103results about "Repeater circuits" patented technology

Disclosed are an apparatus, system, and method of a visual sensor of a tactical gear to use facial recognition technology to identify a person of interest and to cause a responsive device on the tactical gear to notify a wearer. In one embodiment, a personal protective equipment includes a responsive device integrated in a tactical gear and a visual sensor. The visual sensor of the tactical gear identifies a target person using an identity artificial intelligence model. The responsive device notifies a wearer of the tactical gear when the visual sensor identifies the target person. Further, the responsive device notifies an additional person when the visual sensor identifies a threat to a protectee of the wearer and the additional person. The responsive device may vibrate when the visual sensor of the tactical gear detects an ambient threat to the protectee of the wearer.

A haptic feedback device that includes an input unit for receiving remote object data, at least one feedback surface arranged to be touched or sensed by a user, at least one haptic actuator arranged for providing a change on the feedback surface, and a control unit that is connected to the input unit to receive the remote object data, connected to the haptic actuator, and arranged to control the haptic actuator according to the received remote object data so as to provide haptic feedback to the user.

The application provides a 3D radar measurement system capable of extending communication, comprising at least one communication branch; each communication branch comprises a first data transmission medium and at least one radar body; the radar body is used for generating measurement data; the measurement data is transmitted to a data communication relay module through the first data transmission medium and is transmitted to a central control end by the data communication relay module; for each radar body of any communication branch, when the distance of the first data transmission medium laid between the radar body and the data communication relay module or the central control end exceeds or approaches the limit distance of normal communication transmission of the first data transmission medium, at least one communication expansion module is laid between the corresponding radar body and the data communication relay module or the central control end. The application can optimize the wiring configuration of the measurement system, reduce the overall wiring cost of the measurement system, and make the measurement system have communication scalability, which is helpful to realize stable communication of the measurement system.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for saving power on a bus interface are described. A system includes a host, a device, and a repeater interposed between the host and the device. While the host and device are in a low-power state, the repeater monitors a first bus to determine if the device has woken up. When the repeater detects a remote wake-up event initiated by the device, the repeater generates an interrupt which is sent to the host. The host responds to the interrupt by initiating a resume wake-up event procedure that assumes the device is still asleep. In this way, the host is able to stay in the low-power state longer while also using a wake-up procedure that does not require the host to be aware of the existence of the repeater.

An input-information acquisition unit acquires input information indicating pressure acting on an input device and a moving state of the input device, a vibration control unit controls vibration characteristics of a vibration source signal acquired from a vibration source based on the input information, and controls the vibration characteristics using a delayed speed that is obtained by delaying a speed indicating the moving state, the input device includes a vibration generator that vibrates in accordance with a drive signal, and the drive signal includes the vibration signal that has vibration characteristics controlled by the vibration control unit.

Haptic power control techniques provide improved power control for the haptic generator to reduce deficiencies of operation and / or increase performance of the haptic generator across various thermal conditions. In some examples, a first resistance measurement can be obtained and used for estimating an actuation voltage limit for the haptic generator. In some examples, estimating the actuation voltage limit for the haptic generator using the first resistance measurement includes estimating a first actuation voltage limit for the haptic generator when the first resistance measurement is a first resistance value and estimating a second actuation voltage limit for the haptic generator when the first resistance measurement is a second resistance value.

The circuit (206) includes a signal conditioner circuit element (208), a level shifter circuit element (212), and a state detector and controller circuit element (210) coupled between the signal conditioner circuit element (208) and the level shifter circuit element (212). The state detector and controller circuit element (208) includes receiver circuit elements (228-238) and a finite state machine (222) coupled to the receiver circuit elements (228-238). The finite state machine (222) is configured to detect a first data rate from the signal, and to control operation of the signal conditioner circuit element (208) in response to detecting the first data rate and to control operation of the level shifter circuit element (212) during a second data rate.

Aspects of a re-timer-based isolator provide galvanic isolation between a first side of a system including a high voltage source and a second side of the system that may contact a person. An equalizer arranged with a physical layer on a first substrate is isolated from re-timer components arranged on a second substrate.

An integrated circuit is described.This integrated circuit may comprise: a receiving circuit coupled to a segment of a LIN bus that receives bits; a measuring circuit coupled to the receiving circuit that measures: a rising edge time and a falling edge time in the bits or a bit time and a second bit time in the bits; control logic coupled to the measuring circuit that compares the rising edge time and the falling edge time or the bit time and the second bit time; a transmitting circuit coupled to the receiving circuit that transmits the bits on a second segment of the LIN bus; and a delay circuit coupled to the control logic that applies a delay to one or more rising edges or falling edges in the bits or one or more bit times or second bit times in the bits based at least in part on the comparison.

A haptic transducer having first and second members that are reciprocally movable relative to one another. The members are magnetic and comprise a compliant member coupled between them. The haptics transducer embodiments are suitable for wearable or handheld devices or apparatuses, such as headphones or footwear as they comprise a low-profile yet provide suitable haptic feedback without significantly altering the compliance of the wearable or handheld device or apparatus.

The utility model relates to the technical field of IO-Link, in particular to an IO-Link slave station circuit supporting cascading, which comprises a master control module, a power supply module, a cascading circuit, an IO-Link communication circuit and a digital quantity interface circuit, wherein the master control module is in data communication with IO-Link master station equipment through the IO-Link communication circuit; according to the cascading IO-Link slave station circuit provided by the utility model, an expansion port of a slave station can be cascaded with a slave station by using an IO-Link communication interface, communication between a first-stage slave station and a second-stage slave station can be carried out at a distance of 20m, and the distance between the second-stage slave station and a master station can reach 40m. And thus, higher flexibility is brought to on-site signal acquisition and control.

The utility model provides a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) carrier wave enhanced signal transmitting device, which comprises a device base and an adjusting servo motor arranged below the device base, a rotating shaft is arranged in a power end of the adjusting servo motor, the rotating shaft penetrates through the device base, a top shaft is connected with a U-shaped mounting frame, and an angle adjusting frame is arranged between two plates of the U-shaped mounting frame. The signal intensifier is used for enhancing the HPLC carrier signal, so that the strength and quality of the signal can be effectively improved, the coverage range of the signal is expanded, and the reliability and stability of signal transmission are improved. The device is provided with an adjusting servo motor, an angle power motor and an intensifier rotating motor, and initial adjustment of the overall position, angle adjustment of an angle adjusting frame and rotation of an intensifier rotating disc are achieved respectively. By means of the multi-angle adjusting function, the device can better adapt to different signal emission requirements, the best signal emission angle and direction are found, and the signal transmission effect is further improved.

Method, apparatus, and system for haptic signal processing are provided. The process may include receiving haptic data in an interchange (HJIF) format based on JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and receiving a moving picture experts group haptics (MPEG_haptics) object associated with a global haptic experience, the MPEG haptics object in the HJIF format comprising a plurality of reset point timestamps. The process may include rendering effects based on the haptic data in the HJIF format; and may include resetting an output of a renderer based on determining that a current timestamp associated with the global haptic experience is equal to a reset point timestamp in the MPEG haptics object.

A device includes a button, a set of force sensors coupled with the button, a haptic engine coupled to with the button, and control circuitry, where the control circuitry is configured to control operation of the device according to a first mode of operation during a first time duration to detect user force applied to the button via signals from the set of force sensors, and control the device according to a second mode of operation during a second time duration for closed loop control of haptic feedback to the button via the haptic engine and the set of force sensors.

An actuator unit includes an actuator configured to cause a vibration by a vibrated member when a force is applied to the vibrated member and a first sensor configured to generate a first detection signal indicating a first relationship of a first physical quantity varying with time. The first physical quantity is related to the vibration of the vibrated member, a variation cycle of the first physical quantity changes based on a magnitude of the force applied to the vibrated member. The actuator unit also includes a processing circuit configured to process the first detection signal, extract a parameter indicative of the variation cycle of the first physical quantity, and estimate the magnitude of the force applied to the vibrated member based on the parameter.

A cellular range extender has a primary antenna configured to communicate with a cellular network transmitter, a secondary antenna configured to repeat a signal received from the primary antenna, and control circuitry to interconnect the primary and secondary antennas. The primary antenna includes a circular reflector having a first diameter, a circular radiator having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and four circular directors, wherein a first director has a third diameter smaller than the second diameter and second to fourth directors have a fourth diameter smaller than the third diameter, the second to fourth directors being axially spaced apart. The reflector, radiator, and the directors are all coaxial. The reflector and the directors are electrically connected or connectable to each other and the radiator is electrically isolated from the reflector and the directors. The cellular range extender has a sensitivity of the primary antenna of as low as -155 dBm.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) repeater circuits and methods of operating the same for communicating data signals from a first pair of data terminals to a second pair of data terminals of the repeater. In a first channel, an amplifier stage in a receiver amplifies a differential signal received at the first pair of data terminals to generate a differential signal at first and second output nodes of the receiver, and a transmitting circuit transmits a differential signal at the second pair of data terminals responsive to the differential signal at the first and second output nodes of the receiver. The receiver includes a hysteresis stage that receives an offset in opposition to the differential signal at the first and second output nodes of the receiver. End-of-packet (EOP) dribble in USB communications in the HS mode is reduced by the offset at the hysteresis stage.

The invention provides a linear network and a relay dynamic adjustment method thereof, the method is applied to a communication front-end processor of the linear network, the linear network further comprises a plurality of acquisition stations connected in sequence, and at least one relay acquisition station is arranged in the plurality of acquisition stations; the communication front-end processor obtains signal quality margins of the relay acquisition stations, and the signal quality margins are matched with peak-to-peak value amplitude margins and signal-to-noise ratio margins of the relay acquisition stations; and performing relay dynamic adjustment according to the signal quality margin of the relay acquisition station and a preset safety threshold. Through obtaining the signal quality margin of the relay acquisition station, the change of the industrial environment is quantified, and then the relay dynamic adjustment is adaptively performed, so that the relay layout is optimized, the communication delay and energy consumption are reduced as much as possible, and the data transmission efficiency is ensured under the condition that the communication signal quality of the acquisition station in the linear network is ensured.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags having functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) engineered to change in resistance when exposed to a variety of analytes to provide an inexpensive framework for distributed sensing. For example, a printing process can be developed for liquid inks comprising CNTs, and RFID sensors can be fabricated with functionalized CNTs as the active elements. The tags can work independent of distance and can sense changes in resistance of a sensing element. The tags can include an antenna with an inductive loop and two sets of dipole arms having functionalized carbon nanotubes, and a RFID chip that separates the two sets of dipole arms. The dipole arms can capture an analyte on a plurality of sensors and generate a plurality of resonant peaks therefrom. The peaks can be analyzed by comparing the damping therebetween, or by shifting the resonant frequency of the tag to determine presence of the analyte.

A sensory control method includes a step of receiving, a step of converting, and a step of outputting. In the step of receiving, a sensitivity parameter is received. In the step of converting, the received sensitivity parameter is converted into, among a plurality of physical parameters included in physical properties relating to a sensory presentation, a physical parameter correlated with the sensitivity parameter. In the step of outputting, a sensory presentation signal based on the physical parameter obtained as a result of the conversion is output.

The invention discloses an HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) and Lora dual-mode converged communication repeater and a communication method, relates to the technical field of power line carrier communication, and solves the technical problem that a communication island node is easy to exist in an ammeter data acquisition process, so that the data acquisition success rate and efficiency are influenced. The device comprises an HPLC main control module, a Lora main control module and a communication module, the HPLC master control module is used for performing HPLC communication and judging and switching the master node repeater and the slave node repeaters; the Lora master control module is used for analyzing a Lora protocol to carry out Lora communication, and a Lora data relay link is established between the master node relay and the slave node relay; and the communication module is used for communication connection between the slave node repeater and the island node ammeter. According to the invention, HPLC power line communication and Lora wireless communication are fused, the island node ammeter can be effectively covered, and the meter reading success rate and efficiency are improved.

When operation information based on motion is input, a pseudo haptic sense presentation device generates a presentation signal for presenting visual information in which a state representing at least any color attribute changes stepwise over time on the basis of visual adjustment information. Here, the visual adjustment information is information for controlling at least one of a change delay amount corresponding to a time from the input of the operation information to start of a change in the state, a change duration amount corresponding to a time from the start to end of the change in the state, or a change rate corresponding to a change amount per unit time of the state.

A detector circuit of an eUSB repeater is coupled to a USB bus to detect a wake signal from a device through the USB bus and to send a forced resume signal to the device in response thereto. Repeater logic of the eUSB repeater repeats the received wake signal to the host. The host has a suspend state and an active state. The detector circuit detects the host resume signal from the host in the active state and stops sending the forced resume signal to the device in response thereto.

The application provides a linear network and a relay dynamic adjustment method thereof. The method is applied to a communication front end machine of the linear network. The linear network further comprises a plurality of acquisition stations connected in sequence, and at least one relay acquisition station is arranged in the plurality of acquisition stations. The communication front end machine acquires signal quality margins of each relay acquisition station. The signal quality margin is matched with a peak-to-peak amplitude margin and a signal-to-noise ratio margin of the relay acquisition station. According to the signal quality margin of the relay acquisition station and a preset safety threshold, relay dynamic adjustment is performed. The signal quality margin of the relay acquisition station is acquired to quantify the change of an industrial environment, and then the relay dynamic adjustment is adaptively performed. In the case of guaranteeing the communication signal quality of the acquisition stations in the linear network, the relay layout is optimized, the communication delay and the energy consumption are reduced as much as possible, and the data transmission efficiency is guaranteed.

A fully 3-D printed, soft, monolithic 4-DoF fingertip haptic technology is provided, called FingerPrint, that stimulates linear and rotational shear, pressure, and vibration on the finger pad. Constructed using an origami waterbomb base mechanism and printed from a flexible material, the device embeds four sets of eight foldable vacuum-powered pneumatic actuators to achieve three translational (x, y, z) and one rotational (torsion) tactile motions and forces of a tactor end-effector on the finger pad skin.

An in-vehicle relay apparatus configured to reduce an adverse effect from an unauthorized apparatus being connected to a communication line in a vehicle. The in-vehicle relay apparatus is to be connected to a plurality of communication lines mounted in a vehicle, and relays transmission / reception of data between the communication lines. The in-vehicle relay apparatus includes a relay restricting unit restricting data transmitted by a communication apparatus newly connected to one communication line from being relayed to another communication line. A behavior analysis unit analyzes an operation performed by the communication apparatus, based on correspondence information between an input value that is input to the communication apparatus and an operation result of the communication apparatus in response to the input value. A restriction cancelling unit cancels relay restriction performed by the relay restricting unit, in accordance with a result of analysis performed by the behavior analysis unit.

Disclosed are one or more embodiments for repeater circuitry including timing circuitry configured to generate a control signal, where a state of the control signal drives a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation for the repeater circuitry, switching circuitry configured to cause the repeater circuitry to initially operate in the first mode and transmit an initialization signal generated by a processor to an imaging device while the repeater circuitry is operating in the first mode, and buffer circuitry, where in response to the switching circuitry causing the repeater circuitry to subsequently operate in the second mode based on a change to the state of the control signal, the buffer circuitry is configured to receive and amplify the one or more data signals from the imaging device to generate one or more amplified data signals for transmission to the processor.

A repeater usable as one of a plurality of repeaters (11-15) forming a communication network (1) together with a monitoring device (30), wherein the plurality of repeaters (11~15) each have a plurality of ports (P0~P7), wherein at least one of the plurality of ports (P0~P7) in each of the plurality of repeaters (11~15) is connected to a port of another repeater, and one of the plurality of repeaters (11~15) performs port mirroring to one of its own plurality of ports (P0~P7), wherein a mirror frame duplicated by the port mirroring is transferred to the monitoring device (30) monitoring the mirror frame, wherein the mirror frame contains a header, a type, and payload, wherein the header contains a sender media access control address, sender MAC address, wherein the repeater comprises: a first transfer unit (10a, S140~S160) configured to to add port information to the mirror frame as transfer route information, the port information being indicative of (i) one port among the plurality of ports (P0~P7) at the repeater acting as a monitoring port at which the port mirroring is performed, and (ii) another port other than the one port among the plurality of ports (P0~P7) at the repeater acting as a first destination port from which the mirror frame is output and transferred to the monitoring device (30), and output the mirror frame to which the transfer route information from the first destination port has been added, when the repeater performs port mirroring and is monitored by the monitoring device (30), and a second transfer unit (10b, S170∼S200) configured to add the port information to the mirror frame as the transfer route information, wherein the port information is indicative of (iii) one port among the plurality of ports (P0~P7) of the repeater at which the mirror frame is received from the other repeater, and (iv) another port, different from the one port, among the plurality of ports (P0~P7) at the repeater acting as a subsequent destination port from which the received mirror frame is output and transferred to the monitoring device (30), and output the received mirror frame to which the transfer route information has been added from the subsequent destination port, if the repeater does not perform port mirroring and is not monitored by the monitoring device (30).