39th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 86 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210306723 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING DATA IN A NETWORK, SENSOR, CONSUMPTION METER, TEMPORARY RECEIVER AND NETWORK - A method collects data in a network having a consumption meter as part of a supply network and containing a sensor. The sensor contains a measuring element which provides raw measurement data corresponding to a physical or physicochemical value or parameter. The sensor contains a communication device and a memory. For the determination of the measurement resolution of the sensor the conditions for generating time stampings using a correlation model are determined in advance. On a basis of the correlation model, time stampings of successive raw measurement data in the sensor are generated, the time stampings are stored in the memory. The time stampings are transmitted over a wired connection and/or a radio link so that on the basis of the time stampings using the correlation model the raw measurement data collected by the measuring element are reconstructed and evaluated. Whereas raw measurement data is used for on-demand network analysis. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306724 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING SERVICE PATH, NETWORK DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - This application provides example methods for establishing a service path in a transport network and example systems. One example method includes, obtaining, by an automatically switched optical network (ASON) first node, a service path computation result path. The service path includes the ASON first node, an ASON last node, and at least one first edge network node. The method also includes sending, by the ASON first node, a path establishment request message to a downstream node. The path establishment request message carries cross-connection configuration information of the ASON last node and the at least one first edge network node. The method further includes receiving, by the ASON first node, a path establishment response message of the downstream node. The path establishment response message indicates that cross-connection configuration for the ASON last node and the at least one first edge network node is complete. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306725 | SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE - A sound output device includes a housing having an internal space, a battery mounting unit on which a battery for an electric tool is mounted, a tweeter at least part of which is disposed in the internal space, a woofer at least part of which is disposed in the internal space, and a partition member that partitions the internal space into a first space in which the tweeter is disposed and a second space in which the woofer is disposed. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306726 | HEARING DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING A SEQUENCE OF MOVEMENT FEATURES, AND METHOD OF ITS OPERATION - Hearing device including a housing worn at a user's ear; a movement detector providing movement data indicating movement of the housing; and a processor identifying, based on the movement data, movement features in a sequence. The movement features represent movement activity by the user. The processor determines a temporal characteristic of the sequence of movement features and/or an amplitude characteristic of the movement data associated with a movement feature in the sequence. A method of operating the hearing device, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform the method. The processor controls maintaining a data record representing the temporal characteristic and/or the amplitude characteristic determined at a plurality of times; determines a deviation measure indicating deviation between the data record and the temporal characteristic and/or the amplitude characteristic determined at a time later than the plurality of times; and controls operation of the hearing device depending on the deviation measure. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306727 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL MICROPHONE HAVING A STOPPAGE MEMBER - Technologies are provided for microelectromechanical microphones that can be robust to substantial pressure changes in the environment in which the micromechanical microphones operate. In some embodiments, a microelectromechanical microphone device can include a substrate defining a first opening to receive a pressure wave. The microelectromechanical microphone device also can include a flexible plate mechanically coupled to the substrate and a rigid plate mechanically coupled to the flexible plate. The flexible plate is deformable by the pressure wave. The rigid plate defines multiple openings that permit passage of the pressure wave. The microelectromechanical microphone device can further include at least one stoppage member assembled in a spatial relationship with the flexible plate. The at least one stoppage member can limit motion of the flexible plate in response to the pressure wave including a threshold amplitude. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306728 | Microphone Component and Method for Fabricating Microphone Component - A microphone component and a method for fabricating a microphone component are disclosed. In an embodiment, a microphone component includes a membrane and a backplate, wherein the membrane includes a plurality of holes, and wherein the holes have diameters smaller than 5 μm. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306729 | EARPHONE AND HEAD-MOUNTED EARPHONE - An earphone and a head-mounted earphone are provided. The head-mounted earphone includes a head-mounted accessory and a pair of earbud accessories. Each of the earbud accessories has a seat body, a speaker, and a connecting part. The speaker is affixed on a side of the seat body and the connecting part is disposed between the seat body and the speaker. The connecting part has a through hole, and two ends of the head-mounted accessory can be respectively disposed to be inserted into the through hole of each of the earbud accessories, such that the head-mounted accessory is detachably connected to the connecting part. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306730 | HEARING DEVICE WITH PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is a hearing device configured to be worn in an ear of a user. The hearing device is configured to provide an audio signal to the user. The hearing device comprises a circuit assembly. The circuit assembly comprises a printed circuit board assembly. The printed circuit board assembly comprises: a first circuit board; a second circuit board; a third circuit board interconnected with the first circuit board and the second circuit board; and a fourth circuit board. The circuit assembly comprises a battery, wherein the printed circuit board assembly is folded about the battery. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306731 | MULTI-STAGE BODY ENGAGEMENT DETECTION - According to an aspect of the disclosure, an audio device is provided comprising a communications interface configured to be communicatively coupled to an audio source, at least one sensor, and a controller configured to control the audio device to be in a low-power mode, receive, from the sensor(s), information indicative of a presence of a user's body, initiate, via the communications interface responsive to receiving the information, a wireless communication pairing process to establish a wireless communication bond with the audio source prior to determining that the audio device is fully engaged with the user's body, determine, subsequent to initiating the wireless communication pairing process and based on information received from the sensor(s), that the audio device is fully engaged with the user's body, and control, responsive to determining that the audio device is fully engaged with the user's body, the audio device to be in an active mode. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306732 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACOUSTIC DEVICE - An acoustic device according to the present technology includes an operating portion and a control unit. The operating portion generates information for determining whether a state of an earphone portion is a wearing state in which the earphone portion is worn by the user, or a non-wearing state in which the earphone portion is not worn by the user. The control unit determines whether the earphone portion is in the wearing state or in the non-wearing state on the basis of output from the operating portion, and implements a function based on a result of the determination. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306733 | EARPHONES WITH ACTIVITY CONTROLLED OUTPUT - The present disclosure relates to an earphone apparatus and method. The earphone apparatus includes an earpiece, including a speaker, configured for arrangement relative to a user's ear for listening to audio from the speaker, a bio-sensor, a motion sensor, and a controller configured to determine an activity state of the user based on aggregated sensor data from the bio-sensor and the motion sensor over time, and to control audio output to the user based on the determined activity state. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306734 | HEARING SENSITIVITY ACQUISITION METHODS AND DEVICES - At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method of determining hearing loss using audio cues whose spectrum is orthogonal to each other to identify a wearer's hearing loss, and using the information to adjust audio to normal listening levels. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306735 | ADAPTIVE HEADPHONE SYSTEM - Various implementations include headphone systems configured to adapt to changes in user environment. In some particular cases, a headphone system includes at least one headphone including an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface for providing an audio output; a sensor system configured to detect an environmental condition proximate the at least one headphone; and a control system coupled with the at least one headphone and the sensor system, the control system configured to: receive data about the environmental condition from the sensor system; and modify the audio output at the at least one headphone in response to a change in the environmental condition, wherein the audio output includes a continuous audio output provided across a transition between environmental conditions and is configured to vary with the change in the environmental condition. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306736 | HEADSET WITH A DOUBLE-HINGED MICROPHONE ARM - A headset comprising a first earphone and a microphone arm, which is rotatable around a first hinge axis, so it can rotate between a use position and a rest position. The microphone arm comprises a first arm part extending from the first hinge and a second arm part extending between the first arm part and a free end. The first arm part and the second arm part are interconnected by a second hinge. The second arm part comprises an engagement part, which during rotation of the microphone arm around the first axis from the use position to the rest position is adapted to engage the earphone, whereby the second arm part is forced to rotate from the second position to the first position. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306737 | SELF-COOLING HEADSET - In an example implementation, a self-cooling headset includes an ear cup to form an ear enclosure when placed over a user's ear. A first check valve on the ear cup is to open and release a volume of air from the ear enclosure when a positive pressure within the ear enclosure overcomes a cracking pressure of the first check valve. A second check valve on the ear cup is to open and admit a volume of air into the ear enclosure when a partial vacuum within the ear enclosure causes an external pressure to overcome a cracking pressure of the second check valve. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306738 | WEARABLE AUDIO DEVICE WITH COUNTER-BORE PORT FEATURE - Various implementations include wearable audio devices with counter-bore port features for maintaining a cover on the port. In certain cases, the wearable audio device includes a port that is integrated into the device frame and acoustically couples one or more acoustic cavities to a distinct volume. The device frame has a counter-bore feature proximate to the port for positioning a metal mesh. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306739 | ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDE - An acoustic waveguide in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present technology that comprises a housing having a proximal end with an inlet aperture and a distal end with an outlet aperture, and a mounting flange positioned at the proximal end and configured to acoustically couple a driver to inlet aperture. A plurality of sound channels extend through the housing and acoustically couple the inlet aperture to the outlet aperture. Each sound channel at least partially defining a sound path has an acoustic length, wherein at least one of the sound paths of the plurality of sound channels has a bend angle that exceeds 180 degrees. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306740 | SPEAKER STRUCTURE AND SMART ROBOT - A smart robot, including a speaker structure and a housing, is provided. The speaker structure is disposed in the housing and includes a plate, a speaker, and a conical acoustic reflector, assembled in the housing. The speaker structure includes a speaker grille, first and second stages extending into the housing. The speaker grille is disposed at the housing and between the first stage and second stages, and surrounds an axis. The plate is assembled to the first stage. The speaker is assembled to the plate. The conical acoustic reflector is disposed on the second stage. The conical acoustic reflector and the speaker are disposed along the axis and face each other. Each of the speaker and the conical acoustic reflector is symmetrical about the axis. A sound wave generated by the speaker is transmitted out of the housing from the speaker grille after being reflected via the conical acoustic reflector. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306741 | VIBRATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A vibration device enabling a large area and a display apparatus including the vibration device are provided. The vibration device may be configured to include a vibration array including a plurality of vibration modules which are spaced apart from one another by a first interval of less than 3 cm in a first direction. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306742 | SOUND COLLECTION LOUDSPEAKER APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - Provided is a sound collection loudspeaker apparatus that makes it possible to intuitively distinguish which talker is talking, and improve the comfort of conversations, when performing in-vehicle conversation and conversations with people outside of a vehicle. The sound collection loudspeaker apparatus is installed in a vehicle. Two or more sound collection and amplification positions are assumed to be present inside the vehicle. The apparatus includes: a transfer function multiplying unit that, from a transfer function for transfer from a desired sound source position where a sound image of an enhanced signal is localized to both ears of a target person located at the sound collection and amplification position, and a transfer function for transfer from one or more speakers installed for playing back sound at the sound collection and amplification position to the ears, applies a filter for localizing a sound image at the sound source position to an enhanced signal, and outputs the enhanced signal that has been filtered to the speaker. The enhanced signal is a signal in which a target sound emitted from the sound collection and amplification position has been enhanced from a signal collected by the one or more microphones. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306743 | INTEGRATED NOISE REDUCTION - Presented herein are techniques for generated an integrated estimate of a target sound (e.g., speech) in sound signals received by at least a local microphone array of a device. In embodiments, the integrated estimate may be generated based on sound signals received by the at least a local microphone array of a device and at least one external microphone. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306744 | AUDIO SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF PERSONALIZED ACOUSTIC TRANSFER FUNCTIONS - An eyewear device includes an audio system. In one embodiment, the audio system includes a microphone array that includes a plurality of acoustic sensors. Each acoustic sensor is configured to detect sounds within a local area surrounding the microphone array. For a plurality of the detected sounds, the audio system performs a direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. Based on parameters of the detected sound and/or the DoA estimation, the audio system may then generate or update one or more acoustic transfer functions unique to a user. The audio system may use the one or more acoustic transfer functions to generate audio content for the user. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306745 | ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTION METHOD - An active noise reduction device includes: an impulsive signal generator that generates an impulsive signal; a signal output unit that outputs the impulsive signal to a loudspeaker; a signal detector that detects a rising signal and a falling signal from a microphone signal outputted from a microphone collecting sound; a connection determiner that determines, based on respective peak values of the rising signal detected and the falling signal detected, whether or not the loudspeaker is connected to the signal output unit; and a polarity determiner that determines a connection polarity between the loudspeaker and the signal output unit based on respective timings of the rising signal and the falling signal with respect to the impulsive signal, when it is determined that the loudspeaker is connected to the signal output unit. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306746 | SOUND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - A sound quality improvement based on artificial intelligence is disclosed. A sound control method based on artificial intelligence according to an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a different call sound quality for each person based on a plurality of person information stored in an address book of a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal and 5G network of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a drone ((Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV), a robot, an AR (Augmented Reality) device, a VR (Virtual Reality) device, a device associated with 5G services, etc. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306747 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a first voice output section, a second voice output section, and a third voice output section which are arranged side by side in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle. If the vehicle speed is a first threshold or less, the vehicle causes at least one of the first voice output section, second voice output section, and third voice output section to output noise sound. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306748 | HEADPHONES - A headphone assembly that includes a support member for mounting the earphone, wherein the support member can be a headband or an ear loop. The earphones can be connected to the support member through a fixed member that can be supported on the head adjacent to the ear. The earphones are rotatably coupled to the fixed member, such as the earphones can be rotated between an on-ear position and a stowed position. In the on-ear position, the earphone is in contact with the ears of the wearer, and in the stowed position, the earphones can be rotated away from the ears. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306749 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BROADCASTING AUDIO - An audio system, device, and method for broadcasting, discovering, and receiving wireless audio data connections. The exemplary systems and methods described herein utilize an Isochronous Broadcast Stream topology to unilaterally broadcast a plurality of wireless audio data streams. The audio devices described are configured to discover and receive the plurality of wireless audio data streams and allow the user to organize these streams into a determined order and cycle through each stream based on user input. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306750 | Device and Method for Supplying Power - Power supply units e.g. in network operated loudspeakers are tailored to peak values that are reached only relatively rarely and then in pulses. With an intermediate storage of electrical energy in an intermediate circuit energy storage element it is possible to provide a significantly higher amount of power at least for a short period of time. The intermediate circuit energy storage element may be a capacitor or accumulator, for example, which is connected to an intermediate circuit voltage that is higher than the input voltage, and that is generated by an upconverter. A downconverter generates the output voltage of the power supply unit from the energy stored in the intermediate circuit storage element. The output voltage of the power supply unit is used as power supply for an audio amplifier. The power supply unit may provide for a short period of time a higher current or more energy respectively than the actual energy source, for example the network node. Correspondingly, the device operated with the output voltage of the power supply unit, for example the audio amplifier, can have a significantly higher effective power than previously possible for the short period of time. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306751 | METHOD OF WAKING A DEVICE USING SPOKEN VOICE COMMANDS - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for processing speech signals in mixed reality applications. A method may include receiving an audio signal; determining, via first processors, whether the audio signal comprises a voice onset event; in accordance with a determination that the audio signal comprises the voice onset event: waking a second one or more processors; determining, via the second processors, that the audio signal comprises a predetermined trigger signal; in accordance with a determination that the audio signal comprises the predetermined trigger signal: waking third processors; performing, via the third processors, automatic speech recognition based on the audio signal; and in accordance with a determination that the audio signal does not comprise the predetermined trigger signal: forgoing waking the third processors; and in accordance with a determination that the audio signal does not comprise the voice onset event: forgoing waking the second processors. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306752 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, And Video Sound Output System - The information processing apparatus includes a control section that detects a position of a sound source appearing in a video displayed on a screen of a display unit and that uses one or more vibrators to vibrate the display unit and thereby control output of sound such that a sound image of sound in synchronization with the video is localized at the position where the sound source appears on the screen displaying the video. In a case of displaying videos of two or more video sources on individual windows, the control section localizes a sound image of a sound source detected from the video of each video source at a position where the sound source appears in the corresponding window. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306753 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image; a housing module including a roller configured to have the display panel wound or unwound in the housing module; a rolling module including a structure connected to an upper portion of the display panel, and configured to wind or unwind the display panel according to a folding or unfolding of the structure; a plurality of beams on one surface of display panel that extends in a first direction, and arranged in a second direction vertical to the first direction; and a vibration generating device in a portion of each of the plurality of beams, wherein the vibration generating device includes a plurality of sound generating modules configured to vibrate the display panel when the display panel is unwound from the roller and the structure is unfolded. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306754 | Techniques For Generating Audio Signals - Techniques described herein generally relate to generating an audio signal with a speaker. In some examples, a speaker device is described that includes a membrane, an acoustic cavity and an acoustic channel. The membrane can be configured to oscillate along a first directional path and to generate an acoustic signal. The acoustic signal traverses the acoustic channel and generates an audio signal. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306755 | SPEAKER DIAPHRAGM, SPEAKER, SPEAKER DIAPHRAGM MANUFACTURING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MOBILE BODY APPARATUS - A speaker diaphragm includes an edge formed from an elastomer, and a diaphragm body that is to be joined to the edge. A joint between the edge and the diaphragm body includes a melting portion between the edge and the diaphragm body. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306756 | PLANAR SPEAKER WITH DAMPING TO REDUCE NOISE - In some examples, a computing device may include one or more planar speakers. Individual planar speakers may include damping material adhered to either a top surface of a front pole or a bottom surface of a cone. The damping material may reduce a noise caused by the cone hitting the front pole (e.g., when reproducing loud passages in media content) to an inaudible (e.g., 30 db or less) level. The noise may be reduced by up to 35 decibels between about 250 Hertz to about 450 Hertz. The damping material may comprise a polyurethane foam and may have a height of between about 0.1 millimeters to about 1.0 millimeters and preferably about 0.2 millimeters. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306757 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed in the present application is a display device, comprising a display body and an electromagnetic vibration apparatus; the display body comprises a housing, a display screen mounted at a front end of the housing, and an optical module mounted within the housing, the housing comprising a back plate; the electromagnetic vibration apparatus is mounted on the back plate and emits sound by means of vibrating the back plate, the optical module, and the display screen. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306758 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to be rolled or unrolled, at least one vibration module on a rear surface of the display panel, the at least one vibration module being configured to: be rolled or unrolled with the display panel, and vibrate the display panel, and a partition on the rear surface of the display panel, the partition being spaced apart from and surrounding the at least one vibration module, wherein the at least one vibration module includes: a plurality of first portions having a piezoelectric property, and a plurality of second portions between the plurality of first portions, the plurality of second portions having flexibility. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306759 | An Electrically Isolated Device for Providing a Sub-Threshold Conduction Path for Leakage Current Across a Piezoelectric Transducer - A device includes: a piezoelectric transducer; a field effect transistor (FET) configured to provide a sub-threshold conduction path for leakage current across the piezoelectric transducer; wherein the FET comprises a gate; wherein each of a width and a length of the gate has a size in accordance with the sub-threshold conduction path being configured to substantially maintain an input voltage to the piezoelectric transducer across a path of the leakage current of the piezoelectric transducer. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306760 | CONDENSER MICROPHONE PATTERN ADJUSTMENT - A condenser microphone with at least two microphone capsules, each including a diaphragm and a backplate. The backplates of both the first capsule and second capsule having an electret bias. The first capsule having a first polar pattern, and the second capsule having a second polar pattern. The second capsule having an external voltage bias that is continuously variable over a certain voltage range. This external voltage bias can be applied to the second diaphragm or second backplate. The microphone's total polar pattern consists of a combination of the first polar pattern and the second polar pattern. Using the external voltage bias of the second capsule, the microphone's total polar pattern is continuously variable throughout a range set by the external voltage bias. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306761 | Tabletop Microphone Assembly - A tabletop microphone assembly is provided that exhibits improved spatial audio pick-up characteristics, for example for use as an extension microphone for a conference system. In one embodiment, the tabletop microphone assembly comprises at least a housing with a top cover and a bottom cover, wherein the bottom cover is configured for placement on a table surface; a printed circuit board, arranged in the housing; and a microphone, arranged between the printed circuit board and the bottom cover; wherein the microphone is facing the bottom cover. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306762 | VOICE INTERACTIVE SYSTEM - An interactive system can utilize microtechnology (e.g., a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS)), such as miniaturized microphone (e.g., a bone-conducting microphone), audio output device, microprocessor, and signal conversion and propagation means to create a personal area network (PAN) for a user. The system can include a voice input device (e.g., worn on one or more teeth of the user) that outputs a near-field magnetic induction (NFMI) signal based on a whisper input by the user. The NFMI signal is either detected by the user's mobile device, or converted into a wireless signal (e.g., a Bluetooth RF signal) detectable by the user's mobile device, for receiving voice commands (e.g., to provide personal assistant services) via a designated application running on the mobile device. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306763 | HEARING DEVICE WITH SERVICE MODE AND RELATED METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a hearing device and in particular to hearing device and related method for configuration or operation of a hearing device. Disclosed is a hearing device comprising a processing unit configured to compensate for hearing loss of a user of the hearing device, a memory, and an interface. The processing unit/hearing device may be configured to receive a mode request via the interface; authenticate the mode request; and place the hearing device into the requested mode if authentication of the mode request succeeds. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306764 | BATTERY LIFE ESTIMATION FOR HEARING INSTRUMENTS - A system may obtain data related to hearing instruments, such as data indicating answers of a user to a questionnaire or historical usage data of the hearing instruments. For each respective feature of one or more features, the system may determine a feature duty cycle corresponding to an amount of time during a period in which the respective feature is anticipated to be active based on the data related to the hearing instruments. The system may further determine an energy cost for the respective feature at least based on the respective feature duty cycle for the respective feature and a power consumption rate of the respective feature. The system may calculate a battery life of one or more batteries in the hearing instruments at least based on the energy costs for each feature of the one or more features. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306765 | EEG-ASSISTED BEAMFORMER, BEAMFORMING METHOD AND EAR-WORN HEARING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a multi-mode beam former, comprising a device for receiving a multi-mode input signal, and a device for constructing an optimization model and solving the optimization model to obtain a beam-forming weight coefficient for performing linear or non-linear combination on the multi-mode input signal. The optimization model comprises an optimization formula for obtaining the beam-forming weight coefficient. The optimization formula comprises: establishing an association between at least one electroencephalogram signal and a beam forming output, and optimizing the association to construct the beam-forming weight coefficient associated with the at least one electroencephalogram signal. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306766 | SELECTING AUIDO INPUT - For selecting audio input, a processor calculates audio scores for device audio from a plurality of electronic devices. The processor further selects a first device audio based on the audio scores. The processor presents present the first device audio at a listening electronic device. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306767 | METHOD OF OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A HEARING AID SYSTEM - A method of operating a hearing aid system in order to provide improved noise reduction and a hearing aid system ( | 2021-09-30 |
20210306768 | Hearing Aid and Method for Use of Same - A hearing aid and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the hearing aid includes a body having various electronic components contained therein, including an electronic signal processor that is programmed with a respective left ear qualified sound range and a right ear qualified sound range. Each of the left ear qualified sound range and the right ear qualified sound range may be a range of sound corresponding to a preferred hearing range of an ear of the patient. The electronic signal processor is also programmed with a tinnitus frequency which is a range of sound corresponding to a sensation of tinnitus in the ear of the patient. Sound received at the hearing aid is converted to the qualified sound range prior to output with the output amplified at 0 dB at the tinnitus frequency or an inverse amplitude signal applied at the tinnitus frequency. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306769 | Hearing Aid and Method for Use of Same - A hearing aid and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the hearing aid includes a body having various electronic components contained therein, including an electronic signal processor that is programmed with a respective left ear qualified sound range and a right ear qualified sound range. Each of the left ear qualified sound range and the right ear qualified sound range may be a range of sound corresponding to a preferred hearing range of an ear of the patient. The electronic signal processor is also programmed with a tinnitus frequency which is a range of sound corresponding to a sensation of tinnitus in the ear of the patient. Sound received at the hearing aid is converted to the qualified sound range prior to output with the output amplified at 0 dB at the tinnitus frequency or an inverse amplitude signal applied at the tinnitus frequency. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306770 | Systems and Methods for Biomarker Analysis On a Hearing Device - An exemplary hearing device configured to be worn by a user includes a microphone and a processor. The microphone detects an audio signal. The processor is configured to determine that the audio signal includes own voice content representative of a voice of the user and determine that an environmental noise level within the audio signal is below a threshold The processor is further configured to apply, based on the environmental noise level being below the threshold, a biomarker feature analysis heuristic to the own voice content. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306771 | STRESS AND HEARING DEVICE PERFORMANCE - The disclosed technology generally relates to a hearing device configured to adjust its settings when it detects the hearing device user is experiencing stress related to the hearing device applying a processing scheme. The hearing device can use vital signs of the hearing device user to determine whether a user is stressed. The hearing device can also determine whether the user has become stressed as a result of applied setting or an applied processing scheme of the hearing device based on a change in the vital sign of the hearing device user. The disclosed technology also includes a method for reducing stressing when using a hearing device. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306772 | Hearing Device Configured for Audio Classification Comprising an Active Vent, and Method of its Operation - A hearing device may include a housing configured to be at least partially inserted into an ear canal of a user and comprising a venting channel, wherein the venting channel is configured to provide for venting between an inner region of the ear canal and an ambient environment outside the ear canal through the venting channel; an acoustic valve comprising a valve member moveable relative to the venting channel between different positions; a sound detector configured to provide an audio signal representative of a detected sound; a processor configured to determine a characteristic from the audio signal and to classify the audio signal by assigning the audio signal to a class from a plurality of predetermined classes depending on the determined characteristic; and an output transducer configured to be acoustically coupled to the inner region of the ear canal. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306773 | HEARING DEVICE WITH AN ANTENNA - A hearing device is configured to be worn in an ear of a user, and is configured to provide an audio signal to the user. The hearing device comprises a circuit assembly. The circuit assembly comprises a printed circuit board assembly. The printed circuit board assembly comprises a first circuit board, a second circuit board, and a third circuit board between the first and second circuit boards. The circuit assembly comprises a battery, wherein the printed circuit board assembly is folded about the battery; and an antenna comprising an antenna element, the antenna being configured for emission and reception of electromagnetic radiation at a wavelength (λ); wherein the antenna element has a first end connected to a feed, wherein the feed is provided in a portion of the first or third circuit board which is adjacent an interconnection between the first and third circuit boards. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306774 | Selectively Collecting and Storing Sensor Data of a Hearing System - A method for collecting and storing sensor data ( | 2021-09-30 |
20210306775 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEATURE MANAGEMENT IN A HEARING AID - A hearing aid service system includes an Internet enabled personal communication device and one or more hearing aids provided with respective transceivers for establishing a wireless connection, whereby the personal communication device becomes a gateway for the hearing aids to a remote server. Each hearing aid includes a processor controlling the operation of the hearing aid, and a memory containing program code for at least one add-on program for the operation of the hearing aid. The server manages user accounts for a plurality of hearing aid users, including managing subscription status for the add-on program. The server creates a subscription status change event for the account upon change of the subscription status for the at least one add-on program and sends a status change instruction to the hearing aids for enabling or disabling one or more of the add-on programs by using the communication device as gateway. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306776 | BONE CONDUCTION DEVICE INCLUDING A BALANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR HAVING RADIAL AND AXIAL AIR GAPS - A bone conduction device configured to couple to an abutment of an anchor system anchored to a recipient's skull. The bone conduction device includes a vibrating electromagnetic actuator configured to vibrate in response to sound signals received by the bone conduction device, and a coupling apparatus configured to attach the bone conduction device to the abutment so as to impart to the recipient's skull vibrations generated by the vibrating electromagnetic actuator. The vibrating electromagnetic actuator includes a bobbin assembly and a counterweight assembly. Two axial air gaps are located between the bobbin assembly and the counterweight assembly and two radial air gaps are located between the bobbin assembly and the counterweight assembly. No substantial amount of the dynamic magnetic flux passes through the radial air gaps. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306777 | TRANSDUCER DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HEARING - A device to transmit an audio signal to a user may comprise a mass, a piezoelectric transducer, and a support to support the mass and the piezoelectric transducer with the eardrum. The piezoelectric transducer can be configured to drive the support and the eardrum with a first force and the mass with a second force opposite the first force. The device may comprise circuitry configured to receive wireless power and wireless transmission of an audio signal, and the circuitry can be supported with the eardrum to drive the transducer in response to the audio signal, such that vibration between the circuitry and the transducer can be decreased. The transducer can be positioned away from the umbo of the ear to drive the eardrum, for example on the lateral process of the malleus. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306778 | HEARING DEVICE - A hearing device comprising a behind-the-ear module and a tube element extending from the behind-the-ear module is disclosed. The behind-the-ear module comprises a signal processor for processing received audio signals into a signal modified to compensate for a user's hearing impairment, and an antenna configured for emission and reception of electromagnetic radiation at a first frequency. The hearing device further comprises at least one electrically conducting element, wherein a first section of the at least one electrically conducting element extends into the tube element, and at least one decoupling element, the at least one decoupling element being configured to electrically decouple the first section and the behind-the-ear module at the first frequency while maintaining an electrical connection between the first section and the behind-the-ear module at second frequencies. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306779 | HEARING DEVICE WITH PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY AND OUTPUT TRANSDUCER - Disclosed is a hearing device configured to be worn in an ear of a user. The hearing device is configured to provide an audio signal to the user. The hearing device comprises a circuit assembly. The circuit assembly comprises a printed circuit board assembly. The printed circuit board assembly comprises: a first circuit board; a second circuit board; and a third circuit board interconnected with the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The circuit assembly comprises a battery, and an output transducer for providing the audio signal, wherein the printed circuit board assembly is folded about the battery and the output transducer. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306780 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE TESTING - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for audio output device testing. For example, some embodiments described herein may provide for audio output device testing in an objective and consistent manner Specifically, some embodiments may provide a system that can be used to determine an array of tests for an audio output device, cause the audio output device to be tested according to the array of tests, compare a performance of the audio output device to a baseline performance, and intelligently and objectively determine a score for the audio output device. In addition, the system may trigger, or perform, certain actions with respect to the audio output device based on the score. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306781 | THERMAL CONTROL OF AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICES - To avoid damage from overheating, playback device operation can be modulated based on input from temperature sensors. An example method includes obtaining, via one or more temperature sensors carried by the playback device, temperature data. Based on the temperature data, a first temperature parameter is detected. In response to detecting the first temperature parameter, a gain of audio playback is decreased by a first amount. After decreasing the gain of audio playback by the first amount, a second temperature parameter is detected. In response to detecting the second temperature parameter, the gain of audio playback is decreased by a second amount different than the first amount. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306782 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AUDIO DEVICE PERFORMANCE TESTING - A method of audio device performance testing generates virtual audio device data packages. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306783 | AUDIO EFFECTIVENESS HEATMAP - An audio system can be configured to generate an audio heatmap for the audio emission potential profiles for one or more speakers, in specific or arbitrary locations. The audio heatmap maybe based on speaker location and orientation, speaker acoustic properties, and optionally environmental properties. The audio heatmap often shows areas of low sound density when there are few speakers, and areas of high sound density when there are a lot of speakers. An audio system may be configured to normalize audio signals for a set of speakers that cooperatively emit sound to render an audio object in a defined audio object location. The audio signals for each speaker can be normalized to ensure accurate rendering of the audio object without volume spikes or dropout. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306784 | AUDIO FIELD ADJUSTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An audio field adjusting method can be applied to a stereo system having a plurality of sound boxes, and each of the plurality of sound boxes includes an Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) module. The method can include: obtaining a user position fed back by the UWB module in each of the plurality of the sound boxes; determining an audio field center position according to the user position fed back by the UWB module in each of the plurality of the sound boxes; and according to the audio field center position, adjusting an audio field position of each of the plurality of the sound boxes, such that an audio field position of the stereo system is the audio field center position. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306785 | METHOD FOR AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING/RENDERING AN AMBISONICS AUDIO SOUNDFIELD REPRESENTATION FOR AUDIO PLAYBACK USING 2D SETUPS - Improved methods and/or apparatus for decoding an encoded audio signal in soundfield format for L loudspeakers. The method and/or apparatus can render an Ambisonics format audio signal to 2D loudspeaker setup(s) based on a rendering matrix. The rendering matrix has elements based on loudspeaker positions and wherein the rendering matrix is determined based on weighting at least an element of a first matrix with a weighting factor g=1/√{square root over (L)}. The first matrix is determined based on positions of the L loudspeakers and at least a virtual position of at least a virtual loudspeaker that is added to the positions of the L loudspeakers. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306786 | SOUND REPRODUCTION/SIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING A SOUND REPRODUCTION - A sound reproduction/simulation system includes at least sound reproduction device driven by one or more audio signals and a processor for processing an input audio stream to generate the one or more audio signals. The processor performs processing based on processing parameters defined by a sound characteristic of a target system. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306787 | SOUND SIGNAL OUTPUT METHOD AND SOUND SIGNAL OUTPUT DEVICE - A sound signal output method of outputting sound to a plurality of areas comprises obtaining a sound signal of a sound source, receiving a setting of reproduction information indicating whether or not to output the sound signal of the above-mentioned sound source to each of the plurality of areas where the above-mentioned sound signal is to be output, and outputting the above-mentioned reproduction information and the above-mentioned sound signal, or reproducing the above-mentioned sound signal based on the above-mentioned reproduction information. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306788 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - A vehicle is provided to minimize the difference in left and right output intensity of a headrest speaker by adjusting an output intensity of based on the position of the passenger's ear. The headrest includes a left-side speaker provided on the left-side of the headrest of a seat inside the vehicle to output sound and a right-side speaker provided on the right-side of the headrest to output sound. A pressure sensor measures a force applied to the headrest and a controller adjusts the output intensity of the left speaker and the right speaker based on an action point of the force measured by the pressure sensor. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306789 | VEHICLE - An own vehicle includes a wireless communication section, an application control section, and a speaker array. The application control section makes a voice call by wireless communication and the speaker array includes a plurality of speakers to output voice based on a voice signal in the voice call. The position information of the other calling party in the voice call is received by the wireless communication section and the relative speed as the moving speed of the other calling party with respect to the vehicle is calculated on the basis of the received position information. On the basis of the calculated relative speed, sound image localization processing is performed so that the sound image of the voice based on the voice signal to be output by the speaker array is in the direction in which the other calling party is positioned after the elapse of a prescribed time. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306790 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes an in-vehicle device and a speaker array. The in-vehicle device acquires information that identifies a posture of an occupant of the vehicle by use of an occupant posture acquisition portion. The in-vehicle device controls a sound outputted from the speaker array to a sound arriving from a virtual sound source that is set at a predetermined position, and corrects the position of the virtual sound source based on the posture of the occupant by use of a sound control portion. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306791 | IMMERSIVE AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES USING SPATIAL AUDIO - Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for an immersive augmented reality (AR) experience using an eyewear device with spatial audio. The eyewear device has a processor, a memory, an image sensor, and speakers. The eyewear device captures image information for an environment surrounding the device, identifies a match between objects in the image information and predetermined objects in previously obtained information for the same environment. The eyewear device then identifies a target location within the environment, which may be associated with a physical or a virtual object. The eyewear device monitors its orientation with respect to the target location and presents audio signals to guide the user toward the target location. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306792 | AUDIO RENDERING OF AUDIO SOURCES - Providing a more natural, physically accurate rendering of the acoustic behavior of a volumetric audio source (e.g., a line-like audio source). In one embodiment, this is achieved by applying a parametric distance-dependent gain function in the rendering process, where the shape of the parametric gain function depends on characteristics of the volumetric audio source. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306793 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE AND HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION SELECTING METHOD - An acoustic device includes binaural speakers, a storing portion for storing a plurality of head-related transfer functions, and a signal processing portion for processing a sound signal with a head-related transfer function. Two or more function candidates are selected from the plurality of head-related transfer functions. Prescribed test sounds are emitted from the speaker. A function candidate to apply to the user is selected based on a discrepancy between a user-perceived location direction and the sound generation location direction for each function candidate. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306794 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing method includes: receiving first space information including a first coordinate system of one of a logical space or a physical space, and second space information including a second coordinate system of the other of the logical space or the physical space; receiving first sound localization information indicating a position where a sound image is to be localized in the first coordinate system; and transforming the first sound localization information into second sound localization information indicating a position where the sound image is to be localized in the second coordinate system. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306795 | WAITING SITUATION MANAGING DEVICE, WAITING SITUATION MANAGING SYSTEM, WAITING SITUATION MANAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A waiting situation of users is more accurately known. A waiting situation managing device | 2021-09-30 |
20210306796 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SYSTEM - A controller is provided that is configured to execute: predicting a distribution of first users in a predetermined area; predicting, based on the predicted distribution of the first users, a first point that is a point where a density of the first users exceeds a predetermined upper limit value in the predetermined area in the future; and transmitting, to a terminal of a second user who is a provider of a service, information about prompting provision of the service at a second point other than the first point in the predetermined area. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306797 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING SOCIAL DISTANCING COMPLIANCE AND EXPOSURE RISKS AND FOR GENERATING CONTAGION ALERTS - A personal safety system is configured to receive and store information regarding a plurality of users, such as location information and health status information. The system determines compliance with social distancing guidelines, such as by comparing the locations of users to determine the distance between them. Upon receiving notice of contagion from a user, proximate users to the user may be notified. The system provide assessments, such as scores, of social distancing compliance and/or risk or exposure. A wearable device is configured to provide personal distance and inoculation indicators. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306798 | LOCATION-BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING - A location-based social networking application enables users to communicate and interact with one another only when they are in proximity to one another. The social networking features and functionality enables users to securely communication and interact with other users, without providing an exact or current location. The application further includes account management functionality, chat functionality, and commerce functionality. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306799 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATION BASED ON DISTANCE OF REMOTE INPUT DEVICE - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, an antenna, a wireless charging coil, a positioning sensor circuit, and a processor. The communication circuit may connect communication with a remote input device and a wearable device. The antenna may transmit/receive a signal with respect to the remote input device and the wearable device. The wireless charging coil may detect an attachment and detachment of the remote input device and transmit/receive an electromagnetic signal with respect to the remote input device. The positioning sensor circuit may measure a distance to the remote input device. The processor may determine an attachment and detachment of the remote input device, based on the electromagnetic signal, and recognizing the distance to the remote input device. The processor may provide the wearable device with a remote notification signal based on the distance to the remote input device. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306800 | ANGLE OF ARRIVAL (AOA) POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONAL FINDING AND TRACKING OBJECTS USING REDUCED ATTENUATION RF TECHNOLOGY - Systems and methods for determining user equipment (UE) locations within a wireless network using reference signals of the wireless network are described. The disclosed systems and methods utilize a plurality of in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) samples generated from signals provided by receive channels associated with two or more antennas of the wireless system. Based on received reference signal parameters the reference signal within the signals from each receive channel among the receive channels is identified. Based on the identified reference signal from each receive channel, an angle of arrival between a baseline of the two or more antennas and incident energy from the UE to the two or more antennas is determined. That angle of arrival is then used to calculate the location of the UE. The angle of arrival may be a horizontal angle of arrival and/or a vertical angle of arrival | 2021-09-30 |
20210306801 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CALIBRATION FOR ESTABLISHING REAL-TIME LOCATION - A system and method are provided for obtaining calibration data for a portable device relative to an object in order to facilitate defining a locator for determining a location of the portable device relative to the object. The system and method may obtain calibration data pertaining to a signal characteristic of communications transmitted from the portable device and corresponding to a known location of the portable device (e.g., truth data). | 2021-09-30 |
20210306802 | POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE, POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AND POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a position estimation device includes a first acquisition unit, a determination unit, and an estimation unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a first position of a moving body. The determination unit determines that direct wireless communication is possible between a terminal device and a communication device riding on the moving body. When the direct communication is possible, the estimation unit regards a position of the moving body as a position of the terminal device. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306803 | ROOM-LEVEL EVENT SENSOR-INITIATED REAL-TIME LOCATION SYSTEM (RTLS) - A room-level event sensor is used to initiate the location process whenever it is likely that a person has entered or left the room. A room-level event sensor is defined as an electronic sensing device that can determine whether an event occurs in one room, independently of what is happening in any adjacent room. In one embodiment of the invention, a room-level event sensor may be a door-position sensor, and the room-level event it senses is the opening or closing of a door. It is very likely that a patient or caregiver can enter or leave a room only when the door-position sensor perceives an open door. In another embodiment, a room-level event sensor may be a microphone. The sensed room-level event is the transition from a room being silent to a room being occupied by people speaking. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306804 | LOCATION DATA BASED INTELLIGENCE FOR SUPPLY CHAIN INFORMATION PLATFORMS - Systems and methods are described for determining job classifications of anonymous users. Energy Infrastructure (EI) information associated with a known EI facility and anonymized location tracking data is obtained. The EI facility information includes a location of the known EI facility and an identification of the known EI facility, and the anonymized location tracking data includes visited locations associated with an anonymous user ID. A job classification is associated with the anonymous user ID based on a correlation between the visited locations, the location of the known EI facility, and the identification of the known EI facility. Location tracking data associated with a user of a known job classification can be used to identify a previously unknown EI facility. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306805 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLIENT-SERVER CONNECTION AND DATA DELIVERY BY GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION - A system and method for providing a client-server connection corresponding to a geographic location is disclosed. A spatial domain system stores a plurality of registrations of spatial domains comprising virtual three-dimensional volumes corresponding to a real-world geographical space. A client is configured to transmit the spatial domains to an augmented reality system and a spatial domain registry database stores a plurality of spatial domain information. An analysis system interprets the spatial domain to permit the support of vertically stacked, overlapping, and/or intersecting spatial domains. A server transmits the spatial domain to the computing device whereon the user interacts with a plurality of augmented reality objects provided via a display of a real-world environment correlating to the spatial domain. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306806 | LOCATION MANAGEMENT WITH DYNAMIC TAL FOR HIGH MOBILITY - A wireless communication system, including: a plurality of time variant transmission points for communicating with a user device, UE, wherein the UE is in a tracking region, wherein the UE is configured to receive and store a list including identifiers, IDs, of time variant transmission points for the tracking region, and wherein the list includes IDs of time variant transmission points which are available or visible for the UE in the one tracking region at different times or time periods. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306807 | Real-Time Location and Alert System - A device, method, and system for providing real-time location and alerts, and more specifically to devices, methods, and systems for providing real-time tracking of individuals and items within a predetermined area. At least one tracking device is connected to at least one user device and at least one remote server. The at least one tracking device provides real-time location updates to the at least one user device and the at least one remote server. The at least one tracking device is also operable to provide transactional and personal information to the at least one remote server. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306808 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL CONTACT TRACING - A user system comprising: at least one hardware processor; and one or more software modules that are configured to, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, download an application to the user system; obtain an identifier for the user system; generate a plurality of pings to detect other nearby user systems; receive a response to one of the plurality of pings from another user system; exchange contact data with the responding user system; store the contact data for the responding user system; and receive a digital handshake indicated, based on the stored contact data that a user of the user system may be at risk. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306809 | ESTABLISHMENT OF A COGNITIVE HETEROGENEOUS AD HOC MESH NETWORK - Embodiments described herein are directed to establishment of a cognitive heterogeneous ad hoc mesh network. Participant objects transmit notification signals to inform other participant objects in line-of-sight of their position and movement. These notification signals are used by each participant to establish an ad hoc mesh network between the recipient and the sender. The participants can also utilize echoes of the notification signals to detect and estimate the position and movement of participant or non-participant objects. Participant objects can share this positional information with one another to refine the estimated position and movement of non-participant objects or to correct errors in participant-reported positioning information. The position of each other participant and non-participant object is updated based on an individualized update rate that dynamically changes based on the distance and velocity of closure between the participant and the other participant or non-participant object. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306810 | Product pallet and method for establishing the position of a product pallet - The invention relates to a product pallet ( | 2021-09-30 |
20210306811 | Method and system for determining a direction of movement of an object - According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method and system for tracking and determining a position of an object along a planned route, the method comprising: providing information of at least one predetermined route and determining a planned route based on the information of the at least one predetermined route; determining a primary position of the object based on at least one of: signals received from a satellite positioning system and the planned route; tracking a first position of the object via the satellite positioning system; and comparing whether the first position matches with the planned route. If the first position is found to deviate from the planned route, determining a secondary position of movement of the object based on measurements of at least one of: an inertia sensor and an acceleration sensor; wherein at least one of acceleration, speed and direction of the object is measured. Determining the secondary position indication of the object based on the first position and the secondary position of movement of the object; comparing whether the secondary position indication matches with at least one of: the planned route and the at least one predetermined route, and determining the current position of the object based on: at least one of: the at least one predetermined route and the planned route; and at least one of: the first position and the secondary position indication. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306812 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROACTIVELY IDENTIFYING AND SURFACING RELEVANT CONTENT ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - Systems and methods for proactively identifying and surfacing relevant content on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a method includes presenting content in a first application. At least a portion of the content is presented without requiring input from a user. The method further includes receiving a request to open a second application. In response to receiving the request, the second application is presented with an input-receiving field. Before receiving any user input at the input-receiving field, a selectable user interface object is displayed with an indication that the portion of the content was viewed in the first application, allowing the user to paste at least the portion of the content into the input-receiving field. In response to detecting a selection of the selectable user interface object, the portion of the content is pasted into the input-receiving field. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306813 | DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS NETWORK ASSISTED OBJECT LOCATION - A server may receive a request from a remote device to wirelessly locate an object that includes a wireless identification device. The server may also instruct one or more wireless-search enabled devices, comprising a predefined requestor network of devices, to attempt to locate the object. The server may further receive responses from the one or more devices in the network reporting results of attempts to locate the object and notify the remote device of at least one result. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306814 | SELECTIVE OVER THE AIR RECONFIGURATION OF UNICAST MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST SINGLE FREQUENCY NETWORK (MBSFN) - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for selective over the air reconfiguration of unicast MBSFN are provided. One method may include detecting whether a system is physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) limited. When it is detected that the system is physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) limited, the method may include reducing a percentage of subframes that are using unicast multimedia broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN). When it is detected that the system is not physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) limited, the method may include increasing the percentage of subframes that are using unicast multimedia broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN). | 2021-09-30 |
20210306815 | SIDELINK GROUP MANAGEMENT FOR TRANSMIT POWER CONTROLLED GROUP COMMUNICATIONS - Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) participating in a sidelink communications group communicates with one or more member UEs of the sidelink communications group, and transmits group presence announcement messages for the sidelink communications group based on a determination, based on communicating with the one or more member UEs, of at least a transmit power for the group presence announcement messages and that the UE is expected to transmit the group presence announcement messages for the sidelink communications group. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306816 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BROADCASTING MESSAGES - A method for broadcasting messages by means of identification features of existing wireless communication protocols includes identifying, for a received message, a maximum packet length to be broadcasted using a wireless protocol. The method further includes splitting the received message into two or more packets, wherein the length of each packet of the two or more packets does not exceed the identified maximum packet length. The method further includes broadcasting the two or more packets by means of an identification feature of the wireless protocol. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306817 | BILLING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for billing in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment, includes: transmitting billing data to an upper entity; determining whether the billing data has been normally transmitted; and executing a supplementary operation based on a result of the determining. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306818 | CHARGING POLICY OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of this application disclose a charging policy obtaining method and apparatus. The charging policy obtaining method may be used in a broadband network gateway, and specifically includes the following steps: receiving an authentication, authorization, and accounting request from user equipment, where the authentication, authorization, and accounting request includes a user name and a user equipment identifier; sending a charging policy request to a first server, where the charging policy request includes a first field and a second field, the first field is used to carry the user name, and the second field is used to carry the user equipment identifier; and receiving a charging policy response sent by the first server, where the charging policy response includes a charging policy corresponding to the user name and the user equipment identifier, and obtaining the charging policy from the charging policy response. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306819 | INCREASING DEVICE DATA CONFIDENCE AND OPERATION VIA TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL ANALYTICS - One example method includes determining a spatial distribution of devices in a three dimensional physical environment, determining a polling frequency for each of the devices, receiving data generated by the devices, evaluating the data, and assigning a trust score to the data. The devices may take the form of respective sensors operable to sense a physical attribute of the three dimensional physical environment. A Fourier transform may be employed to determine the polling frequency. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306820 | Specialized Wireless Network Arrangements For Industrial Applications - An application-specific wireless communication network for use in an industrial environment based on parameters defined by the IEEE 802.11 standard, modified by providing software-defined control of an assigned operating frequency band and software-defined control of the channel size, allowing the channel size to be relatively small as appropriate for the particular industrial application. The application-specific wireless communication network further controls other parameters defined by the standard to configure at least optimum transmitter power, receiver sensitivity, transmission latency, and ACK-retransmit to values appropriate for the specific industrial application. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306821 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING DATA IN A NETWORK, SENSOR, CONSUMPTION METER, DATA COLLECTOR AND NETWORK - A method collects data in a network by operation of a local sensor of a consumption meter where the network is part of a supply network. The network distributes a consumable good. The sensor has a measuring element providing raw measurement data corresponding to a physical or physicochemical value or parameter. The sensor has a wired and/or radio communication device and a memory. For the determination of the measurement resolution of the sensor the conditions for generating time stampings using a correlation model are determined in advance, on the basis of the correlation model time stampings of successive raw measurement data in the sensor are generated. The time stampings are transmitted over a wired connection and/or a radio link so that on the basis of the time stampings using the correlation model the raw measurement data collected by the measuring element are reconstructed and evaluated and used for network monitoring. | 2021-09-30 |
20210306822 | ENHANCEMENTS TO PEDESTRIAN TO VEHICLES (P2V) COMMUNICATIONS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to mechanisms for enhancing pedestrian to vehicle (P2V) communications. For example, a pedestrian user equipment (P-UE) may detect a change in at least one of: location or motion of the UE adjust, based on the detection, behavior of one or more features of the UE related to P2V transmissions. | 2021-09-30 |