Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090100903 | Optical sensor calibration - An apparatus including: an optical sensor comprising an optical transmitter and an optical receiver; and a calibration system configured to change calibration of the sensor when a measurement taken at the optical receiver, while the optical transmitter is on and the apparatus is in use, passes a test. | 04-23-2009 |
20090148169 | CALIBRATION - A system, including an optical source configured to emit optical signals, and an optical receiver configured to receive optical signals; a housing having one or more optical windows; a user-detachable reflector attached to the housing, configured to enable emitted optical signals exiting an optical window to be reflected, so that the optical signals re-enter the housing via an optical window for reception by the optical receiver; and a calibrator configured to calibrate an output of the optical receiver using optical signals received by the optical receiver. | 06-11-2009 |
20090240434 | Lightning detection - This disclosure relates to a method, a computer program product, a device, and a system for detecting direction information of at least one pulse of at least one received signal, downconverting the at least one received signal, and performing lightning detection based on the at least one detected pulse direction information and the at least one downconverted signal. | 09-24-2009 |
20100046964 | Apparatus and Method for Reduction of Crosstalk of an Optical Transmitter - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided, comprising a portion of semiconductor comprising an optical transmitter and an optically sensitive structure, wherein the semiconductor is covered with an interference filter at least in a first area comprising at least part of the optical transmitter and a second area comprising at least part of the optically sensitive structure, and wherein the interference filter of the first area is substantially optically separate from the interference filter of the second area. | 02-25-2010 |
20100332224 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING TEXT TO AUDIO AND TACTILE OUTPUT - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a controller configured to process punctuated text data, and to identify punctuation in said punctuated text data; and an output unit configured to generate audio output corresponding to said punctuated text data, and to generate tactile output corresponding to said identified punctuation. | 12-30-2010 |
20110109333 | Detection of Water Ingress to an Apparatus by Resistance Measurements Between Two Electrodes - An apparatus including a first electrical arrangement that has a resistance between a first electrode and a second electrode in the absence of water and has a different resistance between the first electrode and the second electrode in the presence of water; a mechanical arrangement configured to maintain the presence of water at the first electrical arrangement; and a detecting electrical arrangement configured to detect a change in the resistance of the first electrical arrangement. | 05-12-2011 |
20140123319 | System, Method and Apparatus For Facilitating Resource Security - A method and apparatus are provided for facilitating resource security. A method may include monitoring for resource requests by one or more applications on a device. The method may further include determining, based at least in part on the monitoring, that one of the one or more applications has requested access to a resource. The method may additionally include causing the determined resource request to be logged in a log of resource requests by the one or more applications. A corresponding apparatus is also provided. | 05-01-2014 |
20140146766 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus are provided for facilitating disaster communications. A method may include prioritizing at least one message at a first node operating in a disaster communication mode in accordance with a message prioritization scheme associated with the disaster communication mode. The method may further include selecting a message from the at least one prioritized message based at least in part on the prioritization. The method may additionally include causing the selected message to be sent to a further node via an ad hoc connection. A corresponding apparatus is also provided. LEGAL02/32653987v | 05-29-2014 |