399 results about "Unit charge" patented technology

A data communication unit receives encrypted digital data via a network and records the digital data on a primary recording medium. The digital data, having been encrypted in different encryption systems according to the distributers, include attribute information indicating the encryption systems. The encryption system of the digital data is determined and the encrypted data is decrypted by an appropriate decryption unit. Identification information of a secondary recording medium or a playback apparatus is obtained according to whether the secondary recording medium is removable from the playback apparatus. A controller selects an encryption unit among a plurality of encryption units according to the obtained identification information. The selected encryption unit creates an encryption key according to the identification information and re-encrypts the digital data. A recording unit records the digital data on the secondary recording medium. An accounting unit charges according to accounting information in the attribute information.

A data communication unit receives encrypted digital data via a network and records the digital data on a primary recording medium. The digital data, having been encrypted in different encryption methods according to the distributers, include attribute information indicating the encryption methods. The encryption method of the digital data is determined and the encrypted data is decrypted by an appropriate decryption unit. Identification information of a secondary recording medium or a playback apparatus is obtained according to whether the secondary recording medium is removable from the playback apparatus. A controller selects an encryption unit among a plurality of encryption units according to the obtained identification information. The selected encryption unit creates an encryption key according to the identification information and re-encrypts the digital data. A recording unit records the digital data on the secondary recording medium. An accounting unit charges according to accounting information in the attribute information.

According to the present invention, a charging and discharging circuit is electrically connected to an operation signal line and a detection signal line, and repeats a charging and discharging operation of a node capacitor. The present invention also includes an integration capacitor electrically connected to the detection signal line and an integration circuit charging the integration capacitor to a unit charging voltage every charging and discharging operation of the node capacitor such that the integration capacitor is charged to a first voltage that is integrated according to a charging and discharging number. The integration circuit may include a reset switch electrically connected to the integration capacitor and discharging the first voltage integrated and charged to the integration capacitor for initializing.

An apparatus for producing a laminated object, includes a powder layer forming unit for forming a powder layer of a powdery material, a material supply unit for feeding the powdery material to the powder layer forming unit; and a solidified layer forming unit for forming a solidified layer by irradiating a light beam on a specified portion of the powder layer and sintering or melting the specified portion of the powder layer. The apparatus is configured to produce an integrally laminated three-dimensional object by repeating formation of the powder layer and formation of the solidified layer. The material supply unit includes a cartridge unit charged with the powdery material, the cartridge unit being configured to allow the powdery material to drop downwards.

An apparatus for driving a plasma display panel (PDP). The PDP includes a sustain discharge unit, a first charge and discharge unit, and a second charge and discharge unit. The sustain discharge unit maintains a voltage of a terminal of the panel capacitor at the sustain discharge voltage or the ground voltage. The first charge and discharge unit charges one end of the panel capacitor to the sustain discharge voltage or discharges one end of the panel capacitor to the ground voltage. The second charge and discharge unit charges the other end of the panel capacitor to the sustain discharge voltage or discharges the other end of the panel capacitor to the ground voltage.

A pixel circuit of a display device, an organic light emitting display device and a method for driving the same are discussed. The pixel circuit of the display device in one example includes an organic light emitting device emitting light through a current; a driving transistor controlling the current flowing in the organic light emitting device; a first capacitor connected between gate and source electrodes of the driving transistor; a second capacitor in which a data voltage is previously stored; and a switching unit charging the data voltage, which is stored in the second capacitor, in the first capacitor, and allowing the organic light emitting device to emit light by driving the driving transistor in accordance with the data voltage charged in the first capacitor and at the same time charging a data voltage of next frame in the second capacitor.

A charger for an electronic device that charges a rechargeable battery of the electronic device. The charger includes a detection unit, which detects connection of another electronic device to the electronic device through a communication cable including a power supply line. A charging unit charges the rechargeable battery with power supply voltage from the power supply line. A measurement unit acquires a measurement value indicating a degree of a voltage drop of the power supply voltage occurred when the charging unit performs charging. A control unit instructs a charging current value for charging the rechargeable battery with the charging unit. When the detection unit detects connection of the other electronic device, the control unit monitors the measurement value while instructing the charging unit to increase the charging current value from an initial current value and determines the charging current value based on the monitored measurement value.

A disclosed battery charger comprises multiple interfaces provided corresponding to multiple mobile devices, the interfaces being connected to the mobile devices in wired or wireless connection; a charge parameter setting unit setting one or more charge parameters for the mobile devices; a switching control unit switching timing of charging the multiple mobile devices based on the charge parameters set by the charge parameter setting unit; and a charging unit charging one of the mobile devices selected by the switching control unit.

The invention discloses a charging pile access control method based on charging station load real-time scheduling. The control method is characterized by taking an electric-automobile intelligent charging information platform as a carrier; through real-time data of transformer side output power of each cell, a user side electrical load, charging station side output power and the like and electrical load curve data collected and provided by an intelligent power distribution terminal, combining charging pile foundation data, a charging state and other data to carry out integration calculating; calculating a schedulable load in a current time period and a maximum accessible charging amount of the charging pile in an unit charging station within the scheduling period; and considering a real-time load rate in a power supply range of a transformer substation and a number of the charging piles to be charged, and optimally distributing a charging pile access amount of each line. In the invention, problems that whether power distribution network power exceeds a standard can only be statically monitored and a response can not be made in real time currently are solved, and ordered charging ofan electric automobile and safe and economic operation of a distribution network are realized.

A level shifter that shifts a low supply voltage input signal to a higher supply voltage output signal includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit is connected to a high power supply voltage source and receives the input signal. The first unit acts as a startup circuit such that when the level shifter is switched on, the first unit discharges an output node if the input signal is a logic low, and when the input signal is a logic high, the first unit charges a control node to the voltage of the input signal. The second unit is connected to the first unit and the high power supply voltage source, and also receives the input signal. The second unit shifts the input signal to the higher supply voltage output signal. The level shifter operates only at the high power supply voltage.

The present invention provides a charging apparatus capable of efficiently charging battery in view of power consumption and a charging method. The charging apparatus has a charging unit which charges a battery, a remaining capacity detecting unit which detects remaining capacity of the battery, a necessary charging capacity obtaining unit which obtains charging capacity necessary for use after completion of the charging of the battery, an additional charging capacity calculating unit which calculates additional charging capacity for additionally charging the battery based on the remaining capacity and the necessary charging capacity of the battery, a charging current determining unit which determines a charging current at the time when the charging unit charges for the additional charging capacity based on power consumption generated at the time of charging for the additional charging capacity, and a control unit which controls the charging unit based on the determined charging current.

The invention provides a hybrid battery module and a battery management method. The hybrid battery module is provided with a first energy storage unit, a second energy storage unit and a charging unit, wherein, the charging unit is coupled between the first energy storage unit and the second energy storage unit and is used for selectively providing a charging path between the first energy storage unit and the second energy storage unit so that the first energy storage unit charges the second energy storage unit or the second energy storage unit charges the first energy storage unit. In the invention, by adopting the charging unit, the first energy storage unit and the second energy storage unit can transfer energy to each other so as to maintain the best power status.

Provided is a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag whose data can be stably read at a long distance on the basis of a passive RFID tag. The RFID tag includes a rechargeable unit charged to a predetermined voltage, and a power source including a direct current (DC) power source including a rectifier for converting an RF signal into DC power and a regulator for supplying a predetermined DC voltage, an interceptor disposed between the rechargeable unit and the DC power source to connecting or disconnecting the power to the rechargeable unit, and an overvoltage preventor connected to an output terminal of the DC power source in parallel.

The present invention relates to an electrical energy regulator system for a power supply bus, the system including:an electrical energy storage unit,a solar generator having a plurality of cells,a system for regulating the bus power supply voltage adapted to impose on each cell one of the following three states:a first state in which the bus is supplied with current,a second state in which the storage unit (BAT) is supplied with current, anda third state in which the cell is shunted,the cells being divided by the bus voltage regulator system into:a first group in which at least one cell supplies power to the bus and one cell is assigned to regulation of the voltage of the bus and is in its first state only when maintaining a nominal bus voltage requires a top-up of current, anda second group in which at least one cell is either in a second state or in a third state, as a function of a required charging current of the storage unit, the number of cells in the second state being a function of the required charging current.The system further includes a system means for regulating the charging of the storage unit which assign at least one cell of the second group to supplying power to the storage unit (BAT) and one cell of the second group to regulating the voltage of the storage unit, the storage unit charging voltage regulator cell being in its second state only when maintaining a nominal charging voltage requires a top-up of current.

An image forming apparatus comprises a latent image support which supports an electrostatic latent image. A charging unit charges a surface of the image support. A latent image formation unit forms an electrostatic latent image on the image support surface. A developing unit develops the latent image with toner to form a toner image. A transfer unit transfers the toner image from the image support to a recording medium. A ransnsport unit transports the recording medium so that the image support surface is countered to a surface of the recording medium. The surface of the image support has a coefficient of friction ranging from 0.1 to 0.7 according to Euler belt method, and a difference between a speed of the image support and a speed of the recording medium is below 1%, and the image support has an outermost surface containing a filler and a binder resin.

An apparatus for driving a plasma display panel (PDP). The PDP includes a sustain discharge unit, a first charge and discharge unit, and a second charge and discharge unit. The sustain discharge unit maintains a voltage of a terminal of the panel capacitor at the sustain discharge voltage or the ground voltage. The first charge and discharge unit charges one end of the panel capacitor to the sustain discharge voltage or discharges one end of the panel capacitor to the ground voltage. The second charge and discharge unit charges the other end of the panel capacitor to the sustain discharge voltage or discharges the other end of the panel capacitor to the ground voltage.

A NOx catalyst is provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine for selectively purifying NOx in exhaust gas with a reducing agent. A charging unit charges the reducing agent at an upstream of the NOx catalyst. A pressurizing unit supplies the reducing agent to the charging unit. An obtaining unit detects or estimates catalyst temperature of the NOx catalyst or temperature information, which is correlated with the catalyst temperature. A particle size control unit changes reducing-agent pressure of reducing agent, which is pressurized by the pressurizing unit and supplied to the charging unit, to control an atomized particle size of the reducing agent, which is atomized from the charging unit and charged into exhaust gas, based on the catalyst temperature or the temperature information.

There is a need for inspecting a heightwise variation in a sample. A holder holds a sample. A charge control unit charges the sample held by the holder. A retarding power supply applies a voltage to the sample held by the holder. An electro-optic system radiates an electron beam to the sample applied with a voltage by the retarding power supply and images a mirror electron returning near the surface of the sample. An image processing unit processes a mirror image resulting from imaging the mirror electron. The image processing unit outputs information corresponding to a difference between mirror images, i.e., a mirror image acquired by imaging the mirror electron and a mirror image for a prepared standard preparation, as a heightwise variation in a sample.

The invention provides a public charging management system which is applied to public equipment provided with power sources. The public charging management system comprises a communication unit, a power source converting unit, a billing unit and a central control unit. The public charging management system is communicated with a server through the communication unit. The server is provided with an online bank payment system. The power source converting unit charges a to-be-charged device connected with a charging interface. The billing unit computes cost according to charged electricity quantity. The central control unit generates an electronic payment bill, sends the electronic payment bill to the server according to the computed cost, and logs in the online bank payment system so as to enable a user to pay an unpaid electronic payment bill. Further provided is a charging method. The public charging management system and the charging method facilitates charging and paying by the user.

An exhaust gas purification system equipped, from an upstream side toward downstream side through which an exhaust gas flows, with a plasma reactor and a catalyst unit charged with a catalyst acting on NOx in the exhaust gas in this order, and equipped with a reducing agent supplying device to supply a reducing agent at an upstream side of the plasma reactor, wherein the catalyst has an NO2 adsorptive catalyst layer and an NO2 selective reduction catalyst layer contacting the NO2 adsorptive catalyst layer.

A hybrid vehicle includes a power storage device, a power generation unit, and a control device. The power storage device stores electric power for driving the vehicle. The power generation unit charges the power storage device. The control device is configured to set a target state of charge of the power storage device based on a scheduled non-use period set by the user, and control the power generation unit so as to adjust the state of charge of the power storage device to the target state of charge.

An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. A charge unit charges a surface of an organic photo conductor (OPC) to a predetermined electric potential. A developing unit develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the OPC by coating a developer on the same. A power supply unit supplies power to the charge unit and the developing unit. A control unit regulates the power supplied to the charge unit and the developing unit. After a developing process in the developing unit, the control unit regulates the power applied to at least one of the charge unit and the developing unit so as to collect a residual developer on the surface of the OPC to the developing unit. Accordingly, contamination of the charge unit and the transfer unit can be prevented and an image of a good quality can be achieved.

The invention discloses a dual-group battery unit charging system for a dust collector and relates to the circuit technology of a charging dust collector. The dual-group battery unit charging system comprises a first battery unit and a second battery unit, which are connected in the dust collector in parallel; a charging end port commonly used by the first and second battery units is connected with a charging seat; the charging loops of the first and second battery units are provided with a charging control module respectively; the charging control modules are connected with a charging processor and can realize the simultaneous charging for the two groups of battery units connected in parallel so the charging efficiency is improved. The invention also discloses a corresponding charging control method, voltage of the two groups of battery units is detected, and the two groups of battery units are charged in constant current and constant voltage mode in sequence, so the charging efficiency and the charging saturation are ensured; when the two groups of battery units have a condition of being more than a preset voltage difference, the charging current can be adjusted to balance the charging time of the two groups of battery units.

The present invention relates to an electrical energy regulator system for a power supply bus, the system including: an electrical energy storage unit, a solar generator comprising a plurality of cells, means for regulating the bus power supply voltage adapted to impose on each cell one of the following three states: a first state in which the bus is supplied with current, a second state in which the storage unit (BAT) is supplied with current, and a third state in which the cell is shunted, the cells being divided by the bus voltage regulator means into: a first group in which at least one cell supplies power to the bus and one cell is assigned to regulation of the voltage of the bus and is in its first state only when maintaining a nominal bus voltage requires a top-up of current, and a second group in which at least one cell is either in a second state or in a third state, as a function of a required charging current of the storage unit, the number of cells in the second state being a function of the required charging current. According to the invention, the system further includes means for regulating the charging of the storage unit which assign at least one cell of the second group to supplying power to the storage unit (BAT) and one cell of the second group to regulating the voltage of the storage unit, the storage unit charging voltage regulator cell being in its second state only when maintaining a nominal charging voltage requires a top-up of current.

An electric vehicle charging system is disclosed, wherein the electric vehicle charging system comprises: a station battery bank storing electric energy; a station battery charging unit changing an AC signal to a DC signal that is supplied for the station battery bank; and a vehicle charging unit charging an electric vehicle with the DC signal from the station battery bank.

A secondary battery has a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and is charged and discharged. A charge-discharge control unit controls charge and discharge of the secondary battery, and includes a storage unit, a calculating unit, and a control processing unit. The storage unit stores therein charge-discharge characteristics of the secondary battery. The calculating unit calculates a charge-discharge condition of the secondary battery based on the charge-discharge characteristics stored in the storage unit. The control processing unit charges and discharges the secondary battery based on the charge-discharge condition. The storage unit stores therein model data of degradation. The calculating unit compares the model data of degradation with charge-discharge data of when the secondary battery is charged and discharged, calculates charge-discharge characteristics of the positive electrode and charge-discharge characteristics of the negative electrode, and determines the charge-discharge condition of the secondary battery based on the calculated charge-discharge characteristics.

The invention discloses a multi-battery quick charging circuit which comprises an electricity quantity detection unit, a charging judgment unit and a charging unit. The electricity quantity detection unit is used for detecting remaining electricity quantity of each battery, a first electricity quantity threshold value is preset by the charging judgment unit, and the charging judgment unit is used for comparing the detected remaining electricity quantity of each battery with the first electricity quantity threshold value; when the circumstance that multiple batteries need to be charged is judged by the charging judgment unit, the charging unit charges the batteries within a first time period through a first strategy; when the remaining electricity quantity of one or more of the batteries is equal to a second electricity quantity threshold value, the charging unit charges the batteries within a second time period through a second strategy; when the remaining electricity quantity of one or one of the batteries is equal to a third electricity quantity threshold value, the charging unit charges the batteries within a third time period through a third strategy, wherein the first time period, the second time period and the third period are in succession and are not overlapped.