38th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 79 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200296434 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNAL - A method for transmitting a broadcast signal is disclosed. The method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes performing delivery layer processing of a broadcast service data and signaling information for the broadcast service data, performing UDP/IP encapsulation of a broadcast service data and signaling information for the broadcast service data and performing physical layer processing of a broadcast service data and signaling information for the broadcast service data. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296435 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING DATA - A method and system is provided for segmenting blocks of video data into chunks for consumption by player devices to create a new block to improve overall chunk creation. In one embodiment, issues that occur at the PCP block boundaries are handled by creating two chunks, one from the tail of content from the previous block and the other from the start of the new block, with the sums of the two chunks approximately equal to the target duration, improving manifest and chunk cadence creation. In another embodiment, chunks are created when the sink | 2020-09-17 |
20200296436 | Establishment and Use of Time Mapping Based on Interpolation Using Low-Rate Fingerprinting, to Help Facilitate Frame-Accurate Content Revision - A media client ascertains a plurality of matching points between (i) query fingerprints representing a media stream being received by the client and (ii) reference fingerprints, each identified matching point defining a respective match between a query fingerprint that is timestamped with client time defined according to a clock of the client and a reference fingerprint that is timestamped with true time defined according to a timeline within a known media stream. Further, the client performs linear regression based on the timestamps of the ascertained plurality of matching points, to establish a mapping between true time and client time. The client then uses the established mapping as a basis to determine a client-time point at which the client should perform an action with respect to media stream being received by the client. And the client performs the action at the determined client-time point. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296437 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA STREAM FRAGMENTATION - A method of data conditioning is disclosed that in one aspect includes receiving a data stream and encoding into the data stream information representing a boundary of a content fragment, wherein the boundary is independent of a group of pictures structure of the data stream. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296438 | Video Transmission Method, Apparatus, and System, and Computer Readable Storage Medium - A video transmission method includes obtaining a target video data segment, obtaining t reference data sets, encoding the target video data segment using each reference data set to obtain t encoded data blocks that are in a one-to-one correspondence with the t reference data sets, where any k encoded data blocks in the t encoded data blocks and k reference data sets that are in the t reference data sets and that are in a one-to-one correspondence with the any k encoded data blocks can construct an equation set matrix, and data of a solution matrix of the equation set matrix is data of the target video data segment, and sending t first reference data groups to a video decoding device using n front-end servers, where each first reference data group includes one encoded data block and a corresponding reference data set. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BANDWIDTH-LIMITED VIDEO TRANSPORT - Systems and methods for bandwidth-limited video transport are configured to receive (or otherwise discern) a selection of video parameter limits that correspond to a bandwidth limit and apply the video parameter limits to an input video stream to enforce the bandwidth limit while preserving video quality. Methods may include adjusting the video stream one parameter at a time until the adjusted video stream meets the bandwidth limit. Parameters to be adjusted may include image resolution, frame rate, image compression, color depth, bits per pixel, and/or color encoding. In some embodiments, the image resolution is reduced first, the frame rate is reduced next, and the image compression is increased last. The extent and/or order of the adjustments of the parameters may be selected by the user, based on the content of the video stream, and/or based on the bandwidth limit. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296440 | QR CODES FOR GUIDED SERVICE AUTHORIZATION - A reception apparatus includes receiver arid processing circuitry. The receiver circuitry receives a broadcast stream that includes a television service selected by a user. The processing circuitry receives a user selection of the television service included in the broadcast stream and determines whether the selected television service is a digital rights management (DRM) protected service. When the selected television service is determined to be the DRM protected service, the processing circuitry outputs a quick response (QR) code for display, monitors the received broadcast stream for a DRM license that is associated with the unique identifier of the reception apparatus, acquires the DRM license that is associated with the unique identifier of the reception apparatus from the received broadcast stream, and decrypts at least one media component of the selected television service using the acquired DRM license. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296441 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ESTIMATE POPULATION REACH FROM DIFFERENT MARGINAL RATING UNIONS - Example methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to estimate population reach for different unions based on marginal ratings. An example apparatus includes an association controller to generate a tree association corresponding to a union of a first and second margin of time; and one or more commercial solvers to perform parallel computations on a processor to determine first multipliers corresponding to a total number of panelists exposed to media at the first margin, the second margin, and the union by solving first equations corresponding to the tree association; discard a first multiplier and a second multiplier of the first multipliers corresponding to the first margin and the second margin; perform parallel computation on the processor to determine second multipliers corresponding to a total audience exposed to the media at the first margin and the second margin by solving second equations corresponding to the tree association, the second system of equations including a subset of the first multipliers; and determine an estimate for a population reach of the union based on the second multipliers. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296442 | Cap-based Client-Network Interaction for Improved Streaming Experience - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, setting a streaming rate cap for a client device; obtaining a bitrate ladder associated with the client device, wherein the bitrate ladder comprises a listing of a plurality of bitrates that the client device can request in connection with receiving streaming data; determining a boost rate for the client device, wherein the boost rate is greater than the streaming rate cap such that the boost rate enables the client device to receive the streaming data faster than the client device would otherwise receive the streaming data under the streaming rate cap, and wherein the boost rate is based upon the bitrate ladder; and enabling delivery to the client device of the streaming data up to the boost rate; wherein a network device is part of a network through which the streaming data is delivered to the client device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296443 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION METHOD - To provide a reception device capable of precisely estimating throughput on the basis of a breakpoint between video frames in a communication system where video-frame-based transmission is intermittently performed. A reception device is configured to be provided with a reception means, a breakpoint position estimation means, and a transmission means. The reception means receives packets obtained by dividing a video frame. The breakpoint position estimation means estimates a packet which is a breakpoint between video frames on the basis of packet information about the packets received by the reception means. The transmission means transmits, to a transmission device of the packets, information about the reception time of the video frame and information about the data size thereof on the basis of the estimation result of the breakpoint. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296444 | Platform and Process for Enabling and Managing Mobile Smart Television, Broadcast, Reception, and/or Usage - A broadcast television support platform includes at least one processor implementing the broadcast television support platform, the broadcast television support platform being configured to provide support to a wireless device implementing a television receiver configured for receiving and displaying terrestrial television content. The broadcast television support platform also includes an input/output device, the input/output device configured to connect the broadcast television support platform over a wireless network to the wireless device implementing the television receiver to support reception and display of the terrestrial television content. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296445 | DETECTION OF ITEMS IN A HOME - Various arrangements for detecting items in home are presented. Imaging devices may capture images of a user's home. The images may be analyzed and compared against a user approved list of item definitions. Using the definitions, items, brands, trademarks, and the like may be identified in the images. The items identified in the images may be used to determine preferences of a user and provide targeted marketing content using the television receiver. In some cases, analysis of items in a home may be used to determine the effectiveness of marketing content by determining causality or correlations between marketing content viewed by a user and items in the home. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296446 | Apparatus and Method for Recording Content - Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for switching streams in response to detecting a start trigger are presented. A program's start trigger indicating that the program is upcoming may be detected on a first stream, and in response to detecting the start trigger on the first stream, a second stream containing the program may be switched to. The program may be a video program. Segment triggers may be detected and may be used to selectively record and/or delete segments of the program according to a priority scheme. Multiple start triggers may be detected at decreasing time intervals. The existence of a recording conflict may be determined based on a program's start trigger and a user may be alerted of the recording conflict. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296447 | Video Recording Method And Video Recording Apparatus - This application discloses a video recording apparatus and a video recording method. The video recording apparatus includes a first demultiplexer, configured to: separate program information, audio data, and video data from a transport stream; a marker, configured to: mark the separated audio data and the separated video data, and transmit a mixed stream to an encryption processor, where the mixed stream includes the program information, the marked audio data, and the marked video data; and the encryption processor, configured to: identify the marked audio data and the marked video data in the mixed stream, encrypt the identified audio data and the identified video data to obtain encrypted audio data and encrypted video data, and transmit the encrypted audio data, the encrypted video data, and the program information to a memory in a rich execution environment REE for storage, so as to implement video recording. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296448 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - Various embodiments of the present disclosure propose an apparatus and method for supporting a service for one program through a channel change in a digital broadcasting system. To this end, a broadcast providing device may monitor whether a channel switching event occurs while providing a service for a first program on a first channel on the basis of a predetermined broadcast program schedule. When the channel switching event occurs, before the service for the first program on the first channel ends according to the predetermined broadcast program schedule, the broadcast providing device may transmit, to a broadcast consumer device, connection control information required to continue the service for the first program on a second channel The broadcast consumer device may perform service switching on the basis of the connection control information. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296449 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a memory that stores a first EDID including an identification bit set to respond to a separate electronic device when the separate electronic device supports a first version of the HDMI, a transmitter that transmits the first EDID, and a receiver. When the receiver receives first control information including response information set in response to the identification bit, a compliant version of the HDMI to be operated is determined according to the response information. When the receiver does not receive the first control information, the compliant version of the HDMI to be operated is determined according to an attribute of a video and audio signal transmitted from the separate electronic device. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296450 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING CONTENT - Provided is a method, performed by a device, of recognizing content, the method including selecting a template to be used for recognizing content displayed on the device when a type of a content service that provides the content to the device is determined; capturing a screen of the device when a control signal is received by the device; determining whether the captured screen corresponds to a gateway page; determining whether the captured screen corresponds to the selected template when the captured screen corresponds to the gateway page; and generating a template corresponding to the content service, based on the captured screen, when the captured screen does not correspond to the selected template. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296451 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT DELIVERY - Methods and systems for delivering content are described. A content distribution network may utilize multiple content sources and datacenters when delivering content to a requesting device. One or more service metrics associated with the content as it is being prepared for delivery at each of the datacenters may be monitored by a quality agent. The quality agent may use the one or more service metrics to select a distribution datacenter to deliver the content to the requesting device. The quality agent may instruct the remaining datacenters to disable delivery of the content to the requesting device. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296452 | AUTOMATIC PROFILING OF VIDEO ANALYTICS APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for deploying a video analytics system include determining one or more applications for a security system in an environment, including one or more constraints. Each functional module in a directed graph representation of one or more applications is profiled to generate one or more configurations for each functional module. The nodes of each graph representation represent functional modules of the respective application, and repeated module configurations are skipped. Resource usage for each of the one or more applications is estimated using the one or more configurations of each functional module and the one or more constraints. The one or more applications are deployed in the environment. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296453 | VIDEO PLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A video playing method, apparatus and electronic device. The method comprises: obtaining to-be-played video frames; inputting the obtained to-be-played video frames into a preset decoder, and decoding the to-be-played video frames by the preset decoder to obtain decoded to-be-played video frames; storing the decoded to-be-played video frames as texture data in a texture storage area of a graphic processing unit; determining, from the decoded to-be-played video frames stored in the texture storage area, a decoded to-be-played video frame that satisfies a rendering condition as a to-be-rendered video frame; rendering and the determined to-be-rendered video frames by the graphic processing unit and playing the rendered video frame. With the embodiments of the present application, rendering speed of a graphic processing unit (GPU) can be increased to a certain extent. Therefore, video playing performance of the electronic device can be improved. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296454 | CARTRIDGES FOR ORAL FLUID ANALYSIS AND METHODS OF USE - A disposable cartridge can be used for biofluid sample collection, preparation, and mixing with reagents. After sample collection, the cartridge can be inserted into a reader for sample analysis. This system can be used for detecting and measuring analytes, such as drugs, in saliva for example. This is useful for point of test detection of drugs in applications such as workplace drug testing and driving under the influence of drugs testing. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296455 | Audiovisual Content Screening for Locked Application Programming Interfaces - Concepts and technologies directed to screening streaming content with locked application programming interfaces are disclosed herein. Embodiments can include a system that is configured to perform operations that can include detecting a content stream directed to a media application on a user equipment, where audiovisual content of the content stream is presented on a display. The operations can include determining that an application programming interface corresponding to the media application is locked such that the audiovisual content from the content stream is not accessible via the application programming interface; accessing the audiovisual content that is being presented on the display without accessing the application programming interface corresponding to the media application; and scraping the audiovisual content from the display for a time period, wherein the scraping creates scraped audiovisual content corresponding to the audiovisual content that was presented on the display during the time period. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING THE ENGAGEMENT FACTOR OF VIDEOS - Systems and methods for generating a content score for a video that is indicative of how engaging the video is to viewers makes use of a modified completion rate factor. The modified completion rate factor indicates the percentage of viewers that played the video and that watched at least a predetermined number of second of the video. Other viewing factors may also be used to help generate the content score of the video. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296457 | ATTENTION BASED MEDIA CONTROL - Systems and methods for monitoring eye movement of a viewer may enable monitoring of a viewer's focus to enhance attention based media control. One example includes providing visual stimuli on a screen, monitoring a viewing focus of a viewer to determine if the viewing focus of the viewer is on the visual stimuli and may include stopping the visual stimuli when the viewing focus is determined to be other than on the visual stimuli. The method may also include resuming the visual stimuli when the viewing focus is determined to be on the visual stimuli. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296458 | DIGITALLY REPRESENTING USER ENGAGEMENT WITH DIRECTED CONTENT BASED ON BIOMETRIC SENSOR DATA - A computer-implemented method for obtaining a digital representation of user engagement with audio-video content includes playing digital data comprising audio-video content by an output device that outputs audio-video output based on the digital data and receiving sensor data from at least one sensor positioned to sense an involuntary response of one or more users while engaged with the audio-video output. The method further includes determining a Content Engagement Power (CEP) value, based on the sensor data and recording the digital representation of CEP in a computer memory. An apparatus is configured to perform the method using hardware, firmware, and/or software. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296459 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD, AND VIDEO DISPLAY PROGRAM - An video display system having room in a generation time of a next frame to be generated on the basis of a gaze direction of the user is provided. A video display system includes a wearable device including a reception unit that receive a video, a display unit that displays the video received by the reception unit, an irradiation unit that irradiates eyes of a user with near infrared light, and an imaging unit that images the eyes of the user viewing the video displayed on the display unit, on the basis of the near infrared light, the user wearing the wearable device and viewing the video; a gaze detection unit that detects a gaze point of the user on the basis of a captured image captured by the imaging unit; and a video generation unit that generates a video to be displayed on the wearable device on the basis of the gaze point detected by the gaze detection unit, and the wearable device includes a control unit that instructs an imaging start timing to the imaging unit so that the imaging of the imaging unit can be executed at a timing at which it is estimated that the user is viewing the frame each time each frame of the video to be displayed on the display unit is displayed. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296460 | SET-TOP BOX FOR CHANGING CHANNELS AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF SAME - A set-top box for changing channels and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the set-top box includes a network interface controller that is configured to receive a source internet protocol television signal, which includes two channels, from an external source and at least partially prepare the source internet protocol signal in order to forward the tuned signal to a television. The set-top box saves in a buffer the at least partially prepared second channel beginning at a recent periodic, sequential signal access point. In response to receiving a channel change instruction when the set-top box is forwarding the at least partially prepared first channel signal, the set-top box causes the television tuner to forward the at least partially prepared signal based on the second channel stored in the buffer beginning at the recent periodic, sequential signal access point. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296461 | DYNAMIC ITEM HIGHLIGHTING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for highlighting a program listing in a set of program listings based on selection criteria. The selection criteria may indicate that the a broadcaster has agreed to pay a service provider in return for the service provider ensuring that a program listing, corresponding to the program of the broadcaster, is highlighted in a program page that displays a set of program listings, such as television program listings. If there are multiple program listings, listed in a program page, that are to be highlighted, then details of the respective contracts may be used to determine which program listing to highlight. Such details may include the total contract value, a ratio of contract value-to-page view, and/or the time of contract formation. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296462 | MEDIA CONTENT PRESENTATION - A method of presenting media content is disclosed. A plurality of assets is received at a mobile device comprising a display and an orientation sensor. The plurality of assets comprises a first video asset associated with a first aspect ratio, and a second video asset associated with a second aspect ratio, different from the first aspect ratio. A desired aspect ratio is determined based on an output of the orientation sensor. In accordance with a determination that the desired aspect ratio is closer to the first aspect ratio than to the second aspect ratio, the first video asset is selected. In accordance with a determination that the desired aspect ratio is closer to the second aspect ratio than to the first aspect ratio, the second video asset is selected. The selected video is presented at the desired aspect ratio via the display. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296463 | SMART MEDIA DISPLAY - A method of utilizing Wi-Fi based passive motion detection to deliver targeted advertising through a smart TV is provided. The system uses an agent in connection with the wireless access point that the Smart TV uses to access the internet to make motion determinations. The CSI data of the access point is analyzed to identify if a user is present, if the user is stationary, the previous location of the user, and the activity the user is currently engaged in. An advertisement may be selected based on a last visited location and activity. Such advertisements may further be delivered to more engaged viewers when the advertiser pays a higher rate. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296464 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT VIA A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing first monitoring information associated with an audience that is viewing a presentation, determining an actual audience engagement level by performing pattern recognition on the first monitoring information, comparing the actual audience engagement level with an expected audience engagement level to generate an engagement score for the presentation, and transmitting, to a device, a haptic feedback according to the engagement score during the presenting of the presentation. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296465 | VIEWER AUTHENTICATION - Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods for viewer authentication are disclosed. An example system includes a comparator to access audio metering data received from a user device and determine a level of exposure of a user of the user device to a program based on the audio metering data. The example system also includes a calculator to determine a weighting score based on the level of exposure. In addition, the example system includes a tallier to access voting data received from the user device for a ballot presented in the program and scale the voting data based on the weighting score. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296466 | CONTENT PROVISION SERVER, CONTENT PROVISION PROGRAM, CONTENT PROVISION SYSTEM AND USER PROGRAM - Communications are established between a referring content and a referred content. A content providing server | 2020-09-17 |
20200296467 | Personalized Menus and Media Content Interface - Methods and apparatus for generating personalized menus and a media content interface are provided. In one example, different device specific media asset lists are generated at different user devices for the same user based on the media consumption history at each device. In another example, media asset listings are displayed for multicast and on-demand media assets determined to be of interest to the user. An on-demand media asset is listed at a time when no other multicast media assets are listed. In another example, media asset listings for successive episodes of a media series are displayed in sequential order in response to an input to view successive episodes of a media series. In another example, a text search for media content is performed in which the search priority of media provider results is decreased relative to the search priority of media asset results as additional characters are added to a search string. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296468 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLAYBACK OF CONTENT USING PROGRESS POINT INFORMATION - The systems and methods are described herein for playback of content based on progress point information. The systems and methods detect nearby media devices to transmit or request progress point information. Based on the communicated progress point information, the system may generate an option to play back content at a point within the content up to which content was last consumed. When content providers offer different versions of one content item and the user does not select to play back content from the content provider associated with the progress point information, the system determines a proper playback point in other content providers. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONCILING PLAYBACK USING PROGRESS POINT INFORMATION - The systems and methods are described herein for playback of content based on progress point information. The systems and methods detect nearby media devices to transmit or request progress point information. Based on the communicated progress point information, the system may generate an option to play back content at a point within the content up to which content was last consumed. When content providers offer different versions of one content item and the user does not select to play back content from the content provider associated with the progress point information, the system determines a proper playback point in other content providers. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296470 | VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A video play method, a terminal device, and a storage medium for switching bitstream in a video play. The video play method includes obtaining a first image frame sequence and a second image frame sequence in response to a switch instruction to switch from a first video stream to a second video stream, the first image frame sequence in a form of the first video stream and the second image frame sequence in a form of the second video stream; determining a first image frame as a switching point in the first image frame sequence and a second image frame matching the first image frame in the second image frame sequence; determining the second image frame as a starting point in the second image frame sequence; and playing the first image frame sequence until the switching point, and playing the second image frame sequence from the starting point. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296471 | Contextual Navigational Control for Digital Television - A contextual navigational control for digital television is described. An apparatus, comprises a contextual navigation control interface (CNCI). The CNCI includes a first area that represents a plurality of cable television programs having a first level of relevance. A second area represents a first group of the plurality of programs having a second level of relevance. A third area represents a first subgroup of the first group having a third level of relevance. A fourth area represents a second subgroup of the first group having a fourth level of relevance. There may be additional areas representing additional sub-groups of relevance to the current viewing context. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296472 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOMMENDING TO A FIRST USER MEDIA ASSETS FOR INCLUSION IN A PLAYLIST FOR A SECOND USER BASED ON THE SECOND USER'S VIEWING ACTIVITY - Systems and methods for providing a first user with recommendations of media assets for inclusion in a playlist for a second user based on the second user's viewing activity. These systems and methods receive, from the second user, an expression of disinterest in a media asset included in the playlist for the second user, update a user profile associated with the second user based on the expression of disinterest, and determine a recommendation for another media asset based on the updated user profile associated with the second user. The systems and methods provide the recommendation to the first user. By recommending media assets that the second user is least likely to object to, these systems and methods reduce the frequency of disruptive requests for media assets from the second user. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296473 | SUBTITLE SWITCHING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Methods and display devices are provided for switching subtitles that are displayed on a screen. Switching subtitles includes storing, from a first cache and into a second cache, a second subtitle(s) synchronized with a first subtitle, where the first cache stores multi-language subtitles obtained by decoding a video file. The first subtitle is displayed in synchronization with video data in the video file, while the first subtitle and each of the second subtitle(s) have a same start time and a same end time, even while corresponding to different languages. In response to receiving a subtitle switching instruction that includes information associated with a first target language while the first subtitle is being displayed, one of the second subtitle(s) corresponding to the first target language from the second cache is read as a third subtitle, and the third subtitle is displayed. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296474 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION APPARATUS - A transmission method includes: generating one or more transfer frames that each store one or more streams used for content transfer; and transmitting the one or more generated frames through broadcast, each of the one or more streams storing one or more second transfer units, each of the one or more second transfer units storing one or more first transfer units, and each of the one or more first transfer units storing one or more Internet Protocol (IP) packets. In at least one stream among the one or more streams, each of the first transfer units positioned at a head contains reference clock information indicating time used for reproduction of the content. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296475 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device includes a first communication section, a second communication section, and a processing section. The first communication section is configured to perform communication using an IP. The second communication section is configured to perform communication using a non-IP wired interface. The processing section is configured to communicate a control command using one of the first communication section and the second communication section according to a specified condition, the first communication section being used to communicate an IP control command that is the control command using the IP, the second communication section being used to communicate a wire control command that is the control command with respect to a communication using the wired interface. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296476 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTELY MONITORING CONNECTIVITY AND NETWORK PERFORMANCE IN HOSPITALITY ENVIRONMENTS - Systems and methods for obtaining network diagnostic information within a hospitality environment are provided. More specifically, application identification information may be received at a diagnostic device, based on the application identification information, a diagnostic application may be received, site configuration may be obtained, the diagnostic application may be configured with the site configuration information, and network diagnostic information may be obtained. The network diagnostic information may then be provided to a remote monitoring server. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296477 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VIDEO - A video processing method includes following operations: receiving a seek command, and determining whether a stored data stream includes first data corresponding to a first segment of a video; if the stored data stream does not include the first data, acquiring a download link of the first segment; generating an estimated network speed value according to at least one network speed value prior to receiving the seek command, and downloading the first data from a server according to the estimated network speed value and the download link, in which the estimated network speed value is less than the at least one network speed value; and playing the first segment according to the first data to switch from a current segment of the video to the first segment. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296478 | Receiving apparatus capable of receiving digital contents and commercial messages - A receiving apparatus comprises a recorder of the received digital contents and commercial messages. Commercial message retrieved from the recorder is interposed into a digital content or between a pair of digital contents in accordance with the type of commercial message. Interposition of commercial message is controlled by internal information, such as history of actually displaying the same commercial message, or history of skipping the same commercial message. The receiving apparatus controls the repetition time of displaying the same commercial message, or decision whether or not actually displaying a specific commercial message, or the order of displaying commercial messages. Skip of commercial message is prevented unless display has been repeated over a minimum requirement, or user agrees with a compensation for the skip. Repetition of the same commercial message ceases with skip repeated over a limit. Notice of interposing commercial message or of compensation for skip is made in advance. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296479 | MEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY SELECTION - A device, such as for example and without limitation, a set-top box, is programmed to receive metadata relating to available media content. At least one item of media content is identified as selected to be provided to a display upon activation of the display. The at least one item of selected media content is provided to the display upon activation of the display. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296480 | PRODUCTION AND CONTROL OF CINEMATIC CONTENT RESPONSIVE TO USER EMOTIONAL STATE - A computer-implemented method for providing cinematic content to a user via a computer-controlled media player includes accessing by a processor a content package including a targeted emotional arc and a collection of digital objects each associated with codes indicating an emotional profile of the each digital object, playing digital objects selected from the content package thereby outputting an audio-video signal for display by an output device; receiving sensor data from at least one sensor positioned to sense a biometric feature of a user watching the output device; determining a value of one or more emotional state variables, based on the sensor data; and selecting the digital objects for the playing based on the one or more emotional state variables, a recent value of the targeted emotional arc, and the one or more codes indicating an emotional profile. An apparatus is configured to perform the method using hardware, firmware, and/or software. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296481 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING AND MONITORING CONTENT CREATION WHILE CONSUMING A LIVE VIDEO - Systems and methods for enabling and rewarding collaborative content creation are described. The method comprises, playing back live video provided by an over-the-top (OTT) provider to a user, receiving, from the user, a command to crop and modify a portion of the video comprising a subject, generating user-generated content based on the command, publishing the user-generated content to a plurality of users, determining whether the user-generated content is republished a threshold number of times during a republication period, and in response to determining that the user-generated content is republished the threshold number of times during the republication period, unlocking access to content from the OTT provider for the user that relates to the subject. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296482 | INTELLIGENT FIBER PORT MANAGEMENT - A fiber port management system that can be connected between network devices and network appliances is provided. The fiber port management system includes a housing, one or more hydra cables within the housing, one or more indicators and a controller. The housing has a front panel with a plurality of low density fiber connectors and a rear panel with a plurality of high density fiber connectors. The hydra cable is positioned within the housing and connects one of the plurality of high density fiber connectors to two or more of the plurality of low density fiber connectors. The one or more indicators are associated with each of the plurality of low density fiber connectors and each of the plurality of high density fiber connectors. The controller is located within the housing and is used to control the operation of the indicators. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296483 | METHOD BY WHICH AN ELECTRICAL RAW INPUT SIGNAL IS RESHAPED TO A FORMATTED ELECTRICAL INPUT SIGNAL ACCORDING TO THE INPUT REQUIREMENTS OF A SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND A SIGNAL FORMATTING CIRCUITRY - The invention concerns a method by which an electrical raw input signal ( | 2020-09-17 |
20200296484 | ACTIVITY MONITORING - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide measures, including apparatuses, circuity, methods and computer programs, for use in monitoring user activity. Orientation data for a user is generated. The generated orientation data is inserted into advertising packets of a wireless communication protocol. The advertising packets comprising the generated orientation data are broadcast according to the wireless communication protocol. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296485 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING SDO FUNCTION, AND SDON SYSTEM - Provided are a method and system for implementing an SDO function, and a SDON system. The method comprises: when a service connection establishment request transmitted from an application layer is received, determining whether the service connection establishment request is a cross-domain service connection establishment request, the service connection establishment request comprising: a routing constraint of a connection to be established and a hop-by-hop tuning policy; if yes, executing a routing and tuning algorithm on the basis of inter-domain service connection establishment request information and performance information of a domain boundary optical component node in the service connection establishment request according to the routing constraint and the hop-by-hop tuning policy; generating, on the basis of the result of executing the routing and tuning algorithm, inter-domain cross-connection attribute configuration parameters of optical component nodes through which an inter-domain service connection path and an inter-domain service connection path pass. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296486 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION USING INTERFACE, AND DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for transmission using an interface, and a device. The method includes: obtaining a byte block stream, where byte blocks in the byte block stream are of a predetermined byte length; mapping the byte block stream to corresponding timeslots, where each timeslot corresponds to one byte block; distributing the byte block stream mapped to the timeslots; processing the distributed byte block stream based on an interface type configured for a physical interface; and sending the processed byte block stream. In the embodiments, data is transmitted based on a byte block distribution mechanism, to support different interface types, and a coupling relationship between service adaptation and a physical layer is decoupled, so that evolution and extension of transmission interface types do not affect a service adaptation procedure, thereby simplifying a transmission system. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296487 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPSTREAM TRANSMISSION OF BURSTS IN A PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - A device for controlling upstream transmission of bursts from optical network units (ONUs) to an optical line termination (OLT) in a passive optical network (PON), wherein the upstream transmission is organized in time intervals that form part of an upstream timeframe, includes obtain respective optical power levels received at the OLT for the ONUs; obtain respective extinction ratios at the OLT for the ONUs; obtain respective transmission wavelengths for the ONUs; distinguish pairable ONUs and non-pairable ONUs at least based on the wavelengths; pair the pairable ONUs based on the optical power levels and/or the extinction ratios to generating one or plural subsets of paired ONUs; allow paired ONUs that belong to a same subset to simultaneously transmit bursts within a time interval. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296488 | Network and Power Sharing Device - A network and power sharing device is for being connected to first optical network equipment and second optical network equipment that are built in an optical network, so as to establish power supply architecture for the optical network. The network and power sharing device includes: a power input port and a first power port wherein the first power port is connected to the first optical network equipment; and a power control unit received in the casing, for detecting if the power input port and the first power port output power signals and for controlling a power switch unit to switch power supply transmission paths of the power input port and first power port. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296489 | Intelligent subsystem - An intelligent subsystem coupled with a system-on-chip (comprising a microprocessor/graphic processor), a radio transceiver, a voice processing module/voice processing algorithm, a foldable/stretchable display, a near-field communication device, a biometric sensor and an intelligent learning algorithm is disclosed. The intelligent subsystem can respond to a user's interests and/or preferences. Furthermore, the intelligent subsystem is sensor-aware or context-aware. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296490 | Intelligent subsystem - An intelligent subsystem coupled with a system-on-chip (comprising a microprocessor/graphic processor), a radio transceiver, a voice processing module/voice processing algorithm, a foldable display, a near-field communication device, a biometric sensor and an intelligent learning algorithm is disclosed. The intelligent subsystem can respond to a user's interests and/or preferences. Furthermore, the intelligent subsystem is sensor-aware or context-aware. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296491 | HEADSET ACCOMMODATING APPARATUS, HEADSET, AND PORTABLE DEVICE - This application provides a headset accommodating apparatus, a headset, and a portable device. The headset accommodating apparatus includes a base, and an accommodating cavity used to accommodate a headset is formed on the base. The accommodating cavity has a bottom surface, a side wall, and an opening, and has a first end corresponding to a headset head and a second end corresponding to a headset tail. An epitaxial frame that extends toward the second end is formed at an opening of the first end. The apparatus includes a first spring and a sliding block at a side wall of the second end, and the first spring may be compressed in a direction of a connecting line between the first end and the second end. A first end of the sliding block is connected to the first spring, and a protruding part is formed on a second end of the sliding block. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296492 | WEARABLE DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE ARRAY SYSTEM AND AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD - A wearable microphone array apparatus and system used as a directional audio system and as an assisted listening device. The present invention advances hearing aids and assisted listening devices to allow construction of a highly directional audio array that is wearable, natural sounding, and convenient to direct, as well as to provide directional cues to users who have partial or total loss of hearing in one or both ears. The advantages of the invention include simultaneously providing high gain, high directivity, high side lobe attenuation, and consistent beam width; providing significant beam forming at lower frequencies where substantial noises are present, particularly in noisy, reverberant environments; and allowing construction of a cost effective body-worn or body-carried directional audio device. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296493 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device includes: a display panel; a bracket disposed under the display panel; a first vibration generator disposed under the display panel, where the first vibration generator outputs sound by vibrating the display panel in a thickness direction of the display panel; and a second vibration generator disposed under the bracket, where the second vibration generator outputs horizontal vibrations by vibrating the bracket in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296494 | Electronic Component Module, Combination of Electronic Component Module and Casing, and Control Device Including the Combination - An electronic component module including a fixing part, a function part housed in, or fixed to, the fixing part, at least one connection line, and at least one protrusion on the function part or the fixing part. The fixing part includes an abutting face, an outer face extending from an end of the abutting face in a direction including a component of a first direction, and an edge line along which the abutting and outer faces meet. The connection line is flexible, electrically connected to the function part, positioned on a second direction side relative to the abutting face, and configured to be led out in a third direction from an inside to an outside relative to the edge line. The protrusion extends at least partly in the third direction and is positioned at least partly on the first direction side relative to the connection line in the led-out state. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296495 | LOUDSPEAKER AND LOUDSPEAKER SHOCK ABSORPTION STRUCTURE - A device includes a loudspeaker body, a loudspeaker fastener structure, and a loudspeaker shock absorption structure, in which the loudspeaker absorption structure further comprises a first elastomer, a second elastomer, and a bridging beam, wherein the bridging beam is made of an elastic material, and the first elastomer is connected to the second elastomer by the bridging beam. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296496 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display panel including a first substrate and a light emitting element layer disposed on the first substrate; and a sound generator disposed on one surface of the first substrate, where the sound generator vibrates the display panel to output a sound. The sound generator includes: a first vibration generator which vibrates the display panel by generating a magnetic force using a first voice coil therein; and a second vibration generator including a vibration layer which contracts or expands based on a voltage applied thereto to vibrate the display panel, where the first vibration generator and the second vibration generator overlap each other in a thickness direction of the display panel. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296497 | MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM, AND METHODS - The disclosure relates to a microphone assembly, system, and methods. The device, system, and methods may be utilized for instruments, including stringed instruments. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296498 | SERVER AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SMART MICROPHONE - A system for controlling a smart microphone includes a smart microphone configured to receive and transfer a voice of a user, the smart microphone including a plurality of buttons, a control server configured to, when the voice of the user is received through the smart microphone, convert the voice into a text, extract text, matching a command stored in a command database (DB), as a command from a converted text, and transfer a function corresponding to the extracted command to the user terminal, and a user terminal configured to receive a command from the control server to execute a function corresponding to the received command. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296499 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, PORTABLE DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting information, a communication device, a portable device and a communication system are provided. The method is applied to a portable device; and the method includes: receiving and/or transmitting information in an electric field coupling manner through a first coupling electrode disposed at the portable device and a second coupling electrode at an opposite end. In an embodiment of the present application, the information is received and/or transmitted through an electric field coupling manner, which could not only improve communication quality and connection reliability on the basis of reducing communication power consumption of a portable device (such as an earphone or a charging case), but also reduce a volume of the portable device, simplify a structure and further improve user experience. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296500 | Ambient Sound Processing Method And Device - An ambient sound processing method provided includes determining a time-frequency spectrum of an ambient sound in preset duration. A matching scenario is determined from at least one preset scenario according to the time-frequency spectrum of the ambient sound in the preset duration, where a time-frequency spectrum of the matching scenario matches the time-frequency spectrum of the ambient sound in the preset duration. Operation information corresponding to the matching scenario is determined as the operation information to be executed, and an operation is performed according to the operation information to be executed and a subsequently received ambient sound, and an operated signal is determined. The operated signal is mixed to obtain a mixed signal, and the mixed signal is transmitted to a headset, where the mixed signal includes at least an audio signal played by user equipment of a user. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296501 | Modular Headphone System - A modular headphone system that can afford the wearer configurable choices of hearing protection and quality sound delivery for music and programming is provided. In an embodiment, a modular headphone includes a headband and an earpiece mounted to the headband. The earpiece comprises a can comprising a speaker, the can secured to the headband. A removable and replaceable music ear cup is removably mountable to the can to overlie the speaker. A removable and replaceable hearing protection/sound amplification (HP/amp) ear cup is removably mountable to the can to overlie the speaker. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296502 | Low profile loudspeaker device - A loudspeaker device comprises first and second diaphragms ( | 2020-09-17 |
20200296503 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device includes an external housing, a sound guide structure, and a speaker unit. The sound guide structure is located in the external housing and has a paraboloid. The speaker unit is located in the external housing and configured to sound towards the paraboloid. The paraboloid has a focus. The speaker unit has a sound emitting surface. The center of the sound emitting surface is substantially coincident with the focus. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296506 | OMNI-DIRECTIONAL AUDIBLE NOISE SOURCE LOCALIZATION APPARATUS - Systems and methods for an equipment capable of simultaneous measurements of surround sound reproduction and noise source localization in closed or open space. The systems and methods are particularly used when surround sound reproduction and noise source localization are required in a moving object of a closed space. A moving object in a closed space is not limited to a specific product, as for example, an automobile, a train, an elevator, or the like can be considered. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296507 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A signal processing apparatus includes one or more processors. The processors acquire a plurality of observed signals acquired from a plurality of microphone groups each including at least one microphone selected from a plurality of microphones. The microphone groups include respective microphone combinations each including at least one microphone, the combinations are different from each other, and at least one of the microphone groups includes a plurality of microphones. The processors estimate a mask indicating occupancy for each of time frequency points of a sound signal of a space corresponding to the observed signal in a plurality of spaces, for each of the observed signals. The processors integrate masks estimated for the observed signals to generate an integrated mask indicating occupancy for each of time frequency points of a sound signal in a space determined based on the spaces. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296508 | SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION DEVICE, SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A sound source localization device includes: a sound receiving unit that includes two or more microphones; and a sound source localization unit that transforms a sound signal received by each of the microphones into a frequency domain, models a steering vector through Fourier series expansion of an N-th (here, N is an integer equal to or larger than “1”) order for the transformed sound signal of the frequency domain for each of the microphones, calculates a steering vector of an arbitrary angle using the modeled steering vector, and performs localization of a sound source using the calculated steering vector of the arbitrary angle. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296509 | DIGITAL SIGNAL ROUTING CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit for digital signal routing. The integrated circuit has analog and digital inputs and outputs, including digital interfaces for connection to other integrated circuits. Inputs, including the digital interfaces, act as data sources. Outputs, including the digital interfaces, act as data destinations. The integrated circuit also includes signal processing blocks, which can act as data sources and data destinations. Signal routing is achieved by means of a multiply-accumulate block, which takes data from one or more data source and, after any required scaling, generates output data for a data destination. Data from a data source is buffered for an entire period of a data sample clock so that the multiply-accumulate block can retrieve the data at any point in the period, and output data of the multiply-accumulate block is buffered for an entire period of the data sample clock so that the data destination can retrieve the data at any point in the period. Multiple signal paths can be defined by configuration data supplied to the device, either by a user, or by software. The multiply-accumulate block operates on a time division multiplexed basis, so that multiple signal paths can be processed within one period of the sample clock. Each signal path has a respective sample clock rate, and paths with different sample clock rates can be routed through the multiply-accumulate block on a time division multiplexed basis independently of each other. Thus, speech signals at 8 kHz or 16 kHz can be processed concurrently with audio data at 44.ikHz or 48 kHz. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296510 | INTELLIGENT INFORMATION CAPTURING IN SOUND DEVICES - Sound devices such as hearing aids and headphones configured for intelligent information capturing are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a sound device is a hearing aid or a noise-canceling headphone. The sound device includes a microphone, a speaker, a processor, and a memory containing a set of sound models each corresponding to a known sound. Upon receiving a digital sound signal representing an ambient sound captured via the microphone, the sound device can determine whether the digital sound signal includes a signal profile that matches the sound signature of one of the sound models stored in the memory. In response to determining that the digital sound signal has a signal profile that matches the sound signature of one of the sound models, the sound device can output, via the speaker, an audio message to the user identifying the known sound while suppressing the captured ambient sound from the environment. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296511 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND AUDIO SIGNAL ADJUSTING METHOD - An audio signal processing device and an audio signal adjusting method thereof. The audio signal processing device includes a gain determining circuit and an audio signal processing circuit. The gain determining circuit receives an analog audio signal. The gain determining circuit determines a gain based on a difference between a predefined threshold and an amplitude of the analog audio signal in response to detecting that a current sampling amplitude of the analog audio signal is greater than the predefined threshold. The audio signal processing circuit is coupled to the gain determining circuit and receives the analog audio signal and the gain. The audio signal processing circuit attenuates the analog audio signal according to the gain to generate an output audio signal. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296512 | SPEAKER DRIVING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A speaker driving device including a setting part setting at least one parameter defining an equivalent circuit of a first speaker unit as a first parameter; a first calculator configured to change a first frequency response based on the first parameter, the changed first frequency response being applied to an input signal; and a driving signal generator configured to generate a drive signal for driving a speaker unit based on a first calculation signal, the first calculation signal being obtained by applying the changed first frequency response to the input signal. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296513 | Piezoelectric MEMS Device with an Adaptive Threshold for Detection of an Acoustic Stimulus - A device that includes an adaptive acoustic detection circuit and an acoustic sensor device such as a microphone is described. The device includes in addition to the sensor a circuit configured to detect when an input stimulus to the sensor satisfies an adaptive threshold, and further configured to produce a signal upon detection that causes adjustment of performance of the device, wherein the adaptive threshold is a threshold value that varies over time in accordance with detected changes to sound of an environment in which the device is located. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296514 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVO-CONTROLLED AUDIO SPEAKER - Disclosed herein is an audio system having servo-controlled audio speaker and an amplifier. Interposed between the audio speaker and the amplifier is a feedback circuit configured to provide a feedback signal to the amplifier regarding errors and distortions in the operation of the speaker. The feedback circuit includes a flexible sensor connected to the speaker diaphragm and the frame of the speaker. The flexible sensor changes its resistance responsive to changes in its shape. The feedback signal is used by the amplifier to apply corrections to the drive signal for the audio speaker. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296515 | MOVING MAGNET ACTUATOR WITH COIL FOR PANEL AUDIO LOUDSPEAKERS - A panel audio loudspeaker includes a panel and an actuator rigidly coupled to a surface of the panel. The actuator includes: a magnet assembly that includes a permanent magnet arranged within a cup, wherein an air gap exists between sidewalls of the cup and the permanent magnet; and a coil rigidly coupled to the panel, the coil including a length of an electrically conducing wire wound in a coil and extending along an axis. The coil includes a first region having a first winding density and a second region having a second winding density higher than the first winding density, the second region at least partially extending into the air gap of the magnet assembly. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296516 | SOUND VIBRATION ACTUATOR - A sound vibration actuator includes: a casing having an internal space, a coil part coupled to the casing to receive power, a magnet part disposed in the casing, an elastic member whose one surface coupled to the magnet part, a substrate drawn from the internal space, and an external device-coupling part disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the casing to be coupled to an external device, wherein the casing has an underside casing part, a side periphery casing part, and a top casing part, the coil part is coupled to the top casing part, and the external device-coupling part includes a first coupling area coming into contact with a portion of the outer periphery of the side periphery casing part and second coupling areas extended from the first coupling area in a vertical direction to the first coupling area coupled to the external device. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296517 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTED MODE ACTUATOR - Methods, systems, and apparatus for using a two-dimensional distributed mode actuator. One of the systems includes a transducer adapted to create a force to cause vibration of a load to generate sound waves, the transducer having a first width along a first axis; a transfer portion connected to the transducer along a first side parallel to the first axis, and having a second width along the first axis that is less than the first width; and a stub connected to the transfer portion along a second side of the transfer portion that is parallel to the first axis and an opposite side from the first side connected to the transducer, having a third width that is greater than the second width, and having a surface adapted to connect to the load to transfer the force received from the transducer through the transfer portion to the load. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296518 | Thin-Film Filter, Thin-Film Filter Substrate, Method of Manufacturing the Thin-Film Filter, Method of Manufacturing the Thin-Film Filter Substrate, MEMS Microphone and Method of Manufacturing the MEMS Microphone - A thin-film filter includes thin-film part having a film surface and a rear film surface arranged a rear side of the film surface, a plurality of through holes being formed to penetrate the thin-film part from the film surface to the rear film surface, and stripes-formed inner wall surfaces. The stripes-formed inner wall surfaces include stripe-like parts formed along with an intersecting direction intersecting the film surface. The stripes-formed inner wall surfaces are formed inside the respective through holes. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296519 | LATERAL MODE CAPACITIVE MICROPHONE INCLUDING A CAPACITOR PLATE WITH SANDWICH STRUCTURE FOR ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE - The present invention provides a capacitive microphone including a MEMS microphone. In the microphone, a movable or deflectable membrane/diaphragm moves in a lateral manner relative to a fixed backplate, instead of moving toward/from the fixed backplate. The fixed backplate includes an electrical insulator sandwiched between two sub-conductors to cancel systematic/background noise. The squeeze film damping is substantially avoided, and the performance, such as signal to noise ratio, of the microphone is significantly improved. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296520 | ACTUATOR TESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Technologies disclosed herein can be used to test vibrating actuators, such as those found in auditory prostheses. An example test system includes a trigger signal generator that emits a trigger signal, a test frequency generator that operates in a test mode responsive to receiving a trigger signal, and a diagnostic tool comprising a vibration sensor. The diagnostic tool can measure an output of the vibration sensor, | 2020-09-17 |
20200296521 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAMERA AND MICROPHONE-BASED DEVICE - A system may include a wearable camera configured to capture images and a microphone configured to capture sounds, and a processor programmed to receive the images captured by the camera and audio signals representative of sounds received by the microphone. The processor may also be programmed to determine a look direction for a user based upon detection of a representation of a body part of the user in at least one of the captured images and a pointing direction of the body part relative to an optical axis associated with the wearable camera. The processor may further be programmed to cause selective conditioning of an audio signal received by the microphone from a region associated with the look direction of the user and cause transmission of the conditioned audio signal to an interface device. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296522 | Adaptive Noise Cancelling of Bone Conducted Noise in the Mechanical Domain - A noise cancelling system is described for a in a patient implantable hearing implant system. An implantable microphone senses a sound signal present at the microphone that includes a sound source component from a sound source external to the patient, and a noise component from internal bone conduction. At least one implantable noise sensing element is located near the microphone to sense the noise component. A filter is controlled by an adaptive algorithm responsive to transform the noise component and outputs a transducer control signal. A bone conduction transducer receives the transducer control signal and generates a corresponding mechanical vibration signal to the skull bone. The adaptive algorithm controls the filter so that the mechanical vibration signal of the bone conduction transducer offsets the noise component sensed by the at least one noise sensing element so as to minimize the noise component sensed by the implantable microphone. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296523 | ACOUSTIC SPOT IDENTIFICATION - A system, including a central processor apparatus configured to receive input from a plurality of sound capture devices, wherein the central processor apparatus is configured to collectively evaluate the input from the plurality of sound capture devices to identify at least one spatial location that is more conducive to hearing with a hearing prosthesis relative to another spatial location. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296524 | HEARING DEVICE INCLUDING AN EXTERNAL ANTENNA PART AND AN INTERNAL ANTENNA PART - The disclosure presents a method and a hearing device comprising a first portion adapted for being arranged behind an ear of a user for providing a signal, an output transducer for converting the signal to an acoustic output, a coupling element coupled to the first portion, and wherein the coupling element is adapted for transmitting at least the signal or the acoustic output. Furthermore, the hearing device comprises an antenna which includes an external antenna part and an internal antenna part, where the internal antenna part includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element where a first end of the second antenna element is arranged at one end of the first antenna element and is connected thereto, and where a second end of the second antenna element is connected to a ground plane, and a third antenna element which is spaced at a distance from the second antenna element and connected to the first antenna element, a feeding unit configured to supply a current to the antenna via the third antenna element, a wireless interface for receiving and/or sending data by means of the antenna, and wherein the coupling element comprises the external antenna part, and where the external antenna part is connected to the internal antenna part. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296525 | TRANSDUCER WITH DUAL SUSPENSION - A bone conduction device, including a transducer and a housing, wherein the housing is directly flexibly connected to the transducer at a dynamic component of the bone conduction device and directly flexibly connected to a static component of the bone conduction device. In an exemplary embodiment, the bone conduction device is a percutaneous bone conduction device. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296526 | Bone Conduction Speaker - A bone conduction speaker is provided. The bone conduction speaker includes: a housing forming an exterior; a stator including a pole piece fitted to a bottom of the housing and a voice coil arranged to an outer circumference of the pole piece; a vibrator including a permanent magnet mounted concentrically with the pole piece and voice coil, with an air gap from the pole piece, a weight attached to the permanent magnet to increase a vibration force, and a yoke attached to the permanent magnet and weight; a flexible printed circuit board mounted on the bottom of the housing, part of which extends out of the housing, and configured to transmit a signal to the voice coil; and a bone conduction pad attached to an outer surface of the housing. The vibration of the vibrator is transmitted to a bone of a user through the housing and bone conduction pad. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296527 | CANAL HEARING DEVICES WITH IMPROVED SEALS - Hearing devices, configured to fit within the ear canal, having a hearing device core defining an exterior surface with a medial end and a medial corner, and including a battery, a microphone and a receiver, at least one seal, defining a seal compliance, carried on the hearing device core, and a medial bumper, defining a medial bumper compliance that is greater than the seal compliance, carried on the hearing device core. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296529 | MICROPHONE CALIBRATION SYSTEM - Some embodiments are directed to a microphone calibration system ( | 2020-09-17 |
20200296530 | Microphone Having a Digital Output Determined at Different Power Consumption Levels - An acoustic device is described and includes an acoustic sensor element configured to sense acoustic energy and produce an output signal and a threshold detector circuit including a switch having an input coupled to the output of the acoustic sensor element to receive the output signal, a control port that receives a control signal, and first and second output ports, a first channel including an analog-to-digital converter that operates at a first power level a second analog-to-digital converter that operates at a second higher power level, relative to the first power level and a threshold level detector that receives an output from the first analog-to-digital converter to produce the control signal having a first state that causes the switch feed the output signal from the acoustic sensor element to the second analog-to-digital converter when the first digitized output signal meets a threshold criteria. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING AND DECOMPRESSING A HIGHER ORDER AMBISONICS REPRESENTATION FOR A SOUND FIELD - The invention improves HOA sound field representation compression and decompression. A decoder decodes compressed dominant directional signals and compressed residual component signals so as to provide decompressed dominant directional signals and decompressed time domain signals representing a residual HOA component in a spatial domain. A re-correlator re-correlates the decompressed time domain signals to obtain a corresponding reduced-order residual HOA component. A processor determines a decompressed residual HOA component based on the corresponding reduced-order residual HOA component, and determines predicted directional signals based on at least a parameter. The processor is further configured to determine an HOA sound field representation based on the decompressed dominant directional signals, the predicted directional signals, and the decompressed residual HOA component. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296532 | SOUND REPRODUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - This application discloses a sound reproduction method performed at a computing device. The method includes: detecting, by the computing device, a sound triggering event that corresponds to a first virtual object, the sound triggering event carrying sound source feature information used for matching a sound source; determining, by the computing device according to the sound source feature information, a sound source position at which the sound source is located, and obtaining a first transmission distance between the sound source position and a first position at which the first virtual object is located; determining, by the terminal according to the first transmission distance, a target sound of the sound source at the first position; and generating, by the terminal, the target sound at the first position in the virtual scene. This application resolves a technical problem that accuracy of sound reproduction is relatively low in a sound reproduction method. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296533 | 3D AUDIO RENDERING USING VOLUMETRIC AUDIO RENDERING AND SCRIPTED AUDIO LEVEL-OF-DETAIL - An audio engine is provided for acoustically rendering a three-dimensional virtual environment. The audio engine uses geometric volumes to represent sound sources and any sound occluders. A volumetric response is generated based on sound projected from a volumetric sound source to a listener, taking into consideration any volumetric occluders in-between. The audio engine also provides for modification of a level of detail of sound over time based on distance between a listener and a sound source. Other aspects are also described and claimed. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296534 | SOUND PLAYBACK DEVICE AND OUTPUT SOUND ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF - A sound playback system and an output sound adjusting method thereof are disclosed. The method includes the follow steps: obtaining an input sound signal and knowing an average input volume of the input sound signal; detecting an ambient noise, and analyzing an average noise volume and a noise frequency hand of the ambient noise; determining whether the average noise volume of the ambient noise is louder than the average input volume; if yes, adjusting a specific frequency band of the input sound signal to increase a first gain value to form an output sound signal, wherein the specific frequency band and the noise frequency band of the ambient noise belongs to the same frequency band or different frequency bands; and playing the output sound signal. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296535 | SYSTEM AND TOOLS FOR ENHANCED 3D AUDIO AUTHORING AND RENDERING - Improved tools for authoring and rendering audio reproduction data are provided. Some such authoring tools allow audio reproduction data to be generalized for a wide variety of reproduction environments. Audio reproduction data may be authored by creating metadata for audio objects. The metadata may be created with reference to speaker zones. During the rendering process, the audio reproduction data may be reproduced according to the reproduction speaker layout of a particular reproduction environment. | 2020-09-17 |
20200296536 | SITE SELECTION FOR DISPLAY OF INFORMATION - A system and a method are provided for selecting a site for displaying information to a user in a geographical area including a plurality of sites at which information may be displayed. Position, orientation and optionally gaze direction data are received from headsets worn by a plurality of users in the geographical area. The data is analyzed to determine for each site a probability of the site being viewed by users in said geographical area. A request is received for a selection of a site at which to display information to a particular user wearing a headset. The request identifies the headset and includes position of said particular user. In response to a request, a site is selected based on the analysis and signal identifying the selected site is output. | 2020-09-17 |