Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155915 | Method for determining the temperature of the delivery fluid of a centrifugal pump A method is provided for determining the temperature of the delivery fluid of a centrifugal pump driven by a permanent magnet motor, whose rotor runs within a fluid-filled can. The rotor temperature is evaluated by way of electrical variables of the motor, and the t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140293 | On die thermal sensor An on die thermal sensor (ODTS) for use in a semiconductor device includes a temperature information output unit for measuring an internal temperature of the semiconductor device to generate a temperature information code having temperature information, and updating... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135559 | Extended thermal management A method for managing thermal condition of a thermal zone that includes multiple thermally controllable components include determining thermal relationship between the components and reducing temperature of a first component by reducing thermal dissipation of a seco... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131497 | System and method for calculating the thermal mass of a building The invention comprises a system for calculating a value for the effective thermal mass of a building. The climate control system obtains temperature measurements from at least a first location conditioned by the climate system. One or more processors receive measur... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112243 | Forward voltage short-pulse technique for measuring high power laser array junction temperture The present invention relates to a method of measuring the temperature of the P-N junction within the light-emitting region of a quasi-continuous-wave or pulsed semiconductor laser diode device. A series of relatively short and low current monitor pulses are applied... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108175 | Method for determining self-heating free I-V characterstics of a transistor According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for determining a self-heating free drain current in a transistor corresponding to a channel temperature not affected by a drain DC current includes measuring at least three unique drain currents of a transistor corres... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8055468 | Output leakage compensation and method for implementing the same An electronic instrument having in its circuitry a specific solid state switch that exhibits detrimental current leakage at elevated temperatures, a variable voltage device in the instrument connected to the specific switch, the variable voltage device being capable... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8032323 | Apparatus and method for determining a temperature of a temperature sensing element An apparatus and method measure a temperature of a temperature sensing element having a temperature dependent resistance based on a ratio of discharge times of a capacitor through a reference resistance and through the combination of the reference resistance in para... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024149 | Overheat detection system According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for preventing the failure of a system, which includes one or more pipes, or one or more cooling jackets, or one or more fluid cooled system components carrying a fluid, involves detecting one or more pressure l... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019567 | System and method for evaluating changes in the efficiency of an HVAC system The invention comprises systems and methods for evaluating changes in the operational efficiency of an HVAC system over time. The climate control system obtains temperature measurements from at least a first location conditioned by the climate system, and status of ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8005640 | Thermal response geothermal testing unit An apparatus for performing a thermal response test to determine thermo-physical properties of a geothermal heat exchange resource. The apparatus includes a geothermal heat exchanger adapted to circulate a fluid through a loop in a sample borehole in the geothermal ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7979234 | Method and system for deterministic throttling for thermal management A scheme to facilitate deterministic thermal management by having either device connected via a link to generate a thermal management request based on one device's thermal capability and the present conditions. The request is transmitted over the link to the other d... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974812 | Method for determining the total temperature of an airflow surrounding an aircraft A method for determining the total temperature of the air stream surrounding an aircraft, including the following operations; measuring a parameter of static temperature, measuring a parameter of total temperature, determining a value of speed of the air stream, det... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7953573 | Semiconductor device having variable parameter selection based on temperature and test method A semiconductor device that may include temperature sensing circuits is disclosed. The temperature sensing circuits may be used to control various parameters, such as internal regulated supply voltages, internal refresh frequency, or a word line low voltage. In this... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7933737 | Estimating the ambient temperature of air outside of a computer system Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that estimates an ambient temperature of air outside of a computer system. During operation, a temperature inside the computer system is measured for different flow rates of air into the computer system. Nex... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7848901 | Tracing thermal data via performance monitoring A computer implemented method, data processing system, and processor are provided for tracing thermal data via performance monitoring. A performance monitor is set into a tracing mode. Temperatures are sensed by a digital thermal sensor over a time period. The sense... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848900 | System and method for calculating the thermal mass of a building The invention comprises a system for calculating a value for the effective thermal mass of a building. The climate control system obtains temperature measurements from at least a first location conditioned by the climate system. One or more processors receive measur... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844414 | Method of calibrating temperature compensated sensors A method of calibrating an individual sensor of a particular sensor type whose output varies non-linearly with at least one measured quantity and at least one operating condition. The first step includes producing a set of calibration curves for each sample sensor o... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7826998 | System and method for measuring the temperature of a device A method of measuring the temperature of device under test includes the steps of injecting a first current into an on-chip diode wherein a die containing the on-chip diode is under test. A second current is injected into the on-chip diode. A junction temperature is ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7805274 | Structure and methodology for characterizing device self-heating A method comprises determining a poly-gate temperature for a given device and determining channel temperatures of monitor devices. The method further includes extrapolating channel temperatures of the monitor devices to obtain a channel temperature for the given dev... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7778791 | Electronic clinical thermometer, method of controlling the same, and control program An electronic clinical thermometer capable of high-precision measurement within a shorter period of time. The electronic clinical thermometer for predicting an equilibrium temperature based on a temporal change in actual measurement value of a measurement target tem... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7756667 | Apparatus for three-dimensional measurements of physical characteristics within a data center An apparatus and method for measuring the physical quantities of a data center during operation and method for servicing large-scale computing systems is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cart that supports a plurality of sensors. The cart is moveable within the d... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7756668 | Maximal temperature logging A computer implemented method, data processing system, and processor are provided for logging a maximal temperature in an integrated circuit. A digital thermal sensor senses a temperature in the integrated circuit. The sensed temperature of the digital thermal senso... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7756666 | Generation of hardware thermal profiles for a set of processors A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for generation of hardware thermal profiles for a set of processors. Sampling is performed of the thermal states of the set of processors during the execution of a set of wo... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747407 | Thermal interrupt generation A computer implemented method, data processing system, and processor are provided for thermal interrupt generation. An interrupt temperature is set to a first temperature and an interrupt direction is to a greater than or equal to determination. A determination is m... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7739073 | Method and apparatus for three-dimensional measurements of physical characteristics within a data center An apparatus and method for measuring the physical quantities of a data center during operation and method for servicing large-scale computing systems is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cart that supports a plurality of sensors. The cart is moveable within the d... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7725285 | Method and apparatus for determining whether components are not present in a computer system A system that determines whether components are not present in a computer system is presented. During operation the system receives telemetry signals from sensors within the computer system. Next, the system dynamically generates a temperature map for the computer s... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720627 | Semiconductor device having variable parameter selection based on temperature and test method A semiconductor device that may include temperature sensing circuits is disclosed. The temperature sensing circuits may be used to control various parameters, such as internal regulated supply voltages, internal refresh frequency, a word line low voltage, or the lik... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7698089 | Generation of software thermal profiles executed on a set of processors using processor activity A computer implemented method, data processing system, computer usable code, and apparatus are provided for generation of software thermal profiles for applications executing on a set of processors. Sampling is performed of the hardware operations occurring in a set... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7693678 | Integrated circuit temperature measurement methods and apparatuses Methods and apparatuses to measure temperatures of integrated circuits are disclosed. New circuit arrangements for measuring temperature using various types of integrated circuit sensor elements are discussed. Embodiments comprise methods and apparatuses arranged to... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7668686 | External temperature display control algorithm A method of controlling an initial external temperature display in a vehicle may include comparing an ignition-off time with a first threshold and displaying a current reading from an outside ambient temperature sensor when the ignition-off time equals or exceeds th... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7660694 | Arrangement for determining an initial internal battery temperature A method and arrangement is provided for estimating an initial value for an internal battery temperature of a vehicle using a four zone process that determines which of a predetermined set of time zones correlates with a measured period of time for an engine of the ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7647194 | Method for calculating hydrogen temperature during vehicle fueling Methods for accurately and conveniently calculating the temperature of gaseous hydrogen during vehicle fueling are disclosed. The metered amount of hydrogen added to the on-board storage tank, the ambient conditions, The pressure measured at the dispenser, and a cor... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7636643 | Gauge having a dynamically updated indicia of a value's normal range, and methods and means to facilitate the display and update of same In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of indicating measurement values involves: receiving a plurality of measurement values; dynamically determining a normal range for a current one of the measurement values; and displaying and dynamically updating a gau... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7630855 | Method of temperature sensing A method of diagnosing a temperature sensing system having a temperature sensor, a field processing module coupled to the temperature sensor, a bitbus, a fieldbus, and an auxiliary processing module communicating with the bitbus and the fieldbus. The method includes... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7620517 | Real-time power-line sag monitoring using time-synchronized power system measurements A sag calculator (112) computes sag for a span of a line section based at least in part upon an average temperature of the conductors in the line section. A temperature calculator (110) determines the temperature by ascertaining an ohmic resistance of ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7610165 | Semiconductor memory device having on die thermal sensor A semiconductor memory device includes: a temperature information output unit for measuring an internal temperature of the semiconductor memory device, and generating a plurality of flag signals, each voltage level of which varies according to the measured internal ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7603249 | Semiconductor device having variable parameter selection based on temperature and test method A semiconductor device that may include temperature sensing circuits is disclosed. The temperature sensing circuits may be used to control various parameters, such as internal regulated supply voltages, internal refresh frequency, a word line low voltage. In this wa... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599812 | Outside ambient temperature initialization technique A method of determining air temperature outside a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having an engine and an outside air temperature (OAT) sensor disposed outside the passenger compartment. The OAT sensor is located in a region which is expo... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7567884 | Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a prescribed heat exchanger A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a prescribed heat exchanger, such as a catalytically active radiator, in a motor vehicle are performed during operation of the motor vehicle. The temperature of a heat-exchanger medium is observed together with fu... | 07/28/2009 |
