10th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160073108 | METHOD, MEDIUM, AND SYSTEM COMPRESSING AND/OR RECONSTRUCTING IMAGE INFORMATION WITH LOW COMPLEXITY - A system, medium, and method compressing and/or restoring images. Such a data compression method may include selecting a mode from among a plurality of modes for compressing current data, according to predetermined criteria, and calculating a difference between the current data and reference data, according to the selected mode, and compressing the current data, or truncating a part of the current data and compressing the current data. Accordingly, it is possible to significantly lower the complexity of an image encoder/decoder system and exactly meet a picture-based CBR required by LCD DCC devices/systems. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073109 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit configured to generate a plurality of processed images by performing image processing on a plurality of input images, a determination unit configured to determine, as a reference image for encoding a processed image generated by the image processing on an input image, whether the input image corresponding to the processed image is to be used or another processed image is to be used, based on a parameter relating to the image processing, and an encoding unit configured to encode the processed image by referring to a reference image according to a determination by the determination unit. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073110 | OBJECT-BASED ADAPTIVE BRIGHTNESS COMPENSATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A brightness compensation method, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving a bitstream including encoded images; performing prediction encoding for the bitstream according to an intra mode or an inter mode; and compensating brightness of the current picture to be encoded according to the previous encoded prediction picture, wherein the step for compensating brightness includes a step for adaptively compensating the current picture to be encoded according to pixel units on the basis of the depth information included in the bitstream. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073111 | PERCEPTUAL OPTIMIZATION FOR MODEL-BASED VIDEO ENCODING - Perceptual statistics may be used to compute importance maps that indicate which regions of a video frame are important to the human visual system. Importance maps may be applied to the video encoding process to enhance the quality of encoded bitstreams. The temporal contrast sensitivity function (TCSF) may be computed from the encoder's motion vectors. Motion vector quality metrics may be used to construct a true motion vector map (TMVM) that can be used to refine the TCSF. Spatial complexity maps (SCMs) can be calculated from metrics such as block variance, block luminance, SSIM, and edge strength, and the SCMs can be combined with the TCSF to obtain a unified importance map. Importance maps may be used to improve encoding by modifying the criterion for selecting optimum encoding solutions or by modifying the quantization for each target block to be encoded. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073112 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ENCODING A BUFFER PARAMETER - An electronic device for sending a message is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The electronic device determines whether a picture is allowed to be decoded on a sub-picture level. If the picture is allowed to be decoded on a sub-picture level, the electronic device generates at least one of a buffer size parameter and a buffer scale parameter. The electronic device sends at least one of the buffer size parameter and the buffer scale parameter. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073113 | SKIPPED MACROBLOCK VIDEO ENCODING ENHANCEMENTS - Systems and methods for encoding a video stream based upon identified regions of interest (ROI's) are disclosed herein. Standard video encoding schemes require a significant amount of unnecessary data in order to designate blocks to be skipped for a particular video frame of a video stream. Rather than encoding such skip or no skip information for each block (or sequence of blocks) for each frame, embodiments disclosed herein can encode the video stream based upon an identified ROI that represents an area of blocks that change and/or do not remain static from one frame to the next. Designating active areas in terms of the ROI can yield more efficient encoding. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073114 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS, VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A video encoding apparatus encodes an input image having three color components each having the same color spatial resolution. The video encoding apparatus performs color space conversion by applying a transformation coefficient to a residual signal which represents a difference between the input image and a predicted image generated by intra frame prediction or otherwise inter frame prediction, so as to generate a residual signal in an uncorrelated space. Such an arrangement provides a hardware-friendly configuration with a reduced processing load and with reduced redundancy in the color space. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073115 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING INTER-PREDICTION CANDIDATE FOR INTERLAYER DECODING AND ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An interlayer video decoding method is provided. The interlayer video decoding method includes determining a disparity vector for performing inter layer prediction on a second layer current block with reference to a first layer image; determining a first layer reference location corresponding to the determined disparity vector in relation to a location of the second layer current block; obtaining motion information of at least one peripheral block located in the periphery of the first layer reference location; and adding at least one motion information of the obtained motion information to a candidate list for inter prediction. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073116 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS - An image encoding method includes setting steps of, in a case where a constant bit rate is selected as a first bit rate type, (1) setting a second bit rate type of a bitstream including encoded data of a plurality of images that belong to all temporal layers, to the constant bit rate, and (2) setting a third bit rate type of a sub-bitstream which is part of the bitstream and which includes encoded data of the images that belong to the temporal layers other than a top-layer temporal layer among the plurality of images, to a variable bit rate. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073117 | SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING FOR VIDEO CODING - Video encoding and decoding techniques are described in which a predictive image s formed from texture mapping a composite image to a proxy geometry that provides an approximation of a three-dimensional structure of a current image or a previously encoded or decoded image. A residual between the predictive image and the current image is used to encode or decode the current image. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073118 | TRANSMITTING METHOD - A transmitting method for transmitting encoded data obtained by hierarchically encoding a video image, includes: a generating step of generating an encoded stream including a packet which is obtained by packetizing the encoded data and to which at least a different packet ID has been allocated according to a layer level of the encoded data, and information indicating an association relationship between the packet ID and the layer level; and a transmitting step of transmitting the generated encoded stream, and the generated information indicating the association relationship. Thus, there is provided the encoded data transmitting method which allows a reception side to easily select encoded data which is hierarchically encoded. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073119 | TRANSMITTING METHOD AND RECEIVING METHOD - A transmitting method for transmitting encoded data obtained by hierarchically encoding a video image includes: generating an encoded stream that includes time information and the encoded data, the time information indicating a time at which decoding or displaying processing of the encoded data is performed, and transmitting the generated encoded stream, wherein the encoded data includes a plurality of sets each including a plurality of access units and the time information includes first time information which indicates a time at which the processing performed on a first access unit of the first set is performed and which is based on a reference clock, and second time information used to specify a time at which the processing performed on a second access unit of the second set is performed and which is based on the reference clock. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073120 | ADAPTIVE BIT RATE CO-OPERATIVE TRANSCODING - Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to encode an input video stream into one or more output streams by using information obtained from a first transcoding of the input video stream. During a first encoding of an input video stream, pre-processing, motion estimation, mode decision, and other information can be collected or buffered and can be re-used to encode the input video stream to multiple output video streams at different bitrates, resolutions, and/or frame rates. Motion estimation, macroblock mode decision, and pre-processing data can be manipulated and re-used during the encoding of an input video stream at various resolutions. Data can be re-computed at a new resolution or bitrate to improve visual quality. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073121 | STANDARDIZED HOT-PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVING UNIT WITH SIGNAL ENCODING OR DECODING CAPABILITIES - The present disclosure relates to a standardized hot-pluggable transceiving unit with signal encoding or decoding capabilities. The transceiving unit comprises a housing with specific standardized dimensions and adapted to being inserted into a chassis of a hosting unit. The transceiving unit comprises a first connector for receiving a first signal comprising data in a first form. The transceiving unit comprises a coding module in the housing, for encoding or decoding the data of the first signal into a second signal having a second form. The transceiving unit comprises a second connector for outputting the second signal. The transceiving unit may comprise at least one additional coding module in the housing, for encoding or decoding data. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073122 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF HIGH QUALITY VIDEO - A method of transmitting video images. The method includes providing a high definition video stream, compressing the video stream using an image domain compression method, in which each pixel is coded based on a vicinity of the pixel and transmitting the compressed video stream over a fading transmission channel. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073123 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF RESTORING IMAGE - Restoring an image is achieved by restoring a block by executing at least one first restoring function and at least one second restoring function. The first restoring function may be implemented using software, and the second restoring function may be implemented using hardware. By assigning restoring functions to be either first restoring functions or second restoring functions, even an image having high resolution can be restored and reproduced in real-time. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073124 | TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A COMPOSITE IMAGE - For a video sequence including a composite image having a foreground image and a transparency mask, a video encoder determines whether the transparency mask is the same as a transparency mask of a preceding image. Where the transparency mask is not the same, the transparency mask is encoded as an image. The encoder then transmits the encoded foreground image, any encoded transparency mask and a flag signifying whether the encoded transparency mask for a preceding image is to be used in association with the encoded foreground image of the current image. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073125 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR - An apparatus performs inter-frame prediction in directions pertaining to time and disparity and predictive-encodes an encoding target video by generating a predicted image whose error is corrected. An encoding target image is predicted by utilizing reference pictures which are previously-decoded pictures in the directions pertaining to time and disparity; and inter-frame reference information and inter-viewpoint reference information which indicate individual reference parts on the reference pictures are determined. A disparity predicted image and a motion predicted image are generated based on the determined information items. A corrective predicted image is generated based on the inter-viewpoint reference information and the inter-frame reference information. The predicted image is generated from the disparity predicted image, the motion predicted image, and the corrective predicted image. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073126 | TECHNIQUES FOR INTER-LAYER RESIDUAL PREDICTION - Techniques for inter-layer residual prediction are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise an encoding component to determine whether a predicted motion for an enhancement layer block is consistent with a predicted motion for a collocated lower-layer block, determine whether to apply inter-layer residual prediction to the enhancement layer block based on whether the predicted motion for the enhancement layer block is consistent with the predicted motion for the collocated lower-layer block, and in response to a determination that inter-layer residual prediction is to be applied to the enhancement layer block, generate a predicted residual for the enhancement layer block based on a residual for the collocated lower-layer block and generate a second-order residual for the enhancement layer block by comparing a calculated residual to the predicted residual. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073127 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING DISPARITY VECTOR FOR INTERLAYER VIDEO DECODING AND ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An interlayer video decoding method and apparatus and an interlayer video encoding method and apparatus are provided. The decoding method includes: reconstructing, based on encoding information obtained from a bitstream, a first layer image and a first layer depth map; determining whether a disparity vector is predictable using peripheral blocks of a second layer current block; and when the disparity vector is not predictable using the peripheral blocks, determining a disparity vector of the second layer current block using a default disparity vector and the reconstructed first layer depth map. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073128 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VARIABLE ACCURACY INTER-PICTURE TIMING SPECIFICATION FOR DIGITAL VIDEO ENCODING - A method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that allows the relative timing of nearby video pictures to be encoded in a very efficient manner. In one embodiment, the display time difference between a current video picture and a nearby video picture is determined. The display time difference is then encoded into a digital representation of the video picture. In a preferred embodiment, the nearby video picture is the most recently transmitted stored picture. For coding efficiency, the display time difference may be encoded using a variable length coding system or arithmetic coding. In an alternate embodiment, the display time difference is encoded as a power of two to reduce the number of bits transmitted. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073129 | DEPTH MAP ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF, AND DEPTH MAP DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Disclosed is a depth map frame decoding method including reconstructing a color frame obtained from a bitstream based on encoding information of the color frame; splitting a largest coding unit of a depth map frame obtained from the bitstream into one or more coding units based on split information of the depth map frame; splitting the one or more coding units into one or more prediction units for prediction decoding; determining whether to split a current prediction unit into at least one partition and decode the current prediction unit by obtaining information indicating whether to split the current prediction unit into the at least one or more partitions from the bitstream; if it is determined that the current prediction unit is to be decoded by being split into the at least one or more partitions, obtaining prediction information of the one or more prediction units from the bitstream and determining whether to decode the current prediction unit by using differential information indicating a difference between a depth value of the at least one or more partitions corresponding to an original depth map frame and a depth value of the at least one or more partitions predicted from neighboring blocks of the current prediction unit; and decoding the current prediction unit by using the differential information based on whether to split the current prediction unit into the at least one or more partitions and whether to use the differential information. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073130 | CODING POSITION DATA FOR THE LAST NON-ZERO TRANSFORM COEFFICIENT IN A COEFFICIENT GROUP - Methods and devices for video coding are described. When encoding a non-zero coefficient group (CG) prior to the last such group in a group scan ordering within a transform block, data representative of the true (x,y)-position of the last non-zero transform coefficient in a scan ordering within that CG is modified, to improve coding efficiency, based upon at least one of (a) an intra-prediction mode used to encode the block and (b) at least one coefficient group neighbouring that CG. Upon decoding a CG thus encoded, the modification is un-done to retrieve the true (x,y)-position. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073131 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to a video signal processing method and device and is capable of acquiring differential depth index information on the basis of a predetermined binarization method, acquiring a differential depth value by using the differential depth index information, acquiring the depth value of a current depth block by using the differential depth value, and decoding the current depth block by using the depth value of the current depth block. The present invention can increase encoding efficiency. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073132 | Method of Simplified View Synthesis Prediction in 3D Video Coding - A method of three-dimensional video encoding or decoding that uses unified depth data access for VSP process and VSP-based merging candidate derivation is disclosed. When the coding tool corresponds to VSP process or VSP-based merging candidate, embodiments of the present invention fetch the same reference depth data in a reference view. A reference depth block in a reference view corresponding to the current texture CU is fetched using a derived DV (disparity vector). For the VSP process, first VSP data for a current PU (prediction unit) within the current CU is generated based on the reference depth block. For the VSP-based merging candidate derivation, second VSP data for a VSP-coded spatial neighboring PU associated with a VSP spatial merging candidates is generated also based on the reference depth block. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073133 | MULTI-VIEW VIDEO ENCODING METHOD USING VIEW SYNTHESIS PREDICTION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND MULTI-VIEW VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a multi-view video decoding apparatus and method and a multi-view encoding apparatus and method. The decoding method includes: determining whether a prediction mode of a current block being decoded is a merge mode; when the prediction mode is determined to be the merge mode, forming a merge candidate list including at least one of an inter-view candidate, a spatial candidate, a disparity candidate, a view synthesis prediction candidate, and a temporal candidate; and predicting the current block by selecting a merge candidate for predicting the current block from the merge candidate list, wherein whether to include, in the merge candidate list, at least one of a view synthesis prediction candidate for an adjacent block of the current block and a view synthesis prediction candidate for the current block is determined based on whether view synthesis prediction is performed on the adjacent block and the current block. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073134 | SIZE BASED TRANSFORM UNIT CONTEXT DERIVATION - Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for size based transform unit context derivation. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073135 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO ERROR CONCEALMENT USING REFERENCE FRAME SELECTION RULES - There are provided methods and apparatus for block-based error concealment. An apparatus includes an error concealment module ( | 2016-03-10 |
20160073136 | METHOD FOR ENCODING, COMPRESSED IMAGES IN PARTICULAR, IN PARTICULAR BY "RANGE CODER" OR ARITHMETIC COMPRESSION - Method for encoding a series of symbols using several models of the arithmetic or range coder type and including steps where:
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20160073137 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION METHOD - Suppression of the data amount of a transmission media stream and reduction of bandwidth consumption are achieved. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073138 | User-Defined Content Streaming - Methods and systems for providing user defined content transmissions are disclosed. An example method can comprise receiving a request for first content and receiving a first preference. First content can be retrieved from a first source based on the request for first content. Second content can be retrieved from a second source based on the first preference. The first content and second content can be packaged for transmission in response to receiving the request and the first preference. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073139 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNITION OF ITEMS IN MEDIA DATA AND DELIVERY OF INFORMATION RELATED THERTO - The system and method disclosed herein relate to the establishment of both the location and identity of individual items in pictures or videos. Once the one or more items in the picture/video are identified and matched to images in a reference database, the locations of the items are established and additional information relating to the items is accessed. Collectively, the position data and additional data is merged in the electronic pictures or videos and then provided to a user as a merged data stream. Additional functionality related to those identified items can occur when those identified locations are “pointed to”, “clicked” or otherwise selected (e.g., purchase an item, request information, select another video stream, play a game, share the item, rate, “Like”, and the like). | 2016-03-10 |
20160073140 | MOVIE ADVERTISING PLAYBACK SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An ad in a movie can be a static ad having a position in the movie that cannot be moved, or a dynamic ad having a position in the movie that can be changed. When a viewer of the movie wishes to skip a portion of the movie containing the ad, the playback system determines whether the ad is static or dynamic. If the ad is static, then only the portion of the movie preceding the static ad can be skipped, that is, the ad is unskippable; this technique is referred to as “bounceback” since the end of the skip bounces back to the start of the static ad. If the ad is dynamic, then the ad is moved to after the end of the skip; this technique is referred to as “slipad” since the ad slips to later in the movie. When a movie has multiple ads, some can be static and some can be dynamic. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073141 | SYNCHRONIZING SECONDARY CONTENT TO A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION - In various embodiments, secondary content synchronized to a multimedia presentation is delivered. An audio signal is sampled with a local application and transmitted to a remote server. The remote server determines secondary content associated with the audio sample and transmits the secondary content to the local application for display thereat. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073142 | Video Data Processing Method and Apparatus - A video data processing method. The method includes: acquiring a multiple program transport stream identifier of each TS packet; acquiring, a single program transport stream identifier of each TS packet; creating at least one scheduling queue for the at least one TS packet according to the single program transport stream identifier in the first information mapping table; selecting any scheduling queue, and determining a first TS packet of the any scheduling queue meets a scheduling condition, selecting at least one output channel to output the any scheduling queue, and continuing to perform determining on a first TS packet of another scheduling queue until determining on all scheduling queues is completed. The present disclosure is applied to transmission of video data. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073143 | Determining User Engagement with Media Content Via Mobile Device Usage - The various embodiments described herein include methods and systems for determining user engagement with media content. In one aspect, a method is performed at a server system. The method includes: (1) receiving, from a first device configured to control presentation of media content, media content identification information for media content presented during a time period; (2) receiving mobile device usage information from a second device in proximity to the first device, the second device associated with a user and the usage information corresponding to mobile device usage of the user during the time period; (3) based on the usage information and the identification information, determining a level of engagement of the user with the presented media content; and (4) if the level of engagement meets one or more predefined criterion, recommending additional media content to the user and/or targeting advertisements at the user based on the presented media content. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073144 | IMAGE DOMAIN COMPLIANCE - Systems and methods for generating domain-compliant image data. Domain-specific usage rights may be evaluated. The domain-specific usage rights may be associated with the transfer of particular encoded image data to a particular computing system other than the computing system. The domain-specific usage rights may specify maximum allowable spatial frequency content of the particular encoded image data. Domain-compliant image data may be generated by removing particular disallowable spatial frequency content from the encoded image data prior to transfer to the particular computing system. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073145 | CONTENT ACCESS - Techniques are described to provide content access. In an implementation, a determination is made at a client that a high-definition channel has content that matches content provided by a standard-definition channel. Access is provided to the content via the high-definition channel and access is restricted to the content via the standard-definition channel up the client is capable of outputting the content and high definition. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073146 | Advertisement Targeting Scheme in a Multicast ABR Environment Based on Ad Caching - A scheme for providing targeted advertisements in a multicast adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming environment. In one implementation, ads specific to a subscriber's demographic profile and relevant to the genre of a tuned MABR media channel may be downloaded in a gateway (GW) or into a network storage system. In another implementation, multicast ABR streams of ads may be triggered at specific points (e.g., insertion markers in a multicast ABR media channel) that can be selectively joined by a GW node based on demographics and channel genre. In yet another implementation, continuously streaming multicast ad channels may be switched at suitable points in a multicast ABR media channel based on targeting parameters. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073147 | Method and system for planning and running video-on-demand advertising - A method and system for planning and running video-on-demand (VOD) advertising includes a planner for planning advertising campaigns and an ad selector for running selected advertisements from selected ones of the campaigns. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073148 | MEDIA CUSTOMIZATION BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING - Methods, devices and computer program products facilitate management of multimedia content and recognition of a content that is being acoustically or optical presented using web-based technology. One method includes capturing an audio or a video content that is in acoustic or optical form via a microphone or a video camera that is coupled to an environmental sensing web-based mechanism integrated as part of a web page published by a server. Watermark or fingerprinting techniques are used to obtain identification information for the captured audio or the video content is produced, and based on the identification information, a customized response is received at the client device that includes a customized content or a customized information. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073149 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED NETWORK RECORDING - There is provided a method of recording a program in a server. The method comprises receiving a record instruction to record a particular program. The method further comprises accessing a plurality of time shift slice files associated with the particular program, and combining the slice files into a recorded program file. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073150 | System and Methods for Transmitting and Distributing Media Content - A technique for post-processing media content on a network by a GPU cloud computing system is provided. The system includes a plurality of computer systems providing a content submission connection for uploading the media content. The system includes a processor configured to receive descriptive information related to the media content via the network, receive the media content via the content submission connection which has a quicker uploading bandwidth than the network, process the media content; and distribute processed media content via the network that is separated from the content submission connection. The system further includes a distributed GPU cloud computing platform to perform parallel post-processing of the media content, and an immersive 3D interface. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073151 | REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAMMING USING IMAGES - Imaging capabilities of a remote control are leveraged to automatically identify a remotely controllable device and program the remote control accordingly. The remote control uses its built-in image device to obtain an image of a remotely controllable device. The image is processed and compared to a database to determine the specific type of device. Other variations include information of a location of the remote control and/or a location of a controllable device to facilitate in determining and controlling a device. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073152 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO AN ANNOUNCED SERVICE OR CONTENT IN AN NRT SERVICE AND A BROADCAST RECEIVER - A method of processing additional information related to an announced service or content in a Non-Real Time (NRT) service and the broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of providing a Non-Real Time (NRT) service in a broadcasting receiver includes receiving a service map table (SMT) and a first descriptor through a service signaling channel, identifying an image identifier and an image type of an image for an NRT service based upon the first descriptor, receiving the image via a flute session and displaying the image when corresponding service is played, wherein the image is logo or icon data for the NRT service. The method may further include connecting a service signaling channel, parsing the received SMT and the first descriptor, determining whether a service is the NRT service based upon the parsed SMT and storing the received image. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073153 | AUTOMATED AUDIO ADJUSTMENT - In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with adjusting audio during content presentation. While content is being presented, one or more persons may be identified that are consuming the content. The persons may be identified via various techniques, such as voice recognition, facial recognition, and distance detection. When persons may be uniquely identified, user audio preferences may be retrieved and used to adjust audio. Audio may be adjusted when persons are not uniquely identified, such as based on a number of persons or their location relative to a content consumption device. Audio adjustment may include volume adjustment and/or adjustment of audio, such as through application of audio effects, as it being presented. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073154 | PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEM WITH VIDEO-ON-DEMAND BROWSING - An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a viewer may direct a television to simultaneously display a selected television program and a program guide display. A viewer may use the program guide display to browse available video-on-demand (VOD) while continuing to view a previously selected program in the background. The viewer may browse through video-on-demand programs on the program guide display using a variety of keys on a remote control unit. The viewer may direct the program guide to order a given video-on-demand program, and set a desired broadcast time for that program. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073155 | SYNCHRONIZATION AND CONTROL OF OVERLAY CONTENTS FOR VIDEO STREAMING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Wireless communication devices are provided with direct video and audio streaming capability. The streaming capability may support overlays. Some implementations include incorporation of these features into devices with a mirroring display mode. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073156 | NON-REAL-TIME BROADCAST SERVICE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a non-real-time broadcast service processing system and a processing method thereof. According to the present invention, the method for processing a non-real-time (NRT) service in a broadcast receiver enables the NRT service to be processed with the following steps: receiving a broadcast service and signaling information; identifying whether the broadcast service is the NRT service on the basis of the signaling information; and identifying whether the identified NRT service includes a 3D service or a 3D content. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073157 | MODULAR BROADCAST RECEIVER SYSTEM AND METHOD - The construction of a receiving apparatus for receiving a broadcast from a plurality of broadcasting providers is simplified. In a receiving apparatus for receiving a broadcast from a plurality of broadcasting providers, of the function blocks which constitute the receiving apparatus, a block used in common irrespective of the broadcasting provider is formed as a common block, and a block different from one broadcasting provider to another is formed as an independent block. These blocks are connected to each other through an IEEE1394 interface, and the common block is shared among the plurality of blocks which are not used in common, so that a receiving process is performed. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073158 | MULTIMEDIA AUDIO INSERTER - In one embodiment, a multimedia audio inserter removes the left and right audio channel data from a multimedia signal, for example an HDMI® signal and replaces it with an alternate audio signal, which may be the center channel audio signal provided by a digital surround sound receiver. In exemplary applications, the resulting, modified multimedia signal may be provided to a digital television that is part of a surround sound system, enabling the television to play the center channel signal through its speakers. Optionally, the multimedia audio inserter may provide a copy of the multimedia signal at a multimedia feedthrough output. In exemplary applications, the multimedia feedthrough output may be used to play left and right channel audio, present in the HDMI® signal, through dedicated left and right speakers. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073159 | AUTOMATIC SELF-HELP VIDEO PLAYBACK FOR SET-TOP BOX TROUBLESHOOTING - A set-top box (STB) determines an occurrence of a first STB error during operation of the STB, and identifies a first error code that corresponds to the first STB error. The STB maps the first error code to a first self-help video of multiple self-help videos stored at the STB, and plays back the first self-video via a display device coupled to the STB. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073160 | SET-TOP BOX DEVICE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER TO AN ANTENNA - A set-top box device capable of providing electrical power to an antenna includes an insulation housing, a printed circuit board, a metal portion, and a conductive locking member. The insulation housing has at least one lateral arranged thereon a through hole portion. The printed circuit board is arranged in the insulation housing and includes a power supply module. The metal portion is arranged on the printed circuit board and includes a locking hole corresponding the through hole portion. The conductive locking member passes through the locking hole, the through hole portion, a conductive end portion of the power supply line, and the metal portion. The power supply module feeds a current into the antenna through a connection of the metal portion, the conductive locking member, and the conductive end portion, and the current flows to a ground portion of the signal line thereby forming a power supply loop. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073161 | Method and System for Scheduling Recordings of Television Programs in Television Distribution Systems - Messages on a social networking and/or messaging system, such as Twitter or an email system, are accessed and commands within the messages identified. Television programs indicated by the messages are also identified. From this information, commands to schedule recordings of the television programs are issued to a recording system. This provides an efficient mechanism for users to schedule recordings of programs. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073162 | MULTI-PERSON AND MULTI-DEVICE CONTENT PERSONALIZATION - A method for multi-person and multi-device content personalization is described. The method includes receiving via a wireless network interface a first user identifier advertised by a portable client device; determining that the signal strength of the portable client device at the wireless network interface is greater than a threshold value; and selecting content items in a sequence based on consumption statistics of content associated with a second user identifier on the media device and consumption statistics of content associated with the first user identifier, wherein consumption statistics include records indicating one or more interactions with the content items of a plurality of content items by one or more users associated with user identifiers. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073163 | INTERACTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING PROGRAM CONTENT - A method includes sending, from a media device to a display device, first content associated with a first channel of a plurality of channels. The method includes analyzing, at the media device, data of a program guide based on a profile to identify content of interest, the content of interest associated with a second channel of the plurality of channels. The method includes sending an indicator from the media device to the display device in response to identifying the content of interest. The method also includes, in response to user input indicating selection of the indicator, sending selectable options associated with presentation of second content, where the second content is associated with the content of interest. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073164 | SERVER-BASED PROGRAM RECORDING SCHEDULING - A DVR sends, over the Internet, to a server, information that indicates a set of programs. The information also may indicate a ranking of the programs in the set relative to each other. In response to receiving the information from the DVR, the server determines a “to do” list of programs that the DVR should record as those programs are broadcasted in the future. The “to do” list indicates recording times and channels for each program. The server sends the “to do” list back to the DVR over the Internet. The DVR receives the “to do” list over the Internet and stores the “to do” list. As the programs on the “to do” list are broadcasted, the DVR automatically records those programs at the list-specified times and on the list-specified channels. The DVR stores those programs on the DVR's hard disk drive for later viewing by the DVR user. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073165 | TWO-WAY TELEVISION ENABLED THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A communication method and system for providing a secure communication pathway between a user and a third-party is described. The system uses a telecommunications provider which has a controller for distributing and controlling electronic communications between a database, a translation server, a third-party provider of content and public identification information (PII), and at least one television of a user. The at least one television has a set-top box (STB) and a remote control. The STB has a unique electronic identifier (STB-ID). The STB communicates with the controller and the at least one television utilizing the STB-ID to ensure secure communications between the user, the telecommunications provider and the third-party. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073166 | Methods and Systems for Identifying a Media Program Clip Associated With a Trending Topic - An exemplary method of identifying a media program clip associated with a trending topic includes receiving a plurality of media content streams representative of a plurality of media programs, detecting, while the media content streams are being received, caption data included in the media content streams and associated with the media programs, identifying, based on the detected caption data, a trending topic associated with the plurality of media programs, and identifying a media program clip associated with the trending topic. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073167 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS IN AN INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROGRAM GUIDE - An interactive television program guide application is provided that queries a user regarding the user's interest in television programs and suggests television programs to the user based on the user's responses. The interactive television program guide application identifies a television program that is potentially of interest to the user. The interactive television program guide application then queries the user regarding the user's interest using questions that are formulated based on attributes associated with the identified television program. Using the user's responses to the questions, the interactive television program guide application identifies and suggests one or more television programs to the user. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073168 | CHANNEL OF TOP SOCIALLY-COMMENTED AUDIO VISUAL CONTENT - In one embodiment, a method for providing access to a content delivery channel for presentation on a viewing device includes: receiving statistics about comments published on a social media platform, the comments being identified as relevant to a plurality of media content instances broadcast during a given period of time; processing the received statistics to determine the most commented upon media content instances on the social media platform; using the processed statistics to identify one or more highlights in each of the most commented upon media content instances; and constructing a content delivery channel, wherein the content delivery channel comprises audio-visual (AV) content corresponding to the identified one or more highlights. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073169 | USER CONTROLLED MULTI-DEVICE MEDIA-ON-DEMAND SYSTEM - A method for providing configurable access to media in a media-on-demand system also can include delivering the media to a first client device in a format compatible with the first client device; interrupting the delivery of the media; recording a bookmark specifying a position in the media where the interruption occurred; and resuming delivery of the media to a second client device, the resumed delivery beginning at a position in the media specified by the recorded bookmark. The method further can include identifying device properties for each of the first and second client devices; delivering the media to the first client device in a format compatible with the identified device properties for the first client device; and, delivering the media to the second client device in a format compatible with the identified device properties for the second client device. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073170 | VIDEO CHANNEL SELECTION - In one embodiment, a method for selecting video channels is implemented on a computing device and includes: presenting at least one set of detected facial images, detecting user selection of a selected set of detected facial images, where each of the at least one set is associated with one of the video channels; and sending a video channel switching command to a video channel playing device, where the video channel switching command indicates a switch to the video channel associated with the selected set of detected facial images. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073171 | TELEVISION ENABLED THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An apparatus, system and method for delivering messages to a television set includes the use of a health-related digital content messaging and compliance system (HDCMC) to facilitate communication between a medical provider, a digital television station and eventually the television set of an end user. The medical provider can place requests to the HDCMC to deliver requested health-related content to the television of the end user. The HDCMC transmits the requested health-related content to the digital television station, which in turn transmits the requested health-related content received from the HDCMC to the television of the end user using verification codes to ensure that the requested content is delivered to the intended television and/or viewer. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073172 | BROADCAST EVENT NOTIFICATIONS - Systems and methods for alerting a mobile device about a broadcast television event include pairing a mobile device with a television receiver to establish a local wireless connection between the mobile device and the television receiver. An event selection is received at the television receiver. The event selection is indicative of a program title related to a broadcast program to be alerted to the mobile device. After the television receiver determines that threshold time prior to the broadcast time of the event selection has been reached, the television receiver alerts the mobile device through the local wireless connection. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073173 | VIDEO STREAM PROVIDING METHOD AND SYSTEM AND RELAY APPARATUS - A method of providing a video stream which includes different video stream data for each of a plurality of layers is provided. The method includes: receiving from a transmitting apparatus a maximum transmittable layer level determined based on a state of a first network; receiving from a first receiving terminal a first maximum receivable layer level determined based on a state of a 2ath network; receiving from a second receiving terminal a second maximum receivable layer level determined based on a state of a 2bth network; and relaying the video stream using the maximum transmittable layer level, the first maximum receivable layer level and the second maximum receivable layer level. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073174 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A reception apparatus includes: a reception section adapted to receive an AV content; a trigger extraction section adapted to extract trigger information transmitted together with the AV content for rendering an application program, which is to be executed in a linked relationship with the AV content, operative; a command acquisition section adapted to acquire a command for controlling the operation of the application program in response to the extracted trigger information; and a control section adapted to control the operation of the application program in response to the acquired command. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073175 | Advertisement Targeting Scheme in a Multicast ABR Environment Based on Throttled Ad Channel Streaming - A scheme for providing targeted advertisements in a multicast adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming environment. In one implementation, ads specific to a subscriber's demographic profile and relevant to the genre of a tuned MABR media channel may be downloaded in a gateway (GW) or into a network storage system. In another implementation, multicast ABR streams of ads may be triggered at specific points (e.g., insertion markers in a multicast ABR media channel) that can be selectively joined by a GW node based on demographics and channel genre. In yet another implementation, continuously streaming multicast ad channels may be switched at suitable points in a multicast ABR media channel based on targeting parameters. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073176 | Advertisement Targeting Scheme in a Multicast ABR Environment Based on Switched Video - A scheme for providing targeted advertisements in a multicast adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming environment. In one implementation, ads specific to a subscriber's demographic profile and relevant to the genre of a tuned MABR media channel may be downloaded in a gateway (GW) or into a network storage system. In another implementation, multicast ABR streams of ads may be triggered at specific points (e.g., insertion markers in a multicast ABR media channel) that can be selectively joined by a GW node based on demographics and channel genre. In yet another implementation, continuously streaming multicast ad channels may be switched at suitable points in a multicast ABR media channel based on targeting parameters. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073177 | METHOD FOR BUILDING AND TRANSMITTING A WATERMARKED CONTENT, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A WATERMARK OF SAID CONTENT - The present invention concerns a method for building a watermarked content for sending to at least one user unit having a user unit identifier, the watermarked content comprising a first series of packets, at least some from the first series of packets being available in at least two different qualities, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
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20160073178 | METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING MEDIA FILES AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING USING SAME - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving an MPEG-2 TS-based media file are provided. In the method of transmitting an MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS)-based media file, a Presentation Time Stamp (PTS) of a Presentation Unit (PU) is mapped to a Media Presentation Time (MPT) for synchronization with other media with respect to at least one program element forming a program included in the media file; and synchronization information including the mapped media presentation time is transmitted together with the media file, wherein the media presentation time is provided for a first PU in a segment of the transmitted media file. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073179 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The video processing system provides for automatic selection of video sequences showing goals in a video stream from cameras directed at a playing field. Classification is applied to image content from different foreground positions in an image. The set of classes comprising a first and second class corresponding players of different teams. Medians or averages of the image positions of the local image content assigned to the first and second class are determined. A condition is tested whether the results are on mutually opposite sides of a reference position and a distance between collected positions or distances between the reference position and the first and second collected positions exceed a threshold value. When the test shows that the condition is met, a preceding video sequence is selected, for example for display. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073180 | MAINTAINING CHANNEL-INVARIANT OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT (ONU) EQUALIZATION DELAY IN A PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - A device determines a zero-distance equalization delay and an order for optical line terminal (OLT) channel terminations (CTs), and determines a round-trip propagation time between a first OLT CT, based on the order, and an optical network unit (ONU). The device determines an equalization delay based on the round-trip propagation time, and hands over the ONU to a next OLT CT. The device calculates a round-trip delay for the next OLT CT based on a propagation time between the next OLT CT and the ONU, a processing time of the ONU, and the equalization delay. The device compares the round-trip delay, for the next OLT CT, with the zero-distance equalization delay to obtain a comparison result, and alters the zero-distance equalization delay based on the comparison result. The device repeats the performing, the calculating, the comparing, and the altering for remaining OLT CTs. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073181 | USER MODULES AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A user module for connecting an external communication network to a user network of a building may include: a box-shaped body; a plurality of adapters configured to associate to respective optical fibre units of at least one optical cable of the user network; and/or patch panel, between upper and lower walls of the box-shaped body, configured to receive the plurality of adapters and configured to define adjacent compartments within the user module. The patch panel may be housed in the box-shaped body. The patch panel may be configured to move between a rest position, at which the patch panel is completely housed within the box-shaped body, and a connecting position, at which the patch panel is at least partially extracted from the box-shaped body. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073182 | EARPIECE INTEGRATED MAGNETIC SHIELDING FOR MITIGATING INGRESS OF MAGNETIC PARTICLES - This document describes methods and apparatus for reducing a magnetic field emitted by an earpiece assembly from extending substantially outside a device associated with the earpiece assembly. Where the earpiece assembly is susceptible to ingress of magnetically attractable particles into the earpiece assembly such a reduction can prolong an operational life of the earpiece assembly. By insert molding magnetically permeable materials throughout an enclosure that surrounds and supports a permanent magnet of the earpiece assembly, a portion of a magnetic field emanating from the permanent magnet that extends outside the device can be substantially reduced or redirected so that the magnetic field ceases to draw the magnetically attractable particles into the earpiece assembly. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073183 | MOLDED ACOUSTIC MESH FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An electronic device has a speaker housing secured within the device housing. The speaker housing has a cavity with a speaker at one end and a port at the other configured to communicate through an aperture in the housing of the electronic device. A panel of acoustic mesh is integrally formed within the cavity of the housing and is disposed between the port and the speaker. In other embodiments flexible structures are integrally molded onto a plate or the acoustic device and used to secure and acoustically seal the acoustic device within the device housing. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073184 | Audio Bicycle Steering Wheel Device - An audio bicycle steering wheel device facilitates listening to audio while riding a bicycle. The device includes a ring and a housing coupled to the ring. The housing is positioned in a center of the ring and extends across the center of the ring. A speaker and an audio player are coupled to the housing. The audio player is operationally coupled to the speaker to broadcast audio provided to the speaker by the audio player. A mounting bracket is coupled to a back face of the housing for coupling to a handlebar riser of a bicycle. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073185 | Collection and Analysis of Muted Audio - Apparatus having corresponding methods comprise a microphone configured to produce audio; a mute control configured to select a microphone open selection or a microphone muted selection; a processor configured to identify the audio produced during the microphone open selection as primary audio, and to identify the audio produced during the microphone muted selection as secondary audio; and a transceiver configured to transmit the primary audio and the secondary audio. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073186 | EARPIECE WITH MOVABLE JOINT - The subject technology can be embodied in an earpiece that includes a body, a retaining structure, and a movable joint structure. The body includes an acoustic passage for conducting sound waves. The retaining structure is configured to engage with external structural features to hold the body in position, and the movable joint structure is configured to couple the body to the retaining structure. The movable joint structure is also configured to allow angular motion of the body with respect to the retaining structure. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073187 | EARSET - Disclosed is an earset. The earset includes a case that forms an appearance thereof, an ear pad that is mounted in one end portion of the case and is attached to/detached from a user's ear, and a soundproof housing that is accommodated in the case and in which a speaker and a microphone are arranged in a forward/backward direction along an axial line of the ear pad. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073188 | WIRELESS EARBUDS - A wireless earbud has an earbud housing having a longitudinal main axis and an essentially circular cross section, a loudspeaker element, a rechargeable battery, at least one main printed circuit board having disposed thereon circuitry for wireless radio communication, audio codec and earbud operation control, and a charging interface member. The loudspeaker element, the rechargeable battery, the main printed circuit board and the charging interface member are arranged in a successive order along the longitudinal main axis of the earbud housing. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073189 | CHARGING OF WIRELESS EARBUDS - A storage and charging capsule for a pair of wireless earbuds is presented. The storage and charging capsule has a base part, an elongate intermediate part, the intermediate part having a longitudinal major axis, and a cover part being retractable over the intermediate part. The intermediate part has a first end attached to the base part, a second end, and an earbud chamber formed between the first and second ends. The earbud chamber is adapted to receive the pair of wireless earbuds arranged one after another along the longitudinal major axis of the intermediate part. The capsule further has a power source for charging the pair of wireless earbuds when placed in the earbud chamber in the intermediate part. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073190 | HEADPHONES WITH JUNCTION RECEPTACLE - Headphones include a plug connector and a junction receptacle. The junction receptacle has a socket that fits the plug connector. A first cable connects the plug connector to the junction receptacle. Headphones are connected by cables to the junction receptacle. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073191 | PASSIVE HEADSET WITH DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLED LEDS - A method and system for a passive headset with dynamically controlled LEDs, where the method comprises, in a passive headset comprising speakers, light emitting diodes (LEDs), and LED driver circuitry: receiving an electrical signal that includes an audio signal and an LED control signal, filtering out the LED control signal from the received electrical signal and communicating a resulting output audio signal to the speakers, filtering out the audio signal from the received electrical signal and communicating a resulting output LED control signal to the LED driver circuitry, generating a bias voltage for each of the one or more LEDs utilizing the LED driver circuitry and the output LED control signal, and configuring a light output of the LED utilizing the generated bias voltage. The amplifier may include a mixer that sums an audio signal with a control signal. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073192 | RETAINING STRUCTURE FOR AN EARPIECE - The subject technology can be embodied in a retaining structure which is configured to engage with external structures to hold an earpiece in position. The retaining structure includes a first portion forming a loop and having an upper end and a lower end. The upper end of the first portion is coupled to a top surface of a body of the earpiece and the lower end of the first portion is coupled to a bottom surface of the earpiece. The retaining structure also includes a second portion having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end of the second portion is coupled to the loop formed by the first portion, and the upper end of the second portion extends from the earpiece. The top and bottom surfaces are located on substantially opposite sides of the body in a direction along a plane of the retaining structure. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073193 | Moldable Earpiece System - An earpiece including an external surface having a first fixed configuration disposable within the outer ear and having a passage adapted for retention of an in ear device a portion of which extends outwardly to releasably couple to an earplug adjacent the earpiece, the earpiece heatable to achieve a moldable condition which allows reconfiguration of the external surface by engagement with the outer ear to dispose the external surface in a second fixed configuration in greater conformity to the outer ear. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073194 | ACOUSTIC MESH AND METHODS OF USE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An acoustically permeable material is disposed within an aperture of an electronic device to provide aesthetic appeal for the electronic device and protection for an acoustic device mounted within the electronic device. A stiffener is used in conjunction with the acoustically permeable material to improve its ability to resist permanent mechanical deformation from external forces. In some embodiments the stiffener may have multiple cavities enabling improved isolation between multiple acoustic devices within the same aperture. Other methods of employing acoustically permeable materials are disclosed that improve the aesthetic appeal, acoustic performance and/or manufacturability of the electronic device. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073195 | LOUDSPEAKER WITH IMPROVED DIRECTIONAL BEHAVIOR AND REDUCTION OF ACOUSTICAL INTERFERENCE - Loudspeaker systems and assemblies are provided in which mid-frequency producing drivers are provided on opposing sides of a high frequency source comprising a linear high-frequency source connected to a waveguide. Crossover circuitry is provided such that the acoustic output from the mid-frequency drivers overlaps with that of the high-frequency source over an intermediate frequency range associated with acoustic interference between the mid-frequency producing drivers. In some embodiments, the mid-frequency producing drivers are recessed behind the output of the waveguide, and optionally angled outwardly from the waveguide, in order decrease the distance therebetween. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073196 | CONTROL OF A LOUDSPEAKER OUTPUT - A loudspeaker drive circuit comprises an input for receiving an audio signal and a signal processor for processing the audio signal before application to the loudspeaker. The signal processor processes the audio signal to derive a loudspeaker drive signal which results in the loudspeaker membrane reaching its maximum displacement in both directions of diaphragm displacement. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073197 | SPEAKER DISCOVERY AND ASSIGNMENT - Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for discovering and assigning wireless speakers to one or more devices capable of providing audio content. In some embodiments, the speakers may receive one or more channels of multi-channel audio content. In some embodiments, one or more wireless speakers are discovered, a prompt identifying at least one speaker location is provided at an output device, a list of wireless speakers is provided to the output device, wherein the list of wireless speakers corresponds to the discovered one or more wireless speakers, a selection of a wireless speaker from the list of wireless speakers is received; and the selected wireless speaker is associated to the at least one speaker location. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073198 | SPATIAL AUDIO APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive at least two audio signals; a frequency domain transformer configured to transform the at least two audio signals into a frequency domain representation of the at least two signals; a spatial covariance processor configured to generate an observed spatial covariance matrix from the frequency domain representations of the at least two audio signals; a beamformer configured to generate a spatial covariance matrix model comprising at least one beamformer kernel; a matrix factorizer configured to generate a linear magnitude mode! of audio objects; to combine the spatial covariance matrix model and the linear magnitude model; and further configured to determine at least one combination parameter, such that the at least one parameter for the combination attempts to optimise the combination; and a separator configured to cluster the audio objects based on the at least one combination parameter to create separated audio sources. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073199 | POLYHEDRAL AUDIO SYSTEM BASED ON AT LEAST SECOND-ORDER EIGENBEAMS - A microphone array-based audio system that supports representations of auditory scenes using second-order (or higher) harmonic expansions based on the audio signals generated by the microphone array. In one embodiment, a plurality of audio sensors are mounted on the surface of an acoustically rigid polyhedron that approximates a sphere. The number and location of the audio sensors on the polyhedron are designed to enable the audio signals generated by those sensors to be decomposed into a set of eigenbeams having at least one eigenbeam of order two (or higher). Beamforming (e.g., steering, weighting, and summing) can then be applied to the resulting eigenbeam outputs to generate one or more channels of audio signals that can be utilized to accurately render an auditory scene. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073200 | HEADSET - A headset is provided. The headset includes: a hook hung on a user's neck; a pair of sound output units connected to both end parts of the hook; and a clipping module provided to at least one sound output unit and coupled to a cap worn by the user to allow the at least one sound output unit to be detachable. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073201 | Tablet Woofer - The present invention provides a tablet woofer, including: a vibration diaphragm, at least four mutually independent driving units, and a housing for accommodating and securing the vibration diaphragm and the driving unit. The driving unit includes independent voice coil units and magnetic circuit units, the voice coil units being attached and fixed to the vibration diaphragm. The woofer further includes a FPCB communicating with an internal circuit and an external circuit, and the FPCB is disposed at two sides of the housing, the part of the FPCB disposed on the side of the housing close to the voice coil units being electrically connected to the voice coil units, the part of the FPCB disposed on the side of the housing far away from the voice coil units being electrically connected to the external circuit. The woofer can solve the problems of thick and heavy voice coils and magnet performance surplus. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073202 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device including a housing and an acoustic device configured to generate vibration sound that is transmitted through vibration of a part of a human body. The acoustic device includes a panel configured to be joined to the housing; a piezoelectric element configured to be joined to the panel for vibrating the panel; and a vibration adjusting unit configured to be joined to the panel and vibrated together with the panel by the piezoelectric element. With the above configuration, a frequency characteristic is improved. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073203 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A DIRECTIONAL SYSTEM - The application relates to a hearing device comprising an input unit for providing first and second electric input signals representing sound signals, a beamformer filter for making frequency-dependent directional filtering of the electric input signals, the output of said beamformer filter providing a resulting beamformed output signal. The application further relates to a method of providing a directional signal. The object of the present application is to create a directional signal. The problem is solved in that the beamformer filter comprises a directional unit for providing respective first and second beamformed signals from weighted combinations of the electric input signals, an equalization unit for equalizing a phase (and possibly an amplitude) of the beamformed signals and providing first and second equalized beamformed signals, and a beamformer output unit for providing the resulting beamformed output signal from the first and second equalized beamformed signals. This has the advantage to create a directional signal where the phase of the individual components is preserved, and therefore introducing no phase distortions. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids, headsets, ear phones, active ear protection systems, and combinations thereof. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073204 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES IN A BLUETOOTH NETWORK - A hearing assistance system provides for wireless communication between hearing assistance devices that are in a Bluetooth connection with a host device. In various embodiments, during a Bluetooth connection interval, one or more time slots are used for communication between the host device and one or more of the hearing assistance devices, while one or more additional time slots are reserved for communication between the hearing assistance devices. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073205 | AUTOMATIC RECONFIGURATION OF A HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE BASED ON BATTERY CHARACTERISTICS - Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for detecting battery chemistry or battery type and reconfiguring a hearing assistance device based on the detected battery. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method of operating a hearing assistance device having a battery. A voltage of the battery is detected at a predetermined load current and a battery chemistry or battery type is determined based on the detected voltage. An operating parameter of the hearing assistance device is adjusted based on the determined battery chemistry or battery type, in various embodiments. Examples of adjustments made based on the determined battery chemistry or battery type include gain, feedback cancellation (FBC) filter, self-diagnostic thresholds of the hearing assistance device, indicator loudness, low battery set point, or an end-of-discharge battery set point. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073206 | Emission of a Commencement Sound and a Conclusion Sound - Various embodiments associated with a commencement sound and a conclusion sound are described. The commencement sound can be a firing sound, such as a sound of a bullet exiting a rifle. The conclusion sound can be an impact sound, such as a sound of the bullet impacting a concrete wall. These sounds can replicate what it sounds like to have an experience around someone without actually subjecting that person to the experience. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073207 | SOUND BASED NAVIGATION USING A PORTABLE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - Sound based navigation using a portable communications device is presented herein. A portable communications device can include a speaker for generating a sound, and microphone(s) for receiving a reflection of the sound—the reflection including an acoustic wave that has been reflected from an object. Further, the portable communications device can include a timing component configured to determine a time of propagation of the acoustic wave from the speaker to the microphone(s), and a distance component configured to determine a distance of the object from the portable communications device based on the time of propagation of the acoustic wave. Furthermore, the portable communications device can include a mapping component configured to: determine a geographic location of the portable communications device, and create, based on the geographic location and the distance of the object from the portable communications device, a map, indoor map, etc. of objects, structures, etc. comprising the object. | 2016-03-10 |