With Power Supply Status Monitoring Patents (Class 714/22)
  • Patent number: 12126354
    Abstract: A batteryless wireless sensor system includes a data acquisition system, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a batteryless wireless sensor device. The RF transceiver is in communication with the data acquisition system, transmits a RF signal, and receives sensor data and provide the sensor data to the data acquisition system. The batteryless wireless sensor device includes a RF transmitter, an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a sensor. The batteryless wireless sensor harvests energy from the RF signal and generates a DC signal based on the energy harvested from the RF signal, powers up and operates the ADC and the sensor based on the DC signal, and generates sensor data. The batteryless wireless sensor then transmits the sensor data via the RF transmitter to the RF transceiver. In certain examples, the ADC is implemented as a current mode ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventor: Phuong Huynh
  • Patent number: 12113669
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing the operation of a deployment are provided. The deployment may be managed in accordance with a subscription model. The subscription model may use subscriptions to define the extent and limits on use of services provided by the deployment. The subscription services and limits may be enforced by management controllers of network devices of the deployment. The management controllers may operate independently from control planes and data planes of the network devices. If a plane is suspected of being compromised, the management controllers may take action to confirm the suspicions. If confirmed, then remedial activity may be initiated to address the compromised plane. The remedial activity may include distributed enforcement of the subscriptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dharmesh M. Patel, John A. Lockman, III
  • Patent number: 12019870
    Abstract: A computer system implements a memory unit, which includes first DRAM devices, second DRAM devices, a first memory controller, and a second memory controller. Each of the first DRAM devices have a first individual memory capacity and each of the second DRAM devices have a second individual memory capacity. The first memory controller is in signal communication with the first DRAM devices and the second memory controller is in signal communication with the second DRAM devices. Each of the first DRAM devices and the second DRAM devices are selectively operable as one of an active DRAM device to stare application data or a spare DRAM device reserved to receive the application data from the active DRAM devices to dynamically over-provision a total memory defined by a sum of the first and second individual memory capacities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Anthony Larson Stanton, Peter J. Heyrman, Troy David Armstrong, Adam J. McPadden
  • Patent number: 11994836
    Abstract: A smart accessory device is designed to be used with a circuit breaker so as to be able to actuate an operating mechanism of the circuit breaker in order to either open or close the separable contacts of the circuit breaker. The accessory device can be one of a shunt trip, spring release, or under voltage release device. The accessory device continually executes diagnostics to determine whether the power being supplied by an external power source is sufficient to enable the accessory device to actuate the operating mechanism of the associated circuit breaker. If the accessory device determines that the power being supplied by the external source is insufficient, the device triggers an alarm in order to notify a user that the power source is not meeting the power requirements of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Patrick Martinez Garcia, Paul R. Rakus, James L. Lagree, David R. Rohn, Kevin Sippel
  • Patent number: 11984906
    Abstract: A batteryless wireless sensor system includes a data acquisition system, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a batteryless wireless sensor device. The RF transceiver is in communication with the data acquisition system, transmits a RF signal, and receives sensor data and provide the sensor data to the data acquisition system. The batteryless wireless sensor device includes a RF transmitter, an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a sensor. The batteryless wireless sensor harvests energy from the RF signal and generates a DC signal based on the energy harvested from the RF signal, powers up and operates the ADC and the sensor based on the DC signal, and generates sensor data. The batteryless wireless sensor then transmits the sensor data via the RF transmitter to the RF transceiver. In certain examples, the ADC is implemented as a current mode ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventor: Phuong Huynh
  • Patent number: 11973512
    Abstract: A batteryless wireless sensor system includes a data acquisition system, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a batteryless wireless sensor device. The RF transceiver is in communication with the data acquisition system, transmits a RF signal, and receives sensor data and provide the sensor data to the data acquisition system. The batteryless wireless sensor device includes a RF transmitter, an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a sensor. The batteryless wireless sensor harvests energy from the RF signal and generates a DC signal based on the energy harvested from the RF signal, powers up and operates the ADC and the sensor based on the DC signal, and generates sensor data. The batteryless wireless sensor then transmits the sensor data via the RF transmitter to the RF transceiver. In certain examples, the ADC is implemented as a current mode ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventor: Phuong Huynh
  • Patent number: 11966503
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods to mitigate effects of glitch attacks on a broadcast communication bus are provided. The voltage levels of the communication bus are repeatedly sampled to identify glitch attacks. The voltage level on the communication bus can be overdriven or overwritten to either corrupt received messages or correct received messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Marcio Juliato, Vuk Lesi, Christopher Gutierrez, Shabbir Ahmed, Qian Wang, Manoj Sastry
  • Patent number: 11936645
    Abstract: Security functions for a memory corresponding to a smart security storage may be facilitated or executed through operation of utility application corresponding to a smart device. For example, encryption/decryption of data stored on the memory may be facilitated or executed by a security module under control of an access application corresponding to the smart device. Data securely stored on the memory may be explored and accessed by the smart device or a host computing device under control of the access application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Kingston Digital, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Wei Chen, Chih-Hung Wu
  • Patent number: 11936484
    Abstract: The present invention is a system for providing power and controlling a plurality of ethernet devices as described. A driver, wherein the driver provides for the control of the system; a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors collect sensor specific data and are in communication with the driver; a Power over Ethernet (POE) switch, wherein the POE switch is in communication with the plurality of sensors; a plurality of fixtures in communication with the driver and the POE switch, wherein the plurality of fixtures are light sources; and a local power source, wherein the local power source is in communication with the POE switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Jesus Rodriguez, Egidio Enea
  • Patent number: 11893438
    Abstract: A positive feedback latch amplitude limiting control circuit and method of the passive radio frequency identification tag of the present disclosure dynamically control the voltage between the first and the second antenna terminal. When the voltage between the antenna terminals is too high, the signal generating circuit turns on the discharge circuit, which reduces the rectified DC voltage. When the voltage between the antenna terminals is within the limited voltage, the signal generating circuit turns off the discharge circuit. The discharge circuit in the present disclosure includes a MOS transistor whose gate voltage is indirectly controlled by a latch. A positive feedback mechanism of the latch makes the first control signal S1 have a substantially strong strength when being pulled to a low level, such that the discharge path is fully turned off, which avoids a discharge of the MOS transistor being in a sub-threshold region, thereby improving communication performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: EXCELIO TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Patrick Bian Wu
  • Patent number: 11853174
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure relate to mitigating data loss resulting from storage device failures. In embodiments, an input/output (IO) workload can be received by a storage array. Further, the IO workload's corresponding IO requests stored in the storage array's cache can be relocated in response to a storage device failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Eamonn Farrell
  • Patent number: 11844186
    Abstract: A data storage ecosystem that includes a series of devices of increasing size, designed to look and work together as a family, with at least one of the devices being a data storage device having a first consumer-accessible connector and a second high speed connector. The data storage ecosystem also includes a rack-mounted docking unit having a third high speed interfacing connector configured to couple to the second high speed connector of the data storage device when the data storage device is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Paul McParland, Bruno Jean Masson, Jeffrey Dale Fochtman
  • Patent number: 11792347
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a power source, a power monitoring unit configured to monitor an output voltage output from the power source, an acceptance unit configured to accept a user operation to turn off the electronic apparatus, and an execution unit configured to operate using power output from the power source, execute shutdown processing in response to the user operation accepted through the acceptance unit, and execute the shutdown processing when the output voltage monitored by the power monitoring unit is lower than a threshold voltage. The threshold voltage is higher than a guaranteed operation voltage of the execution unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Okuma
  • Patent number: 11778562
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of reducing power consumption by a mobile telephone includes (1) providing a mobile telephone including a processor, an antenna, and a memory having computer program code; and (2) employing the processor of the mobile telephone and computer program code to (a) determine if the mobile telephone is in a vehicle; and (b) in response to the mobile telephone being in a vehicle, initiate a reduced power sequence in which the mobile telephone repeatedly turns off transmission by the antenna of the mobile telephone for a first time period and turns on transmission by the antenna of the mobile telephone for a second time period. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Dugan Patents, LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. Dugan, Valerie G. Dugan
  • Patent number: 11742054
    Abstract: A controller of an information handling system may detect a power fault event for one or more of a plurality of memories configured to operate in a memory mirroring mode. The controller may deactivate the one or more of the plurality of memories by mapping the one or more of the plurality of memories out from usage without rebooting the information handling system based, at least in part, on the detection of the power fault event and the received notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jordan Chin, Timothy M. Lambert
  • Patent number: 11722863
    Abstract: Example systems are described for remotely interacting with a portable field measurement device. Systems can include a controller that can: couple to a mobile device; receive user input from a user through the mobile device; cause the portable field measurement device to execute the operations directed by the user; electronically record data output from the portable field measurement device resulting from the directed operations; and report the data to the user via the mobile device, and/or to a remote electronic database. In some embodiments, a robotic arm can be used to actuate the portable field measurement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Engeo Incorporated
    Inventors: Gilead Wurman, Michael John Price, Joseph Gray
  • Patent number: 11676668
    Abstract: Memories having a first pool of memory cells having a first storage density and a second pool of memory cells having a second storage density greater than the first storage density, and a controller configured to cause the memory to determine whether a value of an indication of available power of a power supply for the memory is less than a threshold, and in response to determining that the value of the indication of available power is less than the threshold, increase a size of the first pool of memory cells, limit programming of data received by the memory to the first pool of memory cells, and cease movement of data from the first pool of memory cells to the second pool of memory cells, as well as apparatus including similar memories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Avani F. Trivedi, Tracy D. Evans, Carla L. Christensen, Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki, Aparna U. Limaye
  • Patent number: 11656990
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device, a memory controller configured to control the memory device, and an auxiliary power source configured to supply power to the memory device and the memory controller. The memory controller activates the auxiliary power source in response to the occurrence an NPO (normal power-off) or an SPO (sudden power-off), checks whether there exists an uncompleted operation at a point of time at which the auxiliary power source is activated, and completes the uncompleted operation, and when an amount of residual energy of the auxiliary power source after completing the uncompleted operation exceeds a predetermined threshold value, performs a data verify operation for a predetermined area in the memory device and stores a result of the data verify operation in the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jeong Ho Jeon, Dal Gon Kim
  • Patent number: 11632123
    Abstract: A batteryless wireless sensor system includes a data acquisition system, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a batteryless wireless sensor device. The RF transceiver is in communication with the data acquisition system, transmits a RF signal, and receives sensor data and provide the sensor data to the data acquisition system. The batteryless wireless sensor device includes a RF transmitter, an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a sensor. The batteryless wireless sensor harvests energy from the RF signal and generates a DC signal based on the energy harvested from the RF signal, powers up and operates the ADC and the sensor based on the DC signal, and generates sensor data. The batteryless wireless sensor then transmits the sensor data via the RF transmitter to the RF transceiver. In certain examples, the ADC is implemented as a current mode ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventor: Phuong Huynh
  • Patent number: 11622058
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a power source, a power monitoring unit configured to monitor an output voltage output from the power source, an acceptance unit configured to accept a user operation to turn off the electronic apparatus, and an execution unit configured to operate using power output from the power source, execute shutdown processing in response to the user operation accepted through the acceptance unit, and execute the shutdown processing when the output voltage monitored by the power monitoring unit is lower than a threshold voltage. The threshold voltage is higher than a guaranteed operation voltage of the execution unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Okuma
  • Patent number: 11592887
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a memory and a first processor being configured to: control an operating frequency of a second processor connected to power supply devices that receive power from one or more power source systems to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on information on a number of power source systems and information on a number of uninterruptable power supplies connected to the power supply devices; and control, when the number of the power source systems is two or more and an uninterruptable power supply is connected to a power supply device in each of the power source systems, the operating frequency of the second processor to an operating frequency corresponding to a power value based on a number of power supply devices normally operating in a first power source system and a number of uninterruptable power supplies in a second power source system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sudo, Kazuya Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11586538
    Abstract: Provided is a storage device including a power management integrated circuit chip; multiple non-volatile memories configured to receive power from the power management integrated circuit chip; and a controller configured to control the non-volatile memories, wherein the controller checks a state of the power during a read operation and a write operation on the non-volatile memories and, when a power failure is detected in at least one of the non-volatile memories, implements a power failure detection mode regarding the read operation and the write operation on all of the non-volatile memories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-Kyu Bang, Young-Min Kim, Kwan-Bin Yim
  • Patent number: 11545993
    Abstract: A batteryless wireless sensor system includes a data acquisition system, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a batteryless wireless sensor device. The RF transceiver is in communication with the data acquisition system, transmits a RF signal, and receives sensor data and provide the sensor data to the data acquisition system. The batteryless wireless sensor device includes a RF transmitter, an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a sensor. The batteryless wireless sensor harvests energy from the RF signal and generates a DC signal based on the energy harvested from the RF signal, powers up and operates the ADC and the sensor based on the DC signal, and generates sensor data. The batteryless wireless sensor then transmits the sensor data via the RF transmitter to the RF transceiver. In certain examples, the ADC is implemented as a current mode ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventor: Phuong Huynh
  • Patent number: 11509473
    Abstract: At least one computer processor configured with a single prime field accelerator having software-based instructions operably configured to compute both isogeny-based cryptography equations and elliptic curve cryptography equations using a plurality of shared computations resident on a shared memory storage and that include finite field arithmetic and elliptic curve group arithmetic sequentially computed with an architecture controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: PQSecure Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian C. Koziel, Rami El-Khatib
  • Patent number: 11496412
    Abstract: A system for controlling power distribution within a vehicular communication network, including a power source equipment comprising a first port in communication with a network node module of a device, and a Power over Ethernet (POE) management module. The POE management module is configured to enable POE to the device via the first port, monitor a current draw of the device, determine whether the current draw of the device exceeds a threshold, and disable POE to the device, responsive to determining that the current draw exceeds the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Nariman Yousefi, Yongbum Kim, John Walley, Xuemin Chen, Wael W. Diab, Nicholas Ilyadis
  • Patent number: 11485517
    Abstract: A system for communicating at least a pre-charging datum for an electric vehicle, the system including an electric aircraft, wherein the electric aircraft comprises, a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a connection with a charging connector, at least a battery pack, wherein the at least a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells, an aircraft recharging component, the aircraft recharging component including an aircraft side recharging component, wherein the aircraft side recharging component is configured to form a charge connection with the charging connector, a controller, wherein the controller is configured to generate a battery parameter set as a function of the connection with the charging connector, and transmit the battery parameter set to the charging connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Herman Wiegman
  • Patent number: 11474940
    Abstract: Powering random access memory (RAM) modules with non-volatile memory components may include providing, by a power supply, a first output voltage to one or more RAM modules, each RAM module of the one or more RAM modules comprising a volatile memory component and a non-volatile memory component; providing, by the power supply, a second output voltage to one or more system components distinct from the one or more RAM modules; detecting a power event; sending, by the power supply, in response to detecting the power event, a signal to the one or more RAM modules to initiate a save operation, wherein the save operation comprises storing, for each of the one or more RAM modules, data from the volatile memory component to the non-volatile memory component; and ceasing, by the power supply, the second output voltage while maintaining the first output voltage to facilitate the save operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: David W. Cosby, Jonathan R. Hinkle, Jose M. Orro, Theodore B. Vojnovich
  • Patent number: 11464129
    Abstract: A data storage ecosystem that includes a series of devices of increasing size, designed to look and work together as a family, with at least one of the devices being a data storage device having a first consumer-accessible connector and a second high speed connector. The data storage ecosystem also includes a rack-mounted docking unit having a third high speed interfacing connector configured to couple to the second high speed connector of the data storage device when the data storage device is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Paul McParland, Bruno Jean Masson, Jeffrey Dale Fochtman
  • Patent number: 11449113
    Abstract: A power supply combination comprises two multi-voltage power sources having respective power rails delivering power at a first voltage and respective power rails delivering power at a second voltage. The power supply combination also comprises two single-voltage power sources having respective power rails delivering power at the first voltage. A first power combining circuit is electrically connected to the first voltage power rails of two multi-voltage power sources and to the two single-voltage power sources and delivers power at the first voltage to a first voltage input of a load. A second power combining circuit is electrically connected to the second voltage power rails of the two multi-voltage power sources and delivers power at the second voltage to a second voltage input of the load. A power supply network may connect a plurality of power supply combinations to a power management unit for reporting failures of the power sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: OVH
    Inventors: Christophe Maurice Thibaut, Patrick-Gilles Maillot
  • Patent number: 11397461
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for providing energy information to memory. An embodiment includes determining, by a host, that a charge level of an energy source coupled to the host has reached or exceeded a threshold value, and transmitting, from the host to a memory device coupled to the host, signaling indicative of an energy mode for the memory device, wherein the signaling is transmitted based at least in part on determining that the charge level of the energy source has reached or exceeded the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Blodgett, Daniele Balluchi, Danilo Caraccio, Graziano Mirichigni
  • Patent number: 11392519
    Abstract: A method of determining a configuration state of an I/O module connected to a fieldbus controller is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of receiving from the I/O module a key ID, comparing the key ID with at least one key ID stored on the fieldbus controller, and configuring the I/O module when the received key ID does not correspond to the at least one stored key ID stored. Further, a circuit for configuring a digital input of a fieldbus controller as either a PNP input or an NPN input is provided comprising a control circuit including a reference input, a first selection input, and a control output. The circuit also comprises a data circuit including a second selection input electrically connected to the control output, a data input electrically coupled to the digital input, and a data output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Erick Rudaitis, Krishna Chandra Moulik, Shameer Padinhare Kandi Meethal, Sachin Vithoba Naik
  • Patent number: 11379590
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a monitoring circuit receiving a first supply signal and generating a flag signal by monitoring a second supply signal provided to a monitored circuit; a watchdog circuit disposed in the monitoring circuit, receiving the first supply signal, and generating a watchdog signal; and a comparison circuit receiving the flag signal and the watchdog signal and generating a first signal which has a first level under an abnormal condition and a second level under a normal condition. The second level is different than the first level. The watchdog circuit sets the watchdog signal to a third level when the level of the first supply signal is lower than a first reference level. When the watchdog signal has the third level, the comparison circuit allows the first signal to have the first level regardless of the level of the flag signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Sik Cho
  • Patent number: 11374587
    Abstract: A batteryless wireless sensor system includes a data acquisition system, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a batteryless wireless sensor device. The RF transceiver is in communication with the data acquisition system, transmits a RF signal, and receives sensor data and provide the sensor data to the data acquisition system. The batteryless wireless sensor device includes a RF transmitter, an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a sensor. The batteryless wireless sensor harvests energy from the RF signal and generates a DC signal based on the energy harvested from the RF signal, powers up and operates the ADC and the sensor based on the DC signal, and generates sensor data. The batteryless wireless sensor then transmits the sensor data via the RF transmitter to the RF transceiver. In certain examples, the ADC is implemented as a current mode ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventor: Phuong Huynh
  • Patent number: 11347593
    Abstract: Various implementations described herein relate to systems and methods for a Solid State Drive (SSD) to manage data in response to a power loss event, including writing data received from a host to a volatile storage of the SSD, detecting the power loss event before the data is written to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, storing the write commands to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, marking at least one storage location of the SSD associated with the write commands as uncorrectable, for example, after the power is restored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nigel Horspool, Steve Wells
  • Patent number: 11307946
    Abstract: A method may include in response to a power event of a power system of an information handling system, determining if an uninterruptible power supply of the information handling system has adequate charge to switchover database resources from the information handling system to one or more other information handling systems integral to a database availability group. The method may also include if the uninterruptible power supply of the information handling system has adequate charge to switchover database resources from the information handling system to one or more other information handling systems integral to the database availability group, causing a shutdown of the information handling system initiated by a power manager of the uninterruptible power supply to abort, determining which of the one or more other information handling systems to switchover the database resources to, and causing switchover of the database resources based on such determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Cindy L. Stap, Mahmoud B. Ahmadian
  • Patent number: 11294442
    Abstract: In an example, a method, non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, and apparatus is described for preserving data in a solid state drive in the event of an unclean shutdown of the host computing system. A controller of the host computing system detects an unclean shutdown that initiates a power down of the host computing system, In response to the detecting the controller asserts a first signal that signals the solid state drive to write data in a volatile memory of the solid state drive to a non-volatile memory of the solid state drive, The controller then initiates a timer to count down a predefined delay period after the asserting. Upon an expiration of the timer, the controller asserts a second signal that instructs a power supply of the host computing system to power off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Byron A. Alcorn, Shane Ward, Ronald G. Rogers, Lance Ceili
  • Patent number: 11263115
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for memory corruption diagnosis is provided. The present invention may include generating a pattern expression (PE) header file, wherein a plurality of common datatypes associated with a software program are pre-defined. The invention may further include generating a PE for each of the plurality of common datatypes, and generating a PE table by merging the generated PEs for each of the plurality of common datatypes. Upon discovery that memory corruption has occurred, the invention may include transmitting a recorded state of the software program as a core dump file to a server, and using a dump utility to identify overlay content of the core dump file. Lastly, the invention may include identifying a possible source program of the memory corruption by matching the PE tables against the illegally-written overlay content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guan Jun Liu, Niao Qing Liu, Ai Lian Mi, Jing Jing Wen, Bei Chun Zhou
  • Patent number: 11106269
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus which operates in an operation mode as either of a first mode and a second mode in which power consumption is lower than power consumption in the first mode, includes: a normal control unit; a delay filter configured to delay a mode signal by a delay time longer than a time required for a preparation processing by the normal control unit; a power saving shift unit configured to stop the normal control unit after termination of the preparation processing in a case where the mode signal indicates shifting to the second mod; and a return unit to release stop of the normal control unit in a case where at least one of the mode signal and the mode signal delayed indicates returning to the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Motofumi Hata, Masatoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11080186
    Abstract: Provided is a storage device including a power management integrated circuit chip; multiple non-volatile memories configured to receive power from the power management integrated circuit chip; and a controller configured to control the non-volatile memories, wherein the controller checks a state of the power during a read operation and a write operation on the non-volatile memories and, when a power failure is detected in at least one of the non-volatile memories, implements a power failure detection mode regarding the read operation and the write operation on all of the non-volatile memories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-Kyu Bang, Young-Min Kim, Kwan-Bin Yim
  • Patent number: 11082322
    Abstract: A port adaptation method applied to a network device including a port adaptation apparatus includes probing whether the first port and the second port are connected to power sourcing equipment, and maintaining or changing one of the first port and the second port that is connected to power sourcing equipment as, or to, a powered state, and a state of the other port as, or to, a powering state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiyong Fu, Yan Zhuang, Rui Hua
  • Patent number: 11079947
    Abstract: A method to ensure that a hardware management console powers up after a storage system loses external AC power is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes detecting loss of external AC power to a storage system. The loss of external AC power causes the storage system to operate on battery power. The method further initiates, in response to the loss, shutdown of a hardware management console associated with the storage system. The method starts a timer in response to initiation of the shutdown. When the timer expires, the method power cycles the hardware management console, thereby causing the hardware management console to power up and restart. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Todd C. Sorenson, Gary W. Batchelor, Ronald D. Martens, John C. Elliott, Heidi L. Mccook
  • Patent number: 11025177
    Abstract: The piezoelectric generator system (100) comprises at least one piezoelectric generator unit (650) comprising an array (400) of piezoelectric modules (Mji,i) each including a piezoelectric element (Eji,i) and a AC/DC converter (Cji,i). The piezoelectric modules (Mji,i) in the array (400) are connected to each other in series and they are each arranged in sets (i) connected to each other in parallel. When dynamic loads (F1, F2 . . . Fn) act on the piezoelectric generator units (650), said loads (F1, F2 . . . Fn) are adjusted such that a predetermined amount of force (F) is applied with a predetermined speed to the piezoelectric modules (Mji,i), such that the array (400) supplies high electric power (Pout-tot) to one or more batteries (250) in, for example, an electric vehicle (1000), with each battery (250) being capable of working in at least storage, standby and supply conditions according to the corresponding electric power level thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Francisco Jose Andres Cuenca, Elsa Gonzalez Munoz
  • Patent number: 11010266
    Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to techniques for automatic recovery from dual isolation in which both the primary and secondary replicas of a volume are stored on isolating servers. The disclosed techniques use handshakes between the client and the replicas to determine which has a better health score. The replica with the better health score becomes the primary replica, and confirms that it and the secondary replica are both in an isolating state. In response, the primary replica seeks a solo blessing, undoes the isolating state at the volume level (the server host will still be in isolating state), and continues handling I/O and peer replication until its healthy peer is complete. These techniques can avoid availability drops when the servers hosting the primary and secondary replicas of a volume enter the isolating state at around the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Avram Israel Blaszka, Jianhua Fan, Danny Wei, Marc Stephen Olson, Pieter Kristian Brouwer, Shweta Joshi
  • Patent number: 10993859
    Abstract: A protective system for a cast saw includes a voltage source and a processor coupled to the voltage source. The processor is configured to apply a voltage to a saw blade of a cast saw. The processor is also configured to receive a voltage reading taken across a conductive layer that is at least partially embedded in a cast. The processor is also configured to determine whether the received voltage reading exceeds a threshold voltage. Responsive to a determination that the received voltage exceeds the threshold voltage, the processor is further configured to activate an alarm to warn a user of the cast saw that the saw blade is in contact with the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Aaron Halanski, Kenneth John Noonan
  • Patent number: 10937266
    Abstract: The invention provides a banknote processing machine having a power control electronics that comprises: —a low voltage monitor constructed to detect a lowering of a voltage of the power delivered by the power source below a minimum voltage; and —a power failure control circuit constructed to, in the case that a lowering of said voltage below said minimum voltage occurs, discontinue supply of power to a first group of said elements and to continue supply of power to a second group of said elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Amit Kumar Jain
  • Patent number: 10879786
    Abstract: A power conversion device according to one or more embodiments may include: a microcomputer; and an output circuit controlled by the microcomputer, including an output unit that converts an input power into a predetermined power and outputs the predetermined power, an internal power source that supplies a power source to the microcomputer, a driver that drives the output unit by a signal from the microcomputer, and a microcomputer stop transition unit that, when an operation of the power conversion device is stopped, outputs a microcomputer stop signal to the microcomputer and causes an operation of the microcomputer to transition to a stop state. In one or more embodiments, after the microcomputer stop transition unit causes the operation of the microcomputer to transition to a stop state, the microcomputer or the output circuit may stop an output of the internal power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SANKEN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Takada, Mitsutomo Yoshinaga, Toshihiro Nakano, Koki Imai, Osamu Ohtake
  • Patent number: 10824217
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory. The storage is supplied with first power from a power supply unit. The controller is configured to change power supplied from the power supply unit from the first power to second power based on a power control command transmitted from a host. The power control command includes a first parameter identifying the storage and a second parameter indicative of the second power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Sawai, Hiroshi Murayama, Hiroshi Nishimura, Shinichi Kanno, Hideki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10788872
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a server node shutdown. For example, a system includes a control module and a secondary power supply. The control module includes a detect engine to detect an even that triggers a sequenced shutdown of a server node and prevent execution of the sequenced shutdown and execution of a data transfer. The control module also includes an initiate engine to initiate a data backup process, by a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the server node, to write data from a volatile memory location of the server node to a non-volatile memory location of the server node. The secondary power supply is to support the data backup process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: David F. Heinrich, David W. Engler, Patrick Raymond, William C. Hallowell
  • Patent number: 10691359
    Abstract: In a message delivery system, wherein messages are published by publishers and delivered to subscribers based on subscriptions relating to message content. A last message queue is associated with each publisher, and a last message from each publisher is stored in the message queue associated with that publisher based on an attribute of the publisher. In this way, it is not necessary to modify the content data within the message to create the last message queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Solace Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn McAllister, Paul Kondrat
  • Patent number: 10652168
    Abstract: Techniques to inspect packets to determine a destination node are provided. In one aspect, a Wake on Lan (WOL) packet may be received at a switch. A destination node of the WOL packet may be determined. An indication of the determined destination node may be sent to a management controller. The management controller may cause the destination node to awaken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: Andrew Brown, Justin E York