公开(公告)号：US20120140117A1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-07

申请号：US13153574

申请日：2011-06-06

Applicant: Nigel Waites

Inventor： Nigel Waites

IPC: H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445

CPC classification number: H04N5/4403 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C2201/30 ,  H04N21/42207 ,  H04N21/42209 ,  H04N21/42213 ,  H04N21/42221 ,  H04N21/42222 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N2005/441 ,  H04N2005/4416 ,  H04N2005/4428 ,  H04N2005/443

Abstract: A remote control is described that with at least two faces that have at least one touch-based input. The remote control also includes an orientation sensor that determines the orientation of the remote control. A processor on the remote ignores signals from inputs on certain faces of the remote based upon the orientation of the remote control.

Abstract translation: 描述了具有至少两个具有至少一个基于触摸的输入的面的遥控器。 遥控器还包括确定遥控器方向的方位传感器。 遥控器上的处理器根据遥控器的方向忽略遥控器某些面上的输入信号。

公开(公告)号：US20070061215A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-15

申请号：US11227265

申请日：2005-09-15

Applicant: Nigel Waites

Inventor： Nigel Waites

IPC: G06Q30/00

CPC classification number: G06F17/30424 ,  G06F17/30749 ,  G06F17/30761 ,  G06F17/30772 ,  G06Q30/0617 ,  G06Q40/04 ,  H04H60/372 ,  H04H60/40 ,  H04H60/44 ,  H04H60/63 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04H60/74 ,  H04H2201/13

Abstract: Information about desired songs is collected on a portable memory device in communication with a radio tuner. The radio tuner may receive signals from a terrestrial or satellite digital radio transmission, or from an analog radio transmission. These transmissions may include text data about the current song being played. Upon activation by a user, song data is stored on the memory device. The memory device is then connected to a computer system, which uses software to extract the song data and uniquely identify the song. The identified songs are stored on the computer system, and can be used to allow the user easy access to the identified song through prior art techniques. If no textual data is stored about a song, the song is identified by identifying the radio station that played the song and the time at which the user activated the mechanism.

Abstract translation: 关于所需歌曲的信息被收集在与无线电调谐器通信的便携式存储设备上。 无线电调谐器可以从地面或卫星数字无线电传输或模拟无线电传输接收信号。 这些传输可以包括关于正在播放的当前歌曲的文本数据。 在用户激活时，歌曲数据被存储在存储设备上。 然后将存储器件连接到计算机系统，该计算机系统使用软件来提取歌曲数据并且唯一地标识该歌曲。 所识别的歌曲存储在计算机系统上，并且可以用于允许用户通过现有技术轻松访问所识别的歌曲。 如果没有关于歌曲存储文本数据，则通过识别播放歌曲的无线电台和用户激活机制的时间来识别歌曲。

公开(公告)号：US5664092A

公开(公告)日：1997-09-02

申请号：US531291

申请日：1995-09-20

Applicant: Nigel Waites

Inventor： Nigel Waites

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F11/00

CPC classification number: G06F13/4036

Abstract: A system and method for performing locked test and set cycles in a system having a plurality of interconnected buses, wherein one or more of the buses do not support locked test and set cycles. A CPU executing one or more processes is connected to one or more first buses that do not support locked test and set cycles. These one or more first buses are connected through a test and set device according to the present invention to one or more second buses which support locked test and set cycles. A memory is coupled to one of the one or more second buses that includes a semaphore bit shared by multiple threads or processes executing on the CPU. The test and set device performs locked test and set operations on the semaphore bit(s) in the memory at the direction of the thread executing on the CPU. A process or thread begins a test and set operation by setting a bit in a register in the test and set device then performing a read to the test and set device that maps to the target memory where the respective semaphore bit is located. In response to the read, the test and set device performs a locked read/write operation to the target memory using an atomic read/write protocol which locks out accesses from other processes. The test and set device then returns the read data obtained from the target memory semaphore bit to the CPU. The read cycle on the first bus is maintained until the test and set device has completed the test and set operations to the respective semaphore bit in the memory. In this manner, the one or more first buses are locked during the test and set operation, even where the one or more first buses do not inherently support test and set operations.

Abstract translation: 一种用于在具有多个互连总线的系统中执行锁定测试和设置周期的系统和方法，其中一个或多个总线不支持锁定测试和设置周期。 执行一个或多个处理的CPU连接到不支持锁定测试和设置周期的一个或多个第一总线。 这些一个或多个第一总线通过根据本发明的测试和设置装置连接到支持锁定测试和设置周期的一个或多个第二总线。 存储器耦合到一个或多个第二总线中的一个，其包括由多个线程共享的信号量位或在CPU上执行的进程。 测试和设置设备在CPU执行线程的方向上对内存中的信号量位执行锁定测试和设置操作。 进程或线程通过设置测试和设置设备中的寄存器中的位，然后执行读取到映射到相应信号量位所在的目标存储器的测试和设置设备来开始测试和设置操作。 响应于读取，测试和设置设备使用原子读/写协议对目标存储器执行锁定的读/写操作，该协议锁定来自其他进程的访问。 然后，测试和设置设备将从目标存储器信号量位获得的读取数据返回给CPU。 第一条总线上的读取周期保持到测试和设置设备完成测试并将操作设置到存储器中相应的信号量位之前。 以这种方式，一个或多个第一总线在测试和设置操作期间被锁定，即使一个或多个第一总线不固有地支持测试和设置操作。