Author: claimsbot

1. A data transfer control method comprising:
generating a first packet that specifies interface information;
transmitting the first packet from a host-side data transfer device to a target-side data transfer device through a serial bus;
analyzing the first packet received from the host-side data transfer device by a link controller of the target-side data transfer device;
generating interface signals based on the interface information of the first packet; and
outputting the interface signals to interface bus connecting the target-side data transfer device to a plurality of target devices.
2. The data transfer control method of claim 1,
the first packet including a port number field for setting port number,
the target-side data transfer device outputting the interface signals to a port of the plurality of target devices connected to the interface bus, and
the port being selected from among ports of the plurality of target devices based on the port number set in the first packet.
3. The data transfer control method of claim 1,
the interface signals including at least one of RGB interface signals for an RGB interface, MPU interface signals for an MPU interface, and serial interface signals for a serial interface.
4. The data transfer control method of claim 1,
providing an internal register in the host-side data transfer device,
setting the interface information in the internal register, the interface information specifying signal types of the interface signals output from the target-side data transfer control device, and
generating the first packet based on the interface information of the internal register.
5. The data transfer control method of claim 2,
the internal register including register transfer start register,
generating the first packet having the interface information set in the internal register when start of transfer has instructed by using the register transfer start register, and
transmitting the first packet from the host-side data transfer device to the target-side data transfer device.
6. The data transfer control method of claim 1,
generating a second packet containing data in a data field and transmitting the second packet to the target-side data transfer control device after transmitting the first packet to the target-side data transfer control device.
7. The data transfer control method of claim 1,
the interface information including at least one of a length of a horizontal synchronization period, a length of a display period in the horizontal synchronization period, a start position of the display period in the horizontal synchronization period, a pulse width of the horizontal synchronization signal, a length of a vertical synchronization period, a length of a display period in the vertical synchronization period, a start position of the display period in the vertical synchronization period, and a pulse width of the vertical synchronization signal.
8. The data transfer control method of claim 2,
the interface information including at least one of a length of a horizontal synchronization period, a length of a display period in the horizontal synchronization period, a start position of the display period in the horizontal synchronization period, a pulse width of the horizontal synchronization signal, a length of a vertical synchronization period, a length of a display period in the vertical synchronization period, a start position of the display period in the vertical synchronization period, and a pulse width of the vertical synchronization signal.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for the classification of an occupancy status of a vehicle seat, wherein a filtered class is associated to a specific seat occupancy status based on a plurality of successive readings of at least one parameter value of a seat occupancy sensor, said method comprising the steps of:
a. determining an actual value of a first parameter of said seat occupancy sensor and associating an actual class to said actual value of said first parameter,
b. storing said actual class in a buffer comprising several previously determined classes;
c. plotting a confidence parameter, said confidence parameter being indicative of the reliability of the actual class; and
d. setting said filtered class to equal
i) an average of the classes stored in said buffer, if said confidence parameter is smaller than a first confidence threshold value; and
ii) a previously determined filtered class, if said confidence parameter is greater than said first confidence threshold value.
2. The method according to claims 1, wherein in said step d., said updated filtered class is set to equal said previously determined filtered class, if said confidence parameter is equal to said first confidence threshold value.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said confidence parameter is decreased if said actual class differs from a previously determined filtered class.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said confidence parameter is increased if said actual class corresponds to said previously determined filtered class.
5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of determining an actual value of a second parameter of said seat occupancy sensor, said second parameter being indicative of the quality of the first parameter, and if said second parameter is smaller than a predetermined quality threshold value,
a. increasing said confidence parameter, if said confidence parameter is smaller than said first confidence threshold, and
b. decreasing said confidence parameter, if said confidence parameter is greater than said first confidence threshold.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein, if said second parameter is greater than said predetermined quality threshold value, said confidence parameter is increased if said actual class corresponds to said previously determined filtered class.
7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of setting a first flag if a parameter value of said seat occupancy sensor indicates a non-human occupancy and, if said first flag is set,
a. increasing said confidence parameter, if said confidence parameter is smaller than a second confidence threshold value, said second threshold value being greater than said first threshold value, and
b. decreasing said confidence parameter, if said confidence parameter is greater than said second confidence threshold.
8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of setting a second flag if a parameter value of said seat occupancy sensor indicates that said occupancy partially occurs outside an active sensor area, and, if said second flag is set, decreasing said confidence parameter if said confidence parameter is greater than said second confidence threshold.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said first parameter is indicative of the weight of a passenger or an object occupying said seat.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said first parameter is indicative of the width of the contact surface of a passenger or an object occupying said seat.
11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of setting a third flag indicative of an occupancy of the seat, wherein said steps a. to d. are executed only if said third flag is set.
12. A Method for the classification of an occupancy status of a vehicle seat, wherein a filtered class is associated to a specific seat occupancy status based on a plurality of successive readings of at least one parameter value of a seat occupancy sensor, said method comprising the steps of:
a. determining an actual value of a first parameter of said seat occupancy sensor and associating an actual class to said actual value of said first parameter,
b. storing said actual class in a buffer comprising several previously determined classes;
c. plotting a confidence parameter, said confidence parameter being indicative of the reliability of the actual class; and
d. setting an updated filtered class to equal
i) an average of the classes stored in said buffer, if said confidence parameter is smaller than a first confidence threshold value; or
ii) a previously determined filtered class, if said confidence parameter is greater than said first confidence threshold value.
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein in said step d., said updated filtered class is set to equal said previously determined filtered class, if said confidence parameter is equal to said first confidence threshold value.
14. The method according to claim 12, wherein said confidence parameter is decreased if said actual class differs from a previously determined filtered class.
15. The method according to claim 12, wherein said confidence parameter is increased if said actual class corresponds to said previously determined filtered class.
16. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of determining an actual value of a second parameter of said seat occupancy sensor, said second parameter being indicative of the quality of the first parameter, and, if said second parameter is smaller than a predetermined quality threshold value,
a. increasing said confidence parameter, if said confidence parameter is smaller than said first confidence threshold, and
b. decreasing said confidence parameter, if said confidence parameter is greater than said first confidence threshold.
17. The method according to claim 16, wherein, if said second parameter is greater than said predetermined quality threshold value, said confidence parameter is increased if said actual class corresponds to said previously determined filtered class.
18. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of setting a first flag if a parameter value of said seat occupancy sensor indicates a non-human occupancy and, if said first flag is set,
a. increasing said confidence parameter, if said confidence parameter is smaller than a second confidence threshold value, said second threshold value being greater than said first threshold value, and
b. decreasing said confidence parameter, if said confidence parameter is greater than said second confidence threshold.
19. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of setting a second flag if a parameter value of said seat occupancy sensor indicates that said occupancy partially occurs outside an active sensor area, and, if said second flag is set, decreasing said confidence parameter if said confidence parameter is greater than said second confidence threshold.
20. The method according to claim 12, wherein said first parameter is indicative of the weight of a passenger or an object occupying said seat.
21. The method according to claim 12, wherein said first parameter is indicative of the width of the contact surface of a passenger or an object occupying said seat.
22. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of setting a third flag indicative of an occupancy of the seat, wherein said steps a. to d. are executed only if said third flag is set.

1. An electrical connector adapted for mating with a mating connector, comprising:
a base member having a base frame, a mating frame formed at a front end of the base frame, and an engaging opening defined in upper walls of the base frame and the mating frame;
a cover member having a rib at a front end thereof and a protrusion extending forwardly from the rib; and
a terminal holder assembled between the base member and the cover member and comprising an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals received in the housing and a tongue board extending forwardly from the housing into the mating frame;
wherein the protrusion of the cover member fills the engaging opening of the base member, the mating frame and the protrusion together form a mating interface with the tongue board received therein for accommodating insertion of the mating connector, and when the mating connector is inserted into the electrical connector, the mating interface elastically expands in a lateral direction.
2. The electrical connector as described in claim 1, wherein the protrusion of the cover member is formed with a forward portion, a rear portion adjacent to the rib and a middle portion connecting the forward portion and the rear portion.
3. The electrical connector as described in claim 2, wherein the forward portion of the protrusion is thinner than the middle portion.
4. The electrical connector as described in claim 2, wherein the forward portion of the protrusion and the mating frame of the base member have equal thickness.
5. The electrical connector as described in claim 2, wherein the middle portion of the protrusion and the base frame of the base member have equal thickness.
6. The electrical connector as described in claim 2, wherein the terminal holder has a recess at the top thereof for accommodating the rear portion of the protrusion.
7. The electrical connector as described in claim 1, wherein the mating interface has a trapezoidal configuration.
8. The electrical connector as described in claim 1, wherein the base member comprises a pair of engaging ears extending laterally from opposite top sides thereof.
9. The electrical connector as described in claim 8, wherein the cover member comprises a pair of projections extending forwardly from opposite lateral sides thereof, the projections being positioned below the corresponding engaging ears.
10. The electrical connector as described in claim 1, further comprising a pull tab assembled between the base member and the cover member, and a pair of latch springs assembled on the pull tab.
11. An electrical connector comprising:
a horizontal base member and a horizontal cover member complementarily assembled to each other and commonly define an internal space;
an uprightly extending base frame formed on a front portion of the base member, said base frame defining a complete circumference except an engaging opening formed thereof around the cover member;
a terminal holder snugly received in said circumference;
a plurality of terminals disposed in said terminal holder with forwardly extending mating portions for mating with a complementary connector and tail portions for electrically connecting to a cable; and
a protrusion formed on a front portion of the cover member and snugly received in said engaging opening so as to cooperate with said base frame to form the complete circumference.
12. The connector as described in claim 11, wherein said terminal holder further defines a recess in vertical alignment with said engaging opening.
13. The connector as described in claim 12, wherein a lower portion of said protrusion is received in said recess, and an upper portion of said protrusion is received in said engaging opening.
14. The connector as described in claim 11, wherein a mating frame extends forwardly from said base frame with a D-shaped periphery.
15. The connector as described in claim 14, wherein said engaging opening extends forwardly through said mating frame and form a cutout in said periphery.
16. The connector as described in claim 15, wherein said protrusion extends forwardly to occupy said cutout.
17. An electrical connector comprising:
a horizontal base member and a horizontal cover member complementarily assembled to each other and commonly define an internal space;
an uprightly extending base frame formed on a front portion of the base member;
a mating frame forwardly extending from said base frame and defining a mating port thereof;
an engaging opening interrupting a periphery of said mating frame in a front-to-back direction;
a terminal holder snugly received in said base frame;
a plurality of terminals disposed in said terminal holder with forwardly extending mating portions for mating with a complementary connector and tail portions for electrically connecting to a cable; and
a protrusion formed on a front portion of the cover member and snugly received in said engaging opening so as to cooperate with said mating frame to define a complete periphery of said mating port.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An xDSL multistandard driver circuit for amplifying an xDSL signal which is applied to an input of said xDSL multistandard driver circuit; said xDSL multistandard driver circuit being configured to be adjusted to different xDSL settings of different xDSL standards according to an operating mode control signal and comprising:
an operational amplifier configured to amplify said xDSL signal applied to said xDSL multistandard driver circuit; said operational amplifier being powered by a variable voltage supply
a signal monitoring circuit which is activated by said operating mode control signal; said signal monitoring circuit being configured, when activated by said operating mode control signal, to generate a control signal to adjust the voltage of said variable voltage supply in order to adjust the maximal signal swing of the output signal of said operational amplifier; said control signal being generated by comparing the amplitude of said xDSL signal with an amplitude threshold value,
wherein a signal gain for amplifying said xDSL signal is adjusted on the basis of an operating mode of said operating mode control signal.
2. The circuit of claim 1, comprising a first resistor, a second resistor and a first switching device which is controlled by said operating mode control signal; said switching device being configured to connect the first resistor or the second resistor between the output and the input of said operational amplifier dependent on said operating mode control signal to adjust said gain of said operational amplifier.
3. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said control signal adjusts the voltage of said variable voltage supply to a higher voltage value, if said amplitude of said xDSL signal applied to said xDSL multistandard driver circuit exceeds the amplitude threshold value.
4. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said monitoring circuit comprises a comparator.
5. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said input of said xDSL multistandard driver circuit is connected via at least one first capacitor to an input of said signal monitoring circuit.
6. The circuit of claim 5, wherein said xDSL multistandard driver circuit comprises a third resistor being connected between said first capacitor and said input of said operational amplifier.
7. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said amplitude threshold value is adjustable.
8. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said xDSL multistandard driver circuit comprises a fourth resistor being connected to an output of said operational amplifier and to primary windings of a transformer.
9. The circuit of claim 8, wherein said transformer has secondary windings which are connected in series which a second capacitor.
10. The circuit of claim 9, wherein said second capacitor is connected to a signal output of said xDSL multistandard driver circuit.
11. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said xDSL multistandard driver circuit comprises a second switching device being controlled by said control signal to adjust the voltage of said variable voltage supply.
12. The circuit of claim 2, wherein the resistances of the first resistor and the second resistor are programmable.
13. The circuit of claim 8, wherein said fourth resistor is fed back to said input of said operational amplifier via a fifth resistor in order to produce a synthesized output impedance.
14. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said operational amplifier is a class G power amplifier.
15. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said xDSL multistandard driver circuit is of fully differential design.
16. The circuit of claim 1, further comprising a control circuit which generates said operating mode control signal; said control circuit being configured to determine the appropriate xDSL of said applied xDSL signal based on a training signal sequence.
17. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said xDSL settings are at least two out of the group of xDSL settings consisting of an ADSL, a VDSL, a SHDSL, and an HDSL standard setting.
18. A multistandard driver circuit for amplifying a signal which is applied to an input of said multistandard driver circuit; said multistandard driver circuit being configured to be adjusted to different settings of different standards according to an operating mode control signal and comprising:
an operational amplifier configured to amplify said signal applied to said multistandard driver circuit; said operational amplifier being powered by a variable voltage supply;
a signal monitoring circuit which is activated by said operating mode control signal; said signal monitoring circuit being configured, when activated by said operating mode control signal, to generate a control signal to adjust the voltage of said variable voltage supply; said control signal being generated by comparing the amplitude of said signal with an amplitude threshold value,
wherein a signal gain for amplifying said signal is adjusted on the basis of an operating mode of said operating mode control signal.
19. The circuit of claim 18, wherein said operational amplifier has a gain being adjustable by said operating mode control signal.