40th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 99 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150281792 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A TRANSPORT CONTROL INTERFACE - A transport control interface may be provided by an interactive television program guide application to provide information, control or both for live and recorded video programming. The transport control interface may indicate to the user this time duration of a live or recorded program and any time segments of the program that have been recorded. The transport control interface may automatically adjust the start and end time shown to accommodate various factors such as continuous viewing on a particular channel, multiple recorded segments, buffer size, etc. Various information associated with the live or recorded video programming may be displayed in the transport control interface. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281793 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING PRODUCT DATA - Systems and methods for receiving product data for products featured in a media asset are described. In some embodiments, the system includes control circuitry that receives from a server data for products featured in a media asset and timestamps for the media asset associated with the products featured in the media asset. The control circuitry generates for display a list including one or more of the products. The control circuitry receives from user input circuitry a selection of a product in the list. The control circuitry transmits to the server a request for a portion of the media asset featuring the selected product based on a timestamp associated with the selected product. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281794 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a user interface (UI) comprising a plurality of display items corresponding to a plurality of broadcast contents and being displayed on a time axis which is formed of different time units, an input unit configured to receive a user command, and a controller configured to control the UI according to a user command received through the input unit. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281795 | TECHNIQUE FOR EFFECTIVELY ACCESSING PROGRAMMING LISTING INFORMATION IN AN ENTERTAINMENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc., in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may also do so remotely from the terminal through a communications network such as, the Internet, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, etc. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281796 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING BINARY SEARCHES USING A MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Methods and systems are discussed herein for improving the efficiency and ease of navigating and selecting media content without the need for additional keys, buttons, or other inputs. For example, in response to the same user input, the media guidance application may determine different numbers of content sources to skip, in a binary fashion, based on the total number of content sources, the order of the content sources, the direction a user wishes to navigate, and/or prior user inputs related to navigating the content sources. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281797 | Suggestive Content Based on Habit - Suggestions for content are based on a habit of a user. Favored genres of content are determined at different times of day. Should content be requested at a particular time of day for which no favored genre of content is determined, then one of the known favored genres of content is suggested. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281798 | DISTRIBUTED INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEM AND METHOD - In an interactive network-based personal video recording system, a user interface is provided that allows viewers to search a database of program guide information according to program title, indexed program attributes such as actor and director, and key word. Viewer interaction is by way of a remote control unit. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281799 | BROADCAST AND BROADBAND HYBRID SERVICE WITH MMT AND DASH - Method and apparatuses for broadcasting and receiving media data over a heterogeneous network. A method for receiving media data includes receiving and processing media data broadcast using MMTP packets via a broadcast network. The method also includes, in response to receiving a signaling message associated with the broadcast media data, determining whether broadband media data associated with the broadcast media data is available via a broadband network based on the signaling message. The method includes receiving the broadband media data using DASH via the broadband network. Additionally, the method includes providing the broadband media data in association with the broadcast media data for presentation via a display device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281800 | BROADCAST CONTENT TO HTTP CLIENT CONVERSION - In embodiments of broadcast content to HTTP client conversion, a client converter receives video content as an input of broadcast content data streams from a content distribution system. The client converter can join a content data stream of the broadcast input, and convert the content data stream to unicast HTTP data, such as video content segments that are buffered for communication to a client device or to a media player of a client device. An HTTP server of the client converter can then communicate the unicast HTTP data to the client device or to the media player for playback of the video content. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281801 | ENHANCED DISTORTION SIGNALING FOR MMT ASSETS AND ISOBMFF WITH IMPROVED MMT QOS DESCRIPTOR HAVING MULTIPLE QOE OPERATING POINTS - A method for providing media content in a computer network includes storing the media content, where the media content includes a segment having a group of frames. The method also includes determining a transmission rate for traffic to a client device. The method further includes selecting a subset of frames to drop from the group of frames based on (i) the transmission rate and (ii) a frame difference distortion (FDIFF) metric of each frame in the subset of frames. The method also includes shaping the segment by dropping the selected subset of frames from the group of frames, where the shaped segment has a lower bitrate than the segment. In addition, the method includes transmitting the shaped segment to the client device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281802 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTI-CHANNEL ALTERNATIVE ADVERTISEMENT THROUGH SINGLE SOURCE AND MANAGING SCHEDULE - Disclosed is a media processing device for a multi-channel advertisement processing of a single media. An example media processing device may include a memory, a decoder configured to decode media data, a scheduler for generating a control command for the media data and a plurality of binding modules. Each of the plurality of binding modules may be configured to receive the decoded media data from the decoder. Each of the plurality of binding modules may be configured to receive the control command from the scheduler. Each of the plurality of binding modules may be configured to combine the decoded media data with a corresponding advertisement based on the control command. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281803 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY TARGETING ADS TO TELEVISION MEDIA USING DEMOGRAPHIC SIMILARITY - Described herein is a system and method of ad targeting that automatically matches advertisements to media based on the demographic signatures of each. The method and system include calculating a match score between historical buyer demographics and media demographics. Media which is similar to the demographic of the product buyers is targeted for advertising. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281804 | ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING SWITCH BY DECOUPLING DECODING FROM SERVICE ACQUISITION - A method and computing device for switching from a first transport stream to a second transport stream. The method detects a trigger in the first transport stream that determines a switch point for tuning to the second transport stream. The method receives a last frame of audio/video content in the first transport stream that immediately precedes the switch point, and initiates a switch to the second transport stream after receiving the last frame. The method processes the last frame through an audio/video decoder simultaneous with the initiating of the switch, and disables the output of the audio/video decoder after the processing of the last frame. The method receives a first frame of audio/video content in the second transport stream, and enables the output of the audio/video decoder after processing the first frame through the audio/video decoder. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281805 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To provide an application program to be executed in conjunction with AV content in hybrid broadcasting. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281806 | RELAY SWITCHING CIRCUIT - A relay switching circuit to route outgoing telephone calls between a VoIP and a landline and with a surge voltage protection includes a first relay, a second relay, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit. The first relay connects with a foreign exchange station (FXS) port and an FXS circuit to control a connection between the FXS port and the FXS circuit. The second relay connects with the first relay and a foreign exchange office (FXO) port to control a connection between the first relay and the FXO port. The first control circuit connects with a controller to control the first relay. The second control circuit connects with the controller to control the second relay. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281807 | Wireless Sensory and Data Transmission System - A wireless sensory and data transmission system comprises a plurality of data collection devices (nodes), a movable wireless power supply and an information collection apparatus. The movable power supply receives an instruction from the information collection apparatus and moves to a position nearby one of the devices. The device receives power wirelessly from the movable power supply and switches on for collecting environmental data through one or more sensors. The collected data is transmitted to the information collection apparatus directly or indirectly via the movable power supply. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281808 | SENSOR UNIT, HOST DEVICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREBETWEEN - To provide a compact, high density, highly reliable and low cost three-terminal IC sensor unit, a host device to be connected to the sensor unit, a sensor system comprising such sensor unit and host device and a communication method between sensor unit and host device. The power supply voltage to be supplied to the sensor unit | 2015-10-01 |
20150281809 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSOR SYNCHRONIZATION - A sensor system may comprise a sensor, an oscillator, a receiver, a processor, and a data interface. The sensor may be configured to detect an environmental condition and produce a sensor signal in response. The receiver may receive a signal comprising a time reference having a first frequency. The oscillator may be configured to produce a precision time reference signal having a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency. The processor may be configured to generate a time stamp using a combination of the time reference and the precision time reference signal and package data from the sensor signal with the time stamp. The data interface may be configured to transmit the packaged data over a network. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281810 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Transmission System, and Method for Transmitting Information - An information processing apparatus comprising: a receiver that receives data indicating a state of a detection object detected by a state detection unit; and an information transmitter that transmits state information to an external apparatus based on the data, the information transmitter transmitting the state information to at least selected one of: a first external apparatus determined to be at a short distance from the detection object; a second external apparatus determined to have been in proximity to the detection object; and a third external apparatus that is preliminarily determined. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281811 | PERSONAL ITEMS NETWORK, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A personal items network, comprising a plurality of items, each item having a wireless communications port for coupling in network with every other item, each item having a processor for determining if any other item in the network is no longer linked to the item, each item having an indicator for informing a user that an item has left the network, wherein a user may locate lost items. A method for locating lost personal items, comprising: linking at least two personal items together on a network; and depositing one or both of time and location information in an unlost item when one of the items is lost out of network. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281812 | System for Translating Instructions in a Switch Node - A control module for an optical switch node, comprising a TIM having a plurality of operating modes in which a first mode is identified by a first byte sequence; a communication interface unit transmitting a second byte sequence for placing the TIM in the first mode, the first byte sequence different from the second byte sequence, and a gate array receiving the second byte sequence, storing a list of predetermined unique values, each value indicative of a particular operating mode command, receiving at least a portion of the second byte sequence and receiving instructions to apply an algorithm to at least a portion of the second byte sequence to transform the portion into a checksum value, comparing the checksum value to the list to determine the operating mode command, and transmitting the first byte sequence to the TIM to place the TIM into the first mode. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281813 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED ACOUSTIC TRANSPARENCY - A process for the manufacture of a speaker cover comprises loading the speaker cover into a plasma chamber, introducing a fluoro monomer into the plasma chamber, pulsing plasma for processing, removing any excess monomer gas from the plasma chamber, and removing the speaker cover from the plasma chamber. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281814 | SPEAKER MODULE - A speaker module is provided. The speaker module includes a speaker unit, a box and a shape memory alloy. The box has a rear wall and an opening. The shape memory alloy connects the speaker unit and the rear wall. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281815 | Accessory Shelf - An accessory shelf for a portable wireless audio system is provided. The accessory shelf may serve as a charging cradle for the portable wireless audio system when in use, and may fold parallel to the wall when not in use. The accessory shelf interacts with the portable wireless audio system to enable audio equalization parameters of the portable wireless audio system to be adjusted automatically upon connection with the accessory shelf to account for the proximity between the portable wireless audio system and a wall adjacent the accessory shelf. One or more wireless communication functions may be incorporated in the accessory shelf to enhance the capabilities of the portable wireless audio system while engaged with the accessory shelf. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281816 | Music Photo Album - The present invention provides a photo album having a system for incorporating music with photos and a method of using the same. The music playing system for playing digital music files includes a reed switch, a microcontroller, and a speaker assembly having a digital-to-analog converter, an amplifier, and a speaker. The reed switch is configured to detect opening and closing of the photo album, wherein opening of the photo album prompts the reed switch transmits an output digital signal to the microcontroller. The microcontroller is coupled with a digital data port that is configured to receive a digital storage medium having user-selected digital music files to drive a speaker assembly. Upon receipt of the output digital signal from the reed switch, the microcontroller is configured to retrieve the digital music files and transmit the digital music files to the speaker assembly to drive the speaker. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281817 | WIRELESS MOBILE TRAINING DEVICE AND METHOD OF TRAINING A USER UTILIZING THE WIRELESS MOBILE TRAINING DEVICE - A wireless mobile training device has a microprocessor, a first switch, a microphone, and a speaker. The microprocessor generates a first control signal to induce the speaker to emit a first audible instruction requesting a training program identifier. The microphone generates a first input signal corresponding to a received audible training program identifier. The microprocessor generates a second control signal to induce the speaker to emit a second audible instruction associated with a predetermined training program name, if the received audible training program identifier corresponds to the predetermined training program identifier. The microprocessor determines a first time interval for completing a first user task associated with the second audible instruction based on second and third input signals from either the first switch or the microphone. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281818 | MICROPHONE SYSTEM WITH DRIVEN ELECTRODES - Systems and methods for controlling parameters of a MEMS microphone. The microphone system includes a MEMS microphone and a controller. The MEMS microphone includes a movable electrode, a stationary electrode, and a driven electrode. The movable electrode has a first side and a second side that is opposite the first side. The movable electrode is configured such that acoustic pressures acting on the first side and the second of the movable electrode cause movement of the movable electrode. The stationary electrode is positioned on the first side of the movable electrode. The driven electrode is configured to receive a control signal and alter a parameter of the MEMS microphone based on the control signal. The controller is configured to determine a voltage difference between the movable electrode and the stationary electrode. The controller is also configured to generate the control signal based on the voltage difference. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281819 | EARPIECES HAVING FLEXIBLE FLAPS - Among other things, an ear tip for an earpiece is described. The ear tip comprises a body and two flexible flaps extending from the body. The two flexible flaps together form a generally frustro-conical shape around the body and at least part of the body is partially enclosed by the two flexible flaps. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281820 | AUDIO HEADSET HAVING WIRE GUIDED EAR BUDS - An audio headset includes a support structure, one or more audio feed wires, one or more ear buds or other single ear speakers coupled thereto, and one or more ear guides adapted to be worn about the ear(s) of an individual user. The ear guide(s) include groove(s) running therethrough that contain the audio feed wire(s) for the speaker(s), such that each respective speaker dangles from its ear guide thereby. Groove(s) can also contain part of the support structure, and the ear guide(s) may extend beyond the ear regions to the point of meeting each other. Each speaker can be removed from and replaced to the ear of the user independently while the headset is being worn without requiring movement or adjustment of the support structure or ear guide. Each groove can include a plurality of openings that allow adjustment where the wire exits, and each wire and respective speaker are readily separable, removable, and replaceable from the headset without requiring disassembly of or disturbance to the remainder of the headset. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281821 | AUDIO DEVICES CONFIGURED TO EMIT DIFFERING SOUND PROFILES AND RELATED METHODS - Audio devices may include a first audio accessory and a speaker assembly configured for releasable attachment to the first audio accessory. The speaker assembly may include a speaker and a speaker housing coupled to the speaker, the speaker housing shaped to form an acoustic cavity proximate at least a portion of the speaker. The speaker assembly may be configured to produce a first emitted sound pressure level (SPL) profile over a range of frequencies when the speaker assembly is attached to the first audio accessory, and to produce a different second emitted SPL profile over the range of frequencies when the speaker assembly is not attached to the first audio accessory. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281822 | EARPIECE - An ear unit for stably fitting in an ear includes a first surface facing inwardly toward the ear, a second, opposite surface facing outwardly from the ear and an outer circumferential surface formed between the first and second surfaces. The outer circumferential surface is shaped as a decremental curve. The distance between the ends of the decremental curve is approximately equal to the distance between a first cavity formed under the tragus of the ear and second cavity covered by the lower node of the antihelix of the ear. The first surface is provided with a curvature that provides a contact surface that substantially conforms to the concha, providing an improved attachment, thereby enabling the ear unit to fit closely against the concha when the ear unit is positioned into the ear. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281823 | Headphones with Cable Management - Headphones that have one or two earphones. A headband carries the earphones such that they are held against the head of a wearer. A coupling member is located between the earphone and the headband, the coupling member pivotably mounted to the headband at a joint having a first axis around which the coupling member pivots, such that the earphone can be moved from a deployed position in which the earphone is positioned to be worn by the wearer to a stowed position in which the earphone is located closer to the headband than it is in the deployed position. A conductive cable runs from the earphone to the headband through the coupling member. The cable is held in place at a first anchor location in the headband, proximate the coupling member. There is slack in the cable between the first anchor location and the coupling member at least when the earphone is in the deployed position. The coupling member comprises a rigid loop overlying the cable and located adjacent to the slack in the cable, the loop extending away from the first axis. When the earphone is moved from the stowed position to the deployed position the rigid loop pushes the slack in the cable into the headband. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281824 | METHODS TO CONSERVE REMOTE BATTERIES - A wireless headset receives audio data wirelessly from a television receiver and outputs audio to the user through earphones. The wireless headset includes an inertial sensor that detects an orientation of the user's head. If the orientation of the user's head indicates that the user is sleeping, then wireless headset turns off the wireless receiver, thereby saving battery life. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281825 | HEADPHONE ON-HEAD DETECTION USING DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT - A headset includes a first speaker coupled to a first compensation network and a second speaker coupled to a second compensation network. The headset also includes a differential sensing module configured to determine a differential signal between a first input signal associated with the first speaker and a second input signal associated with the second speaker. The differential signal is used to determine whether the headset is detected as worn by a user. A controller adjusts a power level supplied to the headset based on the differential signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281826 | INFRARED EARPHONE - An infrared earphone includes a speaker protecting cover, a speaker, an infrared detecting module and an ear cushion. The speaker protecting cover includes a main body, a recessed portion and a slot. The main body includes a first region and a second region disposed at the periphery of the first region. The recessed portion is disposed at the first region and the inner lateral plane thereof is lower than the surface of the second region. The slot is disposed at the inner lateral plane of the recessed portion. The speaker is disposed at the first region and adjacent to the slot. The infrared detecting module is disposed in the slot and coupled to the speaker. The infrared detecting module includes a controlling unit. The ear cushion is assembled speaker protecting cover. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281827 | VARIABLE OCCLUSION HEADPHONES - An adjustable occlusion headphone includes a housing having a face, a resilient seal member on the housing, adapted to surround the user's ear, and with the face of the housing form a chamber enclosing the user's ear. A speaker communicates through the face of the housing to provide sound to the user's ear. There is at least one port in the face of the housing. A passage extends from each port to the exterior of the housing. A valve member associated with each passage, is operable between an open position and a closed position, and an operator for operating each valve member between its open and closed position to control sound communication from outside the housing to the chamber. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281828 | HEADPHONES AND EAR PAD - [Problem] To prevent sound leakage through gaps between the wearing surface side of ear pads and areas around the ears when headphones are worn and used by a user. [Solution] For headphones that have ear pads which are attached to the surfaces of housing sections, each having a built-in speaker driver for outputting an audio signal as sound, which come in contact with the ears of a listener, convex sections in the form of gradually curved surfaces are provided in the wearing surface regions of the ear pads that come in contact with an upper anterior side of the head of the listener and a lower posterior side of the head of the listener, whereby the ear pads are shaped to fit well to the areas around the ears of the user without forming any gaps when the ear pads are worn. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281829 | Collaboratively Processing Audio between Headset and Source to Mask Distracting Noise - A media playback device has programmable signal processing capabilities and an input receiving signals representative of ambient noise. The media playback device identifies an output response characteristic and an attenuation characteristic of a set of headphones associated with the media playback device, predicts a property of audio output by the headphones at a user's ear based on the ambient noise input signal, the output response characteristic, and the attenuation characteristic of the headphones, predicts expected residual ambient noise at the user's ear, when wearing the headphones, derived from the ambient noise input signal and the attenuation characteristic, and modifies masking audio signals to be provided to the headphones such that they will mask the expected residual ambient noise at the user's ear. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281830 | Collaboratively Processing Audio between Headset and Source - A media playback device has programmable signal processing capabilities and an input receiving signals representative of ambient noise. The media playback identifies an output response characteristic and an attenuation characteristic of a set of headphones associated with the media playback device, and dynamically modifies audio output signals to be provided to the headphones based on a combination of the output response characteristic, the attenuation characteristic, and the ambient noise input signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281831 | AUDIO OUTPUT CIRCUIT - An audio output circuit drives an electroacoustic conversion element. A Class D amplifier has a segmented configuration including multiple segments arranged in parallel. A pulse modulator pulse modulates an audio signal. A level detector detects the amplitude of the audio signal. A driver selectively drives the multiple segments of the Class D amplifier according to the output of the level detector. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281832 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD - A sound processing apparatus includes a data obtaining unit, configured to obtain sound data collected by a sound collection unit including a plurality of microphones and image data captured by an imaging unit, a designation unit, configured to designate a plurality of directions defined relative to the sound collection unit, wherein the plurality of directions correspond to designation parts on an image displayed based on the image data, and a directivity processing unit, configured to emphasize sound components in the sound data in the plurality of directions designated by the designation unit | 2015-10-01 |
20150281833 | DIRECTIVITY CONTROL APPARATUS, DIRECTIVITY CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND DIRECTIVITY CONTROL SYSTEM - A directivity control apparatus controls a directivity of a sound collected by a sound collecting unit including a plurality of microphones. A beam forming unit forms a beam in a direction from the sound collecting unit toward a sound source corresponding to a position designated in an image on a display unit. A magnification setting unit sets a magnification for magnifying or demagnifying the image in the display according to an input. The beam forming unit also changes a size of the formed beam in accordance with the magnification set by the magnification setting unit. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281834 | MICROPHONE DEVICE AND MICROPHONE UNIT - A microphone device includes an omnidirectional microphone, a directional microphone, and a first signal processor that performs subtraction processing between data outputted by the directional microphone and data outputted by the omnidirectional microphone. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281835 | VOICE COIL - A voice coil adapted for an electricity-powered loudspeaker includes a plurality of coils formed by winding an enameled wire. The coils are stacked up and down to show a hollow multilayer structure with an accommodating space being formed therein. Each coil has two parallel and spaced straight-line segments, and two symmetrical arc segments oppositely connected between the two straight-line segments. A middle of the arc segment is arched outward. The center of each arc segment is located at another arc segment and the radius of each arc segment is greater than a spacing distance between the two straight-line segments to realize a biaxial voice coil. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281836 | TRANSDUCER AMPLIFICATION CIRCUIT - A transducer amplification circuit may include a preamplifier circuit with a signal input receiving a transducer signal to provide an amplified transducer signal comprising audible frequency components and ultrasonic frequency components. The transducer amplification circuit may include a first sigma-delta modulator configured to sample and quantize the amplified transducer signal to generate a first digital transducer signal comprising a first quantization noise signal. The first sigma-delta modulator may include a first noise transfer function having a high pass response in at least a portion of an audible frequency range to push the quantization noise signal to ultrasonic frequencies. A second sigma-delta modulator is configured to sample and quantize the amplified transducer signal to generate a second digital transducer signal comprising a second quantization noise signal. The second sigma-delta modulator may include a second noise transfer function with a magnitude minimum placed at the ultrasonic frequencies. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281837 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an audio processing unit that performs a predetermined process for an input audio signal, and a power saving control unit that allows the audio processing unit to transition into a power saving state, depending on the length of a silence section in the audio signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281838 | Method and System for Detecting Events in an Acoustic Signal Subject to Cyclo-Stationary Noise - A method detects events in an accoustic signal subject to cyclostationary background noise by first segmenting the signal into cycles. Features with a fixed dimension are derived from the cycles, such that the timing of the features is relative to a cycle time. The features are normalized using an estimate of the cyclostationary background noise. Then, after the normalizing, a classifier is applied to the features to detect the events. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281839 | BACKGROUND NOISE CANCELLATION USING DEPTH - An apparatus, system, and method for reducing noise by using a depth map is disclosed herein. The method includes detecting a plurality of audio signals. The method includes obtaining depth information and image information and creating a depth map. The method further includes determining a primary audio source from a number of audio sources in the depth map. The method also includes removing noise from the audio signals originating from the primary audio source. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281840 | SINGLE-CHANNEL, BINAURAL AND MULTI-CHANNEL DEREVERBERATION - A method is presented for estimating and suppressing reverberation from a digital reverberant signal. A method for changing a first reverberation estimation according to another reverberation estimation is further provided. A method for controlling the reverberation suppression rate is also presented. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281841 | AUDIO FM TRANSMITTER - [Problem to be Solved] | 2015-10-01 |
20150281842 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AUDIO DATA, AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PLAYING AUDIO DATA - An apparatus and method for generating audio data and an apparatus and method for playing audio data may be disclosed, in which the apparatus for playing the audio data may extract a descriptor related to a multichannel audio signal from a bitstream generated by the apparatus for generating the audio data, and play the multichannel audio signal, based on the extracted descriptor, and the descriptor may include information on an audio signal included in the multichannel audio signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281843 | DIAPHRAGM SURROUND MANUFACTURING METHOD AND DIAPHRAGM APPLICABLE THERETO - A diaphragm surround manufacturing method includes: mixing a molten plastic and a gas in supercritical fluid state in a feed pipe of an injector to form a mixture; filling a die with the mixture thus formed and controlling pressure and temperature of the die to cause the gas to diffuse and nucleate inside the die and develop a plurality of bubbles; and reducing the temperature of the die to cause the plastic to cure and form a microcellular foam structure. Accordingly, the surround manufactured by the manufacturing method has equal foam cell diameters and uniform foam cell distribution so as to enhance the tensile strength of the surround, enable a diaphragm with the surround to perform well at low frequencies, and extend the service life of the diaphragm. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281844 | Acoustic Device with Passive Radiators - An acoustic device with an enclosure and a first passive radiator structure which includes a first passive radiator diaphragm. The first passive radiator structure has an effective radiating area and a first mass, and is mounted to the enclosure such that its diaphragm can vibrate relative to the enclosure. There is a second passive radiator structure which includes a second passive radiator diaphragm. The second passive radiator structure has substantially the same effective radiating area as the first passive radiator structure, and is mounted to the enclosure such that its diaphragm can vibrate relative to the enclosure. At least one active electro-acoustic transducer is mounted to the second passive radiator structure such that it moves when the diaphragm vibrates. The second passive radiator structure and the active transducer together have a second mass that is substantially greater than the mass of the first passive radiator structure. Passive radiators with the same effective radiating area results in force balancing of the device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281845 | SENSOR DEVICE INTEGRATED WITH ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER AND MICROPHONE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of a sensor device integrated with ultrasonic transducer and microphone is to form a first support structure, a back plate, a second support structure, a membrane and electrodes on a substrate. The substrate is divided into a first region and a second region. The first electrode, the third electrode, a part of the back plate, a part of the second support structure and a part of the membrane that are above the first region form the ultrasonic transducer. The first support structure, the second electrode, the fourth electrode, a part of the back plate, a part of the second support structure and a part of the membrane that are above the second region form the microphone. The ultrasonic transducer and the microphone are simultaneously manufactured. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281846 | COMPACT AUDIO SPEAKER - A audio speaker includes two parallel magnetically permeable plates and a diaphragm movably supported parallel to and approximately equidistant from the plates by a surround. A magnet assembly is coupled to the two magnetically permeable plates and passes through an opening in the diaphragm. The magnet assembly includes two magnets that are coupled with two like poles adjacent the diaphragm. A voice coil is coupled around the opening in the diaphragm to move the diaphragm when an electrical current flows in the voice coil. A suspension ring may surround a portion of the magnet assembly with a first end sealed to the diaphragm and an opposing second end sealed to one of the two plates to separate a back volume from a front volume. Some embodiments include several magnetic assemblies passing through the diaphragm with a voice coil and a suspension ring for each magnet assembly. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281847 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL - An apparatus and method wherein the apparatus comprises: a diaphragm wherein the diaphragm is configured into a corrugated arrangement comprising a plurality of folds; a plurality of bias electrodes where the bias electrodes are provided between folds of the diaphragm; and an input configured to provide at least one control signal to the diaphragm to cause movement of the diaphragm to generate an acoustic signal; wherein the diaphragm is configured such that bending stiffness of the diaphragm provides a restoring force to the diaphragm which causes the diaphragm to return to a neutral position when no control signal is applied. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281848 | VARIABLE THICKNESS ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS - An embodiment of an acoustic transducer assembly includes: a piezoelectric active element configured to emit acoustic signals, the active element having an emitting surface and a back surface located opposite the emitting surface, at least a portion of the back surface having a shape that forms a curve, the shape configured to cause the active element to have a variable thickness between the emitting surface and the back surface; and a backing material disposed in contact with the backing surface and configured to absorb the acoustic signals, the backing material shaped to conform to the back surface. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281849 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMOACOUSTIC ENERGY CONVERTING ELEMENT PART, THERMOACOUSTIC ENERGY CONVERTING ELEMENT PART, AND THERMOACOUSTIC ENERGY CONVERTER - To manufacture a thermoacoustic energy converting element part, a plurality of first plates and a plurality of second plates are formed. The first plate is provided with a plurality of linear penetration slits which are in parallel with each other and separated along a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the slit. The slit penetrates the first plate in a thickness direction. The second plate is not provided with any penetration slit. A plate assembly is formed by layering some of the plurality of first plates between adjacent two of the plurality of second plates of which main surfaces face each other. The plate assembly is provided with a plurality of communicating passages formed with the penetration slits adjoining each other in a layering direction. Portions of the assembly at both ends in the extending direction of the penetration slits are cut off to open the communicating passages on both sides of the assembly. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281850 | HYBRID ELECTROSTATIC HEADPHONE MODULE - The present invention discloses a hybrid electrostatic headphone module, with the hybrid electrostatic headphone module disposed in the interior of a left and a right ear cup of a stereo headphones. The hybrid electrostatic headphone module is assembled as a single unit from a traditional moving coil type headphone unit and an electret headphone unit (E-STAT), which are respectively responsible for medium-low frequency bands and medium-high frequency bands. A frequency divider assembled from a frequency division capacitance and a drive transformer divides a complete signal into medium-high frequency and medium-low frequency bands, which are then respectively supplied to high and low frequency sound speakers for output therefrom. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281851 | HEARING AID - A hearing aid includes at least two magnetic sensors, and the arrangements thereof are not parallel to each other so that the magnetic field can be detected more precisely to generate a clearer sound signal. Furthermore, the hearing aid can switch between two different receiving states according to different ways of generating sound signals, wherein the first receiving state generates a sound signal through the detection of the magnetic field and the second receiving state generates a sound signal through a microphone receiving sounds. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281852 | MAGNETOMETER IN HEARING AID - Described herein are methods and devices that use magnetometer in a hearing aid for measuring a magnetic field. The magnetometer may be a high-sensitivity triaxial magnetometer that detects the magnetic field in three orthogonally oriented directions. Such a magnetometer may be placed in the hearing aid without restriction as to location or orientation. The measured magnetic field may be used for telecoil switching when the presence of a magnetic field produced by a speaker or other source is detected. The measured magnetic field may also be used for magnetic mapping of the environment and motion detection. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281853 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING TARGETED AUDIBILITY - Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for low cost hearing assistance to improve intelligible hearing for those with normal hearing and to greatly improve hearing intelligibility for those with hearing problems. One goal of the systems and methods disclosed herein is to make hearing assistance algorithms easily accessible and available by implementing such algorithms using non-dedicated hardware platforms such as non-dedicated mobile computing devices, e.g., smartphones, PDA's and the like. In exemplary embodiments, the systems and method of the present disclosure integrate hearing assistance algorithms with multi-media algorithms in an API stack (similar to the implementation of audio effects such as stereo widening and psychoacoustic bass enhancement) thereby addressing processing delay concerns. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281854 | DIRECT DIGITAL AUDIO ADAPTER FOR HEARING AIDS - An apparatus for sending a second digital audio signal to a hearing aid and has a power supply and an induction loop for sending an alternating magnetic field. The apparatus also has a controller which is galvanically, capacitively or inductively connected to the induction loop. Here the controller is configured to convert an incoming first audio signal into the second digital audio signal, and using the second digital audio signal to create a control signal for sending the second digital audio signal by use of the induction loop. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281855 | HEARING AIDS WITH ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMER RESPONSIVE TO OFF-AXIS SPEECH - A hearing assistance system includes an adaptive directionality controller to control a target direction for sound reception. The adaptive directionality controller includes a beamformer, a speech detector to detect off-axis speech being speech that is not from the target direction, and a steering module to steer the beamformer in response to a detection of the off-axis speech. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281856 | METHOD FOR ADAPTING SOUND OF HEARING AID AND HEARING AID AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME - Provided are a method for modulating sound at a hearing aid and a hearing aid performing the method. The method includes acquiring a sound signal at the hearing aid, modulating the at least a portion of the sound signal when the at least a portion of the sound signal is similar to the designated attention word data, and outputting the modulated sound signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281857 | METHOD OF OPERATING A HEARING AID AND A HEARING AID - A method of processing a signal in a hearing aid ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150281858 | METHOD OF PROCESSING VOICE SIGNAL OUTPUT AND EARPHONE - A method of processing a voice output signal is applied in an earphone. The method processes the voice signal received from the earphone via a sound processing module inside the earphone such that a user can hear the voice signal more clearly. The earphone can be used as a hearing-aid when the user is not using a phone, and the earphone also can be used to help the user hear voice signals for phone communication. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281859 | HEARING AID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEARING AID - A hearing aid includes a hearing aid housing and an antenna device constructed to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic waves having a predetermined wavelength lambda. The antenna device has a frame incorporated in the hearing aid housing for holding assemblies of the hearing aid and the frame has an electrically conductive structure being an integral part of the frame. A method for producing a hearing aid includes patterning a surface of the frame, applying an electrically conductive layer to the surface of the frame and incorporating the frame into the hearing aid housing. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281860 | MAGNETIC MEANS ASSEMBLY FOR BONE CONDUCTING HEARING AID - According to an embodiment, a magnetic unit assembly for a bone conducting hearing aid is disclosed. The magnetic unit assembly is implantable and comprises one or more magnetic unit and unit for attaching the one or more magnetic unit to the tissue surrounding the magnetic unit assembly when the magnetic unit assembly is implanted in the body of a hearing aid user. The magnetic unit assembly comprises unit for positioning at least a portion of the one or more magnetic unit in the soft tissue between dermis and the subcutaneous fat or the muscle/fat layer. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281861 | CIC HEARING AID SEAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an acoustic seal for a CIC hearing aid has the steps of: embedding sacrificial particles of 50 μm to 250 μm into a silicone rubber matrix, the concentration and size of the sacrificial particles being selected to achieve a porosity of at least 40%; molding the silicone rubber matrix using a mold and curing the silicone rubber matrix; removing the sacrificial particles from the silicone rubber matrix by leaching out the sacrificial particles in a solvent; and drying the silicone rubber matrix. The seal is to surround at least part of the hearing aid and by selection of the size and/or concentration and/or the distribution of the sacrificial particles, to provide for an acoustic attenuation of at least 20 dB in a frequency range between 200 Hz and 6 kHz, with a compliance of at least 50 mm/N when the hearing aid is inserted into the ear canal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281862 | HEARING AID FITTING PROCEDURE AND PROCESSING BASED ON SUBJECTIVE SPACE REPRESENTATION - A system for hearing assistance devices to assist hearing aid fitting applied to individual differences in hearing impairment. The system is also usable for assisting fitting and use of hearing assistance devices for listeners of music. The method uses a subjective space approach to reduce the dimensionality of the fitting problem and a non-linear regression technology to interpolate among hearing aid parameter settings. This listener-driven method provides not only a technique for preferred aid fitting, but also information on individual differences and the effects of gain compensation on different musical styles. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281863 | HEARING AID FITTING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF FITTING A HEARING AID SYSTEM - A hearing aid fitting system ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150281864 | DYNAMIC SOUND ADJUSTMENT - Among other things, one or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions are described. The stored instructions are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising analyzing an effect of noise in a spatial unit on sound in the spatial unit, at least part of the sound being produced by audio signals; selecting an adjustment curve among a group of adjustment curves based on one or more characteristics of the noise; and determining an amount of adjustment to be made to the audio signals based on the analyzed effect and the selected adjustment curve. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281865 | AUDIO SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING AN ARRAY OF TRANSDUCERS OPTIMIZED FOR PARTICULAR SOUND FREQUENCIES - Systems and methods for generating sound, detecting sound, and generating and detecting sound are provided. An array of audio transducers can be provided whereby each audio transducer in the array can be optimized for a narrow range of sound frequencies. When operating at or close to its resonant frequency, a transducer can generate (and/or detect) sound with a higher efficiency and less distortion as compared to other frequencies. Accordingly, sound may be divided into component signals such that each transducer is only responsible for generating (and/or detection) sound close to its resonant frequency. This sound reproduction (and/or detection) technique can increase efficiency, and therefore, can increase the total output volume that an array can generate using a given amount of input power when generating sound (and/or increase the total output power that an array can generate using a given amount of input volume when detecting sound). | 2015-10-01 |
20150281866 | AUDIO SPEAKER - An audio device includes a housing having first and second support surfaces for supporting the device at different orientations relative to the surface on which the device is placed, a driver to output sound in a radiating pattern associated with a first axis of the driver, and an orientation sensor to detect a direction of a force of gravity. A control circuit coupled to the driver and the orientation sensor determines the direction of the force of gravity relative to the first axis and whether the first axis is oriented to one of a first angle of elevation associated with physically supporting the device by the first surface and a second angle of elevation associated with physically supporting the device by the second surface. The circuit can alters the output by the driver based on the first axis being oriented to the first or second angles of elevation. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281867 | Acoustic Control Apparatus, an Electronic Device, and an Acoustic Control Method - According to one embodiment, an acoustic control apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a detection unit, a correction unit, and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires a first acoustic signal. The detection unit detects an information sound. When the detection unit detects the information sound, the correction unit corrects the first acoustic signal to a second acoustic signal by convoluting the first acoustic signal with a first function. The first function represents an acoustic transfer characteristic from a virtual position to a listening position. The virtual position is located along a first direction from the listening position. The output unit outputs the second acoustic signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281868 | DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND DISTRIBUTION METHOD - A distribution apparatus includes: a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: storing information of at least one of a device that is available in a predetermined location and an application for controlling the device in a storage unit; distributing the application to a mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is detected in the predetermined location. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281869 | NATIVE WEB-BASED APPLICATION - In one aspect, a method and system is provided for facilitating a native web app, the method including receiving a request from a user at a first mobile device to install a native web application (“app”) providing functionality associated with a web app associated with a uniform resource locator (“URL”) from an app store, the web app providing a set of content displayable by a browser app at a user mobile device, accessing the native web app, the native web app including a manifest file including a set of permissions including a permission for displaying a browser app in full screen mode and a set of instructions including instructions for launching a browser app at the first mobile device in full screen mode using the URL, and installing the native web app on the first mobile device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281870 | MOBILE TERMINAL, APPLICATION SELECTION SERVER, APPLICATION INSTALLATION METHOD, AND MOBILE TERMINAL PROGRAM - A location information based application is installed on a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal | 2015-10-01 |
20150281871 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TUNNELING MESSAGES BETWEEN TWO OR MORE DEVICES USING DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS - Various embodiments are described herein for a multiformat communication protocol that may be used to tunnel messages suitable for a second communication protocol. The multiformat communication protocol may be used by an intermediate device to couple a bus that communicates according to the multiformat communication protocol with a bus that communicates according to the second communication protocol. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281872 | CONFIGURING A SENSOR DEVICE - The invention concerns a sensor device, a method, computer and computer program product for configuring the sensor device, a configuring apparatus as well as a method, computer program and computer program code for providing a reporting configuration to a sensor device. The configuring apparatus ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150281873 | ON DEMAND CUSTOMIZATION OF MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - Embodiments of the invention describe mobile computing device configuration processes. A device executing configuration logic may wirelessly transmit power to a mobile computing device housed within a sealed product packaging to charge a battery power supply of the mobile computing device. A short-range wireless communication link is established with the mobile computing device housed within the sealed product packaging to install a firmware image on the mobile computing device, wherein the firmware image is to be selected based, at least in part, on a geographic location of the mobile computing device. The short-range wireless communication link is then used to activate a wireless network interface of the mobile computing device housed within the sealed product packaging to connect to a boot server including an OS image for the mobile computing device to download and install. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281874 | Method and System for Near Field Communication of Electronic Device - A method and a system for near field communication of an electronic device are disclosed. The method comprises: communicating frequency points at which the two parties suffer from interference with a second electronic device through a scanning frame, wherein the scanning frame comprises at least two symbols modulated by using different frequencies; and determining a modulation manner according to the available frequency points in order to perform data transmission with the second electronic device. With the embodiment of the present invention, interference frequencies in the communication environment are detected by sending the scanning frame which comprises at least two symbols modulated by using different frequencies, and frequency points with smaller interference are selected for adaptation modulation data, thus the interference frequency points are shielded from data transmission, and external interference in the near field communication is avoid, and communication stability is improved, and communication quality is improved. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281875 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS WITH PLURALITY OF USER TERMINALS IN SYSTEM - A wireless communication system, and an apparatus and method for controlling communication connections with a plurality of user terminals in the system are disclosed. The terminal device includes a communication unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The communication unit receives a signal, broadcast by at least one beacon device, via wireless communication. The storage unit stores data that is transmitted and received to and from the beacon device. The control unit is functionally connected with the communication unit, scans a signal transmitted from the beacon device, performs an operation for a communication connection with the beacon device using the scanned signal, receives a bit mask via the communication unit and also stores the bit mask in the storage unit when the communication connection has been established, transmits data to the beacon device via the communication unit, and immediately releases the communication connection. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281876 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM - An MFP specifies an MFP application to be started in a portable terminal and another application to be started after start of the MFP application. An NFC tag records information that allows the specified MFP application and the specified another application to be identified in the portable terminal. The portable terminal acquires the application information recorded in the NFC tag by the proximity wireless communication. The portable terminal controls a communication-connection changeover according to an application to be started based on the acquired information. At this moment, if a type of communication to be used by the MFP application and a type of communication to be used by the another application are different, the portable terminal starts the another application after making a changeover to communication connection corresponding to this another application. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281877 | PROVIDING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY DEVICES - Multiple virtual Bluetooth low energy peripheral devices may be provided via a single Bluetooth low energy radio set. In an embodiment, a method for providing multiple virtual Bluetooth low energy peripheral devices may include defining a first Bluetooth low energy packet having a first device attribute. The method may also include defining a second Bluetooth low energy packet having a second device attribute. The method may also include transmitting the first Bluetooth low energy packet as a first virtual Bluetooth low energy peripheral device via a Bluetooth low energy radio set. The method may further include transmitting the second Bluetooth low energy packet as a second virtual Bluetooth low energy peripheral device via the Bluetooth low energy radio set. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281878 | Beacon Based Privacy Centric Network Communication, Sharing, Relevancy Tools and Other Tools - The disclosed tools use a plurality of substantially low powered data signal transmitters and receiving tools, such as beacons to provide a location and contextually aware system. Specifically, the disclosed technology can greatly enhance personalization of information or advertising that is delivered to a user via analyzing the proximity data that is transmitted by a beacon. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281879 | Method for Counting Steps Taken by a User - Method for counting steps taken by a user, by a first device (personal activity monitor | 2015-10-01 |
20150281880 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes: a display; a short-range communication module; and a controller configured to establish a communication link with at least one first terminal located within a predetermined distance by using the short-range communication module, obtain second information associated with first information when the first information is obtained through the established communication link, and display the same on the display. Based on information obtained through a short-range communication link, information associated with the obtained information is obtained, thereby providing various services by using short-range communication. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281881 | Locating Underground Markers - A process for locating underground markers, including: transmitting signals through the ground between markers in the ground; and determining locations of the markers based on the transmitted signals. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281882 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AND LOCATING USING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS - A system and method is configured for tracking and locating a person, pet, or thing to allow pertinent information to be quickly and efficiently communicated, with as little action required of the user as possible, to those in a position to facilitate locating of the person, pet, or thing, since users may be under a great deal of stress because of the inability to locate the person, pet, or thing and be unable to effectively communicate such information. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281883 | BUILDING SENSOR ARRAY - A method for determining the locations of sensor devices in a sensor array in a structure is disclosed. The method may include placing a sensor device at a location. The method may also include receiving, at a mobile device, an identifier of the sensor device. The method may further include determining, by the mobile device, a compass direction and elevation angle from the sensor device to a base station. The method may additionally include determining a distance between the sensor device and the base station. The method may moreover include determining a location of the sensor device based at least in part on the compass direction and the elevation angle from the sensor device to the base station, and the distance between the sensor device and the base station. The method may furthermore include storing the location of the sensor in association with the identifier of the sensor device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281884 | Method and System for Providing Enhanced Location Based Information for Wireless Handsets using Dead Reckoning - Methods, devices and systems for generating enhanced location information on or about a mobile device may include improved dead reckoning solutions in which the mobile device performs location determination calculations with the aid of network components or global positioning systems (GPS). The network aided location information may be provided to the processor and utilized in measuring the accuracy of sensor based location calculations. The mobile device may utilize local sensors to obtain a set of combined sensor output location information, which may seed execution of dead reckoning. To ensure that most accurate location information is provide to the enhanced location based service, the dead reckoning location information may be compared to a current best estimate. Results of the comparison may be passed to the enhanced location based service and the methods, systems, and devices may reiterate the location determination. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281885 | Classification of Indoor and Outdoor Telecommunications Events of Mobile Telecommunications Networks - Concepts and technologies are described herein for the classification of indoor and outdoor telecommunications events that occur within mobile telecommunications networks. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a method for classifying telecommunications events can include receiving a data set that includes geo-location data and radio signal measurement data for a plurality of telecommunications events that have occurred within a mobile telecommunications network. The method can also include providing the data set as input to a classification model. The method can also include classifying the data set into an indoor results subset and an outdoor results subset using the classification model. The indoor results subset can include a first telecommunications event that is determined by the classification model to have occurred in an indoor location. The outdoor results subset can include a second telecommunications event that is determined by the classification model to have occurred in an outdoor location. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281886 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED GEOFENCING BACKGROUND - The disclosure generally relates to a method and apparatus for determining a coarse geofence of a mobile device. An exemplary method includes: identifying, at the device, a first perimeter for the location, the first perimeter enclosed by a geofence region; identifying a second perimeter for the location, the second perimeter enclosing the geofence regions; and determining if the device is one of an inside the first perimeter or an outside the second perimeter. The exemplary steps can be implemented as part of a software, a firmware or a dedicated chipset. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281887 | GAZE-DIRECTED CONTENT DELIVERY - Methods and systems may provide for associating content in a cloud computing infrastructure with geo-panes and sending it to a location aware device based on user gaze. The content may be restricted by rules, including distance from user to the geo-pane. The geo-panes may be static or mobile in space. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281888 | PROVABLE GEO-LOCATION - A geo-location provider station signs geo-location data and a previous signature provided by a mobile device, returning a new signature to the mobile device. The mobile device uses the new signature when requesting a signature from another geo-location provider station. The mobile device stores the geo-location data and the signatures provided by geo-location provider stations. The stored geo-location data may be verified upon request by using the stored signature data. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281889 | Reducing Overlapping Geofences - The various embodiments provide systems and methods for combining overlapping/geographically close geofences associated with a plurality of geofence-enabled applications operating on the same computing device into a single, blended geofence. Each geofence-enabled application may monitor the blended geofence so the plurality of geofence-enabled applications may simultaneously or near-simultaneously detect that the blended geofence has been satisfied when the computing device satisfies the blended geofence. Thus, each of the plurality of geofence-enabled application may consume the output of location-sensing radios and/or communicate with the geofence server at the same time because each of the plurality of geofence-enabled applications detects when the blended geofence is crossed at the same or nearly the same time. Thus, by blending the plurality of geofence-enabled application's geofence areas, the various embodiments may improve battery life and/or conserve resources for a small decrease in accuracy such that the overall user experience on the computing device is improved. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281890 | TRACKING DEVICE AND TRACKING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A tracking device and a tracking device control method with intelligent safe zones are provided. The tracking device includes a positioning module, a long-range transceiver, a short-range transceiver and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to provide the long-range transceiver with radio-signal information about a short-range radio signal received by the short-range transceiver. The long-range transceiver transmits the radio-signal information to a server for safe-zone identification of the tracking device and then receives a safe-zone identification result from the server. The microcontroller is further configured to operate the positioning module, the long-range transceiver and the short-range transceiver in accordance with the safe-zone identification result. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281891 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - Included is identifying a location of a user; determining that transmission of notification information to the user is appropriate in a case where information included in management information held in the information collection database satisfies a predetermined condition, and a current location of the user identified in the identifying is a predetermined location; specifying, out of one or more presentation devices, a presentation device at which the notification information is to be displayed; generating the notification information of a content according to the identified location of the user, in a case where determination has been made in the determining that transmission of the notification information is appropriate; and performing communication to transmit the notification information that has been generated in the generating to the presentation device that has been specified in the specifying. | 2015-10-01 |