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| Mobile terminal and method for controlling thereof | 20110022958 | 20110127 |
| The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, which displays at least one graphic user interface (hereinafter abbreviated GUI) on a standby picture. The present invention includes a display unit configured to display a plurality of graphic user interfaces and a controller, when a state of a specific one of a plurality of the graphic user interfaces is changed, the controller controlling at least one of a display type, a applied visual effect, a play content and an arranged position of at least one of the rest of the graphic user interfaces except the specific graphic user interface to be changed to correspond to the changed state, wherein the arranged position indicates a position of the corresponding graphic user interface displayed on the display unit.
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| Apparatus and method for reducing the standby power consumption of a display, and display with low standby power consumption | 20110022867 | 20110127 |
| A display includes a power supply system using a power controller to switch a power switch to control power delivery, and an image scalar receiving a supply voltage and a supply current from the power supply system. An apparatus and method are proposed to determine a control signal in a standby mode by monitoring the supply voltage or the supply current, to wake up or turn off the power controller to reduce the switching times of the power switch in the standby mode, thereby reducing the switching loss of the power switch and the standby power consumption of the display.
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| Electronic apparatus having reducible power consumption in the readiness state | 20110022863 | 20110127 |
| Method for an electronic device (IT) that is controllable in at least one operating state (OP) and one standby state (SBY), with which a main processing unit (MPU) controls the operating state (OP) and a preprocessing unit (PPU) controls the standby state (SBY), such that, by means of the preprocessing unit (PPU), the main processing unit (MPU) and, to some extent, the functional units of the electronic device (IT) that are implemented by circuitry are switched by the control into at least one state having reduced energy consumption. An advantage can be seen in the fact that, by using a preprocessing unit (PPU), in the operating state of “standby” (SBY) the total energy consumption of the electronic device (IT) is reduced, both due to the significantly... |
| Extended subnets | 20110019676 | 20110127 |
| a MAC address of one of a HSRP group and a VRRP group of a subnet hosted by the router.
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| Flash memory | 20110019457 | 20110127 |
| A flash memory includes a controller unit and dies. The dies are connected to a controller unit. Each of the dies includes an upper face and a lower face. Each of the dies includes at least one power supply pad, at least one grounding pad, at least one input/output pad, selection pads and standby/busy pads on each of the upper and lower faces. The power supply pad is connected to the controller unit. The grounding pad is connected to the power supply pad in parallel. The input/output pad is connected to the grounding pad in parallel. The selection pads are connected to the controller unit and connected to one another with a wire that can be cut if so desired. The standby/busy pads are connected to... |
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| Image forming apparatus and method of controlling low power thereof | 20110019225 | 20110127 |
| An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling low power thereof are provided. A main power supply unit of the image forming apparatus including a plurality of operation units supplies power and a main controller controls the plurality of operations units in an active mode in which power is supplied to the main controller and the operation units. The main controller enters a standby mode by interrupting power supplied to the main controller and the operation units from the main power supply unit, and data received through at least one communication interface is analyzed to determine whether to convert the standby mode into the active mode.
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| Electronic document reading device | 20110018854 | 20110127 |
| We describe power control techniques for an document reader with an electrophoretic display. In embodiments the document reader comprises a main processor to display information and at least one secondary processor to detect, say, a user input gesture; a battery to provide power to both processors; and a controllable switch coupled between said battery and said main processor and having a control line coupled to said secondary processor, to switch power from said battery to said main processor whilst said secondary processor is powered. In embodiments a power consumption measured in months is desired so that rather than put the main processor into a standby mode power to the main processor is switched off entirely but the system is arranged to be able to start-up quickly... |
| Current sensing circuit disconnect device and method | 20110018497 | 20110127 |
| A device and method are provided for mechanically breaking a circuit in a battery charging device when the charger is determined to be in a standby or idle mode of operation, after which the circuit must be manually reset in order to further use the device.
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| Apparatus and method for fast booting computer system | 20110016300 | 20110120 |
| An apparatus and method for fast booting a computer system are provided. When a system power-off is requested in a computer system such as a desktop of notebook computer, a boot code comprising a BIOS code or the BIOS code and an OS kernel code is written to a specific area of a RAM, and then the computer system is turned off while continuously supplying power to the specific area of the RAM. When a system power-on is requested, the boot code written to the specific area of the RAM is executed to fast boot the computer system, thus effectively reducing a user's standby time until the completion of the system boot process.
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| Power control method and apparatus to heat a heating roller | 20110013922 | 20110120 |
| A power control method and apparatus to heat a heating roller. The power control method includes heating a heating roller provided to fix a toner image of print data in an image forming apparatus, the heating roller having a heating resistor to receive roller power, the power control method includes gradually increasing a maximum level of a source power supplied from an external source up to a specific maximum supply level, and supplying the maximum source power to the heating resistor as the roller power while gradually increasing the maximum level of the source power up to a specific maximum supply level, measuring a surface temperature of the heating roller, and further supplying the source power of which maximum level is equal to the maximum supply... |
| Non-stop forwarding in a multi-chassis router | 20110013508 | 20110120 |
| State information is synchronized between a plurality of routing engines in a multi-chassis router according to a synchronization gradient. An example multi-chassis router is described that includes a primary routing engine and a standby routing engine in each chassis. According to the synchronization gradient, the primary routing engine of a control node updates state information on the standby routing engine of the control node prior to updating the primary routing engines of the other chassis. The primary routing engines of the other chassis update state information in respective standby routing engines prior to updating state information in consumers. If a primary routing engine fails, the corresponding standby routing engine assumes control of the primary routing engine's duties. Upon assuming control, a standby routing engine resumes updating... |
| Communication device and communication method | 20110013480 | 20110120 |
| A communication device includes: an ultrasonic oscillating unit which detects or generates an ultrasonic wave; a communication unit which transmits and receives information using the ultrasonic wave; a storage unit which stores a table to which a communication command to designate communication with the another communication device is allocated in time series, the table being shared by the another communication device; and a control unit which shifts the communication unit to one of a transmitting state, a receiving state, and a standby state that is neither the transmitting nor the receiving state, synchronously with the another communication device on the basis of the communication command in the table.
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| Power converter with extremely low standby power consumption | 20110013434 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a power converter with extremely low standby power consumption. The power converter comprises a rectification module having at least one unilateral switch which has a control terminal, an anode terminal and a cathode terminal. The control terminal is coupled to a control signal, wherein when the control signal issues a first level, the channel between the anode terminal and the cathode terminal is enabled to act as a unilateral switch; and when the control signal issues a second level, the channel between the anode terminal and the cathode terminal is open circuited.
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| Pattern formation apparatus, pattern formation method, and device manufacturing method | 20110013162 | 20110120 |
| When a segmented region SAi of a sheet S is scan-exposed, a stage SST1 adsorbs, at a standby position at the +X end portion of a scan region AS, a rear surface portion corresponding to the segmented region SAi of the sheet S onto a holding surface of a sheet holder SH1, and moves in the X axis direction (the −X direction) with a predetermined stroke in synchronization with a mask (a mask stage). At this time, illumination beams corresponding to the parts of a pattern of the mask are irradiated onto the sheet S via projection optical systems. Thereby, the pattern is transferred (formed). After scan-exposure on the segmented region SAi, a stage SST2 moves to a standby position within the XY plane. After the... |
| Method and apparatus for connecting video call in dual standby mobile communication termainal | 20110012987 | 20110120 |
| A method and apparatus for video call connection in a dual standby mobile communication system are provided. A method for video call connection in a dual standby mobile communication terminal including a dual Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card includes, when a paging signal requesting a video call is received from a network, identifying a system in which a first SIM card corresponding to the video call is camping, and, when the first SIM card is camping in a 2nd Generation (2G) system, identifying a system in which a second SIM card is camping, and, when the second SIM card is camping in a 3rd Generation (3G) system, requesting the network to forward the video call to the second SIM card.
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| Content display system and content display method | 20110012811 | 20110120 |
| A display control device includes: a priority order searching unit that searches a priority order management table to retrieve the priority level corresponding to the standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on a display device related to a usage starting operation when the usage starting operation is detected from any of display devices in the standby state; a switch display target designating unit that retrieves display devices displaying standby content screens of lower priority levels than the retrieved standby content screen, and designates a display device as the switch display target that is the display device displaying the standby content screen of the lowest priority level; and a display control unit that causes the designated display device of the switch display target to switchingly... |
| Power amplification device for satellite communication device | 20110012675 | 20110120 |
| A power amplification device for a satellite communication device with a redundant configuration, in which a plurality of power amplifiers including a standby power amplifier are connected in a ring shape, and which easily switches connection to the standby power amplifier in a case of a failure in active power amplifiers without closing a detour route. The power amplification device for the satellite communication device includes a plurality of basic units each including: a plurality of power amplifiers including at least one standby power amplifier, which are arranged in parallel; a plurality of switches provided to input ends and output ends of the plurality of power amplifiers for switching connection paths; and bypass connection lines for connecting the plurality of switches in a ring shape, and... |
| Apparatus and method for improving the standby efficiency of a charger, and ultra low standby power charger | 20110012554 | 20110120 |
| A charger has two pins for connecting with a battery therebetween, and an apparatus and method are proposed to determine to wake up or turn off the charger according to a voltage or a current detected from the two pins, to reduce the standby power consumption of the charger.
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| Power-saving power supply apparatus with battery module | 20110012428 | 20110120 |
| A power-saving power supply apparatus with battery module converts an inputted AC power into an outputted DC power and includes: a Triac switch electrically connected to the inputted AC power; a Triac driver electrically connected to the Triac switch; a power microprocessor electrically connected to the Triac driver; and a battery module electrically connected to the power microprocessor. When the apparatus is idle or in low workload, the power microprocessor sends a switch signal to the Triac driver to turn off the Triac switch and thus shut off the inputted AC power. Thus, the apparatus is standby with relatively low consumption of electricity. At this time, the battery module provides power to the power microprocessor.
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| Automotive body shop flexible framing gate changing system | 20110011918 | 20110120 |
| An automotive body framing system includes a setter supported by parallel spaced tracks for movement from a work position to a standby position and to a gate change position and driven by corresponding racks and synchronized pinion drive units. Opposing gate storage belt shuttles are located at the gate change position for receiving the setter therebetween, and a gate staging cart is supported in back of the setter by parallel tracks and is also moved between opposing gate storage belt shuttles by synchronized rack and pinion drive units. Power operated registration units are positioned on the setter to register each gate received at precise horizontal and vertical positions, and the setter, staging cart and gate storage belt shuttles each have a series of resilient guide and... |
| Power supply apparatus and power supply control method | 20110010568 | 20110113 |
| A main power supply and a backup power supply have the same set voltage. To prevent electrical power from being supplied from the backup power supply to a load circuit, during a normal operation, a power supply control unit gives a standby instruction to the backup power supply so that the backup power supply is on standby at a voltage lower than that of the main power supply. When an AC power supply is stopped, the backup power supply is operated at the set voltage and the main power supply is stopped.
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| Nonvolatile storage gate, operation method for the same, and nonvolatile storage gate embedded logic circuit, and operation method for the same | 20110010493 | 20110113 |
| Provided is a nonvolatile storage gate embedded logic circuit embedding a nonvolatile storage gate which can hold data after power supply cutoff and can cut off a power supply at the same time shifting into a standby state. The nonvolatile storage gate embedded logic circuit includes a logic calculation unit having a logic gate, and a nonvolatile storage gate having a nonvolatile storage element, a data interface control unit disposed so as to be adjoining to the nonvolatile storage element, and receiving a nonvolatile storage control signal for data read-out from the nonvolatile storage element and data write-in to the nonvolatile storage element, and a volatile storage element disposed so as to be adjoining to the nonvolatile storage element, receiving a data input signal and a... |
| Signal processing device, mobile communication terminal device, and wireless communication system | 20110009173 | 20110113 |
| A signal processing device such as an RFIC having a function of holding therein control data, enabling stable operation of an integrated circuit because of suspension of power supply during the intermittent reception suspension period in the standby mode, and enabling further improvement of power saving. A portable communication terminal device and a radio communication system are also provided. The signal processing device has an RFIC unit (12) and an ASIC unit (13) connected to the RFIC unit (12) via an input/output buffer circuit (140), making control such that power supply to the RFIC unit (12) is suspended during the reception suspension period during which signaling information is not received in the standby mode and power is supplied to the RFIC unit (12) when signaling information... |
| Substrate conveyance method and substrate conveyance device, exposure apparatus using same, and device manufacturing method | 20110008718 | 20110113 |
| The substrate conveyance method of the present invention includes an adjusting step further includes a suction time monitoring sub-step in which the suction pressure of a suction mechanism is upward raised to a predetermined threshold value after a lifting of a hand from a standby position on a mounting section is initiated in a vacuum suction state and its driving time is monitored, an adjustment determining sub-step of determining whether or not an adjustment of a receiving position is necessary based on a monitor time period that has been obtained by the suction time monitoring sub-step, and a position setting sub-step of automatically setting the receiving position to the position at which a tolerance range is satisfied, if it has been determined in the adjustment determining... |
| Transferring shuttle for three dimensional automated warehouse | 20110008138 | 20110113 |
| A transfer shuttle for transferring a load between a pair of multi-tier racks in an automatic warehouse has a traveling platform traveling between the multi-tier racks, extension and retraction mechanisms arranged at the front and rear of the traveling platform with a load mounting area of the platform sandwiched between the mechanisms, and end fingers arranged at opposite ends of a rail which, among the rails in the extension and retraction mechanism, has the largest movement range and is movable between a protruded position engageable with the load and a standby position. The rail also has an inner finger provided between the end fingers. With such an arrangement, the inner finger can push a load on the load mounting area of the transfer shuttle to convey... |
| Automated three dimensional warehouse | 20110008137 | 20110113 |
| Provided is a multistory parking garage comprising first and second laminated racks arranged to face each other in parallel, first and second warehousing stations arranged adjacent to one end side of each of those laminated racks and having waiting conveyors of the same number of stages as that of the shelves of the laminated racks, transfer shuttles interposed between the first and second laminated racks and between the first and second warehousing stations, a lifting system having first and second lifts for transferring cargoes to and from standby conveyors in the first and second warehousing stations, and a conveyor system for transferring cargoes to and from the first and second lifts. At the same level, the conveying direction of the standby conveyors of the first warehousing... |
| Method and device for path switchover | 20110007652 | 20110113 |
| A method and device for path switchover in communications field are provided. The method includes: detecting communication quality of traffic transmitted on an active path and obtaining a detection value of the communication quality; determining whether the detection value meets a switching condition; if yes, switching the traffic transmitted on the active path to a standby path. The device includes a detecting module, an obtaining module, a determining module and a switching module. The embodiment of the present disclosure integrates the NQA technology for detecting the path communication quality and the TE FRR fast path switching technology, and the NQA detection result may trigger the TE FRR path to switch quickly. Therefore, when the signal quality of the path degrades, making the QoS requirement of the... |
| Liquid crystal display device | 20110007246 | 20110113 |
| An LCD device is disclosed. The LCD device includes: a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight unit, under the liquid crystal display panel, configured to apply light to the liquid crystal display panel; a compensation film disposed on the liquid crystal display panel; and a fixing member disposed over the compensation film and configured to fix the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight unit, and the compensation film. The compensation film is configured to include a retardation film and a cholesteric liquid crystal polarizing film and to reflect wavelength band light suitable for a color tone of the fixing member, so that a color tone for a standby screen state of the liquid crystal display panel is determined.
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| System and method for displaying content on a television in standby mode | 20110007141 | 20110113 |
| The present invention further relates to a method for displaying content on a television in standby mode.
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| Display control circuit and display control method | 20110004777 | 20110106 |
| A display control circuit in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention is including a display memory that stores display data to be displayed on a display device, the display memory being supplied with electric power through a power-supply terminal, a power-supply unit that connects the power-supply terminal to a power-supply or a ground according to a request, and a control unit that requests the power-supply unit to connect the power-supply terminal to a ground when the display memory enters a standby mode in which no displaying is performed on the display device, and requests the power-supply unit to connect the power-supply terminal to a power supply when a predetermined time has elapsed after the request even if the display memory is in the... |
| Apparatus and method for fast booting computer system | 20110016300 | 20110120 |
| An apparatus and method for fast booting a computer system are provided. When a system power-off is requested in a computer system such as a desktop of notebook computer, a boot code comprising a BIOS code or the BIOS code and an OS kernel code is written to a specific area of a RAM, and then the computer system is turned off while continuously supplying power to the specific area of the RAM. When a system power-on is requested, the boot code written to the specific area of the RAM is executed to fast boot the computer system, thus effectively reducing a user's standby time until the completion of the system boot process.
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| Power control method and apparatus to heat a heating roller | 20110013922 | 20110120 |
| A power control method and apparatus to heat a heating roller. The power control method includes heating a heating roller provided to fix a toner image of print data in an image forming apparatus, the heating roller having a heating resistor to receive roller power, the power control method includes gradually increasing a maximum level of a source power supplied from an external source up to a specific maximum supply level, and supplying the maximum source power to the heating resistor as the roller power while gradually increasing the maximum level of the source power up to a specific maximum supply level, measuring a surface temperature of the heating roller, and further supplying the source power of which maximum level is equal to the maximum supply... |
| Non-stop forwarding in a multi-chassis router | 20110013508 | 20110120 |
| State information is synchronized between a plurality of routing engines in a multi-chassis router according to a synchronization gradient. An example multi-chassis router is described that includes a primary routing engine and a standby routing engine in each chassis. According to the synchronization gradient, the primary routing engine of a control node updates state information on the standby routing engine of the control node prior to updating the primary routing engines of the other chassis. The primary routing engines of the other chassis update state information in respective standby routing engines prior to updating state information in consumers. If a primary routing engine fails, the corresponding standby routing engine assumes control of the primary routing engine's duties. Upon assuming control, a standby routing engine resumes updating... |
| Communication device and communication method | 20110013480 | 20110120 |
| A communication device includes: an ultrasonic oscillating unit which detects or generates an ultrasonic wave; a communication unit which transmits and receives information using the ultrasonic wave; a storage unit which stores a table to which a communication command to designate communication with the another communication device is allocated in time series, the table being shared by the another communication device; and a control unit which shifts the communication unit to one of a transmitting state, a receiving state, and a standby state that is neither the transmitting nor the receiving state, synchronously with the another communication device on the basis of the communication command in the table.
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| Power converter with extremely low standby power consumption | 20110013434 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a power converter with extremely low standby power consumption. The power converter comprises a rectification module having at least one unilateral switch which has a control terminal, an anode terminal and a cathode terminal. The control terminal is coupled to a control signal, wherein when the control signal issues a first level, the channel between the anode terminal and the cathode terminal is enabled to act as a unilateral switch; and when the control signal issues a second level, the channel between the anode terminal and the cathode terminal is open circuited.
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| Pattern formation apparatus, pattern formation method, and device manufacturing method | 20110013162 | 20110120 |
| When a segmented region SAi of a sheet S is scan-exposed, a stage SST1 adsorbs, at a standby position at the +X end portion of a scan region AS, a rear surface portion corresponding to the segmented region SAi of the sheet S onto a holding surface of a sheet holder SH1, and moves in the X axis direction (the −X direction) with a predetermined stroke in synchronization with a mask (a mask stage). At this time, illumination beams corresponding to the parts of a pattern of the mask are irradiated onto the sheet S via projection optical systems. Thereby, the pattern is transferred (formed). After scan-exposure on the segmented region SAi, a stage SST2 moves to a standby position within the XY plane. After the... |
| Method and apparatus for connecting video call in dual standby mobile communication termainal | 20110012987 | 20110120 |
| A method and apparatus for video call connection in a dual standby mobile communication system are provided. A method for video call connection in a dual standby mobile communication terminal including a dual Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card includes, when a paging signal requesting a video call is received from a network, identifying a system in which a first SIM card corresponding to the video call is camping, and, when the first SIM card is camping in a 2nd Generation (2G) system, identifying a system in which a second SIM card is camping, and, when the second SIM card is camping in a 3rd Generation (3G) system, requesting the network to forward the video call to the second SIM card.
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| Content display system and content display method | 20110012811 | 20110120 |
| A display control device includes: a priority order searching unit that searches a priority order management table to retrieve the priority level corresponding to the standby content screen that has stopped being displayed on a display device related to a usage starting operation when the usage starting operation is detected from any of display devices in the standby state; a switch display target designating unit that retrieves display devices displaying standby content screens of lower priority levels than the retrieved standby content screen, and designates a display device as the switch display target that is the display device displaying the standby content screen of the lowest priority level; and a display control unit that causes the designated display device of the switch display target to switchingly... |
| Power amplification device for satellite communication device | 20110012675 | 20110120 |
| A power amplification device for a satellite communication device with a redundant configuration, in which a plurality of power amplifiers including a standby power amplifier are connected in a ring shape, and which easily switches connection to the standby power amplifier in a case of a failure in active power amplifiers without closing a detour route. The power amplification device for the satellite communication device includes a plurality of basic units each including: a plurality of power amplifiers including at least one standby power amplifier, which are arranged in parallel; a plurality of switches provided to input ends and output ends of the plurality of power amplifiers for switching connection paths; and bypass connection lines for connecting the plurality of switches in a ring shape, and... |
| Apparatus and method for improving the standby efficiency of a charger, and ultra low standby power charger | 20110012554 | 20110120 |
| A charger has two pins for connecting with a battery therebetween, and an apparatus and method are proposed to determine to wake up or turn off the charger according to a voltage or a current detected from the two pins, to reduce the standby power consumption of the charger.
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| Power-saving power supply apparatus with battery module | 20110012428 | 20110120 |
| A power-saving power supply apparatus with battery module converts an inputted AC power into an outputted DC power and includes: a Triac switch electrically connected to the inputted AC power; a Triac driver electrically connected to the Triac switch; a power microprocessor electrically connected to the Triac driver; and a battery module electrically connected to the power microprocessor. When the apparatus is idle or in low workload, the power microprocessor sends a switch signal to the Triac driver to turn off the Triac switch and thus shut off the inputted AC power. Thus, the apparatus is standby with relatively low consumption of electricity. At this time, the battery module provides power to the power microprocessor.
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| Automotive body shop flexible framing gate changing system | 20110011918 | 20110120 |
| An automotive body framing system includes a setter supported by parallel spaced tracks for movement from a work position to a standby position and to a gate change position and driven by corresponding racks and synchronized pinion drive units. Opposing gate storage belt shuttles are located at the gate change position for receiving the setter therebetween, and a gate staging cart is supported in back of the setter by parallel tracks and is also moved between opposing gate storage belt shuttles by synchronized rack and pinion drive units. Power operated registration units are positioned on the setter to register each gate received at precise horizontal and vertical positions, and the setter, staging cart and gate storage belt shuttles each have a series of resilient guide and... |
| Power supply apparatus and power supply control method | 20110010568 | 20110113 |
| A main power supply and a backup power supply have the same set voltage. To prevent electrical power from being supplied from the backup power supply to a load circuit, during a normal operation, a power supply control unit gives a standby instruction to the backup power supply so that the backup power supply is on standby at a voltage lower than that of the main power supply. When an AC power supply is stopped, the backup power supply is operated at the set voltage and the main power supply is stopped.
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| Nonvolatile storage gate, operation method for the same, and nonvolatile storage gate embedded logic circuit, and operation method for the same | 20110010493 | 20110113 |
| Provided is a nonvolatile storage gate embedded logic circuit embedding a nonvolatile storage gate which can hold data after power supply cutoff and can cut off a power supply at the same time shifting into a standby state. The nonvolatile storage gate embedded logic circuit includes a logic calculation unit having a logic gate, and a nonvolatile storage gate having a nonvolatile storage element, a data interface control unit disposed so as to be adjoining to the nonvolatile storage element, and receiving a nonvolatile storage control signal for data read-out from the nonvolatile storage element and data write-in to the nonvolatile storage element, and a volatile storage element disposed so as to be adjoining to the nonvolatile storage element, receiving a data input signal and a... |
| Signal processing device, mobile communication terminal device, and wireless communication system | 20110009173 | 20110113 |
| A signal processing device such as an RFIC having a function of holding therein control data, enabling stable operation of an integrated circuit because of suspension of power supply during the intermittent reception suspension period in the standby mode, and enabling further improvement of power saving. A portable communication terminal device and a radio communication system are also provided. The signal processing device has an RFIC unit (12) and an ASIC unit (13) connected to the RFIC unit (12) via an input/output buffer circuit (140), making control such that power supply to the RFIC unit (12) is suspended during the reception suspension period during which signaling information is not received in the standby mode and power is supplied to the RFIC unit (12) when signaling information... |
| Substrate conveyance method and substrate conveyance device, exposure apparatus using same, and device manufacturing method | 20110008718 | 20110113 |
| The substrate conveyance method of the present invention includes an adjusting step further includes a suction time monitoring sub-step in which the suction pressure of a suction mechanism is upward raised to a predetermined threshold value after a lifting of a hand from a standby position on a mounting section is initiated in a vacuum suction state and its driving time is monitored, an adjustment determining sub-step of determining whether or not an adjustment of a receiving position is necessary based on a monitor time period that has been obtained by the suction time monitoring sub-step, and a position setting sub-step of automatically setting the receiving position to the position at which a tolerance range is satisfied, if it has been determined in the adjustment determining... |
| Transferring shuttle for three dimensional automated warehouse | 20110008138 | 20110113 |
| A transfer shuttle for transferring a load between a pair of multi-tier racks in an automatic warehouse has a traveling platform traveling between the multi-tier racks, extension and retraction mechanisms arranged at the front and rear of the traveling platform with a load mounting area of the platform sandwiched between the mechanisms, and end fingers arranged at opposite ends of a rail which, among the rails in the extension and retraction mechanism, has the largest movement range and is movable between a protruded position engageable with the load and a standby position. The rail also has an inner finger provided between the end fingers. With such an arrangement, the inner finger can push a load on the load mounting area of the transfer shuttle to convey... |
| Automated three dimensional warehouse | 20110008137 | 20110113 |
| Provided is a multistory parking garage comprising first and second laminated racks arranged to face each other in parallel, first and second warehousing stations arranged adjacent to one end side of each of those laminated racks and having waiting conveyors of the same number of stages as that of the shelves of the laminated racks, transfer shuttles interposed between the first and second laminated racks and between the first and second warehousing stations, a lifting system having first and second lifts for transferring cargoes to and from standby conveyors in the first and second warehousing stations, and a conveyor system for transferring cargoes to and from the first and second lifts. At the same level, the conveying direction of the standby conveyors of the first warehousing... |
| Method and device for path switchover | 20110007652 | 20110113 |
| A method and device for path switchover in communications field are provided. The method includes: detecting communication quality of traffic transmitted on an active path and obtaining a detection value of the communication quality; determining whether the detection value meets a switching condition; if yes, switching the traffic transmitted on the active path to a standby path. The device includes a detecting module, an obtaining module, a determining module and a switching module. The embodiment of the present disclosure integrates the NQA technology for detecting the path communication quality and the TE FRR fast path switching technology, and the NQA detection result may trigger the TE FRR path to switch quickly. Therefore, when the signal quality of the path degrades, making the QoS requirement of the... |
| Liquid crystal display device | 20110007246 | 20110113 |
| An LCD device is disclosed. The LCD device includes: a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight unit, under the liquid crystal display panel, configured to apply light to the liquid crystal display panel; a compensation film disposed on the liquid crystal display panel; and a fixing member disposed over the compensation film and configured to fix the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight unit, and the compensation film. The compensation film is configured to include a retardation film and a cholesteric liquid crystal polarizing film and to reflect wavelength band light suitable for a color tone of the fixing member, so that a color tone for a standby screen state of the liquid crystal display panel is determined.
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| System and method for displaying content on a television in standby mode | 20110007141 | 20110113 |
| The present invention further relates to a method for displaying content on a television in standby mode.
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| Display control circuit and display control method | 20110004777 | 20110106 |
| A display control circuit in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention is including a display memory that stores display data to be displayed on a display device, the display memory being supplied with electric power through a power-supply terminal, a power-supply unit that connects the power-supply terminal to a power-supply or a ground according to a request, and a control unit that requests the power-supply unit to connect the power-supply terminal to a ground when the display memory enters a standby mode in which no displaying is performed on the display device, and requests the power-supply unit to connect the power-supply terminal to a power supply when a predetermined time has elapsed after the request even if the display memory is in the... |
| Systems and methods for unified management of desktop sessions | 20110004680 | 20110106 |
| A method for using standards-based functionality to provide unified management for a plurality of remote desktop sessions includes executing an enhanced management access point on a first physical machine. The method includes monitoring a plurality of desktop sessions including a desktop session executing on one of a second physical machine and a virtual machine executing on the second physical machine. The desktop session provides access to at least one application or file. The method includes determining a first level of activity of the desktop session. A level of activity may be one of: active, inactive, hibernating and standby. The method includes receiving a notification of a migration of the desktop session to a third physical machine, the migrated desktop session maintaining the first level of activity.... |
| Mobile communication device | 20110003621 | 20110106 |
| A mobile phone apparatus 10 includes a touch panel controlling IC 30. The touch panel controlling IC 30 controls electric power supplied from the electric power IC 14 on the basis of a received active signal or standby signal to set a touch panel input apparatus 32 to an active state or a standby state on the basis of the received active signal or standby signal. A processor 12 transmits to the touch panel controlling IC 30 the active signal or the standby signal in correspondence with a determined state of the mobile phone apparatus 10.
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| Low power digital media broadcast receiver with time division | 20110002419 | 20110106 |
| Systems and methods for providing a low power receiver device using fine grained time division are provided. In one embodiment, the receiver device comprises a tuner, a demodulator configured to demodulate at least one sampled signal, a payload processor configured to process at least one demodulated signal into an output format, and a time division control logic configured to generate a control signal to switch at least one component within the receiver device between modes to conserve power. The at least one component may be switched between an active mode, a standby mode, a power off mode, and a low power mode. In further embodiments, the at least one component may be switched between staggered modes.
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| Zero standby power rf controlled device | 20110001887 | 20110106 |
| A remotely controllable electronic appliance has a radio frequency energy converter that receives a radio frequency energy from a remote controller and converts the radio frequency energy to electrical energy, where the electrical energy from the energy converter is used to supply power to receive a turn-on code. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
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| Zero standby power laser controlled device | 20110001651 | 20110106 |
| In certain embodiments, a remotely controllable television has an energy converter that receives light energy from a laser in a remote controller and converts the light energy to electrical energy. A remote control code interpreter that is receives a turn-on code from the remote controller. The electrical energy from the energy converter is used to supply power to the remote control code interpreter. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
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| Motor controlling apparatus and motor controlling method thereof | 20110001449 | 20110106 |
| A motor controlling apparatus includes a control unit which sets a motor on standby for a predetermined time if an enable signal is applied and sets the motor to a default state by rotating the motor at least once for the next predetermined time. The apparatus includes a driver unit which generates a drive signal to control the motor and outputs the drive signal to the motor. Accordingly, a stepping out of the motor may be prevented.
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| Electronic substrate non-contact heating system and method | 20110000644 | 20110106 |
| Methods for the non-contact heating of an electronic substrate using inline heating elements in combination with an automatically controlled airflow. Air heated by the elements is communicated to one or more plenums, which discharge the heated air towards an impingement plate. The impingement plate includes a plurality of openings through which heated air from the plenum passes on its way to heat the electronic substrate. The automatic control of the airflow may be prompted by an operating condition, such as a sensed airflow and/or a transition into an equipment operating mode, e.g., a warm-up, standby, halt production and cool down state. Production may be automatically optimized by using a profile to conjunctively control both the heating of the air and the directing the flow of the... |
| Microcomputer and microcomputer system | 20100332874 | 20101230 |
| A microcomputer includes a CPU, a standby controller that controls setting of and recovering from a sleep mode of the CPU, an output terminal, a first timer, an output terminal controller, and a second timer. When the first timer performs predetermined time measurement when the CPU is in the sleep mode, the output terminal controller changes the level of the output terminal while maintaining the sleep mode. The second timer starts time measurement when the output terminal controller changes the level of the output terminal in the sleep mode. The standby controller performs recovering from the sleep mode of the CPU when the second timer performs a prescribed time measurement.
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| Transfer of event logs for replication of executing programs | 20090328044 | 20091231 |
| A mechanism for replicating programs executing on a computer system having a first storage means is provided. The mechanism identifies the events corresponding to requests from one executing program, which may be different from the executing program to be replicated, which are non-deterministic and identifies the ‘Non Abortable Events’ (NAE's), which change irremediably the state of the external world that need to be reproduced in the replay of the programs. These events are immediately transferred for replay and the executing program is blocked until the transfer is acknowledged. For the other non-deterministic events, they are logged and sent to the executing program, the executing programs remaining blocked only if the log is full and/or if a timer between two NAEs expires, in this case a log... |
| Portable electronic device with controllers | 20090325637 | 20091231 |
| The present invention provides a portable electronic device. The device includes a first controller, a second controller, a mode switch unit, and a main controller. The mode switch unit is for a user to operate thereby generating a mode switch instruction. The main controller is for switching a work mode according to the mode switch instruction from the mode switch unit. When the mode switch unit generates a first mode switch instruction, the device enters a common work mode whereby the main controller activates the first controller and the second controller to be on standby; and when the mode switch unit generates a second mode switch instruction, the device enters a single work mode whereby the main controller activates only one of the first controller and... |
| Scanning threshold | 20090325571 | 20091231 |
| Included are embodiments for utilizing a scanning threshold. More specifically, one embodiment of a method includes entering a standby mode, wherein in the standby mode, at least one component of a communications device is shutdown, and wherein in the standby mode, at least one channel is scanned to determine potential interference and monitoring exchanged traffic with the communications device. Some embodiments include determining a relative volume of the exchanged traffic, compared to a predetermined threshold and based on the determination of the relative volume of the exchanged traffic and the predetermined threshold, entering a power save standby mode, wherein in the power save standby mode, scanning of the at least one channel is terminated.
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| Active/standby switchover method and device of asynchronous backplane in transport network | 20090324215 | 20091231 |
| An active/standby switchover device and an active/standby switchover method of an asynchronous backplane in a transport network are provided. A local oscillator clock is adopted to obtain a clock of a working path, so as to replace the clock of the working path tracked in a phase-locked loop mode. An active/standby switchover operation is realized by using the local oscillator clock, so that the implementation cost is greatly reduced, and the hysteresis problem of the phase-locked loop tracking clock during the active/standby clock switchover is eliminated, thereby effectively achieving the lossless switchover of services.
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| Mobile ad-hoc network (manet) and method for implementing multiple paths for fault tolerance | 20090323519 | 20091231 |
| A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) communicates between a source node and destination node and includes a plurality of intermediate nodes. A main communication path is established between the source node through intermediate nodes to the destination node based on an underlying routing protocol. Alternative communication paths are established among neighboring nodes as standby nodes that are positioned an “n” hop distance from nodes of the main communication paths to form a tube of multiple communication paths from the source node to the destination node. The main communication path reconfigured within the tube of multiple communication paths to an alternative communication path using at least one standby node when the main communication path is broken.
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| Wireless data communication system having radio frequency devices, and related operating methods for disabling a transmit mode | 20090322488 | 20091231 |
| A wireless system suitable for use as a radio frequency (RF) locationing or presence detection system includes at least one wireless access device and at least wireless device, such as an active RF tag, corresponding to an item or asset of interest. A method of managing RF transmissions by the wireless devices is provided. The method involves the wireless device receiving keep-alive beacons during a first period of time. During this first period of time, the wireless device is operated in a transmit mode. During a second period of time that follows the first period of time, the wireless device receives no keep-alive beacons. During this second period of time, the wireless device is operated in a standby mode such that RF transmissions are disabled.
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| Hysteretic buck converter having dynamic thresholds | 20090322300 | 20091231 |
| A hysteretic buck converter provides improved regulation control, in particular for buck converter standby operation. A comparison circuit compares the output voltage of the buck converter to a waveform that is generated from an indication of the output current of the converter, so that the turn-on time of the converter is advanced as the output current demand increases. The resulting action anticipates a reduction in output voltage due to the increased current, preventing an excursion of the output voltage below the ripple voltage minimum. The turn-off time of the converter is controlled by an upper threshold that limits the ripple voltage maximum. The output current indication may be a measurement of output current, or may be a dynamic value calculated from the input voltage and the... |
| Conveyance device and conveyance method | 20090322018 | 20091231 |
| A conveyance device includes a motor, a conveyance unit, a movement detection signal output unit, a storage unit, a time measurement unit, a first updating unit, a standby time setting unit, a second updating unit, a manipulated variable determination unit, and a motor driving unit. The standby time setting unit sets a value larger than a parameter value TX stored in the storage unit as a standby time TW. The second updating unit updates the parameter value TX stored in the storage unit to the standby time TW each time the elapsed time measured by the time measurement unit reaches the standby time TW.
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| Cooking device | 20090321424 | 20091231 |
| A cooking device, in particular a cooking device for induction hobs, the cooking device including a computation unit, the computation unit having at least one standby mode that is activated as a function of a removal of cookware from a cooking zone; and a warning signal output unit, the warning signal output unit outputting, during a period in which the standby mode has been activated, a warning signal in the event that cookware is again within the cooking zone.
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| System and method for network edge data protection | 20090320135 | 20091224 |
| Disclosed are systems and methods which examine information communication streams to identify and/or eliminate malicious code, while allowing the good code to pass unaffected. Embodiments operate to provide spam filtering, e.g., filtering of unsolicited and/or unwanted communications. Embodiments provide network based or inline devices that scan and scrub information communication in its traffic pattern. Embodiments are adapted to accommodate various information communication protocols, such as simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP), post office protocol (POP), hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), Internet message access protocol (IMAP), file transfer protocol (FTP), domain name service (DNS), and/or the like, and/or routing protocols, such as hot standby router protocol (HSRP), border gateway protocol (BGP), open shortest path first (OSPF), enhanced interior gateway routing protocol (EIGRP), and/or the like.
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| Image formation apparatus and image formation method | 20090317117 | 20091224 |
| A standby state is a state in which a pair of rotating bodies stops rotating, and temperature control is performed so that at least one of the rotating bodies reaches a standby temperature. A fixing state is a state in which the rotating bodies are rotating and temperature control is performed so that at least one of the rotating bodies reaches a fixing temperature that changes in accordance with a setting. An image formation apparatus includes a judgment part for judging whether to transition from the fixing state to the standby state, and a fixing controller for, upon a judgment by the judgment part to transition to the standby state, prior to performing temperature control to reach the standby temperature, causing the pair of rotating bodies... |
| Digital broadcast receiver and digital device system | 20090317054 | 20091224 |
| “Reservation with a recorder” is decided by a remote control operation of a TV (101) and an operation target device is decided (102). To the decided operation target device (recorder), key transmission is carried out from the TV (103). When the recorder receiving this key transmission is on standby, a power supply is turned on (104). Next, the recorder makes display request of an electronic program guide to the TV (105). Based on this, in the TV side, input switching is performed to HDMI of which display request is made from the recorder side (106). Meanwhile, in the recorder, a program guide display operation is performed (107). Various key operations (108) performed for the TV is sent to the recorder side (109), and in the recorder,... |
| Communication node, and ring configuration method and ring establishment method in communication system | 20090316588 | 20091224 |
| A plurality of communication nodes are one-to-one connected to each other by Ethernet (registered trademark) which is duplicated with a normal-system ring and with a standby-system ring. The communication node includes an A port, a B port, and a communication processor that performs a process of receiving a frame output from the B port and a process of transmitting the frame from the normal-system ring from the B port when the communication is normal. When other communication node performs a loop-back process due to communication abnormality, the communication node performs only a process of forwarding a frame input from the standby-system ring in the B port without receiving the frame and performs a process of transmitting the frame from the A port to the standby-system ring.
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| System and method for transmitting messages using a redundancy mechanism | 20090316573 | 20091224 |
| A system for transmitting messages using a redundancy mechanism includes an active main processing unit (MPU) and a standby MPU. The active MPU is used to receive a request message sent from an end-user device and send the request message to a router connected with the active MPU. When the active MPU cannot work normally, the standby MPU is activated as a new active MPU. The new active MPU transmits the request message instead of the active MPU.
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| Method and system for managing port statuses of a network device and relay device | 20090316572 | 20091224 |
| A method, a system for managing port status of a network device, and a relay device are provided in the field of network management. The method includes the following steps. A relay device detects working status of ports in a logic group, and the ports are mounted on the relay device and connected to an upstream/downstream device. When it is detected that the working status of a port in the logic group is Down, the relay device sets the working status of the other ports in the logic group as Down, so that the upstream/downstream device of the relay device switches a terminal service to a standby link according to the ports' Down status in the logic group being detected. The relay device includes a detecting... |
| Switching mode power supply circuit | 20090316455 | 20091224 |
| A switching mode power supply (SMPS) circuit includes: a rectifying unit that rectifies an AC voltage applied from an AC input terminal; a power factor correction (PFC) and standby voltage output unit that is connected to the rectifying unit and has a PFC part and a standby voltage output part integrated therein; a PFC and standby voltage control unit that is connected to the PFC and standby voltage output unit and controlling the PFC and standby voltage output unit; and a DC/DC conversion unit that is connected to the PFC and standby voltage output unit and outputting a main voltage.
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| Image forming apparatus and method for controlling image forming apparatus | 20090316178 | 20091224 |
| An image forming apparatus is provided with a receiving portion receiving an authenticated print job, a storage portion storing image data of the authenticated print job thus received, an authentication information determination portion performing authentication based on an operation performed by the user, and a printer printing an image based on the image data stored in the storage portion when the user has been authenticated. When the operation mode is set to the power-saving mode, the power controller changes the operation mode from the power-saving mode to the power-saving print mode without changing the operation mode from the power-saving mode to the normal standby mode after the user has been authenticated and before the printer performs printing, and the power controller returns the operation mode from... |
| Voltage detection device | 20090313494 | 20091217 |
| An voltage detection device includes a comparator circuit comprising a first input terminal connected to a system power supply, a second input terminal connected to a standby power supply, an output terminal capable of outputting a control voltage according to comparison result; an indicator circuit; and a switch circuit connected between the standby power supply and the indicator circuit, comprising a control terminal to receive the control voltage from the comparator circuit thereby to control the standby power supply supplied to the indicator circuit or not; a power state terminal of the computer connected to a node between the standby power supply and the indicator circuit, wherein the power state terminal is at a low level when the computer is turned off. The voltage detection device... |
| Roaming method and apparatus for terminals in wireless local area network | 20090312016 | 20091217 |
| A roaming method and a data transmission system for a portable terminal in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) are provided. The method includes transitioning to an active mode, by a control unit in a standby mode in response to a request from a WLAN module during roaming from a first Access Point (AP) to a second AP, and performing authentication in conjunction with a server, by the control unit in the active mode. As a result, when a portable terminal roams in a WLAN, the network connection is not disrupted.
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| Combined unit of humidity indicator and desiccant pack | 20090311140 | 20091217 |
| A combined unit of a humidity indicator and a desiccant pack is provided in which the humidity indicator (I) has one end portion bonded to one end portion of the desiccant pack (D) and can pivot around between a standby position (Ia) in which the indicator (I) overlaps one face of the desiccant pack (D) and an in-use position (Ib) in which it overhangs outside from one end edge (De) of the desiccant pack (D)), with the pivot center in the bonding portion or the vicinity thereof. This enables the humidity indicator to overlap the desiccant pack in the standby position when it is in an unused state, and after being enclosed within a packaging bag the humidity indicator and the desiccant pack can be kept... |
| Image forming device and image forming method | 20090310998 | 20091217 |
| To control a temperature of a rotating member for fixing an image during standby, an image forming device can suppress overshoot of the temperature of the rotating member occurred when a fixing state is switched to a standby state. Determining the standby temperature is higher than the fixing temperature (Step S103: YES), a CPU 61 controls a temperature of a heating roller 51 to be kept substantially at a first temperature (Step S104). After a lapse of first given time (Step S105: YES), the CPU 61 stops rotation of the heating roller 51, a fixing roller 52 and the pressure roller 54 (Step S107). The CPU 61 controls the temperature to be kept substantially at the second temperature (Step S108). After a lapse of second given... |
| Bulk dispensing machine having video animation and audio | 20090310945 | 20091217 |
| A coin controlled article dispensing machine having a computer controlled video monitor mounted thereon is provided having an operational sequence that is controlled by computer program and presents integrated video and audio animation from recorded media to attract the attention of potential customers and stimulate the sale of an article that is dispensed by the machine responsive to deposit of coins. The recorded video and audio is designed to entertain the customer during purchase and dispensing of the article and stimulate additional sales. A programmable logistics controller provides for synchronized presentation of video and audio and selects a standby sequence playing video and audio from a recorded media and a customer purchase mode playing video and audio from another recorded media.
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| Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing device | 20090310106 | 20091217 |
| An exposure apparatus which transfers a pattern of a reticle onto a substrate via a projection optical system comprises a controller configured to correct an image of the pattern, formed on the substrate, in accordance with a shape of the reticle in a standby state until an exposure operation starts.
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| Computing system and computer-implemented method for a multi-card system | 20090309695 | 20091217 |
| A computer-implemented method for a multi-card system is provided. An inserted card detects the operational status of cards of the same type. The inserted card will be in standby status when inserted card finds an active card of the same type. If the inserted card does not find any active card of the same type, the inserted card will send a query to a control card requesting the operational status of the cards of the same type. If the control card accepts the query, the control card will send a signal to the inserted card. The inserted card determines its operational status based on the signal. If the inserted card does not receive the signal in a predetermined amount of time, it will be activated.
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| Dispenser for rolls | 20090308966 | 20091217 |
| A dispenser for rolls of web-shaped material, includes a housing having at its bottom part an outlet opening for the web-shaped material and a space for at least two rolls arranged substantially horizontally. A first part of the space is located adjacent the outlet opening and is intended for a first roll in a dispensing position and a second part of the space includes a locking element intended to keep the second roll in standby position. The first part is provided with holding elements for keeping the first roll in use position, the holding elements are spring-loaded and cooperate with the locking elements such that when a roll is located in the first space the locking element prevent the standby roll from falling down, but when... |
| Dynamically setting the automation behavior of resources | 20090307706 | 20091210 |
| Embodiments provide a method of dynamically setting the automation behavior of resources via switching between an active mode and a passive mode. One embodiment is a method that includes placing a first computing resource into a first desired state and an active behavioral mode and placing a second computing resource having a relationship to the first resource into the first desired state when a first request for the first resource that specifies the first desired state is received. The method also includes placing the first computing resource into a standby state and a passive behavioral mode and not placing the second computing resource into the first desired state.
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| System and method for managing power supply units | 20090307514 | 20091210 |
| Systems and methods for power management in an information handling system are disclosed. A method may include determining a power requirement of resources configured to receive power from a plurality of power supply units including one or more online power supply units, one or more redundant power supply units, and one or more standby power supply units. The method may also include determining a power capacity of the one or more online power supply units. The method may additionally include determining if the power capacity of the one or more online power supply units exceeds the power requirement of the resources. The method may further include transitioning at least one of the power supply units based on such determining steps.
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| Portable electronic devices with power management capabilities | 20090307511 | 20091210 |
| An electronic device may operate in standby and active modes. A headset may be coupled to the electronic device. The electronic device may have audio codec circuitry. The audio codec circuitry may use general purpose input-output circuitry in handling button and headset activity during active mode. Processing circuitry may be used to reconfigure the audio codec in real time. When the electronic device is in the standby mode and activity is detected, the codec may be configured to provide an interrupt signal to a power management unit that wakes the device. When the electronic device is in active mode and no user inputs are received within a given period of time, the central processor in the electronic device may place the device in standby mode.
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| Dual standby mobile device and communication method thereof | 20090305737 | 20091210 |
| A dual standby mobile device which allows access to at least two different types of communication networks and a communication method thereof are provided. The communication method includes performing a call with another mobile device by driving a first SIM, determining a reason for a call disconnection when the call is disconnected, performing a changeover to a second SIM when an unexpected error is the reason for the call disconnection, and reconnecting the call with the other mobile device by driving the second SIM.
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| Method and apparatus for controlling a fuel cell system having a variable number of parallel-connected modules | 20090305087 | 20091210 |
| A fuel cell APU system comprising a plurality of fuel cell modules connected in parallel. Each module includes a local controller connected to a master controller that coordinates the modules to achieve a desired power output at any given time. Each module is operated within an output range to maximize efficiency of the system. When load demand on a first module exceeds the desired output range of the module, an additional module is brought online in parallel with the first. As the load increases further, additional modules are brought online in cascade fashion to permit all modules to be operated efficiently. If a module is disabled, it is automatically switched out of service and replaced by a standby module. The master controller keeps track of the... |
| Testing system for power supply | 20080314168 | 20081225 |
| A testing system for a power supply (40) includes a testing chamber (10), a control switch, an electrical load (50), an AC source (60), and a PLC (30). The power supply has a voltage choice switch. The testing chamber receives the power supply therein. The testing chamber provides a first or a second ambient temperature and supplies a testing environment for the power supply. The control switch switches the power supply to operate between a standby state and an operational state. The electrical load is connected to the power supply. The AC source is connected to the power supply. The AC source outputs the first voltage or the second voltage to the power supply. The PLC controls switching states of the voltage choice switch and the... |
| Sheet finisher, image forming apparatus using the same, and sheet finishing method | 20080315482 | 20081225 |
| A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle stitch unit configured to stitch a center of a sheet bundle in which printed sheets are bundled, a fold unit configured to fold the center stitched by the saddle stitch unit and to form a fold line, and a fold reinforcing unit configured to reinforce the fold line formed by the fold unit, the fold reinforcing unit includes a roller unit that includes a first roller and a second roller, nips the fold line of the sheet bundle transported from the fold unit between the first roller and the second roller, and moves along a direction of the fold line while pressing, and a drive unit configured to move the roller unit along the direction of the... |
| Sheet finisher, image forming apparatus using the same, and sheet finishing method | 20080315485 | 20081225 |
| A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle stitch unit configured to stitch a center of a sheet bundle in which printed sheets are bundled, a fold unit configured to fold the center stitched by the saddle stitch unit and to form a fold line, and a fold reinforcing unit configured to reinforce the fold line formed by the fold unit, the fold reinforcing unit includes a roller unit that includes a first roller and a second roller, and moves along a direction of the fold line while nipping and pressing the fold line of the sheet bundle transported from the fold unit by the first roller and the second roller, a drive unit configured to move the roller unit along the direction of the... |
| Sheet finisher, image forming apparatus using the same, and sheet finishing method | 20080315486 | 20081225 |
| A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle stitch unit configured to stitch a center of a sheet bundle in which printed sheets are bundled, a fold unit that includes a pair of fold rollers and presses the center stitched by the saddle stitch unit into a nip of the fold rollers to form a fold line, and a fold reinforcing unit configured to reinforce the fold line, and the fold reinforcing unit includes a roller unit that includes a first roller and a second roller, and moves along a direction of the fold line while nipping and pressing the fold line of the sheet bundle by the first roller and the second roller, a drive unit configured to move the roller unit along the... |
| Sheet finisher, image forming apparatus using the same, and sheet finishing method | 20080315488 | 20081225 |
| A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle stitch unit configured to stitch a center of a sheet bundle in which printed sheets are bundled, a fold unit configured to fold the center stitched by the saddle stitch unit and to form a fold line, and a fold reinforcing unit configured to reinforce the fold line formed by the fold unit, the fold reinforcing unit includes a roller unit that includes a reinforce roller with a structure for preventing an occurrence of a wrinkle, and moves along a direction of the fold line while applying pressure by the reinforce roller to the fold line of the sheet bundle transported from the fold unit, and a drive unit configured to move the roller unit along the... |
| Sheet processing apparatus | 20080315503 | 20081225 |
| In a sheet processing apparatus that, for example, sorts or staples sheets after image formation, when preceding finishing is not completed on a processing tray, a third sheet fed anew into a waiting tray of a sheet placing member configuring a sheet waiting unit, which temporarily puts a sheet conveyed thereto on standby, is stacked to be shifted such that leading ends of second and third sheets are located further on a conveying direction upstream side than a leading end of a first sheet. Consequently, longitudinal alignment in the processing tray after that is surely performed.
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| Motor drive device with lock protection function | 20080315808 | 20081225 |
| A cooling system is provided with a motor drive device, a fan motor, and a Hall element. The motor drive device includes a lock protection circuit and a lock controller. When a control signal instructing rotation of the fan motor that is to be driven instructs stoppage of the motor for a predetermined time-period or longer, the lock controller has the lock protection circuit inactive. At an occasion when the control signal has continued to instruct stoppage of the fan motor for a first time-period or longer, a standby controller starts time measurement, and after a further predetermined second time-period has elapsed, makes at least a part of the motor drive device transition to a standby mode.
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| Switch mode power supply apparatus having active clamping circuit | 20080315858 | 20081225 |
| A switch mode power supply apparatus includes a transformer, a main switching device to adjust a power supply supplied to a primary coil of the transformer, an active clamping circuit to suppress a voltage stress of the main switching device, and a control circuit to control a clamping operation of the active clamping circuit when the switch mode power supply apparatus is in a standby mode. Therewith, it is possible to significantly reduce power consumption of the switch mode power supply apparatus in the standby mode and improve efficiency of the switch mode power supply apparatus.
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| Method for automated standby message response to reduce pilot and air traffic controller workload | 20080316057 | 20081225 |
| A method for communicating an automatic standby message in response to an electronic text message in a network is provided. The method comprises receiving a text message, starting a response timer for a first time period to respond, and monitoring whether a response message has been transmitted. If the response message has not been transmitted, a determination is made whether the response timer has reached a predetermined timing threshold. If the response timer has not reached the threshold, then the method continues to monitor whether the response message has been transmitted. If the response timer has reached the threshold without the response message being sent, a STANDBY message is transmitted automatically and the response timer is restarted for a second time period. The method then monitors... |
| Key control circuit, electronic apparatus, portable device, and key control method | 20080316066 | 20081225 |
| Key control for a key matrix circuit having a plurality of keys is provided to reduce power consumption in key searching caused by unintended key pressing. In key control on the key matrix circuit having a plurality of rows and columns of keys (key switches) in matrix arrangement, keys are disabled or enabled in row lines or in column lines on the key matrix circuit by any one of the lines through key selection by a key selecting means (opening/closing detection circuit, opening/closing detecting unit, key selection switch, key selecting unit). Following key selection, a control means (control unit) keeps key pressing detection in a standby status for a predetermined time in response to an event of detection of a press of a key included in... |
| Image forming apparatus | 20080316532 | 20081225 |
| A job managing section acquires an operational status of a standby print job when a determination that a job having been accepted by a job accepting section is a reserved low-key print setting job is made, as a result of a determination by a reserved setting determining section, and also allocates a printout for the reserved low-key print setting job to an available time slot based on the acquired operational status. As a result, the printout for the reserved low-key print setting job can be executed in an available time slot which is different from a time slot for the standby print job. Accordingly, mixing of printed sheets related to a plurality of print jobs can be prevented as much as possible, and a contribution to... |
| Optical scan device, optical scan type microscope, observation method, control device, and control program | 20080316561 | 20081225 |
| It is an object to realize smooth switching between free scanning and high speed scanning in a light scanning apparatus and a light scanning microscope. To attain the object, a light scanning apparatus includes at least three mirror scanners disposed at predetermined positions of a light path for light scanning, and a light path switching unit switching the light path between a light path in which a highest-speed mirror scanner among the mirror scanners is valid and a light path in which the highest-speed mirror scanner is invalid. Therefore, the switching between a free scanning mode and a high speed scanning mode is performed by the driving of the light switching unit and involves no movement of galvanometer scanners. In addition, since the resonant galvanometer scanner... |
| Large format lithium-ion cell and its uses thereof | 20080318122 | 20081225 |
| This invention is directed to a battery pack with a high energy density and a large format prismatic lithium-ion cell comprising (1) at least one positive electrode, (2) at least one negative electrode, (3) a non-aqueous electrolyte, and (4) a homogeneous microporous membrane which comprises (a) a hot-melt adhesive, (b) an engineering plastics, (c) optionally a tackifier and (d) a filler having an average particle size of less than about 50 μm. The resulting battery pack can be used as power source for applications such as electric vehicles (EV), hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), power-assist HEV (P-HEV), and standby power stations.
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| Connector | 20080318458 | 20081225 |
| A connector includes female and male housings (10, 40) that are connectable along a connecting direction (CD). A connection detector (30) is mounted on the female housing (10) for movement along the connecting direction (CD) between standby and detection positions. The connection detector (30) does not contact receiving portions (48) of the male housing (40) when the connection detector (30) is at the standby position. However, pressing portions (32) of the connection detector (30) press the receiving portions (48) when the connection detector (CD) is at the detection position to prevent relative movements of the connection detector (30) and the male connector housing (40). Thus, connection resistance between the receiving portions (48) and the pressing portions (32) is not produced when the connection detector (30) is... |
| Control device and control method for reduced power consumption in network device | 20080320488 | 20081225 |
| This invention provides a data transfer control device for carrying out data transfer using a plurality of transfer resources. The data transfer control device comprises a transfer resource management portion that set the plurality of transfer resources to either one of a transfer-enabled state whereby data transfer is enabled and a plurality of standby states on the basis of a load on the data transfer control device and that manages the plurality of transfer resources so as to assume the set operating status; and a load distribution portion that distributes the data to transfer resources that have been set to the transfer-enabled state. The plurality of standby states are states which data transfer is disabled and which mutually differ at a minimum in terms of at... |
| Sewing machine | 20080308027 | 20081218 |
| A lower end of a thread guide lever, which is rockably attached to a lower looper and supports a thread pipe, and an air ejecting unit, which faces a thread inserting hole of the thread pipe and ejects air toward the thread inserting hole, are coupled via a coupling member so that they are interlocked with each other. The coupling member is moved such that a discharging port of an air nozzle is positioned at an ejecting position close to the thread inserting hole when a thread discharging hole is positioned at a threading position which is coincident with a thread hole of a lower looper, and such that the air nozzle is moved to a standby position when the thread discharging hole is moved to... |
| Radio station and method of operating a radio station | 20080309250 | 20081218 |
| A lamp driver circuit supplies an alternating current having an operating frequency to a lamp, e.g. a fluorescent lamp, for operating the lamp. To switch off the lamp, the frequency of the alternating current is changed to a non-operating frequency. Due to the frequency change, the impedance of an impedance element of the lamp driver circuit is changed. As a result, the lamp current decreases to zero and the lamp extinguishes. According to the invention, the current having the non-operating frequency is employed to generate a voltage to be supplied to a further circuit, such as a control circuit. Thus, the lamp driver circuit and an associated control circuit may operate in an operating mode or in a standby, i.e. non-operating, mode without requiring a separate... |
| Power supply input device | 20080310197 | 20081218 |
| A power supply input device including a first resistance of a discharge resistance conversion unit connected in parallel to a discharge resistance unit; and a switching unit of the discharge resistance conversion unit connected to the first resistance and performing a switching operation according to an externally received control signal, thus minimizing power losses occurring when a system is in a standby mode.
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| Circuit, biasing scheme and fabrication method for diode accesed cross-point resistive memory array | 20080310209 | 20081218 |
| Methods, systems, structures and arrays are disclosed, such as a resistive memory array which includes access devices, for example, back-to-back Zener diodes, that only allow current to pass through a coupled resistive memory cell when a voltage drop applied to the access device is greater than a critical voltage. The array may be biased to reduce standby currents and improve delay times between programming and read operations.
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| Information processing apparatus | 20080311853 | 20081218 |
| In a mobile telephone device applicable as an information processing apparatus, a protocol layer control unit controls a protocol layer used when a wireless communication is performed with a head set. A command queue puts an execution of a command to the protocol layer in a standby state. A request management unit manages piling up of requests accepted sequentially from the higher level layer in the command queue. A forced interruption unit requests the protocol layer control unit to disconnect a physical connection with the head set in a case where a forced interruption factor is generated. The protocol layer control unit is used to disconnect the physical connection with the head set. When a forced interruption request is accepted, a request management unit does not... |
| Community computing method and community management system | 20080313262 | 20081218 |
| The present invention provides a community computing method and system comprising a step of community formation forming a community by defining a goal, policies, members, operations among the members, an operation situation of the community and an idle situation of the community, a step of community standby both waiting for an operation starting timing and organizing an actual community member, after the step of community formation, a step of community activation both being self activated and starting an operation, when the community operation situation is ready while the community monitors a context information, after the step of community standby, a step of community deactivation both temporarily stopping an operation for itself and waiting for a next community operation, when the community satisfies the goal of the... |
| I/o device switching method | 20080313362 | 20081218 |
| An I/O device management table that manages the types of I/O devices connected to an I/O switch is provided, and one or plural unallocated I/O devices are defined and registered as standby I/O devices. When a failure occurs in any of I/O devices, the I/O device management table is used to select an I/O device of the same type as the failed I/O device from the standby I/O devices, and the selected I/O device is allocated to a computer to which the failed I/O device is connected. I/O device management can be eased at failure in a computer including an I/O switch device.
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| Yarn feeder of yarn feeding device for weft knitting machine | 20080302137 | 20081211 |
| A yarn feeder comprises a switching mechanism which presets a swing direction of the yarn feeding port after completion of a yarn feeding operation, and, after having completed yarn feeding operation, changes over the swing of the yarn feeding port from one yarn feeding position to another standby position interlocking with the released selective operation of the entraining means, in which the switching mechanism includes a feeder rod having a yarn feeding port at its lower end, which is composed of at least two members, both of the members being arranged to relatively slide each other in a vertical direction and provided with a push-up member to force upward respectively. The switching mechanism includes a support member for bearing the yarn feeding rod being provided with... |
| Control apparatus for vehicle and parking mechanism | 20080302627 | 20081211 |
| When it is predicted that a request for a parking lock operation is likely to be received, an actuator of a parking mechanism is controlled to perform standby processing for bringing the parking mechanism into a standby state immediately preceding a lock state to wait for the request for the parking lock operation.
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| Method and system for assigning identity addresses to local management modules | 20080303692 | 20081211 |
| A system and a method are provided for assigning plural identity addresses in sequence from a central management module to plural corresponding local management modules. A standby power is input to a current one of the local management modules. And the standby power towards a next un-actuated one of the local management modules is delayed for a delay period. Thus, the current one of the local management modules is allowed negotiating for assigning a dedicated one of the identity addresses.
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| Channel setting apparatus and television | 20080303960 | 20081211 |
| Disclosed is a channel setting processing including the steps of: generating a channel map data including physical channel information about a physical channel available to receive a broadcast signal, the physical channel information being at least a main channel number of a virtual channel, a sub channel number of the virtual channel, a broadcast station name, and a predetermined program information indicating program contents; judging whether or not there exist plural physical channels on standby for reception and capable of sharing the same program there between, based on at least two kinds of information among the physical channel information, recorded on a channel to channel basis on the channel map data; and, based on the judgment that there exit plural physical channels sharing the same program,... |
| Semiconductor memory device | 20080304338 | 20081211 |
| To provide a semiconductor memory device capable of increasing its drive capability at operating time while reducing a leak current at standby time without the s need to make a significant change to the design of an existing semiconductor memory device a semiconductor memory device having a memory cell comprises: a latch section that includes a transistor having a back gate to which a back gate voltage is supplied; a memory cell that includes a transfer gate constituting the memory cell the transfer gate being subjected to switching control by a word line signal and having a lo back gate to which a back gate voltage is supplied; and a back gate voltage control circuit that controls the back gate voltage based on an address signal.
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| Communication device | 20080304494 | 20081211 |
| A communication device comprising: a checking unit checking whether a bandwidth from the ingress of first path down to the egress thereof and a bandwidth from the ingress of second path down to the egress thereof as a standby of a partial zone of first path, are established or not; a route information management unit generating, when the checking unit confirms that the bandwidth from the ingress of first path down to the egress thereof and the bandwidth from the ingress of second path down to the egress thereof as the standby of the partial zone of first path are established, route maintaining information for maintaining the bandwidth of the partial zone of first path; and a transmission unit transmitting the route maintaining information generated by... |
| Method for measuring the power consumption time of a cdma mobile terminal | 20080306699 | 20081211 |
| The present invention relates to a method for measuring the power consumption time of a CDMA mobile terminal, and the method comprises the steps of wire-connecting a terminal to be measured with a CDMA network simulator; measuring the standby power consumption time of said terminal to be measured in standby mode, and calculating a normalized power consumption time length TIdle of the standby power consumption time to specified battery capacity; and measuring the operating power consumption time of said terminal to be measured in operating mode, and calculating a normalized power consumption time TNormal of the operating power consumption time to specified battery capacity. Directed to the present status that descriptive parameters evaluating power consumption time of a CDMA mobile terminal in network environment and measuring... |
| Information-processing equipment and system therefor | 20080307254 | 20081211 |
| In cases where the system which performs service provision includes plural kinds of OS, the plural kinds of OS are operated simultaneously on one standby server provided with the virtual control unit. When a failure etc. occurred in the operation system server necessitates the system switchover from the operation system server to the standby server, the virtual control unit of the standby server distinguishes an operation system server in which the failure has occurred, and takes over the processing to the switching control unit on a suitable OS on the standby server.
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| Method and device for reducing the energy consumption of an elevator installation | 20070295566 | 20071227 |
| A device for reducing the energy consumption is used in an elevator installation which can be alternatively brought into an operating mode and a standby mode wherein in the standby mode the elevator installation is separated from a main energy source and connected with an auxiliary energy source, by means of which basic functions of the elevator installation are maintained so as to enable later entry into the operating mode. The device includes a detecting unit in order to detect a use criterion describing the current use status of the elevator installation. Moreover, a power-saving unit with a microprocessor is provided in order to bring the elevator installation from the operating mode to the standby mode in the case of non-fulfillment of the use criterion and... |
| Semiconductor integrated circuits | 20070296488 | 20071227 |
| A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a logic circuit, a first and second switching device and an equalizer. The logic circuit includes a first circuit connected between a power supply voltage and a ground voltage supply line, and a second circuit connected between a power supply voltage supply line and a ground voltage. The first and second switching devices are connected between the power supply voltage and the power supply voltage supply line and between the ground voltage and the ground voltage supply line, respectively. The equalizer is connected between the power supply voltage supply line and the ground voltage supply line, and configured to adjust voltages of the power supply voltage supply line and the ground voltage supply line to be the same during a standby... |
| Energy saver | 20070297112 | 20071227 |
| A universal device for saving the standby power consumption of a functional group of appliances that can be constituted equally well by a set of items of computer equipment or a set of items of audiovisual equipment. The device includes at least one control device for switching on the functional group that is exclusively dedicated to the device, parts for connection to the electricity network and parts for connection to at least one main controlled appliance.
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| Method for non-real time reprogramming of non-volatile memory to achieve tighter distribution of threshold voltages | 20070297226 | 20071227 |
| A set of non-volatile storage elements undergoes initial programming, after which a reprogramming, with higher verify levels, is performed in non-real time, such as when a control enters a standby mode, when no other read or write tasks are pending. The reprogramming can program pages in the set one at a time, stopping at a page boundary when another read or write task is pending, and restarting when the control become available again. Status flags can be provided to identify whether a page and/or the set has completed the reprogramming. In another aspect, a higher pass voltage is applied to unselected word lines during the reprogramming. In another aspect, an error count is determined using a default set of read voltages, and an alternative set of... |
| System for non-real time reprogramming of non-volatile memory to achieve tighter distribution of threshold voltages | 20070297245 | 20071227 |
| A set of non-volatile storage elements undergoes initial programming, after which a reprogramming, with higher verify levels, is performed in non-real time, such as when a control enters a standby mode, when no other read or write tasks are pending. The reprogramming can program pages in the set one at a time, stopping at a page boundary when another read or write task is pending, and restarting when the control become available again. Status flags can be provided to identify whether a page and/or the set has completed the reprogramming. In another aspect, a higher pass voltage is applied to unselected word lines during the reprogramming. In another aspect, an error count is determined using a default set of read voltages, and an alternative set of... |
| Standby time improvements for stations in a wireless network | 20070297438 | 20071227 |
| Techniques to improve the standby time of a station in a wireless network are described. An access point may advertise or convey a maximum listen interval and/or an association timeout supported by that access point. A station may operate in a power-save mode and may wake up every listen interval to receive a beacon and any potential traffic for the station. The station may select a suitable listen interval based on the maximum listen interval. The station may be dormant for a longer duration than the listen interval and may become active at least once in every association timeout in order to keep the association with the access point alive. The access point may also send broadcast and multicast traffic that might be of interest to... |
| Bidirectional optical communication system | 20070297795 | 20071227 |
| A bidirectional optical communication system employing a living line and a standby line. One of a master unit and a slave unit has a photoswitch for switching between the living line and the standby line and the other has a photocoupler for collecting the living line and the standby line. When deterioration in communication state of the living line is detected on the side having the photoswitch, the photoswitch on that side is switched to use the standby line.
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| Segmented cdma searching | 20070298739 | 20071227 |
| Techniques for segmented CDMA searching are disclosed. In one aspect, a searcher comprises a plurality of storage elements selectable for performing a plurality of segmentable search tasks, each storage element operable for storage of and access to state information for one of the plurality of search tasks. In another aspect, a first search task is interrupted in progress, the state information for the first task is stored, a second search task is performed, and the first search task is continued using the stored state information. In yet another aspect, a search task is segmented into smaller search segments, sized to fit within contiguous available time in the searcher. Various other aspects of the invention are also presented. These aspects have the benefit of circuit area and... |
| Information processing device | 20070298784 | 20071227 |
| According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an information processing device including: a display unit configured to display a plurality of setting informations of a setting of function indicated by indication information displayed on a standby screen; a key unit configured to accept a selection of one piece of setting information among the plurality of setting informations; a control unit configured to cancel or change function setting, based on the setting information of which the selection is accepted by the key unit; and a display control unit configured to control a display of the indication information, which is performed by the display unit, in accordance with the cancel or the change of function setting performed by the control unit.
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| Mobile terminal and method for displaying standby screen according to analysis result of user's behavior | 20070298843 | 20071227 |
| A mobile terminal includes an input unit for receiving a command input by a user; a location information generator for generating location information on the mobile terminal; a time counter; a storage unit having a command processing information table and a standby screen display information table; and a control unit for analyzing the user's behavior by using command processing information stored in the command processing information table, storing the result of the behavior analysis in the standby screen display information table, and displaying a standby screen according to the result of the behavioral analysis with respect to the current location of the mobile terminal and the current time. Accordingly, using a history of the mobile terminal use provides an advantage of improved user convenience by predicting... |
| Enhancements to improve the functionality and efficiency of brick power adapters | 20070300089 | 20071227 |
| The enhanced power supply adds a control circuit and rechargeable battery to the prior art transformer. The enhanced power supply uses an internal rechargeable battery in standby mode, so that the power supply does not draw AC power when the attached device is not in use. Control contacts on the power supply receptacle act as a communication channel allowing the attached device to power requirements to the power supply. The power supply has the ability to detect the power draw and switch between power modes, even when there is no communication with the attached device.
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| Photoelectric conversion device, image sensor, optical reader, and method of driving photoelectric conversion device | 20070291147 | 20071220 |
| Provided is a photoelectric conversion device, including: a plurality of photoelectric conversion blocks each including a photoelectric conversion element, photoelectric conversion element resetting means for supplying an initialization potential to the photoelectric conversion element to reset the photoelectric conversion element, and transfer means for transferring a voltage of the photoelectric conversion element, in which the photoelectric conversion element resetting means resets the photoelectric conversion element every time the voltage of the photoelectric conversion element is transferred and for a standby period, during a reading period. Therefore, it is possible to perform accurate image reading by reducing the influence of a foreign matter adhered to a light receiving surface of a photoelectric conversion device.
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| Sheet feeding device, and document feeding device in image reading apparatus comprising the same | 20070284803 | 20071213 |
| A sheet feeding device, and a document feeding device including the sheet feeding device have a pickup roller which can elevate and lower between an operative position and a standby position, a sheet feeding rotating device that separably feeds each sheet from the roller, and a registration roller that registers the sheet from the sheet feeding rotating device. A carry-in roller conveys the sheet to a predetermined processing position, and a carry-out roller carries the sheet from the processing position. The pickup roller and sheet feeding rotating device are drivingly coupled to a first driving motor. The registration roller and carry-in roller are coupled to a second driving motor via a sliding friction clutch. The sliding friction clutch is configured so that the registration roller is... |
| Liquid drop expelling head and image forming device provided therewith | 20070285448 | 20071213 |
| There is provided a liquid drop expelling head including: a driving element generating a pressure wave at a liquid within a pressure chamber, and expelling a liquid drop from a nozzle which communicates with the pressure chamber; and a control section applying a driving waveform based on image information to the driving element, and controlling a preparatory waveform, which vibrates a meniscus of the nozzle, on the basis of one of a liquid drop expulsion standby time and a liquid drop amount of a first drop at a time of starting expulsion again.
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| Method for implementing working/standby transmission path | 20070286069 | 20071213 |
| A method for implementing working/standby transmission path includes steps: setting a standby LSP for each physical transmission link in Data Communication Network (DCN); and when the physical transmission link fails, transmitting the packets that need to be transmitted on the physical transmission link to the standby LSP to transfer. The present invention can enhance the packet transmission reliability of DCN and reduce the maintenance workload and complexity of the working/standby transmission path.
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| Power-saving control method of image forming device, and image forming device | 20070286630 | 20071213 |
| In a power-saving control method of an image forming device, the image forming device is set in a power saving state when an input operation is not performed by a user over a predetermined time. The image forming device in the power saving state is shifted to a minimum power state. Prior to shifting of the image forming device to the minimum power state, a filtering unit is activated to detect communication between an external device and the image forming device in the minimum power state. When a detected communication signal indicates an image formation request from the external device, the image forming device is caused to return from the minimum power state through the power saving state to a standby state so that the image... |
| Fast channel switching method and apparatus for digital broadcast receiver | 20070287451 | 20071213 |
| A fast channel switching method and apparatus for a digital broadcast receiver having a single tuner are disclosed. The fast channel switching method includes setting an ongoing service channel and at least one standby service channel, buffering broadcast data received through the ongoing and standby service channels, outputting the buffered broadcast data of the ongoing service channel, determining whether the ongoing service channel is switched to one of the standby service channels, outputting, if the ongoing service channel is switched to one of the standby service channels, the buffered broadcast data of the switched standby service channel and resetting the ongoing and standby service channels.
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| Device for managing power supply of a motor vehicle multimedia system | 20070288102 | 20071213 |
| The invention concerns a device for managing power supply of a motor vehicle multimedia system, comprising a number of modules each having at least one function requiring electrical power supply, in particular in standby mode, such that it consists of a module receiving in input: a permanent electrical power supply from the vehicle battery; wake-up/sleep data from the vehicle control computer, based on the contact key in particular and from control means particular to the multimedia system; optionally wake-up and/or sleep control signals from certain modules belonging to the multimedia system itself, for: delivering to said multimedia system modules wake-up/sleep and/or switched power supply signals; saving data in the volatile storage means; keeping time through the metering means.
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| Method of updating an executable file for a redundant system with old and new files assured | 20070288532 | 20071213 |
| During an active system providing a service by an old file, a standby system executes the old file and a new file in parallel. Responsively to data transition in the synchronous target memory area of the active system, in parallel to event-driven data synchronization between the old memory areas of both systems, a format conversion from the old memory area to new one is performed before system switching. This makes the format conversion unnecessary in a restart process after system switching, whereby services by the new file can quickly start. The new file allocates the old and new memory areas to different areas. When the format conversion from the old memory area to the new memory area is performed, the old memory area remains stored. This... |
| Strip continuous supply method and apparatus | 20070278341 | 20071206 |
| In a feeding apparatus which includes a turret arm supporting a new paper roll and an old paper roll and supported pivotably, and a turret arm swing motor for pivoting the turret arm, and which splices a web of the new paper roll to a web of the old paper roll and supplies the web continuously, the turret arm swing motor is driven before driving of a main unit to pivot the turret arm, thereby moving the new paper roll to a web splicing standby position.
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| Power supply having power status indicator with reduced power consumption | 20070279017 | 20071206 |
| What is concerned is a power supply having a power status indicator, in which the power status indicator is powered by a constant voltage source, such as a constant voltage provided by an auxiliary power supply or a reference voltage provided for the internal control circuitry. Or otherwise, the power status indicator is connected in series with a feedback circuit or a protection circuit of the power supply, and the current-limiting resistor thereof is eliminated. In this way, the power consumption of the power supply under the standby mode is reduced, and the energy utilization of the power supply is enhanced.
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| Semiconductor integrated circuit, liquid crystal drive device, and liquid crystal display system | 20070279357 | 20071206 |
| A liquid crystal drive device having a differential-type input circuit including a differential amplification stage for receiving a differential signal and a buffer stage for generating an output signal on the basis of an output of the differential amplification stage, the liquid crystal drive device for receiving a signal of display data via the input circuit and outputting a signal for driving a liquid crystal panel on the basis of the display data, wherein a liquid crystal driving voltage VLCD larger than a power supply voltage VCC for logic to be supplied to the operation voltage buffer stage is supplied to the differential amplification stage of the input circuit. A standby function of interrupting an operation current of the differential amplification stage in a period where... |
| Semiconductor integrated circuit, liquid crystal drive device, and liquid crystal display system | 20070279358 | 20071206 |
| A liquid crystal drive device having a differential-type input circuit including a differential amplification stage for receiving a differential signal and a buffer stage for generating an output signal on the basis of an output of the differential amplification stage, the liquid crystal drive device for receiving a signal of display data via the input circuit and outputting a signal for driving a liquid crystal panel on the basis of the display data, wherein a liquid crystal driving voltage VLCD larger than a power supply voltage VCC for logic to be supplied to the operation voltage buffer stage is supplied to the differential amplification stage of the input circuit. A standby function of interrupting an operation current of the differential amplification stage in a period where... |
| Semiconductor integrated circuit, liquid crystal drive device, and liquid crystal display system | 20070279404 | 20071206 |
| A liquid crystal drive device having a differential-type input circuit including a differential amplification stage for receiving a differential signal and a buffer stage for generating an output signal on the basis of an output of the differential amplification stage, the liquid crystal drive device for receiving a signal of display data via the input circuit and outputting a signal for driving a liquid crystal panel on the basis of the display data, wherein a liquid crystal driving voltage VLCD larger than a power supply voltage VCC for logic to be supplied to the operation voltage buffer stage is supplied to the differential amplification stage of the input circuit. A standby function of interrupting an operation current of the differential amplification stage in a period where... |
| Head-specific standby modes for disk drive preamplifiers and the like | 20070279785 | 20071206 |
| A (e.g., hard-disk drive (HD)) system supports reader standby mode and/or writer standby mode. For reader standby mode, reader circuitry in the system's preamplifier is transitioned to a low-power mode during write operations. To provide quick transition from write mode to read mode, the reader circuitry is transitioned to pre-read mode before the end of the write operation. For writer standby mode, the preamplifier's writer circuitry is transitioned to a low-power mode during read operations. To provide quick transition from read mode to write mode, the writer circuitry is transitioned to a pre-write mode before the end of the read operation. The availability of a reader standby mode during write operations and a writer standby mode during read operations reduces power consumption as compared to HD... |
| Booster power supply circuit and control method therefor and driver ic | 20070279950 | 20071206 |
| A booster power supply circuit includes a booster boosting an input voltage to output an boosted voltage for applying said boosted voltage to a first smoothing capacitor and a controller controlling a transfer destination and an amount of transfer of a charge in the first smoothing capacitor at a transition from an operation mode to a standby mode.
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| Electronic device with standby function, standby power supply system and method thereof | 20070279951 | 20071206 |
| A standby power supply system in an electronic device including a power-consuming circuit is provided. The standby power supply comprises a signal sensor, a standby power source, a switch circuit, a charge circuit and a power control unit. The signal sensor receives a system-on signal and generates a charging signal and a power-on signal according to the system-on signal. The standby power source provides a first voltage that the signal sensor needs in a standby status. The switch circuit receives the charging signal and then is conducted for a predetermined period. When the switch circuit is conducted and the charge circuit proceeds to charge to a predetermined voltage, the charge circuit turns on the power control unit to receive the power-on signal. The power control unit... |
| Semiconductor memory device, memory module having the same, the test method of memory module | 20070280013 | 20071206 |
| A semiconductor memory device according to the present invention is mounted on a memory module. The semiconductor memory device has a redundant circuit and a chip select circuit. The semiconductor memory device is allowed to be selected in the memory module by using a memory address that has been replaced with a redundant circuit as identifier information specific to the semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device having the identifier information that coincides with a memory address inputted in a state of the memory module is selected and brought into an operation mode or a standby mode.
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| Stream data processing apparatus and stream data processing method | 20070280301 | 20071206 |
| A stream data processing apparatus includes a demultiplexing portion configured to demultiplex multiplexed stream data, to which a PCR is added, into a plurality of pieces of stream data to which a PTS is added, a system time measuring portion configured to measure a system time according to a PCR, a synchronous control portion configured to determine continuity of a reference time according to a PCR and system time information (SYC), to determine continuity of a reproduction time according to a PTS and an STC, and to output synchronous control information according to results of these determinations, a storage portion configured to store stream data, a decoding portion configured to decode stream data stored in the storage portion, an output portion configured to output decoded data,... |
| System for providing communication services | 20070280451 | 20071206 |
| A system is described for providing communication services and this system comprises a communication network with a number of exchanges and a number of connection points. Each connection point is connected by a fixed line to an exchange and is adapted to connect at least one communication terminal to the corresponding exchange. First connection points of the number of connection points are in an operative state and second connection points of the number of connection points are in an inoperative state. Operative connection points allow a communication terminal connected thereto access to at least one communication service through the system by having been assigned a unique address from a first group of unique addresses to each of the operative connection points. The inoperative state of the... |
| Tissue paper dispenser | 20060289555 | 20061228 |
| A tissue paper dispenser includes a holding member for holding a stack of separated sheets of tissue paper and having an access opening and a dispensing slot, and an actuator including an actuating member terminating at an enlarged dragging portion contacting a leading sheet of the stack with a friction force, a shifted member operable to move the dragging portion between standby and ready-to-dispense positions, and a key confronting the access opening and interposed between the actuating member and the shifted member. A guiding member is disposed on the holding member, and has a keyway to guide the key to move between initial and end regions along forward and backward paths. The keyway is configured such that the friction force between the dragging portion and the... |
| Electrooptic/micromechanical display with discretely controllable bistable transflector | 20060290651 | 20061228 |
| A display (1) comprises a display device (2), such as an LC cell and a switchable transflector (7). The transflector 7 comprises a plurality of discrete portions and is configured so that the transmittance and reflectance properties of at least one of said portions can be tuned independently of other portions. Where the transflector is a suspended particle device (SPD), the portions may comprise individual particle suspensions (8a, 8b, 8c) and/or regions within a cell containing a particle suspension (8a, 8b, 8c). In normal operation, images etc. are displayed using the display device (2). In some embodiments, the transflector (7) may be used in the provision of illumination for the display device (2) using backlighting 9 from light source (3) and/or reflected ambient light (10), in... |
| Re-configuring the standby screen of an electronic device | 20060290661 | 20061228 |
| An electronic device including a user interface having a display for displaying a standby screen when the device is in an idle state and a user input device, wherein the user interface provides a menu system, for re-configuring the standby screen, that is navigated using the user input device.
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| Virtual ground circuit for reducing sram standby power | 20060291296 | 20061228 |
| A method of operating a memory circuit having a plurality of blocks of memory cells (400-404) is disclosed. The method includes storing data in the plurality of blocks of memory cells. A first block of memory cells (400) is selected in response to a first address signal (RAY0). A row of memory cells (430-436) in the first block of memory cells is selected in response to a second address signal (RAX0). A first voltage is applied to a first power supply terminal (412) of the first block of memory cells in response to the first address signal. A second voltage different from the first voltage is applied to a first power supply terminal (412) of another block of memory cells (402) of the plurality of blocks... |
| Image forming apparatus | 20060291884 | 20061228 |
| An image forming apparatus that includes: a reading unit; an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet; a fixing unit; a mode selecting unit that selects a first mode from plural modes, in the first mode of which a document is read by the reading unit and the image is formed by the image forming unit; a temperature controlling unit that controls a temperature of the fixing unit to be one of a fixing state a standby state and a sleep state; a sleep transferring unit that transfers to the sleep state; and a switching unit that switches the fixing unit to the standby state on selecting the first mode. The temperature is controlled to transfer to the standby state on switching to... |
| Silent wireless communication system and method | 20060293053 | 20061228 |
| A method of processing data through handover communications in one or more mobile devices that is in a standby mode within a cell of a mobile telecommunications network according to neighboring lists of other mobile devices. In the method, the data is processed from an initiating mobile device to a terminating mobile device by passing through at least one other mobile device that is in a standby mode. System and computer program products which can execute a method of the invention are also provided.
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| Voltage regulator circuit for blade server | 20060284491 | 20061221 |
| The present invention is to provide a voltage regulator circuit disposed on a circuit board of a blade server including a voltage regulator module for converting voltage of a power source and outputting the power source and a switch unit being connected with the voltage regulator module, wherein a standby power source output end disposed between the voltage regulator module and the switch unit is able to continuously output power sources as standby power sources to each of components on the circuit board when the switch unit is opened. When the blade server is turned on and the switch unit is closed, a power source output end of the switch unit will output the power sources as standard powers to each of the components, meanwhile, the... |
| Switching mode power supply with active load detection function, and swithcing method thereof | 20060285369 | 20061221 |
| A switching mode power supply (SMPS) with an active load detection function which supplies AC power input to a primary coil of a transforming element, then to a secondary coil of the transforming element, and then rectifies and outputs the AC power is provided. The SMPS comprises a controlling unit for controlling switching frequency by changing the time constant of a switching unit depending on the current and reducing the amount of power supplied to the primary coil of the transforming element. The current at a terminal of a resistor can be controlled under a cross condition, and the current flowing to the resistor can be controlled when in a normal state, thereby preventing energy loss which always occur in the resistor. The switching frequency during... |
| Semiconductor memory and operation method for same | 20060285405 | 20061221 |
| A bit line resetting signal is supplied to the gate of an nMOS transistor (or a precharge circuit) which connects a bit line with a precharge voltage line. The high-level voltage of the bit line resetting signal is retained at a first voltage during the precharge operation after a refresh operation, and is retained at a second voltage higher than the first voltage during the precharge operation after an access operation. In the precharge operation after the refresh operation, therefore, the second voltage is not used so that the current consumption of the generating circuit of the second voltage is reduced. Thus, it is possible to reduce the current consumption (or the standby current) during the standby period for which the internal refresh requests continuously occur.
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| Transfer mechanism and semiconductor processing system | 20060287761 | 20061221 |
| A transfer mechanism is used for transferring a target object having a mainly circular contour. The transfer mechanism includes a transfer unit that supplies movements in angular and rectilinear directions to a pick for supporting the target object. An optical sensor is disposed at a standby position on a route of the target object toward a destination, to optically detect presence/absence of the target object on the pick. Angular and rectilinear misalignment amounts of the target object in the angular and rectilinear directions are calculated, with reference to detection and reference values of a signal output from the optical sensor, and at least one of detection and reference values of a radius of the target object. A controller controls the transfer unit to compensate for the... |
| Performance conserving method for reducing power consumption in a server system | 20060288241 | 20061221 |
| A method for managing power in a data processing system having multiple components includes determining a power budget for the system. Activity levels during a forthcoming time interval are then predicted for each of the components. Using the predicted activity levels, the power budget is allocated among the system components. An activity limit is then established for each component based on its corresponding portion of the power budget. The activity of a component is then monitored and, if the component's activity exceeds the component's corresponding activity limit, constrained. Determining the predicted level of activity may include determining a predicted number of instructions dispatched by a processor component or a predicted number of memory requests serviced for a system memory component. Allocating the power budget includes allocating... |
| Semiconductor memory | 20060280015 | 20061214 |
| An oscillator generates a refresh request signal periodically. A storing circuit changes a stored value by a predetermined value in response to the refresh request signal and returns the stored value by one in response to a refresh operation. A store control circuit, when a state detecting circuit detects a change of an operational state of a semiconductor memory, increases or decreases the predetermined value which the storing circuit uses. A refresh decision circuit outputs refresh signals of a number corresponding to the stored value until the stored value returns to an initial value. This makes it possible to change the frequency of the refresh operations according to a change of the operational state without changing an oscillation cycle of the oscillator. Without unnecessary oscillation of... |
| Redundancy group status management apparatus and methods | 20060280117 | 20061214 |
| Redundancy group status management apparatus and methods are disclosed. Operational status of a standby communication system communication component of a redundancy group is determined by an active component of the redundancy group. The active component transmits operational status information indicating the operational status of the standby component, or an operational status of the redundancy group in some embodiments, to a remote system such as a Network Management System (NMS). The remote system determines and provides an indication of overall operational status of the redundancy group. A single icon may be used to represent both the redundancy group and the operational status of the redundancy group in a system map or other visual representation of the communication system.
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| Apparatus and method for data processing in a mobile communication terminal | 20060281498 | 20061214 |
| A method and apparatus for data processing in a mobile communication terminal are provided whereby inconvenience when accessing and executing a corresponding function is reduced. A display unit providing a standby screen divided into a number input area and a contents input area and a memory for storing input data displayed on the display unit allows a user to access and execute functions via a keypad having a plurality of function keys.
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| Power outlet with automatic shutoff | 20060273663 | 20061207 |
| An automatic switched power circuit with automatic shutoff under standby power conditions comprises a power outlet including first and second terminals for connection to a power source and first and second sockets for receiving a plug of a powered device. The first terminal is electrically connected to the first socket. A switch is electrically connected between the second terminal and the second socket. A sensor senses power drawn through the power outlet. A control circuit is coupled to the sensor and the switch. The control circuit determines if power drawn through the power outlet comprises standby power and in response thereto operates the switch to disconnect the second terminal and the second socket.
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| Printing apparatus | 20060274348 | 20061207 |
| A printing apparatus having a standby mode and an energy saving mode, the standby mode being capable of receiving data to be printed and of starting printing processing for the received data without requiring warming-up and the energy saving mode being capable of receiving the data and of starting the printing processing after warming-up, the printing apparatus including: a print data receiving section for receiving print data from outside as the data to be printed, the print data being provided with a degree of urgency; a printing control section for changing modes between the standby mode and the energy saving mode for receiving the data and for performing control of the printing processing for the received data; and a printing section; wherein, upon the reception of... |
| Data processing apparatus and data processing method | 20060274368 | 20061207 |
| A data processing system includes a wireless terminal and first and second data processing apparatuses. The first data processing apparatus, responsive to receiving from the wireless terminal data including identification information identifying the second data processing apparatus, sends to the second data processing apparatus a shift signal for shifting the second data processing apparatus from a power saving mode incapable of receiving wireless communication data to a standby mode capable of receiving wireless communication data. Further, the second data processing apparatus shifts from the power saving mode to the standby mode responsive to receiving the shift signal from the first data processing apparatus.
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| Ensuring rate of spin-up/spin-down cycles for spindle motor in a hard disk drive does not exceed rate spindle motor is designed to handle | 20060274445 | 20061207 |
| A method, computer program product and hard disk drive for restricting a rate of spin-up/spin-down cycles for a spindle motor in a hard disk drive. The firmware in the hard disk drive determines a maximum rate of spin-up/spin-down cycles the spindle motor is designed to handle over a designated period of time based on the number of spin-up/spin-down cycles the spindle motor is designed to handle over its expected lifetime. The firmware disables the automatic standby mode of operation if a calculated rate of spin-up/spin-down cycles during the designated period of time is greater than the maximum rate of spin-up/spin-down cycles the spindle motor is designed to handle over the designated period of time. By disabling the automatic standby mode of operation, the rate of spin-up/spin-down... |
| Apparatus for supplying internal voltage | 20060274595 | 20061207 |
| An apparatus for supplying an internal voltage is provided the apparatus for supplying an internal voltage comprises: a comparison unit for comparing a reference voltage with an internal reference voltage to output a driving signal based on the comparison result; an internal voltage providing unit for providing the internal voltage according to the current value of the driving signal; a first biasing unit for providing a first bias current to the comparison unit according to the reference voltage; and a second biasing unit for providing a second bias current to the comparison unit according to a standby operation mode.
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| Method and apparatus for managing network connection | 20060274646 | 20061207 |
| An apparatus for managing a network connection between different types of networks via a master port includes a failure detecting unit and a master-port switching unit. The failure detecting unit detects a failure in other apparatus based on a frame for determining the master port transmitted from the other apparatus. The master-port switching unit switches, when the failure detecting unit detects a failure in the other apparatus, the master port of the apparatus from a standby state to an operation state.
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| Maintenance link using active/standby request channels | 20060274711 | 20061207 |
| Multiple field units in a CDMA system are synchronized for communication with a base station using shared forward and reverse link channels. In an illustrative embodiment, each field unit is assigned a time slot in a forward link channel to receive messages from the base station. Likewise, each field unit is assigned a time slot on a common reverse link channel for transmitting messages to the base station. Timing alignment and power level control among each of many field units and the base station is achieved by analyzing messages received at the base station in a corresponding time slot as transmitted by each field unit. Thereafter, a message is transmitted from the base station in a corresponding time slot to a particular field unit for adjusting... |
| Activation device for sump pumps | 20060275136 | 20061207 |
| An activation device for use with a sump or other type pump is provided. The device includes a switched outlet into which the electrical plug of a pump is plugged. The switched outlet is connected to a switching means that is activated by conditions related to the rising and falling of water in the area about a pump, such as the sump of a home or other building. The activation means has an electrical micro-switch associated with a lever attached to a float rod and float; biasing means, locking the switch into an on position until the occurrence of a predetermined event, are provided. As the float rises the switch is activated allowing electricity to flow to the pump. The biasing means permits the pump to... |
| Method and apparatus for reducing standby power consumption of a handheld communication system | 20060276148 | 20061207 |
| Method and apparatus for managing power consumption within a handheld multistandard communication system are disclosed and may comprise receiving a power setting signal from a control device within the handheld multistandard communication system. The power setting signal may indicate a desired power level setting. In accordance with the power setting signal, power supplied to at least one device within the handheld multistandard communication system may be adjusted based on a generated power adjustment signal. The power adjustment signal may control the power supplied to the device. The adjusted power supplied to the at least one device within the handheld multistandard communication system may correspond to one or more power level settings. The power level settings may comprise a NORMAL operating power level setting and/or a LOW... |
| Valve timing control apparatus and internal combustion engine | 20060266318 | 20061130 |
| Valve timing control apparatus includes a driving rotary member driven by an engine; a driven rotary member arranged to rotate relative to the driving rotary member and adapted to rotate a camshaft of the engine; and a hydraulic control section to rotate the driven rotary member relative to the driving rotary member hydraulically. A lock mechanism is arranged to be brought, in accordance with a hydraulic pressure supplied from the hydraulic control section, from a lock state to prevent relative rotation of the driven rotary member relative to the driving rotary member, to an unlock state to allow the relative rotation, through an standby state to prepare for the unlock state without allowing the relative rotation of the driven rotary member relative to the driving rotary... |
| Uninterruptible power source for a barrier operator and related methods | 20060267409 | 20061130 |
| An uninterruptible power source (UPS) for supplying power to a barrier operator when mains power has failed is disclosed. The UPS includes a UPS controller for detecting and responding to a mains power failure and capable of generating a plurality of control signals. A backup power source and an up-converter is connected to the UPS controller, wherein the up-converter increases the voltage of the backup power source when needed. A switch is responsive to one of the plurality of control signals of the UPS controller and toggles the operator barrier between the up-converter and the mains power source, and awakens the operator via a standby receiver power line. Another embodiment awakens the operator anytime a UPS receiver receives a preamble of a wireless transmission signal. Auxiliary... |
| Projector | 20060267513 | 20061130 |
| The present invention is directed to decrease temperature rise in a power supply circuit in a standby mode by using existing signals and circuits while suppressing cost. In a power supply circuit having a power-factor improving circuit for improving a power factor seen from an AC power supply side, and a switching regulator constructed by a self-oscillating converter to which the power-factor improving circuit is connected on a primary side of a transformer and from which DC voltages for a load are output on a secondary side, a lamp turn-on permission signal to be supplied to a lamp driving circuit is detected by a signal detecting circuit. In a standby mode in which the lamp turn-on permission signal is not detected, operation of a PFC (Power... |
| Electronic device | 20060267522 | 20061130 |
| An electronic device comprises a conductive device having a first end and a second end, a first element and a second element. The first element disposed on the first end of the conductive device generates a first temperature. The second element disposed around to the second end of the conductive device is switchable between a standby mode and an operation mode. The first temperature conducted from the first end to the second end shortens a warm-up time for the second element transferring from the standby mode to the operation mode.
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| Power supply unit | 20060267565 | 20061130 |
| Embodiments of the invention provide a power supply unit that operates in a standby mode and in a normal mode. The power supply unit comprises a first power supply providing output voltages during the standby mode and a second power supply providing output voltages during the normal mode. A pre-converter provides a stabilized supply voltage for the first and second power supply. The pre-converter operates as an up-converter during the normal operation mode and is switched off during the standby mode together with the second power supply.
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| Ultra low area overhead retention flip-flop for power-down applications | 20060267654 | 20061130 |
| In a method and system for data retention, a data input is latched by a first latch. A second latch coupled to the first latch receives the data input for retention while the first latch is inoperative in a standby power mode. The first latch receives power from a first power line that is switched off during the standby power mode. The second latch receives power from a second power line. A controller receives a clock input and a retention signal and provides a clock output to the first latch and the second latch. A change in the retention signal is indicative of a transition to the standby power mode. The controller continues to hold the clock output at a predefined voltage level and the second... |
| Computer system and auxiliary message displaying device and method thereof | 20060267859 | 20061130 |
| A computer system and an auxiliary message displaying device and method thereof are provided. The auxiliary message displaying module applied in a computer system comprises a processing unit, a display unit and a display driving unit. The computer system comprises a host, a main monitor and an operating system. The processing unit receives and processes a first data and then outputs a second data. The display unit is for displaying a message. The display driving unit controls the display unit to display message according to the second data. The driver of the operating system retrieves a message from the operating system and obtains the font corresponding to the message from the font database, and then the message is processed to generate the first data. When the... |
