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20130047090 | MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS FOR A SINGLE BUSINESS PROCESS - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a customized representation of a business process involving one or more organizational entities that are accessible through a network. A user interface that can display a customized representation of a business process is provided. User information, including user privileges associated with the business process, is stored in a central repository that is accessible through the network. A request to view the business process is received from a first user through the user interface. The user privileges for the first user are retrieved from the central repository. A customized representation of the business process is displayed with the user interface. The customized representation is in compliance with the retrieved user privileges for the first user. | 02-21-2013 |
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20090318858 | OPTICAL FLOW SENSOR - An optical flow sensor is provided, including a heater configured to heat an aliquot of fluid in an adjacent fluid-delivery channel and a sensor disposed adjacent to the fluid-delivery channel downstream from the heater. The sensor is configured to illuminate fluid in the fluid-delivery channel, to collect reflected light from the illuminated fluid, and to determine when the heated aliquot passes the sensor based upon an amount of the reflected light. A method for determining a flow rate of a fluid is also provided. The method includes heating an aliquot of the fluid at a first position of a fluid-delivery channel, illuminating fluid in the fluid-delivery channel at a second position downstream from the first position, measuring an amount of light reflected from the illuminated fluid to determine a change in the amount corresponding to the heated aliquot passing the second position, and calculating the flow rate of the fluid based upon a distance between the first position and the second position and a time between the heating the aliquot and the heated aliquot passing the second position. | 12-24-2009 |
20120059318 | OPTICAL FLOW SENSOR - A method for determining a flow rate of a fluid is provided. The method includes heating an aliquot of the fluid at a first position of a fluid-delivery channel, illuminating fluid in the fluid-delivery channel at a second position downstream from the first position, measuring an amount of light reflected from the illuminated fluid to determine a change in the amount corresponding to the heated aliquot passing the second position, and calculating the flow rate of the fluid based upon a distance between the first position and the second position and a time between the heating the aliquot and the heated aliquot passing the second position. | 03-08-2012 |
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20120206461 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SELF-REFRESHING DISPLAY DEVICE COUPLED TO A GRAPHICS CONTROLLER - A method and apparatus for controlling a self-refreshing display device coupled to a graphics controller are disclosed. A self-refreshing display device has a capability to drive the display based on video signals generated from a local frame buffer in the display device. A graphics controller coupled to the display device may optimally be placed in one or more power saving states when the display device is operating in a panel self-refresh mode. The graphics controller detects one or more progressive levels of idleness in the graphics controller and the pixel data stored in a frame buffer. Based on the detected idleness, the graphics controller signals the display device to enter or exit the panel self-refresh mode and enters a power saving state. When exiting the panel self-refresh mode, the display device and/or graphics controller ensure that the video signals generated by the local controller and the graphics controller are aligned. | 08-16-2012 |
20120207208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SELF-REFRESHING DISPLAY DEVICE COUPLED TO A GRAPHICS CONTROLLER - A method and apparatus for controlling a self-refreshing display device coupled to a graphics controller are disclosed. A self-refreshing display device has a capability to drive the display based on video signals generated from a local frame buffer in the display device. A graphics controller coupled to the display device may optimally be placed in one or more power saving states when the display device is operating in a panel self-refresh mode. The graphics controller detects one or more progressive levels of idleness in the graphics controller and the pixel data stored in a frame buffer. Based on the detected idleness, the graphics controller signals the display device to enter or exit the panel self-refresh mode and enters a power saving state. When exiting the panel self-refresh mode, the display device and/or graphics controller ensure that the video signals generated by the local controller and the graphics controller are aligned. | 08-16-2012 |
20120249563 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT A SELF-REFRESHING DISPLAY DEVICE COUPLED TO A GRAPHICS CONTROLLER - A method and apparatus for supporting a self-refreshing display device coupled to a graphics controller are disclosed. A technique for setting the operating state of the graphics controller during initialization from a deep sleep state is described. The graphics controller may set the operating state based on a signal that controls whether the graphics controller executes a warm-boot initialization procedure or a cold-boot initialization procedure. In the warm-boot initialization procedure, instructions and values stored in a non-volatile memory connected to the graphics controller may be used to set the operating state of the graphics controller. In one embodiment, the graphics controller may determine whether any changes have been made to the physical configuration of the computer system and, if the physical configuration has changed, the graphics controller may set the operating state based on values received from a software driver. | 10-04-2012 |
20130021352 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING BURST REFRESH OF A SELF-REFRESHING DISPLAY DEVICE - A method and apparatus for performing display image refresh in bursts to a display device. A buffered refresh controller includes capabilities to drive the display based on video signals generated from a local frame buffer at a first rate. The graphics controller may optimally be configured to burst a new frame of pixel data to the buffered refresh controller at a second rate to replace the previous frame of pixel data in the local frame buffer. The second rate is different than the first rate. Additionally, the graphics controller may send frames only when they contain new pixel data. By enabling the graphics controller to selectively transmit the new frame of pixel data at the second rate, higher than the first rate, the graphics controller may be placed in a power-saving state during at least a portion of each frame update. | 01-24-2013 |
20130027413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENTERING AND EXITING SLEEP MODE IN A GRAPHICS SUBSYSTEM - A technique is disclosed for a graphics processing unit (GPU) to enter and exit a power saving deep sleep mode. The technique involves preserving processing state within local memory by configuring the local memory to operate in a self-refresh mode while the GPU is powered off for deep sleep. An interface circuit coupled to the local memory is configured to prevent spurious GPU signals from disrupting proper self-refresh of the local memory. Spurious GPU signals may result from GPU power down and GPU power up events associated with the GPU entering and exiting the deep sleep mode. | 01-31-2013 |
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20110291748 | POWER CONSUMPTION REDUCTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Power management systems and methods that facilitate efficient and effective power conservation are presented. In one embodiment a power management method comprises: performing an initiation metric determination process, and adjusting operations of a logic component based on said threshold value. In one exemplary implementation, the initiation metric determination process includes monitoring activity of a logic component, and establishing a power conservation initiation threshold value. The initiation metric determination process can include performing a system architecture characteristic analysis in which a system architecture power-consumption break-even time (BE) is determined for the system. The initiation metric determination process can also include performing a system utilization analysis process is performed in which idle period durations detected during said monitoring are sorted into a variety of different length intervals and analyzed accordingly. Histograms of idle period durations can be collected. Adjusting operations can include entering a low power state. | 12-01-2011 |
20130169656 | OPPORTUNISTIC FRAME BUFFER COPY FOR EFFICIENT MEMORY PARTIAL POWER DOWN - Embodiments of the present invention may be directed to a graphics system of a computer system. The system may include a frame buffer having a number of partitions respectively mapped to a number of discrete memory devices and a dedicated copy buffer operable to store new image frames, mapped to a first memory device. The first memory device corresponds to a first partition of the number of partitions. The system may also include a loader circuit coupled between the frame buffer and the dedicated copy buffer, operable to copy new image frames from the frame buffer to the dedicated copy buffer. The system may also include a clocked output coupled to receive an image frame from the dedicated copy buffer and operable to drive a display device therewith. The system may enter a low power state wherein a number of the discrete memory devices are powered off. | 07-04-2013 |
20140184625 | STUTTER BUFFER TRANSFER TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Data transfer techniques include transferring display surface data from a memory subsystem into a stutter buffer at a first rate until the stutter buffer is substantially full. The memory interface and/or memory of the memory subsystem may then be placed into a suspend state until the stutter buffer is substantially empty. The display surface data is transferred from the stutter buffer to display logic, at a second rate even when the memory subsystem is in a suspend state. The second rate, which is typically the rendering rate of the display, is substantially slower than the rate at which data is transferred into the stutter buffer. | 07-03-2014 |