International Business Machines Corporation

Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Lenvo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Takeshi Matsumoto

Shigefumi Odaohhara

Masaki Kobayashi

Toshihiko Yoshida

Masakazu Atsumi

Daryl Carvis Cromer

Tin-Lup Wong

Hiromitsu Yamaguchi

Kenneth Scott Seethaler

Seita Horikoshi

Jeremy Robert Carlson

Larry Glenn Estes

Mizuho Tadokoro

Takaaki Aoki

Atsushi Kumaki

Anthony F Corkell

At least one embodiment of the invention provides a multi-modal rechargeable battery pack that can switch between charging algorithms dynamically. This dynamic switching can be accomplished in a wide variety of ways, for example via external command or automatically. At least one embodiment of the invention provides a system that can switch a multi-modal rechargeable battery pack between one or more of a runtime mode, a lifespan mode, and a quick charge mode.

Multi-modal battery pack

In the context of a notebook computer, multiple battery safety measures in the computer, battery pack, and individual battery cells. These battery packs include industry standard safety mechanisms as well as additional safeguards designed to increase safety. The additional safeguards can be categorized in the following ways. The first safeguard deals with multiple, independent levels of battery monitoring. The second safeguard employs abnormal condition detection methods. The third safeguard deals with improvements to mechanical and thermal design.

Power supply methods and arrangements

An electrical apparatus includes a body for consuming power; a battery for supplying power to the body, wherein the body is capable of detecting an installation of the battery into the body, correlating the installation of the battery to a current real-time date, and displaying the date on which the battery was first installed in the body; and a display of a full charge capacity of the battery, the full charge capacity being calculated by comparing an actual present capacity of the battery to an estimated present capacity of the battery.

Electrical apparatus, computer system, intelligent battery, battery diagnosis method, batter-state display method, and program

A computer provided with an intelligent batteryfor charging/discharging, the intelligent batterysupplying power to a main system unit, wherein the intelligent batteryincludes: a voltage measuring circuitfor measuring a battery voltage of the intelligent batterya current measuring circuitfor measuring a charging/discharging current of the intelligent batterya temperature measuring circuitfor measuring a temperature of the intelligent batteryand a CPUfor periodically reading the battery voltage measured by the voltage measuring circuitthe charging/discharging current measured by the current measuring circuitand the temperature measured by the temperature measuring circuitso as to manage a capacity deterioration of the battery due to a storage deterioration and a cycle deterioration, and wherein the main system unit includes an embedded controllerfor receiving information about the capacity deterioration from the CPUof the battery.

Electric device with intelligent battery system therein

The disclosed invention reduces the possibility that an applicant who uses an unattended card issuing machine can change the contents of an application, intentionally or through error. Since the scanner device of an unattended card issuing machine also performs the image transmission function and a facsimile device is not necessary, there is a savings in the required space. Also, there is only one location where a document is positioned, whether an identification document or an application document, thus the operation will not confuse an applicant. The scanner device is so designed that it completely encloses and retains an inserted document, so that there are no problems when an application form is scanned and its image data are prepared. Thus, the possibility that the contents of an application may be changed intentionally or through error is substantially eliminated. According to another feature of the present invention, a shutter, which is freely opened and closed, is located along the paper feed route. When an identification document, such as a driver's license, is positioned on the scanner device, this shutter is closed and prevents that document from erroneously being carried in.

Card issuing machine and a method for controlling the same

Leakage current due to light incident upon the semiconductor layer which forms the channel of a TFT is eliminated. An insulating layer is formed between one of source and drain electrodes and the semiconductor layer over a distance which is longer than a hole-electron recombination distance, from all the edges of at least one of the source and drain electrodes of the TFT so that it overlaps the semiconductor layer.

Thin film transistor and active matrix liquid crystal display device

A redundantly constructed liquid crystal display which has high aperture efficiency. Pixels are arranged in a matrix at the intersections of scan and data lines and storage capacitor lines are provided to supply the pixels with storage capacitors. The pixels are arranged in groups of two pixels adjoining each other by arranging scan lines (or data lines) in groups of two pixels closely adjoining each other. One storage capacitor line is provided for every two adjoining pixels between the scan lines (or data lines) and disposed in the same direction as the scan lines (or data lines). Two storage capacitors corresponding to the two adjoining pixels are provided for each storage capacitor line and one auxiliary storage capacitor is provided to be shared by every two adjoining pixels. Alternatively, both the scan lines and the data lines may be arranged in groups of two closely adjacent lines so that a unit or group of four adjacent pixels is formed. The storage capacitor line, then has associated with it a storage capacitor for each of the four pixels and a single auxiliary storage capacitor for the four pixels.

Liquid crystal display having a redundant storage capacitor for

A demodulator for reading a self-clocking frequency modulated code establishes time frames based on the reading process by which erroneous signal peaks can be detected. Signal peaks that fall outside of prescribed time frames are detected as errors, as are extra peaks occurring when only one is permitted. This demodulator is particularly useful in reading data from a magnetic stripe record on a bank passbook or credit card.

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Fujisawa, Japan

Takeshi Matsumoto