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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190927 | Image processing apparatus, serial bus control method, and storage medium A disclosed image processing apparatus has a normal power mode and a power saving mode and includes a serial bus; a serial bus PHY configured to control a physical layer of the serial bus, the serial bus PHY being turned off in the power saving mode; a voltage detec... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190925 | Single shared power domain dynamic load based power loss detection and notification The advanced management module services in a data processing system are configured to determine the system load and provide an input to the early power off warning detection logic that evaluates the power system state to detect a condition when power resources are i... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190924 | Computer system, processor device, and method for controlling computer system A computer system which significantly improves responsiveness to a sleep request includes: a processor device switching between an execution mode and a suspension mode; and an access controlling unit accessing a functional block in response to a command request rece... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190933 | Bi-directional control of power adapter and load A system comprises a computer and an external power adapter configured to be connected to the computer to provide power to the computer. The computer comprises a computer control circuit that generates a computer control signal that is provided to the external power... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190928 | Power-on detection circuit and microcontroller There is provided a power-on detection circuit including: a flip-flop circuit storing an indefinite value at the time of power-on and outputting plural-bit data; and a comparator comparing the plural-bit data output from the flip-flop circuit and a plural-bit fixed ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190932 | Power supply converting circuit A power supply converting circuit includes a multi-phase pulse-width modulation (PWM) controller, a single-phase PWM controller, some first voltage converting circuits, a second voltage converting circuit, and an electrical switch unit. The multi-phase PWM controlle... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190930 | Methods and apparatuses for controlling thread contention An apparatus comprises a plurality of cores and a controller coupled to the cores. The controller is to lower an operating point of a first core if a first number based on processor clock cycles per instruction (CPI) associated with a second core is higher than a fi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190926 | Power combining power supply system A power supply system comprises a low-speed power supply and a high-speed power supply configured to operate in first and second frequency ranges, respectively, and generate first and second outputs, respectively. The lower end of the second frequency range is at le... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190934 | Solid state power controllers including current sensing circuitry is configured to bias a general signal to a predetermined level in order to substantially eliminate the offset error in an amplifier and an A/D converter Solid state power controllers in various configurations are provided. One such solid state power controller includes a power connector, a load connector and at least one communication connector, a solid state switch electrically connectable between the power connect... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190931 | Power management events profiling In a method for monitoring power consumption by a system within an integrated circuit, one or more software programs are executed on the system on a chip (SOC). While the program executes, power control settings of a plurality of functional units within the SOC may ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190929 | Computer system A computer system including a power supply and N main boards is provided, herein N is an integer greater than 1. The power supply generates a main power and a standby power. The N main boards respectively correspond to one standby voltage. The 1st to the ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185753 | Storage medium for storing power consumption monitor program, power consumption monitor apparatus and power consumption monitor method A power consumption monitor device monitors power consumption of one or more devices through a network. The monitor device includes a storage unit, a load information collecting unit and a power consumption estimation unit. The storage unit stores power consumption ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185756 | System and method for transmitting a power control signal to an external device based on the presence of linkage information An electronic device capable of controlling a power state of an external device from a first power state (ex. “Standby”) to a second power state (ex. “ON”) includes a determination unit operable to determine whether information indicating linkage is stored i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185755 | Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and program A wireless communication apparatus according to the present invention includes a user terminal information acquiring unit that acquires user terminal information related to user terminals, which are connected through a wireless communication network to enable commun... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185758 | Method and system for determining an energy-efficient operating point of a platform A method and system for determining an energy-efficient operating point of the platform or system. The platform has logic to dynamically manage setting(s) of the processing cores and/or platform components in the platform to achieve maximum system energy efficiency.... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185754 | Time-based storage access and method of power savings and improved utilization thereof The invention provides a method and system for time-based storage access, the method includes associating a plurality of storage volumes with specific periods of time during which they can be accessed, adjusting user fees based on access time periods of storage volu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185757 | Method and system for safe and efficient chip power down drawing minimal current when a device is not enabled Certain embodiments of a method and system for safe and efficient power down and drawing minimal current when a device is not enabled may comprise receiving within a network adapter chip (NAC) a signal that indicates a reduced power mode. Based on this signal, the N... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181043 | Methods and apparatus for improved remotely switchable power supply Methods and apparatus systems for remotely controllable power supplies for various network devices in various situations. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181042 | Low power mode data preservation in secure ICs Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for reducing power consumption in a device. One method includes identifying a plurality of addressable areas for storing data in a volatile memory element of a device and, responsive to a detection of a p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181044 | Apparatus and method for determining operation mode of node in ad hoc network Provided is a method of determining an operation mode of a node in an ad hoc network. The method includes: monitoring a measured amount of residual energy of the node and comparing the measured amount of residual energy of the node with an amount of residual energy ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181041 | Wave-modulated switching frequency voltage regulator A method and apparatus for a wave-modulated switching frequency voltage regulator VR are described. In one embodiment, a controller dynamically adjusts a phase switching frequency of the VR to render the VR immune from synchronization between an IC load frequency an... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181045 | Power control bus A circuit and method utilizing a power control data bus for implementing power control. Various aspects of the present invention provide an electrical circuit that comprises a power supply circuit that outputs electrical power. The electrical circuit may also compri... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176343 | Method for providing information for power management of devices on a network The present invention relates to a method for providing information for power management of devices connected to a network. The present method creates a PM (Power Management) server list which includes, for at least one PM server, a pair of friendly names including ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176339 | Method and system for managing peripheral connection wakeup in a processing system supporting multiple virtual machines A method and system for managing peripheral connection wakeup signaling in a processing system supporting multiple virtual machines provides a mechanism by which ownership of a peripheral having system wakeup capability is transferred between virtual machines. The p... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176341 | Platform power management based on latency guidance Embodiments of a system for receiving power management guidelines from a first plurality of components of a system, and developing a power management policy to manage one or more of a second plurality of components of the system based at least in part on the receive... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176340 | Method and system for initializing an interface between two circuits of a communication device while a processor of the first circuit is inactive and waking up the processor thereafter A method and system for managing communications between sub-systems of a communication device. The sub-systems include a Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) and a Baseband Integrated Circuit (BBIC). The BBIC includes a processing engine, a state machine module... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176342 | Real-time inference of power efficiency metrics for a computer system Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that measures a power efficiency of a computer system. During operation, the system collects telemetry data from a set of sensors within the computer system. Next, the system determines a power consumption o... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171316 | Mobile system on chip (SoC) and a mobile terminal including the mobile SoC A mobile System on Chip (SoC) including a central processing unit (CPU) and an audio out module that includes a buffer and an audio interface. A power mode of the audio out module is controlled separately from a power mode of the mobile SoC so that the audio out mod... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171315 | Method and apparatus for changing power class for a powered device A method and apparatus for changing power class for a powered device are provided. During operation, a powered device, such as an IP telephone, receives power from a power source via a PoE device. In the event that the powered device detects connection to a second p... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171313 | Communication device and power supply method Provided is a communication device capable of efficiently performing a power supply control when reducing power consumption by reducing the time during which the power is supplied. In the device, a CPU power saving control unit (301) switches between a normal... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171314 | System and method for information handling system hybrid system level and power supply cooling Information handling system thermal conditions are controlled by hybrid interaction between a system thermal manager and a power supply thermal manager. The system thermal manager sets a speed for system cooling fans and for a power supply cooling fan. The power sup... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171312 | Recording apparatus and method for controlling the recording apparatus A recording apparatus can shift to power saving modes even when the recording apparatus is connected to the host PC, thus reducing power consumption. The recording apparatus can switch to a first power saving mode to supply power that enables detection of an inquiry... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166315 | Method for calculating power for data storage systems A method for calculating power for a data storage system. The method includes: measuring power requirement for each one of a plurality of components for use in one of a plurality of possible system configurations; storing the measured power requirement in a table; e... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166316 | Single interface access to multiple bandwidth and power memory zones In an embodiment, a system comprises a first memory module interface unit (MMIU) configured to couple to a first one or more memory modules, and a second MMIU configured to couple to a second one or more memory modules. The first MMIU is configured to operate the fi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166317 | System for reducing standby power in an AC adapter that supply power to a USB device An electronic device has: an operation unit; a power supply unit; an input changeover switch; and a controller. The power supply unit is supplied commercial power and supplies the operating power to the operation unit. The input changeover switch switches between su... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166318 | Power circuit A power circuit includes a memory power circuit and a central processing unit (CPU) power circuit. The memory power circuit includes a first operational amplifier and a first switch. The CPU power circuit includes a second operational amplifier and a second switch. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161300 | Instructing device configured to selects a cooperating device based on a predetermined power supply reliability A table information reception unit in an instructing device receives, from processing devices connected to a network, device names of the processing devices, function information indicating functions included in the processing devices, and power information indicati... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161299 | Location based policy system and method for changing computing environments A system and method for changing compute environments for a mobile platform device. The mobile platform includes a sensory and location determination engine coupled to a policy engine. The sensory and location determination engine determines a current location of th... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161298 | Power supply controlling circuit and scanner unit A power supply controlling circuit includes: power supplied portions, adapted to receive power supply from at least one external apparatus; a first power unit, adapted to be driven by a first power; and a second power unit, adapted to be driven by a second power. In... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156350 | Controlling multilevel shared resources in a computing device A computing device is arranged to include a resource manager that controls access to all power resources on the device. The resource manager detects unused devices by counting the components that have requested usage and powers down unused resources, and for those r... | 04/10/2012 |
