Patents Issued in March 7, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240077889
    Abstract: A system for controlling aircraft flight control surfaces implements a method including: obtaining a control law for the flight control surfaces as a function of flight controls of the aircraft; obtaining measurements of ground speed, true speed, roll angle, pitch angle, angle of attack, sideslip angle and slope angle; performing an estimation of the wind in three dimensions using the measurements obtained; performing an adjustment of the control law for the flight control surfaces, to counter the estimated wind effect and to obtain an adjusted control law for the flight control surfaces, by adding, to the control law, a term for wind compensation comprising a term proportional to the derivative of the wind estimation; and controlling the aircraft by applying the adjusted control law. Thus, the impact of the wind on the aircraft is reduced by digital processing and automatic adjustment of the control of the flight control surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Stéphane DELANNOY, José TORRALBA
  • Publication number: 20240077890
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and system used to collect waste fluids. A system controller is disclosed to control the operation of at least a portion of the system. The controller has a CPU. The fabrication facility includes a first processing system having fluid dispensed therein for processing a material on a part. A first drain is configured to collect the processing fluid as waste fluid after processing the part. The fabrication facility also includes a waste collection system fluidly coupled to the system drain. The waste collection system has two or more valves configured to couple the system drain and two or more facility drains. Each facility drain is uniquely coupled to one of the two or more valves. The CPU is configured to operate the valves between an open and a closed state in response to the fluid entering the system drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Maxime CAYER, John L. KOENIG, Tony H. TONG, Shaun W. CRAWFORD, James L'HEUREUX, Andreas NEUBER, Ching-Hong HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20240077891
    Abstract: A liquid level controlling system includes a main sink, a storage sink and a connection tube. The main sink includes a transmission port and a first liquid level detector. The transmission port is formed on a bottom of the main sink. The first liquid level detector is disposed on a top of the main sink. The storage sink includes a liquid outlet, a liquid inlet and a second liquid level detector. The connection tube is disposed between the main sink and the storage sink. The connection tube includes an rehydration tube and an drain tube. Two ends of the rehydration tube are respectively connected to the transmission port and the liquid outlet. Two ends of the drain tube are respectively connected to the transmission port and the liquid inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corp., Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Kai-Yang Tung, Hung-Ju Chen
  • Publication number: 20240077892
    Abstract: Provided is an invention capable of securing versatility and precision in admittance control and enabling target force control on a surface of an object having a different property, in which a mutual contact force-based compensation method is used in the existing admittance control method to output a target force. To this end, the present disclosure provides a compensation algorithm that changes according to a mutual contact force with an object having a different physical property and mass-spring-damper parameters using data acquired while controlling a force input from a robot is provided. In addition, the present disclosure automatically performs tuning on coefficients related to a factor of a robot force control based on data obtained by executing a mutual contact force-based compensation in the conventional admittance control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Wookyong KWON, Dongyeop KANG, Chan Eun PARK, Jaemin BAEK, Seungcheon SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240077893
    Abstract: An operation facility for an unmanned aerial vehicle with rotary wing of the present invention includes: a passage space that extends in the up-down direction and is for the ascent and descent of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and an air pressure control system that controls the air pressure in the passage space. The air pressure control system performs control such that the air pressure above the unmanned aerial vehicle is lower than the air pressure below the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Toyoki Takahashi, Keisuke Takeno, Satoshi Nitta, Hidemoto Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20240077894
    Abstract: In a gas governor, an auxiliary chamber divided by a separating wall from a main chamber that is a portion of the secondary pressure chamber is provided in the secondary pressure chamber, the auxiliary chamber communicates with the main chamber through a communicating passage, the separating wall is positioned at a portion away in a circumferential direction from an outflow-port opened portion that is a peripheral wall portion of the secondary pressure chamber, in which the outflow port is opened, and the separating wall is provided so that a distance from a valve hole and a curvature in the circumferential direction of at least an end portion of the separating wall, which is close to the valve seat, are equal to those of an end portion of the outflow-port opened portion, which is close to the valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shichi, Kunio Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20240077895
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining an approximate global optimum allotment of a plurality of devices to incorporate cold-to-hot thermal connection technologies within a plant. A computing system is provided for determining an approximate global optimum allotment of a plurality of devices to incorporate cold-to-hot thermal connection technologies within a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ken Somers, Simon Barres, Jerome Sans, Cyril Verluise
  • Publication number: 20240077896
    Abstract: A method for controlling a temperature of a liquid in a liquid container filled with at least a first predetermined amount of the liquid using a heating device. The temperature of the liquid in the liquid container is measured and controlled by adjusting the heat output of the heating device. If the liquid container is filled with less than the first predetermined amount of liquid until the liquid container is filled with a second predetermined amount of the liquid, wherein the second predetermined amount of the liquid is equal to or greater than the first predetermined amount of the liquid, cool liquid is fed into the liquid container from a liquid reservoir, the heating device is permanently activated, and the temperature of the liquid in the partially filled liquid container is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas DUCHARDT, Oliver MACHUI
  • Publication number: 20240077897
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an energy storage system includes energy storage container that a temperature control system, a battery cluster, and a controller. The controller determines a specified temperature of the temperature control system corresponding to a maximum difference between an available capacity of the battery cluster and a power consumption of the temperature control system as a target temperature. The determination of the specified temperature is based on: a correspondence between the available capacity of the battery cluster and a plurality of different specified temperatures in a specified temperature set of the temperature control system, and a correspondence between the power consumption of the temperature control system and the plurality of different specified temperatures in the specified temperature set of the temperature control system. The temperature control system is configured to adjust a temperature inside the energy storage container to the target temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Hui Ma, Zhipeng Wu, Hao Meng, Zhirun Li
  • Publication number: 20240077898
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a differential amplifier generating a difference voltage representing a difference between a reference voltage and a divided voltage obtained by dividing an inter-terminal voltage between a first and second terminals, a first transistor having a drain and a source connected to the first terminal and the second terminal, a voltage detection unit generating a detection voltage having a voltage value corresponding to the inter-terminal voltage, and a selection unit supplying one of the difference voltage and the detection voltage to a gate of the first transistor based on the inter-terminal voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: LAPIS Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi WAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240077899
    Abstract: A circuit includes a load circuit and a voltage regulator circuit. The load circuit includes a load voltage input, a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor has a first threshold voltage, and the second transistor has a second threshold voltage. The voltage regulator circuit includes a load voltage output and a tracking circuit. The load voltage output is coupled to the load voltage input. The tracking circuit is configured to provide a load voltage at the load voltage output in which the load voltage tracks the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ashutosh CHITNIS, Rajat CHAUHAN, Divya KAUR
  • Publication number: 20240077900
    Abstract: A mobile device that is configured for wireless communication may be configured to operate as a remote control device in a lighting control system, controlling one or more lighting control devices of the lighting control system. The remote control device may control the light intensity in a space, for instance at a location of the remote control device, in response to an ambient light intensity measured at the remote control device. The remote control device may define a user interface for receiving an input that indicates a desired light intensity at the location. The remote control device may measure the ambient light intensity at the location via a light detector, compare the measured ambient light intensity to the desired light intensity, and cause the one or more lighting control devices to adjust the ambient light intensity at the remote control device until it agrees with the desired light intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Karc, James P. Steiner, William Bryce Fricke
  • Publication number: 20240077901
    Abstract: A reference voltage generation circuit includes a Zener diode and a current generation circuit connected to the Zener diode in parallel. The current generation circuit includes a resistance voltage divider circuit, a transistor circuit and a voltage control circuit. The resistance voltage divider circuit has a branch portion for branching the current into two paths, and outputs a reference voltage acquired by voltage division through a resistive element. The transistor circuit includes two NPN transistors and a series resistance circuit in which resistive elements are connected in series. The two NPN transistors respectively having collectors, bases and emitters. The collectors are respectively connected to the two paths. The bases have a common connection. The series resistance circuit is connected between a ground and one of the emitters. The voltage control circuit equalizes respective collector potentials of the two NPN transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Masaya KONDO, Yoshikazu FURUTA, Tomohiro NEZUKA
  • Publication number: 20240077902
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a stable reference current that has low sensitivity to operating temperature and supply voltage variations and is stable across process corners. In an example implementation, an improved reference current generator circuit is provided that includes a first circuit generating a first current that is proportional to absolute temperature and a second circuit generating a second current that is complementary to absolute temperature based on first transistors operating in respective triode regions. The second current compensates for process, voltage, and temperature variations in the first current at a node. According to some examples, the second current is also generated based on second transistors operating in respective saturation regions. The first current may be generated using a forward biased PN junction diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: MOHAMMAD REZA MAHMOODI, MARTIN LUEKER-BODEN
  • Publication number: 20240077903
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a stable DC reference voltage that has low sensitivity to operating temperature and supply voltage variations and is stable across process corners using complimentary metal-on-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETS). In an example implementation, a reference voltage generator circuit is provided that includes complimentary MOSFETs including a first complimentary MOSFET connected to a first node and having a first threshold voltage, and a second complimentary MOSFET connected to a second node and having a second threshold voltage that is greater than the first threshold voltage. The reference voltage generator circuit feeds the first node a first current based on mirroring a second current at the second node and outputs a stable DC reference voltage based on the first and second complimentary MOSFETs and configured operating in respective saturation regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: MOHAMMAD REZA MAHMOODI, Martin Lueker-Boden
  • Publication number: 20240077904
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing matrix operations using a photonic processor are provided. The photonic processor includes encoders configured to encode a numerical value into an optical signal and optical multiplication devices configured to output an electrical signal proportional to a product of one or more encoded values. The optical multiplication devices include a first input waveguide, a second input waveguide, a coupler circuit coupled to the first input waveguide and the second input waveguide, a first detector and a second detector coupled to the coupler circuit, and a circuit coupled to the first detector and second detector and configured to output a current that is proportional to a product of a first input value and a second input value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Lightmatter, Inc.
    Inventors: Darius Bunandar, Nicholas C. Harris, Tyler J. Kenney
  • Publication number: 20240077905
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for generating clock signals. The present implementations more specifically relate to generating multiple clock signals having different frequencies using a single piezoelectric resonator. In some aspects, a clock generator, including a piezoelectric resonator coupled to a voltage amplifier in a feedback network, may be operable in a high-performance mode and a low-power mode. When operating in the high-performance mode, the clock generator may produce a high frequency clock signal and a low frequency clock signal using the same piezoelectric resonator. In some implementations, the high frequency clock signal may be produced by a buffer amplifier coupled to an output of the voltage amplifier and the low frequency clock signal may be produced by a frequency divider coupled to the output of the voltage amplifier. When operating in the low-power mode, the clock generator produces only the low-frequency clock signal via the frequency divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yunteng Huang, Adam Eldredge, Brian Drost
  • Publication number: 20240077906
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a processor and a computing system. A processor is provided, including: a pipeline stage, including sequential device(s); and a first clock driving circuit, configured to provide a clock signal to the pipeline stage, wherein the first clock driving circuit includes: a plurality of first clock paths, configured to provide corresponding clock signals respectively; a first selector, configured to select a clock signal from the clock signals provided by the plurality of first clock paths for the pipeline stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN MICROBT ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nan LI, Chao XU, Zhijun FAN, Zuoxing YANG, Haifeng GUO
  • Publication number: 20240077907
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for selectively arranging a plurality of visual features. The systems and methods include the use of a plurality of display assemblies. Each display assembly can have a frame with side portions that define receiving spaces for receiving connectors that allow for coupling with other display assemblies. The display assemblies can be provided with a mount subassembly that permits selective rotational adjustment of the display assemblies without adjusting the attachment of mount assembly to a selected surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Silas Jeffrey Durant
  • Publication number: 20240077908
    Abstract: A dock for a computing device includes: a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device; a body extending from the cradle, the body having: (i) a first mounting surface configured to removably support a first accessory module in a first volume adjacent to the computing device, and (ii) a second mounting surface configured to removably support, independently of the first accessory module, a second accessory module in a second volume disjoint from the first volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Lawrence Allen Stone, David William Reber, Brian D. Ryder, Chad Chaumont, Dennis Barrett
  • Publication number: 20240077909
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment comprises: an elastic member; and at least one panel from among a display panel and a touch panel which are arranged on the elastic member, wherein the elastic member includes one surface and the other surface opposite to the one surface, the elastic member includes a first area and a second area, the first area is defined as a folding area, the second area is defined as an unfolding area, the elastic member has a plurality of first grooves arranged on the one surface in the first area thereof, and the panel is arranged on the other surface of the elastic member via an adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Sung Won KANG, Jae Seok PARK
  • Publication number: 20240077910
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided which displays an object (body) on a flexible display screen in accordance with a three-dimensional shape of the display screen by utilizing the flexibility of the display screen. An electronic device including a display portion which includes a flexible display device displaying an object on a display screen; a detection portion detecting positional data of a given part of the display screen; and an arithmetic portion calculating a three-dimensional shape of the display screen on the basis of the positional data and computing motion of the object to make the object move according to a given law in accordance with the calculated three-dimensional shape of the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Kunio HOSOYA
  • Publication number: 20240077911
    Abstract: In at least one example of the present disclosure, a portable electronic device includes a housing, an internal volume within the housing, a port having a perimeter defined by the housing, the port in fluid communication with the internal volume and an external environment, a water deflector disposed inside the housing adjacent to the port, the water deflector extending at least a length and a width of the port, and openings disposed in the water deflector. The openings in the water deflector are aligned outside of the perimeter of the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick J. Crowley, Woojin Jung, Eric T. Chiang, Ross L. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20240077912
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. An electronic device includes a window including a first region parallel to a flat surface that is defined by a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction and a second region extending from the first region and including a curved surface, a display module under the window, and an electronic module under the window and overlapping the second region, and the second region includes an edge of the window, and at least one hole is defined in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: KYUNG-MAN KIM, SUNGHOON KIM, SANGHOON KIM, MIN-HOON CHOI, SEONGJIN HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240077913
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first area and a second area. A support module includes a first support layer disposed on a bottom of the display panel and overlapping the first area and the second area. A second support layer is disposed on a bottom of the first support layer, overlapping the second area, and not overlapping the first area. The first support layer includes first joints overlapping the second area, and a plate overlapping the first area. The second support layer includes second joints. Each of the second joints is disposed on a bottom surface of each of the first joints, and a width of each of the second joints is narrower than a width of each of the first joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Tae Chang Kim
  • Publication number: 20240077914
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a first body having an end and a first inclined surface, a second body having a second inclined surface, and a hinge module. The end includes an accommodating area. A virtual shaft line exists between sides of the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface that are closest to each other. The second body rotates relative to the first body through the virtual shaft line. The hinge module includes a first bracket adjacent to the first inclined surface, connected to the first body, and located in the accommodating area, a second bracket adjacent to the second inclined surface and connected to the second body, and a third bracket including a first end and a second end. The first bracket is connected to the first end through a first torsion assembly. The second bracket is connected to the second end through a second torsion assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Han Chang, Tsung-Ju Chiang, Chi-Hung Lin, Yen-Ting Liu
  • Publication number: 20240077915
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body, a second body, and a connection assembly. The connection assembly connects the first body and the second body and includes a first part and a second part. The first part is configured to allow the first body to move relative to the second body in a first motion mode. The second part is configured to allow the first body to move relative to the second body in a second motion mode. The first body moves in the first motion mode through the first part to a position satisfying a first position relationship with the second body. Movement of the first body in the second motion mode through the second part is impacted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Yingce ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20240077916
    Abstract: A foldable apparatus for supporting a flexible display screen includes a spindle assembly and two rotating components. At least one of the two rotating components is a first rotating component that includes a middle frame, a rotating holder, and a transmission structure. The rotating holder is rotatably connected to the spindle assembly. The middle frame is located at a side of the rotating holder away from the spindle assembly. The middle frame and the rotating holder is configured to slide in parallel. The transmission structure has one end connected to the spindle assembly and another end connected to the middle frame. The middle frame is configured to adhere to the flexible display screen. When the first rotating component rotates relative to the spindle assembly, the transmission structure moves relative to the rotating holder and drives the middle frame to slide in parallel relative to the rotating holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haoyang XIA, Tianqi HUANG, Renhao PAN
  • Publication number: 20240077917
    Abstract: A dual phone case having wireless charging function, including a flexible board, a first case, a second case, and a wireless charging assembly. The flexible board includes a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion, where the first mounting portion is folded with the second mounting portion. The first case is disposed on the first mounting portion, the second case is disposed on the second mounting portion, and the first case and the second case are configured to fix mobile phones. The wireless charging assembly is configured to wirelessly charge the mobile phone, and the wireless charging assembly is disposed on the flexible board. The dual phone case charges the two mobile phones at the same time while protecting the two mobile phones at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: BING WEI
  • Publication number: 20240077918
    Abstract: A combination heat sink/air director apparatus includes conduction plates extending into gaps between dual in-line memory module (“DIMM”) installed in computing device. A plurality of thermal interface material (“TIM”) pads are coupled to each side of each of the plurality of conduction plates. A heat sink thermally is coupled to the conduction plates and mounted above the conduction plates. Air impedance of air flow through an interface includes air flow to the heat sink is selected to balance air flow between the interface and components adjacent to the interface. A chosen percentage of air flow passes through the interface for the balance of air flow. Each conduction plate and the TIM pads coupled to each side of the conduction plate are sized to contact and thermally couple to the DIMMs of the plurality of DIMMs on either side of the conduction plate and associated TIM pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey S Holland, Rachel Pollock, Bejoy J Kochuparambil
  • Publication number: 20240077919
    Abstract: Disclosed are a tandem modulation device fan and a control method thereof. The tandem modulation device fan comprises a frame, fan blades disposed in the frame, and a light-emitting module disposed in the frame. Two corresponding sides of the frame are each provided with a circuit board and a pin structure. Pins and the circuit boards on the two sides can automatically switch and recognize inputs and outputs irrespective of the polarity. The two sides, provided with the circuit boards, of the frame are each provided with a magnet for magnetic connection with the frame of an adjacent fan. The circuit board is electrically connected to a master controller. Fans are connected end-to-end through attraction of magnets, such that the electrical conductivity is improved, and the service life is prolonged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Tianhe XIE, Hongbing XIE, Difa XIAO
  • Publication number: 20240077920
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed of a thermal enclosure for use in an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). The thermal enclosure includes an enclosure having a top, a bottom, and an interior compartment having a floor and a ceiling. The thermal enclosure is adapted to be mounted in the ADV. An electronic component is positioned in the interior compartment and thermally coupled to the floor. A cold plate having a bottom surface, a top surface, an inlet, and an outlet, is positioned in the interior compartment with the bottom surface of the cold plate thermally coupled to the electronic component and with a gap between the top surface of the cold plate and the ceiling. The cold plate's inlet and the outlet are adapted to be fluidly coupled to a cooling system outside the thermal enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Peng Cheng, Xu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240077921
    Abstract: Dynamically determining respective threshold temperatures for data storage devices (DSDs) in a data storage system (DSS) slot involves determining a marginal temperature of a DSD (TMd) based on the difference between a current threshold temperature of a corresponding DSS slot (TTe) and a current temperature value of the DSD (TCd), and raising the current TTe to an updated TTe accordingly, thereby effectively permitting the DSD to operate at temperatures up to the updated TTe. Updating TTe may come after first determining whether the TMd is greater than a lower limit and/or less than an upper limit, both of which are based on an inherent threshold temperature value of the DSD (TTd). This approach can be applied to other DSDs housed in the same DSS enclosure, enabling varying each respective DSD operating temperature, in contrast to using a fixed operating temperature range for the entire enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ramanathan Muthiah, Sridhar Sabesan, Pavan Gururaj, Dinesh Babu
  • Publication number: 20240077922
    Abstract: An electronic system using a USB type-C port and an abnormal elimination method thereof are provided. After sending a hard reset request to a power adapter, a host device determines whether to enter an error recovery state according to whether an initialization signal is at a first preset level for a first preset time, so that the initialization signal is changed to a second preset level, or whether to force the initialization signal to change to the second preset level according to whether the initialization signal is at the first preset level for a second preset time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuan-Yi Li, Ming-Feng Hsieh, Chun-Chih Kuo
  • Publication number: 20240077923
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a power control block includes a power input for receiving pulse power from a power source, a power output coupled to a transmission line connector, a pulse power module operable to receive the pulse power and transmit the pulse power to the power output, a Power over Ethernet (PoE) module operable to receive the pulse power and transmit PoE to the power output, and a power controller for selecting the pulse power module to deliver the pulse power to the power output or the PoE module to deliver the PoE to the power output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Joel Richard Goergen
  • Publication number: 20240077924
    Abstract: Embodiments of a power regulation circuit that ameliorates a first and second droop in a power source voltage that powers a processing core are disclosed. The power regulation circuit includes a first droop detector, a second droop detector and a frequency slowdown detection circuit. The first droop detector generates a first droop detection signal in a first detection state in response to detecting a first droop in the power source voltage. The second droop detector generates a second droop detection signal in a second detection state in response to detecting a second droop in the power source voltage. The frequency slowdown detection circuit to generate a frequency slowdown signal in a slowdown state in response to at least one of the first droop detection signal being in the first detection state and the second droop detection signal being in the second detection state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Praveen Mosalikanti, Robert Mongrain, Xingjian Cai, Yihong Yang, Long Wang
  • Publication number: 20240077925
    Abstract: Circuits, systems and methods are provided. A circuit includes a subsystem, an interface, and a debugger. The interface includes power processing and management (PPM) circuitry coupled to the subsystem, and arbitration logic coupled to the PPM circuitry. In operation, the debugger issues a debug request to the arbitration logic to perform a debug operation on the subsystem, and, in response to the debug request, the arbitration logic provides an interrupt associated with the subsystem to the PPM circuitry. The PPM circuitry, in response to the interrupt and a determination that the subsystem is OFF, powers on the subsystem and provides a notification to the arbitration logic indicating that the subsystem is ON. The PPM circuitry also receives a notification from the arbitration logic that the debug operation related to the debug request is complete, and powers off the subsystem in response to that notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jose Luis FLORES, Gary Augustine COOPER, Amritpal Singh MUNDRA, Anthony LELL, Jason Lynn PECK
  • Publication number: 20240077926
    Abstract: A memory device may include a pin for communicating feedback regarding a supply voltage to a power management component, such as a power management integrated circuit (PMIC). The memory device may bias the pin to a first voltage indicating that a supply voltage is within a target range. The memory device may subsequently determine that a supply voltage is outside the target range and transition the voltage at the pin from the first voltage to a second voltage indicating that the supply voltage is outside the target range. The memory device may select the second voltage based on whether the supply voltage is above or below the target range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Baekkyu Choi, Thomas H. Kinsley, Fuad Badrieh
  • Publication number: 20240077927
    Abstract: Reducing power consumption in an electronic device can include analyzing device usage data associated with the device to predict an extended period of user inactivity, the usage data including at least one of historical usage data and present usage signals and entering an enhanced reduced power state by implementing one or more power saving optimizations for at least a portion the extended period of extended user inactivity, the one or more power saving optimizations slowing, delaying, or interrupting one or more normal activities normally performed by the device. The method can further include exiting the enhanced reduced power state by suspending the one or more power saving optimizations. Exiting the enhanced reduced power state can be performed in response to at least one of: user activity; a specified user routine; or a time predicted by the analyzing device usage data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Archana Venkatesh, Jingran Zhou, Gina B Lu, Kartik R Venkatraman, Aaron Cotter, Alexander D. Palmer
  • Publication number: 20240077928
    Abstract: Aspects relate to a stepped clocking frequency mode for integrated circuit components. An apparatus includes a processor core configured to perform operations at a received clocking frequency and a clock controller. The clock controller is configured to clock the processor core with a default frequency in response to the processor core operating in a default mode of operation, and, responsive to a parameter value associated with the processor core exceeding a first threshold, to enter a stepped clocking frequency mode, that includes alternating between clocking the processor core at a first frequency for a first time interval, and clocking the processor core at a second frequency different than the first frequency for a second time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Swapneel Kiranrao PIMPARKAR
  • Publication number: 20240077929
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods associated with selective powering of an electronic display in response to sensed data indicating that the electronic display is not visible. By selectively enabling the electronic display between power states based on whether the electronic display is visible, a perceivably always-on electronic display may be provided without the electronic display being always-on, thereby balancing consumer interests with technical requirements of a relatively long battery life and correspondingly low power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph F. Alverson, Brad W. Simeral, Daniel J. Drusch, Daniel P. Kumar, Derek J. DiCarlo, Ricky Wai Kit Yuen, Roberto G. Yepez, Shashi K. Dua, Ardra Singh, Gabrielle Andrea Badie Belzberg, Kartik Venkatraman, Gierad Laput, Archana Venkatesh, Jingran Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240077930
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods associated with selective powering of an electronic display in response to operating conditions, additional data, and/or predicting that the electronic display is not going to be viewed or visible. By selectively enabling the electronic display between power states based on a prediction of when a viewer is expected to view the electronic display, a perceivably always-on electronic display may be provided without the electronic display being always-on, thereby balancing consumer interests with technical requirements of a relatively long battery life and correspondingly low power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph F Alverson, Brad W. Simeral, Daniel J. Drusch, Daniel P. Kumar, Derek J. DiCarlo, Ricky Wai Kit Yuen, Roberto G. Yepez, Shashi K. Dua, Ardra Singh, Gabrielle Andrea Badie Belzberg, Kartik Venkatraman, Gierad Laput, Archana Venkatesh, Jingran Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240077931
    Abstract: The invention is a monitoring device for use in composting comprising a system controller, a wireless communication controller, at least one sensor, a rechargeable power cell and a recharging means, with a power consumption rate of less than 0.50 W-hrs/day. The invention includes a method of using the compost monitoring device in conjunction with a receiving device that includes suitable algorithms to interpret the sensor data to provide a user with recommended actions for maintaining the compost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Angelina Frances DiPaola, Michael Joseph DiPaola
  • Publication number: 20240077932
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system with a power management device, a wakeup circuit, a battery management device, and a connector. During a powered down mode of operation, the battery management device can provide, via the connector, a bias voltage to the wakeup circuit. In response to a wakeup switch being activated, the battery management device can provide a power supply (e.g., from a battery) to the power management device. Benefits of the wakeup circuit include (1) a reduction of battery consumption—and thus improving battery lifetime—when the electronic system is in a powered down mode of operation because the wakeup circuit has lower number of active components compared to other designs and (2) a non-complex wakeup circuit design because one or more existing connector interconnects between the power management device and the battery management device can be re-used during electronic system's powered down mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Talbott M. Houk, Wenxun Huang, Nikola Jovanovic, Floyd L. Dankert, Sanjay Pant, Alessandro Molari, Siarhei Meliukh, Nicola Florio, Ludmil N. Nikolov, Nathan F. Hanagami, Hartmut Sturm, Di Zhao, Chad L. Olson, John J. Sullivan, Seyedeh Maryam Mortazavi Zanjani, Tristan R. Hudson, Jay B. Fletcher, Jonathan A. Dutra
  • Publication number: 20240077933
    Abstract: A method for detecting full-body gestures by a mobile device includes a host mobile device detecting the tracked body of a co-located participant in a multi-party session. When the participant's tracked body provides a full-body gesture, the host's mobile device recognizes that there is a tracked body providing a full-body gesture. The host mobile device iterates through the list of participants in the multi-party session and finds the closest participant mobile device with respect to the screen-space position of the head of the gesturing participant. The host mobile device then obtains the user ID of the closest participant mobile device and broadcasts the recognized full-body gesture event to all co-located participants in the multi-party session, along with the obtained user ID. Each participant's mobile device may then handle the gesture event as appropriate for the multi-party session. For example, a character or costume may be assigned to a gesturing participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Daekun Kim, Lei Zhang, Youjean Cho, Ava Robinson, Yu Jiang Tham, Rajan Vaish, Andrés Monroy-Hernández
  • Publication number: 20240077934
    Abstract: Described are virtual AR interfaces for generating a virtual rotational interface for the purpose of controlling connected IoT devices using the inertial measurement unit (IMU) of a portable electronic device. The IMU control application enables a user of a portable electronic device to activate a virtual rotational interface overlay on a display and adjust a feature of a connected IoT product by rotating a portable electronic device. The device IMU moves a slider on the virtual rotational interface. The IMU control application sends a control signal to the IoT product which executes an action in accordance with the slider position. The virtual rotational interface is presented on the display as a virtual object in an AR environment. The IMU control application detects the device orientation (in the physical environment) and in response presents a corresponding slider element on the virtual rotational interface (in the AR environment).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Youjean Cho, Daekun Kim, Ava Robinson, Yu Jiang Tham, Rajan Vaish, Andrés Monroy-Hernández
  • Publication number: 20240077935
    Abstract: A virtual interface application presented in augmented reality (AR) is described for controlling Internet of Things (IoT) products. The virtual interface application enables a user of a portable electronic device to activate a virtual control interface overlay on a display, receive a selection from the user using her hands or feet, and send a control signal to a nearby IoT product which executes an action in accordance with the selection. The virtual control interface is presented on the display as a virtual object in an AR environment. The virtual interface application includes a foot tracking tool for detecting an intersection between the foot location (in the physical environment) and the virtual surface position (in the AR environment). When an intersection is detected, the virtual interface application sends a control signal with instructions to the IoT product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Youjean Cho, Lei Zhang, Daekun Kim, Ava Robinson, Yu Jiang Tham, Rajan Vaish, Andrés Monroy-Hernández
  • Publication number: 20240077936
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing AR button selection operations on an augmented reality (AR) device. The system displays, by an AR device, a plurality of AR objects on a display region that overlaps a first real-world object, each of the plurality of AR objects being associated with an object selection region. The system computes a first spatial relationship factor for a first AR object of the plurality of AR objects based on a position of the first AR object relative to a position of a second real-world object and adjusts the object selection region of the first AR object based on the first spatial relationship factor. The system activates the first AR object in response to determining that the second real-world object overlaps the object selection region of the first AR object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Sterling Crispin
  • Publication number: 20240077937
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and user interfaces for controlling and displaying representations of user in environments, such as during a live communication session and/or a live collaboration session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jason D. RICKWALD, Andrew R. BACON, Kristi E. BAUERLY, Rupert BURTON, Jordan A. CAZAMIAS, Tong CHEN, Shih-Sang CHIU, Jonathan PERRON, Giancarlo YERKES
  • Publication number: 20240077938
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing method to deal with the generation of inexact posture information. The information processing method includes acquiring posture information that indicates a posture of a moving body, extracting a feature amount from the posture information acquired at one time point or at multiple time points, determining whether or not the extracted feature amount is included within a definition range in a feature amount space, and acquiring, as a use feature amount, a feature amount that is included within the definition range, when the extracted feature amount is determined not to be included within the definition range, and generating data that indicates a posture or a motion, by using the use feature amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tamotsu ISHII, Tetsuro SATO, Yasutaka FUKUMOTO