| 14th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
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| 20150091706 | REAL-TIME WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER CONTROL FOR PASSIVE BACKSCATTERING DEVICES - A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for real-time wireless power transfer control. In one embodiment, a system comprises: an RF-energy harvesting sensor tag operable to generate a first backscatter signal and at least one base station operable to deliver RF power to the sensor tag by emitting a first waveform comprising a plurality of subcarriers, wherein the first backscatter signal is generated by the sensor tag by modulated scattering of the first waveform as incident upon the sensor tag, and further wherein the at least one base station subsequently emits a second waveform determined at least in part by a closed-loop feedback control algorithm responsive to measurements of the first backscatter signal. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091707 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BULK ENCODING TAGS - A method of bulk encoding tags may include obtaining tag identification information from a tag associated with a product, scanning a product label to obtain product identification information of the product, associating product identification information and the tag identification information in a database, reading electronic product code (EPC) information associated with the tag to determine the tag identification information, confirming the association between the tag identification information and corresponding product identification information in the database, and overwriting the EPC information with a combination of the tag identification information and the product identification information. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091708 | Remote Control Configuration using a Remote Control Profile - Utilizing remote control profile information for configuration of a remote control device. A media processing device may store a remote control profile, locally or on a server accessible via a wide area network, which may include information for configuring a remote control device to utilize one or more wireless remote control commands for controlling the media processing device. The media processing device may also detect one or more wireless remote control commands for controlling one or more other electronic devices and update the remote control profile to include information for configuring a remote control device to utilize those commands. It may be determined to configure a remote control device according to the remote control profile based at least in part on proximity of the remote control device to the media processing device. The remote control device may then be configured according to the remote control profile. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091709 | System and Method for Issuing Commands in a Media Playback System - Embodiments are described herein that provide a device that is bonded to a zone player or zone to cause an adjustment to be made by the zone player or zone. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091710 | Remote Control - A handheld remote control device may have an angled directional control pad having a planar orientation that is askew from a front face control surface of the remote control device. The angled directional control pad may include a rear portion on the rear of the remote control device, which may be angled as well. The rear portion of the directional control pad may include an inductive charging circuit for charging a battery of the remote control device, and may be configured to mate with a charging base. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091711 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus including an elongated apparatus structure configured to fit around a body part of a user and an actuator configured to change shape of the elongated apparatus structure. The actuator is configured to change tightness of the elongated apparatus structure around the body part of the user based on an action the apparatus is performing. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091712 | MODIFICATION OF INDICATORS CORRESPONDING TO ALERTS - Various methods and systems for modifying an indicator corresponding to an alert are described herein. One example method includes detecting an alert with a computing device. The method also includes monitoring a noise level in an environment surrounding a computing device. In addition, the method includes modifying the indicator corresponding to the alert based on the noise level. Furthermore, the method includes providing the modified indicator corresponding to the alert. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091713 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE THEFT DETECTION - Various systems and methods for vehicle theft detection are described herein. In an embodiment, a driver of the vehicle is identified with an onboard system. The onboard system then determines whether the driver is an authorized operator of the vehicle, where the determination based on sensor data collected from a sensor installed in the vehicle. When the driver is not an authorized operator of the vehicle, a security recovery process is performed. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091714 | FILTERING DEVICE AND ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A filtering device includes an evaluation value deriving module that derives, for a pair of images having mutual relevance, multiple evaluation values indicative of correlations between any one of blocks (reference block) that is extracted from one of the images (reference image) and multiple blocks (comparison blocks) extracted from the other image (comparison image), an evaluation range setting module that sets an evaluation range of the evaluation values, the evaluation range having one of boundaries at the evaluation value with the highest correlation among the multiple evaluation values, and a difference value determining module that determines whether the evaluation value with the highest correlation is valid as a difference value based on the multiple evaluation values and the evaluation range. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091715 | VEHICLE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - A vehicle exterior environment recognition device includes a three-dimensional position deriving module that derives three-dimensional positions of subject parts in a real space based on an image obtained by imaging a detection area, an object identifying module that groups the subject parts of which differences in the three-dimensional positions are within a predetermined range to identify an object, a positional point deriving module that derives a positional point based on positional information of the object, an appearance point deriving module that derives an appearance point based on appearance information of the object, and a pedestrian identifying module that identifies the object to be a pedestrian when a pedestrian point that is obtained by at least adding the positional point to the appearance point equals to or greater than a predetermined threshold. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091716 | ADVANCED WARNING AND RISK EVASION SYSTEM AND METHOD - This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091717 | LOW-IMPACT CRASH DETECTION SYSTEM - There is provided a low-impact crash detection system for a vehicle comprising an accelerometer device from which horizontal components of acceleration are derived, a data processor comprising a FIR bandpass filter to generate filtered horizontal components of acceleration and a communication device for transmitting crash alert information, wherein the data processor is configured to generate an impact energy signal from the filtered horizontal acceleration components, to compare the impact energy signal with a threshold value to determine whether a low-impact crash has taken place, and to generate a crash alert for transmission by the communication device if the threshold value is exceeded. A method of low-impact crash detection is also provided, the method including a crash scoring method. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091718 | METHOD FOR RECOGNISING AND CLASSIFYING DAMAGE INCIDENTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND A DEVICE FOR THE SAME - A method for recognising and classifying damage incidents and/or contact incidents, in particular on motor vehicles, the different forms of damage incident shall be detected, evaluated and classified by way of detecting and evaluating at least one impact sound signal. An amplitude envelope of the impact sound signal is determined and the impact sound signal is classified based on the time progression of the amplitude envelope. This involves assigning different damage incidents or contact incidents to different kinds of time progression of the amplitude envelope. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091719 | TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR - A tire pressure sensor is installed on a tire rim which includes an assembly through hole. The tire pressure sensor includes a sensor body, a gas intake nozzle fixed on the tire rim and connected to the sensor body, and a gas nozzle assembly member to couple with the sensor body and the gas intake nozzle. The sensor body includes a gas nozzle assembly hole to couple with the gas intake nozzle, a tire pressure sensing module disposed in the sensor body for detecting a tire pressure, and an update connection port electrically connected to the tire pressure sensing module. Through the update connection port, the tire pressure sensing module receives an update firmware data for updating firmware stored therein in response to different applications. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091720 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A PRESSURE CHANGE IN A TIRE - A device for detecting a pressure change in a tire includes a first temperature sensor located outside the tire, the first temperature sensor being configured to produce a first temperature signal indicative of a first temperature, an input apparatus configured to receive the first temperature signal from the first temperatures sensor, and to receive a second temperature signal from a second temperature sensor, the second temperature signal being indicative of a second temperature, and to receive a tire pressure signal from a tire pressure sensor, the tire pressure signal being indicative of a tire pressure of the tire, and a processor configured to output an evaluation signal including information about a change of tire pressure based on the pressure signal and based on the first temperature signal and the second temperature signal. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091721 | SIGNAL LEVEL MONITORING SYSTEM THAT MINIMIZES FALSE ALARMS - A system for monitoring signal level of a signal in a communications network, comprising a monitor that includes (i) a receiver to receive the signal from the network, (ii) a detector for detecting signal level values of the signal, and (iii) a sensor for sensing temperatures at the monitoring point in association with the signal level values. The system further comprises (i) means for evaluating the signal level values relative to an alarm reference, (ii) means for issuing alarms based on an alarm criterion defined in terms of the signal level values and the alarm reference, (iii) means for deriving an empirical relationship between signal level and temperature from the signal level values and temperatures, and (iv) means for adjusting the alarm criterion in accordance with the empirical relationship, such that temperature-dependent variations of signal level are substantially accounted for in issuing alarms. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091722 | Building Security System - A security system that can be used in a home, office, or other building in order to generate alarms or take other actions depending on conditions within the building. The security system may rely on sensors within the building which sense various conditions and collect other data. The information learned from the sensors can be communicated to a location outside the building for processing, such as, but not limited to, processing associated with a need to instigate an alarm. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091723 | FLOOD SENSOR - Methods and systems for an integrated flood and temperature sensor may comprise sensing a presence of water in a premises by measuring a resistance between at least one pair of metal probes in an integrated flood and temperature sensor, sensing a temperature utilizing one or more temperature sensors, and sensing an orientation of the integrated flood and temperature sensor with respect to gravity utilizing one or more level sensors. The metal probes may be extendable. The metal probes may be gold plated. A tamper sensor may sense whether an enclosure for the integrated flood and temperature sensor has been tampered with. The presence of water may be sensed utilizing a remote probe. The integrated water and temperature sensor may communicate wirelessly with one or more external devices utilizing a wireless transceiver. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091724 | Mandown Automatic SOS Speaker Device - The present invention provides a mandown automatic SOS speaker device configured to be used with a radio transceiver. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091725 | Systems and Methods for Tagging and Tracking Surgical Devices and Surgical Accessories Using Radio Frequency Identification Tags - Various systems and methods are provided for tagging and tracking surgical devices using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. In general, the systems and methods allow for tracking surgical devices throughout distribution and sterilization thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the system includes a tray configured to seat a plurality of surgical devices and having a parent RFID tag attached thereto that contains information and/or facilitates access to information about the tray and each of the surgical devices seated therein. Each of the surgical devices seated in the instrument tray can have attached thereto a child RFID tag containing information and/or facilitating access to information about the surgical device. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091726 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED SERVICES - A method and system for providing location-based services are proposed, wherein the objective is the determination of the authorization of at person to use location-based services using non-contact detection and the evaluation of media information from a customer medium, whereby the location of the elastomer medium is carried out based on the detection of the customer medium and where the media information of the customer medium is recorded based on an automatically implemantable non-contact interaction between at least one reading device assigned to one location and connected to a computer and the customer medium, if the customer medium is within the range of at least one reading device, where the customer medium comprises an RF transceiver and communicates with the computer via at least one reading device in a predetermined frequency range, where location-based services are provided in cases of a valid authorization, the provision of which depends on the detection of the customer medium via at least one reading devices assigned to the location, and where the customer medium is controlled by a computer via at least one reading device is such a manner that the energy consumption of the customer medium is minimized. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091727 | MOBILE DEVICE LOCATOR - A mobile device locator is disclosed. The locator system includes a receiver associated with a mobile device and a locator device. The locator device sends an interrogative signal to the receiver, which emits a return signal. The locator device calculates the distance from the locator device to the receiver and activates an indicator to show the distance. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091728 | Alarm system for passageways - An improved alarm system for monitoring movement through a passageway defined by opposing sidewalls comprises a lower passage indicator disposed toward the lower ends of the sidewalls, an upper passage indicator disposed toward the upper ends of the sidewalls and a control mechanism configured to sound an alarm if one of the passage indicators indicates passage through the passageway and the other passage indicator does not. In a preferred embodiment, the alarm system is configured as a pool alarm and each passage indicator comprises an emitter/receiver that emits an infrared beam toward an opposing reflector to provide a lower beam and an upper beam. If only the lower beam is interrupted, indicating a child passing through the passageway, the control mechanism will generate an alarm signal. If both beams are interrupted, indicating an adult passing through the passageway, the control mechanism will not generate the alarm signal. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091729 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING RETAIL DISPLAY MERCHANDISE FROM THEFT - Security systems and methods for protecting retail display merchandise from theft are provided. For example, a security system includes a sensor configured to removably engage an input port of an item of merchandise, and a monitoring component configured to wirelessly communicate with the sensor and to removably support the sensor thereon, wherein the monitoring component and the sensor are configured to communicate with one another to determine a proximity of the item of merchandise relative to the monitoring component, wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal when the proximity between the monitoring component and the sensor is not within a predetermined range, and wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal in response to the sensor being removed from the input port of the item of merchandise. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091730 | Controlling A User Alert - A method, apparatus and computer program are provided. The method comprises: performing a first detection of at least one bio-signal from at least one user; controlling a user output device to initiate a user alert, after performing the first detection of the at least one bio-signal; performing a second detection of the at least one bio-signal from the at least one user, after initiating the user alert; and processing the first detection of the at least one bio-signal and the second detection of the at least one bio-signal to determine whether one or more changes in the at least one bio-signal pass a significance test. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091731 | Rail vehicle comprising an induction smoke alarm - A rail vehicle includes an aspirating or induction smoke alarm or detector which is connected by a line to at least one aspiration or induction end piece having a defined opening cross-section for collecting air samples. At least one line piece made of flexible material extends outward from the aspiration or induction end piece in the direction of the aspirating or induction smoke alarm or detector. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091732 | ELECTRICAL FAULT DETECTION DEVICE FOR A WATERBORNE STRUCTURE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A device for indicating the presence of an electrical fault for a waterborne structure includes a current tap electrically coupleable to an electrically conductive frame member of the waterborne structure and a grounding member configured for placement in water adjacent to the waterborne structure. An indicator is electrically coupled to the current tap so that an electrical charge supplied to the conductive frame member may be transmitted through the current tap and to the indicator. The indicator is electrically coupled to the grounding member to form a circuit. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091733 | CIRCUIT MONITORING DEVICE - The circuit monitoring device is disclosed. The device is for monitoring circuit resistance. At configurable thresholds digital flags are triggered, the device can be used as a Security/Building management system. The device uses open technology is fully scaleable and allows programmable logic controllers to be used as security management systems. Using a soft logic option a PC could take the place of the PLC. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091734 | Security System and Electrical Circuit Therefor - A circuit for a security system includes a power circuit, a closed loop detection circuit and an alarm circuit. The detection circuit includes a first loop circuit with an alarm sensor and a second loop circuit with a relay. The alarm circuit provides a plurality of output voltages or signals to at least one alarm device, such as two 120 VAC outputs and two 12 VDC outputs. The alarm circuit is coupled to the relay of the detection circuit, such that an alarm condition sensed by the alarm sensor causes the relay to supply energy from the power circuit to the plurality of outputs to activate at least one alarm device. The security system may be turned on and off by a remote control. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091735 | High-Voltage Detector Montioring System - A mechanism for providing monitoring of electric field detectors. In accordance with instructions on a machine-readable medium, a computing system receives from a device data corresponding to a user identifier. Further, the computing device identifies from a plurality of electric field detectors one or more electric field detectors associated with the user identifier and identifies status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors. The status data for each electric field detector in the plurality of electric field detectors comprises data indicative of at least (i) a location of the electric field detector and (ii) an alarm state of the electric field detector. Additionally, the computing system causes a display component of the device to display a graphical user interface that presents indicia of the status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091736 | FLAG THAT PLAYS SOUNDS WITH DETECTED MOTION - A flag that includes a motion detector or timer is described. When the flag detects motion or after a certain length of time, the flag will play a noise, such as a wind chime, sounds of nature, or a song, such as a national anthem, or organization song. The flag includes a motion detector or timer, a battery pack, circuitry to direct the playing of the noise, and a speaker. Alternatively, the flag includes a Bluetooth-enabled receiving device that will play a noise when a signal is received from a Bluetooth-enabled transmitting device. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091737 | REMOTE VISUAL AND AUDITORY MONITORING SYSTEM - A well site remote monitoring system comprises a monitoring station, a number of recording devices, a number of sensors, a processor, and a power source. The monitoring station supports the recording devices, processor, and power source thereon and is positioned at a strategic location at a well site so that the recording devices can create video, audio, or other recordings of points of interest of the well site. The processor controls the recording devices and uploads the recordings to a remote server computer for storage and so that an operator can manage and view the recordings on a remote monitoring computer. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091738 | Method of Data Volume Reduction for Transmission on a Limited Communications Channel - A method of recording and classifying data collected from an above ground marker for pipeline pig monitoring. Described herein is a method of extracting minimum data attributes from a real-time data sample and packaging same to achieve a significant volume reduction such that the information can be conveyed across communications channels with limited bandwidth. The reduced volume of information can then be utilized at a remote location to reconstruct a close approximation of the original signal with precise timing, and sufficient clarity to allow remote operators to identify pertinent information from the original data sample. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091739 | LOW POWER WIRELESS RF COMMUNICATION PLATFORM AND AD-HOC SECURITY NETWORK UTILIZING SAME - Wireless radio frequency communications platform may include a plurality of sensor units communicatively coupled over a wireless radio frequency communication network to a collector unit. The sensor units may be configured to collect data concerning monitored parameters and relay the collected data to a collector unit via a wireless radio frequency communication. The collector unit may be configured to receive and store the collected data received from the plurality of sensors and transmit the collected data to a computing device upon receiving an indication that the collector unit is communicatively coupled to the computing device. The computing device may execute a computer software application that facilitates communication between the computing device and collector unit. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091740 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND UTILIZATION OF DRIVER DISTRACTION LEVEL - A system includes a primary vehicle operable by a driver. The driver is associated with a first device having a plurality of features with which the driver may interact. The system further includes a second device integral with the primary vehicle and in communication with the first device. The second device is configured to detect an interaction between the driver and at least one of the features of the first device, and calculate a driver distraction level based upon the interaction between the driver and the at least one feature of the first device. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091741 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Providing Management Of Motor Vehicle Parking Spaces During Scheduled Street Sweeping - A system and method for managing a multiplicity of motor vehicle parking spaces through a server is provided. Smart parking devices and vehicle occupancy sensors that are each physically proximate to and which correspond to at least one of the parking spaces is interfaced with the server. Parking availability indicators that are each associated with at least one of the parking spaces is interfaced with the server. Street sweeping activity affecting the parking spaces is planned and comprising times and dates over which street sweeping of the parking spaces will occur. Any requests for reserving the use of the parking spaces during the street sweeping activity is denied. The parking availability indicators are activated associated with the parking spaces affected by the street sweeping activity. Occupancy of each of the parking spaces by a motor vehicle is sensed through the nearest vehicle occupancy sensor. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091742 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTILEVEL CODING (MLC) WITH BINARY ALPHABET POLAR CODES - A method includes receiving multiple bits to be transmitted. The method also includes applying a first binary alphabet polar code to a first subset of the multiple bits to generate first encoded bits. The first encoded bits are associated with a first bit level of a multilevel coding scheme. The method further includes generating one or more symbols using the first encoded bits and bits associated with a second bit level of the multilevel coding scheme. The first binary alphabet polar code is associated with a first coding rate. In addition, the method could include applying a second binary alphabet polar code to a second subset of the multiple bits to generate second encoded bits. The second encoded bits are associated with the second bit level. The second binary alphabet polar code is associated with a second coding rate such that the bit levels have substantially equal error rates. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091743 | EFFICIENT TWO-STAGE ASYNCHRONOUS SAMPLE-RATE CONVERTER - Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide an improved sample-rate converter that overcomes the limitations of conventional sample-rate converters. The improved system comprises a simple asynchronous sample-rate converter and synchronous sample-rate converter. The output of the simple asynchronous sample-rate converter is connected to the input of the synchronous sample-rate converter. In an alternative embodiment, the output of the synchronous sample-rate converter is connected to the input of the simple asynchronous sample-rate converter. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091744 | ACCURACY ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR ADCs - Embodiments of the present invention may provide accuracy enhancement techniques to improve ADC SNRs. For example, regular bit trials from a most significant bit (MSB) to predetermined less significant bit of a digital word and extra bit trials may be performed. The results of the regular and extra bit trials may be combined to generate a digital output signal. A residue error may be measured, and the digital output signal may be adjusted based on the measured residue error. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091745 | Sampling/Quantization Converters - Provided are, among other things, systems, apparatuses, methods and techniques for converting a continuous-time, continuously variable signal into a sampled and quantized signal. One such apparatus includes an input line for accepting an input signal that is continuous in time and continuously variable, multiple processing branches coupled to the input line, and an adder coupled to outputs of the processing branches. Each of the processing branches includes a continuous-time quantization-noise-shaping circuit, a sampling/quantization circuit coupled to an output of the continuous-time quantization-noise-shaping circuit, a digital bandpass filter coupled to an output of the sampling/quantization circuit, and a line coupling an output of the digital-to-analog converter circuit back into the continuous-time quantization-noise-shaping circuit. A center frequency of the digital bandpass filter in each the processing branch corresponds to a minimum in a quantization noise transfer function for the continuous-time quantization-noise-shaping circuit in the same processing branch. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091746 | Successive Approximation Register Analog-to-Digital Converter With Single-Ended Measurement - A circuit may include a comparator having a first input, a second input, and an output. The circuit further may further include a successive approximation register (SAR) circuit coupled to the output of the comparator, the first input, and the second input. The SAR circuit may be configured to program one or more capacitors to selectively bias the first input to provide a single-ended measurement of a voltage at the second input. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091747 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND CODE GENERATING METHOD - An integrated circuit and a code generating method are described. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of field effect transistors, a plurality of sense-amplifiers, and a processing circuit. Each field effect transistor is configured to represent an address in a mapping table and includes a source, a drain, a channel and a gate. Each sense-amplifier is connected to the drain and configured to sense an electric current from the drain and identify a threshold voltage of the corresponding field effect transistor. The processing circuit is configured to categorize each of the threshold voltages identified by the corresponding sense-amplifiers into a first state and a second state and mark the state of each of the threshold voltages at the corresponding address in the mapping table. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091748 | RADAR PROXIMITY FUSE AND PROCESSING METHOD OF AN ECHO RADAR SIGNAL FOR THE ACQUISITION OF DISTANCE INFORMATION BETWEEN A TARGET AND A DOPPLER RADAR - Radar proximity fuse ( | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091749 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRELATING TWO OBJECTS - A method for determining at least one parameter for the purpose of correlating two objects ( | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091750 | FILTERING FOR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) RECEIVERS - Devices and methods are directed to estimating a position of the device/user using a delta range measurement (DRM) module to measure a range difference between first and second range values for first and second time instants based on, e.g., carrier phase measurements. The time period between the first and second time instants may be greater than a periodic interval at which a new phase value is sampled. This architecture of the DRM module provides extended delta ranges values which also overlap in time, enabling a combination of improved dilution of precision and keeping fast generation of delta range values suitable for use in continuous filtering. A filter, e.g., a Kalman filter, may be used compute current estimates of two positions, or a combination of a position and a position difference, of the device based at least on the range difference and a priori estimate(s) of the position(s) of the device. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091751 | GPS RECEIVING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH PROGRAM - A GPS receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes: a GPS radio wave receiving unit that receives GPS radio waves; a walking state determination unit that determines a walking state of a wearer continuously for a predetermined interval; a storage unit that stores walking information determined by way of the walking state determination unit; a determination unit that determines whether being a state in which GPS radio waves can be received, based on a series of the walking states stored in the storage unit; and a control unit that causes reception of GPS radio waves to be carried out by way of the GPS radio wave receiving unit, in a case of being determined by way of the determination unit as being a state in which GPS radio waves can be received. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091752 | SATELLITE SIGNAL SEARCHING METHOD - A satellite signal searching method includes: determining, based on transmitted signal information in which whether satellite signals are transmitted from positioning satellites is managed for each signal type, and characteristics of the signal types, the order of searching the satellite signals. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091753 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING THE ORBIT AND DETECTING THE TYPE OF A SATELLITE - A method of predicting the orbit of a satellite of a satellite positioning system, including: associating first and second types of satellites with first and second models of celestial mechanics forces, respectively; storing first ephemerides data of a satellite, associated to first time intervals and second ephemerides data associated to second time intervals. Further, the method comprises: calculating reference satellite positions based on the first ephemerides data; estimating first and second satellite positions in the first time intervals by using the second ephemerides data and the first and second forces models, respectively; determining first and second estimate errors by comparing the reference positions with the first and second positions, respectively; and detecting the type of satellite between the first and second types by an analysis of the first and second errors. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091754 | UNAMBIGUOUS CODE TRACKING SYSTEM FOR GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS - A method of tracking a code phase includes configuring local correlators with a first de-spreading local function; de-spreading an incoming signal with the first de-spreading local function to generate a first correlation output; determining a range estimate based on the first de-spreading local function; reconfiguring the local correlators with a second de-spreading local function when a delay-locked loop has locked to a correct correlation peak of the first correlation output; de-spreading the incoming signal with the second de-spreading local function to generate a second correlation output; determining a range estimate based on the second de-spreading local function that has a higher resolution than the range estimate based on the first de-spreading local function; and determining if the delay-locked loop has lost a lock to the correct correlation peak of the second correlation output to determine that the local correlators need to be reconfigured with the first de-spreading local function. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091755 | INTERFERENCE REDUCTION SYSTEM FOR ONE OR MORE ANTENNAS - An interference reduction system is operable to reduce interference experienced by one or more antennas. The system detects the presence of one or more interference signals. The system then causes an antenna's radiation pattern to change. The change in the radiation pattern results in a reduction in interference. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091756 | RECONFIGURABLE APERTURE FOR MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION AND DETECTION - A reconfigurable aperture includes a plurality of metallic particles confined to a volume extending across an aperture area. The metallic particles are repositioned within the volume to form opaque regions in the aperture area. The opaque regions, and transmissive regions between the opaque regions, can form a reconfigurable zone plate that can change the collimation of a microwave beam via diffraction therethrough. The zone plate can be located a fixed distance away from a microwave source and a detector in a housing, so that for any specified wavelength produced by the microwave source, the zone plate can reconfigure to have a focal length equal to the fixed distance. The reconfigurable zone plate can effectively collimate microwaves produced by the microwave source, can direct the collimated microwaves in a specified direction, can receive microwaves returning along the specified direction, and can focus the received microwaves onto the detector. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091757 | Systems and Methods for High Precision Indoor Location Tracking - A radio frequency signal mediator configured indoors passively receives signals from a user wireless device and determines layer two radio access network measurement data from the signals. At least one other radio frequency signal mediator in the same space also passively receives signals from the user wireless device and determines layer two radio access network measurement data from the signals. The radio frequency signal mediators send the data to a location determining device that determines a location for the user device based on the at least two sets of data and send the location data to a location server. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091758 | ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An antenna includes a magnetic current element which is an element to constitute a loop and generates a magnetic current vector having a component perpendicular to a loop plane, and an electric current element to generate an electric current vector having a component parallel to the magnetic current vector. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091759 | COLLOCATED OMNIDIRECTIONAL DUAL-POLARIZED ANTENNA - An antenna structure is disclosed that includes a first antenna extending from a substrate, a second antenna formed on the substrate, and first and second parasitic elements formed on the substrate. The first antenna provides an omni-directional radiation pattern in the azimuth plane for vertically polarized signals, and the second antenna provides an omni-directional radiation pattern in the azimuth plane for horizontally polarized signals. The parasitic elements absorb and re-radiate electromagnetic waves radiated from the second antenna. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091760 | ANTENNA BOARD - The antenna board of the present invention includes: a dielectric board | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091761 | CONFIGURATIONS FOR ANTENNAS - Embodiments are provided for antenna configurations. An example playback device includes a housing having a metallic face, the metallic face including an opening; a first antenna oriented in a first direction on a plate, the plate forming a ground plane for the first antenna, the first antenna having a first slot aligned with the opening, the first antenna being associated with a first frequency; and a second antenna positioned proximate to the first antenna on the plate and oriented in a second direction opposing the first direction, the second antenna having a second slot aligned with the opening, the second antenna being associated with at least the first frequency, and the second antenna having at least a first portion located at a distance from at least a second portion of the first antenna of one quarter wavelength of the first frequency. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091762 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND A COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - An antenna device and a communication device using the same are provided. The communication device includes a circuit board, a first antenna and a metal plate. The circuit board has a first feed point electrically connected to a high frequency unit. The first antenna has a first radiation part electrically connected to the first feed point. The metal plate is electrically connected to ground and is configured to correspond to a shape of the projection of the first radiation part. There is a space between the metal plate and the first radiation part. The area of the metal plate is bigger than or substantially equal to the area of the projection of the first radiation part. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091763 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An antenna assembly for an electronic device, the antenna assembly comprising a conductive structure for housing at least a circuit board of the electronic device, an antenna formed as a slot in the conductive structure, a feeding element for feeding the antenna by electromagnetic coupling, the feeding element being positioned between the conductive structure and the circuit board and orientated to extend across said slot, the feeding element being connected to a feed line on the circuit board. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091764 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A wearable electronic device includes a body and a wearing element. The body includes a conductive frame. The conductive frame includes a feeding point and at least one grounding point to form a first current path and a second current path. Furthermore, the conductive frame forms a loop antenna via the first current path and the second current path, respectively, so as to operate in a first band and a second band. The wearing element is connected to the body. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091765 | ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL INTERFACE WITH ANTENNA ELEVATED ABOVE SKIN SURFACE - A wearable device band may contain a plurality of flexible sections and rigid sections. A radio frequency circuit and a central processing unit may be located on respective rigid sections. An antenna may be located at a flexible section and may be a given distance away from the portion of the band that touches a user's skin when the wearable device is worn by a user. The flexible section may contain a grounding flap and also may be configured to stretch over a roller. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091766 | BROADBAND CAPACITIVELY-LOADED TUNABLE ANTENNA - A broadband capacitively-loaded tunable antenna, and device there for is provided. The device comprises: an antenna feed; a first radiating arm connected to the antenna feed; a second radiating arm capacitively coupled to the first radiating arm; an adjustable reactance device connecting the second radiating arm to one or more of a ground and a third radiating arm; and, a processor in communication with the adjustable reactance device, the processor configured to adjust a reactance of the adjustable reactance device to tune a resonance frequency of a combination of the second radiating arm, the adjustable reactance device, and, when present, the third radiating arm. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091767 | Lensed Base Station Antennas - A lensed antenna system is provided. The lensed antenna system includes a first column of radiating elements having a first longitudinal axis and a first azimuth angle, and, optionally, a second column of radiating elements having a second longitudinal axis and a second azimuth angle, and a radio frequency lens. The radio frequency lens has a third longitudinal axis. The radio frequency lens is disposed such that the longitudinal axes of the first and second columns of radiating elements are aligned with the longitudinal axis of the radio frequency lens, and such that the azimuth angles of the beams produced by the columns of radiating elements are directed at the radio frequency lens. The multiple beam antenna system further includes a radome housing the columns of radiating elements and the radio frequency lens. There may be more or fewer than two columns of radiating elements. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091768 | RING FOCUS ANTENNA - An antenna includes a main reflector with a focal circle about an axis. A waveguide horn extends from the main reflector along this axis. A sub-reflector is mounted beyond the distal end of the waveguide horn with an annular gap remaining between the sub-reflector and the distal end of the waveguide horn. The annular gap forms a radial transmission line between a first wall on the sub-reflector and a second wall having outer annular corrugated surfaces on the distal end of the waveguide horn. The first wall of the transmission line is a body of revolution of elliptical shape on the sub-reflector. This ellipse is tilted at an angle with respect to the axis, and has a first focal point on the axis. The other focal point is preferably on or near the focal circle. The phase center of the waveguide horn does not coincide with either foci. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091769 | DISH ANTENNA HAVING A SELF-SUPPORTING SUB-REFLECTOR ASSEMBLY - An antenna has a waveguide horn extending from a main reflector. A dielectric tube extends from the distal end of the waveguide horn to support a sub-reflector in the focal region of the main reflector. An insert is placed into the dielectric tube to seat against the distal end of the dielectric tube. A fastener secures the insert to the sub-reflector, thereby securing the sub-reflector to the distal end of the dielectric tube. The surface of the insert serves as a continuation of the sub-reflector. The dielectric tube can be equipped with an inwardly-extending collar about its distal end to engage the insert. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091770 | ANTENNA FEED WITH POLARIZATION ROTATION - Various exemplary embodiments relate to an antenna feed configured to receive a signal having a wavelength. They antenna feed may include a cylindrical body and four pin groups. Each pin group may include two pins in close proximity extending across the center of the cylindrical body. One of the two pins may be rotated approximately 22.5° from the angle of the other pin. Each pin group may be spaced approximately one quarter of a wavelength away from each other, and may be rotated approximately 22.5° from the angle of the previous pin group. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091771 | Feeding Apparatus and Low Noise Block Down-converter - A feeding apparatus includes a substrate, an annular grounded metal sheet having a first opening and a second opening, a rectangular grounded metal sheet extending from the annular grounded metal sheet toward an interior according to a configuration of a septum polarizer of a waveguide, a first parasitic grounded metal sheet extending from a side of the rectangular grounded metal sheet along a first direction, a second parasitic grounded metal sheet extending from another side of the rectangular grounded metal sheet along a second direction, a first feeding metal sheet extending from the first opening toward the interior and including a first portion, a second portion and a third portion and a second feeding metal sheet extending from the second opening toward the interior and including a fourth portion, a fifth portion and a sixth portion. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091772 | Antenna Assemblies Including Antenna Elements with Dielectric for Forming Closed Bow Tie Shapes - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of bow tie antennas and antenna assemblies that include the same. In an exemplary embodiment, a bow tie antenna includes a pair of antenna elements. Each antenna element includes spaced apart end portions defining an open portion such that the antenna element has an open shape. The open shape is closed by dielectric material disposed between the spaced apart end portions and extending across a gap separating the spaced apart end portions, whereby the dielectric material and pair of antenna elements cooperatively define a closed bow tie shape for the bow tie antenna. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091773 | DUAL BAND DIRECTIVE/REFLECTIVE ANTENNA - A dual band antenna having a directive element and a reflective element is disclosed. A first and second antennas are arranged substantially parallel to each other and spaced between approximately 0.5-0.8 times the wavelength of the first antenna. The dual band antenna provides high gain at the zenith and at the horizon and enable v variation in the antenna beam shape as well as a reduction in cross polarization. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091774 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile communication device including a ground plane, a radiation element and a resonant circuit is provided. The radiation element is electrically connected to the ground plane. The resonant circuit is electrically connected to the radiation element and receives a feeding signal. The resonant circuit and the radiation element resonate at a resonant frequency and excite the ground plane to generate a resonant mode. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091775 | DIPLEXER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A diplexer may include a diplexer circuit unit including a first branch operating in a first frequency band and a second branch operating in a second frequency band, a static-electricity protection circuit unit connected to at least one of the first branch and the second branch in parallel so as to discharge static electricity flowing in the first or second branch toward an avoidance path, and a compensation circuit unit connected to at least one of the first branch and second branch so as to compensate for degradation caused by the static-electricity protection circuit unit. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091776 | Antenna Transmit Receive Switch - An antenna switch is presented. The antenna switch can connect an antenna to either transmit circuitry or receive circuitry, depending on control signals applied to the antenna switch while presenting different impedances to a connected circuitry. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091777 | Antenna Radome With Removeably Connected Electronics Module - In one embodiment, an antenna assembly in a cellular network has a radome that houses a plurality of antenna arrays and an electronics module. The electronics module has a weatherproof housing that encloses electronics for processing signals received by and transmitted from a first of the antenna arrays. The electronics module is physically removeably connected to an outer surface of the radome and electrically removeably connected to the first antenna array, such that the electronics module can be removed without (i) disrupting service to other antenna arrays and (ii) removing the antenna assembly from the cell tower on which the antenna assembly is installed. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091778 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display system for displaying medical images across a plurality of separate display devices, the system comprising a layout unit for providing layout data concerning the display of medical images, an allocation unit for allocating a plurality of medical images amongst a plurality of separate display devices according to the layout data, wherein at least one of the plurality of display devices comprises a mobile display device. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091779 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The disclosure discloses an information processing method and an electronic device. The information processing method is applied in a first electronic device capable of communicating with a second electronic device, and includes: acquiring a first position parameter of the first electronic device and a second position parameter of the second electronic device; judging, based on the first position parameter and the second position parameter, whether a relative position relationship between the first electronic device and the second electronic device meets a preset condition, to acquire a first judgment result; when the first judgment result is YES, establishing, by the first electronic device, a communication connection with the second electronic device; acquiring data of a first part of a first object needed to be displayed on a first display unit of the first electronic device; and synchronously executing a first application program corresponding to the first object in the second electronic device, and displaying the data of the first part on the first display unit while displaying data of a second part in the first object different from the data of the first part on a second display unit of the second electronic device. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091780 | Wearable Electronic Device - A method detects a real object with a wearable electronic device and displays a virtual image of the real object with the real object on a display of the wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device displays movement of the virtual image of the real object to show a task to be completed and detects a completion of the task. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091781 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION - A wearable electronic apparatus includes: a fixing unit configured to maintain a relative position relationship between the wearable electronic apparatus and the user's head, the fixing unit can maintain a first relative position relationship and a second relative position relationship between the wearable electronic apparatus and the user's head, and the first relative position relationship is different from the second relative position relationship; a display unit, fixed provided on the fixing unit; a first sound output unit, located at a first end of the fixing unit; a second sound output unit, located at a second end of the fixing unit, and the first end is different from the second end. With the present invention, using the wearable electronic apparatus to facilitate processing information, at least the problem that user's combined experiences of functional requirements, entertainment requirements and usability requirements etc. are met is solved. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091782 | Display Device for Vehicle - A display device includes: a display unit that displays a physical quantity; and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display the physical quantity. The display unit includes a numerical value display part that displays a numerical value of a plurality of digits and a unit display part, in which a plurality of units representing the physical quantity coexist; the numerical value display part has a numerical character segment group representing a numerical character in each of the digits; the unit display part has a plurality of symbol segments representing symbols making up the units; and the display control unit selects one of the units, causes symbol segments that represent a selected unit to be displayed in the unit display part, and causes a numerical value representing the physical quantity corresponding to the selected unit to be displayed in the numerical value display part. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091783 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a display panel, a gate driver, a gate clock signal modulating unit, and a gate clock signal generator. The display panel includes gate lines and pixels connected to the gate lines via respective switching elements. The gate driver includes stages configured to output gate signals to the gate lines. The gate clock signal modulating unit is configured to modulate an input gate clock signal based on a scanning start signal to generate an output gate clock signal. The gate clock signal generator is configured to generate a clock signal based on the gate clock signal and output the clock signal to the gate driver. The gate clock signal modulating unit is configured to modulate a width of a pulse of the input gate clock signal overlapping a pulse of the scanning start signal. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091784 | NON-LINEAR GAMMA COMPENSATION CURRENT MODE DIGITAL-ANALOG CONVERTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A non-linear gamma compensation current mode digital-analog converter includes: a first digital-analog converter block configured to: receive a digital signal, a first reference voltage, and a gamma adjustment voltage, and provide a reference current to a ground, wherein a first current flowing to a first current output terminal is determined according to the digital signal and the gamma adjustment voltage; and a second digital-analog converter block configured to: receive the digital signal, a second reference voltage, and a ground voltage, and provide the first current to the first digital-analog converter, wherein a second current flowing to a second current output terminal is determined according to the digital signal and the first current. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091785 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A flat panel display is disclosed. In one aspect, the flat panel display includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns. The pixels include red, green, and blue pixels. The green pixels are formed to be spaced apart in the row and column directions such that at least two neighboring green pixels are indistinguishable at a predetermined viewing distance. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091786 | Organic Light Emitting Display Device - Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display device includes a white organic light emitting diode (OLED) formed in an emission area of each of a plurality of sub-pixels, a driving thin film transistor (TFT) configured to supply a driving current to the white OLED, a storage capacitor configured to include a first terminal coupled to the driving TFT and a second terminal coupled to an anode electrode of the white OLED, and a color filter formed in the emission area. At least one of a top metal of the storage capacitor and a top metal of the driving TFT is formed to not overlap the color filter. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091787 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS, LIGHT EMITTING UNIT, DISPLAY APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - There is provided a light emitting apparatus, including a plurality of light emitting elements having biased light properties; and a mounting substrate where the light emitting elements are arranged such that the biased light properties are complemented within a group including at least two light emitting elements among a plurality of the light emitting elements. Also, there are provided a light emitting unit, a display apparatus, an electronic device and a light emitting element using a plurality of point light sources. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091788 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a liquid crystal display device that enables increasing the capacitance between a pixel electrode and a common electrode without bringing about a significant decrease in the pixel aperture ratio. An In-Plane Switching LCD device in which a drain signal is supplied from one drain signal line to two pixel columns is configured such that there is a section having no drain signal line between adjacent pixels and a source electrode which is connected to a pixel electrode of a thin-film transistor extends into a contiguous pixel region that does not serve as an effective pixel region to provide one electrode of a capacitive element. A common electrode is formed in each pixel and the one electrode of the capacitive element is laid overlapping the common electrode with an insulation film intervening therebetween. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091789 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A HEADS UP DISPLAY - Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can include a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which may include any type of components, elements, circuitry, etc.). One particular example implementation of an electronic device may include a display portion that includes: a display to be provided in front of an eye of a user; and a lens portion that includes a micro lens array and a convex lens, where the micro lens array and the convex lens cooperate in order to render a virtual image of an object to the user. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091790 | CLASSIFICATION OF GESTURE DETECTION SYSTEMS THROUGH USE OF KNOWN AND YET TO BE WORN SENSORS - An apparatus, a method, and a computer program product for gesture recognition. The apparatus classifies a gesture based on a movement of a body part as detected by a primary sensor. The apparatus determine a reliability level of a secondary sensor and obtains corroborating information associated with the movement of the body part using the secondary sensor when the reliability level satisfies a criterion. The apparatus then confirms or negates the classification of the gesture based on the corroborating information. The secondary sensor may be a sensor already known to the apparatus, i.e., the sensor is currently being worn by the user, or it may be a sensor that is worn by a user at a later time. In the latter case, the apparatus detects for the presence of a new sensor, determines the gesture recognition capabilities of the new sensor and integrates the new sensor into the gesture recognition process. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091791 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING IMAGINED DIRECTIONS TO DEFINE AN ACTION, FUNCTION OR EXECUTION FOR NON-TACTILE DEVICES - A system and method for controlling a non-tactile device including a receiving device configured to receive signals corresponding to a user's brain waves or movements, the brain waves or movements corresponding to a series of directional intentions, the intentions defining at least one line pattern, a processor configured to process the at least one line pattern, each of said at least one line patterns associated with an action of the device, and output a control signal to the non-tactile device related to the action. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091792 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Apparatuses and methods related to a display apparatus and a control method thereof, are provided. More particularly, the apparatuses and methods relate to a display apparatus and a control method thereof, in which brightness of an area of a screen is adjusted in consideration of an external light source reflected on the screen. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091793 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICE ON THE BASIS OF EYEBALL MOTION, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method of controlling an operation of a display device using eye movements and a device for performing the method are provided. The method includes receiving eye movement information of a user; receiving blinking information of the user; generating a control command corresponding to the eye movement information and the blinking information; and controlling an operation of the display device based on the generated control command. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091794 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEROF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a camera configured to obtain an image of at least one user; a display configured to display the image obtained by the camera; and a controller configured to extract a gaze direction of the at least one user from the captured image, and display a guide image for guiding the gaze direction based on the extracted gaze direction on the display unit in proximate relationship with the camera. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091795 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - There is provided a display device which includes a display panel, a backlight that has a plurality of light sources and applies light to the display panel, a human body detector configured to detect a human body located around the display panel, a human body information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on the human body, and a control that controls an operation of a user recognition unit when the human body is detected in a standby mode, performs user recognition based on the acquired human body information, controls an operation of the display panel such that notification information of the user is displayed in a portion of the display panel, and turns some light sources out of the plurality of light sources on. According to the invention, for the user who views the display device, the local dimming is performed on the backlight which provides content information desired by the user utilizing only a portion of the display device. Therefore, it is possible to increase dynamic contrast and reduce power consumption more than in global dimming. Accordingly, the user may enter a personalized mode of a TV, and content information is provided to the user in the standby mode. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091796 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes: a display configured to be bendable; a signal processor configured to process an image signal to display an image on the display; a detector configured to detect a bending state of the display; a camera configured to detect a sightline of a user; and a controller configured to control the signal processor to adjust a displayed state of the image for at least one of a first area and a second area in an entire display area of the display in response to on the detected bending state of the display being detected by the detector, wherein the first area corresponds to the detected sightline of the user detected by the camera, and wherein the second area is a different area from the first area. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091797 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING PHYSICAL MOVEMENT OF A DIGITAL IMAGE - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for simulating physical movement of a digital image. The apparatus includes an input receiving module, a calculation module, and a output module. The input receiving module is configured to receive a position input identifying a physical unit of measure. The calculation module is configured to correlate the physical unit of measurement to a position of a image positioning coordinate. The output module is configured to output the position of the image positioning coordinate. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091798 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display apparatus and a method of controlling the display apparatus include displaying a plurality of display items on a display screen; acquiring a coordinate value of a position on the display screen pointed to by an input device; positioning a virtual pointer on the display screen in an area of first one of the plurality of display items that is proximate to the acquired coordinate value and highlighting the first display item on the display screen; and in response to the input device pointing to a new position, moving the virtual pointer according to a new coordinate value of the new position pointed to by the input device and highlighting a second one of the plurality of display items that is proximate to the new coordinate value on the display screen. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091799 | PROJECTOR WITH REMOVABLE MODULE - A projector ( | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091800 | 3D POINTING DEVICES WITH ORIENTATION COMPENSATION AND IMPROVED USABILITY - Systems and methods according to the present invention describe 3D pointing devices which enhance usability by transforming sensed motion data from a first frame of reference (e.g., the body of the 3D pointing device) into a second frame of reference (e.g., a user's frame of reference). One exemplary embodiment of the present invention removes effects associated with a tilt orientation in which the 3D pointing device is held by a user. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091801 | MULTI-FUNCTION KEY IN A KEYBOARD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Example embodiments described herein can include a display portion including a display; and a keyboard portion including a plurality of keys. One of the plurality of keys is a multi-function key configured to register a character on the display, and the multi-function key is configured to control movement of a cursor in multiple directions on the display. In yet other embodiments, the multi-function key is a space bar having a surface area substantially larger than other keys of the plurality of keys. The multi-function key can be rectangular shaped and sufficiently large to receive simultaneous contacts associated with each thumb of a user when the user types on the keyboard portion. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091802 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOUSE POINTER BY TOUCH PAD - The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a mouse pointer by touch pad. S | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091803 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT METHOD FOR TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A multi-touch input method of a touch input device is provided, it includes defining a first touch area and a second touch area on the touch input device; generating a first control command when a first touch event is provided; detecting whether a second touch event is provided at the second touch area while the first touch event is kept for a period and generating a second control command when the second touch event is provided; and executing a corresponding function. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091804 | TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING OPERABILITY IN SWITCHING CHARACTER TYPES IN SOFTWAREKEYBOARD - An input device with improved operability in switching character types is provided. The input device includes a display unit configured to display an image of each key that constitutes a keyboard and is labeled with information for identifying the operation modes, and a touch panel configured to accept an input operation on an image of the keyboard. Each key is set so as to accept an input in accordance with an operation mode of the input device. The input device further includes a controller configured to, if an operation on the touch panel to indicate a predetermined direction is accepted, select an operation mode in accordance with the predetermined direction from the operation modes identified by the information labeled on the each key and allow the display unit to display the keyboard corresponding to the selected operation mode. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150091805 | RUN-TIME IMAGE DISPLAY ON A DEVICE - An embodiment for a computing device is described herein. The computing device may include a word database enhancer, a recommendation engine, a keyboard monitor, a ranking and display manager, and a keyboard. The keyboard may be a configurable physical keyboard device that includes an embedded display, where the embedded display is a runtime configurable display. The keyboard may display configurable images in the form of auto-text completion text or a decrypted password. The keyboard may also include a microcontroller, a touch sensor, and a keyboard filter driver. | 2015-04-02 |
