism and a drive wire that is a drive member configured to couple between the link mechanism and a keyboard unit and operate in linkage with the link mechanism, thereby to change relative height positions between a key top and a frame, in which the drive wire is extended to the outside of the keyboard unit through an insertion port formed in a side wall of a base plate and is coupled with the link mechanism and the body chassis includes a drainage passage at a position located under the insertion port.

Abstract: Particular examples described herein provide for an electronic device, such as a notebook computer or laptop, which includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which includes any type of hardware, elements, circuitry, etc.). The electronic device may also include a connector assembly that is positioned within at least a portion of a recess of the electronic device, where the connector assembly includes: a first assembly that is to receive a connector; and a second assembly that is to receive an identification module that is to provide an association between a user and the electronic device.

Abstract: A device can include a first housing that includes a first thickness; a second housing that comprises a second thickness; and a hinge assembly that couples the first and second housings where the hinge assembly includes two hollow axles operatively coupled to the second housing; a coupling mechanism that couples the two hollow axles; two axles, each received by a respective bore of one of the hollow axles, operatively coupled to the first housing; and a coupling mechanism that couples the two axles.

Abstract: An electronic device and a hinge assembly thereof are provided. The hinge assembly includes a first and a second fixed block, a first and a second connecting rod, a damper rod and a fastener. The first fixed block has a first and a second end, the second fixed block has a third and a fourth end, and the first connecting rod has a fifth and a sixth end, wherein the fifth end is connected to the second end, and the sixth end is connected to the fourth end. The second connecting rod has a seventh connected to the fourth end, and an eighth end, connected to the second end and the sixth end. The damper rod is slidably disposed on the first fixed block, the fastener is fixed to the first fixed block, and a distal end of the damper rod is fastened into the fastener.

Abstract: A cooling liquid distribution device includes a storage tank, a liquid level detector and a liquid level displaying structure. The storage tank includes a first chamber for storing a cooling liquid. When a liquid level of the cooling liquid in the first chamber is detected by the liquid level detector, a liquid level detection result is generated. The liquid level displaying structure includes a second chamber, which is in fluid communication with the first chamber. Consequently, a liquid level of the cooling liquid in the second chamber is equal to the liquid level of the cooling liquid in the first chamber. The liquid level displaying structure is optically transmissible, and thus the liquid level of the cooling liquid in the second chamber is visible through the liquid level displaying structure. The storage amount of the cooling liquid can be realized by the user more easily.

Abstract: A heat-dissipating device for expansion card is provided. The expansion card has a printed circuit card. The printed circuit card has an inserting-type connecter at one end thereof and a securing hole formed at the other end thereof. The heat-dissipating device includes a base plate, a plurality of cooling fins protruded from the base plate, a screwing portion, and at least one hooking part. The base plate has a flat bottom surface, a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The screwing portion is formed at the first side of the base plate. The position of the screwing portion is corresponding to that of the securing hole of the expansion card. The at least one hooking part is disposed at the second side of the base plate and is hooked with one side of the printed circuit card.

Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a upper housing, a lower housing, and at least one energy module which further included thermoelectric materials which may convert heat to electric power. The energy module may supply power to at least one of heat generating component in the portable electronic device. A heat remover composed of graphene may be in thermal contact with the at least one of the components. The heat remover may also disposed over a surface of the energy module and may be formed one or more heat conduction path depends on the position of the upper and lower housings.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing with a plurality of sides and electronics components in the housing. A porous and thermally conductive material is associated with the housing. The material has a thermal conductively (k), and a porosity between 10% and 70% that results in a specific heat (?) and density (Cp) for the material, such that k*?*Cp is between 0 (J*W)/(m4*K2) and 1,000,000 (J*W)/(m4*K2). The material may be: a glass-based material having a thermal conductivity between 0.5-2 W/m-K, a density between 1000-2500 kg/m3, and a specific heat between 500-1000 J/kg-K; a metal-based material having a thermal conductivity between 300-400 W/m-K, a density between 4000-8000 kg/m3, and a specific heat between 200-300 J/kg-K; and a plastic-based material having a thermal conductivity may be between 0.1-0.4 W/m-K, a density between 400-1000 kg/m3, and a specific heat between 1900-2000 J/kg-K.

Abstract: In one example an electronic device comprises a chassis, a processing device disposed in the chassis, a first heat spreader positioned adjacent the processing device and in thermal communication with the processing device, and a second heat spreader positioned adjacent the first heat spreader and in thermal communication with the first heat spreader. In some examples the second heat spreader is moveable between a first position in which the second heat spreader is disposed within the chassis and a second position in which at least a portion of the second heat spreader extends outside the chassis. Other examples may be described.

Abstract: Systems and methods relate to controlling voltage deviations in processing systems. A scheduler receives transactions and to be issued for execution in a pipeline. A voltage deviation that will occur if a particular transaction is executed in the pipeline is estimated before the transaction is issued. Threshold comparators are used to determine if the estimated voltage deviation will exceed specified thresholds to cause voltage overshoots or undershoots. The scheduler is configured to implement one or more corrective measures, such as increasing or decreasing energy in the pipeline, to mitigate possible voltage overshoots or undershoots, before the transaction is issued to be executed in the pipeline.

Abstract: According to at least one example embodiment, a method and corresponding apparatus for controlling power in a multi-core processor chip include: accumulating, at a controller within the multi-core processor chip, one or more power estimates associated with multiple core processors within the multi-core processor chip. A global power threshold is determined based on a cumulative power estimate, the cumulative power estimate being determined based at least in part on the one or more power estimates accumulated. The controller causes power consumption at each of the core processors to be controlled based on the determined global power threshold. The controller may directly control power consumption at the core processors or may command the core processors to do so.

Abstract: An electronic device including a universal serial bus power delivery (USB-PD) port for at least the delivery of power, and a USB-PD controller to control a state of power delivery by the USB-PD port out of a plurality of states, wherein the USB-PD controller transitions the USB-PD port from an unpowered state to a check internal power state when the USB-PD port is ready to power the USB cable.

Abstract: A mass data storage system includes a number of communicatively coupled storage drives powered by one or more power supplies. A common controller selectively connects power and a data signal to a desired storage drive via instructions within a control signal received by the common controller. The common controller includes switches that selectively connect power to a voice coil motor and a spindle motor of the desired storage drive. The common controller further includes a switch that controls the preamp of the desired storage drive and a switch that controls the flow of data to and from the desired storage drive.