Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090281799 | TANDEM-FREE VOCODER OPERATIONS BETWEEN NON-COMPATIBLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Tandem-free vocoder operations (TFO) between non-compatible communication systems may be enabled through hardware modifications at communication elements within each system. In one aspect, each infrastructure entity in System 1 comprises an intra-system TFO Frame Generator G | 11-12-2009 |
20100323616 | DEVICES FOR CONVEYING WIRELESS POWER AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF - Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless power. A method may comprise receiving wireless power with a receiver and charging an accumulator with energy from the received wireless power. The method may further include conveying energy from the accumulator to an energy storage device upon a charging level of the accumulator reaching a threshold level. | 12-23-2010 |
20110115431 | SELECTIVE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER - Exemplary embodiments are directed to selective wireless power transfer. A method may include transferring wireless power to at least one electronic device while varying at least one parameter of the wireless power transfer according to a wireless power transfer scenario. | 05-19-2011 |
20110115432 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless power management. A method may include detecting one or more wireless chargers for charging an energy storage device of one or more monitored energy storage devices if the energy storage device drops below a threshold value. Moreover, the method may include selecting a charging scheme for an electronic device associated with the energy storage device. | 05-19-2011 |
20110119135 | CONDITION-BASED WIRELESS POWER - Exemplary embodiments are directed to methods and devices for transferring or receiving wireless power. A method may include receiving acceptance of at least one wireless power access entity required condition. The method may further include transferring wireless power to at least one electronic device based on the acceptance of the at least one wireless power access entity required condition. | 05-19-2011 |
20110119144 | AUTHORIZED BASED RECEIPT OF WIRELESS POWER - Exemplary embodiments are directed to methods and devices for fee-based wireless power. A method may include subscribing to a wireless power plan and receiving wireless power at one or more electronic devices according to a wireless power subscription. | 05-19-2011 |
20120078397 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SMART AUDIO LOGGING FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A mobile device that is capable of automatically starting and ending the recording of an audio signal captured by at least one microphone is presented. The mobile device is capable of adjusting a number of parameters related with audio logging based on the context information of the audio input signal. | 03-29-2012 |
20120189168 | MULTI-MODE REGION-OF-INTEREST VIDEO OBJECT SEGMENTATION - The disclosure is directed to techniques for automatic segmentation of a region-of-interest (ROI) video object from a video sequence. ROI object segmentation enables selected ROI or “foreground” objects of a video sequence that may be of interest to a viewer to be extracted from non-ROI or “background” areas of the video sequence. Examples of a ROI object are a human face or a head and shoulder area of a human body. The disclosed techniques include a hybrid technique that combines ROI feature detection, region segmentation, and background subtraction. In this way, the disclosed techniques may provide accurate foreground object generation and low-complexity extraction of the foreground object from the video sequence. A ROI object segmentation system may implement the techniques described herein. In addition, ROI object segmentation may be useful in a wide range of multimedia applications that utilize video sequences, such as video telephony applications and video surveillance applications. | 07-26-2012 |
20130047229 | PLAY TIME DISPENSER FOR ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS - Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are described for controlling access to electronic applications by a user. A request may be received (e.g., from a user) to access an electronic application. The availability of points, credits, or time for the particular user may be determined, and access to the electronic application granted or denied based on the determination. User identity may be verified through biometric data, with such verification repeated at periodic or random intervals. Access may be restricted based on a permission level of a particular authority that has responsibility for all or a portion of the user's activities during a particular time period. Access may also be restricted based on the location of the user at the time of the access request. | 02-21-2013 |
20130047260 | COLLABORATIVE CONTENT RATING FOR ACCESS CONTROL - Methods, systems, devices, and computer program products are described for controlling access to electronic content. Content ratings for electronic content are received from each of a number of reviewers, and the input value for each of the reviewers is weighted. Content analysis for the electronic content is also received on each of a number of factors, and each factor is weighted. These weightings may be based on community standards, be specific to a geographic region, or be personalized. The weighted content ratings and the weighted content analysis may be combined to generate an access metric. Access to the electronic content may be controlled based on the access metric. | 02-21-2013 |