45th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 69 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210352348 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR OBJECT GROUPING AND MANIPULATION IN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS - Methods, systems, and media for object grouping and manipulation in immersive environments are provided. The method comprises: displaying a plurality of video objects in an immersive environment; detecting, via a first input, that a first video object has been virtually positioned over a second video object; in response to detecting that the first video object has been virtually positioned over the second video object, generating a group video object that includes the first video object and the second video object, wherein the group video object includes a handle interface element for interacting with the group video object and a selectable indicator that represents the first video object and the second video object; displaying the group video object along with the handle interface element and the selectable indicator with one or more remaining video objects in the immersive environment, wherein the group video object replaces the first video object and the second video object within the immersive environment; and, in response to detecting a selection of the selectable indicator, displaying a user interface for interacting with the group video object. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352349 | MANAGING ADDRESSABLE ASSET CAMPAIGNS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - An addressable asset system ( | 2021-11-11 |
20210352350 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system for presenting live video content to a plurality of participant client devices is disclosed. An interactive program, including the live video content and an interactive component, is generated and a moderator interface is provided to enable a user of a moderator client device to create a look for the interactive program. The live video content and the interactive component are simultaneously displayed on a display of each of a plurality of participant client devices with the look created by the user of the moderator client device. The live video content and a response to the live video content are simultaneously displayed at each of the participant client devices with the look created by the user of the moderator client. The interactive program and the response are archived so that users of the plurality of participant devices may continue to interact with the interactive program after termination of the interactive program. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352351 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF DISPLAYING MULTI-SCREEN INTERACTIVE - The present application discloses techniques of implementing multi-screen display of interactive data. The techniques comprise receiving an interaction request from another computing device; establishing an interactive data connection channel with the other computing device according to the interaction request; receiving interactive data for the other computing device through the interactive data connection channel; determining a plurality of types of interactive data and corresponding interactive instructions included in the interactive data by analyzing field data in a data format of the interactive data based on a predetermined data format table; and performing display of the plurality of types of interactive data based on the corresponding interactive instructions. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352352 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF BROADCAST RECEIVER - A control device is provided. The control device includes a first communication interface unit which transmits a control command in a first communication mode which uses a bi-directional wireless communication, a second communication interface unit which transmits a control command in a second communication mode which uses a unidirectional wireless communication, a state determination unit which determines a communication mode of the control device, a user interface unit which displays a user interface window which corresponds to a determined communication mode and receives the control command with respect to a broadcast receiver and a control unit which transmits the received control command according to the determined communication mode. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352353 | PREMISES AUTOMATION CONTROL - A content service provider can transmit a plurality of content streams each including audio, video, or audio-video content to a plurality of premises. In addition, the content service provider can transmit one or more command streams, along with the plurality of content streams over a common content distribution network. The one or more command streams may each include a repeating set of premises automation commands. The premises automation commands may be sent to one or more appropriate systems if a user selects a channel associated with the corresponding command stream. Each set of premises automation commands may be configured to instruct a system at a premises to perform a function. The commands may, for example, instruct a lighting system to turn on/off lights, a security system to enter an arm or disarm operational state, a thermostat to adjust its temperature, etc. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352354 | Remote Control Activation Based on Predicted Events - Systems, apparatuses, methods, and one or more computer-readable media storing executable instructions for predicting trigger events, such as an advertisement during a video program, and activating a remote control device in response to the prediction are described. By activating the remote control device at a particular time, the remote control device may save energy when listening for data from one or more terminal devices. The time to activate the remote control may be based on one or more factors, including the current presentation position and/or presentation speed of the video program. A remote control device may take additional actions the next time it listens for data, including illuminating backlights, turning on a display, displaying content on the display, interacting with other devices, etc. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352355 | MULTI SENSORY INPUT TO IMPROVE HANDS-FREE ACTIONS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In one general aspect, a method can include detecting at least one indicator of user-initiated interaction with a computing device, obtaining data related to a demographic of a user of the computing device, identifying a current state of the computing device, determining that content displayed on a first display device included in the computing device is to be casted to a second display device separate from the computing device based on the at least one indicator of the user-initiated interaction with the computing device, the data related to a demographic of a user of the computing device, and the current state of the computing device, and casting the content displayed on the first display device to the second display device. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352356 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO NAVIGATE VIEWABLE CONTENT - A method and system to navigate viewable content in the context of television entertainment is provided. In one example embodiment, the system comprises a presentation module to present main content on a display screen, a communications module to receive a first request associated with a first directional key on a remote control device, a navigation mode detector to determine a navigation mode associated with the first request; a margin menu module to activate a margin menu associated with the determined navigation mode. The margin menu may be presented along one of the margins of a display screen, while permitting viewing of the main content. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352357 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus capable of correcting an image quality change caused by long-term use is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel; a communicator configured to communicate with a service apparatus; and a controller configured to control the communicator to transmit operation information including a total operating time of the display apparatus and an operating temperature of the display apparatus, to the service apparatus; receive an image parameter from the service apparatus through the communicator, and based on the received image parameter data; process image data; and transmit the processed image to the display panel. The image parameter may include at least one of a brightness level, a contrast, a sharpness level, and a color density of the display panel. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352358 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - A digital broadcast receiving apparatus capable of executing a function with a higher added value is provided. A broadcast receiving apparatus configured to receive contents includes: a receiving unit configured to receive the contents; an interface via which the contents received by the receiving unit is outputted; a control unit configured to control an output state of the contents from the interface. In this case, the control unit is configured to determine the output state of the contents from the interface in accordance with a combination of control information indicating a copy control state of the contents, control information for specifying necessity or not of protection when to output the contents, information indicating resolution of video of the contents, and information indicating transmission characteristics of video of the contents, which are received by the receiving unit together with the contents. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352359 | SYNCHRONIZING STREAMS OF CO-WATCHING DIGITAL VIDEO CONTENT WHILE PROVIDING LIVE DIGITAL VIDEO CHAT STREAMS ACROSS MULTIPLE CLIENT DEVICES - This disclosure describes a video co-watching system that can efficiently, flexibly, and securely provide access to, and synchronize, co-watching digital video content across multiple participant devices while providing live digital video chat streams between the participant devices. For example, the video co-watching system can enable the participant devices to simultaneously present co-watching digital video content together with a presentation of a video chat. In addition, the video co-watching system can synchronize the co-watching digital video content at each participant device while also facilitating video chatting between the participant devices by transmitting a playback modifier signal to cause one participant device to perform a modification to the playback made at another participant device. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352360 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS FROM A FIRST CONTENT PLATFORM TO CONTENT ITEMS AVAILABLIE ON A SECOND CONTENT PLATFORM - Systems and methods are described herein for controlling access from a first content platform to content items available on a second content platform to which a user will temporarily have access in the near future. The first content platform identifies a period of time during which the user will have access to the second content platform and determines an access duration of the period of time. The first content platform retrieves a plurality of content identifiers of content items that will be available on the second content platform during the period of time. Upon receiving selection of a content identifier, the first content platform determines a duration of the content item corresponding to the selected content identifier and generates for display the content item. The first content platform then reduces the access duration by an amount of time equal to the duration of the content item. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352361 | Method and Apparatus for Synthesized Video Stream - A synthesized, advertisement-based, video stream is generated first by receiving a video stream essentially consisting of a representative image of a person, a video stream comprising a place, and a video stream comprising an advertisement, and then combining the video stream essentially consisting of the representative image of the person with the video stream comprising the place and with the video stream comprising the advertisement into the synthesized, advertisement-based, video stream for transmission to an end-user device via which to display the synthesized, advertisement-based, video stream. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352362 | COMPOSITE VIDEO COMPETITION - A method may include serially joining different video clips from videos of different historical competitions to form a composite video competition, the different video clips comprising an indeterminate subset of clips drawn from a larger pool of dips, wherein each clip from a historical competition has an associated partial result contribution to a final result of the historical competition further include presenting a result during the composite video competition, the result comprising a linked combination of the partial result contributions from the different video clips. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352363 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING AND DISPLAYING VIDEOS - Systems and methods for obtaining and playing video advertisements in conjunction with play of video content use information about the viewability of an instantiation of a video player software application. An instantiation of the video player software application generates a viewability score which is intended to reflect a degree of confidence that the instantiation of the video player software application is located on a part of a webpage that currently appears on a user's display screen. The instantiation of the video player software application provides the viewability score to video providers when sending bid request to the video providers. The video providers then use the viewability score to help decide what to bid to have the instantiation of the video player software application play a particular video. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352364 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE REDUCTION OF INTEREST IN A CONTENT SERIES - Systems and methods are provided herein for determining reduction of interest in a content series and to increasing the interest upon such determination. This may be accomplished by a device monitoring consumption of a content series to determine a pattern of consumption. The device may identify a change in the pattern of consumption indicative of a reduction of interest and determine a reason for the reduction in interest. Based on the reason for the reduction of interest, the device may provide an operation, such as a spoiler, to increase interest in the content series. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352365 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE REDUCTION OF INTEREST IN A CONTENT SERIES - Systems and methods are provided herein for determining reduction of interest in a content series and to increasing the interest upon such determination. This may be accomplished by a device monitoring consumption of a content series to determine a pattern of consumption. The device may identify a change in the pattern of consumption indicative of a reduction of interest and determine a reason for the reduction in interest. Based on the reason for the reduction of interest, the device may provide an operation, such as a spoiler, to increase interest in the content series. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352366 | ENHANCED REMOTE-CONTROL OF A DIGITAL MEDIA SYSTEM - A system and method supporting the direct entry of characters by sensing and analyzing user motion. This motion can be the movement of one or more fingers or of a stylus over a touchpad integrated into a remote-control unit, or the motion of a remote-control unit itself tracked by a motion sensor. The sensed motions correspond to patterns representing one or more characters, words, phrases, or commands. Information indicative of the patterns is then analyzed by the system and translated into a corresponding characters, commands or actions. This translated information is then provided to a digital media system as an input or a command. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352367 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to an image display apparatus and a method thereof. The image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a display; a network interface configured to communicate with a server; a broadcast reception unit including a tuner; a memory; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: add information on the content displayed through the display to a viewing history database stored in the memory when content is displayed through the display, determine a priority for a plurality of receivable content through at least one of the network interface and the broadcast receiving unit based on the viewing history database when a predetermined event related to a user's content viewing occurs, and display, through the display, a recommendation list for the plurality of receivable content according to the determined priority. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352368 | HYBRID DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM TO CREATE AN INTEGRATED DATABASE OF CONNECTED AND DETAILED CONSUMER VIDEO VIEWING DATA IN REAL-TIME - The present invention relates generally to a very sophisticated system and software to collect a large range of hybrid user dam in relation to viewing of video content on any viewing platforms including television, online and other forms systems available on a real-time basis. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and software for hybrid data collection and storage for large numbers of different data types and complex output analyses instantaneously. Further, because of the single source of the user data, system data outputs are already, and uniquely, in a verified (and validated) form and there are no requirements of additional verification or validations procedures such as identity (or device) graphing. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352369 | GENERATING PERSONALIZED SYNTHESIZED MEDIA - An example method performed by a processing system includes receiving a request from a user, wherein the request identifies a plurality of items of source content, and wherein the request indicates that the user would like to generate synthesized content from the plurality of items of source content, retrieving, by the processing system, a plurality of sets of permissions, wherein each set of permissions of the plurality of sets of permissions is associated with one item of source content of the plurality of items of source content, determining, by the processing system, whether the request can be satisfied, based on the plurality of sets of permissions, and automatically generating, by the processing system, the synthesized content using the plurality of items of source content, when the request can be satisfied based on the plurality of sets of permissions. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352370 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND UPLOADING CONTENT TO PERSONALIZED NETWORK STORAGE - Methods and apparatus for delivering, uploading, and storing content for users of a network so that the user has “virtual” ownership of and access to the content, thereby obviating the need for additional storage space at the client premises and offering seamless compliance with copyright laws. In an exemplary embodiment, the network comprises a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network, and sessions are used to deliver content to the requesting owner and then back to storage space associated with the head-end where the content remains available for future subscriber requests. Various other complementary features for enhancing the user's virtual ownership experience are also disclosed. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352371 | MACHINE-LEARNING BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND DISTRIBUTING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - The present invention is directed to machine-learning based methods and systems related to dynamically inserting items multimedia content into media broadcasts. By using machine-learning based models, the performance of different items of multimedia content with different audiences can be automatically simulated, resulting in recommendations for where, when and how to optimally distribute those items of multimedia content. The multimedia content can be distributed by dynamically integrating that multimedia content into a streaming video feed. The reaction of an audience to the multimedia content is then automatically monitored, collected, and analyzed using machine-learning techniques, allowing the reaction of the audience to the multimedia content to be automatically determined. This reaction can then be input back into the machine-learning based simulator, further refining future predictions for the performance of items of multimedia content with audiences. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352372 | INTERACTIVE COMMENTING IN AN ON-DEMAND VIDEO - A method, system, and computer program product for interactive commenting in an on-demand video includes a processor to receive an on-demand video file selection from a first user for display on a first user device. The processor can receive a first input from the first user via a first graphical user interface at a first time of the video file and determine a time interval of the selected video file associated with the first input. The processor can identify one or more second users on one or more second user devices within the time interval of the video file and display the first input from the first user to the one or more second users within the time interval of the video file on the one or more second user devices via one or more second graphical user interfaces over the video file. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352373 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING NOTIFICATIONS BASED ON THE INTERESTS OF GUESTS - Methods and systems are provided herein for generating notifications based on the interests of guests. Guests may request notifications on their host's television, and the system will generate notifications based on the guest's interests and preferences as stored in the guest's user profile. In doing so, the guest will be notified of events of interest, such as when a favorite sports team scores a point or when an important scene in a favorite movie is playing. The system monitors the network of the apartment or house and detects when a guest device is accessing the network. The system then accesses the guest's interests and identifies a set of programs based on these interests. The system then monitors these programs and generates notifications on the display device when an event of interest has occurred in one of the identified programs. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352374 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESUMING A MEDIA ASSET - Systems and methods address shortcomings in conventional systems by resuming a media asset from a logical point. In some aspects, the systems and methods receive a first input at a first time from a user to pause a media asset at a first position and a second input at a second time from the user to resume the media asset. The systems and methods further determine whether a time period between the first and the second time exceeds a threshold time period. In response to determining that the time period does not exceed the threshold time period, the systems and methods generate the media asset for display beginning at the first position. However, in response to determining that the time period exceeds the threshold, the systems and methods generate the media asset for display beginning at a second position preceding the first position. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352375 | TECHNIQUES FOR CONFIGURING AND MANAGING USER INTERFACES OF A CONTENT GUIDE FOR MULTIPLE DEVICE TYPES - Systems, methods, and computer readable media are described for modifying or updating a user interface. In some examples, systems, methods, and computer readable media include receiving, via an operator console on an operator system, one or more inputs for a template for a user interface, generating, based on the one or more inputs, the template for the user interface, and generating, based on the template, a plurality of designs for the user interface, wherein each design in the plurality of designs is associated with an interface profile. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352376 | COMMON-MODE FILTERING FOR HIGH-SPEED CABLE INTERFACE - A radiofrequency (RF) wireline communications system includes an interference filter for filtering interference noise at a cable interface that couples a cable of the system to functional circuitry. The interference filter includes a first termination resistance element coupled between a first cable conductor and a system ground, and a first termination reactance element coupled to the first termination resistance element. The first termination reactance element has a first termination reactance value selected to direct signals on the first cable conductor, having predetermined frequency characteristics, away from the system ground, and the first termination resistance element has a first termination resistance value selected as a pull-down resistance for interference signals having other than the predetermined frequency characteristics, that are not directed by the first termination reactance element away from the system ground, to cause the interference signals, having other than the predetermined frequency characteristics, to propagate to the system ground. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352377 | CONTROL METHOD APPLIED TO ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PROCESSOR - The present invention provides a control method applied to an electronic device is disclosed, wherein the electronic device includes a processor and a wireless network module, and the control method includes the steps of: generating a determination result by determining if the wireless network module needs to transmit a packet; and when the determination result indicates that the wireless network module needs to transmit the packet, reducing a frequency of a clock signal used by the processor during a packet transmission. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352378 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING BACK VIDEO IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUESTED VIDEO PLAYBACK TIME - A video playback method is provided. According to the method, a frame before requested video playback time is transmitted and received without speed limitation to perform decoding without video play back, and a frame after the video playback time is transmitted and received in accordance with playback speed to perform decoding and video playback, thereby quickly playing back a video in accordance with video playback time requested by a user without changing Group Of Video (GOV) setting or codec setting. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352379 | CONTEXT SENSITIVE ADS - Advertisements are tailored not only to a person's profile but also to the context in which the person finds himself. Thus, for example a video-based advertisement may be reformatted or reprovisioned in audio format when the person is driving, while an audio-based advertisement may be reformatted or reprovisioned to video format in noisy conditions. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352380 | CHARACTERIZING CONTENT FOR AUDIO-VIDEO DUBBING AND OTHER TRANSFORMATIONS - A computer-implemented method for transforming audio-video data includes automatically detecting substantially all discrete human-perceivable messages encoded in the audio-video data, determining a semantic encoding for each of the detected messages, assigning a time code to each of the encodings correlated to specific frames of the audio-video data, and recording a data structure relating each time code to a corresponding one of the semantic encodings in a recording medium. The method may further include converting extracted recorded vocal instances from the audio-video data into a text data, generating a dubbing list comprising the text data and the time code, assigning a set of annotations corresponding to the one or more vocal instances specifying one or more creative intents, generating the scripting data comprising the dubbing list and the set of annotations, and other optional operations. An apparatus may be programmed to perform the method by executable instructions for the foregoing operations. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352381 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING PIRACY OF MEDIA CONTENT - Techniques for reducing piracy of media content are described. In some embodiments, a collusion resistant method is performed at a device, where the device receives a first request for a base copy of a media content item. In response, the device determines a first transformation based on a statistical performance criterion and a viewing performance criterion. The device further generates a first copy of the media content item by replicating and applying a first transformation to the base copy, where the first copy of the media content item satisfies the viewing performance criterion, and the first copy of the media content item is statistically different from the base copy or other copies in accordance with the statistical performance criterion. The device then causes transmission of the first copy of the media content item in combination with a first watermark for the base copy of the media content item. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352382 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REARRANGING A TRAILER FOR MEDIA CONTENT BASED ON SPOILER INFORMATION - Systems and methods are provided herein for rearranging the order of a plurality of segments of a trailer for media content, based on a retrieved viewing history of at least one user watching the trailer. Based on the retrieved viewing history, it is determined whether any of the plurality of segments arranged in a predetermined order contain spoiler information for the at least one user. Responsive to the determination that at least one of the plurality of segments contains spoiler information, a position of the at least one segment within the trailer is rearranged to generate a rearranged order of the plurality of segments, and the trailer in the rearranged order is generated for display. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352383 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURELY PROVIDING PREVIEW SAMPLES OF MEDIA CONTENT DISTRIBUTED TO IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for providing preview samples of media content, such as early window movies, which is secure against unauthorized copying of the media content. The system includes a media receiving server configured to receive secure media content, such as early window movies, from a movie provider. The media receiving server generates a preview sample including a video sample including a series of still digital images from the video file, each separated by a time interval in the video file from the other still digital images in the series of still digital images; and an audio sample including a series of audio clips from the video file, each separated by a time interval in the video file from the other audio clips in the series of audio clips. A customer of the media content can review the sample preview on a customer portal, but cannot access the original media content. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352384 | VEHICLE AUXILIARY WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEM - An auxiliary wireless personal area network system installable in a vehicle includes a plurality of line replaceable units each associated with an avionics subsystem and installable in prescribed locations in the aircraft. At least a subset of the line replaceable units are interconnectible over a dedicated subsystem network. A plurality of network node devices are each associated with a respective one of the plurality of line replaceable units. Each of the network node devices has a microcontroller, an onboard power source independent of any aircraft power source, a local interface connectible the corresponding one of the plurality of line replaceable units, and a wireless network interface connectible to a personal area network independent of the dedicated subsystem network for relaying operational data from the line replaceable unit to the network node device. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH CONTROL IN PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE - A system and a method of dynamic bandwidth allocation in the passive optical network comprising a SDN controller ( | 2021-11-11 |
20210352386 | OPTICAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ALLOCATING OPTICAL FREQUENCY BAND - It is difficult to improve the usage efficiency of an optical communication network due to the passband narrowing effect in a wavelength selection process in an optical communication network using a wavelength division multiplexing system; therefore, an optical network management apparatus according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes wavelength selection information generating means for generating wavelength selection information on a wavelength selection process through which an optical path accommodating an information signal goes, with respect to each optical path; and wavelength selection information notifying means for notifying an optical node device through which the optical path goes of the wavelength selection information. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352387 | RANGING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR OPTICAL NETWORK, OLT, ONU, AND OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided are a ranging method and a communication method for an optical network, an Optical Line Terminal (OLT), an Optical Network Unit (ONU), and an optical network system. The OLT sends a broadcast message to the ONU, the broadcast message being used to indicate an uplink bandwidth allocated to the ONU. The OLT opens a quiet window for the ONU in a predetermined region. The OLT receives an uplink signal sent by the ONU at the quiet window. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352388 | SOUND TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A sound transmission device includes a main body, a first magnetic member, and a cover assembly. The main body includes a sound transmission opening. The first magnetic member is fixed to the main body and is adjacent to the sound transmission opening. The cover assembly includes an outer cover, a second magnetic member, and a fixing member. The second magnetic member is fixed between the outer cover and the fixing member. The cover assembly is magnetically attached to the first magnetic member through the second magnetic member, so that the outer cover covers the sound transmission opening. The outer cover includes a through hole, and the through hole is in communication with the sound transmission opening. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352389 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus including: a speaker including a transducer provided in an enclosure of a housing and configured to perform an amplitude movement based on a first driving signal, and an active radiator configured to perform an amplitude movement based on a rear wave due to the amplitude movement of the transducer and a second driving signal; and an amplifier configured to output the first driving signal corresponding to the sound signal and the second driving signal which complements the amplitude movement of the active radiator based on the rear wave of the transducer and allows an output sound pressure of the active radiator to be a target value. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352390 | SOUND GENERATING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A sound generating apparatus for vehicles may include a sound generating device to be covered by a vehicle interior material of a vehicle. The sound generating device may be configured to vibrate the vehicle interior material. A vehicle including the sound generating apparatus for vehicles may include a vehicle interior material, covering a vehicle structure, and at least one sound generating apparatus disposed at the vehicle interior material. The vehicle interior material may vibrate according to a vibration of the sound generating apparatus to output a sound. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352391 | DIGITAL MICROPHONE WITH REDUCED PROCESSING NOISE - A microphone assembly includes a housing including a base, a cover, and a sound port. The microphone assembly further includes an acoustic transducer and an electrical circuit, both of which are disposed in an enclosed volume of the housing. The transducer and electrical circuit work in concert to convert sound waves into a processed digital audio signal. The electrical circuit is configured to process digital data in a series of frames that correspond to a fixed period in time. The electrical circuit is further configured to reduce noise in the resulting signal by varying the current draw required in a randomized or pseudo-randomized fashion between adjacent frames of digital data. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352392 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING MICROPHONE COUPLING STRUCTURE - An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a body including a first face which faces a first direction, a second face which faces a second direction opposite to the first direction, and one or more side faces which face a third direction perpendicular to each of the first and second directions, and a rear case which is coupled along the one side faces and includes one or more microphone coupling structures. The rear case may include a rear case outer part, and a rear case inner part coupled to the rear case outer part through horizontal sliding. The microphone coupling structure may include a microphone acoustic duct constructed at the rear case outer part, a microphone rubber mounting portion constructed at the rear case inner part and inserted to the acoustic duct, and a microphone rubber assembled to the microphone rubber mounting portion and spatially coupled to the acoustic duct. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352393 | EXTERNAL MICROPHONE ACTIVE INGRESS PROTECTION - A microphone apparatus for attachment to an exterior portion of a vehicle, the apparatus may include a housing maintaining a printed circuit board (PCB) and a microphone element positioned on the PCB, a sealing element arranged on one side of the housing and defining at least one housing opening, and a cover extending over the sealing element and defining a cover opening configured to align in an open state with the housing opening to enable ambient sound external to the vehicle to be transmitted to the microphone element, the cover configured to block the housing opening in a closed state to protect the microphone element. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352394 | TWS BONE CONDUCTION EARPHONE - A TWS bone conduction earphone includes an earphone housing and an earphone body. The earphone housing is configured to accommodate the earphone body. The earphone body includes a storage module, a Bluetooth module and a bone conduction module. The storage module is configured to store a Bluetooth address corresponding to a Bluetooth device to be connected and paired. The Bluetooth module is configured to establish a communication with the corresponding Bluetooth device according to the Bluetooth address to obtain an audio signal from the Bluetooth device. The bone conduction module vibrates according to the audio signal for transmitting sounds through ossicles. Using Bluetooth technology, bone conduction wireless answering is realized, without the restriction of the earphone cable. It is more convenient to use, and the sound transmission is realized through bone conduction without damaging hearing. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352395 | EARBUD - An earbud including a main body, a sound guiding structure, a battery, and a sensor is provided. A geometric shape of the main body has a long axis and a short axis orthogonal to each other. When the earbud is worn, the main body is housed in a concha cavity of a user, and a tragus of the user and the long axis are located on a same level. The sound guiding structure extends away from the main body from the long axis of the main body. The battery and the sensor are disposed in the main body, and the sensor is adjacent to a periphery of the battery. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352396 | Earplug with Wireless Audio Communication - An earplug includes a housing and a receiver positioned in the housing. The receiver may be configured to receive a wireless audio signal from an audio source external to the earplug and convert the wireless audio signal to an electrical audio signal. The earplug may include a speaker configured to receive electrical audio signal from the receiver and convert the electrical audio signal into audible sound output from a speaker port. The earplug may include a projection including an opening that defines at least a portion of a sound channel from the speaker. The projection may receive the audible sound output from the speaker and output the audible sound out of the earplug. The earplug may include earplug padding configured to form a seal with a user's ear canal. The earplug may include an acoustic vent positioned in the sound channel, including a waterproof membrane extending across the channel. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352397 | WIRELESS EARPHONE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A WIRELESS EARPHONE - Provided are a wireless earphone and a method for controlling a wireless earphone. The wireless earphone includes a charging box and an earpiece placed in the charging box. A charging box open/closed-state sensor, an earpiece attitude sensor and a magnetic-field control circuit are disposed in the charging box. The charging box open/close-state sensor is configured to detect an open state of the charging box or a closed state of the charging box. The earpiece attitude sensor is configured to detect an orientation attitude of the earpiece in the charging box. The magnetic-field control circuit controls, according to results detected by the charging box open/closed-state sensor and the earpiece attitude sensor, whether the earpiece is suspended from the charging box. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352398 | DUCT STRUCTURE OF EARPHONE SPEAKER UNIT - The present invention provides a duct structure of an earphone speaker unit comprising: a diaphragm; a speaker module located at a back of the diaphragm, comprising an acoustic coil, a magnet, and a yoke, and generating sound of the diaphragm, and a frame member surrounding the yoke, wherein the frame member forms a donut-shaped duct space along circumference of the yoke, and wherein the frame member comprises: an inflow hole formed to enable sound generated from the speaker module to flow into the duct space; an outflow hole formed to enable sound inside the duct space to flow out to the outside; a partition wall blocking a path of sound in a vertical direction inside the duct space; a tuning hole formed to penetrate through the partition wall; and a mesh member installed to block the tuning hole, thereby enabling acoustic tuning. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352399 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICES FOR SELECTIVE MODAL CONTROL FOR VIBRATING STRUCTURES - A method, system and devices to selectively control modal vibrations in an elastic panel with a number of force actuators distributed throughout the surface of the elastic panel to excite/depress the response of one or more vibrational resonant modes included in a prescribed subset. The force actuators are disposed such that prescribed modal excitation/depression may be realized when the actuators are driven by a common source signal. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352400 | LINEAR MOVEMENT BISTABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH - A linear movement bistable electromagnetic switch, comprising a coil ( | 2021-11-11 |
20210352401 | SOUND-RECEIVING DEVICE - A sound-receiving device includes a housing, a connecting cavity, a sound-receiving assembly, and a signal processing circuit. An outer surface of the housing is provided with a first sound-receiving hole and a second sound-receiving hole. The connecting cavity is provided in an internal space of the housing. The connecting cavity includes a connecting channel. A first hole and a second hole are respectively provided at two ends of the connecting channel. The first hole is connected to the first sound-receiving hole, and the second hole is connected to the second sound-receiving hole. The sound-receiving assembly includes a first sound-receiving diaphragm and a second sound-receiving diaphragm. The sound-receiving assembly is disposed between the first hole and the first sound-receiving hole. The signal processing circuit is electrically connected to the sound-receiving assembly. The signal processing circuit generates an output result according to the first sound and the second sound. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352402 | SOUND COLLECTING APPARATUS - A sound collecting apparatus includes a base of a substantially spherical body and a plurality of microphones provided on the base, a number of the microphones having a predetermined constraint, the plurality of microphones being alternately arranged vertically relative to a horizontal plane including a center of the substantially spherical body in order to improve resolution in a horizontal direction. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352403 | MICROPHONE SYSTEM FOR NOTEBOOK COMPUTER - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a display includes a housing comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface comprises a transparent material covering the second surface and the housing includes two or more microphone ports disposed along a parting line between the first surface and the second surface exterior to the transparent material. The housing further includes two or more microphones coupled with the two or more microphone ports. A microphone signal processing system may be utilize to increase directional sensitivity of the two more microphones toward an audio source. An angle detector to detect an angle of the may be utilized to accommodate the directional sensitivity provided by the microphone signal processing system. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352404 | System and Method for Data Augmentation for Multi-Microphone Signal Processing - A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a signal from each microphone of a plurality of microphones, thus defining a plurality of signals. One or more inter-microphone gain-based augmentations may be performed on the plurality of signals, thus defining one or more inter-microphone gain-augmented signals. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352405 | System and Method for Data Augmentation for Multi-Microphone Signal Processing - A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a signal from each microphone of a plurality of microphones, thus defining a plurality of signals. One or more microphone frequency responses associated with at least one microphone may be received. One or more microphone frequency response-based augmentations may be performed on the plurality of signals based upon, at least in part, the one or more microphone frequency responses, thus defining one or more microphone frequency response-based augmented signals. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352406 | System and Method for Data Augmentation for Multi-Microphone Signal Processing - A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a signal from each microphone of a plurality of microphones, thus defining a plurality of signals. Harmonic distortion associated with at least one microphone may be determined. One or more harmonic distortion-based augmentations may be performed on the plurality of signals based upon, at least in part, the harmonic distortion associated with the at least one microphone, thus defining one or more harmonic distortion-based augmented signals. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352407 | SPEAKER DRIVE UNIT, SPEAKER APPARATUS, AND SPEAKER DRIVING METHOD - A speaker drive unit includes a control signal generation unit and a signal processing unit. The control signal generation unit generates a control signal on the basis of detection signals generated by a plurality of detection units that is disposed in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of actuators that vibrates a diaphragm, and detects vibration conditions. The signal processing unit includes a plurality of signal systems corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of actuators. The signal systems provide a drive signal to the corresponding actuators on the basis of the same audio signal. The drive signal generated by at least one signal system of the signal systems is controlled by the control signal. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352408 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to reduce an arithmetic operation amount. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352409 | ACOUSTIC AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS - A modular, acoustic amplification apparatus ( | 2021-11-11 |
20210352410 | Audio Transducer with Forced Ventilation of Motor and Method - An electromechanical transducer (e.g., | 2021-11-11 |
20210352411 | MICRO SPEAKER CAPABLE OF PREVENTING VOICE COIL RUBBING - A micro speaker capable of preventing voice coil rubbing, including an outer casing provided with a holding space, a diaphragm installed within the holding space, a magnet provided with an axis, a voice coil encircling the exterior of the magnet and connected to a diaphragm, and an elastic connecting member connected between the voice coil and the magnet. The diaphragm is disposed on the first end, and the magnet is disposed on the second end of the holding space so as to be separated from the diaphragm. The elastic connecting member is used to maintain a clearance between the voice coil and the magnet. After a signal voltage is fed into the voice coil, the diaphragm extends along the axis causing amplitudes of vibration, and the elastic connecting member reduces amplitudes of deflection produced along the axis, thereby preventing rubbing between the voice coil and the magnet from occurring. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352412 | MULTICHANNEL MINIMUM DISTANCE CHIRP ECHO DETECTION - One implementation of a sensing method includes: correlating a receive signal with a first channel waveform template to obtain a first channel correlation signal in which first channel echoes would be represented as peaks; correlating the receive signal with a second channel waveform template to obtain a second channel correlation signal in which second channel echoes would be represented as peaks; and varying the first channel waveform template and the second channel waveform template based on time elapsed from a measurement start time. A sensor array implementation includes: multiple acoustic transducers that operate concurrently to send acoustic bursts in different frequency channels, each of the multiple acoustic transducers configured to use the foregoing method. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352413 | Sound Transducer and Method for Operating the Sound Transducer - A sound transducer and a method for operating a sound transducer are disclosed. In an embodiment a sound transducer includes a first piezoelectric element having first external electrodes configured to generate an acoustic signal from an electrical signal or vice versa, and at least one second external electrode, wherein the second external electrode is separately controllable from the first external electrodes in order to set electro-acoustic properties of the sound transducer. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352414 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER - Ultrasonic transducers that are capable of generating increased levels of ultrasound, as well as receiving ultrasonic waves with increased sensitivity. The ultrasonic transducers include a back cover, a protective front cover, a backplate, and a vibrator film layer disposed between the backplate and the protective front cover. The backplate includes a plurality of grooves formed on a surface thereof facing the vibrator film layer. Each groove includes upper edges having cross-sectional contours that gradually tend toward the deepest part of the groove to allow a larger area of the backplate to be closer to the vibrator film layer, thereby increasing the resulting electric field, and, consequently, increasing the output power and sensitivity of the ultrasonic transducer. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352415 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A SPEECH PRESENCE PROBABILITY ESTIMATOR - A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) a multitude of input units, each providing an electric input signal representing sound in the environment of the user in a time-frequency representation, wherein the sound is a mixture of speech and additive noise or other distortions, e.g. reverberation, b) a multitude of beamformer filtering units, each being configured to receive at least two, e.g. all, of said multitude of electric input signals, each of said multitude of beamformer filtering units being configured to provide a beamformed signal representative of the sound in a different one of a multitude of spatial segments, e.g. spatial cells, around the user, c) a multitude of speech probability estimators each configured to receive the beamformed signal for a particular spatial segment and to estimate a probability that said particular spatial segment contains speech at a given point in time and frequency, wherein at least one, e.g. all, of the multitude of speech probability estimators is; are implemented as a trained neural network, e.g. a deep neural network. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids or communication devices, such as headsets, or telephones, or speaker phones. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352416 | HEARING DEVICE OR SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING AND SELECTING AN EXTERNAL AUDIO SOURCE - A hearing system comprises a) at least one hearing device adapted for being worn on the head, or fully or partially implanted in the head, of a user, and b) a multitude of external, spatially separated, audio transmitters, each providing respective external electric sound signals comprising audio. The hearing system is configured to allow wireless communication, including audio communication, between said hearing device and said external audio transmitters, at least from said external audio transmitters to said at least one hearing device, to be established. The at least one hearing device comprises A) a multitude of microphones, each providing an electric input signal representative of sound; B) a beamformer filter providing a beamformed signal from said multitude of electric input signals; and C) an output unit configured to provide stimuli perceivable by the user as sound. The hearing system further comprises c) a selector/mixer for selecting and possibly mixing one or more of said electric input signals or said beamformed signal from the hearing device and said external electric signals from the audio transmitters and to provide a current input sound signal based thereon intended for being presented to the user, possibly in a further processed form. The selector/mixer is controlled by a source selection control signal provided by a source selection processor. The source selection processor is configured to determine said source selection control signal in dependence of a comparison of said beamformed signal and said external electric sound signals or processed versions thereof. A hearing device, and a method of operating a hearing system is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids, headsets, active ear protection devices, headphones, etc. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352417 | HEARING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO UTILIZE NON-AUDIO INFORMATION TO PROCESS AUDIO SIGNALS - A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be worn by a user, e.g. fully or partially on the head of the user, comprises a) an input transducer for converting a sound comprising a target sound from a target talker and possible additional sound in an environment of the user, when the user wears the hearing device, to an electric sound signal representative of said sound, b) an auxiliary input unit configured to provide an auxiliary electric signal representative of said target signal or properties thereof, c) a processor connected to said input transducer and to said auxiliary input unit, and wherein said processor is configured to apply a processing algorithm to said electric sound signal, or a signal derived therefrom, to provide an enhanced signal by attenuating components of said additional sound relative to components of said target sound in said electric sound signal, or said signal derived therefrom. The auxiliary electric signal is derived from visual information, e.g. from a camera, containing information of current vibrations of a facial or throat region of said target talker, and the processing algorithm is configured to use the auxiliary electric signal or the signal derived therefrom to provide the enhanced signal. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352418 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZING A HEARING AID - A method of personalizing at least one hearing aid for a hearing aid user including manufacturing at least one hearing aid ( | 2021-11-11 |
20210352419 | IN-EAR RADIO FREQUENCY ANTENNA - An apparatus may include a housing adapted for at least partial insertion into a concha bowl of a human ear, at least one speaker residing in or on the housing, a control system residing in or on the housing and a positioning element attached to the housing. The control system may be configured for controlling the speaker and configured for radio frequency (RF) communication. The positioning element may be configured to fit at least partially inside a concha of the human ear and may be configured to retain the housing at least partially within the concha bowl. The positioning element may include one or more wires Control System configured for communication with the control system. The one or more wires may be configured for at receiving and/or transmitting RF radiation. In some examples, the positioning element may be, or may include, a concha lock. The positioning element may include a loop antenna. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352420 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION OF DATA BETWEEN A HEARING DEVICE AND AN AUXILIARY DEVICE - A binaural hearing system, and a method of providing communication of data are provided. The method comprises providing third communication of data between a first auxiliary device and a second auxiliary device, wherein the step of providing third communication of data comprises: providing third primary RF communication between the first auxiliary device and a first hearing device of a binaural hearing system; providing third secondary RF communication between the second auxiliary device and a second hearing device of the binaural hearing system; and providing third tertiary communication between the second hearing device and the first hearing device, wherein the step of providing third primary RF communication comprises utilizing a first RF transceiver of the first hearing device, and wherein the step of providing third secondary RF communication comprises utilizing a second RF transceiver of the second hearing device. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352421 | BINAURAL HEARING AID SYSTEM PROVIDING A BEAMFORMING SIGNAL OUTPUT AND COMPRISING AN ASYMMETRIC VALVE STATE - The present disclosure relates to a binaural hearing aid system comprising hearing aids for placement at, or in, a user's left and right ear, the hearing aids each comprising a microphone arrangement, a wireless communications unit, a receiver, and a sound channel with a valve, which is movable from an open state to an closed state and from a closed state to an open state. The binaural hearing aid system further comprises a signal processing arrangement adapted for generating a beamformed signal based on microphone signals supplied by either or both of the microphone arrangement(s) and for applying the beamformed signal to either or both of the receiver(s), and a valve control arrangement configured to asymmetrically control the valves in each hearing aid by moving the valves into positions wherein one of the valves is opened more than the other. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352422 | SOUND NORMALIZATION AND FREQUENCY REMAPPING USING HAPTIC FEEDBACK - Method and devices for processing audio signals based on sound profiles are provided. A sound profile can include data related to haptic movement of the audio data which is specific to a left ear or a right ear, demographic information, ethnicity information, age information, location information, social media information, intensity score of the audio data, previous usage information, or device information. A sound profile can be customized for individual user to include the inaudible frequency range at high frequency end and low frequency end. Audio data within the inaudible frequency range can be compensated by haptic movement corresponding to the inaudible frequency range. A sound profile can further include an audio frequency range and its lowest audible volume for a user. A sound profile can be provided to a user without any action from the user's part. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352423 | AUDIO DIAGNOSTICS IN A VEHICLE - A method for diagnosing an audio system in a vehicle includes generating an audio signal of a particular frequency for at least one speaker in the audio system, transmitting the generated audio signal to a compare function in the audio system in response to the generating of the audio signal, outputting the generated audio signal in the at least one speaker in the audio system, receiving the outputted audio signal in at least one microphone in the audio system, transmitting the received audio signal to the compare function in the audio system in response to the receiving of the audio signal, determining by the compare function a similarity between the generated and the received audio signal, and setting a confidence level on the determined similarity based on a current operational mode of the vehicle. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352424 | Confirming Accessory Functionality - A method of confirming an accessory functionality of an accessory device includes obtaining an accessory device description that includes information regarding the accessory device and identifying a test case based on the accessory device description. The test case is configured to evaluate the accessory functionality and includes a test standard. The method also includes performing, by a test device, a test procedure that corresponds to the test case. The test procedure causes the accessory device to perform an action that corresponds to the accessory functionality. The method also includes recording an observation regarding the action, and determining whether a test result corresponds to a pass condition or a fail condition based on a comparison of the observation to the test standard. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352425 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A STEREO SIGNAL - The disclosure relates to a method for processing a stereo signal. The method can include obtaining a center channel signal by up-mixing the stereo signal. The method can also include generating a filtered center channel signal by applying one or more peak filters and one or more notch filters to the center channel signal. Furthermore, the method can include generating a binaural signal based on the filtered center channel signal. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352426 | Methods and Apparatus for Rendering Audio Objects - Multiple virtual source locations may be defined for a volume within which audio objects can move. A set-up process for rendering audio data may involve receiving reproduction speaker location data and pre-computing gain values for each of the virtual sources according to the reproduction speaker location data and each virtual source location. The gain values may be stored and used during “run time,” during which audio reproduction data are rendered for the speakers of the reproduction environment. During run time, for each audio object, contributions from virtual source locations within an area or volume defined by the audio object position data and the audio object size data may be computed. A set of gain values for each output channel of the reproduction environment may be computed based, at least in part, on the computed contributions. Each output channel may correspond to at least one reproduction speaker of the reproduction environment. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352427 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device includes circuitry that estimates an attribute of a first person located in at least one of a plurality of areas, and sets a first content corresponding to the attribute of the first person and outputs a sound through wave field synthesis so that a sound field of the set first content is spatially transmitted to at least the one of the plurality of areas via a plurality of speakers. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352428 | ADAPTIVE AUDIO NORMALIZATION - An audio system can be configured to generate an audio heatmap for the audio emission potential profiles for one or more speakers, in specific or arbitrary locations. The audio heatmap maybe based on speaker location and orientation, speaker acoustic properties, and optionally environmental properties. The audio heatmap often shows areas of low sound density when there are few speakers, and areas of high sound density when there are a lot of speakers. An audio system may be configured to normalize audio signals for a set of speakers that cooperatively emit sound to render an audio object in a defined audio object location. The audio signals for each speaker can be normalized to ensure accurate rendering of the audio object without volume spikes or dropout. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352429 | Computer Performance of Executing Binaural Sound - A method improves performance of a computer that provides binaural sound to a listener. A memory stores coordinate locations that follow a path of how the head of the listener moves. This path is retrieved in anticipation of subsequent head movements of the listener to improve computer performance of executing binaural sound. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352430 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IN-GAME VISUALIZATION BASED ON AUDIO ANALYSIS - A game headset receives a plurality of channels of game and/or chat audio during game play, monitors the plurality of channels, and detect one or more sounds on the channels during the monitoring. The game headset determines characteristics of the detected one or more sound and outputs one or more signals for generating a visual representation of the detected one or more sounds based on the determined characteristics. The game headset output the signals to a game console that provides the game play. The game console displays the visual representation during the game play based on the communicated visualization information. The one or more signals is a video stream of an in-game visualization. The game headset outputs the one or more signals to a second screen communication device that generates the visual representation during the game play based on the signals. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352431 | Tracking Device Location Identification - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a tracking system server, a data stream comprising events related to a set of devices. The set of devices include tracking devices and mobile devices. Each event contains a location update respectively associated with a tracking device of the set or a mobile device of the set. The method includes programmatically separating, by the tracking system server, the events from the data stream. The method includes batching, for processing by the tracking system server, the separated events into one or more batches. The method includes processing, by the tracking system server, a specific batch of events, of the one or more batches of events, that involves a specific tracking device to estimate a location of the specific tracking device using a location determination algorithm. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352432 | GEOFENCING IN COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT VEHICLES - Devices, systems and methods for geofencing in commercial transport vehicles are disclosed. An exemplary method includes establishing, based on a heat map of signal strength at frequencies used by a first wireless protocol in the commercial transport vehicle, a geofence for communication by a user, and controlling, based on the geofence, an availability or a level of one or more services to the user, wherein the geofence comprises one or more boundaries within the commercial transport vehicle, and wherein the one or more services are deactivated if a location of the user is outside the one or more boundaries of the geofence. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352433 | Location-Based Curbside Delivery - This specification generally relates to a method and system for providing curbside pickup. In one example method, an order to be fulfilled via curbside delivery is received at a merchant, where the order is associated with a first entity. The merchant receives a notification of arrival of the first entity to or within a pre-determined area associated with the merchant, where the notification includes location information associated with the first entity. The merchant can then generate a set of directions for a second entity to travel to reach the first entity based on the location information associated with the first entity, and can present the generated set of directions to the second entity for completing the curbside delivery. The merchant can then receive a confirmation of the delivery after interactions between the second entity and the first entity at the first entity's location. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352434 | DECENTRALIZED PROXIMITY SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE RADIO LINKS - A contact and ranging system includes a first device that includes a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and a controller to control the first transceiver and the second transceiver of the first device. The first device is operable to determine a distance between the first device and a second device. The first transceiver is configured to perform a discovery operation. Other devices are discovered and added to a list of paired devices. A ranging schedule for each paired device in the list of paired devices is determined. The second transceiver is configured to perform a ranging operation. The ranging and response transmissions are transmitted and received by a pair of devices, such that a range between the pair of devices is determined based upon a time of flight between the pair of devices. The range between the pair of devices is matched with a timestamp and stored in a database. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352435 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALLY CONNECTING PEOPLE - A method for visually finding and interacting with people and places, operable on a computing system including a mobile device comprising a processor, a display, a camera and other sensors, the method including obtaining the current location of members of a group, if the group members have similar mobile devices (i.e., having the disclosed app) and if they have set to permit their visibility or if they shared their location, by scanning their surroundings with the camera of their mobile device or by receiving location data from the group members; and, for each location obtained, displaying on the mobile device's display a group member representation associated with the group member's location. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352436 | LIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS ENABLED FIXTURE - A lighting management system includes communications circuitry, processing circuitry, and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to receive a message from a lighting fixture via the communications circuitry, the message indicating a proximal presence of a detected mobile device to the lighting fixture, and performing one or more actions in response to receipt of the message. By performing the one or more actions upon receipt of the message as described above, a lighting system may be provided with additional functionality that enhances the lighting system. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352437 | Location Systems for Electronic Device Communications - An electronic device may be provided with control circuitry, wireless transceiver circuitry, and a display. The control circuitry may determine where nearby devices are located relative to the electronic device. When a wireless communications link is established with a nearby device, the control circuitry may use the display to inform a user of the status of the wireless communications link and the location of the nearby device. The display may produce images such as a line extending in the direction of the nearby device. The line may move on the display in response to movement of the nearby device. In an environment with multiple devices that are in range for wireless communications, the display may show a notification for each nearby device. The location and size of each notification on the display may be based on the location and proximity of the nearby device. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352438 | LOCATION-SPECIFIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - Techniques are disclosed relating to disseminating location-specific emergency messages to various user devices or digital signs. In some embodiments, a computer system, such as an emergency management system, may obtain location-specific resource data that indicates a status of one or more resources in a geographic area. The computer system may provide a map-centric interface that is operable to display the status of the one or more resources in the geographic area. For example, in some embodiments, the map-centric interface includes a graphical map that depicts icons for the one or more resources at respective locations on the graphical map. The computer system may then receive, via the map-centric interface, a selection of a particular geographic area for which to send a location-specific message. Based on this selection, the computer system may identify and send a location-specific message to one or more mobile devices currently located in that particular geographic area. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPORATION MODE DETERMINATION USING ACCELEROMETER - A method for determining a transportation mode acquires magnetometer and speed data from a mobile device, correlates the magnetometer to the speed data in groupings, and performs spectral analysis on the groups of magnetometer data. Energy calculated for each of a set of frequency components obtained from the spectral analysis is compared to a baseline value to generate a difference, and a transportation mode type is assigned to the vehicle based on the difference. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352440 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONCURRENT OPERATION OF SPS RECEIVER AND WIRELESS TRANSMITTER - A mobile device may be configured to perform concurrent Satellite Positioning System (SPS) operation and wireless communications when uplink signals transmitted by the mobile device interferes with the reception of SPS signals in one or more frequency bands. The mobile device may determine if the SPS receiver has already acquired SPS signals and is in a tracking state. If the SPS receiver is not in a tracking state, an SPS acquisition procedure is initiated before the wireless communication session is initiated. The SPS acquisition procedure is performed until the SPS receiver reaches a tracking state, or until a timeout is reached. Once the SPS receiver is in a tracking state, the wireless communication session may be initiated, during which the SPS receiver is controlled, e.g., to perform signal blanking, measurement exclusion, or disable SPS reception, to mitigate interference with SPS signals. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352441 | HANDLING CONCEPT DRIFT IN WI-FI-BASED LOCALIZATION - Systems and methods are provided for human activity analysis and localization using channel state information (CSI). A streamlined data processing and feature extraction approach that addresses concept drifts for time series data is provided. Data obtained from CSI or any other mechanism is used to estimate the wireless channel between two different wireless nodes (e.g., an access point (AP) and an associated station (STA)), and can be used to train a robust system capable of performing room level localization. A phase and magnitude augmented feature space along with a standardization technique that is little affected by drifts is also used. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352442 | GESTURE-BASED LOAD CONTROL VIA WEARABLE DEVICES - A load control system may include control-target devices for controlling an amount of power provided to an electrical load. The control-target devices may be capable of controlling the amount of power provided to the electrical load based on control instructions. The control-target devices and/or the control-instructions may be determined based on a gesture performed by a user. The user may wear a wearable control device capable of measuring movements performed by the user and transmit digital messages that may be used to control an electrical load. The wearable control device may identify gestures performed by the user for controlling a control-target device and/or provide control instructions to the control-target device based on the identified gestures. A gesture may be associated with a scene that includes a configuration of one or more control devices in a load control system. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352443 | Multicast Broadcast Service for 5G New Radio - Embodiments of a Multicast Broadcast Service (MBS) for 5G New Radio (NR). In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives first data from a network via unicast, receives first information from the network, the first information indicating the availability of a multicast service, transmits second information to the network and receives second data from the network via multicast in response to transmitting the second information to the network. In another aspect, a UE receives first information from the network, the first information indicating the availability of a multicast service, receives first data from the network via a multicast session and receives second data from the network via a unicast packet data unit (PDU) session. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352444 | Handling Of Multicast Service Data Transport For Mobility Between Supporting And Non-Supporting Access Nodes - Embodiments include systems and methods for enabling multicast service data transport for mobility between multicast/broadcast service (MBS) supporting and non-MBS supporting access nodes. Various aspects include methods for supporting an MBS session. In some embodiments, an MBS session context may indicate at least one multicast flow identifier (ID) for an MBS session and a unicast Quality of Service (QoS) flow ID for a unicast Packet Data Unit (PDU) session, wherein the MBS session context associates the unicast QoS flow ID with the at least one multicast flow ID. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352445 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUPCAST CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT AND TRANSMISSION - The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for groupcast connection establishment and transmission. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method can include: transmitting, from a first user equipment, first information for a groupcast connection establishment; receiving, at the first user equipment, second information for the groupcast connection establishment from a second user equipment, wherein the second information comprises identity information of the second user equipment; and transmitting, from the first user equipment, third information for the groupcast connection establishment to the second user equipment, wherein the third information indicates whether the groupcast connection establishment is successful. Embodiments of the present disclosure propose a novel groupcast connection establishment procedure, which can meet the advanced V2X service requirements. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352446 | AUTOMATIC FORMATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING GROUPS BASED ON THREADS - A method and apparatus for creation and storage of online community groups is provided. In various implementations, digital communication data is stored representing interactions between users as part of an online community platform. In various implementations, a user of the online community platform indicates the desire to create a group comprising digital accounts which have interacted with the user as indicated by the digital communication data. In various implementations, a digital communication group is created comprising digital accounts specifically chosen by a user of an online community platform. | 2021-11-11 |
20210352447 | EVENT-BASED INTERACTIVE DEVICE SYSTEM - A computer system for activating an event-based interactive device can be configured to receive, through a data input API, a unique device identifier. The unique device identifier may be associated with the event-based interactive device. Additionally, the system can be configured to receive user information associated with a user of the event-based interactive device. The system can classify event-based interactive devices into groups based upon the user information. Further, the system can be configured to transmit a command to at least one group of event-based interactive devices. | 2021-11-11 |