公开(公告)号：US20120155491A1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-21

申请号：US13405969

申请日：2012-02-27

申请人： Wendell B. Sander ,  Barry Corlett ,  David John Tupman ,  Brian Sander ,  Jeffrey J. Terlizzi ,  Andrew Bright ,  Anup Sharma

发明人： Wendell B. Sander ,  Barry Corlett ,  David John Tupman ,  Brian Sander ,  Jeffrey J. Terlizzi ,  Andrew Bright ,  Anup Sharma

IPC分类号： H04J3/16 ,  H04H40/36

CPC分类号： H04J3/1682 ,  H04M1/6058

摘要： Electronic devices and equipment may communicate over a wired communications path. The wired communications path may include one or more wires and may be associated with a headphone cable. Data may be conveyed in the form of a digital data stream containing multiple traffic channels. The digital data stream may include superframes, each of which has multiple frames of data. The frames of data may each contain a number of data slots. Some of the slots in a superframe may be used exclusively by a particular one of the traffic channels. Boundary slots may be shared between traffic channels. Data interface circuitry may implement a data dispersion algorithm that determines the pattern in which data from each traffic channel is distributed within each boundary slot. Transmitting data interface circuitry may merge traffic channels into a single data stream. Receiving data interface circuitry may reconstruct the traffic channels.

摘要翻译： 电子设备和设备可以通过有线通信路径进行通信。 有线通信路径可以包括一个或多个电线并且可以与耳机线缆相关联。 数据可以以包含多个业务信道的数字数据流的形式传送。 数字数据流可以包括超帧，每个超帧具有多个数据帧。 数据帧可以各自包含多个数据时隙。 超帧中的一些时隙可以由特定的业务信道专门使用。 边界槽可以在通道之间共享。 数据接口电路可以实现数据分散算法，其确定在每个边界时隙内分布来自每个业务信道的数据的模式。 传输数据接口电路可以将业务信道合并成单个数据流。 接收数据接口电路可以重建业务信道。

公开(公告)号：US08106630B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-31

申请号：US12768958

申请日：2010-04-28

申请人： David John Tupman ,  Steven Bollinger

发明人： David John Tupman ,  Steven Bollinger

IPC分类号： H02J7/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/3203 ,  H02J7/0068 ,  Y10T307/50 ,  Y10T307/505 ,  Y10T307/615 ,  Y10T307/625

摘要： Improved techniques to manage operation of a portable electronic device having a substantially depleted battery when power is available from an external, power-limited source are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the substantially depleted battery can be initially charged while a power-intensive operation is delayed. Once the battery has adequate charge to assist the external, power-limited source in powering the portable electronic device, the power-intensive operation can be performed. In this manner, power consumption of a portable electronic device can be managed so that reliable operation is achieved without exceeding limits on power being drawn from an external, power-limited source.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于管理当从外部功率受限的源获得电力时具有基本上耗尽的电池的便携式电子设备的操作的改进的技术。 在本发明的一个实施例中，基本上耗尽的电池可以在功率密集型操作被延迟的同时被初始化。 一旦电池具有足够的电荷来辅助外部功率受限的源来为便携式电子设备供电，则可以执行功率密集的操作。 以这种方式，可以管理便携式电子设备的功耗，从而实现可靠的操作而不超过从外部功率受限的源提取的功率的限制。

公开(公告)号：US20100205472A1

公开(公告)日：2010-08-12

申请号：US12768958

申请日：2010-04-28

申请人： David John Tupman ,  Steven Bollinger

发明人： David John Tupman ,  Steven Bollinger

IPC分类号： G06F11/30 ,  H02J7/00 ,  H02J7/04 ,  H04M1/00 ,  G06F1/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/3203 ,  H02J7/0068 ,  Y10T307/50 ,  Y10T307/505 ,  Y10T307/615 ,  Y10T307/625

摘要： Improved techniques to manage operation of a portable electronic device having a substantially depleted battery when power is available from an external, power-limited source are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the substantially depleted battery can be initially charged while a power-intensive operation is delayed. Once the battery has adequate charge to assist the external, power-limited source in powering the portable electronic device, the power-intensive operation can be performed. In this manner, power consumption of a portable electronic device can be managed so that reliable operation is achieved without exceeding limits on power being drawn from an external, power-limited source.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于管理当从外部功率受限的源获得电力时具有基本上耗尽的电池的便携式电子设备的操作的改进的技术。 在本发明的一个实施例中，基本上耗尽的电池可以在功率密集型操作被延迟的同时被初始化。 一旦电池具有足够的电荷来辅助外部功率受限的源来为便携式电子设备供电，则可以执行功率密集的操作。 以这种方式，可以管理便携式电子设备的功耗，从而实现可靠的操作而不超过从外部功率受限的源提取的功率的限制。

公开(公告)号：US20100020221A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-28

申请号：US12508534

申请日：2009-07-23

申请人： David John Tupman ,  E-Cheng Chang

发明人： David John Tupman ,  E-Cheng Chang

IPC分类号： G06F3/041 ,  H04N5/222 ,  H04N5/38

CPC分类号： H04N5/23216 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F2203/04808 ,  H04N5/23212 ,  H04N5/23293 ,  H04N5/2353 ,  H04N5/772

摘要： In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a handheld electronic device having a built-in digital camera and a touch sensitive screen. The method includes detecting a multi-finger gesture on the touch sensitive screen, wherein the touch sensitive screen is serving as part of an electronic viewfinder of the camera; storing coordinates of a location corresponding to the detected multi-finger gesture; translating the stored coordinates to a selected area of an image that is captured by the camera and that is being displayed on the touch sensitive screen; contracting or expanding the selected area in response to the user's fingers undergoing a pinching movement or a spreading movement, respectively, while the detected multi-finger gesture remains in contact with the touch sensitive screen; and applying an automatic image capture parameter adjustment process that gives priority to the selected area.

摘要翻译： 根据一些实施例，在具有内置数字照相机和触敏屏幕的手持式电子设备上执行方法。 该方法包括在触敏屏幕上检测多手指手势，其中触敏屏幕用作相机的电子取景器的一部分; 存储与检测到的多手指手势相对应的位置的坐标; 将存储的坐标转换为由相机捕获并且正在显示在触敏屏幕上的图像的选定区域; 响应于用户的手指分别进行捏合运动或扩展运动，收缩或扩展所选择的区域，同时检测到的多指手势保持与触敏屏幕的接触; 以及应用优先选择区域的自动图像拍摄参数调整处理。

公开(公告)号：US07581119B2

公开(公告)日：2009-08-25

申请号：US11031288

申请日：2005-01-07

申请人： David John Tupman ,  Ken Herman ,  Barry Twycross

发明人： David John Tupman ,  Ken Herman ,  Barry Twycross

IPC分类号： G06F1/26

CPC分类号： G06F1/266 ,  Y10T307/625

摘要： Improved techniques to recognize a power source on a peripheral bus and/or determine power available from the power source via the peripheral bus are disclosed. Typically, the peripheral bus is supported by a cable connected between a host device and an electronic device. In this case, the host device is a power source (e.g., power adapter or battery pack) and the cable is used to provide power from the power source to the electronic device. Hence, by understanding the power available from the power source, the electronic device can manage its power utilization so as to operate in a stable and reliable manner. The electronic device is, for example, a portable computing device. Examples of portable computing devices include a Portable Digital Assistant (PDA) and a portable media player.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于识别外围总线上的电源和/或经由外围总线确定从电源获得的功率的改进的技术。 通常，外围总线由连接在主机设备和电子设备之间的电缆支持。 在这种情况下，主机设备是电源（例如，电源适配器或电池组），并且电缆用于从电源向电子设备提供电力。 因此，通过理解来自电源的电力，电子设备可以管理其电力利用，以便以稳定和可靠的方式操作。 电子设备例如是便携式计算设备。 便携式计算设备的示例包括便携式数字助理（PDA）和便携式媒体播放器。

公开(公告)号：US20090174367A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-09

申请号：US12400670

申请日：2009-03-09

申请人： David John Tupman ,  Steven Bollinger

发明人： David John Tupman ,  Steven Bollinger

IPC分类号： H02J7/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/3203 ,  H02J7/0068 ,  Y10T307/50 ,  Y10T307/505 ,  Y10T307/615 ,  Y10T307/625

摘要： Improved techniques to manage operation of a portable electronic device having a substantially depleted battery when power is available from an external, power-limited source are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the substantially depleted battery can be initially charged while a power-intensive operation is delayed. Once the battery has adequate charge to assist the external, power-limited source in powering the portable electronic device, the power-intensive operation can be performed. In this manner, power consumption of a portable electronic device can be managed so that reliable operation is achieved without exceeding limits on power being drawn from an external, power-limited source.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于管理当从外部功率受限的源获得电力时具有基本上耗尽的电池的便携式电子设备的操作的改进的技术。 在本发明的一个实施例中，基本上耗尽的电池可以在功率密集型操作被延迟的同时被初始化。 一旦电池具有足够的电荷来辅助外部功率受限的源来为便携式电子设备供电，则可以执行功率密集的操作。 以这种方式，可以管理便携式电子设备的功耗，从而实现可靠的操作而不超过从外部功率受限的源提取的功率的限制。

公开(公告)号：US08688928B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-01

申请号：US13554950

申请日：2012-07-20

申请人： Andrew Bert Hodge ,  David John Tupman ,  Guy Bar-Nahum

发明人： Andrew Bert Hodge ,  David John Tupman ,  Guy Bar-Nahum

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G11B20/10527 ,  G06F1/3203 ,  G06F1/3275 ,  G06F3/0601 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F2003/0697 ,  G11B2020/00057 ,  G11B2020/10685 ,  G11B2020/10759 ,  G11B2020/10916 ,  Y02D10/14

摘要： A portable media device and a method for operating a portable media device are disclosed. According to one aspect, a battery-powered portable media device can manage use of a mass storage device to efficiently utilize battery power. By providing a cache memory and loading the cache memory so as to provide skip support, battery power for the portable media device can be conserved (i.e., efficiently consumed). According to another aspect, a portable media device can operate efficiently in a seek mode. The seek mode is an operational mode of the portable media device in which the portable media device automatically scans through media items to assist a user in selecting a desired one of the media items.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于操作便携式媒体设备的便携式媒体设备和方法。 根据一个方面，电池供电的便携式媒体设备可以管理大容量存储设备的使用以有效地利用电池电力。 通过提供高速缓冲存储器并加载高速缓冲存储器以便提供跳过支持，便携式媒体设备的电池电力可以被保存（即有效消耗）。 根据另一方面，便携式媒体设备可以在搜索模式下有效地操作。 搜索模式是便携式媒体设备的操作模式，其中便携式媒体设备通过媒体项目自动扫描以帮助用户选择所需的媒体项目。

公开(公告)号：US08457157B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-04

申请号：US13405969

申请日：2012-02-27

申请人： Wendell B. Sander ,  Barry Corlett ,  David John Tupman ,  Brian Sander ,  Jeffrey J. Terlizzi ,  Andrew Bright ,  Anup Sharma

发明人： Wendell B. Sander ,  Barry Corlett ,  David John Tupman ,  Brian Sander ,  Jeffrey J. Terlizzi ,  Andrew Bright ,  Anup Sharma

IPC分类号： H04J3/16

CPC分类号： H04J3/1682 ,  H04M1/6058

摘要： Electronic devices and equipment may communicate over a wired communications path. The wired communications path may include one or more wires and may be associated with a headphone cable. Data may be conveyed in the form of a digital data stream containing multiple traffic channels. The digital data stream may include superframes, each of which has multiple frames of data. The frames of data may each contain a number of data slots. Some of the slots in a superframe may be used exclusively by a particular one of the traffic channels. Boundary slots may be shared between traffic channels. Data interface circuitry may implement a data dispersion algorithm that determines the pattern in which data from each traffic channel is distributed within each boundary slot. Transmitting data interface circuitry may merge traffic channels into a single data stream. Receiving data interface circuitry may reconstruct the traffic channels.

摘要翻译： 电子设备和设备可以通过有线通信路径进行通信。 有线通信路径可以包括一个或多个电线并且可以与耳机线缆相关联。 数据可以以包含多个业务信道的数字数据流的形式传送。 数字数据流可以包括超帧，每个超帧具有多个数据帧。 数据帧可以各自包含多个数据时隙。 超帧中的一些时隙可以由特定的业务信道专门使用。 边界槽可以在通道之间共享。 数据接口电路可以实现数据分散算法，其确定在每个边界时隙内分布来自每个业务信道的数据的模式。 传输数据接口电路可以将业务信道合并成单个数据流。 接收数据接口电路可以重建业务信道。

公开(公告)号：US08255640B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-28

申请号：US11583199

申请日：2006-10-18

申请人： Andrew Bert Hodge ,  David John Tupman ,  Guy Bar-Nahum

发明人： Andrew Bert Hodge ,  David John Tupman ,  Guy Bar-Nahum

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G11B20/10527 ,  G06F1/3203 ,  G06F1/3275 ,  G06F3/0601 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F2003/0697 ,  G11B2020/00057 ,  G11B2020/10685 ,  G11B2020/10759 ,  G11B2020/10916 ,  Y02D10/14

摘要： A portable media device and a method for operating a portable media device are disclosed. According to one aspect, a battery-powered portable media device can manage use of a mass storage device to efficiently utilize battery power. By providing a cache memory and loading the cache memory so as to provide skip support, battery power for the portable media device can be conserved (i.e., efficiently consumed). According to another aspect, a portable media device can operate efficiently in a seek mode. The seek mode is an operational mode of the portable media device in which the portable media device automatically scans through media items to assist a user in selecting a desired one of the media items.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于操作便携式媒体设备的便携式媒体设备和方法。 根据一个方面，电池供电的便携式媒体设备可以管理大容量存储设备的使用以有效地利用电池电力。 通过提供高速缓冲存储器并加载高速缓冲存储器以便提供跳过支持，便携式媒体设备的电池电力可以被保存（即有效消耗）。 根据另一方面，便携式媒体设备可以在搜索模式下有效地操作。 搜索模式是便携式媒体设备的操作模式，其中便携式媒体设备通过媒体项目自动扫描以帮助用户选择所需的媒体项目。

公开(公告)号：US20120088556A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-12

申请号：US13331128

申请日：2011-12-20

申请人： David John TUPMAN ,  Steven Bollinger

发明人： David John TUPMAN ,  Steven Bollinger

IPC分类号： H02J7/00 ,  H04M1/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/3203 ,  H02J7/0068 ,  Y10T307/50 ,  Y10T307/505 ,  Y10T307/615 ,  Y10T307/625

摘要： Improved techniques to manage operation of a portable electronic device having a substantially depleted battery when power is available from an external, power-limited source are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the substantially depleted battery can be initially charged while a power-intensive operation is delayed. Once the battery has adequate charge to assist the external, power-limited source in powering the portable electronic device, the power-intensive operation can be performed. In this manner, power consumption of a portable electronic device can be managed so that reliable operation is achieved without exceeding limits on power being drawn from an external, power-limited source.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于管理当从外部功率受限的源获得电力时具有基本上耗尽的电池的便携式电子设备的操作的改进的技术。 在本发明的一个实施例中，基本上耗尽的电池可以在功率密集型操作被延迟的同时被初始化。 一旦电池具有足够的电荷来辅助外部功率受限的源来为便携式电子设备供电，则可以执行功率密集的操作。 以这种方式，可以管理便携式电子设备的功耗，从而实现可靠的操作而不超过从外部功率受限的源提取的功率的限制。