36th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140247116 | ROBOTIC INVENTORY SYSTEMS - Embodiments of a robotic inventory system are provided that include a mobile robot for inventorying an inventory area, such as store or warehouse. The mobile robot can move through the inventory area collecting data from tagged items (e.g., RFID tags). Based on the collected data, the robotic inventory system can determine the items in the inventory area and the location of those items. In some embodiments, no additional infrastructure is needed for the installation of the robotic inventory system. This can allow, for example, the inventorying system to be shipped to an end customer and used by the end customer without having a professional installer setup the robot and/or the inventorying system. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247117 | Method of Automatically Programming a Load Control Device Using a Remote Identification Tag - A method of automatically programming a new load control device that replaces an old load control device takes advantage of a remote identification tag (e.g., an RFID tag) located in the vicinity of the old device. The remote identification tag stores an identifier that is representative of a location in which the old device is installed. The method includes the steps of: (1) storing a setting of an old device in a memory of a controller; (2) associating the setting with the identifier of the old device in the memory of the controller; (3) the new device retrieving the identifier from the remote identification tag after the new device is installed in the location of the old device; (4) the new device transmitting the identifier to the controller; and (5) the controller transmitting the setting of the old device to the new device in response to receiving the identifier. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247118 | METHOD FOR AN ACQUISITION OF DATA FROM EXTERNAL DIGITAL SENSORS WITH AN RFID SMART TAG AND A TAG INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - A microprogram for performing communication between an RFID smart tag and external digital sensors (EDS | 2014-09-04 |
20140247119 | Control System for a Remote Vehicle - A hand-held controller includes a controller body having right and left grips. The controller body defines a left control zone adjacent the left grip and a right control zone adjacent the right grip. A first set of input devices disposed in the left control zone includes a first analog joystick, a 4-way directional control adjacent the first analog joystick, and a left rocker control located adjacent the 4-way directional control. A second set of input devices disposed in the right control zone includes a second analog joystick, an array of at least four buttons adjacent the second analog joystick, and a right rocker control adjacent the button array. The hand-held controller also includes a display disposed on the controller body adjacent the left and right control zones. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247120 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PRODUCING HAPTIC EVENTS FROM A DIGITAL AUDIO FILE - In an embodiment, a system and method for automatically converting a plurality of events in a plurality of channels in a structured representation sequence into haptic events. The method comprises calculating an event score for each event of the sequence in one or more channels. The method also comprises calculating a cumulative score based on the event scores in the one or more channels. The method includes selectively designating haptic events to the events based on the event scores in one or more selected channels, wherein the haptic events are output by a haptic actuator. This may be done by the system by calculating properties of the sound or by taking already existing values associated with those properties to efficiently produce haptic events. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247121 | ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLE - An electric-powered vehicle is provided which is capable of charging a battery with stability, and which is capable of limiting the charging of the battery in the event of theft to provide a high degree of effectiveness of preventing theft by using a simple configuration. In the electric-powered vehicle, a vehicle storage section stores therein information, e.g. an ID list, about charging facilities permitted to charge a vehicle-mounted battery. When the electric-powered vehicle is connected to a charging facility, a charging facility ID acquisition section acquires the ID of the charging facility from the charging facility connected thereto. When it is judged that the ID of the charging facility acquired by the charging facility ID acquisition section is included in the ID list of charging facilities stored in the vehicle storage section, a charging request section makes a request to the charging facility for charging of the vehicle-mounted battery. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247122 | VEHICLE WITH ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INTRUSION DETECTION - In an embodiment of a vehicle, the vehicle comprises: a vehicle network bus; one or more electronic control units coupled to the bus. One electronic control unit comprises: a processor; a memory; an interface to the vehicle network bus; and an intrusion detection program stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The processor utilizes the interface to monitor data on the vehicle network bus and utilizes the intrusion detection program to detect one or more anomalies in the monitored data. The electronic control unit generates an alert upon detection of one or more anomalies. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247123 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE MAIL DELIVERY NOTIFICATION - Remote mail delivery notification is disclosed. Example embodiments include: providing a radio frequency (RE) transmitter on a mail delivery vehicle, the RF transmitter being configured to transmit a signal on a pre-determined frequency within a pre-determined transmitter proximity region; providing an RF receiver for a recipient of mail delivered by the mail delivery vehicle, the RF receiver being configured to receive a signal on the pre-determined frequency within a pre-determined receiver proximity region, the RF receiver including a mechanism for rendering an alert when the signal is received, the RF receiver further including a reset button to clear the alert and reset the RF receiver to receive a new signal; positioning the RF receiver so a central mailbox associated with the mail recipient is located within the receiver proximity region; and automatically activating an alert on the RF receiver when the mail delivery vehicle is located at the central mailbox. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247124 | INTERCHANGEABLE PERSONAL SECURITY DEVICE - An apparatus for personal security is disclosed that includes a wearable accessory formed to receive an alerting device such that the alerting device is not visible while the accessory is worn. The apparatus includes an alerting device with an alerting element. The alerting device is interchangeable with a plurality of wearable accessories. One or more activation elements are disposed on the wearable accessory and formed to activate the alerting device wherein the alerting element sends an alert signal in response to receiving an activation signal from the one or more activation elements. In one embodiment, the alerting device is in wireless communication with a communication device and sends an alert signal to the communication device in response to receiving the activation signal. In another embodiment, the communication device notifies one or more predefined contacts that an alert signal was sent in response to receiving the alert signal. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247125 | Liability Intervention Logistical Innovation System and Method - A system and method are disclosed that are able to identify and distinguish persons as soon as they enter or exit a hospital room or any room occupied by a patient who is receiving medical or dental services. After a person who has entered a hospital room has been identified, this person may be required to sanitize his/her hands in order to comply with an established protocol. Therefore, a second identification may take place at the hand sanitization station. The system may confirm that the same person was identified by a first read by the RFID antennas upon entering the room and by a second read by the RFID antennas upon completing the hand sanitization procedure. If no hand sanitization takes place, visual and/or auditory stimuli may be generated as a reminder. Persons and their hand sanitization performances may be used diagnostically to identify and remedy potential contamination events and/or determine the source and mode of transmission of a nosocomial infection. This information may be returned in real-time as well as stored in a database. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247126 | MOBILE DEVICE ALERT GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method for providing an alert regarding mobile device location is provided. The method includes obtaining location data corresponding to locations of a mobile device over a period of time. A location pattern is determined based on the location data. The current location of the mobile device is detected at a time based on the determined pattern, and an alert is provided regarding the current location of the mobile device. A system for providing alerts regarding mobile device location is also provided. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247127 | REAL TIME SAFETY SYSTEMS - A method for managing hazards in a construction site is presented. One aspect of the inventive subject matter includes a hazard management process that utilitizes a hazard context database, a sensor interface, and a hazard analysis engine. The sensor interface is configured to acquire a site data feed that is representative of a construction site. The hazard analysis engine is configured to (i) instantiate a hazard object by comparing the site data feed to hazard criteria of the plurality of hazard contexts, (ii) update the hazard object based on the site data feed, (iii) generate hazard notification criteria related to the hazard object, (iv) obtain worker attributes from the site data, and (v) transmit a hazard notification to an output device when the worker attributes cause satisfaction of the hazard notification criteria. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247128 | DETECTION DEVICE - A device for the detection of an open and unattended closure of an enclosure to prevent theft comprises a detector adapted to detect if the closure is open and a detector adapted to detect if the closure is unattended, the detectors being operably connected to an effector adapted to alert a user to the open and unattended condition of the closure. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247129 | IMPACT AWARENESS DEVICE - An impact awareness device (IAD) may include an impact switch configured to transition from an open-circuit state to a close-circuit state when a force is exerted on the IAD in a first direction and exceeds a force threshold. The IAD may further include a headliner configured to couple with a protective headgear. The headliner may include a flexible band comprising one or more substrates configured to conform to a headband of the protective headgear, and an electronic circuit coupled to the flexible band and electrically coupled to the switch and wherein when the force threshold is exceeded the electronic circuit transmits an indication signal to provide an indication of the likelihood of a head and a vertebral column injuries when the indicator signal is received. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247130 | GAS ANALYZER - A gas analyzer includes: a gas measuring portion which performs a measurement on a gas; a case which houses the gas measuring portion; a liquid separator which includes a reservoir for storing a liquid component separated from the gas; a holder portion which holds the liquid separator; and a rotation mechanism which mounts the holder portion to the case. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247131 | DRIVE CARRIER TOUCH SENSING - A system includes a computing device with touch sensing capabilities and a sensor positioned on a drive carrier and electronically connected to the computing device. The computing device receives a sensor measurement and determines based on the sensor measurement if the sensor positioned on the drive carrier has been touched. The computing device conducts a process in response to a determination that the sensor positioned on the drive carrier has been touched. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247132 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present technique relates to an information processing device and an information processing method that can realize new forms of communication tools. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247133 | System and Method for Downhole Telemetry - A system and method are provided for providing electromagnetic (EM) measurement-while-drilling (MWD) telemetry capabilities using an existing mud-pulse MWD tool. An EM tool intercepts the output from the mud-pulse tool and generates an EM signal that mimics a mud-pulse pressure signal. The EM signal is intercepted at the surface by a receiver module that conditions the signal and inputs the signal into the existing pulse tool receiver. Since the EM signal mimics a mud-pulse signal, the pulse tool receiver does not require software or hardware modifications in order to process an EM telemetry mode. The EM tool can be adapted to also provide dual telemetry by incorporating a conventional pressure pulser that would normally be used with the pulse tool. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247134 | Methods using wearable device with unique user ID and telemetry system - A method for using telemetry data based on a user habit information user one or more sensors coupled to a wearable device that has a unique user ID, and acquire user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information. The wearable device includes ID circuitry that includes ID storage, a communication system which reads and transmits the unique ID from the ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry. The telemetry system communicates with the one or more sensors. The telemetry system includes a database of user ID's. Telemetry data is analyzed using the telemetry system based on at least one of, user's activities, behaviors and habit information. Personalized information about the user is created. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247135 | WIRELESS MONITORING SYSTEM WITH ACTIVITY MANAGER FOR MONITORING USER ACTIVITY - A system is disclosed that uses telemetry data based on a user habit information or user monitoring. A user monitoring device has a unique user ID. The monitoring device acquires user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information, and user monitoring. ID circuitry is at the user monitoring device. The ID circuitry includes ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry. A telemetry system is in communication with the user monitoring device. The telemetry system includes a database of user ID's. The telemetry system is in communication with the user monitoring device. An activity manager is provided is used with the other elements to manage lifestyle activities of the user. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247136 | WEARABLE DEVICE COUPLED BY MAGNETS POSITIONED IN A FRAME IN AN INTERIOR OF THE WEARABLE DEVICE WITH AT LEAST ONE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - A wearable device is provided with a wearable device structure. A frame is positioned in an interior of the wearable device structure. A plurality of magnets are provided. At least a portion of the plurality of the magnets are coupled to the frame. Electronic circuitry is positioned in an interior of the wearable device structure adjacent to the frame. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247137 | BASE CHARGING STATION FOR MONITORING DEVICE - A wearable device system includes one or more sensors coupled to a wearable device structure that includes first and second outer surfaces, an interior, a first end and a second end. The wearable device structure has a unique user ID. The sensors acquiring user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors, habit information, health parameters, medical monitoring and user monitoring. The wearable device has a power source coupled to a charging device of the wearable device. A base station is configured to be coupled to the wearable device and has a corresponding charging device for charging or recharging the power source of the wearable device. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247138 | REMOTE MONITORING TERMINAL DEVICE FOR MOBILE WORK VEHICLE OR VESSEL - Disclosed is a remote monitoring terminal device | 2014-09-04 |
20140247139 | ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION, PIPELINED GAS OR WATER REAL TIME REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND HOME DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, MANAGED BY POWER, GAS AND WATER CONCESSIONARIES - As of invention patent, hereof represented by an inventive solution under the represented management concessionary sector for the distribution, commercialization of electricity, pipelined gas and water, internet and cable TV subscription services is provided. Notably as far as data collection, and individual consumption data processing (home, commercial and industrial) which once applied produces gains in terms of operational logistics, expressive cost reduction, notably manpower cost reduction, more reliability of the collected consumption data, also the possibility of real time consumption monitoring, enabling the efficient processing in due diligence of the accounts payable payments, as well as signaling the concessionary company on the consumption points, such as proprieties where there is excessive consumption of electricity, pipelined water and gas which is not in accordance with the previously defined home ( | 2014-09-04 |
20140247140 | MONITORING DEVICE WITH SELECTABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - One or more sensors are coupled to a monitoring device which has a unique user ID. The one or more sensors acquire user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information. ID circuitry including ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry is at the monitoring device. A multi-protocol wireless controller coupled to one or more wireless interfaces is at the monitoring device and characterizes available networks to determine current network information. A wireless connectivity assistant is at the monitoring device and selects one of the available networks based on the current network information and at least one of user preferences, application requirements and system information. A telemetry system is in communication with the monitoring device. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247141 | MONITORING DEVICE WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OVER NON-CONTIGUOUS CHANNELS - A communication system for a monitoring device. The monitoring device includes, one or more sensors, a unique user ID, ID circuitry with ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry. The one or more sensors acquire user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information. A telemetry system is in communication with the monitoring device. The monitoring device and/or the telemetry system includes a wireless communication device that in operation transmits a wireless communication packet to the other over a plurality of non-contiguous wireless communication channels. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247142 | SYSTEMS USING LIFESTYLE DATABASE ANALYSIS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK - A method is provided for utilizing a personal monitoring device or other personal logging device, to assist an individual in a lifestyle control program. The method includes storing lifestyle data from a statistically large group of persons in a database, collecting, in a personal logging device, corresponding personal lifestyle data; feeding the data from the personal logging device to the database; performing a statistical analysis of the collected lifestyle data, and producing an output and providing feedback to the user based on correlations. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247143 | USER OR PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEMS WITH ONE OR MORE ANALYSIS TOOLS - A system is provided for using telemetry data based on user habit information or user monitoring. A monitoring device has one or more sensors that detect or measure user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information, and a user's health. The monitoring device includes ID circuitry with an ID storage that contains a unique user ID, a communication system which reads and transmits the unique user ID from the ID storage, a power source and a pathway system. A telemetry system with a database receives the user information from the telemetry device. One or more analysis tools are at the telemetry system that analyze the user information and produce analysis information that is sent to the monitoring device. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247144 | METHODS USING A MONITORING DEVICE TO MONITOR INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES, BEHAVIORS OR HABIT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATE WITH A DATABASE WITH CORRESPONDING INDIVIDUAL BASE INFORMATION FOR COMPARISON - A method is provided for obtaining monitored information about an individual and provide the individual with feedback. A monitoring device with one or more sensors is used to measure or detect individual information selected from of at least one of, an individual's activities, behaviors and habit information, and an individual's health. The monitoring device has ID circuitry with an ID storage that contains a unique individual ID, a communication system which reads and transmits the unique individual ID from the ID storage, a power source and a pathway system. The monitoring device communicates with a telemetry system. The telemetry system has a database that includes base individual information selected from at least one of, individual physiological information, information that is indicative of the individual's activities, data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of the individual and information regarding a degree to which an individual has followed a routine. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247145 | METHODS USING ACTIVITY MANAGER FOR MONITORING USER ACTIVITY - A method uses telemetry data based on user habit information or user monitoring. User information is acquired from one or more sensors of a monitoring device. The user information is selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information. Signals are routed through ID circuitry at the user monitoring device. User information is communicated between the monitoring device and a telemetry system. A database of user ID's is accessed at the telemetry system. The telemetry system analyzes telemetry data based on at least one of, user's activities, behaviors and habit information, user condition, and user parameter, to create personalized information about the user. One or more contexts of a user activity are associated with an activity manager. The activity manager is a standalone device, included with the telemetry system or included with the monitoring device. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247146 | MOBILE DEVICE THAT MONITORS AN INDIVIDUALS ACTIVITIES, BEHAVIORS, HABITS OR HEALTH PARAMETERS - A mobile device is provided that obtains monitored information about an individual. A display is coupled to a housing. A memory is coupled to a memory and one or more processing units (CPU's), a peripherals interface, a Network Systems circuitry and an input/output (I/O) subsystems. A system is included with one or more sensors that detects or measure an individual's activities. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247147 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FITNESS WITH FEEDBACK - A system is provided for obtaining monitored information about an individual and create life activities data. A monitoring device has that detect or measure individual information selected from of at least one of, an individual's activities, behaviors and habit information, and an individual's health. The monitoring device includes ID circuitry with an ID storage that contains a unique individual ID, a communication system which reads and transmits the unique individual ID from the ID storage, a power source and a pathway system. A telemetry system includes a database that receives the individual information from the telemetry device. One or more analysis tools at the telemetry system analyze the individual information and create life activities data. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247148 | MONITORING DEVICE WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING CDMA - One or more sensors are coupled to a monitoring device that has a unique user ID, the one or more sensors acquiring user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information. ID circuitry is at the monitoring device. Also included is ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry. A telemetry system includes a database of user ID's. The telemetry system is in communication with the monitoring device and analyzes data from monitoring device based on at least one of, user's activities, behaviors and habit information and creating personalized information about the user, and a controller transmits a set of data frames relative to the monitoring device. A set of data frames is transmitted from the monitoring device. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247149 | SYSTEM WITH A MONITORING DEVICE THAT MONITORS INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES, BEHAVIORS OR HABIT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATES WITH A DATABASE WITH CORRESPONDING INDIVIDUAL BASE INFORMATION FOR COMPARISON - A system is provided for obtaining monitored information about an individual and provide the individual with feedback. A monitoring device has one or more sensors that detect or measure individual information selected from of at least one of, an individual's activities, behaviors and habit information, and an individual's health. The monitoring device includes ID circuitry with an ID storage that contains a unique individual ID, a communication system which reads and transmits the unique individual ID from the ID storage, a power source and a pathway system. A telemetry system is in communication with the monitoring device. The telemetry system has a database that includes base individual information selected from at least one of, individual physiological information, information that is indicative of the individual's activities, data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of the individual and information regarding a degree to which an individual has followed a routine. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247150 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING INDIVIDUALS WITH A MONITORING DEVICE, TELEMETRY SYSTEM, ACTIVITY MANAGER AND A FEEDBACK SYSTEM - A monitoring device, with one or more sensors detects or measures individual information selected from of at least one of, an individual's activities, behaviors and habit information, and an individual's health. The monitoring device includes ID circuitry with an ID storage that contains a unique individual ID, a communication system which reads and transmits the unique individual ID from the ID storage, a power source and a pathway system. A telemetry system is in communication with the monitoring device. An activity manager is in communication with the monitoring device. The activity manager provides information analysis of the individual information received from the monitoring device, the individual information selected from at least one of, individual physiological information, information that is indicative of the individual's activities, data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of the individual and monitoring a degree to which an individual has followed a routine. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247151 | SYSTEM OR DEVICE WITH WEARABLE DEVICES HAVING ONE OR MORE SENSORS WITH ASSIGNMENT OF A WEARABLE DEVICE USER IDENTIFIER TO A WEARABLE DEVICE USER - A system provides assignment of a wearable device user identifier to a wearable device user. A wearable device has one or more sensors that detect or measure wearable device user information selected from of at least one of, a wearable device user's activities, behaviors and habit information, and a wearable device user's health. The wearable device includes a communication system, and a pathway system. A telemetry system has a database of wearable device user profiles. The telemetry system includes a processor and a wearable device user database. The processor has at least one of, access to the wearable device user database, at least partially creates the wearable device user database and at least partially determines a wearable device user profile. A wearable device user identifier of a wearable device user is assigned to the wearable device user before or after the wearable device user receives the wearable device. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247152 | TELEMETRY SYSTEM WITH TRACKING RECEIVER DEVICES - A wireless power transmission system includes, a transmit antenna which in operation produces a wireless field, an amplifier coupled to the transmit antenna, a load sensing circuit coupled to the amplifier and a controller coupled to the load sensing circuit. A monitoring device has one or more sensors and a unique user ID. The one or more sensors acquire user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information. The monitoring device includes an ID circuitry. A communication interface receives information about the unique user ID when the load sensing circuit indicates the monitoring device is within the wireless field. The indication is created using at least a change in power consumption. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247153 | PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND MESSAGES THAT SEND ALERTS TO PATIENTS ONLY WHEN THE PATIENT IS AWAKE - A system for is provided for using telemetry data based on patient habit information or patient monitoring. One or more patient monitoring devices has a unique patient ID. The one or more monitoring devices acquire patient information selected from of at least one of, a patient's activities, behaviors and habit information, and patient monitoring. ID circuitry is at the patient monitoring device. The ID circuitry includes ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry. An alarm is at the patient monitoring device that provides an alert only when the patient is in a wake-state. A telemetry system is in communication with the patient monitoring device. The telemetry system includes a database of patient ID's. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247154 | USER MONITORING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM OR TEAM - A user monitoring device has one or more monitoring sensors and a unique user ID. The one or more sensors acquire user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information, and user monitoring. ID circuitry is at the user monitoring device. The ID circuitry includes ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry. The monitoring device is configured to be in communication with a telemetry system. The telemetry system includes a database of user ID's. The telemetry analyzes telemetry data based on at least one of, user's activities, behaviors and habit information. The telemetry system in operation is in communication with and sends a notification to an emergency response team or system when a monitored parameter is of a certain value. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247155 | METHODS USING A MOBILE DEVICE TO MONITOR AN INDIVIDUAL'S ACTIVITIES, BEHAVIORS, HABITS OR HEALTH PARAMETERS - A method is provided for obtaining monitored information about an individual. One or more sensors of a wearable mobile device are used to obtain individual information selected from of at least one of, an individual's activities, behaviors and habit information, and an individual's health. The wearable mobile device includes a display, a memory coupled to a memory controller, one or more processing units (CPU's), a peripherals interface, a Network Systems circuitry and an input/output (I/O) subsystem. The wearable mobile device communicates with a telemetry system. The telemetry system has a database that includes base individual information selected from at least one of, individual physiological information, information that is indicative of the individual's activities, data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of the individual and information regarding a degree to which an individual has followed a routine. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247156 | USER OR PATIENT MONITORING METHODS USING ONE OR MORE ANALYSIS TOOLS - A method is provided for using telemetry data based on user habit information or user monitoring. One or more sensors of a monitoring device detects or measures user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information, and a user's health. The user information is received at a telemetry system with a database. One or more analysis tools at the telemetry system are used for the analysis. Analysis information is produced that is sent to the monitoring device. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247157 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MONITORING SYSTEM - A biological information monitoring system includes: a first monitoring device which includes a first displaying section and a first connector; a second monitoring device which includes a second connector; and a cable. The second monitoring device includes: a signal receiving section configured to receive a measurement signal related to biological information; and a second displaying section on which information corresponding to the measurement signal is displayed. When communication between the first and second connectors via the cable is established, the second displaying section is set to a non-display state, and the information corresponding to the measurement signal is displayed on the first displaying section. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247158 | VEHICLE-RELATED MESSAGING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Vehicle-related messaging methods and systems are disclosed herein. In one of the methods, a telematics unit disposed in a vehicle detects that the vehicle is no longer in operation. Upon making the detection, the telematics unit automatically transmits a message to a device, where the message includes a suggestion, a recommendation, an indication, or a notification pertaining to a vehicle utility. An application resident on the device, or on a cloud computing system in communication with the device, presents the message on the device by displaying i) the suggestion, the recommendation, the indication, or the notification and ii) a plurality of actionable items associated with the suggestion, the recommendation, the indication, or the notification. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247159 | Signal Light Priority System Utilizing Estimated Time of Arrival - Systems and methods for requesting modification of traffic flow control systems that combine satellite position navigation systems and dead reckoning technology with secure radio communications to accurately report a vehicle's real-time location and estimated arrival times at a series of signal lights within a traffic grid or at a distant signal light, while enabling signal controllers to accommodate priority requests from these vehicles, allowing for these vehicles to maintain a fixed schedule with minimal interruption to other grid traffic. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247160 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARNING - Systems and methods for traffic signal warning are provided. An example system allows using a camera mounted in front of a vehicle to continuously scan a space in front of the vehicle to detect impending traffic signals and show them on a display disposed at a back of the vehicle to inform other trailing vehicles about traffic conditions in front of the vehicle. The system may allow a driver of a trailing vehicle, for example, to see which traffic light is going to turn at the present moment, or whether there is a speed limitation on the upcoming road segment. The detected traffic signals may be displayed in several different ways, such as actual or simulated images, icons, a text, or a video, which are updated at predetermined intervals. Additionally, the system may comprise speakers to audibly communicate information about traffic conditions. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247161 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF ULTRASOUND SENSORS AND VEHICLE HAVING SUCH A DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE - The invention relates to a driver assistance device ( | 2014-09-04 |
20140247162 | ESTIMATING PARKING SPACE OCCUPANCY USING RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION - An example system configured to determine a status of a parking space includes an RFID reader, and at least one RFID tag positioned at the parking space. The RFID reader interrogates the RFID tag. The RFID reader determines that the parking space is unoccupied when the RFID reader receives a response from the RFID tag. The RFID reader determines that the parking space is occupied when the RFID reader fails to receive the response from the RFID tag. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247163 | AIRCRAFT MONITORING WITH IMPROVED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS - Methods and systems are provided for monitoring an aircraft. An exemplary method involves capturing, by a computing system at a ground location, a flight tracking image associated with the aircraft that is displayed on a first display device at the ground location, and communicating the captured flight tracking image to the aircraft for display on a second display device onboard the aircraft. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247164 | Obstruction Light Having Wireless Status Transmission Capability - An obstruction light system includes a light and lens configured to output light. The system further includes a plurality of sensors associated with the light, a processor configured to receive outputs from the plurality of sensors and determine a status of the light based on the output from the plurality of sensors, and a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the status from the processor. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247165 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DE-BINARIZATION - A method for generating a decoded value from a codeword which is binarized utilizing a concatenated unary/k-th order Exp-Golomb code includes: identifying a first portion of the codeword, a second portion of the codeword and a third portion of the codeword; generating an offset according to the second portion; decoding the third portion to generate an index value; and generating the decoded value by adding the offset and the index value. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247166 | HIERARCHICAL CODING - A binary allocation in a hierarchical coding/decoding comprising a coding/decoding of a digital signal enhancement layer. The signal comprises a succession of L samples, each sample being represented by a mantissa and an exponent. The method comprises the allocation of a predetermined number N | 2014-09-04 |
20140247167 | ENCODER APPARATUS, DECODER APPARATUS AND METHOD - An encoder encodes data to generate corresponding encoded data. The encoder includes a data processing arrangement for applying one or more encoding processes to the data to generate the encoded data. The data processing arrangement is operable to represent the data at least partially in a set of numerical value symbols, if the data is not already expressed in numerical value symbols. The data processing arrangement is operable to generate intermediate data in which the numerical value symbols are represented by original values and at least one symbol by a modified value with one or more continuum symbols generated by a continuum operator. The one or more continuum symbols modify preceding symbol values to accommodate an extended range of symbols. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247168 | ENCODER, DECODER AND METHOD - There is provided an encoder and decoder for encoding and decoding input data (D1, D2 or D3) to generate corresponding encoded output data (D2 or D3, D5). The encoder includes a data processing arrangement, optionally for analyzing a range of values present in the input data (D1) to determine at least one pre- and/or post-pedestal value, optionally to translate the input data (D1) using the at least one pre- and/or post-pedestal value to generate translated data, and then to apply a form of ODelta coding to the data, optionally translated data, to generate processed data, and to combine the processed data and optionally the at least one pre- and/or post-pedestal value for generating the encoded output data (D2 or D3). The decoder includes a data processing arrangement for processing the encoded data (D2 or D3), optionally to extract therefrom at least one pre- and/or post-pedestal value. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247169 | Multi-Level Sigma-Delta ADC With Reduced Quantization Levels - A multi-level sigma-delta Analog to Digital converter provides multi-level outputs using a quantizer with reduced quantization levels. The converter comprises a direct path comprising a computation block, an analog integrator and the quantizer with reduced quantization levels. Further, the converter comprises a feedback path arranged to provide to the computation block a feedback analog signal. The direct path comprises a first amplification block having a gain factor which is the inverse of the gain factor of a second amplification block of the feedback path. The converter allows reduction of the complexity of the quantizer. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOSED LOOP CONTROL OF SUPPLY AND/OR COMPARATOR COMMON MODE VOLTAGE IN A SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION REGISTER ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - A method and apparatus for controlling supply voltage for a successive approximation register analog to digital converter and comparator common mode voltage. The method comprises: measuring a successive approximation register conversion time; comparing the successive approximation register conversion time with a desired conversion time; and if necessary, performing a closed loop adjustment of at least one of the supply and/or comparator common mode voltage. The apparatus consists of a common mode voltage and regulator correction module. The common mode voltage and regulator correction module includes a phase frequency detector, a charge pump and may include a transconductance cell. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247171 | ASYNCHRONOUS SAMPLING USING DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE VOLTAGE POLLING LEVELS - A method, comprising: receiving an analog input; determining an upper outer rail and a lower outer rail as polling values to be used by voltage comparators; blanking at least three comparators; determining which two of the at least three comparators are closest to the input analog voltage levels; defining the two comparators which are closest to the analog input signal to be the next comparators of the next sampling process; assigning a remaining comparator at a voltage level in between the new top and bottom voltage levels; enabling the outer rails, but blanking the inner rail; progressively narrowing down the voltage range spanned by the two outer comparators; and generating a 2-tuple value of an asynchronous voltage comparator crossing. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247172 | ASYNCHRONOUS SAMPLING USING A DYNAMICALLY ADUSTABLE SNAPBACK RANGE - A snapout calculator, and wherein the snapout calculator determines where the reference levels for the various comparators shall be placed after each asynchronous sample is generated. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247173 | ASYNCHRONOUS TO SYNCHRONOUS SAMPLING USING AKIMA ALGORITHM - A method, comprising: selecting three Two-Tuples before and three after a selected synchronous ADC conversion point; calculating the coefficients of a third order polynomial based on the value of the previous time asynchronous sample, the time difference between the asynchronous samples surrounding the selected sample, and the five linear slopes of the line segments between the three points before and the points after the selected synchronous sample point, including the slope of the selected point; evaluating the third order polynomial at the synchronous time instant; generating the synchronous ADC value based on this calculation; and using the ADC value as the desired voltage level of the synchronous sample, wherein the synchronous ADC value is generated based on this calculation. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247174 | ASYNCHRONOUS TO SYNCHRONOUS SAMPLING USING MODIFIED AKIMA ALGORITHM - A method, comprising: selecting two Two-Tuples before and two after a selected synchronous ADC conversion point; calculating the coefficients of a third order polynomial based on the value of the previous time asynchronous sample, the time differences between each of the asynchronous samples surrounding the selected sample, and the three linear slopes of the line segments between the two points before and the points after the selected synchronous sample point, including the slope of the selected point; evaluating the third order polynomial at the synchronous time instant; generating the synchronous ADC value based on this calculation; and using the ADC value as the desired voltage level of the synchronous sample, wherein the synchronous ADC value is generated based on this calculation. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247175 | ASYNCHRONOUS TO SYNCHRONOUS SAMPLING USING AN AUGMENTED LEAST SQUARES SOLVER - A method, comprising: receiving a plurality of 2-tuples of asynchronously sampled inputs at an asynchronous to synchronous reconstructor; performing a coarse asynchronous to synchronous conversion using the plurality of 2-tuples to generate a plurality of low precision synchronous outputs; generating a high precision synchronous output, z | 2014-09-04 |
20140247176 | EXTENSION OF ADC DYNAMIC RANGE USING POST-PROCESSING LOGIC - An apparatus, comprising: an analog to digital converter including: a clipping detector; and a post-processor, wherein the post processor generates synchronous values of clipped data based on non-clipped values of non-clipped data. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247177 | DATA CONVERSION WITH REDUNDANT SPLIT-CAPACITOR ARRANGEMENT - Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide analog to digital conversion of time-discrete analog inputs. A redundant split-capacitor arrangement using a successive approximation technique can provide a fast and power efficient ADC. For example, a successive approximation capacitor arrangement may include multiple arrays with non-binary bit weights. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247178 | CODESET COMMUNICATION FORMAT AND RELATED METHODS AND STRUCTURES - A codeset is described in a Public Codeset Communication Format (PCCF) as a format block including a plurality of fields having readily decipherable values, such as ASCII character values. One field is a mark/space information field that includes a sequence of mark time indicators and space time indicators for an operational signal of the codeset. A second field is a signal characteristic information field for the operational signal. Signal characteristic information may include carrier on/off information, repeat frame information, toggle control information, and last frame information. The PCCF is a codeset interchange format of general applicability. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247179 | MOTION DETECTOR DEVICE - The present invention relates to a motion detector device comprising a receiver arranged for reception of at least one electromagnetic signal constituted by a corresponding transmitted electromagnetic signal being transmitted by a corresponding source and influenced by a corresponding channel. The motion detector device comprises predetermined information regarding each transmitted electromagnetic signal. The motion detector device further comprises analyzing means arranged to analyze all components of the received signal to determine how certain parameters of each transmitted electromagnetic signal are influenced by each corresponding channel by means of the predetermined information. The analyzing means is also arranged to analyze the temporal variation of said certain parameters during a certain time. It is determined if said temporal variation exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247180 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. A derivation unit derives this time-decided transverse distance of the target of this time processing, by filtering, with a predetermined filter constant, this time transverse distance of paired data of this time processing, and a predicted transverse distance. A change unit changes, when the transverse distance of an object moving target moving in a traveling direction of a vehicle mounted with the radar apparatus and the transverse distance of a specific target satisfy a predetermined relation, the filter constant for filtering this time transverse distance and the predicted transverse distance of the object moving target so that a reflection amount of this time transverse distance is reduced in comparison to before the change. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247181 | RADAR APPARATUS AND METHOD - A radar apparatus for obtaining a higher resolution than conventional SAR apparatus without increasing the bandwidth comprises a transmitter antenna and a receiver antenna. A mixer mixes said receive signal with said transmit signal to obtain a mixed receive signal, and a sampling unit samples said mixed receive signal to obtain receive signal samples from a period of said receive signal. A processor processes said receive signal samples by defining a spatial grid in the scene with a finer grid resolution than obtainable by application of a synthetic aperture radar algorithm on the receive signal samples and determining reflectivity values at grid points of said spatial grid by defining a signal model including the relative geometry of said transmitter antenna and said receiver antenna with respect to the scene, said transmit signal and said spatial grid and applying compressive sensing on said receive signal using said signal model. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247182 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION TARGET FOR THE AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF AN IMAGING ANTENNA ARRAY - The system is used for the automatic calibration of an imaging array using an evaluation unit. The array transmits signals and receives the signals reflected from a calibration object of known shape. The calibration object provides at least one diffuse reflector. In the evaluation method, position coordinates of the calibration object are entered, and the following method steps are implemented after the measurement of the reflected signals: (i) calculate the reflections of the calibration object, (ii) calculate calibration data, (iii) prepare an image of the calibration object with the use of the calibration data, (iv) determine corrected position coordinates by evaluating the image of the at least one diffuse reflector, and (v) implement steps (i) to (iv) with corrected position coordinates. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247183 | SATELLITE-BASED INTEGER CYCLE AMBIGUITY RESOLUTION OF LOCAL MEDIUM WAVE RADIO SIGNALS - A system and methods for resolving integer cycle ambiguity in medium wave carrier radio signals are presented. A satellite signal is received at a receiving location and a measured code phase of the satellite signal is measured. A satellite location estimate of the receiving location is computed based on the measured code phase. Medium wave radio carrier signals from medium wave radio transmitters are received at the receiving location. A number of wavelengths of the medium wave radio carrier signals from the satellite location estimate to each of the medium wave radio transmitters is determined respectively. A carrier phase of each of the medium wave radio carrier signals is measured. An improved position estimate of the receiving location is computed based on the number of wavelengths and the carrier phase of each of the medium wave radio carrier signals, and a location of each of the medium wave radio transmitters. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247184 | Platform Relative Navigation Using Range Measurements - A method for platform relative navigation using range measurements involves four or more transmitters of positioning signals located on and/or near a platform of a first object and a second object approaching the platform that includes three or more receivers for receiving the positioning signals. For each received positioning signal, a range measurement between the transmitter of the positioning signal and the receiver of the positioning signal is performed. The relative position and relative attitude of a body frame of the second object is estimated with regard to the first object by processing the range measurements with a state space estimation algorithm implementing a model of the system of the first and second object. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247185 | Detection of Manipulated Satellite Time Signals - Disclosed herein is a system for detecting manipulation of a GNSS signal and mitigating against such manipulation. A GNSS receiver receives GNSS signals from a plurality of GNSS satellites, and calculates event times for each GNSS satellite. The GNSS receiver then compares a next event time for a particular GNSS satellite with an expected next event time for the particular GNSS satellite. If the difference between the expected next event time and the next event times exceeds a predetermined threshold, then the GNSS receiver indicates that signal integrity may be compromised. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247186 | Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Anti-Interference using Array Processing - Embodiments of the invention are directed to GNSS anti-interference using array processing. In one embodiment, a device may be configured to receive signals GNSS signals. In one embodiment, the signals may include a superposition of GNSS signals from independent transmitter sources and a spoofing signal. The spoofing signal may include several pseudo random noise (PRN) codes originating from a single transmitter source. In a one embodiment, the device may include multiple radio frequency (RF) inputs connected to multiple antennas and may use a combining algorithm to produce a weighted sum of the antenna outputs. The resultant sum may be passed through an output port of the device that is configured to be coupled to an RF input port of a GNSS receiver. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247187 | ESTIMATION OF TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL (TDOA) IN MULTIPATH ENVIRONMENTS BASED ON SUB-NYQUIST RATE SAMPLING - A method is provided for to determining a time difference of arrival (TDOA) between a first signal and a second signal. The method includes sampling a first signal at a sub-Nyquist rate to provide a first sampled signal; sampling a second signal at the sub-Nyquist rate to provide a second sampled signal, the first and second signals representing corresponding multipath channels; cross-correlating the first and second sampled signals; and determining an estimate of the TDOA between the first and second signals based on the sampled first and second signals. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247188 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device includes a casing including a metal casing portion and a feed coil. The metal casing portion includes a main surface, a side surface connected to the main surfaces, and a notch portion located in the side surface. The feed coil is disposed inside the casing to be coupled with the metal casing portion by a magnetic field, and includes a winding central portion forming a coil opening portion. The feed coil is disposed near the notch portion, with the coil opening portion directed to a region including the notch portion. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247189 | MULTIBAND WHIP ANTENNA - A multiband antenna, including an elongate radiating element including a first elongate portion and a second elongate portion, a coil galvanically connected to the first elongate portion of the elongate radiating element, a radio-frequency connector galvanically connected to the coil, a conductive layer enclosing at least the coil and the first elongate portion of the elongate radiating element and spaced apart therefrom and at least one conductive choke surrounding a part of the second elongate portion of the elongate radiating element and spaced apart therefrom, the elongate radiating element in conjunction with the at least one conductive choke being operative to radiate in a low frequency band and at least one high frequency band. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247190 | Dual Port Single Frequency Antenna - An antenna further comprising: a first port, a second port, where the first port is 180-degrees out of phase with respect to the second port. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247191 | COMPACT LOW SIDELOBE ANTENNA AND FEED NETWORK - An antenna may include a primary reflector having a ring focus; a feed body along an axis of the primary reflector, the feed body including a circular waveguide coaxial with the axis of the primary reflector; a sub-reflector disposed facing an end of the circular waveguide; and a generally cylindrical stem extending from a center of the sub-reflector into the circular waveguide to form a section of annular waveguide. A sub-reflector support may mechanically connect a perimeter of the sub-reflector and an outside surface of the feed body. The sub-reflector, the stem, and the feed body may be collectively configured to couple microwave energy between the annular waveguide and the primary reflector. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247192 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SAME - A wireless communication module includes a multilayer structure including a magnetic block and at least one non-magnetic layer stacked on the magnetic block, the magnetic block including at least one magnetic layer, at least one inductor element disposed at the magnetic block, and an antenna coil disposed at the non-magnetic layer so as to overlap the inductor element in a planar view along a stacking direction of the non-magnetic layer with respect to the magnetic block, wherein the magnetic layer is present between the inductor element and the antenna coil. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247193 | DIPOLE ANTENNA ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR EXTENDING THROUGH TUBULAR SEGMENTS AND RELATED METHODS - A dipole antenna assembly may include a first tubular dipole element and a coaxial antenna feed extending through a proximal end of the first tubular dipole element. The coaxial antenna feed may have an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a dielectric therebetween. The inner conductor may extend outwardly beyond a distal end of the first tubular dipole element. The outer conductor may be coupled to the distal end of the first tubular dipole element. The dipole antenna assembly may further include a second tubular dipole element with a proximal end being adjacent the distal end of the first tubular dipole element, and being coupled to the inner conductor. The second tubular dipole element may include first and second tubular segments and an electrical conductor extending through the first and second tubular sections and being coupled thereto at both the proximal and distal ends. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247194 | GNSS ANTENNAS - A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antenna system includes interference mitigation and multipath canceling. Multiple ports or phased arrays of antennas can be provided. Antennas can comprise controlled radiation pattern antennas (CRPA). Crossed dipole and patch antenna configurations can be utilized. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247195 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING ANTENNA SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a semiconductor device, an antenna substrate and a package body. The semiconductor device is disposed on an upper surface of the package substrate. The antenna substrate is disposed on the semiconductor device and includes a core layer, a grounding layer formed on a lower surface of the core layer, and an antenna layer formed on an upper surface of the core layer and electrically connected to the grounding layer through a conductive via of the core layer. The package body encapsulates the semiconductor device and the antenna substrate. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247196 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT ON MULTIPLE NETWORK DEVICES WITH A SIMPLE COMMAND - A method for displaying content displayed on one or more first devices on a second device is provided. The method includes receiving a request to display content currently displayed on a first device on a second device, the request including a gesture made on a screen of the first device, and pairing the first device to the second device. The method further includes transmitting instructions to the second device to display the content currently displayed on the first device, and transmitting the content currently displayed on the first device to the second device for display thereon. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247197 | WiFi Remote Displays - A wireless peripheral mode is provided by a host system that communicates to a WiFi infrastructure and, utilizing the same WiFi RF subsystem, also communicates to peripherals. The host system may employ additional RF channels for communicating with high bandwidth peripherals, such as display devices, where high levels of QoS may be managed locally. The host system may be a conventional desktop computer system, a notebook computer system, a multi-media access point, a cell phone, a game machine, a portable game machine, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a smart phone or any other type of device that benefits from accessing both a WiFi infrastructure and local peripherals. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247198 | DUAL-SCREEN DISPLAY AND DISPLAY METHOD - A dual-screen display and a display method. The dual-screen display comprises: a display unit, a control unit and controllable light-transmitting bodies. Each display unit comprises at least three sub-pixel units. The controllable light-transmitting bodies are distributed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the sub-pixel units. The control unit is used for controlling, according to an instruction of a user, a control signal applied to the controllable light-transmitting bodies, so as to control the transparency of the controllable light-transmitting bodies. The controllable light-transmitting bodies are distributed on the two surfaces of the sub-pixel unit, and a control signal is applied according to an instruction of the user, so that the controllable light-transmitting bodies present corresponding transparency, thereby respectively controlling light of the sub-pixel unit irradiated to the two surfaces. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247199 | PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY BASED ON THIRD PARTY INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for providing augmented or mixed reality environments based on other user or third party information, such as from a profile, is disclosed. Also, an apparatus and method for providing a transparent display device with adaptive transparency is disclosed. The transparent display device with adaptive transparency may be used to generate the augmented reality environment. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247200 | DISPLAY, DISPLAY DRIVE METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes a plurality of display function layers provided in a stacking direction, and each including a plurality of pixel circuits. A pixel circuit group configured by predetermined number of the pixel circuits configures a single display pixel, and the predetermined number of the pixel circuits spans the plurality of display function layers. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247201 | DISPLAY PANEL AND PANEL INSPECTION APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a display panel based on active matrix driving having a display area made up of N pixel control lines, M video signal lines orthogonally intersecting the N pixel control lines, and pixel circuits arranged at intersections between the N pixel control lines and M video signal lines, wherein positional identification patterns are arranged on every k (k being a natural number) pixel control lines inside each of the pixel circuits. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247202 | LEVEL CONVERSION CIRCUIT, MULTI-VALUE OUTPUT DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER, AND DISPLAY UNIT - A level conversion circuit includes: a multi-value output differential amplifier circuit including an inverting input section, an output section, and two or more non-inverting input sections; and an offset cancelling circuit configured to store, on each of a plurality of capacitors, an offset voltage that arises on each of the two or more non-inverting input sections of the multi-value output differential amplifier circuit, and subtract the offset voltages from an output voltage of the output section. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247203 | SEMI-TRANSMISSIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal panel, a reflective pixel electrode and a transmissive pixel electrode in a unit pixel are supplied with an image signal output from a data line drive circuit, the two mutually different scanning signals output from a scanning line drive circuit, and common signals output from a common line drive circuit. The phase of the image signal is set different from that of the common signal. Further, a period during which the two scanning signals are selected is set in one horizontal period, the ending of the selection period for one of the scanning signals is set to a point in time before an electrical potential of the common signal changes, and the ending of the selection period for the other scanning signal is set to a point in time after the electrical potential of the common signal changes. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247204 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING PIXEL CIRCUIT - A pixel circuit, display device, and method of driving a pixel circuit enabling source-follower output with no deterioration of luminance even with a change of the current-voltage characteristic of the light emitting element along with elapse, enabling a source-follower circuit of n-channel transistors, and able to use an n-channel transistor as an EL drive transistor while using current anode-cathode electrodes, wherein a source of a TFT | 2014-09-04 |
20140247205 | INVERTER FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An inverter of driving a light source for a display device is provided. The inverter includes a temperature sensor sensing a temperature and generating an output voltage based on the sensed temperature, a buffer generating an output signal having a state depending on the output voltage of the temperature sensor, an oscillator generating an oscillating signal having a frequency depending on the state of the output signal of the buffer, and an inverter performing a switching operation in response to the oscillating signal from the oscillator. Therefore, the inverter increases the voltage applied to the light source when the temperature near the light source is lower than a predetermined temperature since the frequency of the oscillating signal is increased. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247206 | ADAPTIVE SENSOR SAMPLING FOR POWER EFFICIENT CONTEXT AWARE INFERENCES - Disclosed is a system, apparatus, computer readable storage medium, and method to perform a context inference for a mobile device. In one embodiment, a data processing system includes a processor and a storage device configurable to store instructions to perform a context inference for the data processing system. Data may be received from at least a first sensor, and a first classification of the data from the sensor may be performed. Confidence for the first classification can be determined and a second sensor can be activated based on a determination that the confidence fails to meet a confidence threshold. A data sample classification from the activated second sensor may be classified jointly with the data from first sensor | 2014-09-04 |
20140247207 | Causing Specific Location of an Object Provided to a Device - Techniques for causing a specific location of an object provided to a shared device. These techniques may include connecting the computing device with an individual device. The individual device may transmit the object to the shared device and displayed at an initial object position on a display of the shared device. The initial object position may be updated in response to movement of the individual device, and the object may be displayed at the updated object position on the display. The object position may be locked in response to a signal, and the object may be displayed at the locked object position. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247208 | INVOKING AND WAKING A COMPUTING DEVICE FROM STAND-BY MODE BASED ON GAZE DETECTION - Waking a computing device from a stand-by mode may include determining a wake zone relative to a display device and, when the computing device is in stand-by mode, detecting a gaze point relative to the display device. In response to determining that the gaze point is within the wake zone, a wake command is generated and passed to a program module, such as the operating system, to cause the program module to wake the computing device from the stand-by mode. When the computing device is not in stand-by mode, another gaze point may be detected and, in response to determining that the other gaze point is within the vicinity of a selectable stand-by icon, the stand-by command is generated and passed to the program module to cause the program module to place the computing device into the stand-by mode. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247209 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROJECTION - A projection system includes: a projecting unit that projects an image; a recognition unit that recognizes an instruction action performed by a target person toward an image projected by the projecting unit and a target object based on detection information obtained by a detection apparatus; a determination unit that determines a processing condition to be applied to the image based on a recognition result by the recognition unit; a processing unit that processes the image according to the processing condition determined by the determination unit; and a control unit that controls image projection performed by the projection unit based on the image processed by the processing unit. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247210 | ZONAL GAZE DRIVEN INTERACTION - A computer system can be controlled with non-contact inputs through zonal control. In an embodiment, a non-contact input that is an eye-tracking device is used to track the gaze of a user. A computer's display, and beyond, can be separated into a number of discrete zones according to a configuration. Each zone is associated with a computer function. The zones and/or their functions can, but need not, be indicated to the user. The user can perform the various functions by moving gaze towards the zone associated with that function and providing an activation signal of intent. The activation signal of intent can be a contact-required or non-contact action, such as a button press or dwelling gaze, respectively. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247211 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus capable of ensuring a wide view range is provided. The image display apparatus includes: an image display panel; a backlight located on a back surface side of the image display panel; prisms located between the image display panel and the backlight and configured to deflect incident light; a liquid crystal layer located between the image display panel and the backlight and configured to change a deflection direction of emitted light by changing a refractive index thereof according to a voltage applied thereto; a position detection section configured to detect a position of a user; and a control section configured to control the voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer, on the basis of information of the position of the user detected by the position detection section. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247212 | Gesture Recognition Techniques - In one or more implementations, a static geometry model is generated, from one or more images of a physical environment captured using a camera, using one or more static objects to model corresponding one or more objects in the physical environment. Interaction of a dynamic object with at least one of the static objects is identified by analyzing at least one image and a gesture is recognized from the identified interaction of the dynamic object with the at least one of the static objects to initiate an operation of the computing device. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247213 | CURSOR-CONTROL DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF - A cursor-control device is provided for an electrical device having a display unit. The cursor-control device includes a button, an image-capture unit and a processing unit. The image-capture unit obtains a screen from the display unit. The processing unit determines cursor coordinates according to the screen, detects the number of times the button has been pressed and released, and determines whether to transmit a double-click signal to the electrical device according to the number of times of the button switching. When the button becomes pressed or released, the number of times of the button switching increases by one. Also, when the number of times of the button switching reaches two, the processing unit stores the cursor coordinates. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247214 | HANDHELD POINTER DEVICE AND TILT ANGLE ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF - An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a handheld pointer device and a tilt angle adjustment method thereof. The tilt angle adjustment method includes the following steps. Images corresponding to the position of a reference point are captured as the handheld pointer device pointing toward the reference point to generate a plurality of frames. Whether the reference point has substantially moved is subsequently determined based on the plurality of frames. When determines that the reference point has not substantially moved, causes an accelerometer unit of the handheld pointer device to detect the accelerations thereof over various axes so as to update a first tilt angle being used currently to a second tilt angle, accordingly. The handheld pointer device may thus accurately and efficiently calculate the relative position of the reference point with the appropriate tilt angle of the handheld pointer device used. | 2014-09-04 |
20140247215 | DELAY WARP GAZE INTERACTION - A computer system can be controlled with non-contact inputs, such as eye-tracking devices. A visual indicator can be presented on a display to indicate the location where a computer function will take place (e.g., a common cursor). The visual indicator can be moved to a gaze target in response to continued detection of an action (e.g., touchpad touch) by a user for a predetermined period of time. The delay between the action and the movement of the visual indicator can allow a user time to “abort” movement of the visual indicator. Additionally, once the visual indicator has moved, the visual indicator can be controlled with additional precision as the user moves gaze while continuing the action (e.g., continued holding of the touchpad). | 2014-09-04 |