公开(公告)号：US07260420B2

公开(公告)日：2007-08-21

申请号：US10965052

申请日：2004-10-14

申请人： Joseph Patino ,  Jose E. Korneluk ,  James L. Tracy

发明人： Joseph Patino ,  Jose E. Korneluk ,  James L. Tracy

IPC分类号： H04B1/38 ,  H04M1/00

CPC分类号： H04M1/04 ,  H04M1/21 ,  H04M1/57 ,  H04M19/04

摘要： A system includes a wireless device (101) and at least one stimulator pad (400, 500). The stimulator pad (400, 500) has a set of electrodes (404) that are in communication with the wireless device (101). The stimulator pad (400, 500) is worn on the skin of a user. The wireless device (101) is operable to receive an incoming signal and to place an electric potential on the conductors (404) so that various areas of the user's body are stimulated and the user will receive notification of the incoming signal in a completely silent manner. The pad (400) can be either wired or wireless and can be used to deliver therapeutic body stimulation as well. In another embodiment, the wireless device (101) controls at least one stimulator pad (400, 500) independent of any incoming signal received.

摘要翻译： 一种系统包括无线装置（101）和至少一个刺激器垫（400,500）。 刺激器垫（400,500）具有与无线设备（101）通信的一组电极（404）。 刺激垫（400,500）佩戴在使用者的皮肤上。 无线设备（101）可操作以接收输入信号并将电位置于导体（404）上，使得用户身体的各个区域被刺激，并且用户将以完全无声的方式接收输入信号的通知 。 垫（400）可以是有线的或无线的，并且可以用于递送治疗体刺激。 在另一个实施例中，无线设备（101）独立于接收到的任何输入信号来控制至少一个刺激器垫（400,500）。

公开(公告)号：US20070149254A1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-28

申请号：US11320352

申请日：2005-12-28

申请人： Alfredo Carrero ,  Wayne Ballantyne ,  Joseph Patino ,  Scott Tassi

发明人： Alfredo Carrero ,  Wayne Ballantyne ,  Joseph Patino ,  Scott Tassi

IPC分类号： H04M1/00

CPC分类号： H04W52/0277 ,  Y02D70/00

摘要： A mobile communication device 100 has a digital subsystem (110) and a radio frequency subsystem (108), and is powered by a battery (102) which is charged via a charge control circuit (106) using an external power supply (104) connected to the mobile communication device in a single path configuration. The mobile communication device permits limited operation of the mobile communication device by a user while the battery voltage is sufficient to power the digital subsystem but not yet sufficient to power the radio frequency subsystem. The delay in operation is minimized, however, because once charging commences, the battery voltage rises sufficiently fast that, typically, by the time the digital subsystem is initialized, enabled, and powered up, the battery voltage will be sufficient to enable the radio frequency subsystem.

摘要翻译： 移动通信设备100具有数字子系统（110）和射频子系统（108），并由电池（102）供电，该电池通过连接的外部电源（104）经由充电控制电路（106）充电 以单路径配置向移动通信设备发送。 移动通信设备允许用户在移动通信设备的有限操作的同时，电池电压足以为数字子系统供电但还不足以为射频子系统供电。 然而，操作延迟最小化，因为一旦充电开始，电池电压上升得足够快，通常在数字子系统初始化，启用和上电之前，电池电压将足以使得射频 子系统。

公开(公告)号：US07202635B2

公开(公告)日：2007-04-10

申请号：US10797729

申请日：2004-03-10

申请人： Joseph Patino ,  Randall S. Fraser

发明人： Joseph Patino ,  Randall S. Fraser

IPC分类号： H01M10/46

CPC分类号： H02J7/008 ,  H02J7/045

摘要： The invention concerns a method (200) and a system (100) for charging a battery (112). The method includes the steps of determining (214) a charge termination point for the battery, in which the charge termination point produces a charge on the battery that is less than an initial maximum charging capacity of the battery, and charging (224) the battery using the charge termination point for at least a portion of the charge cycles of the battery. The method reduces at least in part the variation of battery capacity over the cycle life of the battery.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于对电池（112）充电的方法（200）和系统（100）。 该方法包括以下步骤：确定（214）电池的充电终止点，其中充电终止点在电池上产生小于电池的初始最大充电容量的电荷，并且将电池（224）充电 使用充电终止点至少部分电池的充电周期。 该方法至少部分地减少电池容量在电池的循环寿命中的变化。

公开(公告)号：US20070029976A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-08

申请号：US11184687

申请日：2005-07-19

申请人： Jorge Garcia ,  Joseph Patino ,  Russell Simpson

发明人： Jorge Garcia ,  Joseph Patino ,  Russell Simpson

IPC分类号： H02J7/04

CPC分类号： G01K1/026

摘要： A battery pack (110) having a plurality of cells (103, 105) utilizes a pull up resistor (116) multiplexed between separate voltage supply sources (120, 122) and a single battery contact (106) to monitor individual cell temperatures. A plurality of thermistors (102, 104) are coupled in series between ground potential (108) and the single battery pack contact (106), each thermistor being coupled to one cell of the pack. Individual voltage divider circuits are formed for each thermistor (102, 104) as the pull up resistor (116) is multiplexed between the voltage supply sources (120, 122).

摘要翻译： 具有多个单元（103,105）的电池组（110）利用在单独的电压源（120,122）和单个电池触点（106）之间多路复用的上拉电阻（116）来监控单个电池温度。 多个热敏电阻（102,104）串联在地电位（108）和单个电池组触点（106）之间，每个热敏电阻耦合到该组件的一个单元。 当上拉电阻（116）被多路复用在电压源（120,122）之间时，为每个热敏电阻（102,104）形成单独的分压电路。

公开(公告)号：US07098666B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-29

申请号：US10900600

申请日：2004-07-28

申请人： Joseph Patino

发明人： Joseph Patino

IPC分类号： G01N27/416

CPC分类号： G01R31/362 ,  G01R31/3648

摘要： A method (20 or 30) and system (40) for estimating a battery state of charge can include a memory (48) for storing at least one among an impedance value, a plurality of values for V drop 0-1, or a plurality of values for V drop 0-1 normalized for charge or discharge values providing a stored plurality of values. The system can include a processor (44) and can measure at least one among V drop C-0 providing a measured V drop C-0 value and V drop 0-1 for the providing a measured V drop 0-1 value. The processor can be programmed to perform the functions of dividing the V drop C-0 value by the impedance value to estimate a charging current at the battery or comparing the measured V drop 0-1 value with a value among the stored plurality of values to estimate the battery state of charge.

摘要翻译： 用于估计电池充电状态的方法（20或30）和系统（40）可以包括用于存储阻抗值，用于V drop 0-1的多个值中的至少一个或多个 对于提供存储的多个值的充电或放电值进行归一化的V drop 0-1的值。 系统可以包括处理器（44），并且可以测量提供测量的V drop C-0值和V drop 0-1之间的V drop C-0中的至少一个，以提供测量的V drop0-1值。 处理器可以被编程为执行将V drop C- 0值除以阻抗值的功能，以估计电池的充电电流，或将测量的V drop 0-1值与存储的多个值中的值进行比较，以将 估计电池的充电状态。

公开(公告)号：US20060148519A1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-06

申请号：US11026894

申请日：2004-12-30

申请人： Russell Simpson ,  John Burgan ,  Joseph Patino

发明人： Russell Simpson ,  John Burgan ,  Joseph Patino

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： G01V3/102

摘要： A communication device (102) has a loudspeaker (212) that includes a loudspeaker coil. The loudspeaker is used for playing audio signals and for detecting metal in the vicinity of the loudspeaker. To detect metal the communication device includes a pulse generation circuit (216) for generating pulses that are applied to the loudspeaker, and a pulse measurement circuit (222) for measuring response pulses. If the response pulses indicate metal is in proximity to the loudspeaker, an alert is generated to inform the user of the communication device.

摘要翻译： 通信设备（102）具有包括扬声器线圈的扬声器（212）。 扬声器用于播放音频信号，并用于检测扬声器附近的金属。 为了检测金属，通信装置包括用于产生施加到扬声器的脉冲的脉冲发生电路（216）和用于测量响应脉冲的脉冲测量电路（222）。 如果响应脉冲指示金属在扬声器附近，则产生警报以通知用户通信装置。

公开(公告)号：US20060145661A1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-06

申请号：US11026886

申请日：2004-12-30

申请人： Joseph Patino ,  Russell Simpson

发明人： Joseph Patino ,  Russell Simpson

IPC分类号： H02J7/00

CPC分类号： H02J7/0013

摘要： The invention concerns a method (300) and system (100) for operating a multiple charger. The method can include—in a multiple charger (110) having at least a first switch (134) and a second switch (122) for respectively controlling the flow of current to a first battery (116) and a second battery (118)—charging (312) the first battery by maintaining the first switch in a saturated state and charging (314) the second battery by maintaining the second switch in a saturated state. The first switch and the second switch can be simultaneously maintained (314) in the saturated state at least until the first battery reaches a predetermined charging threshold (412, 414).

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及用于操作多个充电器的方法（300）和系统（100）。 该方法可以包括在具有至少第一开关（134）和第二开关（122）的多个充电器（110）中，用于分别控制流向第一电池（116）和第二电池（118）的电流 - 通过将第一开关保持在饱和状态来对第一电池进行充电（312），并且通过将第二开关维持在饱和状态来对第二电池充电（314）。 第一开关和第二开关可以在饱和状态下同时保持（314），至少直到第一电池达到预定的充电阈值（412,414）。

公开(公告)号：US20060022677A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-02

申请号：US10900600

申请日：2004-07-28

申请人： Joseph Patino

发明人： Joseph Patino

IPC分类号： G01N27/416

CPC分类号： G01R31/362 ,  G01R31/3648

摘要： A method (20 or 30) and system (40) for estimating a battery state of charge can include a memory (48) for storing at least one among an impedance value, a plurality of values for V drop 0-1, or a plurality of values for V drop 0-1 normalized for charge or discharge values providing a stored plurality of values. The system can include a processor (44) and can measure at least one among V drop C-0 providing a measured V drop C-0 value and V drop 0-1 for the providing a measured V drop 0-1 value. The processor can be programmed to perform the functions of dividing the V drop C-0 value by the impedance value to estimate a charging current at the battery or comparing the measured V drop 0-1 value with a value among the stored plurality of values to estimate the battery state of charge.

摘要翻译： 用于估计电池充电状态的方法（20或30）和系统（40）可以包括用于存储阻抗值，用于V drop 0-1的多个值中的至少一个或多个 对于提供存储的多个值的充电或放电值进行归一化的V drop 0-1的值。 系统可以包括处理器（44），并且可以测量提供测量的V drop C-0值和V drop 0-1之间的V drop C-0中的至少一个，以提供测量的V drop0-1值。 处理器可以被编程为执行将V drop C- 0值除以阻抗值的功能，以估计电池的充电电流，或将测量的V drop 0-1值与存储的多个值中的值进行比较，以将 估计电池的充电状态。

公开(公告)号：US20060004930A1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-05

申请号：US10882037

申请日：2004-06-30

申请人： Joseph Patino ,  Sybren Smith

发明人： Joseph Patino ,  Sybren Smith

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F13/4081

摘要： A host device (500) is coupled to a peripheral device (104) which is initially not identified. To identify the peripheral device, the host device uses known information and information acquired from the peripheral device to determine the values of several electrical components (122) in the peripheral device. The host device applies different electrical conditions to the components by adjusting the state of I/O ports coupled to the peripheral device and measuring electrical conditions in response at other ports. Once sufficient information has been acquired, the measured values are used with known values of the system to calculate the values of the components in the peripheral device according to known electrical relationships.

摘要翻译： 主机设备（500）耦合到最初未识别的外围设备（104）。 为了识别外围设备，主机设备使用从外围设备获取的已知信息和信息来确定外围设备中的几个电气部件（122）的值。 主机通过调整耦合到外围设备的I / O端口的状态并在其他端口响应测量电气条件来对组件施加不同的电气条件。 一旦已经获得足够的信息，测量值将与系统的已知值一起使用，以根据已知的电气关系计算外围设备中组件的值。

公开(公告)号：US06789205B1

公开(公告)日：2004-09-07

申请号：US09573975

申请日：2000-05-19

申请人： Joseph Patino ,  Sandy L. Florence

发明人： Joseph Patino ,  Sandy L. Florence

IPC分类号： G06F126

CPC分类号： H01M10/4257 ,  G01R31/3655 ,  H01M2/1066 ,  H02J2007/0098 ,  H04M1/0262 ,  H04M1/18 ,  H04M1/24 ,  H04M1/72519

摘要： A communication device (11) is provided with a microprocessor (15) and a memory storage device (13). A battery (14) associated with the communication device 11 is provided with memory 16. The memory storage device and the memory contain values relevant to the manufacturing of each device, respectively. The microprocessor reads the memory storage device and the memory and makes a determination of whether the communication device, the battery, and the combination thereof are intrinsically safe to be used in a hazardous environment, and presents the results to a user.

摘要翻译： 通信设备（11）具有微处理器（15）和存储器存储设备（13）。 与通信设备11相关联的电池（14）设置有存储器16.存储器存储设备和存储器分别包含与每个设备的制造相关的值。 微处理器读取存储器存储器和存储器，并确定通信设备，电池及其组合本质上是安全的以在危险环境中使用，并将结果呈现给用户。