37th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 80 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220295125 | TRICK MODE OPERATION WITH MULTIPLE VIDEO STREAMS - Systems, methods and apparatuses for handling trick mode operation using multiple video streams are provided. A media server presents a first video stream having a first level of a video characteristic for display. The media server, in response to receiving a first command, presents a second video stream having a second level of the video characteristic for display while stopping presenting the first video stream for display based on a determination determined using the first level of the video characteristic and the second level of the video characteristic. The first video stream and the second video stream are directed to the same video content. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295126 | ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING INSERTION FOR PLAYOUT DELAY - A computer implemented method for inserting advertisement content into a program content stream includes receiving, by a headend content server, the program content stream. The program content stream includes an advertisement insertion cue. The method further includes detecting the advertisement insertion cue in the program content stream, and the advertisement insertion cue indicates an insertion point in the program content stream for inserting an advertisement. The method further includes modifying the advertisement insertion cue to indicate an expiration date and time for playout of a first advertisement content to be inserted into the program content stream, and inserting the first advertisement content into the program content stream. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295127 | CONSOLIDATING CONTENT STREAMS TO CONSERVE BANDWIDTH - In one example, a method includes monitoring a delivery of an item of multimedia content to a first user endpoint device in a first stream of data, monitoring a delivery of the item of multimedia content to a second user endpoint device in a second stream of data, consolidating the stream of data and the second stream of data into a third stream of data, sending an first instruction to a source of the first stream of data and a source of the second stream of data to cease delivering the first stream of data and the second stream of data, and sending a second instruction to the source of the first stream of data and the source of the second stream to begin delivering the third stream of data to the first user endpoint device and the second user endpoint device. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295128 | DISTRIBUTED MULTI-DATACENTER VIDEO PACKAGING SYSTEM - A content streaming system and methodology for facilitating the management of content streaming. A video packaging and origination service requests streaming content that is organized according to content segments. Individual content segments will be encoded according to a plurality of encoding profiles and generated by different encoders. The video packaging and origination service utilizes synchronization information provided to the encoders to select individual encoded content segments responsive to the request for streaming content. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295129 | APPROXIMATED PERSONALIZATION FOR WEAKLY CONNECTED DEVICES - Techniques for targeting media content items for weakly connected devices are described. In some embodiments, a model building method in preparation for approximated personalization is performed at a server. The server uses data from fully connected devices to build a full model, which classifies profiles into clusters and tags targeted content with content rankings. The server also builds device models that approximate the full model. The server then sends the device models to user devices for targeted content selection. In some embodiments, a content selection method for approximated personalization is performed at a user device. The user device receives parameters of a device model trained by a server. The user device then executes the device model using local user data to assign a profile to a cluster and selects targeted content for the profile based on the cluster assignment and the rankings of the targeted content. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295130 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALUE-BASED PROVISION OF TELEVISION CONTENT IN A HYBRID QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION (QAM)/INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) CONTENT DELIVERY ENVIRONMENT - A device may receive content data identifying television schedules for content to be provided for viewing in a first geographic location and a second geographic location, and may identify a first available time slot for content in the first geographic location and a second available time slot for content in the second geographic location. The device may identify a first set of content for the first available time slot and a second set of content for the second available time slot, and may assign values to the first and second sets. The device may determine whether the values assigned to the first and second sets satisfy a threshold value, and may cause, when a value of content in the first set fails to satisfy the threshold value, a first client device, in the first geographic location, to obtain replacement content with a value that satisfies the threshold value. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295131 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR TRICK MODE IMPLEMENTATION - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for trick mode implementation are described herein. User defined or crowd sourced trick mode information for a content item may be determined. The trick mode information may be used to generate a custom manifest file based on the source manifest for the content item and the trick mode information. The custom manifest file may include trick play automation points and an associated type of trick play operation. During playback of the content item, the type of trick play operation may be performed for a duration based on the trick play automation points. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295132 | Systems and Methods for Creating Custom Media Channels - There is provided a system including a memory and a processor configured to display a programming guide for a first media channel including a first media content scheduled to play at a first broadcast time and a second media channel including a second media content scheduled to play at a second broadcast time, receive a user input for creating a custom channel, the custom channel including the first media content obtained from the first media channel and the second media content obtained from the second media channel, create a custom content for the custom channel, in response to the user input, by obtaining the first media content from the first media channel at the first broadcast time and obtaining the second media content from the second media channel at the second broadcast time, receive a request for playing the custom channel, and display the custom content of the custom channel on a display. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295133 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING COLLABORATIVE AND MULTIPLATFORM MEDIA CONTENT PLAYLISTS - Techniques are described herein for creating, managing, and playing back a collaborative playlist. A platform server receives a request from a first of multiple users to insert a first media content item to the collaborative playlist. The first media content item is provided by a first media content service of multiple heterogeneous media content services. The platform server receives a request from a second of multiple users to insert a second media content item to the collaborative playlist. The second media content item is provided by a second media content service. The platform server generates a first entry and a second entry, each corresponding to the first and second media content items, respectively. The platform server inserts the first and second entries to the collaborative playlist. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295134 | DYNAMICALLY USING INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICES TO CONTROL PLAYBACK OF MULTIMEDIA - Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for performing playback functions of a multimedia feed based on a task of a request and an activity of a user. The method includes one or more processors identifying a task of multimedia of a video sharing application of a computing device. The method further includes determining an activity of a user utilizing a live video feed of a camera of the computing device. The method further includes determining whether the activity of the user correlates to the task of the multimedia. The method further includes in response to determining that the activity of the user correlates to the task of the multimedia, initiating a playback function of the video sharing application of the computing device based at least in part on the activity of the user and the task of the multimedia. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295135 | Video providing system and program - An object of the present invention is to provide a video providing system and a program that allow a viewer to actively edit digital content. A video providing system | 2022-09-15 |
20220295136 | ON-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A communication management method includes: flag transmission of transmitting, to an on-vehicle communication device, identification flag information for identifying a function to be enabled among a plurality of functions of a vehicle, using a management server; port assignment of assigning different dedicated source ports for respective functions to be enabled based on the identification flag information, using the on-vehicle communication device, upon receipt of the identification flag information; and data communications for the respective functions assigned to the dedicated source ports in the port assignment via the dedicated source ports to allow a communication carrier to accumulate data traffic for the respective functions, using the on-vehicle communication device. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295137 | CABLE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING CABLE, CONNECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A cable may be satisfactorily used that has a specific function such as a register that holds specification data and a current consumption unit such as an element for adjusting signal quality. The cable is connected between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. A determination unit determines whether or not the first electronic device is a compatible electronic device. A control unit performs control to operate in a compatible mode when the first electronic device is a compatible electronic device and operate in a non-compatible mode when the first electronic device is not a compatible electronic device on the basis of the determination result by the determination unit. Furthermore, an electronic device is connected to an external device via the cable. The determination unit determines whether or not the cable is a compatible cable. The control unit performs control to operate in the compatible mode when the cable is a compatible cable and operate in the non-compatible mode when the cable is not a compatible cable on the basis of the determination result by the determination unit. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295138 | Video Update Push Method and Terminal - A video update push method includes, after a video followed by a user has been updated, obtaining, by a terminal, a poster and video information of the updated video from a server; generating, by the terminal, a wallpaper based on the poster, where a first area on the wallpaper includes the video information; and displaying, by the terminal, the wallpaper. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295139 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM FOR VIEWING AN EVENT WITH MULTIPLE COORDINATE SYSTEMS AND AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED MODEL - Augmented reality systems provide graphics over views from a mobile device for both in-venue and remote viewing of a sporting or other event. A server system can provide a transformation between the coordinate system of a mobile device (smart phone, tablet computer, head mounted display) and a real world coordinate system. Requested graphics for the event are displayed over a view of an event. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295140 | Pause Screen Video Ads - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a processing system including a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, where the operations include receiving a request from a viewer of a content stream to pause the content stream, displaying a pause screen, requesting an advertisement to display during the pause of the content stream, retrieving content for the advertisement, and displaying the advertisement as an overlay on the pause screen. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295141 | REMOTE PRESENTATION WITH AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT SYNCHRONIZED WITH SEPARATELY DISPLAYED VIDEO CONTENT - Augmented reality systems provide graphics over views from a mobile device for both in-venue and remote viewing of a sporting or other event. A server system can provide a transformation between the coordinate system of a mobile device (mobile phone, tablet computer, head mounted display) and a real world coordinate system. Requested graphics for the event are displayed over a view of an event. In a tabletop presentation, video of the event can be displayed with augmented reality graphics overlays at a remote location. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295142 | Content-Modification System With Feature For Controlling Viewer Exposure To Spoilers In Advertisements - In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for supplemental content for use by a content-presentation device in performing a content-modification operation relative to a modifiable content-segment that the content-presentation device is scheduled to receive. The method also includes determining that the modifiable content-segment comprises a promotional advertisement for a content series. The method also includes identifying content that the promotional advertisement spoils from the content series. The method also includes based on historical content consumption data associated with the content-presentation device, determining that the content-presentation device has presented less than a predefined threshold amount of the identified content. The method also includes in response to determining that the content-presentation device has presented less than the predefined threshold amount of the identified content, performing an action that facilitates the content-presentation device replacing the modifiable content-segment with supplemental content. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295143 | Causing Display of User-Selectable Content Types - A user interface allows for blending of television program choices from which a viewer may select, the blending representing options for linear and non-linear programming presented together within a single hierarchy of a designated category. The blending may further include managed content relevant to the designated category, where desired. Such designated categories may include television programming categories and/or content categories. The options for linear and non-linear programming may be presented together within a single screen of the user interface. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295144 | RADIO FREQUENCY SENSING IN A TELEVISION ENVIRONMENT - Techniques are provided for performing radio frequency (RF) sensing to determine the viewing status of a television user. This can be used to determine user behavior during the playback of content (e.g., whether a user is watching the content), which can be used as a data point for determining the user's level of interest in the content. Using the status of the television user, embodiments can provide additional or alternative functionality, such as powering down and/or powering up the television. Furthermore, RF sensing may be performed by existing television hardware, such a Wi-Fi transceiver, and may therefore provide RF sensing functionality to a television with little or no added cost. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295145 | Synchronizing Content Progress - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for managing and synchronizing viewing progress of a content item by multiple users. In one implementation, a user returning to a joint viewing session may be presented with options for catching up to other users in the joint viewing session, or otherwise see what the returning user previously missed. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295146 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE AUDIO SOURCE IMPACT ON AN AUDIENCE OF MEDIA - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine audio source impact on an audience of media are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: divide audio of monitored media into successive audio segments; perform speaker identification on the audio segments; generate confidence values for speakers identified in the audio segments; generate speaker identification data for ones of the speakers having respective confidence values that satisfy a threshold; and analyze the speaker identification data to determine a speaker impact on audience ratings data. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295147 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND PROVIDING PROGRAM GUIDES AND CONTENT - Systems and methods for identifying, assembling, and publishing content are described. A a video content item, having a first time length, is identified by a system to be included in a program scheduled for a first time period. The video may be hosted on a third party system. A first time span within the first program is allocated for the video, wherein the first time span is longer than the first time length. The system determines, prior to or at the first time period, a time difference between a current length of the video and the first time span. At least partly in response to determining that the video has a time length shorter than the first time span, the system selects supplemental content based at least in part of the determined time difference to be streamed to user terminals over a data network within the first time period. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295148 | Projecting Television Parameters Onto 2D Space for Daypart Competitor Analysis - A system and method for determining a similarity measure between a first network broadcast time segment and a second network broadcast time segment. The method includes generating first training data comprising groupings of similar broadcast networks and groupings of dissimilar broadcast networks, extracting second training data comprising audience data and genre data for time segments of network broadcasts, and training an encoder neural network based on the first and second training data. The method includes executing the trained neural network with input data comprising the first network broadcast time segment and determining a similarity measure relative to the second network broadcast time segment. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295149 | Multimodal Sequential Recommendation with Window Co-Attention - A multimodal recommendation identification system analyzes data describing a sequence of past content item interactions to generate a recommendation for a content item for a user. An indication of the recommended content item is provided to a website hosting system or recommendation system so that the recommended content item is displayed or otherwise presented to the user. The multimodal recommendation identification system identifies a content item to recommend to the user by generating an encoding that encodes identifiers of the sequence of content items the user has interacted with and generating encodings that encode multimodal information for content items in the sequence of content items the user has interacted with. An aggregated information encoding for a user based on these encodings and a system analyzes the content item sequence encoding and interaction between the content item sequence encoding and the multiple modality encodings to generate the aggregated information encoding. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295150 | IMAGE RECOMMENDATION FOR CONTENT PUBLISHING - A system to output a recommended image for publication is provided. The system includes an image datastore to maintain images tagged with content tags and a content submission datastore to maintain a content submission. The system further includes a network interface to monitor a media feed containing trending metadata tags. The system further includes a controller to match a particular trending metadata tag to a particular image in the image datastore based on an opportunity score. The opportunity score based on at least similarity of a content tag of the particular image to the particular trending metadata tag, and an indication of popularity of the particular trending metadata tag. The controller is further to output the particular image as a recommended image to be used for publication with the content submission. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295151 | Systems and Methods for Real Time Fact Checking During Stream Viewing - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for fact-checking contemporary and/or live video streams. In one aspect, the disclosed systems and methods may provide fact-checked commentary and annotations to enhance the enjoyment and engagement with the streaming media. In one aspect, the systems and methods nay generate an overlay for the streaming media that includes fact-checked annotations and comments about statements or assertions made during the live streaming media. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295152 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING AN ACTION BASED ON CONTEXT OF A FEATURE IN A MEDIA ASSET - Systems and methods are provided herein for performing an action based on a feature in a media asset. In many media assets, specific features appear at portions of a program that users find interesting. These features can be compared with a database of stored objects that commonly appear in media assets to determine the object corresponding to the feature. The context of the object in the media asset then may be determined so that an appropriate action is selected for the system to take. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295153 | Systems and Methods for Stream Viewing with Experts - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for group-watching video streams. In one aspect, the disclosed systems and methods may provide expert commentary and annotations to enhance the enjoyment and engagement with the streaming media. The expert may be identified to join the group-watching event or pre-existing expert annotations may be displayed to the viewers at the group-watching event. In another aspect, the systems and methods nay generate an overlay for the streaming media that includes expert provided annotations and comments about the streaming media. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295154 | Hybrid Content Scheduler - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for allocating content items for addressable content campaigns that target users with certain user characteristics and non-addressable content campaigns that request a certain quantity of deliveries in content delivery schedules. The insertions of addressable content items of the addressable content campaigns during slots in the content delivery schedules may be based on the predicted viewership (e.g., a number of views by targeted recipients) of the addressable content items during the slots. The deliveries of the content items from the addressable and non-addressable content campaigns may be scheduled to optimize values associated with viewings by targeted recipients of the assigned addressable content items and values associated with a quantity of deliveries of assigned non-addressable content items. The allocations of the contents items may also comply with various timing, geographical, delivery, slot inventory-related, and/or campaign specified constraints. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295155 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, UNICAST MULTICAST CONVERTER, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - The present disclosure is intended to enable efficient content forwarding in an HTTP-based web distribution system while maintaining HTTP, which is unicast. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295156 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF SAME - A content management system and method for use of same is disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, the set-top box is configured to receive a source signal which includes a stream of network programming having time slots interposed therein. The set-top box detects signaling data indicative of a designated time slot within the network programming and responsive thereto, interposes content stored at the set-top box at the designated time slot within the network programming. The set-top box then forwards the interposed content to the display. Following the forwarding of the interposed content, the set-top box returns to receiving network programming and forwarding the network programming to the display. The set-top box also provides confirmation of the displayed interposed content to a server, which may map the confirmation information. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295157 | CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD, AND CONTENT PROVIDING PROGRAM - A content providing system is provided that includes a client terminal and a server, and provides content based on a use state of the client terminal. The client terminal includes a client control unit and a display unit. The server includes a client terminal management unit, a content recording unit, a content management unit, a content distribution control unit, and a distribution condition management unit. The client control unit secures a content frame based on a distribution condition notified from the distribution condition management unit, and transmits a distribution request of the content to the content distribution control unit. The content distribution control unit extracts and distributes the content from the content recording unit, and the client control unit displays the content distributed by the content distribution control unit on the display unit within the content frame. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295158 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR RECORDING AND/OR STORAGE OF A DIGITAL VIDEO ASSET - Requests to record a digital video asset on a video stream may be classified in batches. Each request in a batch is associated with the same digital video asset. Each digital video asset may be associated with a plurality of recording services. If a quantity of requests in a first batch satisfies a threshold, the first batch may be sent to a first recording service of the plurality of recording services. If a quantity of requests in a second batch satisfies the threshold, the second batch may be sent to a second recording service of the plurality of recording services. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295159 | System, Method and Apparatus for Enabling a Shared Infrastructure - Parties having different responsibilities and interests at a monitored location can be given a partial view of the totality of the sensor channels of data generated by the various sensors installed at the monitored location. The partial views deliver customized sets of data streams to customers. The selective distribution of sensor information accommodates the divergent interests and needs of parties responsible for tracking the various characteristics of a monitored location. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295160 | TELEMETRY REPORTING BASED ON DEVICE POWER STATUS - Examples described herein relate to circuitry to provide telemetry data of first circuitry based on a power state of the first circuitry and provide telemetry data of second circuitry based on a power state of the second circuitry. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295161 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DATA NETWORK - A multi-port Ethernet fiber switch converts the TDD to OD and then provides the OD to multi-port Ethernet fiber switch ports for transmission on optical lines connected to the multi-port Ethernet fiber switch ports. The OD on the multiple optical lines is then transmitted to multiple integrated converter/receiver in-wall mounted data access stations through the multiple optical lines. Each integrated converter/receiver in-wall mounted data access station includes an integrated OD to TDD converter/receiver that is positioned in a cavity in the wall in which the integrated converter/receiver in-wall mounted data access station resides. Each integrated converter/receiver in-wall mounted data access station includes one or more data ports, such as standard RJ-45 ports. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295162 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed is an acoustic device, comprising a sound generating unit, a sound wave at a front side of the vibrating diaphragm radiates to outside through the sound outlet, a first sealed cavity is formed at a rear side of the vibrating diaphragm, a cavity wall of the first sealed cavity is provided with a mounting hole, a flexible deformation part is provided at the mounting hole, the second sealed cavity encloses a sound wave, in the second sealed cavity, a protective cover plate located at outside of the flexible deformation part is further provided on the mounting hole, and an escape space used for avoiding vibration of the flexible deformation part is formed between the protective cover plate and the flexible deformation part; air permeable micropores are provided on the protective cover plate, the air permeable micropores have an area less than or equal to 0.2 mm | 2022-09-15 |
20220295163 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER - A notebook computer includes a base, a speaker module and a top cover. The base includes a keyboard frame and a bottom cover. The keyboard frame is disposed on the bottom cover. The speaker module includes a speaker cover and a speaker main body. The speaker cover is disposed on the bottom cover to form a resonance chamber between the speaker cover and the bottom cover. The speaker main body is disposed on the speaker cover and located in the resonance chamber. The top cover is pivotally connected to the base. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295164 | Wireless Microphone Holder, Wireless Microphone Connection Method, And Wireless Microphone System - A wireless microphone holder includes a storage device that stores identification information of a host device, a communication interface that communicates with the host device, and a processor configured to receive a pairing instruction to pair a plurality of wireless microphones with the host device, connect to the plurality of wireless microphones, and send the identification information to the plurality of wireless microphones. In a case in which the processor receives the pairing instruction, the processor sends the identification information and instruction information according to the pairing instruction to the plurality of wireless microphones connected to the processor, sends the instruction information to the host device, and mutually connects the plurality of wireless microphones and the host device. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295165 | DUAL-ARM RADIO HEADSET - A communications system includes a support band, a speaker, and two arms disposed on opposite ends of the support band. The speaker allows the user to receive radio communications. A first arm may comprise a communication subassembly, allowing for the user to send radio communications. The first and second arms may pivot about its connection to the support band. A second arm comprises a shield subassembly, whereby the shield subassembly may completely cover the mouth and nose of the user to prevent the exit and entrance of airborne particles. The shield assembly may comprise a medical-grade material disposed between two layers of plastic. The shield assembly may be disposable. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295166 | EARPHONE CASE AND EARPHONE KIT - Provided are an earphone case and an earphone kit. The earphone case includes a case body and a case cover. The case body is provided with a first accommodation recess for accommodating a left earphone and a second accommodation recess for accommodating a right earphone. The case cover is used for covering the case body. The outer surface of at least one of the case body or the case cove is coated with a first coating and a second coating of different colors side by side, where the first coating faces the first accommodation recess, and the second coating faces the second accommodation recess. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295167 | Smart Head-Mounted Device - Disclosed is a smart head-mounted device, comprising: at least one lens and at least one arm; the arm includes a fixed section and a cooperating section, the fixed section being connected to the lens at one end thereof, the cooperating section being formed as an extension of the fixed section from the other end thereof, the cooperating section functions as an earpiece having a curvature; and a sound production apparatus provided inside the fixed section and provided with a sound outlet, at least part of a structure of the sound outlet facing an area surrounded by the cooperating section, and the sound outlet being configured to guide a sound out; the sound outlet is positioned to avoid direct contact with the ear of the user and is apart from an ear hole of the user by a predetermined distance when the user wears the smart head-mounted device | 2022-09-15 |
20220295168 | SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE - A sound output device includes a main device portion that incorporates at least a battery and that is positioned behind an auricle, a sound output portion that incorporates at least a speaker and that is positioned in front of the auricle, a connection portion that connects the main device portion and the sound output portion to each other and that is positioned to run up along an ear lobe, and a joint that is removably attached to the sound output portion, that has a sound emitting opening, and that guides sound output from the speaker to an external acoustic opening, in which the joint for one of a left ear or a right ear is mounted on the sound output portion. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295169 | WIRELESS EARPHONE - A housing has a bud portion abutting an elongated stem portion. The bud portion is to fit within an ear. The bud portion has a primary sound outlet at its far end that is to be inserted into an outer ear canal, and abuts the stem portion at its near end. A speaker driver is inside the bud portion. Electronic circuitry inside the housing includes a wireless communications interface to receive audio content over-the-air and in response provides an audio signal to the speaker driver. A rechargeable battery as a power source for the electronic circuitry is located inside a cavity of the stem portion. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295170 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an information processing device comprising an acquisition unit configured to acquire acoustic characteristics in a frequency domain based on a sound wave propagating in a head of a user and an extracting unit configured to generate a first frequency response function having a rational polynomial equation to extract feature quantity used for biometric authentication of the user based on the first frequency response function, the rational polynomial equation including terms indicating feature of a peak of the acoustic characteristics in a denominator and terms indicating feature of a notch of the acoustic characteristics in a numerator. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295171 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS, METHODS OF DESIGNING ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS, AND METHODS OF FORMING ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS - A method of designing and forming at least one element of an acoustic transducer. The method includes receiving one or more required operating parameters of the at least one element of the acoustic transducer for an application, iteratively modeling and simulating performance of one or more materials to utilize within the at least one element of the acoustic transducer, iteratively modeling and simulating performance of one or more structures to utilize within the at least one element of the acoustic transducer, identifying at least one material and at least one structure that exhibit predicted performance that at least achieves the one or more required operating parameters of the at least one element of the acoustic transducer for the application, outputting a design of the at least one element of the acoustic transducer, and forming the at least one element of the acoustic transducer via one or more additive manufacturing processes. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295172 | EAR PAD, EARMUFF COMPONENT, AND HEADSET - Embodiments provide an ear pad having an annular structure. The ear pad includes an inner layer and an outer layer covering the inner layer. The inner layer and the outer layer are separate of annular structures and are separated by a first medium layer. The inner layer coats a second medium layer. Acoustic impedance of the first medium layer is different from acoustic impedance of the inner layer and the outer layer. The ear pad is configured to close a front cavity space between a housing and an ear of a user, thereby preventing sound leakage and reducing external noise entering the ear of the user. Various ear pad embodiments provide a double-layer structure including the inner layer and the outer layer separated by the first medium layer. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295173 | SPEAKER UNIT AND SPEAKER - [Problem.] The present invention is directed to a higher-performance and higher-quality curved diaphragm. speaker system without deficiency of performance for both a hearing-impaired person and a normal hearing person. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295174 | DIALYSIS SYSTEM HAVING A DIRECTIONAL ALARM SYSTEM - A medical device, such as a dialysis machine, may be equipped with a focused directional speaker system and/or displays to direct audible and visual alarms towards a patient in order to minimize disruption to others caused by an alarm. The speaker system may be useful for home dialysis patients whose alarming devices at night wake up not only their partners but also neighbors, especially when the patient is hard of hearing or a heavy sleeper and needs to set the volume at the loudest setting in order to hear it. Further implementation and safety features may provide that, if the patient still does not awaken after a set amount of time to clear the alarm, then the dialysis device broadcasts the alarm to the entire room. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295175 | LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL MICROPHONE ARRAYS WITH STEERABLE BEAMFORMERS | 2022-09-15 |
20220295176 | VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM WITH AUDIO ANALYTICS ADAPTED TO A PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT TO AID IN IDENTIFYING ABNORMAL EVENTS IN THE PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT - Methods and systems for identifying abnormal sounds in a particular environment. A normal audio stream obtained in the absence of abnormal sounds may be used as a baseline for subsequently processing an incoming audio stream with a processor to determine whether the incoming audio stream from the microphone in the particular environment includes an abnormal audio event for the particular environment. When it is determined that the incoming audio stream includes an abnormal audio event for the particular environment an electronic database may be accessed to determine a location of the abnormal audio event in the particular environment. A video camera with a field of view that includes the location of the abnormal audio event in the particular environment may be identified and the video stream from the identified video camera retrieved and displayed. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295177 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOUND LOCALIZATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE - A three-dimensional (3D) sound localization method, comprising: evaluating distances between a target object and multiple microphones; distinguishing a quadrant in which the target object is located; evaluating multiple elevation angles and azimuth angles of the target object according to spatial coordinates of each of the microphones; setting searching intervals of distance variables between the target object and each of the microphones; generating multiple test points according to the elevation angles, the azimuth angles and the searching intervals of the distance variables; calculating fitness of each of the test points; obtaining fitness values of each of the test points and comparing the fitness values between each of the test points; and, when a convergence condition is reached according to the fitness values, generating a positioning result of the target object. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295178 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR AUDIO INPUT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes an internal microphone, a communication module, and at least one processor. The processor implements the method, including: receiving, through the communication module, a first audio signal input through an external microphone included in an external electronic device communicatively connected to the electronic device, activating the internal microphone in response to detecting a device switch event switching from the external microphone to the internal microphone while receiving the first audio signal, receiving a second audio signal input through the internal microphone, synchronizing and mixing the first audio signal and the second audio signal during a designated first time period, and deactivating the external microphone upon detecting lapse of the designated first time period. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295179 | AUDIO RECORDER - There is disclosed an audio recorder that automatically determines, when preset microphones are configured to be detachable and different microphones are attached to the same jacks, whether or not the different microphones are in-house microphones, and automatically determines which of the X-Y technique or the A-B technique is used as the attachment technique. Holders in the audio recorder include a switch structure in which, in cases where the different microphones are attached in place of the preset microphones, a contact is turned on only when the different microphones are in-house microphones. Further, a main body unit includes a processor that, when the contact in the switch structure is turned on, automatically determines which of the X-Y technique or the A-B technique is used based on a voltage value of a certain terminal in a plug of the different microphones. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295180 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND CALCULATION METHOD - An information processing device includes a sound signal acquisition unit that acquires sound signals outputted from a mic array, an analysis unit that analyzes frequencies of the sound signals, an information acquisition unit that acquires predetermined information indicating a steering vector in a first direction as a direction from the mic array to a target sound source, and a calculation unit that calculates a filter for formation in a second direction as a direction different from the first direction based on the frequencies and the information indicating the steering vector in the first direction and calculates a steering vector in the second direction by using an expression indicating a relationship between the calculated filter and the steering vector in the second direction. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295181 | PROXIMITY DETECTION - The invention relates to a method and system for detection of an object in proximity to an electronic device, which method comprises the steps of: —producing, via the processing unit using one or more parameters relating to a loudspeaker, a controlled audio signal; —amplifying using an amplifier at least said controlled audio signal, thereby producing an amplified audio signal at an amplifier output; wherein an amplitude of the controlled audio signal is such that the amplified audio signal is less than or equal to an amplitude determined to be safe for the loudspeaker in view of the one or more parameters, —analyzing at least one of said one or more parameters relating to the loudspeaker to detect a change in response of the loudspeaker; the change in response being caused by an object that is present in the acoustical path of the loudspeaker, —determining, based upon the analysis whether the object is located in close proximity to the electronic device. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295182 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO USING ASYMMETRIC CHANNEL OF AUDIO CONFERENCE - Disclosed are methods and systems for controlling audio using an asymmetric channel of an audio conference. An audio control method may include establishing, by a processor included in a computer apparatus, a bi-directional media session having an asymmetric channel structure between a first participant among a plurality of participants participating in an audio conference and a mixer, receiving, by the processor, first audio data from the first participant through a media session of a first channel structure in the bi-directional media session, mixing, by the processor, second audio data of at least two participants excluding the first participant from among the plurality of participants, using a multichannel, and transferring, by the processor, the mixed audio data of the at least two participants mixed using the multichannel to the first participant through a media session of a second channel structure in the bi-directional media session. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295183 | HEADPHONE AND HEADPHONE STATUS DETECTION METHOD - A headphone and a headphone status detection method are provided. A signal processor of the headphone transmits a plurality of code messages to a first audio playback unit, so that the first audio playback unit plays a plurality of first audio signals with different frequencies corresponding to the code messages according to a playback sequence. The signal processor obtains a plurality of first time points at which a first audio receiving unit receives the first audio signals that are reflected for the first time. The signal processor determines a wear status of the headphone according to the plurality of first time points. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295184 | VOICE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND VOICE PROCESSING METHOD - A voice processing system includes: a plurality of microphone-speaker devices; a voice acquirer that acquires audio data from each of the microphone-speaker devices; a voice transmitter that transmits the audio data acquired by the voice acquirer to other microphone-speaker devices; a determination processor that determines whether or not a predetermined condition is met with respect to a factor that affects progress of a conference; a notification processor that causes, when the predetermined condition is met, a microphone-speaker device selected from among the plurality of microphone-speaker devices depending on the factor that affects the progress of the conference to provide specific information related to the predetermined condition. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295185 | VEHICLE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A device can include a microphone, a memory configured to store a sound source table including correspondence relationships among boarding items, virtual sound items and filter set values, and a processor configured to receive a sound signal through the microphone and determine a first filter set value matching characteristics of the received sound signal using the sound source table. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295186 | SHOULDER-MOUNTED SPEAKER - A shoulder-mounted speaker comprises a processor configured to acquire a first signal and a second signal that is a sound signal, a vibrator configured to vibrate based on the first signal input from the processor, and a speaker configured to emit sound based on the second signal input from the processor. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295187 | WIRELESS HEADSET - This application provides a wireless headset, and relates to the field of TWS wireless headsets. The wireless headset includes a headset housing and a headset assembly accommodated in the headset housing. The headset assembly includes a microphone. The headset housing includes a bottom housing, the bottom housing includes a first bottom housing part and a second bottom housing part that are separated by using an insulating material, the first bottom housing part is a positive charging electrode, and the second bottom housing part is a negative charging electrode. A plurality of sound inlet holes are disposed on the bottom housing, and form microphone sound inlet channels communicating with each other. In the foregoing technical solutions, wind noise can be reduced, and call experience can be improved. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295188 | HIGHLY COMPLIANT ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MINIATURE TRANSDUCER - Various implementations include miniature loudspeaker drivers. In some aspects, an electro-acoustic driver includes: a cone having a surface area configured to radiate acoustic energy; a suspension coupled to the cone; and a support structure coupled to the suspension and having an outer linear dimension in a plane of the cone of approximately 6.0 millimeters (mm) or less, wherein the surface area of the cone is at least 49% of an overall cross-sectional area of the electro-acoustic driver in the plane of the cone. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295189 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZED AMPLIFICATION OF AUDITORY SIGNALS BASED ON SWITCHING OF TUNING PROFILES - Disclosed herein are method, system, and computer program product embodiments for performing the continuous and autonomous selective tuning of received audio input from an earpiece, according to a variety of user-based tuning profiles and autonomous determination mechanisms for selecting any one of the tuning profiles, using logistic regression, multi-layered ensemble classifiers incorporating machine learning techniques, etc, for an optimal in-ear hearing experience for a user. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295190 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZED AMPLIFICATION OF AUDITORY SIGNALS PROVIDING ENHANCED KARAOKE EXPERIENCE FOR HEARING-DEFICIENT USERS - Disclosed herein are method, system, and computer program product embodiments for performing the continuous tuning of received audio input from an earpiece or microphone especially customized for karaoke singing, wherein the audio input may be mixed with user-selected song input, and the joint mixed input is independently altered in the frequency domain for output to an earpiece worn by a user as well as separately for an additional audio output to an external connected speaker, for an optimal karaoke experience. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295191 | HEARING AID DETERMINING TALKERS OF INTEREST - A hearing aid includes an input providing an input signal representing sound in an environment, the input signal including no speech signal, or one or more speech signals from one or more speech sound sources and additional signal components, termed noise signal, from one or more other sound sources, an own voice detector, a voice activity detector, and a talker extraction unit to determine and/or receive one or more speech signals as separated one or more speech signals from speech sound sources other than the hearing aid user and to detect the speech signal originating from the voice of the user. The talker extraction unit provides separate signals, each including, or indicating presence of, one of the one or more speech signals. A noise reduction system determines speech overlap and/or gap between the speech signal originating from the user's voice and each of the separated one or more speech signals. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295192 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A COMPUTER PROGRAM, HEARING DEVICE, AND STRESS EVALUATION DEVICE - A computing device includes: an input configured to be coupled to, or carried by, a user of a hearing device, the hearing device configured to receive sound from an environment defined by an acoustic scene; one or more memory units; and one or more processing units; wherein the one or more sensors are configured to measure a stress parameter related to stress of the user, the stress parameter being related to the acoustic scene; wherein the computing device is configured to obtain the measured stress parameter; and wherein the one or more processing units of the computing device comprise a program configured to determine an indication of stress of the user based on at least the stress parameter. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295193 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSING SOUND LEAKAGE - A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295194 | INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR HEARING DEVICES - In an audio signal, one or more processing circuits recognize spoken content in a user's own speech signal using speech recognition and natural language understanding. The spoken content describes a listening difficulty of the user. The one or more processing circuits generate, based on the spoken content, one or more actions for hearing devices and feedback for the user. The one or more actions attempt to resolve the listening difficulty. Additionally, the one or more processing circuits convert the user feedback to verbal feedback using speech synthesis and transmit the one or more actions and the verbal feedback to the hearing devices via a body-worn device. The hearing devices are configured to perform the one or more actions and play back the verbal feedback to the user. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295195 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSING SOUND LEAKAGE - A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295196 | ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL SOUND HEARING TRAINING - A method, including the actions of obtaining access to a virtual reality system; activating a cochlear implant such that the cochlear implant evokes a hearing percept based on first input; and receiving second input from the virtual reality system in temporal proximity with the evocation of the hearing percept based on the first input, wherein the cochlear implant evokes a hearing percept based on the first input, and the second input is correlated with the first input. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295197 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A MODULE - A hearing device comprises an input transducer; a signal processor; an output transducer; a transceiver configured for wireless data communication, an antenna for electromagnetic field emission and electromagnetic field reception, the antenna coupled to the transceiver, and a module. The module comprises a transceiver interface coupled to the transceiver, an antenna interface coupled to the antenna, a transmission path configured for sending signals from the transceiver to the antenna, the transmission path comprising a transmission amplifier, a reception path configured for sending signals from the antenna to the transceiver, the reception path comprising a reception amplifier, and a bypass path configured for sending signals between the transceiver and antenna by bypassing the transmission path and the reception path. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295198 | BUTTONLESS ON/OFF SWITCH FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A hearing assistance device may be turned on or off in response to a change in magnetic field or detection of a gesture. A magnetic sensor may be used to identify a change in a magnetic field. An inertial measurement unit or other force sensor may be used to detect a gesture. In response to the magnetic field change or gesture, a hearing assistance device may be caused to change a device function or change a device power mode. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295199 | Hearing device comprising a slidable member - The disclosure relates to a hearing device comprising a housing configured to be at least partially inserted into an ear canal of a user, the housing having an opening leading to an interior space enclosed by the housing; a slidable member moveable relative to the opening between different positions including a first position and a second position; an actuator configured to actuate the movement of the slidable member forth from the first position to the second position, and back from the second position to the first position; and a controller configured to control the actuator. The disclosure further relates to a hearing system comprising the hearing device and a stationary device, and a method of operating the hearing device. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295200 | HEARING AID - Disclosed is a hearing aid in which a receiver is provided in a form implanted into the mastoid antrum. In the hearing aid, an output device is used while being disposed at a position separated from an input device, so that the hearing aid is less affected by feedback and does not have sound feedback even at a high output, and thus the hearing aid is applicable to people having moderate to severe hearing loss. Further, an implantation operation method for locating the output device in the mastoid antrum is simple and it is possible to obtain constant hearing aid performance regardless of the level of the implantation technology of the output device. Still further, a receiver using air as an output medium is implanted into the mastoid antrum, so that the implantable hearing aid has small resistance to the output medium and has high output efficiency. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295201 | VERTICAL DRILLING GUIDE AND FLATNESS MEASURING DEVICE FOR BONE CONDUCTION IMPLANT - The present disclosure relates to a device that can guide perpendicular drilling and simultaneously measure flatness of an insertion surface through a locking protrusion by rotating the device in bone conduction implantation. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to measure flatness and guide perpendicular boring with a constant force even without using a separate flatness measurer in surgery. Further, it is also possible to guide drilling using a spacer having a smaller diameter by using an assistant guide member. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295202 | Playback Device Control - Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to control audio playback devices are disclosed. An example first playback device includes a speaker driver, a processor, and a computer readable medium including a set of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the first playback device to implement a method. The example method includes receiving, from a first audio information source, first audio information. The example method includes playing back the first audio information. The example method includes receiving, from a second audio information source, (i) a first message, and (ii) second audio information. Based on the received first message, the example method includes (i) determining that the first playback device and a second playback device are to playback the second audio information; (ii) stopping play back of the first audio information; (iii) playing back, via the speaker driver, the second audio information; and (iv) sending the second audio information to the second playback device. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295203 | ASSESSMENT SYSTEM, ASSESSMENT DEVICE, ASSESSMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SOUND INSULATION DEVICE - An assessment system includes a sound data acquiring unit configured to acquire sound data collected by a sound insulation device, the sound insulation device being fitted into a wearer's ears; and an assessment unit configured to assess noise to which the wearer is exposed, based on the sound data acquired by the sound data acquiring unit and time information associated with the sound data. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295204 | Real-Time Adaptation of Audio Playback - A method includes determining one or more audio characteristics of a first digital signal representing a first portion of streaming media content provided by a media playback application to an audio output component; playing the first portion of the media content into an environment; capturing, by an audio output component, a second digital signal representing the first portion of the media content as played; determining, based on the captured second digital signal, one or more detected audio characteristics of the media content as played into the environment; determining a difference between the one or more audio characteristics of the media content and the one or more detected audio characteristics; calibrating a second portion of the media content based on the difference and based on a determination that the second portion is to be calibrated; and playing, by the audio output component into the environment, the second portion as calibrated. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295205 | Method And Bluetooth Device For Calibrating Multimedia Devices - A method and multimedia device for calibrating audio delays of an audio system with wireless loudspeakers are disclosed. The method allows to emulate surround or 3D sound systems with spatially distributed wireless loudspeakers. A first probe signal for audio playback, having a first audio pattern, is transmitted by a loudspeaker. A signal quality is determined by listening to an acoustic response of the loudspeaker to the first probe signal. A second audio pattern is determined by modifying the first audio pattern based on the signal quality. A second probe signal for audio playback having the second audio pattern is transmitted by the loudspeaker. An audio delay compensation is then determined for the loudspeaker based on a measure of an audio delay between the transmitted second probe signal and an acoustic response of the loudspeaker in response to the second probe signal. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295206 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide a display device for automatically configuring an audio channel suitable for a location of each of a plurality of external speakers when the plurality of external speakers are connected, and an operating method thereof, which establish each of the plurality of external speakers and transmit audio signals to the plurality of external speakers according to the established roles. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295207 | PRESENTATION INDEPENDENT MASTERING OF AUDIO CONTENT - A method for generating mastered audio content, the method comprising obtaining an input audio content comprising a number, M | 2022-09-15 |
20220295208 | COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In a case where a virtual microphone has moved to an extent greater than a predetermined reference in a virtual space, during a predetermined period from the movement of the virtual microphone, first interpolation for changing from a relative distance before the movement to a relative distance after the movement over the predetermined period, and second interpolation for changing from a relative direction before the movement to a relative direction after the movement over the predetermined period, are each performed. Then, the volume and the balance of sounds to be outputted are set on the basis of the relative distance by the first interpolation and the relative direction by the second interpolation. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295209 | SMART CANE ASSEMBLY - A smart cane assembly includes a cane, an electronic device, and a headset. Each part is configured to communicate with the other through known wired and/or wireless communications. Data may be transmitted between them in real time to provide accurate and meaningful information to the user related to providing a 3D audible sound through the headset relating to an object in the environment. In general, the cane includes one or more sensors to detect obstacles in the environment, the electronic device processes the information, and the headset conveys the information to the user. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING SPEAKERS - Systems and method are disclosed for facilitating efficient calibration of filters for correcting room and/or speaker-based distortion and/or binaural imbalances in audio reproduction, and/or for producing three-dimensional sound in stereo system environments. According to some embodiments, using a portable device such as a smartphone or tablet, a user can calibrate speakers by initiating playback of a test signal, detecting playback of the test signal with the portable device's microphone, and repeating this process for a number of speakers and/or device positions (e.g., next to each of the user's ears). A comparison can be made between the test signal and the detected signal, and this can be used to more precisely calibrate rendering of future signals by the speakers. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295211 | METHOD OF REPRODUCING AN AUDIO SIGNAL IN A CAR CABIN VIA A CAR AUDIO SYSTEM - A method of reproducing an audio signal in a car cabin via a car audio system, the car audio system being configured to define at least one specific listening zone (LZ | 2022-09-15 |
20220295212 | AUDIO PROCESSING - According to an example embodiment, a method for processing an input audio signal ( | 2022-09-15 |
20220295213 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a program for reducing the amount of signal processing. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295214 | Altering Emoji to Indicate Sound Will Externally Localize as Binaural Sound - A method alters an appearance of an emoji based on whether a listener is wearing headphones or earphones. During an electronic communication, an electronic device of the user receives the emoji and sound to play to the user. The electronic device determines whether the user is wearing headphones or earphones and alters an appearance of the emoji based on this determination so the user knows that the sound will externally localize as binaural sound. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295215 | TARGETED CONTENT DELIVERY - A system for delivering targeted content to a wireless handset is described. The system comprises a beacon and a wireless handset communicatively coupled to a network. The wireless handset receives a signal from the beacon. A user profile associated with the wireless handset comprises at least one user attribute. The system further comprises a content administration interface configured to store an association between a content item and a user attribute. The system further comprises a content delivery module configured to filter stored content items to retrieve content items associated with a user attribute. The content delivery module transmits at least one retrieved content item to the wireless handset via the network. A handset content interface displays the at least one transmitted content item on the wireless handset. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295216 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE MONITORING SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring a vehicle. The system includes a sensor of the vehicle configured to detect sensor data indicating a presence of an electronic device within the vehicle. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle communicatively coupled to the sensor. The ECU is configured to determine whether the electronic device is within the vehicle. The ECU is also configured to provide a notification to a user of the vehicle regarding the presence of the electronic device within the vehicle. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295217 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING SAFETY SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL THEREFOR - Proposed is a method for providing a safety service by a first terminal in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise: transmitting a first message related to the location of the first terminal to a second terminal; receiving a second message related to the location of the second terminal from the second terminal; determining a geographic area configured by the first terminal and the second terminal, by using the first message and the second message; and transmitting, to the second terminal or an adjacent vehicle, a third message for providing a safety service in the determined geographic area. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295218 | System And Method For Communication With A Tracking Device - A system and method for providing communication with a tracking device are disclosed. An example tracking device includes a location detector, a communication device, memory, a processor, and a configuration routine. The location detector is operative to determine locations of the tracking device. The communication device is operative to communicate with a remote system. The memory stores data and code, the data including location data determined by the location detector and configuration data. The processor is operative to execute the code to impart functionality to the tracking device. The functionality of the tracking device depends at least in part on the configuration data. The configuration routine is operative to modify the configuration data responsive to communications from the remote system. Thus, functional access to the tracking device is provided to the remote system. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295219 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLABORATIVE WI-FI LOCALIZATION - A system and method for residential position localization of a target device is provided. One or more wireless stations (STA) in a wireless network augment a location detection capability of an access point (AP). The method includes transmitting a request for localization information of a target device in a wireless communication network. The method also includes obtaining the localization information from a transmission device in the wireless communication network, the location information including multiple data points. The method also includes determining a score for each of the multiple data points, where the score is based on at least one of: line-of-sight detection or a measurement of a signal quality. The method also includes selecting one or more data points from the localization information based on the determined scores. The method further includes determining a location of the target device based on the selected data points. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295220 | Wireless Based Presence Detection - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for presence detection of a wireless device in a sensing region. Communication parameters determined by a computing device over one or more periods may be used to generate criteria for determining the occurrence of enter events or leave events. The criteria may comprise, for values of one or more communication parameters, rates of change associated with movement into or out of the sensing region. The criteria may be compared against subsequent data associated with the communication parameters to determine if an enter event or a leave event has occurred. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295221 | System and Method for Generating a Recommendation on a Mobile Device - A system and a method generate a recommendation on a mobile device. The system and the method may use a time, a location, a venue and/or an event to generate the recommendation. Further, the system and the method may use an event database to determine current interests of the user. Still further, the system and the method for generating a recommendation on a mobile device may use a transactional history of the user and/or behavior of other users to generate the recommendation. The system and the method may recommend, for example, digital media, news and event information, editorial content and/or physical or digital merchandise. As a result, the system and the method may generate a recommendation that corresponds to the current interests of the user. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295222 | AUTONOMOUS PULL AND DISPLAY OF LOCATION BASED SERVICE APPLICATIONS BY A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON CONTEXT OF THE MOBILE DEVICE - A user's experience is enhanced with respect to location-based services (LBS) applications that can be employed by a user via a mobile device using techniques described herein. In an aspect, a device is provided that includes a memory to store instructions and a processor, coupled to the memory, which facilitates execution of the instructions to perform various operations. The operations can include determining a context of the device comprising determining a current location of the device, identifying an application of the device that enables a function related to the current location of the device, determining that the application is relevant to a user identity associated with the device based on the context of the device, adapting a set of graphical images for display by the device to comprise a graphical image associated with the application. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295223 | PRECISION 6-DOF TRACKING FOR WEARABLE DEVICES - Systems and methods are described for triggering, by a wearable computing device communicably coupled to an electronic device, a location-based request, receiving location data corresponding to a location of the electronic device, receiving altitude data corresponding to an altitude of the electronic device, detecting an initial orientation for the wearable computing device based on information from at least one sensor of the wearable computing device, generating, based on the initial orientation of the wearable computing device and location data of the electronic device, a real-world orientation for the wearable computing device, initiating tracking of the wearable computing device in response to receiving updated location data for the electronic device, and performing the location-based request based on the tracking. | 2022-09-15 |
20220295224 | MEASUREMENT REPORTING AND RECEIVING METHOD, DEVICE AND EQUIPMENT - A measurement reporting and receiving method, a device and an equipment are provided. The method includes: measuring, by a terminal, positioning reference signals sent by a plurality of network side sending devices, and determining, according to a measurement result of the positioning reference signals sent by each network side sending device, angle of departure indication information of the each network side sending device; and sending, by the terminal, the angle of departure indication information of the plurality of network side sending devices to a network side positioning device. | 2022-09-15 |