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7382270 Method and apparatus for communication between an electronic device and a connected battery  
An apparatus supporting both identification of a battery type and communications over an interface between a battery and an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a...
7376487 Nesting negotiation for self-mobile devices  
Disparate robotic devices can be automatically recharged and reprogrammed by self-scheduling individual time slots for the available recharging area(s) of a charging station. These charging...
7330105 System and apparatus for vehicle electrical power analysis  
Apparatus for monitoring an electrical power supply system of a vehicle, the vehicle having a battery and internal combustion engine, an alternator, and a starter. The apparatus has a filter for...
7295935 Analyzing and/or displaying power consumption in redundant servers  
A method of analyzing power consumption in an information handling system is provided. A voltage associated with a current share signal may be determined. A power load associated with the...
7282811 Detection of short circuits in a vehicle  
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for the detection of shorts circuits in the electrical system in a vehicle provided with a battery comprising—measuring and storing the value...
7098799 Unit for sensing physical quantity  
A sensor unit sensing a physical quantity comprises a first voltage evaluation circuit, a second voltage evaluation circuit, an alarm signal output circuit, and a sensor output circuit. The first...
7088256 Portable electronic device and method of operation therefore  
A portable electronic device ( 100 ) comprises an attached device ( 190,195 ), a vibrator ( 175 ), and a processor ( 105 ) coupled between the attached device ( 190, 195 ) and the vibrator ( 175 )....
7081823 System and method of predicting future behavior of a battery of end-to-end probes to anticipate and prevent computer network performance degradation  
A diagnostic system in which, at every point in time, a forecast is made of the future response times of each EPP ( E nd-to-end P robe P latform) probe in a battery of probes. Thresholds are...
7038594 Led driver current amplifier  
A circuit powering an electrical device based on a commanded current signal is provided. The circuit includes a linear current amplifier which sets a desired current flow. The circuit also...
7023352 Voltage-detecting method and related circuits  
A voltage-detecting circuit includes a CPU, a comparator, a first resistor, a second resistor, and at least a power level segment detector connected in parallel with the first resistor, the power...
7016775 Controller and control method for an electric power steering apparatus  
A controller controls an electric motor to provide assist power corresponding to steering operation for an electric power steering apparatus. The controller comprises a detecting device, a...
7012537 Apparatus and method for determining voltage using optical observation  
A beacon circuit enabling study of active elements in an integrated circuit is disclosed. The beacon circuit may be integral to a DUT to be tested. The DUT is stimulated by a conventional ATE, so...
6980115 Transmitter having supplemental power source  
A transmitter ( 100 ) incorporates an energy storage device ( 112 ) to improve operation at low temperature ranges by preventing a battery voltage from dropping below a nominal value of a PLL ( 104...
6956488 Method of and apparatus for setting battery alarm voltage in battery management server  
A mobile information terminal includes a battery voltage detecting unit that detects a voltage of a battery, an alarm voltage detecting unit that detects an alarm voltage, and a suspend voltage...
6956487 Battery charging status indication circuit  
This invention includes a circuit for displaying charge status to a user. The circuit includes circuitry for comparing a supply or reference voltage to a cell voltage, circuitry for sensing...
6903659 Low power regulator system and method  
Methods are disclosed for collecting sensor data in a pressure regulator system including a controller and a plurality of sensors. The controller and each of the individual sensors are activated as...
6898156 Electronic timepiece with checking function and its checking method  
An electrical timepiece comprises external input units for receiving an external input signal, a motor unit for driving an analog hand unit for displaying time, a battery unit capable of charging,...
6888468 Apparatus and method for protecting a battery from overdischarge  
A battery discharge indicator for protecting a storage battery is provided. The battery discharge indicator includes a positive connector that can couple to a positive terminal of the battery and a...
6828914 In-use unambiguously determining the near-end-of-life state of a combustion engine battery  
Determining near-end-of-life (NEOL) state of a combustion engine battery, comprising: first and second multi-functional modules operatively connected to a logic function linking group, each...
6825771 Identification system  
A system for identifying the relative location of devices.
6791464 Apparatus of monitoring motor vehicle's electric power and method thereof  
An apparatus of monitoring motor vehicle's electric power and method thereof are provided. The apparatus is disposed in the motor vehicle and includes a monitor and alarm device parallel connected...
6690171 Battery capacity detection device and method  
A battery capacity detection device and the method for the same are disclosed. The charge time for the capacitor in an RC circuit and a lookup table are employed to determine the charge capacity of...
6677860 Method and apparatus for end of discharge indication based on critical energy requirement  
A battery monitoring system and method in accordance with the principles of the present invention, a capacity of interest is determined. This capacity of interest is the useful battery capacity...
6642849 Hush disable feature for photoelectric smoke alarm  
A hush mode disabling device for a smoke alarm having a self-test function, a hush mode that engages upon activation of the self-test function to silence or desensitize the smoke alarm for a...
6522900 Method for displaying battery voltage in TDMA radio terminal  
A method for displaying a battery voltage in a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) radio terminal is provided. The method includes the steps of detecting the battery voltage. A battery state...
6512457 Monitoring device adapted for use with an electronic article surveillance system  
An apparatus monitors the movement of a person through an exit. The apparatus comprises an electronic article surveillance system adapted to generate an electromagnetic field at the exit and a tag...
6508584 Method and apparatus for testing a temperature sensor  
In accordance with one embodiment of a method and apparatus for testing a temperature sensor, an apparatus includes at least one component that affects ambient temperature. The at least one...
6483275 Consumer battery having a built-in indicator  
A built-in battery integrated circuit ( 50 ) in the form of a flexible circuit board ( 70 ) of a consumer battery ( 10 ) senses a voltaic cell electrode ( 32″, 34″ ) voltage, and when the...
6480106 Rate of consumption gauge with variable rate of consumption limits  
The invention is an improved method and system to monitor vehicle operation state and operator requests. It combines into a single gauge information indicating current vehicle operating state and...
6469623 Smoke detector maintenance and verification tool  
A smoke detector verification system, which includes a smoke detector, a portable computer system and an optical receiver, verifies the operation of the smoke detector. The smoke detector includes...
6466126 Portable data device efficiently utilizing its available power and method thereof  
A portable data device ( 400 ) having a power controller ( 430 ), a clock generator ( 428 ) and a digital circuit ( 432 ). The power controller ( 430 ) has an output signal. The output signal is...
6449726 Method, system, software, and signal for estimating battery life in a remote control device  
The present invention describes a method, signal, and software for use in a system including a host device and at least one remote battery powered device. The status of the battery in the remote...
6445305 CMOS low battery voltage detector  
A system and method for detecting a low battery voltage supplied to a battery operated integrated circuit. A stable reference voltage provided by a bangap reference is compared with the battery...
6442702 On-vehicle computer having function of protecting vehicular battery  
An on-vehicle computer includes a hardware timer. The hardware timer is started when a vehicle accessory switch changes to its OFF position. A suspending request is transmitted from a BIOS to an...
6437575 Low-voltage detecting circuit  
A low-voltage detecting circuit for power sources is based upon the relation of the discharge time of a capacitor and the measured voltage value to determine whether the voltage level of the power...
6429625 Method and apparatus for indicating battery charge status  
A method of indicating when a rechargeable battery of a handheld computer has been fully charged is disclosed. The method includes determining an elapsed charging time and activating a charge...
6414598 Liquid leak detector and alarm system  
The alarm system is capable of detecting both conductive and non-conductive liquid level increases, designed for indoor operation, and ideally suited for detecting basement flooding or leaky...
6392399 Device for measurement of the electrical consumption of a portable data- or signal-processing terminal  
The device for measurement of current exchanged between a battery ( 1 ) and electrical circuits ( 19 ) of a portable telephone includes a current sensor ( 21 ), connecting the battery ( 1 ) to the...
6392316 Emergency informing apparatus  
Battery test of a backup battery in an emergency informing apparatus is performed. The result of the battery test is displayed to display an amount of remaining energy, an error condition, an empty...
6373229 Battery charging system for portable electronic devices  
A stand-alone battery charger warning system for use with portable electronic devices is disclosed whereby a warning is generated in response to a determination that a) a battery is not presently...
6362741 Leak detector  
A portable leak detector includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet each in fluid communication between an interior and an exterior of the housing. A gas sensor, having a property that...
6336063 Method and arrangement in a hybrid vehicle for improving battery state-of-charge control and minimizing driver perceptible disturbances  
Method for minimizing driver perceptible drive train disturbances during take-off in a hybrid electric vehicle when maximized power is often desired is disclosed. The method includes sensing an...
6313750 Measuring cell voltages of a fuel cell stack  
A system includes a divider network, a memory and a circuit. The divider network is adapted to be coupled to fuel cells of a fuel cell stack and provide pairs of signals. Each pair of signals is...
6310556 Apparatus and method for detecting a low-battery power condition and generating a user perceptible warning  
A system for detecting a low battery power condition and providing an audible warning of such a condition to a user of an electronic device such as a hearing aid is disclosed. In one embodiment,...
6304171 Emergency call system with battery switching function  
In an emergency call system with the battery switching function, an auxiliary battery is arranged in a vehicle, and an arithmetic calculation control unit always monitors a battery voltage (+B) of...
6304060 Status indicator for battery charger  
Apparatus for indicating multiple operating states of a battery charger is formed by first and second color light emitting circuits coupled to a control circuit and one of the output terminals of...
6295002 Battery voltage display apparatus for wireless communication system  
When bidirectional wireless communication has been established between a controller section, a system main section transmits an instruction to the controller section to detect a remaining power of...
6275161 Method and apparatus for automotive battery condition indication  
The present invention concerns a system and an apparatus for monitoring the electrical condition of an automotive battery [2] in use. The main purpose of this invention is to monitor and indicate...
6271764 Incoming call alerting method for a radio communication apparatus connected to an external apparatus  
A radio communication apparatus which has plural incoming call informing methods including at least an incoming call informing method by vibration, the radio communication apparatus being available...
6262563 Method and apparatus for measuring complex admittance of cells and batteries  
A periodic time-varying current with smallest period 1/f 1 excites a cell/battery and provides a timing reference. Linear circuitry produces two signals, one proportional to the excitation...