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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185215 | Electronic device and method determining a workload of an electronic device An electronic device is provided with at least one functional unit (HB) performing a processing, wherein the functional unit (HB) receives a supply current (Isupply). A supply current monitor (SCM) is provided for monitoring the supply current (Isupply) to determine... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180463 | Method and apparatus for a computerized integrated power bus An electrical management control and monitoring device that easily interfaces with an existing motor vehicle electrical system that includes both “dumb” and “smart” circuits to protect the electrical system during events in which the voltage, current or temp... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170695 | Appliance incorporating load selectivity without employment of smart meters Methods and a system are disclosed for one or more appliances including a controller for managing power consumption within a household. The controller is configured to receive and process a signal indicative of one or more energy parameters of an associated energy u... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160727 | Mobile workstation control system configured for power system and peripheral device control A mobile workstation includes a control system having computer readable memory storing a power sourcing algorithm and a data processing algorithm, a power interface having a first input interface and a second input interface, and an output interface configured to su... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150540 | Controller and method for controlling converters of disparate type A converter controller and a method of controlling converters. In one embodiment, the converter controller includes: (1) a converter efficiency database configured to store data pertaining to efficiencies of converters, (2) a power requirement assessor configured to... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150539 | Information processing apparatus and method for controlling power supply of the apparatus An information processing apparatus includes an information processing unit, an interface supplying electrical power to and communicating a signal with an external electronic device through a single connector, a unit supplying electrical power to the electronic devi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8073554 | System and method for providing power management in a sensor network The present invention relates to a system and method for providing power management to sensing nodes in a sensor network. A system may include a plurality of sensing nodes, each sensing node connected through a power management device to an external power source, su... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8046088 | Dependent power supplying apparatus and electronic instrument A semiconductor power supplying apparatus driven by a power source includes at least two driven circuits for performing prescribed data processing when electric power is supplied. An electric power supplying circuit is provided so as to convert power from the power ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8032233 | Method and apparatus for actively managing consumption of electric power supplied by an electric utility A client device manages consumption of power supplied by an electric utility to multiple power consuming devices. Power flow to the power consuming devices is selectively enabled and disabled by one or more controllable devices controlled by the client device. The c... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024051 | Parallel power grid analysis A method for a power grid configured to supply current to a plurality of elements of a circuit. The method includes representing the power grid as a graph including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, wherein each node of a portion of the plurality of nod... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7930043 | Method and system for discovery, validation and delivery of power through a universal power center A system and method of discovery, validation and delivery of power to an electronic device through a universal power center is provided. The method comprises providing a power tip for an electronic device with a unique identification and broadcasting the unique iden... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7813818 | Medium voltage integrated switchgear An electric power distribution switchboard (1) in which one or more functional units are equipped with a switching device compartment (3) that integrates primary and secondary functions. Within the switching device compartment (3) are included, ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805204 | Integrated electrical power distribution system using common building blocks An electrical power distribution system includes a data bus, separate from the main aircraft data bus, internal to the aircraft electrical power distribution system and an electric power control unit (EPCU) in communication with the internal data bus. Primary and em... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7689294 | Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing continuous power to a fixture in a manufacturing process Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and apparatus for providing continuous power and utilities to a fixture in a manufacturing process. In one embodiment of the invention, a system with robot, such as a robotic arm, and a workstation can b... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7684878 | Programmable hardware element pre-regulator System and method for providing a programmable power supply. The programmable power supply may include a programmable hardware element (PHE) that couples to a power supply (DC-DC converter) and which in turn couples to a linear regulator. The PHE may implement a PID... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7680548 | Intelligent grid system The future of the utility industry will be defined by how its leaders can transform the grid from a “passive” network of cables, wires, poles, and other hardware to a self-aware and fully controllable grid system—an Intelligent Grid System (IGS). We will discu... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7610107 | Control system having verification module The present invention relates to an intermediate module capable of being implemented in conjunction with a safety isolation system, as well as a control system employing such an intermediate module and related operational method. In one embodiment, the intermediate ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7519438 | Method and a tool for calculating and displaying fault response tolerances for a power switching device A method and tool for an integrated power switching device configuration tool and fault response tolerance calculator determines the fault response tolerance characteristics of a power switching device, adjusts the predicted fault responses based on the fault respon... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7505820 | Backup control for solid state power controller (SSPC) Redundant functionality is implemented in a control of solid state power switching controller (SSPC) (1) to ensure that each power switching channel operates according to a default configuration in case of failure. Each power switching channel in the SSPC inc... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7499762 | Intelligent grid system The future of the utility industry will be defined by how its leaders can transform the grid from a “passive” network of cables, wires, poles, and other hardware to a self-aware and fully controllable grid system—an Intelligent Grid System (IGS). We will discu... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7489974 | Information processing apparatus and method for controlling power supply of the apparatus The information processing apparatus includes: information processing unit configured to process various information; an interface capable of supplying electrical power to and communicating a signal with an electronic device external to the apparatus through a singl... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489975 | Power supply device, information processing apparatus, and power control method A power supply apparatus includes a power converting unit for switching DC power on the basis of a pulse signal having a predetermined ON-pulse time and a predetermined pulse period, as pulse elements, thereafter smoothing the switched power, and outputting a predet... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7444208 | Electrical system wiring diagram generating system, and power supply device and program used for the same Each of connection data 11, . . . , or 15, of the downstream side of a socket 1, . . . , or 5 or a panel board 6, 7, or 8 in a power supply direction, is generated in a tap 16, a UPS 25 and 35, or a term... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7412338 | Radio frequency device within an energy sensor system An energy measurement system including a radio frequency (“RF”) device powered by a solar panel. The RF device comprising a wireless communication port operative to transmit and receive communication over a wireless network of additional RF devices. The energy m... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406364 | Method and system to calculate a demand for energy A method to calculate energy demand in an energy generation, transmission and distribution network including one or more power plants based on different energy source types including renewable energy, a communications system and one or more local consumption meterin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406365 | Power manager with selective load reduction In some embodiments, a power manager may be coupled to a load circuit and configured to receive an input signal indicating a line disturbance on a power supply line and to reduce a load requirement of the load circuit in accordance with the received signal. The powe... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7397228 | Programmable on-chip sense line Disclosed herein is a system for controlling power supply voltage to an on-chip power distribution network. The system incorporates a programmable on-chip sensing network that can be selectively connected to the power distribution network at multiple locations. When... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392099 | System and method for power management when an operating voltage is between two thresholds A system comprises power management logic and an electrical load coupled to the power management logic. The electrical load is configurable to operate in accordance with any of a plurality of power states. The power management logic forces the electrical load to ope... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385503 | Self powered son device network A network includes a plurality of wirelessly interconnected self-organizing network (SON) devices for relaying signals in a self-organizing network and a field device for originating output signals. The sensor is configured to transmit the output signals to at least... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386744 | Rack equipment power pricing plan control system and method A rack equipment power pricing plan control system and method is presented. In one embodiment of the present invention, a power pricing plan rack equipment control method is utilized to control operation of rack equipment. A power pricing plan for operating the rack... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370216 | Conserving power by reducing voltage supplied to an instruction-processing portion of a processor One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates reducing static power consumption of a processor. During operation, the system receives a signal indicating that instruction execution within the processor is to be temporarily halted. In res... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364093 | Thermostat having default curtailment temperature settings A thermostat capable of receiving signals transmitted by a utility provider communicating a usage rate schedule or a request for a load curtailment period, and controlling one or more systems based on the information communicated by the utility. The thermostat chang... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366924 | Systems and methods for disabling power management in a computer system A power adapter comprises a power supply to output power for powering a powered device when the powered device is coupled to the power adapter. The power adapter further comprises a disable throttle indicator that, when the powered device is coupled to the power ada... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360717 | Graphical user interface system for a thermal comfort controller A graphical user interface system for a thermal comfort controller. The user interface system has a central processing unit coupled to a memory and a touch sensitive display unit. The memory stores a temperature schedule data structure and perhaps a temperature hist... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356040 | Communication system, method and controller for routing calls within private networks distributed among geographically distant zones A controller (GK) of a communication system (SYS) including in each of a plurality of geographically distant zones (ZA, ZB, ZC) a zone-specific controller (GK) and one or more subscriber terminals (EP) comprises a controller characteristics memory (CCM) for storing ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349766 | Systems and methods for remote power management using 802.11 wireless protocols Systems and methods are disclosed for using 802.11 based wireless protocols in various energy management applications wherein a host controller uses various types of communication networks to distribute information to an on-premise processor that in turn uses 802.11... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340623 | Power-save computing apparatus and method, a power-save computing program and a program product A device information administrator detects a fluctuation in a total consumed power of a power-consuming device group and determines and outputs a consumed power to be changed by any of devices in the power-consuming device group so as to suppress this fluctuation. A... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337339 | Multi-level power monitoring, filtering and throttling at local blocks and globally Power management for a multi-processor chip includes a centralized global power manager that monitors global power for the whole chip, and local power managers. Local power managers manage power for local blocks such as processor cores, caches, and memory controller... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336201 | Remote access energy meter system and method A remote energy meter system and method is provided having a meter server and a client module located remotely from the meter server. The meter server communicates with the client via a wireless communications link to recover energy production parameter values. The ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337183 | Customer extranet portal According to one embodiment of the invention, a computerized method of providing information to a customer in the power industry includes automatically receiving data representing a plurality of characteristics of a power plant device associated with a power plant o... | 02/26/2008 |
