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https://drivepatents.com/patents/976052 · 16 Apr 2014
Systems and methods according to aspects of the subject technology provide for power line communication (PLC) coupling through two-wire and three-wire external power supplies. In some aspects of the subject technology, a three-wire solution is provided tha...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/976767 · 2 Apr 2014
A wireless power transfer system is disclosed that includes a power station and a chargeable device. The power station transmits discovery beacons in order to detect a chargeable device within its vicinity using any available communication protocols and/or...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/976735 · 2 Apr 2014
A wireless power transfer system is disclosed that includes a power station and a chargeable device. The power station transmits discovery beacons in order to detect a chargeable device within its vicinity using any available communication protocols and/or...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/980182 · 1 Jan 2014
An apparatus and method is provided for indoor/outdoor transition detection of devices to improve selection of the navigation algorithms. A mobile device can scan resources such as radio frequency (RF) sources in its vicinity and compare the scanned resour...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/980750 · 18 Dec 2013
A power management unit (102) accurately measures and controls charging current. The power management unit may be implemented more efficiently than prior designs, leading to cost savings in the implementation of the power management unit as well as in the ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/994331 · 2 Jan 2013
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for NFC secure application support when an NFC device is executing in a battery-off or battery-low mode. In such a case, the NFC device may have enough power to execute some applications (e.g...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/996080 · 14 Nov 2012
An electronic device is operable to determine a Global Positioning System (GPS) mode of operation based upon accelerometer input. The electronic device includes a communications interface, a GPS receiver, an accelerometer module, and processing circuitry. ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/997900 · 26 Sep 2012
A multi-magnetometer device comprises at least two z-axis aligned and physically rotated magnetometer triads utilized for measuring corresponding earth's magnetic field. The magnetic field measurements are utilized to measure rotation measurements of a sin...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1000437 · 11 Jul 2012
According to one disclosed embodiment, a smart powering and pairing system includes a power conversion unit (PCU) having a communication module, a power management module and a pairing module. The PCU can convert mains power into a form that can be used to...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1005643 · 1 Feb 2012
A system for managing energy efficiency and control mechanisms in a computer network having a plurality of network components is provided. The system includes a network power manager (NPM) coupled to at least one of the plurality of network components. The...