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20100026188 | AUTOMATIC LAMP DETECTION METHOD AND OPTIMAL OPERATION FOR FLUORESCENT LAMPS - There is provided a method that can detect the lamp type of fluorescent lamps and operate the lamp at the appropriate lamp power. The proposed method involves the classification of lamp characteristics of existing fluorescent lamps and the use of logic detection method such as a fuzzy logic detection and control technique to zoom into the right type of lamp. The information used in the lamp detection includes (1) lamp filament/electrode resistance, (2) lamp voltage and (3) lamp current. These three pieces of information can be used to select the appropriate fluorescent lamp type so that the control gear can operate the lamp at the right rated power. The importance of this invention can lead to a universal electronic ballast that can detect and operate all fluorescent lamps commonly available. It can also be used in a limited capacity to control a limited range of lamps. | 02-04-2010 |
20110006714 | Apparatus and Method for Providing Information Relating to a Motor - This invention relates to an apparatus and method for deriving speed and position information for an electric motor. Apparatus for and a method of controlling a motor | 01-13-2011 |
20110070830 | ANTENNA NETWORK FOR PASSIVE AND ACTIVE SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT - The present invention provides an antenna network for passively or actively enhancing signal transmission or reception of one or more portable transceiver devices. The antenna network includes one or more antennas, each having a coupling portion and a radiating portion, the coupling portion being distributed across a coupling area and the radiating portion being located away from the coupling area, whereby signal transmission or reception of the one or more portable transceiver devices can occur through the radiating portion when the one or more portable transceiver devices are located within the coupling area. | 03-24-2011 |
20110084655 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ANTENNA AND POWER TRANSFER COIL - The present invention provides a portable electronic device including an antenna having a major planar cross-section, and a power transfer coil having windings parallel to a coil plane, the coil plane extending to the perimeter of the power transfer coil. The antenna and the power transfer coil are arranged such that the major planar cross-section is substantially perpendicular to the coil plane if a line directed perpendicularly from the coil plane intersects the major planar cross-section. An associated method of assembling a portable electronic device is also provided. | 04-14-2011 |
20110134673 | AC-DC CONVERTER AND AC-DC CONVERSION METHOD - The present invention provides an AC-DC converter and AC-DC conversion method for converting an AC input provided by a power transfer winding. The AC-DC converter includes a rectifying means for rectifying the AC input into a rectified output, and a control means for controlling the rectifying means based on a comparison between a reference signal and a voltage feedback signal, the voltage feedback signal being based on the rectified output. | 06-09-2011 |
20110187318 | POWER TRANSFER DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention provides a power transfer device for charging a wireless communication device having a communication bandwidth, and an associated method of transferring power. The device and method of the invention use a spread-spectrum technique to reduce or minimize interference signals within the communication bandwidth and within the power transfer device. | 08-04-2011 |
20110199045 | POWER TRANSFER DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention provides a power transfer device that wirelessly transfers AC power for charging at least one load, and an associated method of wirelessly transferring power. The device and method of the invention use phase-shift control to control the wireless transfer of the AC power. | 08-18-2011 |
20120286753 | CURRENT BALANCING CIRCUIT AND METHOD - The present invention provides a current balancing circuit and method for balancing the respective currents in a plurality of parallel circuit branches in a target circuit. The current balancing circuit including: a plurality of balancing transistors, each having a collector, an emitter, and a base, the collector and emitter of each balancing transistor connected in series with a respective circuit branch; and a selection circuit for selectively connecting the circuit branch having the smallest current amongst the circuit branches to the bases of each balancing transistor. | 11-15-2012 |
20130043836 | Inductive Battery Charger System with Primary Transformer Windings Formed in a Multi-Layer Structure - There is provided a power system designed to enable electronic devices to be powered. The system includes a planar surface on which a device to be powered is placed. Within the power system and substantially parallel to the planar surface are multiple primary transformer windings formed in a multi-layer structure that couple energy inductively to a secondary winding formed in the device to be powered. A winding of a second layer is offset relative to a winding of a first layer. | 02-21-2013 |
20130293126 | DRIVER FOR TWO OR MORE PARALLEL LED LIGHT STRINGS - An LED driver for a plurality of LED light strings has a common node and a plurality of driver output nodes for connection of a plurality of LED light strings. A master power circuit is provided and has a master output connected with the common node. A plurality of slave power circuits are provided which each have a slave output connected with a respective one of the driver output nodes. | 11-07-2013 |
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20080278112 | Auxiliary Winding for Improved Performance of a Planar Inductive Charging Platform - A battery charging apparatus comprises an inductive charging platform including a charging surface on which an electrical device to be charged is to be placed, and a first winding for generating lines of magnetic flux generally perpendicular to the charging surface. To compensate for voltage sag caused by a reduction in the flux generated by the first winding, a second winding is located within an area defined by the first winding for generating an auxiliary magnetic flux generally perpendicular to the charging surface. | 11-13-2008 |
20090251102 | PLANAR INDUCTIVE BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM - There is provided a planar inductive battery charging system designed to enable electronic devices to be recharged. The system includes a planar charging module having a charging surface on which a device to be recharged is placed. Within the charging module and parallel to the charging surface is at least one and preferably an array of primary windings that couple energy inductively to a secondary winding formed in the device to be recharged. The invention also provides secondary modules that allow the system to be used with conventional electronic devices not formed with secondary windings. | 10-08-2009 |
20110050292 | CORELESS PRINTED-CIRCUIT-BOARD (PCB) TRANSFORMERS AND OPERATING TECHNIQUES THEREFOR - Optimal operating techniques are disclosed for using coreless printed-circuit-board (PCB) transformers under (1) minimum input power conditions and (2) maximum energy efficiency conditions. The coreless PCB transformers should be operated at or near the ‘maximum impedance frequency’ (MIF) in order to reduce input power requirement. For maximum energy efficiency, the transformers should be at or near the “maximum efficiency frequency” (MEF) which is below the MIF. The operating principle has been confirmed by measurement and simulation. The proposed operating techniques can be applied to coreless PCB transformers in many circuits that have to meet stringent height requirements, for example to isolate the gates of power MOSFET and IGBT devices from the input power supply. | 03-03-2011 |
20110109265 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY POWERED PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a planar inductive battery charging system designed to enable electronic devices to be recharged. The system includes a planar charging module having a charging surface on which a device to be recharged is placed. Within the charging module and parallel to the charging surface is at least one and preferably an array of primary windings that couple energy inductively to a secondary winding formed in the device to be recharged. The invention also provides secondary modules that allow the system to be used with conventional electronic devices not formed with secondary windings. | 05-12-2011 |
20120086394 | BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM - There is provided a planar inductive battery charging system designed to enable electronic devices to be recharged. The system includes a planar charging module having a charging surface on which a device to be recharged is placed. Within the charging module and parallel to the charging surface is at least one and preferably an array of primary windings that couple energy inductively to a secondary winding formed in the device to be recharged. The invention also provides secondary modules that allow the system to be used with conventional electronic devices not formed with secondary windings. | 04-12-2012 |
20120194126 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY POWERED PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a planar inductive battery charging system designed to enable electronic devices to be recharged. The system includes a planar charging module having a charging surface on which a device to be recharged is placed. Within the charging module and substantially parallel to the charging surface are multiple primary windings formed in a multi-layer structure that couple energy inductively to a secondary winding formed in the device to be recharged. A winding of a first layer is offset relative to a winding of a second layer. The invention also provides secondary modules that allow the system to be used with conventional electronic devices not formed with secondary windings. | 08-02-2012 |
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20140280262 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A FUNICTION OF APPLYING APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for applying a number of applications of different operating systems on an electronic device, the method includes: providing an icon interface module and displaying the icon interface on the display unit. Storing installation information into a shared storage area of the storage unit after an application is installed on the electronic device in one operating system. The installation information comprises an installation identifier for identifying the installation information and an icon file corresponding to the installed application. Searching whether the shared storage area of the storage unit includes the installation information, in response to an operation of returning to the icon interface. In addition, adding a corresponding icon to the icon interface according to the icon file of the installation information if yes. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280263 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A FUNICTION OF APPLYING APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for applying a plurality of applications of different operating systems on an electronic device, the method includes providing an icon interface and displaying the icon interface on the display unit. Storing installation information into a shared storage area of the storage unit after an application is installed on the electronic device in one operating system. The installation information comprises an installation identifier for identifying the installation information and an icon file corresponding to the installed application. Searching whether the shared storage area of the storage unit includes the installation information in response to an operation of returning to the icon interface. In addition, adding a corresponding icon to the icon interface according to the icon file of the installation information if yes. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282057 | SYSTEM FOR APPLYING APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS IN ONE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for applying a number of applications of different operating systems in one electronic device, includes: providing an icon interface and displaying the icon interface on a display unit of the electronic device. Detecting operations on the icon interface by a user and determining an icon selected by the user. Determining relationship information corresponding to the selected icon, and analyzing the relationship information to determine an application corresponding to the selected icon and determine an operating system supporting the application. Searching an operating system server running the operating system supporting the application, triggering the determined operating system server to execute the application corresponding to the selected icon. In addition, displaying an application interface of the operating system server on the display unit of the electronic device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282058 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A FUNICTION OF APPLYING APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS, SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for applying applications of different operating systems on one electronic device, the method includes, providing an icon interface on a display unit of the electronic device. Determining an icon selected by a user in response a manual operation. Determining an application corresponding to the selected icon and operating system supporting the application. Determining whether an operating system currently running in the electronic device is the same as the determined operating system. If no, determining whether one of the operating systems installed in the electronic device is the same as the determined operating system. If no, requesting a host server to trigger an operating system server running the operating system supporting the determined application to execute the application. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282063 | SYSTEM FOR UPDATING ICON INTERFACE WITH ICONS OF DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for updating a number of icons of different operating systems on one icon interface, includes, displaying the icon interface on a display unit of an electronic device. Controlling the host server to access an electronic market in response to an accessing request. Detecting whether an operation of a user is requesting to download and install an application from the accessed electronic market. If yes, determining whether one of the operating system servers connected to the host server has installed the requested application. If yes, accessing an operating system server running the operating system supporting the requested application and installing the requested application into the operating system server. And adding an icon corresponding to the requested application to the icon interface. | 09-18-2014 |
20140341033 | TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A transmission management method, includes: receiving a request for establishing an on-demand virtual lease line from a first electronic device when a request is made to communicate with a second electronic device. Position information of the first electronic device and the second electronic device is obtained. Routers located between the first electronic device and the second electronic device are obtained according to position information of all routers stored in the storage unit, and the position information of the first electronic device and the second electronic device. Analyzing positions and workloads of the routers located between the first and second electronic device, and determining an optimal transmission path according to the positions and workloads of the router. The first electronic device and the second electronic device are controlled to communicate with each other via the determined optimal transmission path. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341034 | TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - In a transmission management method, a workload of a transmission path when a first electronic device communicates with a second electronic device is detected. Other transmission paths between the first electronic device and the second electronic device according to location information of routers, the first electronic device, and the second electronic device are detected when the workload of the current transmission path is heavy. An optimal transmission path of the other transmission paths is detected according to the workloads of the transmission paths. The first electronic device is controlled to communicate with the second electronic device via the determined optimal transmission path. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344078 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SYSTEM FOR BROADCASTING ADVERTISEMENT AND METHOD THEREOF - An method for broadcasting advertisements, includes: obtaining a media file to be shared in response to user operation. Inserting an advertisement into the media file to be shared in response to user operation. Determining at least one recipient selected by the user, and transmitting the media file comprising the advertisement to the at least one selected recipient in response to user operation. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344079 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SYSTEM FOR INSERTING ADVERTISEMENT TO MEDIA FILES AND METHOD THEREOF - An method for inserting advertisement into media files, includes: inserting an advertisement into a media file in response to an inserting operation of a user. Controlling to display an integrated picture comprising a media file frame and an advertisement frame on a display unit of the electronic device after inserting the advertisement to the media file. Finally, adjusting a display proportion of the media file frame and the advertisement frame according to an adjustment operation of the user. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344396 | TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A transmission management method includes receiving a sending request from one electronic device when the one electronic device sends data to another electronic device. Determining which areas the electronic device sending the data and the electronic device receiving the data are located. Obtaining at least one transmission path between the two determined areas where the electronic device sending the data and the electronic device receiving the data are located. Selecting a optimal transmission path from the determined at least one transmission path according to workloads of the routers of each transmission path. In addition, controlling the electronic device sending the data and the electronic device receiving the data to communicate with each other via the determined optimal transmission path. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344473 | TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A transmission management method, includes: receiving a request for establishing an on-demand virtual lease line from a first electronic device when a request is made to communicate with a second electronic device. geographic positions of the first electronic device, the second electronic device, and routers are determined. A data transmission direction is determined according to the geographic positions of the first and the second electronic device. Routers located between the first electronic device and the second electronic device are determined gradually. Positions and workloads of the routers located between the first and second electronic device are analyzed, and an optimal transmission path is determined according to the positions and workloads of the router. The first electronic device and the second electronic device are controlled to communicate with each other via the determined optimal transmission path. | 11-20-2014 |
20150067124 | APPLICATION SERVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND APPLICATION SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - An application service management method includes: receiving a creation request from one user group, the creation request comprises an identity of the user group. Creating an application cluster associating with the identity of the user group and assign a group account associating with the application cluster and the identity of the user group for the user group. Generating an administrator account according to the group account. Providing at least one application service item list each comprises a plurality of selectable application service items. In addition, producing a register request in response to an operation of selecting the application service item to an application service provider to register in the application service provider, and adding the selected application service item to the application cluster if registered in the application service provider successfully. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067353 | STORAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A storage management method includes: determining whether receives a creation request for creating a group storage space from one user group, wherein the creation request comprises an identity of the user group and a request size of the group storage space. Assigning a group storage space with the request size to the user group and assigning a corresponding storage gateway address to the user group. Setting an administrator identity of the group storage space and permissions of an administrator with the administrator identity. In addition, creating or deleting sub-group storage spaces and personal storage spaces in the group storage space in response to operations of the administrator. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067354 | STORAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A storage management method includes: verifying an identity of the user in response to a login operation of the user to login a group storage space; determining storage spaces to which the user has access permission according to the identity of the user when the user is an authorized user; obtaining a group secret key of the user group that the user belongs to when the user stores data to a target storage space and encrypting the data by using the group secret key; and storing the encrypted data to the target storage space. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067766 | APPLICATION SERVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND APPLICATION SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - An application service management method includes: assigning permission of the application service items comprised in an application cluster to the users of the user group. Verifying an identity of the user in response to a login operation of the user via a terminal device, and determining the user group that the user belonged to, the corresponding application cluster, and application service items that the user with the permission to use, after verifying the user is a legal user. Requesting an application service provider to execute an application service item when one permitted user of the user group generates an execution operation on the application service item. In addition, obtaining an application execution interface from the application service provider and displaying the obtained application execution interface on the terminal device of the user. | 03-05-2015 |
20150106484 | GATEWAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREOF - A gateway configuration management method includes: receiving scanned information comprising address information of a configuration management server obtained by a scanning unit by scanning a scan code of a cloud gateway device; controlling a terminal device to connect to the configuration management server according to the address information; obtaining an unique identifier and a network address of the cloud gateway device after the terminal device is connected to the configuration management server; determining configuration data corresponding to the obtained unique identifier of the cloud gateway device according to relationships between the configuration data and the unique identifiers; sending the configuration data corresponding to the unique identifier to the cloud gateway device according to the network address of the cloud gateway device; and configuring the cloud gateway device according to the configuration data received by the cloud gateway device. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106800 | INSTALLATION CONTROLLING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREOF - An installation controlling method includes: receiving an installation request, wherein the installation request includes a network address of a gateway device to which a terminal device needs to install the operating system connects, and information of the operating system to be installed; establishing a virtual private network (VPN) channel between an installation controlling device and the gateway device according to the network address of the gateway device; determining whether one internal network port has connected to a terminal device, and determining whether the terminal device needs to install the operating system; determining a path between the installation controlling device and the gateway device and passing through the VPN channel as an installation path; and executing corresponding operating system installation software to install the corresponding operating system on the terminal device via the determined installation path. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106812 | CLOUD GATEWAY, CLOUD GATEWAY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREOF - A cloud gateway management method includes: receiving a creation request for creating a cloud gateway from a user; creating a cloud gateway when the request receiving module receives the creation request, wherein the cloud gateway is a format of a virtual machine; generating a plurality of virtual network cards in the cloud gateway, each virtual network card being used to connect to a corresponding network; assigning a corresponding network address for each virtual network card; and configuring the cloud gateway according to network configuration information including the network address of each virtual network card. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106914 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREOF - A remote control method includes: assigning network address for a terminal device when the terminal device connects to a terminal connection device; obtaining an identifier code of the terminal connection device or a client connection device when the terminal connection device or the client connection device connects to a remote control server; obtaining terminal device information including network addresses and names of the terminal devices connected to the terminal connection device; storing the terminal information into the remote control server associated with the identifier code of the terminal connection device; determining a client connection device with the same identifier code as the terminal connection device and producing a terminal device list when the user produces a control request via a control device; and controlling the control device to connect to a selected terminal device in response to an operation to select the terminal device on the terminal device list. | 04-16-2015 |
20150113036 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR SHARING APPLICATION SERVICES - An application service sharing method is applied between at least two servers. Each server includes an agent platform, a VFOS, and at least one application managing unit. The method includes the following steps of providing a user interface displaying all application services provided by one server, for an authorized user of another server which requests to share application services from the server to select at least one application service to be shared. Generating a shared resource having the selected application service, and generating registered information of the shared resource comprising a URL address and authentication information. Transmitting the registered information of the shared resource to the server which requests to share application services. | 04-23-2015 |