Circuits For Reducing Thermal Inertia; Circuits For Predicting The Stationary Value Of Temperature (epo) Patents (Class 374/E7.042)
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Patent number: 12257183Abstract: Continuous core body temperature measurements are made during hypothermic operations, where the core body temperature of the patient is lowered to reduce swelling. Caregivers monitor the patient's core body temperature to prevent damage that can occur to the patient if the patient's core body temperature becomes too low. To accurately determine the core body temperature of the patient, a temperature monitoring system measures the temperature at or near the surface of the patient and through at least a portion of a thermal block at multiple locations.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Masimo CorporationInventors: Valery G. Telfort, Philip Perea, Jerome Novak
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Patent number: 12208393Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal control system for controlling the temperature of a fluid. In particular, the invention relates to a control system having at least two heating elements, at least one of which is used for directly or indirectly heating a fluid, and at least one of which is used for heating a thermal probe used to determine the temperature of the fluid. The heating systems are controlled by at least one feedback controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Abbott Point of Care Inc.Inventors: Gary J. Vandersleen, Sergey Gershtein, Mitchell Tilson, Jaymin Patel, Craig H. Schneider, Seth Hunter, Paul Wasserman, Pierre Emeric
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Patent number: 12126636Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for use in detection of anomalous behavior of a device of a computer system. The method is arranged to be performed by a processing system. The method includes deriving values, m1, . . . , mN, of a metric, M, representative of data associated with the device; modeling a distribution of the values; and determining, in accordance with the distribution of the values, the probability of observing a more extreme value of the metric than a given value, in, of the metric, wherein the probability is used to determine whether the device is behaving anomalously. Also disclosed is an equivalent computer readable medium and anomalous behavior detection system.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Darktrace Holdings LimitedInventors: Tom Dean, Jack Stockdale
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Patent number: 12126294Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a post temperature calibration translation circuit (PTCTC) configured to generate a signal corresponding to a predetermined temperature voltage translation relationship (TVTR). In an illustrative example, the PTCTC may be coupled to a motor controller including a control logic to regulate a power input to a motor based on the TVTR. The PTCTC further includes an input port configured to receive a temperature sensor output based on a predetermined transfer function. At least one analog corrective translation circuit (ACTC), for example, may generate temperature input signals to the motor power controller based on the temperature sensor output. The temperature input signals are generated based on a calibrated transfer function such that the temperature input signals substantially match an output according to the TVTR. Various embodiments may advantageously avoid modification of the control logic when the predetermined transfer function is altered.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor International LPInventor: Steven J. Goldman
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Patent number: 12091027Abstract: A temperature estimation system and method for an electric motor of a vehicle include a set of sensors configured to measure a set of operating parameters of the electric motor including at least (i) phase current, (ii) speed, and (iii) coolant temperature and a controller configured to access a trained artificial neural network (ANN) temperature estimation model, using the trained ANN temperature estimation model with the set of electric motor operating parameters as inputs, estimate temperatures of a stator and a rotor of the electric motor, and control operation of the electric motor based on the estimated stator and rotor temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Daniel R Luedtke, Mustafa Mohamadian
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Patent number: 12071025Abstract: The electrified vehicle includes a first motor that drives a first wheel, a second motor that drives a second wheel different from the first wheel, a temperature sensor provided for the first motor, and a control device. The control device estimates the temperature of the first motor based on the detection signal from the temperature sensor, and corrects the temperature of the first motor based on information indicating a relative relation between operation of the first motor and operation of the second motor. These processes allow the control device to estimate the temperature of the second motor, control the operation of the first motor based on the estimated temperature of the first motor, and control the operation of the second motor based on the estimated temperature of the second motor.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki Norimoto, Shingo Nagai
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Patent number: 12061123Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate on which a temperature sensor is formed, a plurality of insulating films formed above the semiconductor substrate, a temperature measurement wiring pattern formed on a first insulating film which is one of the plurality of the insulating films, a detection electrode which is formed on the uppermost insulating film of the plurality of the insulating films to be arranged at a position corresponding to the first temperature measurement wiring pattern and is provided for contact a temperature measurement needle, and one or more via electrodes formed in one or more insulating film between the temperature measurement electrode and the detection electrode to couple between the temperature measurement electrode and the detection electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shin Tamura, Shinji Kawashima, Hisao Kobashi
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Patent number: 12055445Abstract: A method and apparatus for temperature processing a food item. It should be noted that the description provided herein will primarily focus on cooking temperature processing, but cooking is referred to, the process for determining core temperature can also be used for chilling and/or freezing a food item. One implementation of the technology as disclosed and claimed, utilizes a combination of 3D profile scanning camera, mid-range infrared camera, high-resolution encoder-based positioning device, and cook profile settings in order to measure the physical attributes of the product related to the fully cooked state. The system is measuring at least two aspects that determine the temperature change within an object during the cook process and they are geometry and thermodynamic properties.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Tyson Foods, Inc.Inventors: Mark Griffin, Doug Foreman, Bill Britting, Toni Kinsey, Sam Engel, Jeremy Gerard, Douglas Martin Linn, Travis Scarrow
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Patent number: 12014541Abstract: Provided according to an embodiment of the present invention is a device for managing the environment of a breeding farm, the device comprising: an imaging unit for capturing a thermal image of the inside of a breeding farm; an object detection unit for detecting an object from the captured image; an area division unit for dividing the captured image into multiple areas; a filtering unit for extracting, from the divided areas, a second area except a first area where the object is detected; and a control unit for comparing the temperature of the second area with a reference temperature to detect an abnormal situation.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Seon Hee Park, Min Kyu Kim, Il Bong Kim
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Patent number: 11886914Abstract: A system, and method for controlling a computing system, comprising: reading a stored energy-performance characteristic of a plurality of different phases of execution of software, an execution of each phase being associated with a consumption of a variable amount of energy in dependence on at least a processing system performance state, the performance state being defined by a selectable performance-energy consumption optimization for at least two processing system components; scheduling a plurality of phases of execution of the software, in dependence on the stored energy-performance characteristics, for each of the respective phases of execution of the software and at least one system-level energy criterion; and executing the phases of execution of the software in accordance with the scheduling.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New YorkInventor: Kanad Ghose
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Patent number: 11883133Abstract: An in-vivo temperature measurement device includes a plurality of thermal resistors, temperature sensors for measuring an epidermis temperature of a living body, and temperature sensors for measuring an upper surface temperature that are provided at both ends of the thermal resistors, respectively, a memory that stores an estimation model of the core temperature of the living body that takes into consideration a non-thermal equilibrium state of the living body, and thermal resistance values of the thermal resistors, and an arithmetic circuit that estimates, based on the plurality of temperatures measured by the temperature sensors and the temperature sensors, the core temperature of the living body using the estimation model and the thermal resistance values, and the thermal resistance values are different from one another.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Daichi Matsunaga, Yujiro Tanaka, Michiko Seyama
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Patent number: 11872156Abstract: Continuous core body temperature measurements are made during hypothermic operations, where the core body temperature of the patient is lowered to reduce swelling. Caregivers monitor the patient's core body temperature to prevent damage that can occur to the patient if the patient's core body temperature becomes too low. To accurately determine the core body temperature of the patient, a temperature monitoring system measures the temperature at or near the surface of the patient and through at least a portion of a thermal block at multiple locations.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Masimo CorporationInventors: Valery G. Telfort, Philip Perea, Jerome Novak
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Patent number: 11846675Abstract: A battery temperature estimation method includes fitting, when a battery is in an offline state, a first function relationship according to corresponding admittances of the battery at different test temperatures, and obtaining a temperature distribution model of the battery according to the shape and the size of the battery, and determining a second function relationship corresponding to internal temperatures and a surface temperature by combining with the first function relationship. The second function relationship is used for estimating the internal temperature of the battery by using the surface temperature and the admittances of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xiaoqian Li, Tianyu Feng, Sijia Liu, Yonggang Yin, Shiwei Shu
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Patent number: 11836028Abstract: An information handling system includes a management controller configured to determine whether to initiate control of power consumption of a memory subsystem of the information handling system. A closed-loop memory thermal controller may receive temperature values to determine a temperature setpoint for the memory subsystem, and calculate an error value that is a difference between the temperature setpoint and a temperature measurement. If the error value is within a temperature margin, then the thermal controller may determine a proportional-integral power signal based on the temperature margin and the temperature measurement; and determine a proportional-integral gain based on a maximum rate of change of the temperature measurement between polling events of the temperature measurement and a polling rate of the temperature measurement.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Hasnain Shabbir, Carlos Henry
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Patent number: 11726507Abstract: A smart-home device may include a temperature sensor, energy-consuming subsystems, and processors programmed to receive a temperature measurement from the temperature sensor for an ambient environment surrounding the temperature sensor; receive inputs from the energy-consuming subsystems that indicate power-consuming activities of the energy-consuming subsystems; providing the inputs from the energy-consuming subsystems to a model that is trained to calculate an effect of the power-consuming activity of the energy-consuming subsystems on the temperature measurement from the temperature sensor; and calculating an estimate of the temperature of the ambient environment by compensating the temperature measurement from the temperature sensor with using the effect of the power-consuming activity of the energy-consuming subsystems.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Daniel Adam Warren, Michael Mitchell, Gwendolyn van der Linden, Ford Rylander, Brian Silverstein, Arun Raghupathy
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Patent number: 11717170Abstract: In one embodiment a temperature sensor system includes two sensor assemblies with different thermal resistances, each sensor assembly including a temperature sensing portion and a thermoelectric generator portion configured to receive heat flow from a body through the associated temperature sensing portion. A control unit is operably connected to the sensor assemblies and the memory. The control unit is configured to execute program instructions stored in the memory to obtain signals from the temperature sensor portions and the thermoelectric generator portions and to calculate and output a body core temperature (TB) based upon the obtained signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Beatrix Mensch, Thomas Rocznik, Christian Peters, Seow Yuen Yee
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Patent number: 11672428Abstract: A biological data measurement device in which a living organism having a first thermal resistance Rth1 from a core to a surface is a measuring object, includes a heat insulating layer which is disposed on a body surface of the measuring object and has a second thermal resistance Rth2; a measurement device for measuring a first and a second temperatures, which is segregated by the heat insulating layer; and an adding device for adding a predetermined delay time to the second temperature in order to correct a response delay of the first temperature as compared with the second temperature. The first temperature is a bottom side temperature of a bottom surface of the heat insulating layer, which is in contact with the body surface, and the second temperature is a top side temperature of a top surface of the heat insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: TECHNO-COMMONS INC.Inventors: Akio Tanaka, Chun Kit Chan, Kohei Higuchi
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Patent number: 11674856Abstract: A system for estimating junction temperatures of a power semiconductor module includes a constant current source to apply constant drain current to a drain terminal of a power semiconductor device, an adjustable gate voltage source to apply a gate voltage signal to a gate terminal, a drain-source voltage sensor between the drain terminal and the source terminal and configured to measure a value of the current drain-source voltage across the power semiconductor device and output a corresponding drain-source voltage signal, a gate controller to determine a difference between the drain-source voltage signal and a constant reference voltage and control output of the adjustable gate voltage source dependent on the determined difference, and a system controller to switch the power semiconductor device to its fully conducting state and to estimate junction temperature within the power semiconductor device in dependency from the on-state resistance in the fully conducting state.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Airbus (S.A.S.)Inventors: Gerhard Steiner, Florian Kapaun
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Patent number: 11671103Abstract: A circuit for sensing local operating properties of an integrated circuit is disclosed. The circuit may include one or more sensor circuits configured to sense the local operating properties of the integrated circuit. The sensor circuits may receive a supply voltage with a magnitude in a limited range from a digital power supply that is different from the digital power supply that provides power to functional circuits in the integrated circuit. Level shifters may be coupled to the sensor circuits to shift output signals from the sensor circuits to levels that correspond to the digital power supply that provides power to functional circuits in the integrated circuit. Counters and a shift register may be coupled to the level shifters to receive the shifted output signals, the values of which may be used to determine the local operating properties of the integrated circuit as sensed by the sensor circuits.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ramy A. Ahmed, Bruno W. Garlepp, Jafar Savoj
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Patent number: 11642974Abstract: A connection device for electrical connection of a vehicle to a charging cord provided with a charging socket is presented herein. The connection device includes a housing, at least a first and a second power contact disposed within the housing. Each power contact has a front section disposed in a front part of the housing which extends in a connection base and a rear section disposed in a rear part of the housing which extends in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of connection of the charging socket. The connector device also includes a printed circuit board mounted in the rear part of the housing. The printed circuit board extends in a plane substantially parallel to the direction of connection. The printed circuit board has a first face provided with a first metal pad which is compressed between the printed circuit board, an axial surface of the rear section of the first power contact, and a second face provided with a first temperature sensor which is arranged opposite the first metal pad.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Olivier Malandain, Stephane Barlerin
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Patent number: 11616841Abstract: A digital sensor network is overlaid on an integrated circuit for identifying and mapping hotspots in the integrated circuit. The digital sensor network may include a plurality of digital sensors distributed within an area of an integrated circuit component of an integrated circuit. Each of the plurality of digital sensors may include a ring oscillator and may be configured to output a counter value of a ring oscillator counted over a designated period. A sensor network control unit may be provided that is communicatively connected to the plurality of digital sensors via a communication circuit. The sensor network control unit may be configured to receive a plurality of counter values including the counter value from each of the plurality of digital sensors and identify a hotspot within the area of the integrated circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LimitedInventors: Bogdan Tutuianu, Osamu Takahashi
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Patent number: 11566947Abstract: A temperature estimation system includes an internal temperature data obtainer that obtains internal temperature data of a smartphone carried by a user; an operation data obtainer that obtains operation data on an operation state of the smartphone; and a temperature estimator that calculates an estimated value of an external temperature in a vicinity of the smartphone from the internal temperature data and the operation data of the smartphone, based on correlation among internal temperature data of a mobile terminal device for measurement, operation data on an operation state of the mobile terminal device for measurement, and actual temperature data that represents an actual environmental temperature in a vicinity of the mobile terminal device for measurement.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Hitoshi Nakamura
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Patent number: 11527789Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a temperature adjustment method and a temperature adjustment system for a vehicle. The temperature adjustment method includes the following steps: obtaining a required power used for performing temperature adjustment on a battery; obtaining an actual power used for performing temperature adjustment on the battery; and adjusting an opening degree of an intra-vehicle cooling branch and an opening degree of a battery cooling branch according to the required power, the actual power, an intra-vehicle temperature, and an air conditioner set temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xingchi Wu, Jigang Tan, Hongjun Wang
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Patent number: 11513933Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to a memory device are described. A controller may be configured to predict a temperature of a memory based on a real-time temperature of the controller. Based on the predicted temperature of the memory, the controller may execute a remedial action to reduce an actual temperature of the memory for executing an upcoming operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Cyrus Elmtalab, Jacob Sloat
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Patent number: 11506883Abstract: An optical wavelength selecting filter-module into which light is incident from a prescribed direction determined in advance, the optical wavelength-selective filter module including: an optical filter of which an orientation can be changed; a frequency information acquiring unit which acquires frequency information that is information indicating a frequency of light to be transmitted through the optical filter; a temperature information acquiring unit which acquires temperature information that indicates a temperature of the optical filter; a determining unit which determines an orientation of the optical filter based on relationship information that is information associating, for each prescribed frequency, the temperature and an orientation of the optical filter at which light of the frequency is transmitted through the optical filter at transmittance equal to or higher than prescribed transmittance at the temperature, a temperature indicated by the temperature information, and a frequency indicated by theType: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Imai, Takuya Kanai, Yumiko Senoo, Kota Asaka
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Patent number: 11486768Abstract: A deep body thermometer that includes a body temperature measurement unit having a thermal resistor layer formed of a thermal resistor having a predetermined thermal resistance value, four temperature sensors arranged in a thickness direction of the thermal resistor layer, and a wiring substrate on which a processing circuit for processing an output signal of each of the four temperature sensors is mounted. Moreover, the thermometer includes an upper exterior body made of a foamed material of a closed cell or a semi-closed cell having a waterproof property to accommodate the body temperature measurement unit, and a lower exterior body formed of a non-foamed resin film having a waterproof property, in which peripheral edge portions of the upper exterior body and the lower exterior body are fixed in a close contact manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Toru Shimuta
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Patent number: 11329436Abstract: An electrical contact element for a plug connector includes an electrically conductive base body electrically connected to a mating contact element, the base body having a longitudinal axis extending along a plugging direction between the contact element and the mating contact element, and a first temperature probe and a second temperature probe arranged at a pair of different measurement regions of the contact element spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY GERMANY GMBHInventors: Marco Wolf, Michael Ludwig, Martin Rieder
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Patent number: 11291327Abstract: A control system is described for synchronizing food processing steps performed by a multi-function cooking apparatus with food processing steps performed by one or more remote kitchen appliances, includes a recipe program interface for accessing a recipe program on a data storage device wherein the recipe program is configured to be executed by the cooking apparatus and has internal instructions configured to control functions of the cooking apparatus for performing food processing steps thereon, and has at least one external instruction for a remote food processing step performed by a particular remote kitchen appliance.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbHInventors: Maximilian Koennings, Maria Jose Resende, Georg Hackert, Julius Ganns, Stefan Hilgers
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Patent number: 11144421Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to a memory device are described. The memory device may include a non-volatile (NV) memory and a controller. The controller may be configured to predict a temperature of the NV memory based on a real-time temperature of the controller. Based on the predicted temperature of the NV memory, the controller may execute a remedial action to reduce an actual temperature of the NV memory for executing an upcoming operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Cyrus Elmtalab, Jacob Sloat
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Patent number: 10481014Abstract: An apparatus can include a first adaptive filter, a second adaptive filter, a filter, and a third adaptive filter. The first adaptive filter can be configured to determine an estimated magnitude of a control signal associated with a control measure based on a magnitude of a signal from a sensor, wherein the signal is indicative of operating temperature of a memory system. The second adaptive filter can be configured to determine an estimated operating temperature based on a magnitude of the control signal. The filter can be configured to determine a change magnitude of the control signal based on a difference between the magnitude of the signal from the sensor and a threshold operating temperature. The third adaptive filter can be configured to determine a throttle rate at which to apply the control signal based on a change magnitude of the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Shirish D. Bahirat, Aditi P. Kulkarni
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Patent number: 9930109Abstract: This invention relates to methods and systems for workload distribution, particularly in data centers, more particularly data centers which use fresh air cooling. Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems which calculate a load value for each server which takes account of both the temperature of the server and its current job queue, and determine the server to which an incoming job should be allocated on the basis of the load values of the available servers.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignees: Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, British Telecommunications plc, Emirates Telecommunications CorporationInventors: Fabrice Saffre, Hanno Hildmann, Sebastien Matthieu Rene Nicolas
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Patent number: 7653510Abstract: A device and method for providing a load calculating device is presented. In one embodiment, a load calculating device can include a variable acquiring unit configured to acquire monitoring variables. The monitoring variables can include in a detected value by a sensor monitoring a state of a circuit board and a performance characteristic obtained by a tool monitoring performance of the circuit board. The device can also store a first statistical model that is one of a regression model, an occurrence frequency distribution and a probability distribution; a second storage configured to store a second statistical model that is one of a regression model, an occurrence frequency distribution and a probability distribution. An arithmetic processor can then be used to calculate the intermediate variable from the monitoring variables according to the first statistical model and calculate the physical quantity from calculated intermediate variable according to the second statistical model.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kenji Hirohata, Minoru Mukai, Katsumi Hisano, Takashi Kawakami
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Patent number: 7445381Abstract: A method and an apparatus capable of providing a predicted completion time for heating and/or cooling of an item based on a manually entered length of time and/or a determination of the amount of time remaining before an item such as food reaches a desired temperature such as a cooking temperature or approximately room temperature. In at least one embodiment, determining the amount of time remaining is based at least on the elapsed time and the percentage of temperature range between a first temperature and the desired temperature completed or remaining to be covered.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2007Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: F.O.B. Instruments LtdInventors: Richard Rund, Pierre Charlety, Ma Huai Wang, Quan Zhi Yong