Solar cell display apparatus
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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:GB2508363A

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-04

    申请号:GB201221444

    申请日:2012-11-28

    Abstract: A display screen 12 comprises at least an upper layer 26, 36 and a lower layer 28, 38, 50. The display screen 12 can be a touchscreen. One of the upper layer 26, 36 and lower layer 28, 38, 50 is provided as a photovoltaic layer and the other of the upper layer 26, 36 and the lower layer 28, 38, 50 is provided as a display layer. The upper layer 26, 36 can be a rigid or flexible layer, and the lower layer 28, 38, 50 can also be flexible or rigid. An intermediate layer 32, 44, 48, can be provided between the upper layer 26, 36 and the lower layer 28, 38, 50. The intermediate layer 32, 44, 48 can be rigid, flexible or compressible. Each photovoltaic layer comprises at least one solar panel 52 with each solar panel 52 comprising at least one solar cell 54. The photovoltaic layer is employed to charge a power supply battery 58. The photovoltaic layer can occupy the entire display screen 12, or only a proportion of the area of the display screen 12.

    Automatic call muting using sound localization

    公开(公告)号:GB2504934A

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-19

    申请号:GB201214369

    申请日:2012-08-13

    Abstract: A mobile telephone device comprises a microphone and one or more spaced audio sensors to sense the position and/or voice characteristics of one or more individual speaking parties (16, fig.1). A mute control means 14 takes the outputs 26 of the audio sensors and employs sound phase, and/or sound time of arrival, and/or sound loudness to create a map of the positions of individual speakers (16). The mute control means 14 identifies individual speaker 16 voice characteristics at the output 30 of the microphone using at least one of audio signal analysis of the sound of individual speaker's voices; and use of voice CODEC analysis results for each individual speaker. Switching control logic 38 takes the outputs from position calculator 32 and voice analysis module 36 and uses them to control muting/unmuting of the microphone output 30 via a switch 40 such that the microphone output is muted if a speaking individual is not an accepted individual speaker. A call may involve no sound muting, may involve sound muting except for one individual speaker 16, or sound muting except for any one of a plurality of accepted individual speakers. A default individual speaker position immediately before and closest the microphone is provided.

    Battery Management Apparatus and Method

    公开(公告)号:GB2498376A

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-17

    申请号:GB201200499

    申请日:2012-01-13

    Abstract: A battery management apparatus and method for use in an electrical vehicle has a plurality of individual batteries provided within a battery pack 10. The battery pack is coupled to power vehicle traction 12 and a plurality of individually connectable vehicle appliances 18-26. A monitor keeps track of charge state by means of a battery monitor on each battery relaying instant current to a processor 27. In a first embodiment, a charge allocation profile for the whole battery pack is used where different appliances have different amounts of charge capacity allocated to them and are disconnected when discharge exceeds their allocation and are reconnected during charging when sufficient charge is available. In a second embodiment, individual batteries and appliances are connected within a network configuration allowing any battery to be connected to any appliance. Battery segments can be created, each having one or more allocated individual batteries and each segment connected to selectable services within the electric vehicle. Segmentation patterns can be changed. A segment charge allocation profile can be used within each segment in much the same way that the charge allocation profile can be used and changed for the first embodiment.

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