Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Robert Campesi

Benjamin Abraham

Yancy Chen

David N Skinner

Donald Gonzalez

A system includes a power supply and a power switch to connect an external power source that is external to the system to the power supply. The power switch has an on position and an off position. The power switch if actuated to the off position causes the system to be electrically isolated from the external power source. A control circuit is responsive to actuation of the power switch to provide a signal to cause software control of a power state of the system.

Control for electrically isolating power supply from external source with momentary switch and latching relay controlled by signal generated from power supply voltage

A remote control system for a computer, and a corresponding method include a Web camera having an image capture unit, the image capture unit including one or more devices capable of receiving imagery from multiple, distinct sections of the electromagnetic spectrum; a detection and separation module capable of detecting and separating the imagery into at least one signal capable of cursor control, wherein the signal capable of cursor control is generated by a remote control device; and a processing unit that receives the signal capable of cursor control and generates one or more cursor control signals, wherein the one or more cursor control signals include signals indicative of movement of the remote control device, the movement capable of translation to movement of a cursor displayed on a display of the computer.

System and method for remote control of a computer

Systems, apparatus and methods for controlling the flow of power are provided. A current source () can be coupled to an uninterruptible power supply () to provide an uninterruptible current. A first service connection () can be coupled to the uninterruptible current using one or more conductors. A monitor (), measuring one or more parameters, can be disposed in, on, or about the one or more conductors coupled to the first service connection (). A first interruptible service connection () can be coupled to the current source () using one or more conductors. A first switch () can be disposed in, on, or about the conductors coupled to the one or more interruptible service connections (). A control logic device () can be coupled to the monitor () and to the first switch () to interrupt the flow of current to the first interruptible service connection () when one or more parameters measured by the monitor () falls below a pre-determined threshold.

CPU status controlled uninterruptible power supply

Embodiments of the present invention include a switch component, incorporated within a computer system, that receives switch commands from users and that controls internal switches to direct output to, and receive input from, either components of the computer system or one or more external-access ports. The switch component allows one or more external computers to access internal components of, or external peripherals attached to, a computer system that includes the switch component.

Switch providing external access to computer-system components and computer-system peripherals

A system comprising a first battery cavity and a second battery cavity adjacent to the first battery cavity. Both of the first and second battery cavities are oriented in a common direction. The system also comprises a third battery cavity which comprises at least part of the first battery cavity and at least part of the second battery cavity. The third battery cavity is oriented in a different direction than the common direction.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Robert Campesi