31st week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 82 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190238962 | Slidable microphone inside a portable device - Disclosed herein are portable devices and methods for their use. A portable device, in particular a mobile phone or smart watch, which includes at least a main body that includes a screen for outputting visual information, an acoustic output means for outputting acoustic information, in particular a speaker, a processor unit for operating the portable device, a communication means for transmitting data and/or signals, in particular wirelessly, to another device, in particular a further portable device or a server device, an electric energy source for powering the portable device, and a sensor means for detecting at least one effect subjected onto the portable device; and a microphone unit for receiving acoustic waves, wherein the microphone unit includes a microphone, a transfer unit for positioning the microphone between two end-positions and an actuator for moving the microphone between the end-positions, wherein the processor unit operates the actuator in dependency of data or signals provided by the sensor means. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238963 | AUTOMATIC LEFT/RIGHT EARPIECE DETERMINATION - This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that reduce the size of headphones and allow for small form-factor storage configurations are discussed. User convenience features that include synchronizing earpiece stem positions and automatically detecting the orientation of the headphones on a user's head are also discussed. Various power-saving features, design features, sensor configurations and user comfort features are also discussed. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238964 | Acoustic Earpiece System - An acoustic earpiece system includes an earpiece housing having a first bore and a second bore, with the first and second bores being defined to join into a common ear canal bore. An adapter connectable to acoustic tubing is also formed, with the adapter being connected to the earpiece housing and the first bore. In some embodiments a passive or active acoustic filter is positionable in the second bore. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238965 | SOUND GENERATING DEVICE - A sound generating device according to an embodiment includes a sound tube and a sound generator. The sound tube is to be held between a tragus and an antitragus. The sound generator is disposed inside the sound tube. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238966 | OPEN-AIR EARBUDS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Open-air earbuds and methods for making the same are disclosed. The earbud has a neck, which is open to the ambient environment in order to improve bass response. In order to prevent debris from entering the interior of the earbud, a filter is incorporated into the neck. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238967 | WIRELESS ENABLED STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system includes a protective housing member configured to mate with a handheld electronic device. The protective housing member includes at least one accessory station. The accessory station is configured to form between a surface of the protective housing member and a surface of at least one accessory item of the handheld electronic device. The protective housing member includes at least s wireless transmitter and/or an IC chip. The wireless transmitter is configured to facilitate a wireless connection between wireless components of the handheld electronic device and the protective housing member. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238968 | Headphones With Orientation Sensors - An electronic device such as a pair of headphones may be provided with ear cups having speakers for playing audio to a user. Capacitive sensor electrodes may be used in capturing capacitive sensor ear images that are processed by a machine learning classifier to determine whether the headphones are being worn in a reversed or unreversed orientation. The capacitive sensor electrodes may include grill electrodes that overlap at least part of a speaker grill, cushion electrodes that make capacitive sensor measurements through ring-shaped ear cup cushions that surround the speaker grills, and ring electrodes. The ring electrodes may be formed from metal traces on a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit may include a portion that wraps around each speaker grill and that is surrounded by a corresponding one of the cushions. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238969 | SOUND OUTPUT APPARATUS, METHOD OF EXECUTING FUNCTION OF SOUND OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - [Object] To allow even a compact apparatus to perform a desired operation in response to operations. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238970 | SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS EARPHONES - Apparatus comprises adapter and speaker system. Adapter is configured to plug into port of personal digital audio player. Speaker system is in communication with adapter, and comprises multiple acoustic transducers, programmable processor circuit, and wireless communication circuit. In first operational mode, processor circuit receives, via adapter, and processes digital audio content from personal digital audio player into which adapter is plugged, and the multiple acoustic transducers output the received audio content from the personal digital audio player. In second operational mode, wireless communication circuit receives digital audio content from a remote digital audio source over a wireless network, processor circuit processes the digital audio content received from remote digital audio source, and the multiple acoustic transducers output the audio content received from the remote digital audio source. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238971 | Eyeglass Headphones - An eyeglass headphone with a frame that is constructed and arranged to be carried by the head of a wearer, the frame comprising a bridge that is adapted to be supported by the wearer's nose, and a left temple and a right temple that extend rearwardly from the bridge, toward the left and right ears of the wearer, respectively, and a dipole loudspeaker built into the frame, where the dipole loudspeaker comprises a driver that emits front-side acoustic radiation from its front side, and emits rear-side acoustic radiation from its rear side. The frame comprises at least first and second sound-emitting openings, wherein the first sound-emitting opening is constructed and arranged to emit front-side acoustic radiation and the second sound-emitting opening is constructed and arranged to emit rear-side acoustic radiation. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238972 | ACOUSTIC ABSORPTION MATERIAL AND SPEAKER - The present disclosure provides an acoustic absorption material having a composite zeolite molecular sieve and a speaker using the acoustic absorption material, where the composite zeolite molecular sieve includes a first zeolite molecular sieve having a first micropore diameter and a second zeolite molecular sieve having a second micropore diameter, and the first micropore diameter is greater than the second micropore diameter, and the first zeolite molecular sieve is used as an adsorbent, and the second zeolite molecular sieve is used as a low-frequency enhancement material. In the present disclosure, a zeolite molecular sieve having a larger diameter is added as an adsorbent to a zeolite molecular sieve, to effectively absorb various volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in an application environment, thereby avoiding performance degradation or failure of the zeolite molecular sieve used as a low-frequency enhancement material. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238973 | Audio Play Apparatus and Device - Embodiments of the present invention disclose an audio play apparatus and a device. The audio play apparatus includes a loudspeaker, a loudspeaker container, and a cavity expansion material, where the loudspeaker and the cavity expansion material are disposed in the loudspeaker container, the cavity expansion material is a fabric made of fibers with irregular holes on a surface, and holes are formed between fibers of the fabric. The fabric made of the fibers with the irregular holes on the surface is disposed in the audio play apparatus. In this way, when the audio play apparatus plays audio, by using gaps between the fibers of the fabric and the irregular holes on the surface of the fibers, a resonance frequency f0 of the audio play apparatus is reduced, and a frequency band width is increased. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238974 | Air Pulse Generating Element and Sound Producing Device - An air pulse generating element, disposed in a sound producing device, includes a membrane, disposed within a chamber; and a plurality of valves, disposed by the membrane within the chamber, configured to seal a plurality of openings of the chamber in response to a plurality of valve control signals; wherein the membrane and the plurality of valves are all fabricated at a first layer. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238975 | Audio Source Waveguide - Embodiments of apparatus for affecting air flow and/or pressure wave propagation in relation to an audio source enclosure are disclosed. The apparatus may include two waveguide sections mounted within an audio source enclosure. The waveguide sections may include complementary nested first and second funnels disposed relative to each other in a manner to channel air flow in and/or from the enclosure. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238976 | EARPIECE POSITIONING AND RETAINING - A retaining member for an earphone includes an outer layer of a first material surrounding an inner core of a second material. The retaining member extends from the earphone, and is curved to generally match the shape the antihelix of a human ear. The second material is harder than the first material, providing a stiffness to the retaining member that causes it to apply an upward and backward force against the antihelix when the retaining member is bent to fit under the antihelix of a particular user's ear. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238977 | MOUNT FOR A MINIATURE MICROPHONE - A microphone mount arranged to receive a microphone (MC), the microphone mount comprising an inner tube (T | 2019-08-01 |
20190238978 | ACOUSTIC PERIMETER FOR REDUCING NOISE TRANSMITTED BY A COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN AN OPEN-PLAN ENVIRONMENT - The amount of far-field noise transmitted by a primary communication device in an open-plan office environment is reduced by defining an acoustic perimeter of reference microphones around the primary device. Reference microphones generate a reference audio input including far-field noise in the proximity of the primary device. The primary device generates a main audio input including the voice of the primary speaker as well as background noise. Reference audio input is compared to main audio input to identify the background noise portion of the main audio signal. A noise reduction algorithm suppresses the identified background noise in the main audio signal. The one or more reference microphones defining the acoustic perimeter may be included in separate microphone devices placed in proximity to the main desktop phone, microphones within other nearby desktop telephone devices, or a combination of both types of devices. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238979 | VIRTUAL BASS GENERATING CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A virtual bass generating circuit used in a speaker is used to filter out a high frequency part of an audio signal to generate a low passed audio signal, generates an even and odd audio signals respectively having even and odd harmonics of the low passed audio signal according to the low passed audio signal, subtracts an amplified low passed audio signal from an addition of an amplified even audio signal and an amplified odd audio signal to generate a first calculated audio signal, filters out a low frequency part and a high frequency part of the first calculated audio signal to generate a band passed audio signal, and adds the band passed audio signal and the audio signal to generate a second calculated audio signal with enhanced even and odd harmonics of the audio signal. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238980 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A signal processing apparatus that generates a reproducing signal from an input audio signal includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information about an arrangement of a plurality of speakers used for reproduction of a sound that is based on the reproducing signal, a specifying unit that specifies a target range for localization of a sound corresponding to the input audio signal, a setting unit that sets a plurality of virtual sound sources used for localization of a sound based on the specified target range based on the acquired information about the arrangement of the plurality of speakers, and a generation unit that generates the reproducing signal by processing the input audio signal based on setting of the plurality of virtual sound sources. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238981 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIORITIZING AUDIO SIGNALS TO A SPEAKER - A system and method for prioritizing audio signals for transmission to a speaker. The system includes an audio interrupter configured to receive one or more audio signals for transmission to one or more speakers. Based upon pre-configured logic, the audio interrupter prioritizes audio signals, routing the prioritized signal to the speakers. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238982 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a program that enable different sounds to be reproduced in a remote location and a neighboring location. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238983 | SELECTION OF MASTER DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZED AUDIO - Synchronized output of audio on a group of devices can comprise sending audio data from an audio distribution master device to one or more slave devices in the group. Scores can be assigned to respective audio playback devices, the scores being indicative of a performance level of the respective audio playback devices acting as a master device. The device with the highest score is designated as a candidate master device and one or more remaining devices are designated as a candidate slave(s). A throughput test is conducted with the highest scoring device acting as the candidate master device. The results of the throughput test are used to determine a master device for a group of devices. Latency of the throughput test can be reduced by using a prescribed time period for completion of the throughput test, and/or by selecting a first group configuration to passes the throughput test. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238984 | HEADPHONE - A headphone includes: a headband; at least one sound-emitting unit including a sound emitter located therein; at least one connector connecting the sound-emitting unit to the headband such that the sound-emitting unit is rotatable around a rotation axis along an up-down direction; and at least one adjuster configured to adjust a rotation range of the sound-emitting unit. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238985 | DIAPHRAGM - The present disclosure provides a diaphragm. The diaphragm includes a dome portion located at a central position and an edge portion disposed around the dome portion. The edge portion is provided with a plurality of first wrinkles at corners of the edge portion. The first wrinkles extend from an inner side of the edge portion toward an outer side of the edge portion. The edge portion is further provided with at least one second wrinkle passing through all the first wrinkles that are at the same corner as the at least one second wrinkle. The second wrinkle extends along a corner extension direction of the corner at which the second wrinkle is located. The diaphragm of the present disclosure can effectively improve a twist, a swing, and distortion when the diaphragm vibrates, and improve acoustic performance. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238986 | FLAT SPEAKER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A flat speaker includes a diaphragm having a flat plate shape, a drive unit that is attached to a back surface of the diaphragm and vibrates the diaphragm, a fixing member that fixes an outer circumference of the diaphragm in a circumferential direction, a first support member that is disposed on an inner side in a radial direction of the fixing member, supports the back surface of the diaphragm in the circumferential direction, and has a value of hardness smaller than a value of hardness of the fixing member and/or a value of internal loss larger than a value of internal loss of the fixing member, and a second support member that is disposed on an inner side in the radial direction of the first support member, supports the back surface of the diaphragm in the circumferential direction, and has a value of hardness smaller than the value of hardness of the first support member and/or a value of internal loss larger than the value of internal loss of the first support member. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238987 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an acoustic device. A vibrating diaphragm includes an edge and a damper for fixing and supporting the edge, where the damper includes a middle dome and a circuit board for fixing and supporting the middle dome, the fixing part of the circuit board is provided with a conductive part electrically connected to a voice coil lead; and an orthographic projection of the middle dome on the circuit board is not overlapped with the conductive part. The orthographic projection of the middle dome of the acoustic device on the circuit board is not overlapped with the conductive part during spot welding between the circuit board and the voice coil, therefore the problem of a short circuit of an aluminum foil dome caused by the fact that the circuit board is broken down due to overhigh spot welding temperature and pressure can be avoided. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238988 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an acoustic device, including a frame and a vibration system fixed to the frame, where the vibration system includes a first vibrating diaphragm fixed to the frame, a voice coil driving the first vibrating diaphragm to vibrate and produce a sound, and a flexible circuit board, the flexible circuit board is fixed to an end of the voice coil which is away from the first vibrating diaphragm, the flexible circuit board includes a first fixing arm and a second fixing arm respectively fixed to the frame and the voice coil body, an elastic arm connecting the first fixing arm and the second fixing arm, and a pad respectively extending from two ends of the second fixing arm, the pad is at least partially located on an inner side of the voice coil body. The acoustic device in the present disclosure has better acoustic performance. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238989 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an acoustic device, including a frame and a vibration system fixed to the frame, where the vibration system includes a first vibrating diaphragm fixed to the frame, a voice coil driving the first vibrating diaphragm to vibrate and produce a sound, a second vibrating diaphragm fixed to an end of the voice coil which is away from the first vibrating diaphragm, and a flexible circuit board, the flexible circuit board includes a first fixing arm and a second fixing arm that are respectively fixed to the frame and the voice coil, an elastic arm connecting the first fixing arm and the second fixing arm, and a pad respectively extending from two ends of the second fixing arm, the pad is located on an inner side of the voice coil. The acoustic device in the present disclosure has better reliability and acoustic performance. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238990 | Sounding device - The present disclosure provides a sounding device including a holder, a vibration system fixed to the holder, and a magnetic circuit system configured to drive the vibration system to vibrate and sound. The vibration system includes a diaphragm fixed to the holder and a voice coil that drives the diaphragm to vibrate. The magnetic circuit system has a magnetic gap in which the voice coil is inserted. The voice coil includes voice coil wire layers that are formed by winding a voice coil wire and include an intermediate layer, an outer layer, and an inner layer. Ends of the voice coil wire layers away from the diaphragm are aligned. A height of the outer layer and a height of the inner layer are smaller than a height of the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is glued and fixed to the diaphragm. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238991 | Diaphragm and sounding device - A diaphragm is provided, including a dome and a suspension extending from a periphery of the dome. The dome includes a stack of an aluminum foil layer, a foam layer and a carbon fiber layer. The dome is recessed from the aluminum foil layer toward the carbon fiber layer to form a receiving recess. The receiving recess is arranged surrounding the periphery of the dome. The suspension is partially received in the receiving recess and is fixed to the dome. A sounding device is also provided, the sounding device includes the diaphragm. The diaphragm and the sounding device of the present disclosure have better high frequency acoustic performance and excellent reliability. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238992 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE WITH IMPROVED ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE - Disclosed herein is an acoustic device with improved acoustic performance. The acoustic device includes: a housing that forms the appearance of the acoustic device; a magnet that generates magnetic force; a yoke that includes paramagnetic material that concentrates the magnetic force; a voice coil that vibrates due to the magnetic force when an electric signal having sound information is applied; a diaphragm that comes into close contact with the voice coil and that vibrates and generates sound in response to the vibration of the voice coil; a plate that is located between the diaphragm and the magnet; and a locking ring that is located on the plate and that fastens part of the diaphragm, wherein the sectional surface of the locking ring has a rectangular shape the height of which is greater than the width thereof. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238993 | SOUND GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOUND GENERATING DEVICE - A sound generating device includes an armature having a fixing part facing a first direction and overlapped on an outer surface of a yoke, an extension part extending from the fixing part in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a movable part bent from the extension part and extending in the first direction, inserted into a coil to oppose a magnet, and connected to an oscillator. The fixing part includes two opposing edge parts that are spot-welded to the outer surface of the yoke at two reference weld areas separated in a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to the first and second directions. The two opposing edge parts of the fixing part and the outer surface of the yoke are spot-welded at at least one additional weld area at a position separated in the first direction from the reference weld areas. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238994 | ARMATURE-BASED ACOUSTIC RECEIVER HAVING IMPROVED OUTPUT AND METHOD - A pre-distorted electrical excitation signal is generated for an acoustic transducer having an armature and a non-linear transfer characteristic by applying an electrical input signal (x) representative of a desired acoustic output to a computable non-linear function that is a function of the electrical input signal (x). When applied to an input of the transducer, the pre-distorted electrical excitation signal results in an improved acoustic output signal. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238995 | AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE - In order to solve problems with an audio device that is difficult to machine and has an increased amount of wiring, the present invention provides an audio output device comprising: a first electrode layer including a plurality of rows of electrodes arranged in a first direction; a second electrode layer disposed on the back surface of the first electrode layer and including a plurality of rows of electrodes arranged in a second direction; a driving layer including a piezoelectric layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and a support layer coupled to one of the front surface and the back surface of the piezoelectric layer; and a support plate coupled to the back surface of the driving layer and having a hollow portion formed in a region corresponding to each of intersections between the plurality of rows of electrodes in the first electrode layer and the plurality of rows of electrodes in the second electrode layer intersect. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238996 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC MICROPHONE, PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element includes a first piezoelectric layer which has a first polarization axis direction in a thickness direction of the first piezoelectric layer and is made of AlN. A second piezoelectric layer made of GeAIN which is deposited on the first piezoelectric layer and has a second polarization axis direction opposite to the first polarization axis direction. A first electrode is provided on a side of the first piezoelectric layer which is opposite from a side where the second piezoelectric layer is disposed. A second electrode provided on a side of the second piezoelectric layer which is opposite from a side where the first piezoelectric layer is disposed. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238997 | MEMS Microphone - The present application discloses a MEMS microphone, including: a substrate having a cavity; and a capacitor system mounted on the substrate. The capacitor includes a back plate connected to the substrate; and a diaphragm forming a capacitor with the back plate. The back plate includes a back plate main body and a first connecting portion extending from the back plate main body toward the substrate, the first connecting portion connects with the substrate, and the diaphragm connects to the back plate main body. The vibration or the stress from the substrate will not transferred to the diaphragm, but released via the first connecting portion | 2019-08-01 |
20190238998 | Microphone - A microphone is provided, including a base having a chamber; and a capacitor system fixed to the base. The capacitor system includes a backplate fixed to the base and a diaphragm located in the chamber. The backplate and the diaphragm form a capacitor structure. The diaphragm is fixed to the backplate and partitions the chamber into a front chamber and a back chamber. The backplate is provided with a sound receiving hole in communication with the front chamber. The base or the backplate is provided with a vent hole for communicating the back chamber with the outside. The microphone provided by the present disclosure has the advantages of high reliability. | 2019-08-01 |
20190238999 | Microphone - A microphone is provided, including a backplate, a base supporting the backplate, and a diaphragm spaced apart from the backplate and forming a capacitor with the backplate. The base includes a top surface abutting against the backplate and a recess recessed from the top surface in a direction facing away from the backplate, the diaphragm is arranged in the recess, and the recess has a recess bottom. The base further includes a through hole penetrating through the recess bottom. The microphone provided by the present disclosure has an advantage of high reliability. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239000 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DIE PROVIDED WITH A FILTERING MODULE, SEMICONDUCTOR DIE INCLUDING THE FILTERING MODULE, PACKAGE HOUSING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DIE, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor die, comprising the steps of: providing a MEMS device having a structural body, provided with a cavity, and a membrane structure suspended over the cavity; coupling the structural body to a filtering module via direct bonding or fusion bonding so that a first portion of the filtering module extends over the cavity and a second portion of the filtering module extends seamlessly as a prolongation of the structural body; and etching selective portions of the filtering module in an area corresponding to the first portion, to form filtering openings fluidically coupled to the cavity. The semiconductor die is, for example, a microphone. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239001 | DIGITAL MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED FREQUENCY RESPONSE AND NOISE CHARACTERISTICS - A microphone assembly includes an acoustic filter with a first highpass cut-off frequency. The microphone assembly additionally includes a forward signal path and a feedback signal path. The forward signal path is configured to amplify or buffer an electrical signal generated by a transducer in response to sound and to convert the electrical signal to a digital signal. The feedback signal path is configured to generate a digital control signal based on the digital signal and to generate and output a sequence of variable current pulses based on the digital control signal. The variable current pulses suppress frequencies of the electrical signal below a second highpass cut-off frequency, higher than the first highpass cut-off frequency. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239002 | ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER WITH AXIAL ELECTRIC FIELD - An electroacoustic transducer for generating an audible acoustic signal includes a base, a cathode having a plurality of cathode discharge elements arranged into an array of cathode discharge elements disposed around an axis associated with the cathode and mounted on the base, and an anode having a plurality of anode discharge elements arranged into an array of anode discharge elements disposed around an axis associated with the anode and mounted on the base. An inter-electrode space separates the cathode and the anode. A first circuit portion connects the cathode to a voltage source, and a second circuit portion connects the anode to the voltage source. The cathode and anode discharge elements extend from the base toward the inter-electrode space. Respective arrays of the cathode and anode are opposite of each other with respect to the inter-electrode space and axisymmetric such that the cathode axis is aligned with the anode axis. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239003 | RF ANTENNA AND HEARING DEVICE WITH RF ANTENNA - The present disclosure relates to an RF antenna adapted to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic RF signals within a first frequency range enclosing a first frequency of resonance of the RF antenna, the RF antenna comprising: an electrically conductive antenna element having a feed for electrically connecting to an RF transmitter and/or an RF receiver; an electronic component adapted to receive and/or provide one or more electric signals from/to an electronic circuit within a second frequency range not overlapping the first frequency range; and one or more electric leads electrically connected to lead the one or more electric signals between the electronic component and the electronic circuit, each of the one or more electric leads being electrically connected to the electronic circuit through a respective inductor adapted to reflect and/or attenuate signals within the first frequency range and pass signals within the second frequency range. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239004 | Adaptable Hearing Device Charging Port for a Hearing Device Charger - An adaptable/adjustable hearing device charging port ( | 2019-08-01 |
20190239005 | CHARGING PROTOCOL FOR RECHARGABLE HEARING SYSTEMS - Embodiments of the invention include a method of charging a rechargeable battery, the method comprising the steps of: detecting the presence of a rechargeable hearing aid in a hearing aid recharger; generating a unique random ID in the charger; transmitting the unique random ID to the hearing aid using an extremely low power protocol; demodulating the unique ID in the hearing aid; using the demodulated unique ID in a low power protocol to advertise the hearing aid on a network which includes the charger; associating the hearing aid to the charger when the charger which broadcast the unique ID receives that unique ID from a hearing aid using a wireless protocol; using the wireless protocol to communicate between the associated charging station and hearing aid; radiating power from the charger to the hearing aid; and ending the association when the hearing aid is removed from the charger. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239006 | HEARING AID INCLUDING A VIBRATOR TOUCHING A PINNA - A hearing aid is disclosed. The hearing aid comprises a carrier unit and a vibrator unit provided on said carrier unit. The vibrator unit is configured to apply vibrations to a pinna of an outer ear of a user by touching said pinna. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239007 | RETENTION MAGNET SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICE - An external portion of an auditory prosthesis includes an external magnet that interacts with an implantable magnet to hold the external portion against the skin. Magnetic force generated by the stray field of these magnets can disturb the operation of a vibrating element of the auditory prosthesis. The technologies described herein utilize additional magnets disposed within portions of the auditory prosthesis to redirect the magnetic flux, which allows the vibrating element to be disposed more closely to the magnets, reducing the overall height profile of the prosthesis. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239008 | Zone Scene Management - An example playback device in a first zone of a media playback system receives a first indication that the first zone has been added to a first zone scene including a first preconfigured grouping of zones including the first zone and a second zone. The playback device receives a second indication that the first zone has been added to a second zone scene including a second preconfigured grouping of zones including the first zone and a third zone. After a given one of the first and second zone scenes has been selected for invocation, the playback device receives an instruction to operate in accordance with the given zone scene, and based on the instruction, begins operating in accordance with the given zone scene such that the playback device is configured to play back audio in synchrony with one or more other playback devices in the media playback system. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239009 | Zone Scene Management - An example computing device in a media playback system receives a first request to create a first zone scene including a first preconfigured grouping of zones including a first zone and a second zone, and based on the first request, causes creation and storage of the first zone scene. The computing device receives a second request to create a second zone scene including a second preconfigured grouping of zones including the first zone and a third zone, and based on the second request, causes creation and storage of the second zone scene. While displaying a representation of the first zone scene and a representation of the second zone scene, the computing devices receives a third request to invoke the first zone scene, and based on the third request, causes the first zone scene to be invoked such that the first zone and the second zone become configured for synchronous playback of media. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239010 | MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNAL THEREOF - Disclosed in the present specification are a multimedia apparatus for servicing an optimized sound depending on the surrounding environment and a method for processing an audio signal thereof. The method for processing an audio signal of the multimedia apparatus, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving an external test sound; analyzing the frequency properties of the received test sound; calculating a compensation value of the test sound according to the analyzed frequency properties; compensating an audio signal to be output, according to the calculated compensation value; and outputting the compensated audio signal. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239011 | PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AUDIO MULTICHANNEL OUTPUT SPEAKER, AND MOBILE PHONE - A processing method and a processing system of an audio multichannel output speaker and a mobile phone are disclosed. The method includes: retrieving an audio and video file and establishing four channel signals for audio signals in the audio and video file with independent channel indications; performing frequency-division processing on the four channel signals respectively, and storing data of the four channel signals after frequency-division processing in order; performing digital-to-analog conversion on the data of the four channel signals respectively, and respectively sending converted analog signal data to speakers corresponding to the four channel signals one-to-one. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239012 | ENDPOINT MIXING PRODUCT - The present invention discloses an endpoint mixing product having a control module and a speaker system. The speaker system includes speakers in which each speaker is with a 3D coordinate. The speakers communicate with the control module respectively. The control module is configured to deliver sound fragments to the speakers. The sound fragments contain 3D coordinates and correspond to the speakers respectively through the 3D coordinates. The speakers are configured to receive and play the corresponding sound fragments respectively to form an endpoint mixing sound. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239013 | GENERATION AND PLAYBACK OF NEAR-FIELD AUDIO CONTENT - Audio signals are received. The audio signals include left and right surround channels. The audio signals are played back using far-field loudspeakers distributed around a space having a plurality of listener positions. The left and right surround channels are played back by a pair of far-field loudspeakers arranged at opposite sides of the space having the plurality of listener positions. An audio component coinciding with or approximating audio content common to the left and right surround channels is obtained. The audio component is played back using at least a pair of near-field transducers arranged at one of the listener positions. Associated systems, methods and computer program products are provided. Systems, methods and computer program products providing a bitstream comprising the audio signals and the audio component are also provided, as well as a computer-readable medium with data representing such audio content. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239014 | SPATIAL AUDIO FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA SETS - A head mounted display (HMD) device is provided that includes a display, a position and orientation sensor, and speakers. The HMD device includes a processor configured to receive map data of a three-dimensional environment, receive a three-dimensional data set, detect a predefined feature in the three-dimensional data set, place a spatial audio emitter anchor in the three-dimensional environment in a location where the feature was detected, the spatial audio emitter having an emitter boundary, determine a current location of a user in the virtual environment based on a signal from the sensor, display the map data of the three-dimensional environment with a graphical representation of the three-dimensional data set based on the determined current location of the user, and responsive to determining that the location of the user is outside of the boundary, play the spatial audio emitter in a spatial audio mode via the near-ear speakers. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239015 | SCALABLE UNIFIED AUDIO RENDERER - In general, techniques are described by which to support scalable unified audio rendering. A device comprising an audio decoder, a memory, and a processor may be configured to perform various aspects of the techniques. The audio decoder may decode, from a bitstream, first audio data and second audio data. The memory may store the first audio data and the second audio data. The processor may render the first audio data into first spatial domain audio data for playback by virtual speakers at a set of virtual speaker locations, and render the second audio data into second spatial domain audio data for playback by the virtual speakers at the set of virtual speaker locations. The processor may also mix the first spatial domain audio data and the second spatial domain audio data to obtain mixed spatial domain audio data, and convert the mixed spatial domain audio data to scene-based audio data. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239016 | COMPATIBLE MULTI-CHANNEL CODING/DECODING - In processing a multi-channel audio signal having at least three original channels, a first downmix channel and a second downmix channel are provided, which are derived from the original channels. For a selected original channel, channel side information are calculated such that a downmix channel or a combined downmix channel including the first and the second downmix channels, when weighted using the channel side information, results in an approximation of the selected original channel. The channel side information and the first and second downmix channels form output data for transmission to a decoder. A low level decoder only decodes the first and second downmix channels. A high level decoder provides a full multi-channel audio signal based on the downmix channels and the channel side information. Since the channel side information only occupy a low number of bits and the decoder does not use dematrixing, efficient and high quality multi-channel extension for stereo players and enhanced multi-channel players is obtained. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239017 | COMPATIBLE MULTI-CHANNEL CODING/DECODING - In processing a multi-channel audio signal having at least three original channels, a first downmix channel and a second downmix channel are provided, which are derived from the original channels. For a selected original channel, channel side information are calculated such that a downmix channel or a combined downmix channel including the first and the second downmix channels, when weighted using the channel side information, results in an approximation of the selected original channel. The channel side information and the first and second downmix channels form output data for transmission to a decoder. A low level decoder only decodes the first and second downmix channels. A high level decoder provides a full multi-channel audio signal based on the downmix channels and the channel side information. Since the channel side information only occupy a low number of bits and the decoder does not use dematrixing, efficient and high quality multi-channel extension for stereo players and enhanced multi-channel players is obtained. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239018 | COMPATIBLE MULTI-CHANNEL CODING/DECODING - In processing a multi-channel audio signal having at least three original channels, a first downmix channel and a second downmix channel are provided, which are derived from the original channels. For a selected original channel, channel side information are calculated such that a downmix channel or a combined downmix channel including the first and the second downmix channels, when weighted using the channel side information, results in an approximation of the selected original channel. The channel side information and the first and second downmix channels form output data for transmission to a decoder. A low level decoder only decodes the first and second downmix channels. A high level decoder provides a full multichannel audio signal based on the downmix channels and the channel side information. Since the channel side information only occupy a low number of bits and the decoder does not use dematrixing, efficient and high quality multi-channel extension for stereo players and enhanced multi-channel players is obtained. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239019 | VIRTUAL SIMULATION OF SPATIAL AUDIO CHARACTERISTICS - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for demonstrating spatial performance of a demonstration speaker model to consumers in order to evaluate different speakers. The system and method comprise a microphone array for recording the output of the demonstration speaker model. The system and method comprise acoustic input samples for processing to an acoustic output and a processor for determining characteristics of each microphone recording, and processing an acoustic input sample and characteristics of each microphone recording corresponding to a selected demonstration speaker model. The system and method further comprise a reference speaker model for outputting an acoustic signal based on the result of the processing. The processing compensates for the performance characteristic of the reference speaker and the performance characteristic of the selected demonstration speaker so as to mimic the spatial characteristics of the demonstration speaker while avoiding bias from the reference speaker. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239020 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING AND DECOMPRESSING A HIGHER ORDER AMBISONICS REPRESENTATION FOR A SOUND FIELD - The invention improves HOA sound field representation compression and decompression. A decoder decodes compressed dominant directional signals and compressed residual component signals so as to provide decompressed dominant directional signals and decompressed time domain signals representing a residual HOA component in a spatial domain. A re-correlator re-correlates the decompressed time domain signals to obtain a corresponding reduced-order residual HOA component. A processor determines a decompressed residual HOA component based on the corresponding reduced-order residual HOA component, and determines predicted directional signals based on at least a parameter. The processor is further configured to determine an HOA sound field representation based on the decompressed dominant directional signals, the predicted directional signals, and the decompressed residual HOA component. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239021 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RENDERING ACOUSTIC SIGNAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of elevation rendering an audio signal includes receiving multichannel signals including a height input channel signal of a predetermined elevation angle, obtaining first elevation rendering parameters for a height input channel signal of a standard elevation angle, obtaining a delayed height input channel signal by applying a predetermined delay to a height input channel signal, updating the first elevation rendering parameters based on the predetermined elevation angle, obtaining second elevation rendering parameters based on the label of the height input channel signal and labels of two output channel signals, and elevation rendering the multichannel signals and the delayed height input channel signal to output a plurality of output channel signals of an elevated sound image, based on the updated first elevation rendering parameters and the second elevation rendering parameters. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239022 | Playing Binaural Sound Clips During an Electronic Communication - A method plays sound clips in binaural sound to users during an electronic communication between two or more users. A processor convolves the sound clips with HRTFs so the sound externally localize away from a head of the user listening to the sound clip. The sound clips play to users during the electronic communication without transmitting the sound clips to electronic devices of the users. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239023 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MOBILE PROVING GROUND - The disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for enabling beta testing of new features within a native application. In one embodiment, a native application executed by a client device may include executable instructions that are activated and executed only upon indication of a user belonging to a beta test group. The client device may receive a signal from a service or content provider that includes test group information indicating whether a user is a member of a test group. The client device may process the received signal to determine whether the user is a member of a test group and, if so, activates and executes certain instructions received as part of the native application that define a user interface enabling access to additional functionality unavailable to a user determined not to be a member of a test group. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239024 | NOTIFICATION OF ACCESS CONTROL REQUEST AND EXPLANATION INDICATIVE OF THE ACCESS CONTROL REQUEST ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes a display screen upon which information is displayed. A microprocessor configured to execute at least one notification program is provided that displays a notification descriptive of an access control request on the display screen. The at least one notification program is programmed to receive data indicative of an access control request and to receive data descriptive of the access control request. Additionally, the at least one notification program is further programmed to display a notification indicative of the access control request and comprising an explanation of the access control request based on the received descriptive data. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239025 | MOBILE TAG SENSING AND LOCATION DETERMINATION - System and method for determining a location of a tag are disclosed. The system comprises a mobile tag, sensors, and a controller. The mobile tag determines a first location within a structure that includes multiple second locations. The sensors are positioned at different locations of the structure and sense a structure condition. The controller determines possible paths of the mobile tag within the structure. Next, the controller generates a first set of weighted likelihoods of the mobile tag being located at each second location based on the possible paths and distances between the first location and the multiple second locations. The controller also generates a second set of weighted likelihoods of the mobile tag being located at each second location based on the structure condition. The controller then determines a location of the mobile tag within the structure based on the first and second sets of weighted likelihoods. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239026 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED NAVIGATION - Various embodiments include a system that can comprise one or more processing modules and/or one or more non-transitory memory storage modules storing computing instructions on the one or more processing modules. The computing instructions can be configured to perform the acts of receiving an ordered list from a user via a software application on a mobile device of the user, wherein the software can comprise a bar code scanner, wherein the ordered list can comprise a first set of records describing a first set of physical items; receiving first data obtained from the barcode scanner, wherein the first data can comprise a first distinct record describing a first distinct physical item within the first set of physical items; querying a physical item database, wherein the physical item database can comprise a second distinct record describing the location of the first distinct physical item and a second set of records describing locations of the first set of physical items; calculating a first optimized route from the location of the first distinct physical item to a first series of distinct physical items using at least a portion of the second set of records and the second distinct record, wherein the first series of distinct physical items can comprise at least a portion of the first set of physical items; creating a first reordered list from the first series of distinct physical items using the first optimized route; and presenting the first optimized route and the first reordered list to the user via a graphic user interface on the software application on the mobile device of the user. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239027 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile electronic device according to one aspect includes a position detector that detects the position of the device; an atmospheric pressure sensor that detects the atmospheric pressure; and a controller that determines a specific state if a decrease in the altitude is detected in accordance with the atmospheric pressure and if the amount of change in the altitude per predetermined time satisfies a determination condition. The controller makes a determination as to whether the device is located within a specific area by using the position detector and changes the determination condition in accordance with a result of the determination. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239028 | WIRELESS RELAY STATION FOR RADIO FREQUENCY-BASED TRACKING SYSTEM - System and methods of tracking a position of a mobile device with an electromagnetic signal-transmitting antenna include receiving electromagnetic signals from the transmitting antenna of the mobile device by a plurality of receiver antennae of a base station and by one or more receiver antennae of a relay station. The relay station transmits to the base station timing information associated with the electromagnetic signals received by the one or more receiver antennae of the relay station. The base station computes a position of the transmitting antenna of the mobile device based on timing information computed from the electromagnetic signals received by the plurality of receiver antennae of the base station and on the timing information received from the relay station. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239029 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD - An electronic device includes a tracking unit that tracks a movement of a first mobile device and a movement of a second mobile device, based on a position of the first mobile device and a position of the second mobile device received from a position estimation unit; a determination unit that determines a probability distribution of a distance between the first mobile device and the second mobile device, based on a probabilistic model, and the position of the first mobile device and the position of the second mobile device; and an action unit that performs action, based on the determined probability distribution of the distance. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239030 | NETWORKING AND SPEECH MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A networking system includes a server to receive and process data; a computing device having a location tracking device and to communicate wirelessly with the server and a second computing device; a networking platform to be implemented through the computing device, the networking platform to perform the steps of: determining a location of the computing device; receiving a signal from a server related to a second location of the second computing device; determining that the second computing device is within a predetermined range of the first computing device; and receiving contextual information from the second computing device; the contextual information provides information about a second person associated with the second device to a first person associated with the first device. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239031 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to information transmission methods. One example method includes obtaining, by a positioning center, coverage indication information, where the coverage indication information is used to indicate a coverage enhancement level of user equipment UE, indicate that UE is at a first coverage enhancement level, or to indicate that UE requests to reduce a quantity of to-be-measured cells, and sending, by the positioning center, positioning measurement configuration information to the UE, where the positioning measurement configuration information is determined by the positioning center based on the coverage indication information, and the positioning measurement configuration information is used to perform positioning measurement configuration on the UE. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239032 | LOCAL BROADCAST FOR GROUP CALLS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for providing local broadcasts for group calls. A user equipment (UE) may request a group call, and either a base station or a local server dedicated to the base station may determine whether to allow the group call based at least in part on an assessed level of interest for the group call. If the group call occurs, the UE may perform one or more aspects of user plane processing for the broadcast data—such as setting Internet protocol (IP) addresses in IP packets, encryption, compression, or media formatting—and may transmit the broadcast data to the base station. The base station may then transmit the broadcast data to one or more interested UEs via one or more multicast transmissions without routing the broadcast data through other network nodes, which may reduce latency and provide other benefits. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239033 | Simultaneous Control of a Subnet of Nodes in a Wireless Network - A system for simultaneous control of a subset of nodes in a wireless network includes a network controller and a plurality of nodes that are communicatively coupled to the network controller. The network controller transmits a custom Zigbee unicast message to a node of the subset of nodes that is assigned as a point guard node upon receiving an instruction to control one or more nodes of the subset of nodes. The point guard node receives the custom Zigbee unicast message and generates an InterPAN broadcast message based on a payload of the custom Zigbee unicast message. The point guard node broadcasts the InterPAN broadcast message as a one hop broadcast message to all the nodes in the radio range of the point guard node. The receiving nodes whose identifiers are present in the payload of the InterPAN broadcast message act on the instruction to change a status thereof. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239034 | Terminal Device, Network Device, and Group Communication Method - A terminal device, a network device, and a group communication method, where the terminal device includes a receiver configured to receive a first message from a network device, where the first message includes at least one group service identifier, and one group service identifier corresponds to one group service, and receive, according to the received first message, a first group service corresponding to a first group service identifier of the terminal device. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239035 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING MESSAGE INCLUDING PLATOON INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method in which a first terminal transmits/receives a message including platoon information in a wireless communication system. The method include: a step for receiving, by a first terminal, resource information from a second terminal in a terminal group forming a platoon; a step of transmitting, by the first terminal, a Cooperative Awareness Message (CAM) including the platoon information after receiving the resource information, wherein when the platoon information is for a terminal not belonging to the terminal group, the first terminal transmits the CAM message through a resource instructed in the resource information. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239036 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit that performs wireless communication which uses an internal access point, a processing unit, and a display unit. In a state where the number of terminal apparatuses that establish a wireless connection to the internal access point reaches an upper limit value, in a case where a wireless connection request is received from a terminal apparatus that does not establish a wireless connection, the processing unit rejects the wireless connection request and performs processing that displays an alert in a first display mode on the display unit. Moreover, in a case where, until a given period of time has elapsed after the alert was kept non-displayed, the wireless connection request is again received from the terminal apparatus, the processing unit performs processing that sets a mode for displaying the alert to be a second display mode. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239037 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ITEMS IN A LIST SHARED BY A GROUP OF MOBILE DEVICES - A method and system are provided for sharing data amongst a group of a plurality of mobile devices without requiring a database or server to centrally store the shared data. The shared data is instead stored by each group member individually while controlling the manner in which the shared data is updated. The shared data can be used to manage tasks in a group project. To manage updates, the shared data is atomized such that individual databases in the shared data are separated or otherwise delineated into one or more records, each record having associated therewith, a value. To maintain a common copy of the shared data at each device, any update is sent to all group members using an intermediate message exchange service that is capable of transmitting a sent message to more than one recipient if necessary. In this way, the updates are multicast to the group. To manage the content of the shared data, each update comprises one or more changes to a current copy of a corresponding record. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239038 | DATING APPLICATION - This disclosure also relates to a Dating app for mutual private videos matching for bulk messages/media shared and also for Live tracking and discovering single people within a short range of about 1 mile radius. This disclosure additionally relates to a Dating app for mutual private videos matching for bulk messages/media shared and also for Live Events/date venue ideas based on live video snippet/media. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239039 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOAD DISTRIBUTION USING A PLURALITY OF CARRIERS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING VEHICLE-TO-EVERYTHING COMMUNICATION - An operation method of a first communication node in a communication system supporting Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications can include: determining at least one frequency band for transmission of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) traffic; generating user equipment (UE) assistance information including information indicating the at least one frequency band; and transmitting the UE assistance information to a base station supporting the V2X communication. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239040 | MILLIMETER WAVE VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR DATA SHARING - The disclosure includes embodiments for establishing millimeter wave vehicle-to-vehicle communications for data sharing. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, at an ego vehicle, a first beacon from a first vehicle, wherein the first beacon includes first scheduling information and first localization information and the first beacon is broadcast as a millimeter wave (mmWave) communication. The method includes determining a schedule based on the first scheduling information. The method includes broadcasting a second beacon based on the schedule. The method includes establishing a current link between the ego vehicle and the first vehicle. The method includes transmitting data to the first vehicle using the current link based on the schedule. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239041 | AGENT CONTROLLER AND AGENT COORDINATION METHOD - An agent controller controls an agent that provides driving assistance information to a driver who drives a first vehicle. The agent controller includes a storage unit and a processor. The storage unit is configured to store vehicle recognition information of a second vehicle located around the first vehicle. The processor is configured to acquire an image around the first vehicle, captured by a camera. The processor is configured to identity a vehicle included in the captured image as the second vehicle that matches the vehicle recognition information. The processor is configured to transmit information to the second vehicle or receive information from the second vehicle by coordinating the agent of the first vehicle with an agent of the second vehicle identified by the processor. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239042 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING SERVICES TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Techniques are disclosed which can allow a mobile device, which is no longer being updated by the device manufacturer, to receive updates from the manufacturer. In an implementation, an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) is received from the mobile device that identifies a model of the mobile device. The mobile device can have at least one application that is unable to communicate with a server of the mobile device's manufacturer. A provisioning server may determine that the mobile device is depreciated based upon the IMEI, and obtain a key unique to the mobile device. The key and at least one Access Point Name may be transmitted to the mobile device, which can allow the mobile device to direct its data traffic to the server of the manufacturer. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239043 | DEVICE PROVISIONING - According to an example aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, with the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to obtain information characterizing physical surroundings of the apparatus, transmit the information characterizing the physical surroundings to a network entity, and responsive to the transmission, receive provisioning information and associate the apparatus with the provisioning information | 2019-08-01 |
20190239044 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING CARRIER-SPECIFIC CONFIGURATION OF A USER DEVICE BASED ON PRE-STORED INFORMATION FOR MULTIPLE CARRIERS - In certain embodiments, carrier-specific configuration of a user device may be facilitated based on pre-stored information for multiple carriers. In some embodiments, a user device may store information for limited access (that allows the user device to obtain carrier-specific parameters from carrier networks). During activation, the user device may select one of the carrier networks on which the user device is to be configured to operate. Responsive to the selection, the user device may provide, to a carrier-side computer system on the selected carrier network, a request for limited access to the selected carrier network for configuring the user device, wherein the request comprises the stored access information that allows the user device to obtain carrier-specific parameters via the selected carrier network. Responsive to the limited access being granted, the user device may obtain a configuration package from the carrier-side computer system comprising parameters for configuring the user device. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239045 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE PIGGYBACKING - Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing assistance to a user of a mobile application are described. A request for assistance from the user is detected and a request is issued to a remote device for establishment of a remote assistance session. Information describing a state of the mobile device is periodically transmitted to the remote device and one or more commands may be received from the remote device. The commands may be executed on the mobile device. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239046 | LAYERED DATA TRANSMISSIONS WITH GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION DEPENDENT CONTROL INFORMATION FOR MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION (MTC) DEVICES - A base station transmits a transmission signal to a user equipment (UE) device and a machine type communication (MTC) device. The transmission signal includes a plurality of data subcarriers conveying UE data for the UE device where at least a portion of the data subcarriers convey at least some of the UE data on a UE data layer and convey MTC data for the MTC device on a MTC data layer. The transmission signal also includes a plurality of control subcarriers conveying geographic location dependent control information applying to reception of the data subcarriers by the UE device and by the MTC device. The control subcarriers also convey data layer control information specific to each device. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239047 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SHARED CONTROL MESSAGE IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM SUPPORTING MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION - One embodiment provides a technique of adjusting a gate voltage to be applied to at least one MOS capacitor and an amount of electric charge to be stored in the MOS capacitor so as to determine sensitivity of a change in the amount of electric charge stored in the MOS capacitor, and exposing the MOS capacitor to an electric field for a predetermined amount of time and then reading an electron inflow or outflow result due to the electric field so as to interpret the intensity and the direction of the electric field, thereby measuring the intensity and the direction of the electric field. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239048 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SPECIALIZED MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSION NETWORK MODES VIA EDGE NODE CAPABILITIES - Disclosed herein are hub devices for a machine-to-machine (M2M) communications network that enables multiple communication modes for data source nodes, the hub comprising a processor, a local connectivity system configured to communicate data with the data source nodes via an interface, a data processing and caching system comprising a local memory and configured to receive and store user-defined data routing and processing functions, prioritize the data based on the user-defined functions; and route the prioritized data to the local memory for storage or to the data transmission system for immediate transmission based on the priority, and a data transmission system configured to dynamically assign an M2M upload mechanism to the routed data selected from: a real-time transmission mechanism, a fixed interval mechanism, a data backhaul mechanism, and a user pull mechanism; and transmit the data to a network backhaul link for delivery to a host point. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239049 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COUPLING ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES TO A MOTOR VEHICLE - A system, consisting of a vehicle having an infotainment system, a mobile data processing device and a motion sensing device, wherein a first communication interface is set up to transmit control commands I | 2019-08-01 |
20190239050 | WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY BRIDGING SYSTEM - A bridged wireless communication system includes a user device that is configured to perform wireless communications natively using a second wireless technology, and a wireless technology bridging system chassis such as, for example, a user device case, coupled to the user device. The wireless technology bridging system chassis houses a first technology wireless controller that is configured to perform wireless communications using a first wireless technology that is different from the second wireless technology, and a second technology wireless controller that is configured to perform wireless communications using the second wireless technology. A bridging engine receives first wireless communications of the first wireless technology through the first technology wireless controller, converts the first wireless communications from the first wireless technology to the second wireless technology, and sends the first wireless communications of the second wireless technology through the second wireless technology controller and to the user device. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239051 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING PAGING SIGNAL IN NB-IOT AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN NB-IOT - The present specification discloses a method for receiving a paging signal by a wireless device which supports narrow band-Internet-of-things (NB-IoT) radio access technology (RAT). The method may comprise the steps of: receiving weights for uneven paging distribution; selecting one non-anchor PRB from a list of carriers including non-anchor physical resource blocks (PRBs) on the basis of the weights; and receiving a paging signal on the selected non-anchor PRB. Here, the non-anchor PRB allows the wireless device to assume that at least one or multiple predetermined signals are not to be transmitted, but the paging signal is to be transmitted. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239052 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD INVOLVING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - Disclosed herein is a mobile phone with the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and method of operating the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a display; a baseband chip; a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an RF antenna, an NFC tag circuit and an NFC main chip; and the RF antenna configured to receive incoming RF signals. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239053 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD INVOLVING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - Disclosed herein is a mobile phone with the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and method of operating the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a display; a baseband chip; a near field communication (NFC) module comprising an RF antenna, an NFC tag circuit and an NFC main chip; and the RF antenna configured to receive incoming RF signals. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239054 | WIRELESS BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION MECHANISM CAPABLE OF EFFECTIVELY REDUCING NUMBER OF AUDIO PACKET RETRANSMISSION - A method applied into a wireless Bluetooth device includes: receiving a particular packet from an audio gateway through a first piconet; receiving a first acknowledgement from a secondary device through a second piconet, the first acknowledgement corresponding to a retransmission of the particular packet; and transmitting a second acknowledgement corresponding to the particular packet to the audio gateway through the first piconet when the particular packet is received through the first piconet and the first acknowledgement corresponding to the retransmission of the particular packet is received through the second piconet. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC BLUETOOTH PAIRING - A method and system for automatically connecting one customer device with another over a Bluetooth or similar connection. The automatic connection may be made by generating a unique identifier to store on a new customer device and a backend system associated with an existing customer device and connecting the new customer device with the existing customer device using the unique identifier. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239056 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus selects to transmit a first signal indicating that the communication apparatus can execute a first function of transmitting data on which output processing is performed by an output unit to an external apparatus, a second signal indicating that the communication apparatus can execute a second function of receiving data on which output processing is performed by an external apparatus and performing output processing based on the received data, or a third signal indicating that the communication apparatus can execute both the first function and the second function, based on a function of a first external communication apparatus that is connecting to the communication apparatus, and connects to a second external communication apparatus that has responded to one of the selected and transmitted signals. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239057 | METHOD AND NB-IOT DEVICE FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK PHYSICAL CHANNEL ON TDD SPECIAL SUBFRAME - One disclosure of the present specification provides a method for receiving a downlink physical channel by a narrowband Internet of things (NB-IoT) device. The method may comprise the steps of: determining whether to receive a signal of a downlink physical channel from an NB-IoT cell, on a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) of a time division duplex (TDD) special subframe; and receiving the signal of the downlink physical channel on the TDD special subframe including the DwPTS, on the basis of the determination. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239058 | EMERGENCY CALL SERVICE BACKUP USING DEVICE USER PLANE COMMUNICATIONS - An initiation of an emergency communication with an emergency service associated with an emergency telephone number is detected by a mobile communications device. A completion of the emergency communication using a first communication path associated with a mobile communications service provider is attempted. The mobile communication device determines that the emergency communication using the first communication path has failed. An identity of a destination of the failed emergency communication is determined using location and telemetry data from the mobile communication device. A connection of the mobile communications device to the identified destination is facilitated using a second communication path. The mobile communications device is identified to the determined destination as an originator of the connection. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239059 | DISCOVERY CARRIERS IN FREQUENCY-HOPPING IOT SYSTEMS - According to some embodiments, a method for use in a wireless device of acquiring system information in a frequency-hopping network comprises obtaining an indication that the wireless device is configured for frequency hopping among a plurality of frequency channels. At least one of the plurality of frequency channels is a discovery channel. The discovery channel includes one or more dense discovery signals. A dense discovery signal is denser than a corresponding discovery signal included in the non-discovery channels of the plurality of frequency channels. The method further comprises tuning a radio receiver of the wireless device to the discovery channel, and acquiring system information using the one or more dense discovery signals. For example, a discovery signal (e.g. NPSS, NSSS, NPBCH, etc.) of the non-discovery channel may include one occurrence per frame and the corresponding discovery signal of the discovery channel includes more than one occurrence per frame. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239060 | WEARABLE DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD USING THE WEARABLE DEVICE - A wearable device and a communication method using the wearable device may include recognizing a gesture of a user by sensing at least one of a motion and a biosignal that occur in or around a portion of the user to which the wearable device is attached. A wireless communication connection is established for the wearable device with at least one of an external device, an internal device, or another wearable device based on the recognized gesture. Wireless communication is performed with at least one of the external device and the internal device with which the wireless communication connection is established. | 2019-08-01 |
20190239061 | WIRELESS SYSTEM, WIRELESS DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN COMMUNICATION PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system as an example of an exemplary embodiment includes two mobile terminals and two BLE terminals. The mobile terminals establish connections with the BLE terminals. Specifically, one of the mobile terminals and one of the BLE terminals are connected together such that the mobile terminal is a central and the BLE terminal is a peripheral. In the state of being connected to the mobile terminal, the BLE terminal communicates with the other BLE terminal in the state of being connected to the other mobile terminal. The BLE terminals may establish a connection with each other and communicate with each other, or may communicate with each other without establishing a connection with each other. | 2019-08-01 |