SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150009304 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A portable electronic equipment ( | 01-08-2015 |
20140292262 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND A METHOD THEREIN - An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method for magnetically connecting an electrical device to a connector head | 10-02-2014 |
20140232900 | LIGHT SENSITIVE, LOW HEIGHT, AND HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE CAMERA - A user device includes a dual array camera in which a first camera includes a first image sensor without a color filter array to capture luminance, and a second camera includes a second image sensor with a color filter array to capture chrominance. | 08-21-2014 |
20140210727 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-BASED DEACTIVATION OF TOUCH INPUT SIGNALING - To enhance user interaction with an electronic device having a touch screen, the electronic device permits touch-based user input even if the user inadvertently rests a thumb or finger on the touch screen. | 07-31-2014 |
20140198698 | System and Method for Filtering Broadcast Messages Received Over a Wireless Local Area Network - A user device configured to communicate with a remote device via a Wireless Access Point (WAP) listens on one or more active ports for data sent by the WAP while in a sleep mode. Upon receiving data, the user device identifies the port over which it received the data and determines whether that port is on a list of active ports. If the port is on the list, a controller in the user device wakes the user device from the sleep mode to process the data. If the port is not on the list, the controller discards the received data and leaves the user device in the sleep mode. | 07-17-2014 |
20140198248 | ARRAY CAMERA SHUTTER - The present invention relates to a shutter blade arrangement ( | 07-17-2014 |
20140195925 | SHORT-RANGE RADIO FREQUENCY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DATA TRANSFER METHODS AND RELATED DEVICES - A data transfer method may include processing device gesture data at a providing device in response to a gesture made by movement or orientation of one of the providing device ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140176485 | TOUCH SCREEN, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING A TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen comprises a display displaying through a front surface of the display and a sensor system. The sensor system is interposed between a back surface of the display and a bottom surface of a housing in which the touch screen is arranged. The sensor system comprises a first electrode assembly and a second electrode assembly and is configured to sense capacitance between the first electrode assembly and the second electrode assembly. The touch screen further comprises a processor being configured to determine based on the sensed capacitance a force resulting from the touch action. | 06-26-2014 |
20140133669 | CONTROLLING POWER FOR A HEADSET - A headset device includes a component to monitor a predetermined proximity of the headset device. The predetermined proximity includes an area where a user of the headset is positioned during operation of the headset. The headset device includes a processor to execute instructions to monitor the predetermined proximity of the headset. The processor is also to determine whether a detectable object is within the predetermined proximity of the headset based on a characteristic property of the detectable object. The characteristic property of the detectable object is one of a black body emitting property or a conducting property. Additionally, the processor is to place the headset into an active state when it is determined that the detectable object is within the predetermined proximity, and place the headset into a standby state when it is determined that the detectable object is not within the predetermined proximity. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132462 | MULTI-BAND WIRELESS TERMINALS WITH METAL BACKPLATES AND COUPLING FEED ELEMENTS, AND RELATED MULTI-BAND ANTENNA SYSTEMS - An antenna system for use in a portable electronic device may include first and second metal elements. One of the first and second metal elements may be provided by a metal backplate of a housing of the portable electronic device. The antenna system may additionally include a coupling feed element between the first and second metal elements of the portable electronic device. | 05-15-2014 |
20140098977 | REDUCING A DISTURBANCE ON A SIGNAL PATH OF A SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH - A method for reducing a disturbance on a signal path is provided. The disturbance is caused by a capacitance of a semiconductor switch ( | 04-10-2014 |
20140085422 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - Methods and devices ( | 03-27-2014 |
20140078010 | Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Antennas Having Polarization and Angle Diversity and Related Wireless Communications Devices - Antenna systems are provided including a chassi and first and second radiating elements coupled to the chassi. The first radiating element is configured to amplify excitation of the chassi and the second radiating element is configured to reduce excitation of the chassi so as to reduce mutual coupling in the antenna system. Related co-located antennas and methods of controlling mutual coupling are also provided. | 03-20-2014 |
20140059462 | METHOD, GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING OF A LIGHT FIELD IMAGE - A method and a graphical user interface for processing of an object in light field data is provided. The method and graphical user interface may be used to remove an object or obstruction blocking another object or background of a captured scene. The method and graphical user interface may also be used for high precision edge detection in a light field image. | 02-27-2014 |
20140053108 | LOCATION AND TIME BASED UNLOCKED ACTION - A mobile electronic device is provided that comprises a display unit and a control unit configured to display at least a first and a second keylock icon associated with a unlock function on the mobile electronic device. The control unit may be configured to activate the display unit when unlocking the mobile electronic device and presenting a first start page in response to the first keylock icon being selected and a second start page in response to the second keylock icon being selected. | 02-20-2014 |
20140010391 | AMPLIFYING AUDIO-VISIUAL DATA BASED ON USER'S HEAD ORIENTATION - One or more devices may receive, from a media presentation device worn by a user, sensory data comprising at least information describing orientation of the media presentation device. The one or more devices may also determine an approximate direction of a gaze of the user in a three dimensional audio space based on the information describing the orientation of the media presentation device, identify a sound source at which the user gazes based on the approximate direction of the gaze of the user in the three dimensional audio space, obtain audio data associated with the sound source based on an identity of the identified sound source, determine an action to perform on the audio data associated with the sound source, and perform the determined action. | 01-09-2014 |
20130329081 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND METHOD OF RECORDING MEDIA USING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A portable electronic equipment comprises a first sensor to record media and at least one second sensor to capture data representing a physical condition of a user of the portable electronic equipment, the at least one second sensor being configured to capture the data in response to the first sensor recording the media. A processing device is interfaced with the at least one second sensor. The processing device is configured to retrieve the data captured by the at least one second sensor, to generate metadata for the recorded media based on the data, the metadata being indicative of the physical condition, and to cause the metadata to be stored in association with the recorded media. | 12-12-2013 |
20130311955 | System and Method for Providing Direct Access to an Application when Unlocking a Consumer Electronic Device - A consumer electronic device has an orientation sensor and a lock control. The orientation sensor outputs signals identifying the orientation of the device, while the lock control to allow a user to move the device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The device also includes a plurality of application programs stored in memory. Responsive to the user unlocking the device, a controller will launch a selected application program. The application that is launched by the device is based on an orientation of the device. | 11-21-2013 |
20130287224 | NOISE SUPPRESSION BASED ON CORRELATION OF SOUND IN A MICROPHONE ARRAY - A microphone array includes a left microphone, a right microphone and a processor to receive a right microphone signal from the right microphone and a left microphone signal from the left microphone. The processor determines a timing difference between the left microphone signal and the right microphone signal. The processor determines whether the timing difference is within a time threshold. The processor time shifts one of the left microphone signal and the right microphone signal based on the timing difference. The processor also sums the shifted microphone signal and the other microphone signal to form an output signal. | 10-31-2013 |
20130260751 | BASE STATION SCANNING USING MULTIPLE RECEIVE PATHS - A communication device ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130246939 | Calendar Application for Communication Devices - An electronic device has a touch-sensitive display and a controller that executes an application. The application bisects a display into a plurality of regions using a timeline. In a first region on a first side of the timeline, the application displays events that are originated by the user of the device. In a second region on a second, opposite side of the timeline, the application displays events that are associated with the user, but are originated by others. Activities associated with the user are displayed along the timeline. The events and activities on the timeline can be shared with other users using drag-n-drop operations. | 09-19-2013 |
20130231066 | ANTENNA TUNNING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a method and a mobile communication terminal comprising a communication interface having an antenna arrangement, an arrangement for providing a geographical position of the terminal, a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to adjust transmission parameters of said antenna arrangement with respect to a geographical position of the mobile communication terminal with respect to a geographical position data received from said arrangement for providing a geographical position of the mobile communication terminal. | 09-05-2013 |
20130222514 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING TALKING MODES AUTOMATICALLY - Method and apparatus for switching talking mode automatically applicable to electronic equipment, which includes an accelerometer, proximity sensor and video camera. The method includes acquiring gravity information from the accelerometer during conversation between the electronic equipment and the other side of the conversation, and judging whether the electronic equipment is in a vertical state according to the gravity information; activating the video camera to take a capturing action if the electronic equipment is not in a vertical state, and acquiring distance information and/or image information, the distance information used for indicating distance to the captured object, and the image information used for indicating the captured object; and switching the talking mode to speakerphone mode if distance indicated by the distance information is greater than a first threshold value, and/or resolution of the image indicated by the image information is greater than a second threshold value. | 08-29-2013 |
20130214725 | SUPER CHARGER - A charging device, for charging a rechargeable device, which comprises a power converter stage, adapted to convert power from a power source to charge the rechargeable device when the rechargeable device is connected to the charging device, and an energy bank, adapted for fast charging of the rechargeable device. The charging by the energy bank is independent but simultaneous to the charging of the rechargeable device by the power converter stage. | 08-22-2013 |
20130204532 | IDENTIFYING WIND DIRECTION AND WIND SPEED USING WIND NOISE - A headset device includes binaural wind sensors to receive wind noise. The binaural wind sensors include a left wind sensor and a right wind sensor. The headset device includes a processor to execute instructions to receive wind noise induced by wind at the binaural wind sensors. The processor is also to determine a sound energy density distribution of the wind noise. The processor is to match the sound energy density distribution to one of a plurality of reference sound energy density distributions. Each of the plurality of reference sound energy density distributions includes an associated wind speed and wind direction. The processor is further to identify a wind speed and a wind direction corresponding to the matched reference sound energy density distribution. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201136 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A PROXIMITY-SENSING USER INTERFACE - A portable electronic device comprises a proximity-sensing user interface and a controller. The proximity-sensing user interface is configured to capture position information and distance information. The controller is coupled to the proximity-sensing user interface and is configured to process first distance information ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130201102 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL SENSING AND A METHOD THEREFORE - A mobile communication device and a method for three-dimensional sensing of objects in a spatial volume above a display of the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device comprises input means having at least two sensors configured for collecting data about objects in said spatial volume and a processing logic for processing spatial object data. The method comprises and the mobile communication device in configured to perform the following steps; receiving an detection signal from at least one of the sensors indicating that an object is present above the display; determining the distance to the detected object; looking up weight parameters associated with each sensor in a look up table, said weight parameters being dependable on the determined distance; collecting data about the detected object from each sensor; and calculating the position of the detected object by using the collected data together with the looked up weight parameters. | 08-08-2013 |
20130196599 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an electronic equipment for a wireless communication system comprising a near field interface ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130194708 | Current Carrying Structures Having Enhanced Electrostatic Discharge Protection And Methods Of Manufacture - A method is provided for forming a current carrying structure with improved electrostatic discharge protection. The current carrying structure includes a conductive material layer and a voltage switchable dielectric layer adapted to switch between insulative and conductive at a predetermined voltage between the ground plane and the conductive material. An aperture is formed through the voltage switchable dielectric layer, and conductive material is deposited in the aperture to form a conductive pathway between the voltage switchable dielectric layer and another layer. A spark gap is created between the conductive material of the aperture and a ground portion using a laser to remove a portion of the conductive material layer from an area surrounding the aperture without substantially modifying physical properties of the underlying switchable dielectric layer. | 08-01-2013 |
20130187961 | ADJUSTING PARALLAX BARRIERS - A device may determine a first distance between a viewer and a display of a device. The display may include a first parallax barrier including a plurality of parallax barrier clusters. Each of the parallax barrier clusters includes a plurality of parallax barrier elements that are parallel to one another and parallel to the parallax barrier clusters. The device may also determine a second distance between a right eye of the viewer and a left eye of the viewer, and move parallax barrier elements to control spacing between the parallax barrier clusters based on the first distance and the second distance. Furthermore, the device may send, from the display, light rays of a right-eye image of a stereoscopic image and a left-eye image of the stereoscopic image to a right eye of the viewer and a left eye of the viewer, respectively, through the spacing between the parallax barrier clusters. | 07-25-2013 |
20130181951 | FINGER-ON DISPLAY DETECTION - A user device comprising a touch display capable of operation in an on-touch mode or a touchless mode; one or more sensors to detect a sound wave produced when a user's finger or an instrument touches the touch display; one or more memories to store instructions; and one or more processing systems to execute the instructions and configure the one or more processing systems to: identify whether a detected sound wave includes characteristics indicative of when the user's finger or an instrument touches the touch display; and set a sensitivity mode of the touch display to a decreased level relative to an increased level associated with a touchless operation of the touch display. | 07-18-2013 |
20130177166 | HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION (HRTF) SELECTION OR ADAPTATION BASED ON HEAD SIZE - A method includes determining a user's head size, forwarding information associated with the user's head size to a processing device. The method also includes identifying, by the processing device, a head-related transfer function (HRTF) associated with the user's head size or modifying, by the processing device, a HRTF based on the user's head size. The method further includes applying the identified HRTF or modified HRTF to audio signals to produce output signals, and forwarding the output signals to first and second speakers. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177164 | ULTRASONIC SOUND REPRODUCTION ON EARDRUM - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for producing audible sound by directing ultrasonic signals from an ultrasonic transducer towards an eardrum. An exemplary method includes providing an earphone comprising an ultrasonic transducer, wherein the earphone is positioned close to an ear, wherein the ear includes an ear canal and an eardrum; producing, by the ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic signal; and transmitting, by the ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic signal, wherein the ultrasonic signal is directed into the ear canal towards the eardrum such that the eardrum receives the ultrasonic sound signal and initiates conversion of the ultrasonic signal into audible sound. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176406 | MULTI-LAYER OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY FOR REDUCING PSEUDO-STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT - A device may include sensors for obtaining tracking information associated with a user, a display including pixels for displaying images, and an optical guide including two layers of optical elements, each of the optical elements blocking or directing light rays from one or more of the pixels. In addition, the device may include one or more processors to determine a relative location of the user based on the tracking information obtained by the sensors, control optical characteristics of each of the two layers of optical elements based on the relative location of the user, and display a stereoscopic image via the display. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176303 | REARRANGING PIXELS OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY TO REDUCE PSEUDO-STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT - A device may include sensors for obtaining tracking information associated with a user, a display including pixels for displaying images, and an optical guide including optical elements, each of the optical elements blocking or directing light rays from one or more of the pixels. Additionally, the device may include one or more processors to select first right-eye image pixels and first left-eye image pixels from the pixels, send a right-eye image and a left-eye image via the first right-eye image pixels and the first left-eye image pixels, respectively, determine a relative location of the user based on the tracking information obtained by the sensors, select second right-eye image pixels and second-left-eye image pixels from the pixels based on the tracking information, display the right-eye image via the second right-eye image pixels, and display the left-eye image via the second left-eye image pixels. | 07-11-2013 |
20130171966 | Method and Apparatus for Facilitating Communication Between a Finder of a Misplaced Wireless Terminal and an Authorized User - One or more embodiments of a method and apparatus taught herein facilitate communication between a finder of a misplaced wireless terminal and an authorized user of the wireless terminal. At least one menu option is presented to the finder for contacting the authorized user via a wireless communication network with which the wireless terminal is associated. The at least one menu option is accessible from a lock screen of the wireless terminal without entry of the passcode. Responsive to the finder selecting one of the at least one menu options, a communication is initiated between the finder and the authorized user via the wireless communication network. According to another method, responsive to receiving a message indicating that a wireless terminal has been misplaced, communication functionality of the terminal is disabled and a message is presented on the wireless terminal that provides information for returning the terminal to an authorized user. | 07-04-2013 |
20130170679 | REDUCING HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION DATA VOLUME - A device may store a subset of a plurality of head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) for emulating stereo sound from a source in three-dimensional (3D) space, each of the HRTFs corresponding to a direction from which the stereo sound is perceived to arrive, by a user hearing the stereo sound. The device may also obtain a first direction from which first stereo sound is perceived to arrive, by the user and determine whether the subset of the plurality of HRTFs includes a first HRTF corresponding to the first direction, wherein the plurality of HRTFs include the first HRTF. Further, the device may select two HRTFs in the subset of the HRTFs, wherein directions that are associated with the two HRTFs are closer to the first direction than directions of other HRTFs in the subset of the HRTFs; | 07-04-2013 |
20130169854 | CAMERA MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME AND AUTO FOCUS METHOD - A camera module, an electronic device comprising the same and an Auto Focus (AF) method, wherein the camera module controls an AF according to received direction information of the camera module. The camera module includes: a memory configured to store focus drive information of the camera module in different directions; a lens drive unit configured to call the focus drive information stored in the memory and corresponding to the direction information according to the direction of the camera module sensed by the sensor, and drive a lens group according to the focus drive information to perform the AF; and the lens group configured to perform the AF according to the driving by the lens drive unit. The start and stop positions or the preset position of the AF may be more accurately recorded, thereby reducing the power consumption while reducing the time to respond (response time). | 07-04-2013 |
20130169754 | AUTOMATIC INTELLIGENT FOCUS CONTROL OF VIDEO - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing focus control for an image-capturing device. An exemplary method includes capturing an image frame using an image-capturing device and recording video tracking data and gaze tracking data for one or more image frames following the captured image frame and/or for one or more images frames prior to the captured image frame. The exemplary method additionally includes calculating a focus distance and a depth of field based at least partially on the recorded video tracking data and recorded gaze tracking data. The exemplary method additionally includes displaying the captured image frame based on the calculated focus distance and the calculated depth of field. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169529 | ADJUSTING AN OPTICAL GUIDE OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY TO REDUCE PSEUDO-STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT - A device may include sensors, a display, an optical guide, and one or more processors. The sensors may obtaining tracking information associated with a user. The display may include pixels for displaying images. The optical guide may include optical elements, each of the optical elements directing light rays from one or more of the pixels. In addition, the one or more processors may be configured determine a relative location of the user based on the tracking information obtained by the sensors, obtain values for control variables that are associated with the optical elements based on the relative location of the user, display a stereoscopic image via the display, and control the optical elements based on the values to direct the stereoscopic image to the relative location and to prevent a pseudo-stereoscopic image from forming at the relative location. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169125 | CORNER IMPROVEMENT IN WINDOW CARRIER FOR CRACK WINDOW - A protective arrangement for a mobile device comprising a protective frame and a display arranged at a distance from each other. The display having a front display surface, a display side and a display edge between the front display surface and the display side, were the protective frame being adapted to deform, by means of a ledge and a ridge, when a shock force is applied to the protective frame. The ledge is positioned closer to the display compared to the ridge and the ledge is flush with or below the front display surface such that pinching of the display edge is eliminated when the protective frame is deformed. | 07-04-2013 |
20130160109 | METHOD AND DEVICE - A method and device for user authorization is presented herein. The authorization device may be integrated in a display interface configured to receive an infrared input signal. The device may include a means for converting the infrared signal into an electric signal. The device may further include a processor configured to analyze the electrical signal. The processor may further be configured to provide an authorization of a user based on the analysis of the electrical signal. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157721 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RELATIVE POSITION OF DEVICES - The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for positioning at least two devices, a first and a second device relative each other. The method comprises: transmitting a number of magnetic pulses with the first device, detecting said pulses with the second device, based on said detected pulses generating a number of virtual planes, and determining a crossing line between said planes corresponding to a direction between said devices. | 06-20-2013 |
20130148811 | Electronic Devices, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Determining Position Deviations in an Electronic Device and Generating a Binaural Audio Signal Based on the Position Deviations - An electronic device includes an audio input module that is configured to determine a baseline audio position for the electronic device, receive at least one position offset input signal, and determine a position offset of the electronic device relative to the baseline audio position based on the at least one position offset input signal and an audio three-dimensional (3D) engine that is configured to generate a binaural audio signal based on the position offset of the electronic device. | 06-13-2013 |
20130137368 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING CONNECTION, MODULE FOR ESTABLISHING CONNECTION AND TERMINAL EQUIPMENT - The present invention relates to method for establishing connection, module for establishing connection and terminal equipment. The method comprises: transmitting to a target equipment in an NFC manner, a request for acquiring connection information of the target equipment; receiving a response message containing the connection information returned by the target equipment in an NFC manner in response to the request; wherein the connection information is pre-acquired and stored by the target equipment; and establishing connection with the target equipment based on the connection information. After transmitting the request message, the initiating equipment may receive the connection information returned by the target equipment, and establish the connection with the target equipment based on the connection information, with no need of retransmitting a request after waiting for a certain period of time, and with no need of keeping the initiating equipment and the target equipment in physically close. | 05-30-2013 |
20130124188 | OUTPUT METHOD FOR CANDIDATE PHRASE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The embodiments of the present invention provide an output method and electronic apparatus for a candidate phrase and an electronic apparatus. The method includes: analyzing, according to phrase categories in a phrase database, category of a phrase selected from a candidate input list that appeared after a user inputs a syllable, so as to judge whether the category of the phrase is contained in the phrase database; increasing the candidate priority of the category containing the phrase in a candidate input list, if the category of the phrase is contained in the phrase database; and transmitting the phase to a text input server, if the category of the phrase is not contained in the phrase database, so as to update the phrase categories in the phrase database according to an instruction from the text input server. | 05-16-2013 |
20130115877 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTENT SEARCHING BETWEEN PEER DEVICES - A portable communication device is equipped to search for content stored on a target electronic device. The portable communication device transfers user-defined content search query to an electronic device via a near-field communications (NFC) module. The portable communication device receives search results from the electronic device via the NFC module and indicates to the user that search results have been received from the electronic device. The portable communication device facilitates content searching and data transfer between two devices. | 05-09-2013 |
20130106865 | DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | 05-02-2013 |
20130104039 | System and Method for Operating a User Interface on an Electronic Device - An electronic device includes a sensor for determining the position of an input member, such as a user's finger or stylus, for example, relative to a user interface of the device. Before the input member contacts the user interface, the sensor detects the horizontal and vertical positions of the input member and generates positional signals indicative of those positions. A controller at the device determines the horizontal and vertical positions of the input member based on the positional signals, and generates first and second feedback signals as a function of the detected horizontal and vertical positions to indicate the input member position relative to the user interface. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099986 | ANTENNA ARRAY WITH CAPACITIVE COUPLED UPPER AND LOWER ANTENNA ELEMENTS AND A PEAK RADIATION PATTERN DIRECTED TOWARD THE LOWER ANTENNA ELEMENT - An antenna system includes a substrate, a conductive ground plane, and an upper antenna element. A slot that is free of conductive material extends through the ground plane to define a lower antenna element from a portion of the ground plane. The upper antenna element is spaced apart and overlies at least a portion of the lower antenna element. The upper antenna element is electrically connected to the ground plane and to an antenna feed element. The upper antenna element is configured to electrically resonate responsive to a defined RF signal. The lower antenna element is configured to resonate through capacitive coupling to the resonating upper antenna element. | 04-25-2013 |
20130095800 | VISITOR DETECTOR - A method for a user, with a mobile communication device, to receive and display, in the mobile communication device, owner information coupled to a second user, having a second mobile communication device, at said user. The method comprising receiving, in the communication device, a local connectivity ID broadcasted from said second communication device, transmitting said received local connectivity ID from said communication device to an ID server, receiving, in the communication device, an owner ID from said ID server, wherein said owner ID is coupled to said second user, transmitting said received owner ID from said communication device to an public profile service server, receiving, in the communication device, owner information from said public profile service server, wherein said owner information is coupled to said second user and displaying said received owner information coupled to said second user on a display in said communication device. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094666 | Distance-Based Rendering of Media Files - A rendering device is configured to dynamically vary how audio and visual information is rendered by a rendering device responsive to changes in distance between the rendering device and a mobile device carried by a user. As the user moves about, the distance between the rendering device and the mobile device carried by the user will vary. As the distance between the mobile device and the rendering device changes, the rendering system can dynamically adapt how the audio and visual information is rendered. For example, the rendering device can increase or decrease the volume of an audio output, depending on changes in the distance. Also, the rendering device can change how visual information is rendered on a display responsive to changes in distance. In some embodiments, when the distance between the mobile device and rendering device exceeds a predetermined distance, the audio and/or visual information may be sent to the mobile device. | 04-18-2013 |
20130091666 | HINGE ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a hinge arrangement | 04-18-2013 |
20130088434 | ACCESSORY TO IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE WITH AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for determining positional data associated with a hand or a finger that interacts with a touch panel device. In some embodiments, a method includes determining, with respect to a touch panel device, positional data associated with a user's first hand that interacts with the touch panel device. Additionally, the method includes creating an image of the user's first hand using the positional data. Additionally, the method includes transmitting the image of the user's first hand to a display device. Additionally, the method includes presenting the image of the user's hand on the display device. Additionally, the method includes identifying a finger of the user's first hand based at least partially on the determining, with respect to a touch panel device, positional data associated with a user's first hand that interacts with the touch panel device. | 04-11-2013 |
20130083946 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SOUND CONTROL AND ELECTRONIC SERVICE - The embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method for sound control and an electronic device, the apparatus for sound control including: contact keys arranged in the sound output region; capacitive touch sensors connected to the contact keys, the capacitance of the capacitive touch sensors being changed when the contact keys are contacted; and a sound controller for generating sound control signals according to the changed capacitance of the capacitive touch sensors, so as to control the sound of the loudspeaker. With the embodiments of the present invention, the integration of the design may be improved, space saving may be facilitated, and better user experiences may be provided. | 04-04-2013 |
20130076496 | UNIVERSAL ACCESSORY FOR VIEWING A SMARTPHONE DISPLAY IN AN AUTOMOBILE - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for presenting visual information in an automobile. An exemplary system includes a receiving station that receives a mobile device; and a display unit that presents, to a driver or a passenger in the automobile, visual information in response to one or more instructions input to the mobile device. The display unit of the system is separate from the mobile device's display. In some embodiments, the display is a mirror, while, in other embodiments, the display is an electronic display. In some embodiments, the receiving station has the ability to receive mobile devices of a plurality of types. | 03-28-2013 |
20130072254 | Universal Coil Antenna Having Respective Portions Thereof Associated with Different Functional Modules - An antenna used for receiving signals for a plurality of functional modules in an electronic devices includes a single coil including a first portion associated with a first one of the functional modules and a second portion associated with a second one of the functional modules. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072215 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION PREDICTION - A location prediction device ( | 03-21-2013 |
20130069902 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A FUNCTION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for adjusting a function FIG. | 03-21-2013 |
20130055164 | System and Method for Selecting Objects on a Touch-Sensitive Display of a Mobile Communications Device - A mobile communications device has a touch-sensitive display screen and a processor. The touch-sensitive display screen displays a collection of items arranged as a list or grid to a user of the mobile device. The processor is programmed to allow the user to select and unselect one or more items in the displayed collection using only the touch-sensitive display. More particularly, the processor is programmed to allow the user to select and unselect a plurality of items without requiring the user to select or unselect each item individually. | 02-28-2013 |
20130055106 | Calendar Application for Communication Devices - An electronic device has a touch-sensitive display and a controller that executes an application. The application bisects a display into a plurality of regions using a timeline. In a first region on a first side of the timeline, the application displays events that are originated by the user of the device. In a second region on a second, opposite side of the timeline, the application displays events that are associated with the user, but are originated by others. Activities associated with the user are displayed along the timeline. The events and activities on the timeline can be shared with other users using drag-n-drop operations. | 02-28-2013 |
20130050953 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF RADIATING HEAT FROM ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device including a housing including a frame member exposed to an outer surface of the electronic device; a circuit substrate disposed within the housing on which a plurality of electronic components are disposed; and a heat-radiating member provided in contact with or in close proximity to the electronic components disposed on the circuit substrate, and in contact with the frame member. | 02-28-2013 |
20130044888 | AUDIO DEVICE AND AUDIO PRODUCING METHOD - The invention relates to an audio device comprising:
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20130044793 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT COMMUNICATE VIA MAGNETICALLY COUPLED AND RF COUPLED COMMUNICATION CIRCUITS - An electronic communication device includes a RF wireless transmitter circuit that transmits a block of data to another communication device via RF signals transmitted at a first rate. A magnetically coupled receiver circuit receives a communication control signal from the other communication device via magnetic coupling thereto at a second rate which is less than the first rate, and is configured to respond to the communication control signal by selectively triggering the RF wireless transmitter circuit to transmit another block of data when available for transmission. An inductive charging circuit converts magnetic signals received from the other communication device into power, and supplies the power to the RF wireless transmitter circuit. The RF wireless transmitter circuit transmits data blocks in RF bursts. | 02-21-2013 |
20130042209 | System and Method for Providing Direct Access to an Application when Unlocking a Consumer Electronic Device - A consumer electronic device has an orientation sensor and a lock control. The orientation sensor outputs signals identifying the orientation of the device, while the lock control to allow a user to move the device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The device also includes a plurality of application programs stored in memory. Responsive to the user unlocking the device, a controller will launch a selected application program. The application that is launched by the device is based on an orientation of the device. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041959 | SYNCHRONIZING MESSAGES ON CONNECTED DEVICES - A method, system and computer program directed to synchronizing messages of an associated user that uses a plurality of electronic devices to receive messages, wherein each of the electronic devices utilizes a common messaging application. If two phone with two different phone numbers, both use the same app for sending and receiving messages and communication with a unique device identifier (e.g., telephone number, MSIDSN, etc.) as the address identity, all information such as messages and more can be synchronized in a secure way between the phones and applications if both applications are registered with the same secure identity on a messaging application server. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040669 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING MESSAGES WHILE ROAMING - A method, system and computer program for exchanging a message between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein the devices are communicatively coupled to a messaging server when the devices are in a first state; and are configured to receive a notification from a push notification server when the devices are in a second state. The method includes transmitting the message from the first electronic device to the messaging server; receiving information related to whether the message was received by the second electronic device; and transmitting a short message service (SMS) message containing the message to the second electronic device through a SMS server if the message was not received by the second electronic device within a prescribed time. Prior to transmitting the SMS message, a query may be displayed on the first electronic device to request whether the user intends to send an SMS message containing the message to the second electronic device. | 02-14-2013 |
20130039391 | INDOOR POSITIONING WITH RAKE RECEIVERS - A method and a system for storing a constant path loss exponent corresponding to free space; transmitting a signal; receiving the signal via a rake receiver of a user device; identifying a maximum received signal strength based on a signal strength associated with the signal relative to fingers of the rake receiver; storing a current maximum received signal strength value; determining whether the current maximum received signal strength value is a first maximum received signal strength value; calculating a current indoor position of the user device based on the constant path loss exponent and the current maximum received signal strength value when a determination is that the current maximum received signal strength value is the first maximum received signal strength value; and outputting the current indoor position. | 02-14-2013 |
20130033572 | OPTIMIZING USAGE OF IMAGE SENSORS IN A STEREOSCOPIC ENVIRONMENT - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for optimizing usage of image sensors in a stereoscopic environment. The method includes: (a) providing a first image sensor, where the first image sensor is associated with a first image sensor area and a first imaging area; (b) determining a distance from the camera to an object to be captured; and (c) shifting the first imaging area along a length of the first image sensor area, where the amount of the shifting is based at least partially on the distance from the camera to the object, and where the first imaging area can shift along an entire length of the first image sensor area. The invention optimizes usage of an image sensor by permitting an increase in disparity control. Additionally, the invention reduces the closest permissible distance of an object to be captured using a stereoscopic camera. | 02-07-2013 |
20130017700 | CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING CIRCUIT BOARDAANM TIAN; XiyongAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP TIAN; Xiyong Beijing CNAANM LI; LingchangAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP LI; Lingchang Beijing CNAANM LIU; YinongAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP LIU; Yinong Beijing CN - A circuit board connector and a method for connecting circuit board. The circuit board connector includes: a housing, including a left side wall and right side wall opposite each other and a bottom wall arranged between the left and right side walls, the bottom wall provided with a plurality of contact pins, and the left and right side walls and the bottom wall forming an accommodation space for accommodating the circuit board; a cover, one end being connected to the housing, so that the cover may be opened or closed relative to the housing; and a locking device arranged on the housing and cover to lock the cover when the cover is closed. Reliable connection of the circuit board can be realized, without a gasket or a film, and also the circuit board can be locked firmly, preventing the rebounding of the hinge of the connector. | 01-17-2013 |
20130007800 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING MESSAGING CONTENT WHILE CONTEMPORANEOUSLY RENDERING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A system and method for directed to automatically synchronizing the rendering of messaging content with multimedia content. The method includes: receiving multimedia content from a source, wherein the multimedia content is transmitted in a data stream; outputting the multimedia content to an associated rendering device; processing the multimedia content to synchronize messaging content to be displayed on the rendering device contemporaneously with the multimedia content, wherein processing includes determining a reduction in data transmitted in the data stream; and displaying the messaging content on the associated rendering device. | 01-03-2013 |
20130005383 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATION SESSION BETWEEN CONTEXT AWARE PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A system and method for establishing a communication session between at least two parties that are located in a common context (e.g., location) without sufficient knowledge to establish a communication session in a conventional manner. In one embodiment, a request to establish a communication session between two devices is received at a remote server. The request includes user information and location information associated with the first device and the request includes data corresponding to a physical feature of the user of the second device. The request is processed to obtain network information related to the second device, by searching a plurality of user profilers stored on the server based on the received location information and the data corresponding to the physical feature of the associated user of the second portable communication. If a suitable user profile is found, a communication session is established between the devices. | 01-03-2013 |
20120328107 | AUDIO METRICS FOR HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION (HRTF) SELECTION OR ADAPTATION - A method includes detecting, via a first microphone coupled to a user's left ear, a sound, detecting, via a second microphone coupled to the user's right ear, the sound, determining a time difference between detection of the sound at the first microphone and detection of the sound at the second microphone, and estimating a user's head size based on the time difference. The method also includes identifying a head-related transfer function (HRTF) associated with the user's head size or modifying, a HRTF based on the user's head size. The method further includes applying the identified HRTF or modified HRTF to audio signals to produce output signals and forwarding the output signals to first and second speakers coupled to the user's left and right ears. | 12-27-2012 |
20120321103 | IN-EAR HEADPHONE - A headphone device includes a housing having a leakage hole to reduce pressure between a user's ear and the housing, a speaker positioned within the housing, and an audio processing module. The audio processing module is configured to receive an audio signal from an audio device, determine whether the audio signal includes at least a predetermined level of audio having a frequency in a first range of frequencies, transmit a first leakage control signal to a leakage hole valve when it is determined that the audio includes at least the predetermined level of low frequency audio; and transmit a second leakage control signal to the leakage hole valve when it is determined that the audio does not include at least the predetermined level of low frequency audio. The leakage hole valve is configured to close the leakage hole upon receipt of the first leakage control signal and open the leakage hole upon receipt of the second leakage control signal. | 12-20-2012 |
20120317317 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION BETWEEN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A PERIPHERAL DEVICE BY DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF THE PERIPHERAL DEVICE USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY OR RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY - An electronic device includes a display, a detection module that is configured to detect a presence of a peripheral device that is located proximate to the electronic device and a peripheral management module that is configured to present instructions for connecting the peripheral device to the electronic device on the display responsive to the peripheral device being detected in a proximate location to the electronic device. | 12-13-2012 |
20120316831 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ALTITUDE - A method and system for altitude determination is provided. The altitude determination may be provided with the use of a dynamic mapping of altitude parameters and calculated altitudes for respective locations. The dynamic mapping may be provided by data received from users on a wireless network and/or public databases. | 12-13-2012 |
20120308041 | CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY FOR PROCESSING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL OF A MICROPHONE - A circuit assembly for processing an electrical signal of a microphone is provided. The microphone has an inherent impedance. The circuit assembly comprises an impedance circuit, a signal processing unit, a first electrical signal path, and a second electrical signal path. The first electrical signal path is coupleable to a first electrical output of the microphone and is furthermore coupled to a first input of the signal processing unit. The second electrical signal path is coupleable to a second electrical output of the microphone and is furthermore coupled to a second input of the signal processing unit via the impedance circuit. An impedance value of the impedance circuit is selected based on an impedance value of the inherent impedance of the microphone. | 12-06-2012 |
20120307048 | SENSOR-BASED PLACEMENT OF SOUND IN VIDEO RECORDING - A method may include receiving video recorded with a camera and audio recorded with a microphone, wherein the video and audio were recorded simultaneously, and wherein the microphone is configured to move relative to the camera. The method may further include receiving a selection from a user of an object in the video, wherein the object is collocated with the microphone that recorded the audio. The method may further include tracking the object in the video and determining a location over time of the microphone relative to the camera based on the tracking of the object. | 12-06-2012 |
20120306544 | DRIVING STRENGTH CONTROL APPARATUS, DRIVING STRENGTH CONTROL METHOD AND TERMINAL EQUIPMENT - The embodiments of the present invention provide a driving strength control apparatus and method and terminal equipment. The control apparatus comprises: a signal receiving unit to receive a test signal transmitted by a peripheral device; a signal sampling unit to sample the test signal received by the signal receiving unit to obtain a plurality of rising edges and falling edges of the test signal; an interval measuring unit to measure the time interval between a rising edge and a falling edge, or between a rising edge and another rising edge, or between a falling edge and another falling edge; and a controlling unit to adjust the driving strength imposed on the peripheral device according to the time interval. With the embodiments of the present invention, the driving strengths imposed on the peripheral device may be made identical, preventing signal deviation and improving the quality of compatibility. | 12-06-2012 |
20120299876 | ADAPTABLE PROJECTION ON OCCLUDING OBJECT IN A PROJECTED USER INTERFACE | 11-29-2012 |
20120295632 | INDOOR MAP DISTRIBUTION - A device may send registration information for a location dependent application that is associated with an area to a location dependent application information server device. The device may receive, from a user device that is within the area, a request for the location dependent application. In addition, the device may determine whether the location dependent application or an update for the location dependent application is to be uploaded to the user device, and upload the location dependent application or the update for the location dependent application to the user device when it is determined that the location dependent application or the update for the location dependent application is to be uploaded to the user device. | 11-22-2012 |
20120287290 | System and Method for Pairing Hand-Held Devices Utilizing a Front-Facing Camera - A hand-held wireless communications device includes a camera integrated within a housing of the wireless communications device, a front-facing lens assembly to focus light onto the camera, a display, and a controller connected to the camera and the display. The controller controls the camera to capture an image of another device that is in front of its display. The device can then analyze the image to extract information specific to the other device, and utilize that information to identify and authenticate the other device. Once identified and authenticates, the devices are able to share data and information with each other. | 11-15-2012 |
20120284659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENHANCING MESSAGES - An electronic device ( | 11-08-2012 |
20120281845 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN IMPEDANCE OF AN ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER AND FOR OPERATING AN AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICE - A method for determining an impedance of an electroacoustic transducer ( | 11-08-2012 |
20120280863 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION ESTIMATION - A device and method for providing location estimations. The device may be configured to estimate its location be transmitting and/or receiving signals of respective transmission ranges. The device may also be configured to transition from a client device operational mode to a location beacon operational mode once an accurate location estimation has been obtained. | 11-08-2012 |
20120270566 | WEATHER PREDICTION FOR PRESSURE SENSOR - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for updating application information of an application in a portable communication device. The updating involves determining the current location and the connectivity to a communication network, adaptively creating a visitation history based on the current position and previously visited locations of the portable communication device, and also on the connectivity to a communication network of the current and previously visited locations. Then the next visitation location is predicted based on the visitation history, and if the next location is determined to not have any connectivity, up-to-date application information is downloaded from a server for updating the application information in the portable communication device. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268385 | UV-ILLUMINATED SYMBOLS FOR A USER DEVICE - A user device comprising a keypad or a keyboard comprising one or more buttons; one or more light guides; one or more ultraviolet light emitting elements; and at least one of one or more fluorescently painted symbols or one or more fluorescent three-dimensional symbols, wherein the one or more ultraviolet light emitting elements are configured to expose ultraviolet light to the at least one of the one or more fluorescently painted symbols or the one or more fluorescent three-dimensional symbols via the one or more light guides. | 10-25-2012 |
20120265950 | Storage Card Socket, Mobile Terminal and Method for Protecting the Storage Card - A storage card socket, mobile terminal and method for protecting the storage card, the storage card socket comprising: a first contact point on the base of the storage card socket; a second contact point on the base of the storage card socket, the second contact point electrically connected to the first contact point after the upper lid of the storage card socket is closed; and a guide slot on the base of the storage card socket, the guide slot being positioned at a side of a connecting part connecting the base and the upper lid, the connecting part being positioned in the guide slot so that the upper lid is slidable along the guide slot. | 10-18-2012 |
20120265827 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD AND SOCIAL NETWORK AND METHOD FOR SHARING CONTENT INFORMATION - Portable electronic equipment and method share content information about content, e.g., music, audio content, video content; by sharing the content information it may be possible to share the content itself. The equipment and method provide for selecting a “LIKE” function regarding content; a unique identifier of the content information and where it may be found is obtained, e.g., from a local or remote source, such as a server, and sent, e.g., to a user's social network page for posting or to another person via sms or email, for use by another person to obtain the content information. The other person may use the content information to learn about the content and may obtain permission, e.g., by purchasing the content, to use, perform, display, etc. the content. A social network and method permit a user to indicate a “LIKE” or similar entry to gain access to the content information. | 10-18-2012 |
20120264454 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF LOCAL BEACON SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a method ( | 10-18-2012 |
20120262586 | ALGORITHM FOR ELIMINATION OF AUTOFOCUS SOUND IN VIDEO RECORDINGS - The invention relates to handling disturbing sounds produced by the camera module during video recording. In particular the invention relates to a method for elimination of camera sounds in an audio signal of a video recording comprising the steps of; providing a transient pulse pattern representing a camera sound, comparing the transient sound with the audio signal, detecting if the audio signal correspond to the transient pulse pattern based on the comparison and filtering the transient pulse pattern from the audio signal where a correspondence has been detected. The invention also relates to a corresponding device. | 10-18-2012 |
20120262383 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Touch-sensitive device ( | 10-18-2012 |
20120261240 | KEY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CONTAINING THE KEY DEVICE - A key device and electronic apparatus containing the key device. The key device comprises a housing and key structure, a hollow accommodating space in the housing. The key structure comprising: a key body, at least part of the key body being accommodated in the hollow accommodating space; a lateral contacting structure within the hollow accommodating space and comprising a contacting portion provided at the outer side of the key body, and when being pressed, the lateral contacting structure being squeezed by the key body, so that the contacting portion is in contact with a flexible printed circuit board; and a flexible printed circuit board within the hollow accommodating space at the outer side of the contacting portion for inducting the lateral contact of the contacting portion. Since lateral contact is made with the flexible printed circuit board, the key may be transparent when the key body is transparent. | 10-18-2012 |
20120259628 | ACCELEROMETER VECTOR CONTROLLED NOISE CANCELLING METHOD - A telecommunication device is disclosed, comprising: a microphone array comprising a plurality of microphones, wherein each microphone receives an analogue acoustic signal; a position sensing device for determining how the telecommunication device is positioned in three-dimensions with respect to a user's mouth; at least one analogue/digital converter for converting each analogue acoustic signal into a digital signal; a digital signal processor for performing signal processing on the received digital signals comprising a controller, a plurality of delay circuits for delaying each received signal based on an input from the controller and a plurality of preamplifiers for adjusting the gain of each received signal based on a gain input from the controller, wherein the controller selects the appropriate delay and gain values applied to each received signal to remove noise from the received signals based on the determined position of the telecommunication device. A method for creating and controlling a location of a virtual microphone near a telecommunication device so as to reduce background noise in a speech signal is also disclosed. | 10-11-2012 |
20120254557 | MOBILE TERMINAL, MEMORY CARD SOCKET AND METHOD OF WRITING PROTECTION FOR MEMORY CARD IN THE MOBILE TERMINAL - The present invention provides a mobile terminal, a memory card socket and a method of writing protection for a memory card in the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprising a memory card socket accommodating a pluggable memory card, the memory card socket externally provided with a metal shielding structure; the mobile terminal further comprising: a touch capacitance sensor connected to the metal shielding structure of the memory card socket and configured to sense a capacitance via the metal shielding structure; and a write control unit configured to determine whether the metal shielding structure is touched by a finger based on the capacitance sensed by the touch capacitance sensor, and prohibit data being written into the memory card when it is determined that the metal shielding structure is touched by a finger. The present invention ensures that the data can be safely written into the memory card. | 10-04-2012 |
20120252363 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR SWITCHING OPERATING MODE, AND TERMINAL EQUIPMENT - Method and module for switching operating mode for near-field communication, and terminal equipment using same. The method includes: acquiring by one device of both devices in near-field communication relevant parameters of the other device including type of the device; determining by the one device whether to switch to a target operating mode according to the relevant parameters of the one device and the other device, or determining whether to exchange operating modes with the other device; wherein the relevant parameters of the one device include type of the device; and switching the operating mode by the one device to the target mode or exchanging the operating mode of the one device with that of the other device, if the determining result of the determining step is positive. According to the embodiments, power consumption may be distributed more reasonably and the power consumption of the initiator device may be reduced. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249450 | SECURITY ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for providing access to a device, the method comprising: receiving via a touch surface information, at least partly comprising a graphical code, said code comprising at least two parts, a first part relating to a first physical value on said touch surface and a second part relating to a second physical value on said touch surface, and generating a graphical code based on said first and second physical values, said graphical code having at least one portion deviating from a plane extension of said touch surface. | 10-04-2012 |
20120242860 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD RELATING TO AUDIO RECOGNITION - A method performed in an image and sound recording device may include comparing a sound signal with a stored set of sound signals, where at least one of said stored set of signals corresponds to a data set including information about the stored set of signals. The method may also include providing a recorded image with the information if a substantial match is found during the comparison. | 09-27-2012 |
20120242399 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF WRITING PROTECTION FOR MEMORY CARD IN THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method of writing protection for a memory card in the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising a body, battery, and battery cover, at least part of the battery cover made of conductive material; the body comprising: a memory card socket configured to accommodate a pluggable memory card; at least one sensing member on a surface or internal of the body and spaced from the battery cover, and configured to face the part made of conductive material when the battery cover is closed; a capacitance sensor connected to the at least one sensing member and configured to sense capacitance between the sensing member and battery cover; and a write control unit configured to determine whether the battery cover is removed according to capacitance sensed by the capacitance sensor, and prohibit data being written into the memory card when the battery cover is removed. | 09-27-2012 |
20120241304 | SLIDER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CONTAINING THE SLIDER - A slider and an electronic apparatus containing the slider, the slider including upper and lower board bodies, a first metal part positioned on the upper board body and connected to a capacitive touch sensor, the capacitive touch sensor being arranged on the circuit board of an electronic apparatus containing the slider; and a second metal part positioned on the lower board body and connected to a ground end (terminal), the ground end being arranged on the circuit board of the electronic apparatus containing the slider; the first and second metal parts are respectively positioned at the same end of the upper board body and the lower board body, and the first and second metal parts constitute a capacitor, the capacitance of which provides for detecting the open mode and closed mode of the slider. | 09-27-2012 |
20120231730 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF WRITE PROTECTION FOR MEMORY CARD IN THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and method to write protect a memory card in the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises a body, a battery and a battery cover. The battery cover has a short-circuit connecting member. A memory card socket accommodates a pluggable memory card. A writing control unit has input and output ports, and when the battery cover is jointed with the body, the input and output ports contact the short-circuit connecting member to form a short-circuit connection therebetween; the writing control unit detects whether the battery cover is removed by outputting a test signal from the output port and detecting for the test signal at the input port; if the battery cover is removed, the test signal is not detected at the input port and data is prohibited from being written into the memory card. | 09-13-2012 |
20120231669 | CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTOR AND CONNECTING METHOD OF CIRCUIT BOARD - The invention provides a circuit board connector and a connecting method for the circuit board. The circuit board connector includes an insulation housing, having opposed left and right side walls and a bottom wall arranged between the left and right side walls, the left and right side walls and bottom wall forming an accommodating space accommodating a circuit board; terminals arranged on the bottom wall of the insulation housing, the terminals having contact portions within the accommodating space; runners arranged in parallel at the left and right side walls of the insulation housing; and a sliding cover body, with the two ends of the sliding cover body connected to the runners and sliding along the runners. Reliable connection of the circuit board may be realized with no need of a gasket or a film, and without need of an extra space. | 09-13-2012 |
20120231650 | SIM Card Slot Having a Fool-proof Function and Electronic Apparatus Containing the SIM Card Slot - The embodiments of the present invention provide a SIM card slot having a fool-proof function and electronic apparatus containing the SIM card slot. The SIM card slot comprises: an accommodating space for accommodating the SIM card; and a cover, which may be of metal, positioned above the accommodating space; wherein a recessed zone is arranged in the cover, the recessed zone constituting a stopping sheet for blocking the insertion of the bevel edge of the SIM card. The wrong insertion of the SIM card of the electronic apparatus, such as a mobile terminal, may be prevented by the SIM card slot having a fool-proof function and electronic apparatus containing the SIM card slot of the present invention. | 09-13-2012 |
20120227486 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USE ENVIRONMENT DETECTING METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Apparatus and method use a vibrator and an accelerometer of electronic apparatus for detecting the use environment of the electronic apparatus, and according to the use environment a method and electronic apparatus are provided for optimizing the performance of the electronic apparatus according to the use environment of the electronic apparatus. The method for detecting use environment comprises: determining the basic parameters of the electronic apparatus; searching for the acceleration thresholds of the electronic apparatus according to the determined basic parameters of the electronic apparatus; and determining the use environment according to the detected acceleration of the electronic apparatus and the found acceleration thresholds of the electronic apparatus. The use environment of the electronic apparatus may be detected by the vibrator and accelerometer of the electronic apparatus, thereby optimizing the performance of the electronic apparatus according to the use environment. | 09-13-2012 |
20120224722 | METHOD FOR DRIVING A CONDENSER MICROPHONE - A method for driving a condenser microphone is provided. The condenser microphone comprises a membrane and an electrode constituting a capacity. A polarization voltage is applied between the membrane and the electrode. According to the method, an electrical signal generated by the condenser microphone based on a received acoustic signal causing a deflection of the membrane is detected, and the polarization voltage is varied in response to the detected electrical signal. | 09-06-2012 |
20120206495 | VARIABLE DISPLAY SCALE CONTROL DEVICE AND VARIABLE PLAYING SPEED CONTROL DEVICE - An information processing apparatus including an interface that displays an object and receives an instruction to change a display scale of the object, and a processor that controls the interface to change the display scale of the object based on the received instruction, controls the interface to stop changing the display scale of the displayed object for a predetermined period of time when the display scale of the displayed object becomes a predetermined display scale, and controls the interface to resume changing the display scale of the displayed object upon determining that the predetermined period of time has elapsed. | 08-16-2012 |
20120206481 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - An information processing apparatus including an interface that receives a display switching instruction to switch an object displayed on a display, and a processor that controls the display to switch objects displayed on the display based on the display switching instruction, controls the display to stop switching objects for a predetermined period of time when a predetermined object is displayed on the display, and controls the display to resume switching objects displayed on the display upon determining that the predetermined period of time has elapsed. | 08-16-2012 |
20120206386 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - The present invention provides a portable terminal, comprising: a first body provided with a first transparent display panel; a second body provided with a second transparent display panel; and a connecting part for movably connecting the first body with the second body; wherein both surfaces of the first transparent display panel are provided with a touch screen respectively; and at least one surface of the second transparent display panel is provided with a touch screen. The present invention provides a display area as large as possible. | 08-16-2012 |
20120202373 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL ARRANGEMENT - An electrical connector includes a housing and an arrangement. The arrangement includes microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) or a piezoelectric element or a combination thereof, configured to displace a temperature controlling medium. The electrical connector also includes at least one opening in the housing for transporting the temperature controlling medium displaced by the arrangement through the opening. | 08-09-2012 |
20120197635 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method for generating an audio signal of a user is provided. According to the method, a first audio signal inside of an ear of the user and a second audio signal outside of the ear is detected. The first audio signal and the second audio signal comprise at least a voice signal component generated by the user. Depending on the first audio signal the second audio signal is processed and output as the audio signal. | 08-02-2012 |
20120190338 | METHOD FOR CHANGING AN OPERATING MODE OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for changing an operating mode of a mobile device is provided. According to the method, a request from the user of the mobile device to change from a first operating mode to a second operating mode is received. In response to the received request a credential is requested from the user. Next, the credential (RCK) is received from the user and validated. If the received credential (RCK) is valid, the second operating mode is set and an indication of the mobile device indicating that the second operating mode has been set is set. If the second operating mode has been set, a reset of the indication is prohibited. | 07-26-2012 |
20120188179 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - The present solution relates to a device ( | 07-26-2012 |
20120183161 | DETERMINING INDIVIDUALIZED HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTIONS - A device may include capturing images of one or more body parts of a user via a camera, determining a three-dimensional model of the one or more body parts based on the captured images, obtaining a head-related transfer function that is generated based on the three-dimensional model, and storing the head-related transfer function in a memory. | 07-19-2012 |
20120174091 | NETWORK ADAPTER, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A network adapter for plugging into a host computer is provided. The network adapter may include an internal memory and connection means for connecting the host computer to a communications network. The network adapter may include resident application software stored in the network adapter's internal memory, whereby the resident application software automatically activates when the network adapter is plugged into the host computer. | 07-05-2012 |
20120165068 | ADAPTIVE RING SIGNAL LEVEL DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates a method and a mobile communication device for generating an adaptive ring signal level in the mobile communication device in response to the surrounding environmental condition of said mobile communication device and also in response to the way the mobile communication device is stored away. By comparing a transfer that is determined based on the relation between an emitted signal from the loudspeaker and a response recorded by the microphone and an ideal transfer function a calculated response function is obtained. The calculated response function is compared with predefined response functions stored in a look up table to find a match that is then selected. The ring signal is thereafter adjusted to a level that corresponds to the values associated with and stored together with the selected predefined response function. | 06-28-2012 |
20120164993 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MUFFLE COMPENSATED RING SIGNAL - The present invention relates a method and a mobile communication device for generating a muffle-compensated ring signal in response to detecting that the mobile communicating device is in a muffling environment. The method comprises the steps of emitting a reference sound by a loudspeaker of the communication device and then measuring the acoustic response of thereof at a microphone of the same device. The acoustic response is analyzed by searching for characteristics that indicate that the mobile communication is stowed away in a muffling environment, and if such characteristics are found compensating for the muffling environment by automatically adjusting the ring signal in response to the specific characteristics of the acoustic response. | 06-28-2012 |
20120163668 | TRANSLATION AND DISPLAY OF TEXT IN PICTURE - A method performed by a mobile terminal may include displaying an image via a display of the mobile device. A first user selection of a portion of the image is received and text in the selected portion of the image is identified. The identified text is displayed via the display. A second user selection of at least a portion of the identified text is received. The portion of the identified text is translated from a first language into a second language that differs from the first language. The translated text, in the second language, is displayed over the image via the display. | 06-28-2012 |
20120163625 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUDIO RECORDING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of controlling audio recording using an electronic device and an electronic device are described. The electronic device comprises a microphone arrangement having a directivity pattern. A target direction relative to the electronic device is automatically determined in response to sensor data representing at least a portion of an area surrounding the electronic device. The microphone arrangement is automatically controlled in response to the determined target direction to adjust an angular orientation of the directivity pattern relative to the electronic device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162249 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - A display apparatus including an information selecting unit, a retrieval range deciding unit, and a retrieving unit. The information selecting unit selects at least one piece of information from a plurality of pieces of information stored in a memory, each of the plurality of pieces of information being attached with additional information. The retrieval deciding unit decides a retrieval range on the basis of the additional information attached to each piece of the information selected by the information selecting unit. The retrieving unit retrieves and outputs additional pieces of information of the plurality of pieces of information corresponding to the retrieval range decided by the retrieval-direction/retrieval-range deciding unit from the memory. | 06-28-2012 |
20120159617 | HEADSET, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USAGE OF HEADSET, AND TERMINAL - The present invention provides a headset, a method for controlling usage of the headset and a terminal. The headset includes a memory configured to store an authentication password; and a usage control unit configured to send, after a connection is established between the headset and a terminal, a request of inputting authentication password to the terminal when the headset is in a protected state, receive an authentication password inputted from the terminal, authenticate the received authentication password using the stored authentication password, and control an execution of a predetermined function of the headset based on an authentication result. The present invention protects the headset by limiting the usage right of the headset, so as to reduce the probability of headset loss. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157169 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WITH AUTOMATIC CONTROL TO KEEP DISPLAY TURNED ON AND METHOD - Apparatus and method provide a hold on function in a mobile phone or other portable electronic equipment keeps the display thereof turned on in spite of a screensaver or other power saving feature while a user is reading or watching the display and allows activating of power saving facilities of the mobile phone or equipment only when a user no longer is reading or watching the display. Also, a computer program product stored in a storage medium, includes a storage medium, a computer program including face recognition software to recognize whether an input image represents that of a human face, and a control program to control operation of portable electronic equipment depending on whether or not an input image represents a human face. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157163 | Identity Module Device, Method & Computer Program Product | 06-21-2012 |
20120157116 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LOCATION BEACON - A method and device for providing a location beacon is presented herein. The location beacon may assist a client device in estimating a current location by transmitting a plurality of signals at distinct power levels to the client device. The location beacon may also be configured to transition to a client device operational mode once the location beacon has an inaccurate estimation of its own location. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154595 | Integrated Camera-Projection Device - A projector for projecting media, such as video and images, comprises an integrated camera. The camera can capture an image of a subject external to the projector, as well as an image of the media being projected. To capture these images, a controller dynamically changes the orientation of one or more reflective members of a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) within the projector. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154445 | PROJECTION CONTROL - A mobile terminal may include a projection device to project, from a first position of the mobile terminal, visual content onto a projection surface to form a projected image; a sensor to sense movement information indicative of displacement of the mobile terminal with respect to the first position; and a controller to activate, based on the displacement, at least one of a zoom mode or a pan mode, wherein the projection device is further configured to perform, in the at least one of the zoom mode or the pan mode, at least one of zooming or panning with respect to the projected image. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154378 | DETERMINING DEVICE MOVEMENT AND ORIENTATION FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL VIEWS - A device may include a first sensor, a display, and a processor. The first sensor may track orientation and location of the device. The display may include a plurality of pixels and light guides. Each light guide may be configured to direct light rays from a first sub-pixel within a pixel and a second sub-pixel within the pixel to a right eye and a left eye, respectively, of a viewer. The processor may be configured to select a sweet spot based on viewer input, obtain a relative location of the device based on output of the first sensor, and determine a stereoscopic image that is to be viewed at the sweet spot, the stereoscopic image including a right-eye image and a left-eye image. The processor may be further configured to display, based on the orientation and position of the device, the right-eye image for viewing by the right eye via a first set of sub-pixels and the left-eye image for viewing by the left eye via a second set of sub-pixels. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154195 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROLLED DEVICE SELECTION - A system and method are provided for selecting a remote controlled device to be controlled from among a plurality of remote controllable devices. The system includes an electronic device having a registration interface configured to register device data corresponding to the plurality of remote controllable devices, a position locator configured to determine position data corresponding to a position of the electronic device, and an orientation interface configured to receive orientation data corresponding to an orientation of a user. A controller is configured to select the remote controlled device based on the device data, the position data, and the orientation data. The plurality of remote controllable devices each may include a respective data source configured to provide the device data, and a headset may be configured to generate the orientation data. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154182 | KEYS WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH THE KEYS - A key for electronic apparatus, e.g., a mobile phone, and electronic apparatus including such keys, the key combines touch detection function with mechanical key pressing function. The key includes a dome, contact points member, e.g., a gold key finger, on a circuit board of the electronic apparatus and below the dome; a plurality of SMT pads on the circuit board about the contact points member, the dome connected to at least two of the SMT pads, and the contact points member connected to one of the SMT pads, and wherein the dome is connected to a capacitive touch detection scan circuit and the capacitive touch detection scan circuit is configured to detect a capacitance change caused by a finger's touch on the key, so as to form a signal indicating touch position and/or movement of the finger by combining a position of the key. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154070 | Closed Loop Antenna Tuning Using Transmit Power Control Commands - A method and apparatus for closed loop antenna tuning uses power control feedback from a serving base station to infer the best impedance settings for an impedance matching circuit. The mobile terminal receives periodic power control commands from a base station and varies a transmit power of the transmit signal responsive to said power control commands. An antenna tuning circuit determines an impedance setting for an impedance matching circuit based on observed variations in the power control commands following adjustment in the impedance matching circuit. | 06-21-2012 |
20120151760 | NON-PLANAR DISPLAY GLASS FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a touch screen display may include heating a substantially planar glass sheet to a working temperature. The planar glass sheet may be bent into a non-planar configuration to include a curved inside surface and a curved outside surface. The curved inside surface may be ground to form a substantially planar inside surface. A touch screen assembly may be mounted to the substantially planar inside surface. | 06-21-2012 |
20120150429 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT RELATING TO NAVIGATION - The present invention relates to a navigation system ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120148120 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION CONTROL METHOD FOR AN INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION CONTROL PROGRAM - To make it possible to significantly reduce a burden on a user at a time of a classification of image files added or updated, for example, and thus facilitate association with other content data. An image detector/register ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120148060 | AUTOMATIC POLARITY ADAPTATION FOR AMBIENT NOISE CANCELLATION - A sound reproducing device has a loudspeaker arranged to produce sound from an audio signal provided by an audio signal source. A microphone is positioned to pick up ambient noise and generate a microphone signal which comprises the noise. An ambient noise cancellation (ANC) system receives the microphone signal from the microphone and generates anti-noise corresponding to the ambient noise in the microphone signal. An automatic polarity adaptation (AAP) system monitors the ANC system and, when a decision criterion is fulfilled, causes a switch in polarity for the generated anti-noise. | 06-14-2012 |
20120146584 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR ENERGIZING AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE - A method and a circuit for energizing an electrical device are described. | 06-14-2012 |
20120144298 | TOUCH INPUT DISAMBIGUATION - A user device may display content items in a content area on a touch screen display of the user device. The user device may detect a touch and determine a location of a contact area corresponding to the touch. If the contact area includes more than one target, the user device may request further user input, with respect to the selection, and defer performing a function corresponding to the selection. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143961 | CALENDAR EVENT CREATION USING ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CONVERSATIONS - A device receives multiple electronic messages. The device identifies a conversation from the multiple electronic messages, and extracts one or more items of data related to the occurrence of an event from the identified conversation. The device further presents the one or more items of data to a user of the device or stores the one or more items of data as a calendar event in association with a calendar application. | 06-07-2012 |
20120140096 | Timing Solution for Projector Camera Devices and Systems - An imaging system includes an integrated projector that projects images on to an external display surface and a digital camera that records gestures and/or other objects that are in or illuminated by the projected images. The camera and/or the projector generate a timing signal to synchronize a refresh rate of the projector with an exposure time of the digital camera. The synchronization reduces or eliminates interference patterns that may be caused by gestures in or illuminated by the projected image, and allows the digital camera to more accurately detect the gestures. | 06-07-2012 |
20120135687 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES BASED ON DEVICE-TO-DEVICE PHYSICAL CONTACT - A method includes detecting one or more physical contacts between the device and another device and determining whether the one or more physical contacts correspond to one or more taps. The method further includes initiating a discovery request to the other device, when it is determined that the physical contact corresponds to the one or more taps, and communicating to the other device when a communication link is established between the device and the other device based on the discovery request. | 05-31-2012 |
20120124653 | Certificate Based Access Control in Open Mobile Alliance Device Management - A wireless communication device provides a method of certificate-based access control. Particularly, the device establishes a secure communications session with a device management server. Rather than use access control lists to control access to the functions and services on the device, however, the device uses the certificate that was employed to establish the secure session to control access. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120071 | SHADING GRAPHICAL OBJECTS BASED ON FACE IMAGES - A device may include a transceiver for communicating with another device, a memory to store images, and a processor. The processor may recognize, in each of a plurality of images, an image of a face, shade an image of a virtual object based on the images of the face, and store the shaded image in the memory. | 05-17-2012 |
20120116753 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE IN AN AUDIO SIGNAL DURING A CALL - In order to reduce interference in an audio signal during a call on a mobile communication device, a plurality of transforms of the audio signal is performed, each transform containing phase information and amplitude information of corresponding samples of the audio signal. The results of the transforms are then averaged in order to generating a compensation signal that can be subtracted from the audio signal. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114154 | USING ACCELEROMETERS FOR LEFT RIGHT DETECTION OF HEADSET EARPIECES - An earplug to provide sounds to a user's ear includes a housing, a speaker in the housing, a reference location or direction indicator associated with the housing to identify a preferential orientation of the housing in a user's ear, and an accelerometer configured to provide an output signal to distinguish and/or to identify in which ear respective earplugs are located. A method to distinguish and/or to identify in which ear respective earplugs are located includes orienting the earplugs in respective ears based on a reference, and using accelerometers to provide output signals distinguishing the left and right positioning of the respective earplugs. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114132 | HEADSET WITH ACCELEROMETERS TO DETERMINE DIRECTION AND MOVEMENTS OF USER HEAD AND METHOD - An audio headset system for a mobile phone or other audio player includes a pair of earpieces, each including a speaker in a housing and configured to provide audio output, the housing configured for positioning with respect to a user's ear to direct audio output to the ear; and a pair of accelerometers configured to provide acceleration information representative of acceleration of the respective earpieces, wherein together the acceleration information provided from both accelerometers is representative of angular motion in a horizontal plane of the head of a user. The angular motion may be used as inputs to carry out functions of the mobile phone, e.g., to provide sound adjustments for three dimensional stereophonic sound, to provide navigation information to a user, to play games, and so on. A method of determining rotation and/or direction of a user's head wearing a headset including an ear piece with an accelerometer at each ear, includes processing acceleration information from both accelerometers to determine angular motion of the user's head in a generally horizontal plane. | 05-10-2012 |
20120110678 | Digital Rights Management (DRM) Domain Recommendation and Selection Based on a User's Social Graphs - A network server implements Digital Rights Management (DRM) techniques to limit or inhibit unauthorized access or usage of protected multimedia content, such as a video or a song. However, the server also allows a user who has purchased protected multimedia content to share that content with one or more other people based on the strength of the user's relationships with those people. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105616 | LOADING OF DATA TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An image is displayed on a display of an electronic device. The image includes a control element, e.g., a web link. Further, front camera images are received from a front camera of the electronic device. The front camera is arranged to face toward a user of the electronic device. The received front camera images are analyzed to detect whether the user focuses on the control element. In response to detecting that the user focuses on the control element, loading of data associated with the control element into a memory of the electronic device is started. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105589 | REAL TIME THREE-DIMENSIONAL MENU/ICON SHADING - An image display apparatus, comprising: a two-dimensional display for displaying three-dimensional object images; an imaging unit for capturing an image of a user who is in the state of viewing the display screen; a processing unit for determining a face direction orientation of the user from the captured image; a tilt sensor for determining an angle of the image display apparatus; wherein the processing unit determines a virtual light direction by subtracting the angle of the image display apparatus from the face direction; and a projection image generator for projecting the three-dimensional objects onto the display, wherein lighting and shading is applied to the three-dimensional objects based on the virtual light direction is disclosed. A method for displaying three-dimensional images and a computer program for implementing the method are also disclosed. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105364 | Communication Device and Method - A user interaction arrangement for interaction with a user using a pointing object, the arrangement comprising, a display comprising, at least one transmitter for generating a signal, at least one receiver for receiving the signal in response to a remote detection of the object, and an arrangement for modulating the transmitted signal to carry data to be received by said or other remote object. | 05-03-2012 |
20120102124 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD AND SOCIAL NETWORK AND METHOD FOR SHARING CONTENT INFORMATION - Portable electronic equipment and method share content information about content, e.g., music, audio content, video content; by sharing the content information it may be possible to share the content itself. The equipment and method provide for selecting a “LIKE” function regarding content; a unique identifier of the content information and where it may be found is obtained, e.g., from a local or remote source, such as a server, and sent, e.g., to a user's social network page for posting or to another person via sms or email, for use by another person to obtain the content information. The other person may use the content information to learn about the content and may obtain permission, e.g., by purchasing the content, to use, perform, display, etc. the content. A social network and method permit a user to indicate a “LIKE” or similar entry to gain access to the content information. | 04-26-2012 |
20120098765 | IMAGE ORIENTATION CONTROL IN A HANDHELD DEVICE - For selecting an orientation of an image ( | 04-26-2012 |
20120093146 | CALLER INFORMATION PROVISION - By the present invention are disclosed a method for providing and a method for obtaining voice call related information from a first party device ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120092816 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A HIDDEN INPUT KEY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device comprises a housing having an outer face and an inner face. A key is provided on the housing, which comprises a micro hole formed in the housing and a conductive material extending within the micro hole to the outer face of the housing. A sensor is coupled to the conductive material to detect whether an object is brought into contact or out of contact with the micro hole at the outer face. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092517 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION - Methods and devices are provided which capture an image with a first resolution. A detail ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120088519 | MOBILE DEVICE FOR LOW POWER IDENTIFICATION OF ITS POSITION AND A METHOD THEREFORE - The present invention relates to a method in a mobile device and a mobile device for low power identification of its position in an indoor environment, in which beacon transmitters of a beacon system are present. The device receives a notification from at least one of the beacon transmitters of the beacon system that notifies the mobile device that it is within the range of the beacon system. Thus it is the beacon transmitters that perform the continuous scanning to identify if the mobile device is within range and not the mobile device itself. This will reduce the power consumption of the mobile device substantially. The mobile device will than request that the beacon transmitters within range to send data pertaining to their position, and then determine its position by performing calculations based on such data. | 04-12-2012 |
20120083260 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD FOR AN INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION PROGRAM - [Object] To enable a user to simply and easily confirm update information of a plurality of pieces of content data handled by a plurality of various application programs without any troublesome operation. [Solving Means] A plurality of update information display cards ( | 04-05-2012 |
20120081337 | Active Acoustic Multi-Touch and Swipe Detection for Electronic Devices - An electronic device has a display, a controller, and a pair of haptic transducers connected to the display. The controller configures the haptic transducers to momentarily vibrate the display. A pair of sensors disposed on the display detects variations caused by the user touch in the vibrations. Based on an analysis of these variations, the controller can determine whether a user performed at least one of a swipe action and a multi-touch action, across the display. | 04-05-2012 |
20120077437 | Navigation Using a Headset Having an Integrated Sensor - A wireless communication device is configured to communicate signals with a headset worn by a user. The headset includes a sensor that measures the orientation of a user's head to determine which direction the user is looking. The sensor sends that information to the user's device. The device uses the orientation information and a determined geographical position of the user to predict a destination location for the user. | 03-29-2012 |
20120068937 | QUICK INPUT LANGUAGE/VIRTUAL KEYBOARD/ LANGUAGE DICTIONARY CHANGE ON A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A device having a touch screen display selects a first language as an active input language. The device presents a first virtual keyboard associated with the first language on the touch screen display and receives a touch input that includes a directional touch swipe on the touch screen display. The device selects selecting a second language as the active input language based on the directional touch swipe, wherein the second language is different than the first language. The device further presents a second virtual keyboard associated with the second language on the touch screen display, wherein the second virtual keyboard is different than the first virtual keyboard. | 03-22-2012 |
20120066581 | ANNOTATING E-BOOKS / E-MAGAZINES WITH APPLICATION RESULTS - A device receives and displays an electronic book or electronic magazine, and receives user selection of a portion of content of the electronic book or electronic magazine. The device executes an application that obtains items of data related to the selected portion of content, receives selection of one or more items of the data, and attaches the one or more items of data to the selected portion of the content in a bookmark fashion to annotate the e-book or e-magazine. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066348 | Device Management Using a RESTful Interface - A Device Management system includes a device management server used by a network operator to manage one or more mobile devices operating in a wireless communications network. The device management server provides the mobile devices with Representational State Transfer (REST) commands to be executed by the mobile devices. The REST commands identify a location of one or more files on a network server that, when executed by the mobile devices, allows the devices to retrieve the files from the server, or directly from a data storage system accessible to the mobile device. The device management server may also provide the mobile devices with REST commands that allow the mobile devices to upload and store their files and information onto the network server at the specified location. | 03-15-2012 |
20120064951 | Hands-Free Control of Mobile Communication Device Based on Head Movement - A user controls a function of a mobile terminal with the aid of a motion sensor integrated in a headset. A motion sensor in the headset detects movement of the user's head and transmits head movement signals to the mobile. The mobile terminal uses the head movement signals received from the headset to control a function of the mobile terminal. For example, the mobile terminal may lock or unlock the mobile terminal based on the user's head movement. The mobile terminal may also accept, decline, initiate, or terminate a call based on the user's head movement. Head movement may also be used to navigate desktop icons and menus to perform tasks such as starting programs and selecting music for play back. | 03-15-2012 |
20120064894 | ANTENNA MATCHING STRUCTURE, ANTENNA MATCHING METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - The present invention relates to an antenna matching structure, an antenna matching method and a wireless communication terminal. In which, the antenna matching structure comprising: a measuring unit configured to measure a RSSI value; a control unit configured to generate a first switching control signal when the RSSI value measured by the measuring unit is less than a predetermined threshold; and a parameter switching unit configured to select one set of matching parameters from predetermined at least one set of matching parameters according to the first switching control signal, and switch current matching parameters of the adjustable antenna matching circuit to the selected matching parameters. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a higher RSSI value can be acquired to ensure the signal transmission quality. | 03-15-2012 |
20120062305 | Antenna Matching System and Device - A system comprising an antenna, an antenna matching network, an amplifier of a radio frequency (RF) module, a matching circuit, and a switch. The switch is configured to selectively connect said amplifier to test apparatus via said matching circuit when in a first position, and to said antenna via said antenna matching network when it is in a second position. | 03-15-2012 |
20120059979 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD - A terminal apparatus including a non-volatile memory for which writing is performed in units of blocks; and a control unit configured to perform a first method of managing bad blocks in the non-volatile memory with respect to blocks corresponding to an information management table in a file system of the non-volatile memory, and to perform a second method of managing bad blocks in the non-volatile memory with respect to blocks corresponding to user data in the file system. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059726 | System and Method for Dynamically Pricing Electronic Advertisements - User terminals receive multimedia content, such as on-line articles, from a publisher. The user terminals collect statistical data indicating the current popularity of the content with the users, and report the statistical data back to a server associated with the publisher. The server accumulates and periodically analyzes the statistical data and dynamically generates prices for the publisher to charge the advertisers based on this information. Placing advertisements with more popular content, as determined by the statistical data, could cost the advertisers more than placing advertisements with less popular content. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059493 | MEDIA PLAYING APPARATUS AND MEDIA PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention relates to a media playing apparatus and a media processing method. The media playing apparatus comprising a playing unit that plays media files containing tags, wherein the media playing apparatus further comprising: a recording unit that records play events of the media files by the playing unit; an extracting unit that extracts the tags of the media files played by the playing unit; and an acquiring unit that acquires a media file playing frequency or a media file amount corresponding to each tag of a predetermined tag type among the extracted tags according to the play events recorded by the recording unit. The embodiment of the present invention can acquire more media files or other information by using the media file playing frequency or the media file amount corresponding to each tag. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058781 | LOCATION MONITORING SYSTEM - A method and device are provided for receiving a wireless location tracking activation signal. Location monitoring is initiated based on the received wireless location tracking activation. A geographic location is periodically determined and transmitted to a remote device. | 03-08-2012 |
20120057717 | Noise Suppression for Sending Voice with Binaural Microphones - Noise-suppressing techniques using a dual-microphone headset include methods in which first and second audio input signals are generated from first and second microphones placed in or near a user's ears, or on each side of the user's throat. These audio input signals are correlated, to produce a correlation signal, and are also combined, to produce an intermediate audio signal. An output audio signal is generated by selectively adjusting the amplitude of the intermediate audio signal, based on the correlation signal, to emphasize correlated components of the first and second audio input signals, relative to uncorrelated components. | 03-08-2012 |
20120046858 | ORGANIZING MEDIA DATA USING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention relates to an electronic communication device, a portable electronic device, a method, a computer program product, a computer program element, and a system for organizing electronic media data in relation to fix points of geographic locations. The method for organizing electronic media data in relation to fix points of geographic locations, according to the present invention, comprises: obtaining at least one said fix point related to a scheme (step | 02-23-2012 |
20120046768 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA DATA TO A USER - The present invention relates to a method for providing multimedia data to a user ( | 02-23-2012 |
20120046009 | Personal Emergency System for a Mobile Communication Device - The occurrence of an accident is determined with the aid of a motion sensor disposed in an accessory (e.g. headset) of a mobile communication device. The accessory includes a body sensor to detect that the accessory is being worn, and a body movement sensor to detect body movements. An accident is inferred from a violent body movement while the accessory is being worn. In response to the violent body movement, an emergency message is generated and sent to a predetermined destination address. | 02-23-2012 |
20120045990 | Intelligent Audio Routing for Incoming Calls - A user's wireless communication device communicates cellular signals with a remote party over a wireless communications network and short-range wireless signals with a headset worn by the user. Upon receiving an incoming call, a controller in the user's device determines whether a microphone integrated with the user's device, or a microphone integrated with the headset, is closest to the user's mouth. Based on that determination, the controller routes the incoming audio signals to whichever speaker is associated with the microphone that is closest to the user's mouth. | 02-23-2012 |
20120036428 | ADVANCED SCROLLING - A device may receive a selection of a first one of portions of a document, changing sizes of at least some of the portions based on the selection, determining a first location of an index button in an index bar, identify one of the portions based on the determined first location of the index button, and display the identified portion. | 02-09-2012 |
20120032862 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT, DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATE, PCB & DEVICE - An antenna arrangement may include a ground plane, a feeding branch, a first branch and a second branch. The first branch may be longer than the second branch. The feeding branch may be capacitively coupled to the first branch. The feeding branch, the first branch, and the second branch include inductor loading and may be arranged in a single plane at a distance from the ground plane. | 02-09-2012 |
20120028625 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MESSAGE NOTIFICATION BASED ON SENSORY DETECTION - An electronic device ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120027224 | Acoustic System for Slide-Type Mobile Device - A mobile device comprises a housing including a bottom section and a top section slidably connected to the bottom section so as to be movable relative to the bottom section between closed and open positions. A speaker disposed within the bottom section of the housing. An acoustic port extends from the speaker in the bottom section of the housing and through the top section of the housing to project sound produced by the speaker toward the front of the mobile device. | 02-02-2012 |
20120026191 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AUGMENTATION INFORMATION IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - A method for displaying augmentation information in an augmented reality system ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120019557 | DISPLAYING AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION - A device may obtain location information of an AR display device and obtain identifiers associated with objects that are within a field of view of the AR display device based on the location information. In addition, the device may obtain, for each of the objects, AR information based on the identifiers and determine, for each of the objects, a distance of the object from the AR display device. Furthermore, the device may generate, for each of the objects, images of the AR information at a virtual distance from the AR display device, the virtual distance corresponding to the determined distance. The device may display the generated images at the AR display device. | 01-26-2012 |
20120009981 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a portable communication device ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120009973 | Module Connection in a Printed Wiring Board - An electronic device has a housing and circuitry disposed within the housing. The circuitry is mounted to, for example, a top surface of a Printed Wiring Board (PWB) disposed within the housing. The PWB has a dual-height cavity that is formed as a recess in the top surface. The dual-height cavity is sized to receive one or more electronic components. Electrical contacts disposed within the dual-height cavity electrically connect the electronic component to electronic circuits mounted to the top surface of the PWB. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008875 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MNEMONIC CONTACT IMAGE ASSOCIATION - The present invention pertains to method and a communication device ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120005032 | PAY-PER-RESTORE FOR DATA BACKUP RESTORATION - A data repository receives a user's request to subscribe to a data backup service, and receives data from one or more remote devices associated with the user. The data repository stores the data in storage at the data repository, and receives a request to restore at least a portion of the data to one of the remote devices. The data repository determines, responsive to the request, a restoration fee for restoring the at least the portion of the data, and determines whether the user agrees to the restoration fee. The data repository charges the user the determined restoration fee if the user agrees to the fee, and provides the at least the portion of the data to the one of the remote devices. | 01-05-2012 |
20120004575 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDEXING CONTENT VIEWED ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and method for collecting heart rate information associated with a user while the user is viewing and/or listening to multimedia content and/or experiencing real-life events. The heart rate information is interpreted to determine a level of physical arousal. The level of physical arousal may be stored with the multimedia content. Interpretation of emotional characteristic can provide several gradations of user's preference (e.g., the degree to which the user is aroused). | 01-05-2012 |
20120003937 | BLUETOOTH DEVICE AND AUDIO PLAYING METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a Bluetooth device and an audio playing method using the same. In which the Bluetooth device may be a Bluetooth headset, including: a locus detection unit, an identification unit and a Bluetooth module, wherein the locus detection unit is configured to detect a motion locus of the Bluetooth headset during a process where the Bluetooth headset is placed onto the user's ear; the identification unit configured to identify whether the Bluetooth headset is placed on the user's left ear or right ear by comparing the motion locus of the Bluetooth headset with predetermined left ear or right ear characteristic loci, and transmit an identification result to the Bluetooth module; the Bluetooth module is configured to receive left channel audio signal when the identification result of the identification unit is left ear, and receive right channel audio signal when the identification result is right ear. | 01-05-2012 |
20110320548 | USER-BASED SEMANTIC METADATA FOR TEXT MESSAGES - Methods, devices, and computer-readable medium described herein may provide for the adding of user-based semantic metadata to a text message. The semantic metadata may be added at a sending user device based on a user's selection. A receiving user device may interpret the text message based on the semantic metadata. | 12-29-2011 |
20110312296 | Prioritization of Emergency SMS Messages - A method and apparatus for delivering emergency SMS messages minimizes processing delays and to ensure delivery of SMS message even when SMS services are otherwise unavailable to a mobile station. New message type indicators are defined to indicate messages that contain emergency SMS data to significantly increases the chances that a message will be delivered even when the network is congested. Also, new service type is defined for emergency SMS messages to remove many of the restrictions that could prevent a message from being delivered. | 12-22-2011 |
20110310990 | POWER AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS, OFDM MODULATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND DISTORTION REDUCTION METHOD FOR POWER AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS - A power amplification apparatus that performs an inverse fast Fourier transformation on data allocated to a plurality of sub-carriers, converts time-domain data output in parallel from the inverse fast Fourier transformation into a time-domain analog signal, performs a power amplification on the time-domain analog signal, wherein a saturation output level of the power amplification is adjustable in accordance with a switching signal. The power amplification apparatus also compares an amplitude of a signal in each time slot of the time-domain analog signal with a predetermined threshold and switches the saturation output level of the power amplification based on an output of the comparing. | 12-22-2011 |
20110309946 | ADAPTIVE MEDIA OBJECT REPRODUCTION BASED ON SOCIAL CONTEXT - A media-reproduction device for adaptively reproducing media objects based upon social context of one or more people in proximity to the media-reproduction device is disclosed. The media-reproduction device includes an output device for reproducing a media object and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to identify a person in proximity to the media-reproduction device and to determine a social context based upon an analysis of social data corresponding to the identified person. The control circuit select at least one media object for reproduction on the output device based upon the social context and then reproduce the at least one media object on the output device. The media objects selected and reproduced on the output device can be adapted based upon changes in the social context. | 12-22-2011 |
20110307315 | Mobile communication terminal, data processing method for mobile communication terminal and settlement terminal - The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, a data processing method for mobile communication terminal and a settlement terminal, wherein the mobile communication terminal includes: a first receiving unit configured to receive an electronic coupon under digital copyright protection from an external device and store it into a memory unit of the mobile communication terminal; a second receiving unit same as or different from the first receiving unit, and configured to receive a digital copyright file corresponding to the electronic coupon from a digital copyright issuing server, and store it into the memory unit; a display unit configured to display preferential information of the electronic coupon and/or a digital copyright permission corresponding to the digital copyright file; and a Digital Rights Management (DRM) agent configured to provide preferential identification information of the electronic coupon to a settlement terminal based on the digital copyright permission, for recognition by the settlement terminal. | 12-15-2011 |
20110304613 | AUTOSPECTROSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTO-STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to an auto-stereoscopic display device and a method for operating an auto-stereoscopic display device for providing a three-dimensional image of a scene to a viewer so as to extend the experienced visual comfort zone of a viewer. A display device comprises a user position determination section operable to determine a position of the viewer with respect to said display device, and a display section operable to send out two images in at least a first pair of angular directions having a left angular direction and a right angular direction suitable for being looked at respectively by a left eye and a right eye of the viewer located at a particular position, wherein said display section is configured to send out the two images in said first pair of angular directions to confer a three-dimensional effect as if the viewer were looking at the scene in a first viewing direction under a first angle. | 12-15-2011 |
20110303832 | Spatial Detection on an Electronic Device Using Optical Coding - A method of detecting motion at an electronics device includes a detector at the device. Light reflects from an object located external to the device and is projected onto a mask. The mask includes a predetermined pattern of light-transmissive and opaque areas that will either allow, or block the reflected light from passing through the mask and forming a light pattern on the light-sensitive surface of a light sensor. The light sensor generates a waveform based on this light-pattern, and a processor processes the generated waveform to detect whether the object is in motion. | 12-15-2011 |
20110294525 | TEXT ENHANCEMENT - A method including receiving text authored by a user to create a text message; interpreting a meaning of the text; determining a mood of the user; obtaining contextual information, wherein the contextual information comprises at least one of time of day, day of the week, whether it is a holiday, a user location, or a relationship between the user and a recipient of the text message; selecting a classification for the text message based on the meaning of the text, the mood of the user, and the contextual information; displaying text enhancements for the text message from which the user can select, wherein the text enhancements are based on the classification; receiving a user selection for the text enhancements; including the user selected text enhancements with the text message; and sending the text message with the text enhancements to a recipient. | 12-01-2011 |
20110293109 | Hands-Free Unit with Noise Tolerant Audio Sensor - A hands-free unit comprises a noise tolerant audio sensor to generate a first audio signal based on detection of audible sounds and an external audio sensor to generate a second audio signal based on detection of the audible sounds. A tunable distortion reduction filter adds high frequency information to the first audio signal and reduces distortion. A control unit detects noise levels based on comparison of first and second audio signals; and selects one of the first and second audio signals based on the detected noise level. | 12-01-2011 |
20110291943 | TOUCH INTERFACE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY CONTROL - An electronic device includes a first touch panel disposed on a first side of the device. The first touch panel receives a first touch input. The electronic device further includes a display disposed on the first side of the device, and a touch interface disposed on a second side of the device, where the second side is different than the first side. The touch interface receives a second touch input. A control unit receives an indication of the first touch input from the first touch panel and receives an indication of the second touch input from the touch interface. The control unit further determines alterations to a three dimensional view of the display in the x, y and/or z directions based on the first touch input, and rotates the three dimensional view on the display angularly in accordance with movement of the second touch input. | 12-01-2011 |
20110289406 | User Interface for a Touch Sensitive Display on an Electronic Device - A user interface (UI) for a text editing application executing on an electronic device, such as a wireless communication device, partitions a touch-sensitive display into two functional areas, a user input area and a text composition area. The UI displays text output in the text composition area and allows a user to scroll “user documents” through the input area. From an active user document displayed in the input area, users can automatically copy-and-paste text directly into a text area without having to exit the text editing application. | 11-24-2011 |
20110284348 | KEY INPUT DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A key input device including a keyboard which includes a plurality of key switches including at least two adjacent key switches, and a stopper disposed between the two adjacent key switches and configured to inhibit one of the at least two adjacent key switches from receiving a pressing force when the other of the at least two adjacent key switches is pressed by a user. | 11-24-2011 |
20110281567 | ESTABLISHING SESSIONS BETWEEN DEVICES IN A NETWORK - A method may include generating a discovery ID, wherein the discovery ID identifies an IP connection between a network device and a user device. The method may further include receiving a short message service (SMS) message from the user device, wherein the SMS message includes the discovery ID. The method may further include determining a telephone number associated with the user device based on a sender ID of the SMS message. Further, the method may also include transmitting a value indicative of the telephone number to the user device through the IP connection based on the discovery ID received in the SMS message. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279483 | CONTROLLING SINGLE-PICTURE ELEMENT (PIXEL) DISPLAYS - A method may include scanning, by a portable device, information from a storage unit of the portable device to change a color gradient on a surface of a single-pixel display attached to a housing of the portable device. In addition, the method may include detecting, by the portable device, a change in state of the portable device and sending a square wave signal or sine wave signal to the single-pixel display when the information provides for sending the slow-changing square wave or sine wave in response to the detected change in state of the portable device. Further, the method may include changing the illumination, color, or color gradient in accordance with the square wave signal or the sine wave signal. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279472 | DISPLAY ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a method and a display device comprising a surface for displaying information. The information has at least one of a color hue or contrast for a content and at least one of a color hue or contrast for a background of the content. The display device is configured to relate said at least one of a background color hue or contrast and said at least one of a content color hue or contrast in such a way that said content has limited visibility observed from an angle deviating from a frontal view angle. | 11-17-2011 |
20110276724 | System and Method for Updating Device Drivers - A host connects to a peripheral device having upgraded firmware. The host also includes a device driver to communicate with the peripheral device. If the device drivers currently installed on the host are not compatible with the upgraded firmware, upgraded device drivers are automatically downloaded to the host from the peripheral device. Once installed on the host, the peripheral device is reset and the upgraded device drivers are used to communicate with the peripheral device. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276327 | VOICE-TO-EXPRESSIVE TEXT - A method including receiving a vocal input including words spoken by a user; determining vocal characteristics associated with the vocal input mapping the vocal characteristics to textual characteristics; and generating a voice-to-expressive text that includes, in addition to text corresponding to the words spoken by the user, a textual representation of the vocal characteristics based on the mapping. | 11-10-2011 |