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US 12,386,411 · App. 17/781,172 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Control device and data processing system

Inventors: Haruki Katagiri (Kanagawa, JP); Kyoichi Mukao (Kanagawa, JP); Taiki Nonaka (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuhiko Fujita (Kanagawa, JP); Yuta Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G06F1/3237G06F21/32G06V40/1365G06F1/3203G06F1/3287G06F9/4418
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Patent No.
US 12,386,411
App. No.
17/781,172
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The power consumption of a control device or a data processing system is reduced. Safety is enhanced. An electronic device is operated in a simple way. A control device includes an arithmetic circuit, an input unit, and a power management unit. The input unit includes a sensor element. The power management unit has a function of controlling supply and shutdown of power to the arithmetic circuit. The power management unit has a function of supplying power to the arithmetic circuit in response to a detection signal output from the sensor element. The sensor element includes one or more selected from an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a magnetic sensor. The arithmetic circuit includes a register. The register includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The register has a function of storing, in the second circuit, first data stored in the first circuit in a period during which the power management unit supplies power to the arithmetic circuit and retaining the first data, in a period during which the power management unit stops power supply to the arithmetic circuit. The arithmetic circuit has a function of generating second data with use of signal data output from the sensor element and the first data.

Claims (21)

1. A data processing system comprising:

a first housing, a second housing, an arithmetic circuit including a register and a cache for an arithmetic operation, an input unit including a sensor element, a power management unit, and a data processing unit,

wherein the arithmetic circuit, the input unit, and the power management unit are each at least partly positioned inside the first housing,

wherein the data processing unit is at least partly positioned inside the second housing,

wherein the power management unit is configured to control supply and shutdown of power to the arithmetic circuit,

wherein the sensor element includes one or more selected from an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a magnetic sensor,

wherein the register includes a first circuit and a second circuit,

wherein the register is configured to write first data in the first circuit in a first period during which the power management unit supplies power to the arithmetic circuit,

wherein the register is configured to write the first data in the second circuit in a second period during which the power management unit stops power supply to the arithmetic circuit,

wherein the second circuit is configured to retain the first data when supply of a clock signal is stopped,

wherein the arithmetic circuit is configured to generate second data with use of signal data output from the sensor element and the first data,

wherein the cache is configured to store and retain third data in the second period during which the power management unit stops power supply to the arithmetic circuit,

wherein the arithmetic circuit is configured to wirelessly transmit the second data and the third data to the data processing unit, and

wherein the data processing unit is configured to generate image data with use of the second data and the third data.

2. The data processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising a flexible display unit,

wherein the flexible display unit is positioned along a surface of the first housing, and

wherein the flexible display unit includes a region functioning as a touch sensor.

3. The data processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the flexible display unit includes a first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting devices between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate.

4. The data processing system according to claim 1 , comprising a third housing,

wherein the third housing includes a display unit, and

wherein the display unit is configured to display the image data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2023
From: KATAGIRI, HARUKI; MUKAO, KYOICHI; NONAKA, TAIKI; FUJITA, KAZUHIKO; ISHIKAWA, YUTA
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064355/0133 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-221483 · Dec 6, 2019 · national
JP 2020-038834 · Mar 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230004207A1 · Jan 5, 2023
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