公开(公告)号：US5636041A

公开(公告)日：1997-06-03

申请号：US449614

申请日：1995-05-24

申请人： John J. Pearce ,  Philip Chidester

发明人： John J. Pearce ,  Philip Chidester

IPC分类号： G09G3/36 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G09G5/10

CPC分类号： G09G3/36 ,  G09G2320/0606 ,  G09G2320/0626

摘要： Method and apparatus for automatically increasing the visibility of an LCD during warm-up thereof is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the system of the present invention comprises brightness control circuitry electrically connected to an LCD panel of a portable personal computer (PC) or other battery operated electronic device for controlling the brightness level of the LCD. The brightness control circuitry is also electrically connected to receive a signal indicative of a brightness control level selected by a user using a user-settable control means, such as a brightness control knob located on the device. In operation, on power up of the LCD, the brightness control circuitry increases the LCD brightness to a maximum level, regardless of the brightness level selected by the user. Once the LCD has warmed up, the brightness control circuitry decreases the brightness level of the LCD to the level selected by the user. In one aspect of the invention, the brightness level is decreased incrementally such that its occurrence is virtually undetectable by the user.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于在预热期间自动提高LCD的可视性的方法和装置。 在优选实施例中，本发明的系统包括电连接到便携式个人计算机（PC）或其他电池操作的电子设备的LCD面板的亮度控制电路，用于控制LCD的亮度水平。 亮度控制电路还电连接以接收指示用户使用诸​​如位于设备上的亮度控制旋钮的用户可设置控制装置选择的亮度控制电平的信号。 在操作中，在LCD上电时，亮度控制电路将LCD亮度提高到最大水平，而与用户选择的亮度水平无关。 一旦LCD已经升温，亮度控制电路将LCD的亮度水平降低到用户选择的水平。 在本发明的一个方面，亮度级别逐渐减小，使得其发生几乎不被用户检测到。

公开(公告)号：US20070088816A1

公开(公告)日：2007-04-19

申请号：US11250813

申请日：2005-10-14

申请人： Nasiha Hrustemovic ,  Philip Chidester ,  Akkiah Maddukuri

发明人： Nasiha Hrustemovic ,  Philip Chidester ,  Akkiah Maddukuri

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06F11/3027 ,  G06F11/3055 ,  G06F11/3476

摘要： A system and method is disclosed in which the buses of a server computer are monitored through server management software. A data structure for a monitored bus or group of buses is created and stored in a repository of data structures for other monitored devices within the server computer. As events, such as failure events, occur on one or more of the monitored buses, the event is recorded in an event log. Using the server management software, monitoring commands can be issued by the baseboard management controller to each monitored bus to check the status of the bus.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种系统和方法，其中通过服务器管理软件监视服务器计算机的总线。 创建用于监视的总线或一组总线的数据结构并将其存储在服务器计算机内的其他受监视设备的数据结构的存储库中。 由于事件（例如故障事件）发生在一个或多个监控总线上，事件将记录在事件日志中。 使用服务器管理软件，监控命令可以由基板管理控制器发送到每个监控总线，以检查总线的状态。

公开(公告)号：US20060206286A1

公开(公告)日：2006-09-14

申请号：US11078884

申请日：2005-03-11

申请人： Chandrasekhar Mugunda ,  Philip Chidester ,  Mukund Khatri ,  Wayne Weilnau

发明人： Chandrasekhar Mugunda ,  Philip Chidester ,  Mukund Khatri ,  Wayne Weilnau

IPC分类号： G21C17/00

CPC分类号： G05B15/02 ,  G06F13/102

摘要： An information handling system is provided with a BIOS and an baseboard management controller. The baseboard management controller is provided with non-standard functionality that enables the BIOS to request sensor data records of a specific type. Thus the BIOS can ask for specific kinds of sensor data, such as those for memory sensors only. By limiting the amount of data retrieved by the BIOS from the BMC, slow moving traffic between the BIOS and the BMC can be reduced, thereby increasing overall system performance.

摘要翻译： 信息处理系统具有BIOS和基板管理控制器。 基板管理控制器提供非标准功能，使BIOS能够请求特定类型的传感器数据记录。 因此，BIOS可以请求特定类型的传感器数据，例如仅用于存储器传感器的数据。 通过限制BIOS从BMC检索的数据量，可以减少BIOS和BMC之间的慢速流量，从而提高整体系统性能。