23rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150156494 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION ACROSS A SLIP RING - A method for reducing bandwidth required for transmission of data in a device having two portions rotating with respect to one another. The first portion includes a data acquisition system (DAS) having a charge-to-digital converter and a digital signal processor (DSP) configured to receive and compress digital data from the charge-to-digital processor. The second portion includes a computer configured to receive data from the DAS. The DAS and computer are communicatively coupled via a slip ring having a finite transmission bandwidth. The computer is configured to reconstruct and display an image using compressed data. The method includes using the DAS to compress scan data to a predetermined number of mantissa bits and a predetermined number of exponent bits, transmitting the compressed data from the first portion to the second portion across the slip ring, and using the transmitted compressed data to reconstruct and display an image of an object. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156495 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MOTION VECTOR - Encoding and decoding a motion vector using a motion vector of a current block of a current picture, which indicates a region corresponding to the current block in a first reference picture and one of generating a motion vector predictor from a motion vector of the adjacent block having a motion vector referring to the first reference picture among adjacent blocks encoded before the current block and a motion vector of an adjacent block referring to a second reference picture other than the first reference picture. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156496 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MOTION VECTOR - Encoding and decoding a motion vector using a motion vector of a current block of a current picture, which indicates a region corresponding to the current block in a first reference picture and one of generating a motion vector predictor from a motion vector of the adjacent block having a motion vector referring to the first reference picture among adjacent blocks encoded before the current block and a motion vector of an adjacent block referring to a second reference picture other than the first reference picture. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156497 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MOTION VECTOR - Encoding and decoding a motion vector using a motion vector of a current block of a current picture, which indicates a region corresponding to the current block in a first reference picture and one of generating a motion vector predictor from a motion vector of the adjacent block having a motion vector referring to the first reference picture among adjacent blocks encoded before the current block and a motion vector of an adjacent block referring to a second reference picture other than the first reference picture. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156498 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESIZING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT BASED ON QUALITY AND RATE INFORMATION - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for exchanging information between a plurality of encoder modules and a multiplex module to combine segments of data from the encoder modules with an improved overall quality. In particular, the encoder modules associate their respective segments of data with quality and rate information and send at least the quality and rate information associated with the segments of data to the multiplex module. The multiplex module analyzes the quality and rate information to determine whether the segments of data that encoder modules desire to include in the current superframe fit within the available bandwidth of a transmission channel. If the multiplex module determines the plurality of segments of data do not fit within the available bandwidth, the multiplex module selects one or more of the segments to be resized based on the quality and rate information received from the encoder modules. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156499 | PICTURE CODING DEVICE, PICTURE CODING METHOD, PICTURE CODING PROGRAM, PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND PICTURE DECODING PROGRAM - In a case where a partition mode in which luma signals are partitioned horizontally and vertically is set when an intra prediction of a picture signal is made in units of minimal coding blocks set in advance, an intra prediction unit is configured to make an intra prediction of a chroma signal in units of prediction blocks of the intra prediction of chroma signals within the minimal coding block set in accordance with a chroma format. A second bitstream constructing unit constructs a bitstream of information relating to a luma intra prediction mode of a prediction block of luma signals and information relating to a chroma intra prediction mode of a prediction block of chroma signals. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156500 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE THROUGH INTRA PREDICTION - A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an image through intra prediction using a pixel of the neighboring block along an extended line having a predetermined gradient about a pixel inside the current block. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156501 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING - A method comprising: encoding pictures into a bitstream, the bitstream comprising at least two scalability layers, pictures being associated with access units and pictures being associated individually with one of the at least two scalability layers; indicating in the bitstream inter-layer prediction dependencies, indicative of direct reference layers, if any, of a first scalability layer and indirect reference layers, if any, of the first scalability layer; selecting an earlier picture in decoding order as a basis for deriving picture order count (POC) related variables for a current picture based on a pre-defined algorithm, the current picture being associated with a current scalability layer, wherein the earlier picture is the closest preceding picture, in decoding order, to the current picture among a set of pictures that are associated with the current scalability layer or any direct or indirect reference layer of the current scalability layer. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156502 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING RESIDUAL BLOCK, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING RESIDUAL BLOCK - A decoding apparatus for decoding an image by obtaining transformation coefficients of a sub residual block based on location information of a non-zero transformation coefficient and level information of the non-zero transformation coefficient obtained from a bitstream. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING RESIDUAL BLOCK, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING RESIDUAL BLOCK - A decoding apparatus for decoding an image by obtaining transformation coefficients of a sub residual block based on location information of at least one non-zero transformation coefficient and level information of the at least one non-zero transformation coefficient obtained from a bitstream. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156504 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING RESIDUAL BLOCK, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING RESIDUAL BLOCK - A method of decoding including obtaining transformation coefficients of a sub residual block based on location information of a non-zero transformation coefficient and level information of the non-zero transformation coefficient obtained from a bitstream. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156505 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING RESIDUAL BLOCK, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING RESIDUAL BLOCK - A decoding apparatus for decoding an image by obtaining transformation coefficients of a sub residual block based on location information of a non-zero transformation coefficient and level information of the non-zero transformation coefficient obtained from the bitstream. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156506 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE CODECS - A method for encoding high dynamic range (HDR) images involves providing a lower dynamic range (LDR) image, generating a prediction function for estimating the values for pixels in the HDR image based on the values of corresponding pixels in the LDR image, and obtaining a residual frame based on differences between the pixel values of the HDR image and estimated pixel values. The LDR image, prediction function and residual frame can all be encoded in data from which either the LDR image of HDR image can be recreated. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156507 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING MOTION INFORMATION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING SAME - A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding motion information. The encoding method includes determining whether motion information of spatial prediction units that are spatially collocated to a current prediction unit and motion information of temporal prediction units that are temporally collocated to the current prediction are available; when the number of the motion information of the spatial prediction units and the motion information of the temporal prediction units is less than a predetermined number, generating additional candidate motion information by using the available motion information of the spatial prediction units and the motion information of the temporal prediction units such that the total number of pieces of candidate motion information is the predetermined number; and decoding motion information of the current prediction unit by using the ‘n’ pieces of motion information. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156508 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING MOTION INFORMATION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING SAME - A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding motion information. The encoding method includes determining whether motion information of spatial prediction units that are spatially collocated to a current prediction unit and motion information of temporal prediction units that are temporally collocated to the current prediction are available; when the number of the motion information of the spatial prediction units and the motion information of the temporal prediction units is less than a predetermined number, generating additional candidate motion information by using the available motion information of the spatial prediction units and the motion information of the temporal prediction units such that the total number of pieces of candidate motion information is the predetermined number; and decoding motion information of the current prediction unit by using the ‘n’ pieces of motion information. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156509 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING MOTION INFORMATION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING SAME - A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding motion information. The encoding method includes determining whether motion information of spatial prediction units that are spatially collocated to a current prediction unit and motion information of temporal prediction units that are temporally collocated to the current prediction are available; when the number of the motion information of the spatial prediction units and the motion information of the temporal prediction units is less than a predetermined number, generating additional candidate motion information by using the available motion information of the spatial prediction units and the motion information of the temporal prediction units such that the total number of pieces of candidate motion information is the predetermined number; and decoding motion information of the current prediction unit by using the ‘n’ pieces of motion information. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156510 | METHOD OF DECODING VIDEO DATA - Provided is a method derives a reference picture index and a motion vector of a current prediction unit, generates a prediction block of the current prediction unit using the reference picture index and the motion vector, generating a residual block by inverse-scan, inverse-quantization and inverse transform, and generates reconstructed pixels using the prediction block and the residual block. Prediction pixels of the prediction block is generated using an interpolation filter selected based on the motion vector. Accordingly, the coding efficiency of the motion information is improved by including various merge candidates. Also, the computational complexity of an encoder and a decoder is reduced by selecting different filter according to location of the prediction pixels determined by the motion vector. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCODING VIDEO CONTENT USING VIRTUAL INTRA-FRAMES - Systems and methods are provided for encoding raw image content encoded using one or more virtual intra-frames. In an exemplary method, a stream of video content may be encoded to generate compressed video data that includes an intra-frame and a plurality of corresponding inter-frames. The compressed video data may be stored within a buffer, and when the amount of data in the buffer exceeds a threshold value, a virtual intra-frame may be computed based on decoded inter-frame data. The virtual intra-frame may be output for storage in the buffer. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156512 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - An image coding method in which a chroma component and a luma component of an input image including one or more transform blocks are transformed to code the input image. The luma component has the same size as the current transform block. The chroma component is smaller than the current transform block. In the method, when the current transform block has a first minimum size, the chroma component is transformed on a basis of a block resulting from binding a plurality of the chroma blocks to has the same size as the luma block, and when the current transform block has a size other than the first minimum size, a CBF flag indicating whether or not coefficients of the chroma component include a non-zero coefficient is not coded. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE BY USING LARGE TRANSFORMATION UNIT - An image decoding apparatus in which a size of at least one transformation unit in a coding unit is determined independently from a size of at least one prediction unit in the coding unit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156514 | Method of Reducing a Blocking Artifact When Coding Moving Picture - A method of coding a moving picture is provided that reduces blocking artifacts. The method can include defining a plurality of defining pixels S | 2015-06-04 |
20150156515 | FILTERING STRENGTH DETERMINATION METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD - A moving picture coding apparatus includes an inter-pixel filter having filters for filtering decoded image data so as to remove block distortion which is high frequency noise around block boundaries. The inter-pixel filter includes filters having different filtering strengths. The coding apparatus also includes a filter processing control unit for determining a filtering strength of the inter-pixel filter. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a deblocking filtering method, a method for inducing bs (boundary strength) therefor, and a method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding using the same. The method for inducing the bS of the present invention comprises the steps of: inducing a boundary of a deblocking filtering unit block as a unit block for applying the deblocking filtering; and setting the bS according to each bS setting unit block within the deblocking filtering unit block, wherein the bS setting step can set a bS value for a target boundary corresponding to a boundary of the deblocking filtering unit block as the bs setting unit block. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156517 | IMAGE ENCODING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An image encoding system is disclosed. The image encoding system comprises a wavelet transform unit and a processing circuit. The wavelet transform unit performs a multiple-line-based wavelet transform on plural consecutive component lines to generate a wavelet transformed image comprising wavelet coefficients of plural sub-bands. The processing circuit coupled to the wavelet transform unit for quantizing, scanning and encoding the wavelet coefficients to generate a compressed image. Here, a number of the plural consecutive component lines is a multiple of 2 and less than 5. Since the wavelet transform unit performs the multiple-line-based wavelet transform to reduce the storage amount and maintain a good compression quality, an image encoding system of the invention can use SRAM buffers instead of a DRAM buffer. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156518 | MEDIA PACKAGING - Described are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for packaging media. In some embodiments, the technology relates to a computer-implemented method of packaging media files. A list of one or more media asset IDs is received by a media packaging server. A packaging template is received by the media packaging server. One or more media files based on a media asset ID in the list of the one or more media asset IDs and the packaging template are retrieved, by the media packaging server. Metadata associated with the media asset ID based on the packaging template is retrieved by the media packaging server. The one or more media files and the metadata are packaged by the media packaging server into a delivery package in a packaging format indicated by the packaging template. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156519 | PLAYING DEVICE, PLAYING METHOD, DELIVERY DEVICE, DELIVERY METHOD, DELIVERY PROGRAM, PLAYING PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METADATA - A playing device ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150156520 | METHOD OF MAKING A VIDEO STREAM FROM A PLURALITY OF VIEWPORTS WITHIN LARGE FORMAT IMAGERY - A method of making a video stream from a plurality of viewports within large format imagery is described. In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving a plurality of viewports within a plurality of images, each image being arranged as a matrix of tiles, from a file container. The method includes inputting parameters including an identification of a plurality of records where the plurality of images containing the plurality of viewports are stored, an origin of each of the plurality of viewports and a pixel width and a pixel height of each of the plurality viewports. The method further includes requesting the plurality of viewports from the file container using the parameters; and reading data of each of the plurality of viewports starting from the origin of each or the plurality of viewports. The method may further include arranging the plurality of viewports as a video codestream of a group of pictures. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156521 | APPLIED AUTOMATIC DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS - A system for managing a data stream that is transmitted to an environment is provided. The system includes a receiver that receives the data stream. The data stream includes a first program, with the first program configured to be displayed in the environment. An input receives information of an individual in the environment. A processor analyzes the information, determines a demographic descriptor of the individual based on the information, and correlates the demographic descriptor of the individual with a content of the first program to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied. The processor further determines a second program based on the demographic descriptor of the individual and modifies the first program based on the second program when the predetermined condition is satisfied. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156522 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving video content at a mobile device via a network from a video server wherein a single version of the video content is provided by the video server to a group of mobile devices that includes the mobile device, utilizing the mobile device for adjusting dimensions of an area of attention in an image of the video content based on a desired display resolution to generate an adjusted area of attention, utilizing the mobile device for adjusting dimensions of a peripheral portion that surrounds the area of attention in at least one of a horizontal or vertical direction based on the adjusted area of attention to generate an adjusted peripheral portion of an adjusted image, and replacing the image with the adjusted image during presentation of the video content at a display of the mobile device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156523 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LAYERED DELIVERY OF MEDIA CONTENT QUALITY - A method in a server for providing various Internet Protocol television signal qualities involves an IPTV signal having a first signal quality that is transmitted over a first network connection to a first device. A request to receive the IPTV signal over a second network connection at a second device with the IPTV signal having a second signal quality is received. A determination is made that the second network connection has sufficient bandwidth to transmit the IPTV signal at the second signal quality, and that the second device is capable of receiving IPTV signal. The transmission of the IPTV signal over the first network connection to the first device is ended. An endpoint for the transmission of the IPTV signal to the first device is determined. The IPTV signal is transmitted over the second network connection to the second device at the second signal quality beginning at the determined endpoint | 2015-06-04 |
20150156524 | Communication Device, Communication Program, and Communication Method - Task: To provide communication technology in which clock synchronization accuracy can be easily maintained, even on networks where packets can be easily lost. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156525 | Selecting a Media Content Source Based on Monetary Cost - Systems and methods of selecting a media content source based on monetary cost are disclosed. A particular method includes receiving media content at a network device and sending the media content from the network device to each of a plurality of source devices configured to provide the media content to a destination device. The method further includes receiving a request for the media content from the destination device and selecting a first source device of the plurality of source devices to provide the media content to the destination device based at least in part on a determination that a first monetary cost associated with providing the media content from the first source device is less than a second monetary cost associated with providing the media content from a second source device of the plurality of source devices. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156526 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY RECEIVING REQUIRED SATELLITE TELEVISION CHANNELS - A system includes a video-on-demand server and an authentication server. The video-on-demand server is configured to provide video-on-demand content through a broadband connection to a set-top box device. The authentication server is in communication with the video-on-demand server. The authentication server is configured to receive a request to allow access to a video-on-demand package that includes the video-on-demand content, to determine if a user is currently authorized to constantly receive a broadcast package that includes a plurality of broadcast channels related to the video-on-demand content, and to authorize a broadcast channel in the broadcast package when not currently authorized to receive the broadcast package. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156527 | Generating Control Information for use in Transmission with a Multimedia Stream to an Audiovisual Device - Control information for configuring an audiovisual device to present multimedia content according to a first service type may be generated. A first data structure specifying that the first control information is associated with the first service type may be generated. A plurality of packets, including a multimedia stream according to the first service type, the first control information, and the first data structure, may be generated and transmitted. Second control information for configuring the audiovisual device to present a multimedia stream according to a second service type may be generated. The first data structure may be modified to include information about the second control information. A second plurality of packets, including the modified first data structure, the first control information, a multimedia stream according to the first service type, the second control information, and a multimedia stream according to the second service type, may be generated and transmitted. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156528 | MULTI-SCREEN SERVICE PLATFORM FOR SUPPORTING A DIGITAL BROADCASTING TV NETWORK - The present invention relates to a mobile phone used in a multi-screen service system comprising a digital broadcasting TV network and a cellular mobile communication network, the mobile phone is connected to the digital broadcasting TV network and the cellular mobile communication network, said mobile phone comprises: detecting module, configured to detect if there is another display with valid connection, when receiving common definition video content through the digital broadcasting TV network or the cellular mobile communication network; and switching module, in case another display with a valid connection is detected, configured to switch said common definition video to a higher definition video having the same video content if the higher definition video corresponding to the common definition video exists and play the higher definition version of the video content on said another display, and configured to play said common definition video on said another display if on higher definition video corresponding to the common definition video exists. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156529 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY TRANSMITTING USER INTERACTION INFORMATION BASED ON BIOMETRIC INFORMATION - Systems and methods for selectively transmitting user interaction information based on biometric information are discussed herein. In one embodiment, a first biometric state of a user may be associated with information on interactions the user performed while experiencing the first biometric state, and a second biometric state of the user may be associated with information on interactions the user performed while experiencing the second biometric state. A request for user interaction information associated with a particular biometric characteristic may be received from a server. A determination may then be made which of the first and the second biometric states corresponds to the particular characteristics, and, responsive to determining that the second biometric state corresponds to the particular biometric characteristic, information on the interactions the user performed while experiencing the second biometric state may be transmitted to the server. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156530 | MEDIA SELECTION BASED ON CONTENT OF BROADCAST INFORMATION - According to the technical solution of an embodiment of the present invention, since content information is transmitted synchronously with the program scene, within the broadcast stream of data, media data, for example, advertisements, which may be of interest to the user, can be analyzed by selecting scenes at a granular level from the broadcast information. In one regard, the selected scene is being played currently, enhancing the relevance of the real-time analysis. In another regard, selecting a reduced granularity avoids statistical information overshadowing individual information. In this way, the accuracy of selecting media data with respect to a current user is improved. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156531 | PROVIDING CONTENT RESPONSIVE TO MULTIMEDIA SIGNALS - A method of providing information including providing a communication session of at least one of audio and video media and applying automatic recognition to media transferred on the communication session. An advertisement is selected by a processor, based on the automatic recognition and non-advertisement information is selected by the processor, responsive to the automatic recognition. The selected advertisements and the selected nonadvertisement information, are presented during the communication session. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156532 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREOF - A video display apparatus pairs with a first terminal device. The video display apparatus receives an audio-visual content, and displays the audio-visual content. The video display apparatus acquires enhanced service information on an available enhanced service for the audio-visual content, and notifies an occurrence of the available enhanced service to the first terminal device. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156533 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA FLOW OF MIRROR LINK SYSTEM - Flow of data is controlled in a mirror link system in which an AVN system included in a vehicle is interlinked with a wireless terminal. It is determined whether the vehicle is driven or not. Upon determining that the vehicle is not being driven (e.g., the vehicle is parked), the AVN system is interlinked with the wireless terminal through a first streaming protocol and a first control protocol. In contrast, upon determining that the vehicle is being driven, the AVN system is interlinked with the wireless terminal through a second streaming protocol and a second control protocol different from the first streaming protocol and the first control protocol. The first streaming protocol transmits video images and sounds associated with a video from the wireless terminal to the AVN system, while the second streaming protocol transmits only the sounds associated with a video from the wireless terminal to the AVN system. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156534 | Antenna Sub-system for Receiving Multiple ATSC TV Signals - An antenna sub-system apparatus for receiving a plurality of over the air television broadcast signals comprising a plurality of antennas packaged together capable of receiving broadcast signals, each antenna capable of receiving independent signals, and an active electronics assembly, wherein the antennas are secured together, include a coupling means for connecting to the active electronics assembly, and, a plurality of amplifier/tuner elements, one for each antenna. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156535 | WIDEBAND TUNER ARCHITECTURE - A wideband receiver system comprises a mixer module, a wideband analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module, and digital circuitry. The mixer module is configured to downconvert a plurality of frequencies that comprises a plurality of desired television channels and a plurality of undesired television channels. The wideband ADC module is configured to digitize the swatch of frequencies comprising the plurality of desired television channels and the plurality of undesired television channels. The digital circuitry is configured to select the desired plurality of television channels from the digitized plurality of frequencies, and output the selected plurality of television channels to a demodulator as a digital datastream. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156536 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING ENHANCED SERVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - Provided are a method of receiving an enhanced service and a video display device thereof. The method includes: receiving an audio-visual (AV) content; extracting first feature information from the received AV content; receiving a database including at least one of content information, enhanced service information, and an enhanced service, which correspond to the first feature information, from a first server by transmitting the extracted first feature information to the first server; storing the database received from the first server in a memory; extracting second feature information from the received AV content; and searching and obtaining one of content information, enhanced service information, and an enhanced service, which correspond to the extracted feature information, from the database. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156537 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a video display device and a method of controlling the same. The method includes: obtaining an uncompressed audio-visual (AV) content; playing the uncompressed AV content through the display unit; obtaining content information of the uncompressed AV content on the basis of a section of the uncompressed AV content; obtaining an enhanced service on the basis of the content information; and playing the enhanced service through the display unit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156538 | Portable, multi-channel, multi-user, online streaming and recording and offline streaming and playback device - The current invention pertains to a device comprising a connection to the internet, a storage memory for storing one or more audiovisual contents downloaded from one or more service providers, wherein the one or more audiovisual contents are stored in a manner accessible only by the architecture of the device and wherein the device transmits the stored one or more audiovisual contents only to the one or more authorized audiovisual devices, and one or more connections for transmitting the one or more audiovisual contents to the one or more authorized audiovisual devices. The device of the current invention is capable of streaming and/or downloading one or more audiovisual contents and simultaneously transmitting the one or more audiovisual contents to the one or more authorized audiovisual devices as data packets over a local area network (LAN) or as uncompressed audiovisual signal over a multimedia interface. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156539 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a demodulator, an extraction processor, and a transmission processor. The demodulator generates first information by demodulating a tuned broadcast wave. The extraction processor extracts second information for an external apparatus, the second information comprising access information to another electronic apparatus, based on the first information. The transmission processor transmits data comprising the second information to a near-field communicator. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156540 | CONTENT SUPPLY DEVICE, CONTENT SUPPLY METHOD, PROGRAM, TERMINAL DEVICE AND CONTENT SUPPLY SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a content supply device, a content supply method, a program, a terminal device and a content supply system that are configured to be capable of realizing rapid zapping between channels in DASH. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156541 | COMMUNAL TELEVISION RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A communal television receiving system may include a common wireless distributing apparatus performing a scanning operation for a wireless local area network (WLAN) communications module included in a preset WLAN communications network, determining transmission power with the WLAN communications module transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) signal for the scanning operation, converting a received television signal into a WLAN signal having the determined transmission power, and transmitting the WLAN signal, and first to Nth wireless residential apparatuses transmitting the ACK signal as a response to the scanning operation, receiving the WLAN signal from the common wireless distributing apparatus, and outputting the television signal. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156542 | Determining Popularity Ratings Using Social and Interactive Applications for Mass Media - Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products provide social and interactive applications for mass media based on real time ambient-audio and/or video identification. In some implementations, a method includes: receiving descriptors identifying ambient audio associated with a media broadcast; comparing the descriptors to one or more reference descriptors; and determining a rating for the media broadcast based at least in part on the results of the comparison. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156543 | VIDEO REACTION PROCESSING - A system, method and program product are provided for processing reactions. A disclosed system provides a content loader for inputting content items from content provider nodes; a content publication system for publishing a content item to at least one channel node, wherein the channel node provides a platform for displaying the content item and simultaneously capturing reaction content; an aggregation system for aggregating content items and associated reaction content in a database; an analysis system for analyzing reaction content to create reaction analysis data; and a reporting system for outputting reaction content and reaction analysis data. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156544 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIEWERSHIP VALIDATION BASED ON CROSS-DEVICE CONTEXTUAL INPUTS - Systems and methods to identify a viewer's reactions to an advertisement. A viewer's personal computing platforms (e.g., personal computer, cell phone, etc.), for example, may be utilized to identify user actions. Actions identified through such devices may validate that an advertisement was viewed and acted upon. After an advertisement is presented, the viewer may take any of several actions. A viewer may browse for the advertised product, either online or in a physical store. The viewer may ultimately purchase the advertised product. The user may share information about the product with friends. The reaction of the viewer may be monitored, by capturing context data associated with activity performed using the viewer's personal computing platforms for example. This data may then be correlated with metadata regarding the advertisement. If it is determined that the viewer investigated or purchased the product within a predefined time after being exposed to the advertisement, then this fact may be tallied anonymously. The number of such matches across a set of viewers may be recorded and reported to an audience measurement service. In an embodiment, such data may be sold to an advertiser. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156545 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS - A system and method and graphic user interface for providing media recommendations. The system and method including enabling a user to select a first media object or a second media object from a plurality of accessible media objects, the first media object having a first set of characteristics and the second media object having a second set of characteristics, determining if a user selects the first media object, selects the second media object, or requests access to two different media objects, adjusting weight values associated with the plurality of media objects based on the user's selection, and recommending media objects to the user based on the adjusted weight values. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156546 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SERVICE, METHOD FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SERVICE, AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SERVICE - Provided is a method of a receiver to receive a broadcast service. The method includes: receiving a content; obtaining information on an adjunct service of the broadcast service from the content; transmitting a trigger request according to the information on the adjunct service; receiving at least one trigger in response to the request; and performing a trigger action on a trigger target object at a trigger time on the basis of the received at least one trigger, wherein the received at least one trigger is located in a specific time segment. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156547 | ADVERTISING WITH VIDEO AD CREATIVES - The serving of advertisements with (e.g., on) video documents may be improved in a number of ways. For example, a system may (a) accept information defining at least one ad spot associated with at least one instance of an video document, (b) accept offers to have advertisements served in the ad spot(s), and (c) arbitrate among competing advertisements, using at least the offers, to determine at least one advertisement to be served in that ad spot(s). As another example, a system may (a) accept relevance information for an advertisement, (b) determine at least one video document using the accepted relevance information, (c) present information about the video document(s) to an advertiser associated with the advertisement, and (d) accept, from the advertiser, an offer to have its advertisement served with at least one of the video document(s) accepted. As yet another example, a system may (a) accept relevance information for an video document, (b) determine a plurality of advertisements relevant to the video document using the relevance information and serving constraints of the advertisements, and (c) select at least one of the determined relevant advertisements to be served with the video document. Examples of video documents include video files published on the Internet, television programs, live or recorded talk shows, video-voice mail, segments of an video conversation, etc. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156548 | EPG AGGREGATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - An Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) display for a intelligent television (TV) includes a display of EPG information sourced from aggregated EPG information sources including embedded EPG information in a content feed, an Internet EPG information source, and an EPG channel. The EPG information display further includes a schedule of past, current, and upcoming TV programs built from the aggregated EPG information. EPG information may also be displayed on a partial-screen along with a currently playing TV program. The partial-screen EPG information may be displayed on a banner located to the top of the TV program. The partial-screen EPG information may also be displayed to the side of the TV program and include further detailed information and additional contents related to the TV program. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156549 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DIGITAL FILM PLAY-COUNT AND A SYSTEM THEREOF - The invention discloses a method for controlling digital film play-count and a system thereof, wherein a play-count parameter is added into a KDM file where a key delivery message used for controlling film play is embedded, detecting the play-count parameter for a playing film, setting RSA key abstracts of an FDM packager of all authorized contracting film producers, safely importing the KDM and play-count into a security module, detecting the play-count parameter for a playing film. The film is not permitted to play unless existing play-count is less than the authorized play-count in the FDM. The invention fulfills the requirements and demands for controlling the distribution and playback of digital films in the second-tier market using technologies such as the authorized play-count and a method to charge on the basis of play-count. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156550 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING AND MANAGING MULTI PARTICIPANT SESSIONS - A method of creating a multi participant session among a plurality of viewers of media content. The method comprises automatically identifying which media content is currently presented on a plurality of client terminals of a plurality of subscribers, receiving, from a first subscriber, a first selection indicative of a template of a multi participant session object and a second selection indicative of a group from the plurality of subscribers, creating a multi participant session object adapted for simultaneous presentation with the media content according to first and second selections and establishing a multi participant session among at least one member of the group and the first subscriber using the multi participant session object. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156551 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD FOR USE IN THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, in an electronic device communicable with a first electronic device, when the electronic device has received a first instruction to display a second image different from a first image in a state in which it displays the first image, it supplies the first electronic device with a second instruction to instruct the same to display the second image, using the first instruction. The first electronic device uses the second instruction to display the second image via a web browser using web information received from a server. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156552 | Device and Method For Capturing Video - A device and method are presently disclosed. The computer implemented method, includes at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, displaying a still image on the touch-sensitive display, while displaying the still image, detecting user's finger contact with the touch-sensitive display, and in response to detecting the user's finger contact, video recording the still image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156553 | SCHEDULE SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED RECORDING CAPABILITY - The present invention is directed to a television schedule guide with enhanced recording capability. Specifically, the invention allows a user to schedule the recording of a television program from a remote location. In one embodiment, a user may call via telephone to schedule the recording. In another embodiment, the user may access a website to remotely schedule the recording. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156554 | ON-SCREEN SETTINGS INTERACTION FOR INTERACTIVE TELEVISION - A means for setting a television's settings with a particular value is provided. As the user selects a graphical target associated with a particular setting value, the value is applied and the user is provided with immediate feedback. If the user accepts the setting, they can navigate away from the graphical target or navigate to another target to change the setting to a different value. The setting may be associated with a particular silo of the television. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156555 | WINDOWS MANAGEMENT IN A TELEVISION ENVIRONMENT - Media content is received in a windows management application. The media content is from a set of content including zero or more television signal content and zero or more application content. The media content is incorporated into a television signal containing a window configuration. The television signal is then sent from the windows management application to a television where it is displayed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156556 | Routing Media Content Based on Monetary Cost - Systems and methods of routing media content based on monetary cost are disclosed. A particular method includes receiving, at a network device coupled to a plurality of media delivery networks, media content to be provided to a destination device. The method also includes selecting a first media delivery network of the plurality of media delivery networks for routing the media content based at least in part on a determination that a first monetary cost associated with routing the media content through the first media delivery network is less than a second monetary cost associated with routing the media content through a second media delivery network of the plurality of media delivery networks. The method further includes routing the media content from the network device to the first media delivery network. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156557 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of displaying an image of a display apparatus which receives multimedia data from a server apparatus, and provides streaming service is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of portions of multimedia data divided into a plurality of screen regions from the server apparatus, decoding the plurality of portions of received multimedia data, and displaying the plurality of portions of decoded multimedia data in one screen. The plurality of portions of multimedia data divided into the plurality of screen regions are compressed with different compression rates. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156558 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVER CONFIGURATION BASED ON A PRIORI KNOWLEDGE OF NOISE - A signal receiver may be configured to determine when signal generation adjustments directed to particular components of signals received by the signal receiver, cause performance changes relating to effects of the signal generation adjustments on other components of the received signals. Operations of the signal receiver may then be controlled based on the performance changes, to mitigate at least some of the effects on the one or more other components of the signals. The performance changes may comprise amplitude glitches, phase glitches, and/or bit or packet errors. The signal generation adjustments may comprise channel-to-frequency re-assignment. Controlling operations of the signal receiver may comprise adjusting such parameters as amplification gain and/or tracking loop bandwidth, and/or determining whether (or not) to ignore bit/packet errors. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156559 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSER BASED ADVERTISEMENT INSERTION - Content is downloaded to a mobile handheld device (MHD) and buffered on the MHD prior to, and during, viewing. Normal wireless bandwidth varies with atmospheric conditions, distance, obstructions in the path, etc. and hence the speed at which a content-buffer (CB) on the MHD is replenished changes. Because this can result in very low quality viewing experience for the user, the capability for alternate content scheduling provided a micro-splicer is used to enable stored alternate content or advertisement insertion during periods of low viewing quality, when the CB does not hold sufficient content during the viewing period. This alternate content insertion allows the CB to be refilled before the user resumes content viewing. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156560 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AUGMENTED BROADCAST METADATA, USER TERMINAL, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AUGMENTED BROADCAST METADATA, AND REPRODUCING AUGMENTED BROADCAST METADATA - An augmented broadcasting metadata (ABM) transmission apparatus is provided, which includes a metadata generation unit to generate ABM which is necessary for augmented content to be overlapped with broadcasting content; and a metadata transmission unit to transmit the ABM to a user terminal. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156561 | Using Client Tuner Devices to Provide Content Fingerprinting in a Networked System - A tuner device, such as a television set, set top box, game console, personal computer with a dongle or device, creates digital fingerprints indicative of information received over a channel. The digital fingerprints are uploaded to a server along with metadata indicative of the specific tuner device that obtain them. The server maintains a tuner database based on that information, and can automatically request new fingerprints | 2015-06-04 |
20150156562 | PROVIDING EXTRINSIC DATA FOR VIDEO CONTENT - Disclosed are various embodiments for providing extrinsic data relevant to a video content feature. A request for a video content feature is obtained from a client. The video content feature and relevant extrinsic data is sent to the client in response to the request. The extrinsic data indicates cast members who perform in the video content feature, a division of the video content feature into scenes, and a corresponding subset of the cast members who perform in each of the scenes. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156563 | Site Directed Management of Audio Components of Uploaded Video Files - A system, method and various software tools enable a video hosting website to automatically identified unlicensed audio content in video files uploaded by users, and initiate a process by which the user can replace the unlicensed content with licensed audio content. An audio replacement tool is provided that enables the user to permanently mute the original, unlicensed audio content of a video file, or select a licensed audio file from a collection of licensed audio, and insert the selected in place of the original audio. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156564 | APPLICATION TRIGGERING - An apparatus, method, system and computer-readable medium are disclosed for, in one aspect, determining when a trigger, such as an application trigger, should be generated. In some embodiments, the application trigger may be generated when a frame included in a feed (e.g., a content feed) matches a specified or indicated frame. In some embodiments, a comparison between the feed and the specified or indicated frame may be based on one or more tolerances or thresholds. In some embodiments, the feed may be split and content (e.g., video) obtained via the split may be combined (e.g., multiplexed) with a trigger. The combined content and trigger may be transmitted to one or more devices, such as one or more user devices. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156565 | ABR Live to VOD System and Method - The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for simplifying the process of creating a video-on-demand system. For example, in one embodiment, a method for creating a video-on-demand (VOD) system is disclosed that includes dynamically capturing segments of an adaptive bit rate (ABR) live stream of the program at time of broadcasting and storing the captured segments of the ABR live stream of the program as a VOD file. The method also includes creating a manifest file comprising information for playing back the VOD file. The method further includes playing back, using the manifest, the VOD file by transmitting the captured ABR segments to a client device in response to receiving a subscriber request for the program. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156566 | CONTENT ITEM RECEIVER MODULE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a content item receiver module and method. The content item receiver module is operative for a content item delivery system, configured to operate in a first and second mode: the first mode operative to drive a display apparatus to display a received content item; the second mode operative for a specified time window to display on a display apparatus a sequence of linked content items in the specified time window, and to respond to a prompt signal to initiate a display option. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156567 | HUMAN ACTIVITY REPORTING SYSTEM - A system for detecting and reporting human activity. In some implementations, the system reports, records or rewards detected human activities including correct and incorrect human activities, behaviours or habits including additionally remotely communicating the report, record or reward. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156568 | MULTI-BEAM FREE SPACE OPTICAL ENDPOINT - Free space optics (FSO) is a wireless technology that utilizes optical frequencies. Previously available FSO transceivers are restricted to point-to-point links because of the high directivity of laser light used to transmit data. By contrast, various implementations disclosed herein include a multi-beam FSO apparatus that is less reliant on point-to-point links, and includes a lens assembly and a planar array of optical communication devices. The lens assembly includes at least one surface shaped to direct ingress light received substantially within a first angular range towards a focal plane, and to direct egress light away from the focal plane into the first angular range. The planar array includes a plurality of optical communication devices arranged in association with the focal plane of the lens assembly, wherein each of the plurality of optical communication devices characterizes at least one of a plurality of optical communication link endpoints. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156569 | Optical Transmission System - In an optical transmission system including at least one ring network configured by plural nodes, each node of the ring network is provided with the optical switch having connection configuration that the output in at least two directions of a signal input to the node is allowed and the output of the optical switch functions as input to another node included in the plural nodes. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156570 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a method and system for communication. The method includes: according to a network resource and a signal type of a label switched path to be established, generating, by a first optical communication device, a label indicating that a first optical channel data unit is multiplexed to a second optical channel data unit, wherein the label comprises a tributary slot assignment indication field indicating a tributary slot occupied in the second optical channel data unit, and a length of the tributary slot assignment indication field is equal to the number of tributary slots of the second optical channel data unit; sending the label to a second optical communication device; obtaining, by the second optical communication device, the label; and multiplexing, by the second optical communication device, the first optical channel data unit to the second optical channel data unit based on the label. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156571 | CAPACITIVE MICROMACHINED ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer includes a device substrate including a first trench confining a plurality of first parts corresponding to a plurality of elements and a second trench confining a second part separated from the plurality of first parts, a supporting unit provided on the device substrate for confining a plurality of cavities corresponding to each of the plurality of elements, a membrane provided on the supporting unit to cover the plurality of cavities, an upper electrode provided on the membrane and electrically connected to the second part in the second trench through a via hole passing through the membrane and the supporting unit, and a through-silicon via (TSV) substrate provided on a lower surface of the device substrate, and including a plurality of first via metals connected to the plurality of first parts and a second via metal connected to the second part. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156572 | SPEAKER AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - A speaker and a method of producing a speaker, the speaker including: an enclosure; at least one transducer mounted in the enclosure; and at least one passive radiator mounted in the enclosure, including a suspension and a center panel encircled by and adhered to the suspension, wherein the at least one transducer is combined with the at least one passive radiator, and functions as at least a part of the center panel. According to the speaker of the present disclosure, by fully or partly replacing the center panel of the at least one passive radiator by one or more transducer(s), both the internal space and the cost of the speaker are saved without sacrificing the sound quality. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156573 | SPEAKER BOX - A speaker box includes an upper case defining at least a first hole, a lower case connected with the upper case for forming an inner cavity and defining at least a second hole, at least an electroacoustic transducer received in the inner cavity, and at least a screw passing through the first hole and the second hole for fixing the speaker box to an external electronic device. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156574 | SPEAKER ENCLOSURE FRAME - A speaker enclosure may include a speaker enclosure frame with a back wall, a first, inner wall and a second, outer wall extending from the back wall. The first, inner wall may be longer than the second, outer wall such that a baffle attaches to the first, inner wall, but only attaches to the second, outer wall via the first, inner wall and the back wall. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156575 | MICROPHONE PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a microphone package including: a microphone element formed on a semiconductor element; a mold enclosing the semiconductor element and the microphone element; and a conductive pattern formed on one surface of the mold and having a hole formed therein, the hole being connected to the microphone element. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156576 | CAPACITANCE SENSOR, ACOUSTIC SENSOR, AND MICROPHONE - A capacitance sensor has a substrate, a vibration electrode plate formed over an upper side of the substrate, a back plate formed over the upper side of the substrate to cover the vibration electrode plate, and a fixed electrode plate arranged on the back plate facing the vibration electrode plate. At least one of the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate is divided into a plurality of regions. A sensing unit configured by the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate is formed on each of the divided regions. An isolation portion that suppresses vibration from being propagated is formed on the back plate to partition the sensing units from each other. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156577 | ANTENNA SYSTEM OF A RADIO MICROPHONE - The invention concerns an antenna system of a radio microphone that includes an antenna path starting at an in port and ending at an out port along with an amplifier and a radio frequency (RF) cable. In order to compensate for various cable attenuations, an attenuator is provided in series with a variable slope compensator between the amplifier and the RF cable. In order to avoid a negative effect on a large signal behavior of variable slope compensators, field effect transistors (FETs) or pin diodes are used for switching of the resistances so that a large signal behavior is achieved. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156578 | SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION AND ISOLATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A processor-implemented method for spatial sound localization and isolation is described. The method includes segmenting, via a processor, each of a plurality of source signals detected by a plurality of sensors, into a plurality of time frames. For each time frame, the method further includes obtaining, via a processor, a plurality of direction of arrival (DOA) estimates from the plurality of sensors, discretizing an area of interest into a plurality of grid points, calculating, via the processor, DOA at each of grid points, comparing, via the processor, the DOA estimates with the computed DOAs. If the number of sources is more than 1, the method includes obtaining via the processor, a plurality of combinations of DOA estimates, from amongst the plurality of combinations, estimating, via the processor, one or more initial candidate locations corresponding to each of the combinations, selecting location of the sources from amongst the initial candidate locations. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156579 | EARPHONE AND ADAPTER FOR AN EARPHONE - An earphone device configured to be removably secured within an ear of a user includes a main body having a base wall and a longitudinal axis, a first projection extending outwardly away from the base wall perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a second projection formed at a position spaced apart from the first projection and extending outwardly away from the base wall parallel to the longitudinal axis. The second projection has a tearshaped body tapering from a distal first end toward a proximal second end which defines a single connection point with the base wall. An opening is formed through the tearshaped body. In a use position, the first projection extends inwardly toward the internal cavity of the ear and the second projection deforms to conform to the antihelix of the ear, such that movement of the earphone device relative to the internal cavity of the ear is limited. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156580 | BACK CAVITY MICROPHONE IMPLEMENTATION - A system and method to perform signal processing using a loudspeaker output are described. The system includes an enclosure configured to define a back cavity of the loudspeaker and components to obtain a representation of the loudspeaker acoustic output at the back cavity. The system also includes a processor to process the representation to perform the signal processing. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156581 | TACTILE LOW FREQUENCY TRANSDUCER - A transducer comprising: a flat strip of metal formed into a closed metal loop with two substantially parallel sides and rounded corners, a solenoid fixed to a surface on a first parallel side, and fixed magnets attached to an opposite parallel side of the trapezoidal shape to bring the fixed magnets into proximity with the solenoid, wherein at least one lateral side of the trapezoidal shape coupling said parallel sides has a continuously varying width, resulting in the transducer being able to resonate with high fidelity over a range of frequencies in response to reception of a signal comprising varying frequencies. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156582 | COUNTER BALANCING APPARATUS FOR MOVING-IRON BONE-CONDUCTED SOUND RECEIVING DEVICE - A counter balancing apparatus for moving-iron bone-conducted sound receiving device; the baseboard is configured in a planar structure, with open notch on its front end; two counter-balancing blocks configured in a planar structure and provide symmetry on both sides of the baseboard, and an open notch formed on the front end of each of the counter-balancing blocks aligns with the open notch on the front end of the baseboard. The invention increases effective moving mass of its counter balancing apparatus and optimizes space occupied by its counter balancing apparatus, enhancing transduction efficiency and output vibration level of the corresponding moving-iron bone-conducted sound receiving device; controlling the product size; the baseboard split type design and counter-balancing blocks; reduces difficulty of manufacturing its counter balancing apparatus, and flexibly meets the requirement of moving mass for various moving-iron bone-conducted sound receiving devices by selection of different thickness and shapes of counter-balancing blocks. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156583 | ACOUSTIC COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An acoustic collection system for handheld electronic devices is disclosed having a fitted casing with a chestpiece, and a passageway for conducting sound from the chestpiece to a microphone. In one embodiment, the configuration of the passageway can be actively varied by the user to selectively transmit frequencies of interest to the device. In another embodiment, materials with different sound propagation properties may be used to augment or dampen sound within the passage. In another embodiment, a microphone may be placed within the passageway and its position therein varied by the user. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156584 | CIRCUIT FOR MICROPHONE PIN ASSIGNMENT DETECTION AND METHOD THEREOF - A circuit for detecting microphone pin assignment and method thereof is provided. The circuit includes a pin switch unit and a detection unit. The pin switch unit switches the pin assignment of a headset connector. The detection unit receives microphone signals and outputs a test voltage to the microphone. According to the voltage difference between the pins, the pin assignment of the headset is determined and the pin switch unit automatically switches to the correct pins. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156585 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING MICROPHONE PIN AND GROUND PIN OF AUDIO INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE TOKEN - A method and a device for automatically identifying a microphone pin and a ground pin of an audio interface and an electronic signature token are provided. The method comprises: not implementing an identification operation on the first pin and the second pin of the audio interface when an absolute value of a voltage difference between the first pin and the second pin is less than a first threshold; and determining a type of each of the first pin and the second pin according to a sign of the voltage difference between the first pin and the second pin when the absolute value of the voltage difference is greater than or equal to a second threshold, in which the second threshold is greater than or equal to the first threshold. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156586 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MATCHING WITH AUDIO INTERFACE OF MOBILE TERMINAL, AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE TOKEN - A method for matching with an audio interface of a mobile terminal includes: connecting a third pin with a first pin of the audio interface via a first circuit including a first unidirectional conduction module having a current direction flowing towards the first pin; connecting the third pin with a second pin of the audio interface via a second circuit including a second unidirectional conduction module having a current direction flowing towards the second pin; controlling the first unidirectional conduction module to turn on such that the third pin and the first pin form a first loop having an impedance matched with an identification resistance of the mobile terminal; and, controlling the second unidirectional conduction module to turn on such that the third pin and the second pin form a second loop having an impedance matched with the identification resistance of the mobile terminal. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156587 | Wind Noise Detection For In-Car Communication Systems With Multiple Acoustic Zones - An in-car communication (ICC) system has multiple acoustic zones having varying acoustic environments. At least one input microphone within at least one acoustic zone develops a corresponding microphone signal from one or more system users. At least one loudspeaker within at least one acoustic zone provides acoustic audio to the system users. A wind noise module makes a determination of when wind noise is present in the microphone signal and modifies the microphone signal based on the determination. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156588 | Audio Output Device Specific Audio Processing - A source device uses a profile of an audio output device (e.g., headphones or speakers) to adjust the acoustic output of the audio output device. A database of audio output device profiles is stored in a cloud or locally on the source device. The profiles may include electroacoustic measurement data characterizing the audio output device or processing parameters for the audio output device. A program running on the source device selects a profile corresponding to the connected audio output device. The profile is used by the software running on the source device to determine processing for an audio stream played by the audio output device. The processing provides equalization to modify the unique audio output device frequency response, and compensation for human perception of sound at different listening levels, and dynamic range adjustment to better match the capabilities of the audio output device. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156589 | AUDIO DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE TOKEN - An audio data transmission method, an audio data transmission system, an audio data transmission apparatus for a mobile terminal and an electronic signature token are provided. The audio data transmission method includes: generating by a first device a plurality of audio waveform data of different frequencies; splicing by the first device the plurality of audio waveform data into an audio waveform data stream; transmitting the audio waveform data stream to a second device in one transmission in a same time reference frame via an audio interface of the first device, in which the same time reference frame means that a length of a starting moment and/or a stopping moment at a time period of a waveform of each frequency with respect to a predetermined reference moment is predetermined. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156590 | VOICE COIL SPEAKER - A signal processing board for outputting a driving signal to voice coils is disposed at a proper position. A voice coil speaker has a speaker frame, a diaphragm supported by the speaker frame, a bobbin which is connected to the diaphragm and has voice coils formed thereon, and a signal processing board for processing a driving signal to be output to the voice coil. The signal processing board is secured to the speaker frame while disposed at the outside of the diaphragm. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156591 | MEMS MICROPHONE ELEMENT AND DEVICE INCLUDING SUCH AN MEMS MICROPHONE ELEMENT - A capacitive MEMS microphone element is described which may be used optionally for detecting acoustic signals (microphone mode) or for detecting ultrasound signals in a defined frequency range (ultrasound mode). In the layered structure of the MEMS microphone element, at least two carrier elements for the two electrode sides of a capacitor system are formed one above the other and at a distance from one another for signal detection. At least one of the two carrier elements is sound pressure-sensitive and at least one of the two electrode sides includes at least two electrode segments which are electrically contactable independent of one another, which together with the at least one electrode of the other electrode side form partial capacitances which are independent of one another. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156592 | SPATIAL FILTER BANK FOR HEARING SYSTEM - The present invention regards a hearing system configured to be worn by a user comprising an environment sound input unit, an output transducer, and electric circuitry. The environment sound input unit is configured to receive sound from the environment of the environment sound input unit and to generate sound signals representing sound ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150156593 | HEARING AID HAVING RECEIVER - A hearing aid according to an embodiment includes a hardware module, a case, and a receiver module. The hardware module is configured to control the hearing aid. The case has an open side and an internal space for accommodating the hardware module. The receiver module is united with the case to form an integrated structure. The receiver module includes a receiver connector fixedly connected at one side thereof with the case, and a receiver formed at the other side of the receiver connector. The hearing aid may further include a case interface unit fixedly formed at a closed side of the case. The hearing aids according to other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2015-06-04 |