49th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130321172 | TRAVEL ASSIST APPARATUS AND TRAVEL ASSIST METHOD - The present invention resides in a travel assist apparatus that performs assist of warning or support so that departure of a vehicle from a traveling lane is avoided, wherein a timing to the assist is to be performed is changed depending on a lane entering angle of an oncoming vehicle and a lane departure angle of a subject vehicle with respect to the traveling lane. Accordingly, the timing at which the assist is to be performed is changed depending on the lane entering angle of the oncoming vehicle and the lane departure angle of the subject vehicle with respect to the traveling lane. Therefore, it is possible to advance the timing at which the assist is to be performed as the possibilities is higher that the behaviors of the oncoming vehicle and the subject vehicle hinder the traveling of the subject vehicle. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321173 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A traffic resource allocation method is provided for allocating traffic resources around an intersection formed by a first road and a second road. The method includes dividing the first road into two or more first lanes at a first direction and two or more second lanes at a second direction opposite but parallel to the first direction. The method also includes dividing the second road into two or more third lanes at a third direction and two or more four lanes at a fourth direction opposite but parallel to the third direction. Further, the method includes controlling traffic movements in the intersection by allocating traffic permit to both pedestrian traffic and vehicle traffic on the first road and the second road. The method also include, when permitting pedestrian traffic along the first direction and the second direction, permitting through vehicle traffic along the first direction and the second direction, and prohibiting turn traffic at any of the first, second, third, and fourth directions. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321174 | FIELD OF VIEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPTION - Approaches for issuing preemption requests. The boundaries of a geo-window are repeatedly determined based on locations and headings of a vehicle as the vehicle is traveling along a roadway. The methods and systems determine whether or not any one of a plurality of intersections is located within the boundaries of the geo-window in response to changed boundaries of the geo-window. In response to determining that one of the plurality of intersections is located within the boundaries of the geo-window, a preemption request is transmitted from the vehicle to an intersection controller at the one of the plurality of intersections. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321175 | ACOUSTIC GUIDING SYSTEM - An acoustic guiding system of this invention comprises: an n-phase signal wiring which contains n wire lines and a common ground where n is an integer larger than or equals to three; a sound source which generates an electric current for a signal sound; a distributer which distributes the electric current from the sound source to each line of the n-phase signal wiring repeatedly; a controller which controls the signal sound in accordance with signal information required for traffic control or the like; and speakers connected to each line of the n phase signal wiring in the order of the phase number. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321176 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING OBSTACLE-AVOIDANCE INFORMATION DURING SURFACE OPERATIONS - Systems and methods for aiding in pilot awareness of obstacles relative to aircraft features. An exemplary processor receives sensor information from one or more sensors mounted in an aircraft feature (e.g. light modules), determines if at least one obstacle is located within a predefined field of view based on the received sensor or database information and generates an image. The image includes an ownship icon having at least one feature representing wingtips of the aircraft and at least one indicator associated with the determined at least one obstacle. A display device presents the generated image. The display device presents a tip of a first sense coverage area adjacent to one wingtip feature associated with the port wing and a tip of the second sense coverage area adjacent to one wingtip feature associated with the starboard wing. The indicator is presented within at least one of the coverage areas. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321177 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING VEHICLE COLLISION-AVOIDANCE WARNING VIA SENSOR PULSE - Systems and methods for embedding a warning signal in a sensor pulse. When a taxi anticollision system of a host aircraft senses a threat headed for the aircraft, a warning signal is embedded in a sensor pulse to warn the offending vehicle that it is in the field of view of the host aircraft's sensor and is moving on a trajectory that is threatening collision with the host aircraft. Alternately, the radar issues a dedicated pulse for reading and alerting the receiving device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321178 | SHARED VEHICLE RENTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING TRANSMISSION OF RESERVATION INFORMATION AND TARGETED ADVERTISING - Techniques and structures are disclosed relating to rental of vehicles, which may be owned by different owners. Each owner may have his or her own set of rental criteria associated with a particular vehicle, which prospective renters may have to meet to be able to rent the particular vehicle. Vehicles may be determined to be for rent based on a distance to a renter, price, and other factors. Messages and alerts may be exchanged between a server and an owner, renter, and/or vehicle computing device. Location information about vehicles is collected, and may be associated with particular drivers. Historical information and other data may be used to predict driver destinations. Targeted advertisements may be sent to renters based on predicted destinations, demographic information, or other information. In some embodiments, targeted advertisements are based on social networking website data. Vehicles may also be remotely located through the use of a horn and/or lights. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321179 | Real-Time Drive Assistance System And Method - There are described a real-time drive assistance system and method. The system proposes a centralized architecture capable of determining and preventing, in real time, potentially dangerous road situations, increasing road safety. The system is based on a communication network obtained through specific portable mobile communication devices ( | 2013-12-05 |
20130321180 | METHOD OF ACCELERATING DYNAMIC HUFFMAN DECOMPACTION WITHIN THE INFLATE ALGORITHM - A system and method of accelerating dynamic Huffman decompaction within the inflate algorithm. To improve the performance of a decompression engine during the inflate/decompression process, Huffman trees decompacted a priori are used thus eliminating the requirement of decompacting the DHT for each input stream. The Huffman tree in the input stream is matched prior to decompaction. If a match is found, the stored decompacted Huffman tree is used which reduces the required decompression time. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321181 | COMPRESSING AND DECOMPRESSING SIGNAL DATA - The present invention relates to data compression and decompression, and particularly relates to a method and an apparatus for compressing and decompressing signal data. In an embodiment of the present invention, there is disclosed a method for compressing signal data, comprising: obtaining signal data; determining block lengths of a plurality of data blocks into which the signal data are divided, and determining exponents of the data blocks; forming a mantissa sequence of the data block by using the exponent of the data block to compress signal data contained in the data block; and forming a compressed data block by using the block length, the exponent and the mantissa sequence of the data block. By constructing a variable-length data block adapted to dynamic characteristics of signal data, the method for compressing signal data of the present invention increases the compression ratio of signal data. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321182 | COMPRESSING AND DECOMPRESSING SIGNAL DATA - The present invention relates to data compression and decompression, and particularly relates to a method and an apparatus for compressing and decompressing signal data. In an embodiment of the present invention, there is disclosed a method for compressing signal data, comprising: obtaining signal data; determining block lengths of a plurality of data blocks into which the signal data are divided, and determining exponents of the data blocks; forming a mantissa sequence of the data block by using the exponent of the data block to compress signal data contained in the data block; and forming a compressed data block by using the block length, the exponent and the mantissa sequence of the data block. By constructing a variable-length data block adapted to dynamic characteristics of signal data, the method for compressing signal data of the present invention increases the compression ratio of signal data. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321183 | CODER WITH SNOOP MODE - Techniques are disclosed relating to coding data in an apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a coder circuit coupled to a data bus, where the coder circuit is configured to receive an indication that data is being transmitted over the data bus from a first circuit to a second circuit. The coder circuit is configured to perform a coding operation on the data in response to receiving the indication. In some embodiments, the coder circuit is configured to operate in a mode in which the coder circuit captures data of a data transmission via the data bus without being specified as a participant of the data transmission. When the coder circuit is not operating in the mode, the coder circuit is not configured to capture data of a data transmission without being specified as a participant of the data transmission. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321184 | SAR Assisted Pipelined ADC and Method for Operating the Same - A method for operating a SAR assisted pipelined ADC includes enabling a SAR ADC in a current stage circuit for converting an input analog voltage into a digital code during a first time interval, resetting an operational amplifier of an MDAC in the current stage circuit during the first time interval, maintaining the SAR ADC of the current stage circuit in an enabled state for outputting during a second time interval, and enabling the MDAC in the current stage circuit during the second time interval. The method also includes enabling the SAR ADC in the current stage circuit for sampling during a third time interval and connecting the output terminal of the MDAC in the current stage circuit to the input terminal of the next stage circuit during the third time interval. The first, second, and third time intervals are continuous and do not overlap each other. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321185 | MULTIPLYING ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND PIPELINE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER USING THE SAME - A multiplying analog-to-digital converter is provided. A sample-and-hold unit samples an analog signal, to obtain a sample level. A analog-to-digital converting unit converts the analog signal to a digital signal. A digital-to-analog converting unit converts the digital signal to a recovered signal level. A operating unit provides an output signal according to the difference between the sample level and the recovered signal level. A comparator compares a level of the output signal with an upper threshold level and a lower threshold level, and accordingly provides an indicating signal, wherein the upper and lower threshold levels define a predetermined level range. When the indicating signal indicates that the level of the output signal is outside the predetermined level range, a controller shifts a value of the digital signal and accordingly provides an adjusted digital signal. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321186 | SIGNAL RECEIVING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A signal receiving device and an electronic apparatus using the same are provided. The signal receiving device includes a signal conversion unit, a signal analysis unit, and an impedance unit. The signal conversion unit receives an analog input signal and converts the analog input signal into a digital input signal. The signal analysis unit receives the digital input signal and analyzes a signal characteristic thereof to generate an impedance adjustment signal. The impedance unit coupled to the signal analysis unit and a signal input terminal of the signal receiving device receives the impedance adjustment signal to dynamically adjust an input impedance of the signal input terminal. Thereby, the signal receiving device analyzes an input signal to dynamically adjust the input impedance of the signal receiving device, so as to maintain an amplitude gain of the input signal to be within a limited input range of the signal receiving device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321187 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An analog-to-digital converter includes a digital-to-analog (DA) converting part having a predetermined number of gradation converting stages and configured to cause each of the predetermined number of gradation converting stages to convert a digital signal to an analog signal and output the converted analog signal, a main-comparator configured to output a binary signal on the basis of a first comparison result between the analog signal output from the DA converting part and a predetermined reference level, and a second sub-comparator having an offset less than a quantization unit with respect to the main-comparator and being configured to output a binary signal on the basis of a second comparison result between the analog signal output from the DA converting part and the predetermined reference level. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321188 | System and Method for Operating an Analog to Digital Converter - A system and method can be used for scaling an output of a modulator of a sigma-delta analog to digital converter and systems and a method can be used for compensating temperature-dependent variations of a reference voltage in a sigma-delta analog to digital converter. In accordance with one embodiment, a system can be used for scaling an output of a modulator of a sigma-delta analog digital converter (ADC). A decimation filter has a decimation length that is adjustable by a decimation length value received as an input to the decimation filter. The decimation filter is configured to receive the output of the modulator of the sigma-delta ADC and to decimate the received output of the modulator of the sigma-delta ADC using the received decimation length value. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321189 | AD CONVERTER CIRCUIT AND AD CONVERSION METHOD - A low-power and high-speed ADC includes: a successive approximation converter circuit configured to sequentially compare and coarsely convert the analog input signal voltage into a digital signal with a number of higher-order bits, and also to output a residual voltage; a fixed-quantity change time measurement converter circuit configured to finely convert the residual voltage into a digital signal with a number n of lower-order bits by changing the residual voltage at a fixed rate of change and by measuring the time until a predetermined value is reached; and an encoder circuit configured to generate a digital signal with the predetermined number of bits by combining the digital signal with the number of higher-order bits output from the successive approximation converter circuit and the digital signal with the number of lower-order bits output from the fixed-quantity change time measurement converter circuit. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321190 | ANALOGUE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - An apparatus and method for regulating analogue-to-digital converters. First and second input signals are received at controlled oscillator circuitry which generates respective first and second pulse streams with pulse rates based on the relevant input signal. Difference circuitry determines the difference in number of pulses of the first and second pulse streams and outputs a first digital signal. Circuitry also determines a signal independent value based on the number of pulses of the first and/or second pulse streams. In one embodiment this value is the sum or average of the number of pulses of the first and second pulse streams. This value can be used to calibrate for any variation in transfer characteristic of the oscillator circuitry. In one embodiment this value is compared to a reference value and a regulation signal passed to control circuitry to regulate the operation of the oscillation circuitry. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321191 | DETECTING AN UNDERGROUND OBJECT - In a method of detecting an underground object which is at least partially under a surface of ground, a first view of the object determined by transmitting a first radar signal from a first known geolocation. A second view of the object is determined by transmitting a second radar signal from a second known geolocation. The respective first and second trajectories of the first and second radar signals are oblique with respect to the surface of the ground and the respective first and second trajectories are at a first angle with respect to each other. A position of the object is estimated by maximizing a correlation between the first view and the second view by adjusting an estimated dielectric constant associated with medium between the object and the surface of the ground. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321192 | COLLISION-AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR GROUND CREW USING SENSORS - A ground crew collision-avoidance system includes a plurality of radar sensor modules that each emit a radar signal, receives at a radar detector radar return signals corresponding to reflections of the emitted signal from a ground object, and transmits radar information associated with the received radar signal reflections reflected from the ground object, wherein each of the plurality of radar sensor modules are uniquely located on a surface of an aircraft that is at risk for collision with a ground object while the aircraft is being towed; a gateway unit that receives the radar information transmitted from the radar sensor module and transmits information associated with the received radar information; and a ground crew alert indicator that receives the information transmitted by the gateway unit and that presents a graphical alert icon on a display. The display indicates a likelihood of collision between the aircraft and the ground object. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321193 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING WINGTIP SENSOR INFORMATION - Systems and methods for providing improved situational awareness for an aircraft while taxiing. An exemplary method generates reflectivity data based on an associated emission at a transceiver located on an aircraft. At a processor, targets are determined if a portion of the generated reflectivity data is greater than a predefined threshold. Then, the analyzed targets are determined as to whether they are within a dynamically defined three-dimensional envelope. The envelope is based on wingtip light module speed and trajectory. On a display device, an indication of the nearest target is presented at the associated range to the nearest target. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321194 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING WINGTIP PROTECTION - Systems and methods for creating a narrow vertical pathway of detection that permits the enforcement of a fixed “exclusion zone” that is narrow and does not widen with range. An advantage to this approach is that the zone or corridor does not widen with range, permitting a fixed exclusion zone that will ignore items that will pass above or below the wing. An exemplary system located on a vehicle includes at least two vertically separated antennas that receive radar reflection signals, a processor, and an output device. The processor receives the radar reflection signals received by the antennas, determines vertical position of any obstacles identified in the radar reflection signals and determines if the obstacles are within a predefined alert zone. The output device outputs an alert if any obstacle is within the alert zone. The predefined alert zone is related to a protruding portion of the vehicle. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321195 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. A first determining section is configured to determine whether there exists a continuing stationary target at a side of a lane in which a vehicle is traveling. A second determining section is configured to determine whether there exists a moving target in a specific range which is in front of the vehicle and on an opposite side of the stationary target with respect to a position of the vehicle. A changing section is configured to change position information of the moving target to a position obtained by folding back a specific position which is the position of the moving target in the specific range with the stationary target therebetween in a case where the stationary target exists and the moving target exists in the specific range. The changed position is used for deriving the position information of the target. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321196 | RADAR SENSOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A radar sensor for motor vehicles, having a transmitting antenna in the form of a planar group antenna having multiple antenna elements situated side by side on a shared planar substrate, and having a feed network and a switching device for supplying microwave power to the antenna elements. The antenna elements are situated at equal distances in at least one row; the feed network is designed for supplying the antenna elements with the microwave power having a phase shift which increases at constant increments from one end of the row to the other; and the switching device is designed for controlling the supply of the microwave power to the antenna elements in such a way that, depending on the operating mode, the supply is implemented in a mirror-inverted fashion from opposite ends of the at least one row. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321197 | CALIBRATION TO IMPROVE WEATHER RADAR POSITIONING DETERMINATION - A method of calibrating antenna-position detection associated with a radar system, the radar system including a first gimbal and a first angle sensor configured to detect an angular position of the first gimbal, includes mounting a second angle sensor to the first gimbal configured to detect an angular position of the first gimbal. The first gimbal is rotated through each angular position of a set of the angular positions. A first set of data is generated with the first angle sensor that characterizes a detected angular position of the first gimbal. A second set of data is generated with the second angle sensor that characterizes a detected angular position of the first gimbal. A third data set is determined comprising differences, between the first and second data sets, in detected angular position at each first-gimbal angular position. The third data set is stored in a memory device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321198 | MIMO RADAR SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS - A MIMO radar system includes one or more receivers and transmitters. Any one of the one or more transmitters provides a reference signal for injection-locking. The MIMO radar system generates multiple signals having phase and frequency which are injection-locked to those of the reference signal. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321199 | PASSIVE RADAR DEVICE - A passive radar device includes: a pulse-by-pulse range compression unit executing cross-correlation processing between received signals of a direct wave and scattered wave on each of pulses divided by a direct-wave reception unit and a scattered-wave reception unit, and calculating a pulse-by-pulse range profile; a block-by-block Doppler processing unit calculating a first Doppler frequency spectrum by executing pulse-direction Fourier transform in block units each grouping plural pulses; a Doppler frequency cell-associated range migration compensation unit compensating a range-direction movement amount with respect to the first Doppler frequency spectrum on a Doppler-frequency-cell-by-Doppler-frequency-cell basis and on a block-by-block basis; and a block-direction Doppler processing unit calculating a second Doppler frequency spectrum by executing block-direction Fourier transform on an output from the Doppler frequency cell-associated range migration compensation unit. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321200 | WIDE BAND CLEAR AIR SCATTER DOPPLER RADAR - Systems and methods for measuring wind speed and direction in clear air conditions using a wide band Doppler radar in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a wide band Doppler radar system includes an antenna assembly includes at least one transmit antenna and at least one receive antenna; a transceiver connected to the antenna assembly configured to transmit a radar beam includes a transmit signal on a Ka-band carrier frequency and receive a backscattered radar beam includes a carrier frequency that is frequency shifted relative to the transmitted Ka-band carrier frequency of the backscattered radar beam; a data acquisition system connected to the transceiver configured to estimate a wind velocity vector by calculating a Doppler shift between at least one transmitted radar beam and at least one received backscattered radar beam. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321201 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE SELECTION OF ANTENNAS IN AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for the selection of antennas in aircraft navigation systems are provided. In one embodiment, a navigation receiver system for an aircraft comprises: a first aircraft antenna that receives transmitter signals from fixed-location ground transmitters and a second aircraft antenna that receives transmitter signals from the fixed-location ground transmitters, wherein the first aircraft antenna has a first gain pattern that is different from a second gain pattern of the second aircraft antenna; a switch coupled to a first receiver and the first and second aircraft antenna; and a switch controller coupled to the switch. The switch controller operates the switch to electrically couple the first receiver to either the first or second aircraft antenna based on a determination of whether the first gain pattern or the second gain pattern provides higher gain in a direction of a first fixed-location ground transmitter of the fixed-location ground transmitters. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321202 | Methods and Apparatuses for Multipath Estimation and Correction in GNSS Navigation Systems - The present invention relates generally to methods and apparatuses for estimating and correcting for multipath in GNSS navigation systems. According to some aspects, the invention takes advantage of situations where position and estimated position error are reasonably stable so as to detect when large multipath errors are present with confidence. After detection, the slowly varying biases from multipath or other un-modeled sources can be modeled separately from the navigation state. This makes it possible to keep the measurements in the solution without biasing the navigation state and further ignores the long-term biases for use over short-term periods with minimized pseudorange error when necessary. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321203 | BEAM-FORMING ANTENNA WITH AMPLITUDE-CONTROLLED ANTENNA ELEMENTS - A beam-forming antenna for transmission and/or reception of an electromagnetic signal having a given wavelength in a surrounding medium includes a transmission line electromagnetically coupled to an array of individually controllable antenna elements, each of which is oscillated by the signal with a controllable amplitude. The oscillation amplitude of each of the individual antenna elements is controlled by a switch. The antenna elements are arranged in various shapes such as a parabolic arc, a circular arc, a cylindrical surface or a conic surface. The antenna elements have various spacing such as uniform, parabolic, circular, or raised cosine. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321204 | LARGE APERTURE ANTENNA WITH NARROW ANGLE FAST BEAM STEERING - A system for rapidly steering a directive beam in an antenna is provided herein. The system includes: an antenna configured to produce a directive beam; means for steering the beam rapidly, along small angles; and means for steering the beam slowly, along large angles. According to one embodiment, the antenna is implemented as a phased array antenna, wherein the means for steering the beam rapidly, along small angles, is implemented as a phased array control, and wherein the means for steering the beam slowly, along large angles, is a mechanical mechanism implemented using gimbals. According to another embodiment, the antenna includes a main reflector and a sub reflector, and wherein the means for steering the beam rapidly, along small angles, mechanically controls the sub reflector, and wherein the means for steering the beam slowly, along large angles, mechanically controls the main reflector. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321205 | Method And Apparatus For Analyzing A System Design Having A Phased Array Antenna - Disclosed subject matter is directed to techniques and systems for analyzing a system design having a phase array antenna. In at least one implementation, component models of individual components of the phased array antenna may be provided. The component models may be arranged as a multi-dimensional lookup table (LUT) in some embodiments. A single-channel model of antenna performance may be synthesized for the system design based on the component models. An analysis of the performance of the system design may then be performed using the single-channel model of antenna performance. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321206 | INTERFERENCE REJECTIONS OF SATELLITE GROUND TERMINAL WITH ORTHOGONAL BEAMS - An outdoor unit of a satellite ground terminal is capable of simultaneously receiving satellite signals or data streams originated from multiple different orbital satellites operating at the same frequency in a satellite communication frequency band such as Ka band or Ku band by multiple concurrent orthogonal beams, which are generated by multiple analogue or digital beam forming networks of the outdoor unit and an antenna, such as multiple-beam antenna or direct radiating/reception array, of the outdoor unit. Each of the orthogonal beams has a beam peak in the desired direction and multiple nulls in the interference directions. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321207 | TRANSFORMING PRECODED SIGNALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method and apparatus for transforming signals for wireless communication. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a transformer comprising a plurality of first ports and second ports. Each first port is associated with a mode of a first antenna array configuration and each second port is configurable to be communicatively coupled to one of the antennas deployed in the first antenna array configuration. This embodiment also includes a selector configurable to select a subset of the modes of the first antenna array configuration based on a degree of variation with azimuth. This embodiment further includes a mapper configured to map each of a plurality of third ports to one of the first ports associated with one of the subset of modes. Each of the third ports is associated with a mode of a second antenna array configuration. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION OF USER DEVICES BASED ON SIGNAL FREQUENCIES OF TRANSMITTERS - An approach is provided for providing location information of user devices based on signal frequencies of transmitters. The positioning platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more signals, from one or more transmitters, captured at one or more user devices to determine one or more frequencies of the one or more signals. Next, the positioning platform determines device location information of the one or more user devices based, at least in part, on the one or more frequencies. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321209 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR HIGH ACCURACY LOCATION DETERMINATION - Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments provide short-range communication based location finding. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method comprises receiving, by a first transceiver of an apparatus mounted on a moveable platform, from a remote device, one or more wireless packets including information packets containing angle of arrival information from the remote device, wherein the moveable platform is in motion relative to the remote device; determining in the apparatus, at least a first angle of arrival from the received angle of arrival information; and generating distance estimation data in the apparatus relative to the remote device, based on the determined first angle of arrival. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321210 | Positioning LTE wireless base stations using aggregated OTDOA assistance data - An apparatus and method for building a base station almanac at a non-carrier location server is shown. A mobile device cooperates by informing the non-carrier location server of observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) assistance data it receives. The non-carrier location server collects enough OTDOA assistance data through crowd souring or spoofing to generate an OTDOA library. The non-carrier location server using the OTDOA library to generate a base station almanac. Once created, non-carrier location server uses the base station almanac to provide assistance data to mobile devices without assistance from the carrier. Also, a mobile device may use the base station almanac to determine transmission timing between itself and neighboring and distant base stations. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321211 | ASSET TRACKING SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTED PING RATE AND PING PERIOD - Asset tracking system that utilizes a time-based ping in which the ping rate and the ping period are based on a predetermined event. Over the period of use of the system and device, the ping rate and ping period are adjusted based on the expected occurrence of an event. The system has lower operational cost, particularly battery maintenance cost, than conventional active ping systems that have a set ping rate or a random ping rate. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321212 | VOLUMETRICALLY CONFIGURABLE MONOPOLE ANTENNAS AND RELATED METHODS - A dual resonance monopole antenna is described wherein the antenna structure, ground connection conductor and transmission line are integrated onto a single substrate. The substrate can be of a thin, flexible type that provides for positioning one or both resonant sections of the dual resonant monopole in the plane of or orthogonal to the ground plane of the host device to provide flexibility in selecting impedance and radiation characteristics. The ground connection conductor is configured to work in conjunction with features etched into the ground layer of the host device to form a method of altering the impedance properties of one or multiple resonances of the monopole. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321213 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA - A multi-band antenna includes a base plate of which a feeding portion, a connection section and a ground portion are connected with rear, front and left edges of the base plate respectively, a first radiating element connected with a right edge of the base plate and coplanar with the base plate, a second radiating element coplanar with the base plate and the connection section and connected with an upper portion of a left rim of the connection section with a free end thereof adjacent to the ground portion, and a third radiating element connected with a lower end of the left rim of the connection section. Wherein the second radiating element is apart located between the ground portion and the third radiating element. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321214 | CIRCULARLY POLARIZED PATCH ANTENNAS, ANTENNA ARRAYS, AND DEVICES INCLUDING SUCH ANTENNAS AND ARRAYS - For use in a wireless network, an apparatus for use in a wireless network includes an antenna having (i) a first patch element with two opposite corners truncated and (ii) a first microstrip line connected to a first side of the first patch element and configured to feed the first patch element. The first microstrip line forms an angle of substantially 45° with the first side of the first patch element. The antenna could also include (i) a second patch element with two opposite corners truncated and (ii) a second microstrip line connected to a side of the second patch element. The second microstrip line could form an angle of substantially 45° with the side of the second patch element. The patch elements could be series-coupled and form an antenna array. One patch element could represent a host patch element, and another patch element could represent a parasitic patch element. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321215 | ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE ANTENNA - An antenna includes a substrate and an antenna body disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface connecting to the first surface. The antenna body includes a first radiator and a second radiator. The first radiator is disposed on the first surface of the substrate, the second radiator is disposed on the second surface. The first radiator is disposed by pad printing a conductive slurry, the second radiator is disposed by dispensing the conductive slurry. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321216 | Antenna Structures in Electronic Devices With Hinged Enclosures - Electronic devices may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may include antenna resonating elements, parasitic antenna resonating elements, and antenna ground structures. The antenna structures may include metal traces that are wrapped around an elongated plastic carrier. The plastic carrier may have metal traces that are coupled to a metal bracket using solder that protrudes through a hole in the metal bracket. A printed circuit board may be mounted between the metal bracket and a metal housing. The metal housing may have a protruding ridge portion that is gripped between prongs on the metal bracket. A cover may cover the metal traces on the elongated plastic carrier. The antenna structures may be mounted between hinge structures that couple upper and lower housing structures. The antenna structures may be configured to operate with comparable performance when the upper and lower housing structures are open and closed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321217 | ANTENNA APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An antenna apparatus for an electronic device is provided. The antenna apparatus includes a broadcasting antenna apparatus for receiving broadcasting, and a communicating antenna radiator arranged near the broadcasting antenna apparatus and fed simultaneously from a feed part of the broadcasting antenna apparatus. The communicating antenna radiator is able to maintain the same performance irrespective of an operation of the broadcasting antenna apparatus, thereby improving a reliability and usability of the device and making a contribution to the minimizing of a size of the device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321218 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH HIGH-GAIN BUILT-IN ANTENNA - A wireless communication device includes a main board, a display module, and a coil. The main board includes a feed point and a ground point. The display module comprises a display and a protective panel above the display. The coil is formed on one side of the protective panel serving as a built-in antenna and having two connecting terminals. One correspondingly serves as a feed end by being connected to the feed point and the other end serves as a ground end by being connected the ground point | 2013-12-05 |
20130321219 | ANTENNA IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SEPARABLE RADIATOR - A built-in antenna of a hand-held electronic device has separable radiators. The antenna includes a first radiator mounted to a first housing portion of the electronic device, and a second radiator mounted to a second housing portion. The first radiator and second radiator are electrically connected to each other when the first and second housing portions are assembled. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321220 | METAMATERIAL, ELECTRIC APPARATUS, AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS INCLUDING METAMATERIAL - An electric apparatus that includes a component having a conductive layer in a fixed range in the depth direction, the conductive layer including a particular region that is electromagnetically isolated from other regions. The electric apparatus further includes a metamaterial which exhibits a dielectric constant having an absolute value less than 1 and a magnetic permeability having an absolute value more than 1 with respect to a predetermined resonant wavelength in an electromagnetic field. The metamaterial is arranged so as to cut off the near resonant wavelength component of an electric current flowing through the conductive layer in the particular region, and at least part of the particular region is configured to radiate an electromagnetic wave. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321221 | ANTENNA DEVICE OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An antenna device of a mobile terminal that can secure radiation performance is provided. The antenna device having a battery cover composed of a metal material includes a radiation unit for transmitting and receiving a signal, a feeding unit formed at an end portion of a first side of the radiation unit for electrically connecting the radiation unit to a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), and a ground part disposed a predetermined distance from the feeding unit and formed at a second side of the radiation unit. When the battery cover is fastened to the mobile terminal, the ground part contacts a first side of the battery cover. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321222 | METHOD FOR RF TESTING UTILIZING A TEST FIXTURE - One embodiment provides a system, method, and test fixture for performing RF testing of an electronic device. An RF antenna is received in a base plate. One or more guides are positioned on the base plate for securing the electronic device above the RF antenna. The electronic device is secured on the base plate to perform the RF testing utilizing the one or more guides. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321223 | Underwater Connector Arrangement - An underwater connector includes a first component and a second component, wherein the components are operable to be coupled together in operation in a first coupled state, and operable to be mutually spatially separated in a second uncoupled state. The first and second components each include communication arrangements which are operable to provide wireless communication between the first and second components when in their first coupled state. The first and second components include a power transfer arrangement for transmitting power between the first and second components. The power transfer arrangement includes inductive coupling devices and/or capacitive coupling devices, wherein the power transfer arrangement is implemented substantially as an annulus, for example circular, elliptical, or polygonal, on the first and second components together with the communication arrangements being disposed within the annulus and/or around a periphery of the annulus. The wireless communication is operable to occur using a wireless signal whose carrier frequency is within a frequency range of 300 MHz to 300 GHz, wherein the wireless communication is implemented using microwave and millimeter wave technologies. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321224 | SINGLE PORT DUAL ANTENNA - A system for transmitting radio frequency includes antenna elements configured to transmit radio frequency beams including a horizontal beam widths and vertical beam widths. The antenna elements are positioned to transmit radio frequency in directions to cover areas independent of each other. The system includes a port operatively coupled to the antenna elements to transmit power to the antenna elements to cause the antenna elements to transmit radio frequency in the respective directions. The antenna elements and the port form a distributed antenna system. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321225 | AUTOMATIC ANTENNA POINTING AND STABILIZATION AND METHOD THEREOF - A wireless backhaul system including a terminal is disclosed. The system includes a network interface that is configured to send and receive data over a wide area network. A control module is coupled to the network interface and configured to generate electromagnetic energy. An antenna assembly is coupled to the control module and the network interface. The antenna assembly includes a high speed-high bandwidth (HSHB) antenna configured to wirelessly emit millimeter wave electromagnetic energy signals to a target terminal. A gimbal assembly is coupled to the antenna assembly and the control module. The gimbal assembly is configured to selectively position the antenna assembly to azimuth and elevation coordinates selected by the control module to establish and maintain a HSHB data communication link with the target terminal using the millimeter wave electromagnetic energy signals. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321226 | ANTENNA DEVICE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal includes an antenna device having a circuit board on a surface of which a conductive layer is formed, a slit that removes a portion of the conductive layer and extends in a direction, an auxiliary board positioned on the slit to face a surface of the circuit board, and a radiation pattern formed on the auxiliary board, in which the radiation pattern is disposed to partially enclose the slit. Even when the radiation pattern is disposed on the conductive layer, induced current generated around the slit can be controlled in the same direction as signal power, thereby preventing radiation performance from being degraded by an inverse current phenomenon in spite of disposition of the radiation pattern on the conductive layer. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321227 | Waveguide Antenna Having Annular Slots - A slotted waveguide antenna element s provided, which includes at least one conductive surface provided with at least one annular slot, which defines at the central portion thereof a conductive zone and which electrically insulates the zone from the rest of the surface. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321228 | ACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY ANTENNA - An antenna is provided and includes a radiator aperture assembly including a plurality of radiator sticks, each radiator stick including a row of radiating elements configured to transmit and receive RF energy and a body having opposite sides, conductive elements coupled to the radiating elements and a plate disposed proximate to the radiator aperture assembly through which the conductive elements extend. Complementary opposite sides of the respective bodies of adjacent radiator sticks and a surface of the plate are configured to form a slot radiator. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321229 | ARRAY ANTENNA - The invention relates to an array antenna ( | 2013-12-05 |
20130321230 | ACTIVE LOAD MODULATION ANTENNA - Active load modulation antennas for contactless systems typically require the presence of a battery power source in the transponder device. The transponder typically cannot be powered by the reader device alone and also transmit an active load modulation signal. Embodiments in accordance with the invention are disclosed that allow transponder devices to transmit an active load modulation signal when powered only by the reader in the contactless system. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321231 | Coupled Dual-Band Dipole Antenna with Interference Cancellation Gap, Method of Manufacture and Kits Therefor - A planar dipole antenna for dual-band Wi-Fi application is disclosed. The antenna has a ground copper and a radiation copper. The ground copper is adhered to a substrate and has an upper, shorter and generally horizontal segment and a lower, longer and also generally horizontal segment that are connected at one end thereof by a vertical segment. The radiation copper is adhered to the substrate and has a copper shaped substantially as a mirror symmetry of the ground copper and spaced apart from the ground copper by a gap at the end of the ground and radiation coppers where the shorter and longer horizontal segments thereof are connected. The antenna has a gross span of approximately 42 mm and a height of approximately 7 mm. The gap is approximately 0.6 mm | 2013-12-05 |
20130321232 | MODULAR ANTENNA SYSTEM - A modular reconfigurable indoor antenna is disclosed. The antenna may include a bottom piece, a top piece, and a plurality of vertical members. The top piece may include an Ultra High Frequency (UHF) reception element. The plurality of vertical members may be disposed between the bottom piece and the top piece and coupled therewith. At least one of the plurality of vertical members may include a Very High Frequency (VHF) reception element. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321233 | TRI-COLUMN ADJUSTABLE AZIMUTH BEAM WIDTH ANTENNA FOR WIRELESS NETWORK - A tri-column antenna array architecture, containing a plurality of active radiating elements that are spatially arranged on a modified reflector structure is disclosed. Radiating elements disposed along (P1 and P2) outlying center lines are movable and provided with compensating radio frequency feed line phase shifters so as to provide broad range of beam width angle variation of the antenna array's azimuth radiation pattern. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321234 | MIMO ANTENNA DEVICE, ANTENNA AND ANTENNA PACKAGE - A multi-input and multi-output antenna device is disclosed. The MIMO antenna device comprises two antennas symmetrically disposed on a substrate. Each antenna comprises a T-shaped feeding unit, a radiation unit and a ground unit. The T-shaped feeding unit and the radiation unit are disposed on a first surface of the substrate. The T-shaped feeding unit forms a strip portion and a top portion. The radiation unit has first and second ends. The radiation unit extends from the first end to the second end to form a rectangular region and a spacing. The first end extends parallel to the top portion. The ground unit is disposed along two sides of the strip portion and electrically coupled to the second end. The two strip portions of the two T-shaped feeding units are parallel to and aligned with each other. The two ground units are electrically connected to each other. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321235 | AJUSTABLE ANTENNA - The invention provides an antenna which can be configured to use s selected number of coils but for the same operating frequency. This enables a desired (and adjustable) compromise to be found between power consumption and signal strength. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321236 | Lightweight, multiband, high angle sandwich radome structure for millimeter wave frequencies - A lightweight multiband, high angle sandwich radome structure for millimeter wave frequencies includes a central core layer, a reinforced laminate skin adjacent each side of the central core, and outer matching layers on each of the reinforced laminates. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321237 | COMPONENTS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHODS FOR THEIR ASSEMBLY - Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321238 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS WITH BUILT-IN ANTENNA - According to one embodiment, the radio communication apparatus has a printed-wiring board, an electronic element, a first electrode, a second electrode, an antenna, and a molded member. The first electrode is conductor-connected to the printed-wiring board. The second electrode has the same size as the first electrode, is disposed parallel to the first electrode, and capacitively coupled to the first electrode. The molded member buries the printed-wiring board, the electronic element, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the antenna. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321239 | Three Dimensional Antenna Array System with Troughs - A system and method for installing and deploying antenna elements on antenna arrays cards is disclosed. The antenna elements are installed on front sides of the antenna array cards and active components are installed on back sides of the antenna array cards. The antenna array cards are then installed within enclosures to create troughs with the antenna elements. Alternatively, magnetic and electric antenna elements are installed together on the front sides of the antenna array cards to create non-homogenous arrays. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321240 | INTEGRATED MIMO ANTENNA SYSTEM - An integrated MIMO antenna system is described wherein multiple antennas are fabricated on a single substrate. Antenna spacing and alignment is enhanced and controlled to a finer degree than with conventional discrete antenna fabrication techniques. Rotation of one or multiple antennas in relation to the other antennas in the system can be performed to within the accuracy of current photo-etching techniques. Metalized traces can be designed and etched on the single substrate and positioned between antenna elements to enhance inter-element isolation. The integrated MIMO antenna system can be fabricated on flexible printed circuit (FPC) material, or can be fabricated on rigid metallized substrate such as common FR4 materials. Portions of one or multiple antenna elements can be photo-etched on opposite sides of the substrate to provide an additional degree of freedom in terms of antenna placement, spacing, and rotation angle. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321241 | INTERFACE CARD AND ANTENNA FIXTURE STRUCTURE OF COMMUNICATION MODULE - In an interface card and antenna fixture structure of a communication module, an interface card includes a printed circuit board, a circuit module, a plurality of pins, and an antenna connector, and the antenna is conductively coupled to the antenna connector, and the pressing component is disposed on the printed circuit board and installed at a corresponding connecting position of the antenna and the antenna connector, and the locking component is passed through the pressing component and the printed circuit board and coupled to the motherboard, such that the pressing component presses the antenna and the antenna connector. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321242 | Electronic Device with Embedded Antenna - An electronic device with an embedded three-dimensional antenna is disclosed. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and an embedded three-dimensional antenna. The embedded three-dimensional antenna includes a radiation element and a connection element. The connection element includes a first connection part and a second connection part. The first and second connection parts are coupled to the PCB, and utilized for transferring signals of the embedded three-dimensional antenna to the PCB. The first and second connection parts further clamp the PCB to attach the embedded three-dimensional antenna on the PCB. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321243 | Displaying Method of Integrating Multiple Electronic Devices in a Display Device and a Display Device Thereof - A displaying method of integrating multiple electronic devices in a display device is disclosed. At least one of the electronic devices or the display device has compatible data. The displaying method includes steps: establishing a connection between the electronic devices and the display device, respectively; transferring the compatible data to the electronic devices or the display device without compatible data by the electronic device or the display device which includes the compatible data via the connection; generating a plurality of display areas at the display device according to the compatible data and displaying display information of the electronic devices at the display areas, respectively; and transmitting an input signal to the electronic device by the display device according to the display area corresponding to an occurring position of the input event, wherein the input signal corresponds to an input event and the electronic device corresponds to the display area. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321244 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY METHOD - A portable terminal has a first display and a second display, and is transformable between a first form and a second form. The first form is formed by arranging the first display and the second display to form a combined display, and the second form is formed by overlaying the second display upon the first display. In the first form displaying is performed on the combined display and in the second form displaying is performed on only the second display. The portable terminal detects a tilt of the portable terminal at a primary surface of the second display. When the portable terminal is in the first form, the tilt that is detected is corrected and displaying is performed based on the corrected tilt. When the portable terminal is in the second form, displaying is performed based on the detected tilt. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321245 | MOBILE DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING FACILITY SYSTEMS - A mobile device for monitoring and controlling systems while moving about within a facility is described. The mobile device includes a processor, memory, a display, and software for viewing and managing system data. The device provides produces augmented views of the facility by overlaying actual facility video camera images with other sensor derived data, identification data, and control recommendations. The device generates the control recommendations based, in part, on the device's location and orientation, and on system operation rules and parameters. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321246 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A 3D display system for displaying a 3D image includes a tracking unit, a pixel panel, a grating array, and a control unit. The tracking unit is configured to determine a spatial position of a viewer of the 3D display system. The pixel panel contains alternatingly arranged display units from two or more view images of the 3D image, and the grating array is coupled to the pixel panel to separate light from the view images from the pixel panel. The control unit is configured to adjust certain parameters of the grating array such that a maximum width of horizontal projection of edges of adjacent display units through the grating array is less than or equal to a inner-eye distance, and a minimum width of horizontal projection of two edges of a single display unit through the grating array is greater than or equal to an outer-eye distance. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321247 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - Provided is a display device and a display method for the display device with which a three-dimensional stereoscopic image with reduced crosstalk and a two-dimensional planar image with high brightness can be displayed. In a display device that is capable of displaying an stereoscopic image by displaying an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye, pixel lines for the right eye for displaying the image for the right eye and pixel lines for the right eye for displaying the image for the left eye are alternately arranged in the vertical direction with black pixel lines for displaying a black image therebetween. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321248 | Semiconductor Device and Method for Driving Semiconductor Device - By holding a voltage that depends on a video signal in a first capacitor, holding a voltage that depends on a threshold voltage of a transistor in a second capacitor, and then applying a total voltage of the voltage held in the first capacitor and the voltage held in the second capacitor between a source and a gate of the transistor, even when the threshold voltage varies, a current corresponding to the video signal can be supplied to a load. The voltage that depends on the video signal and the voltage that depends on the threshold voltage of the transistor are separately acquired. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321249 | Semiconductor Device and Method for Driving Semiconductor Device - One electrode of SW | 2013-12-05 |
20130321250 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING PIXEL CIRCUIT - A pixel circuit, display device, and method of driving a pixel circuit enabling source-follower output with no deterioration of luminance even with a change of the current-voltage characteristic of the light emitting element along with elapse, enabling a source-follower circuit of n-channel transistors, and able to use an n-channel transistor as an EL drive transistor while using current anode-cathode electrodes, wherein a source of a TFT | 2013-12-05 |
20130321251 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a plurality of gate lines extending in a row direction; a plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines; and a gate signal supply line connected with at least two gate lines among the plurality of gate lines. At least three data lines among the plurality of data lines are between two pixels adjacent to each other in a row direction. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321252 | LCD DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display driving device, comprising a scanning driving unit; a data driving unit; gate lines; data lines; pixel regions defined by the gate lines and the data lines; and a compensation circuit connected to the gate lines, wherein the gate lines include gate scanning lines and a redundant gate line, the data lines includes data signal lines and a redundant data line, and the compensation circuit is used to compensate the gate scanning signals of the gate scanning lines, so as to reduce voltage delay over the gate scanning lines. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321253 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a display panel, a timing controller, a gate driver, and a data driver. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. The timing controller receives an image data, compares a previous line data with a present line data to determine whether the present line data needs to be compensated, and generates a first modulation line data. In addition, the timing controller calculates the first modulation data and a delay compensation value to generate a second modulation line data. The delay compensation value is decided from reference delay compensation values of reference pixels among the pixels. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321254 | BACKLIGHT DRIVER OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A backlight driver and a method of driving the same are disclosed, which remove an unstable duty ratio by filtering an input PWM signal so as to prevent backlight flicker although the input PWM signal becomes unstable. The backlight driver includes a duty ratio detector for detecting a duty ratio of an input pulse width modulation (PWM) signal; a duty ratio filter for detecting a difference between a current duty ratio received from the duty ratio detector and a previous duty ratio, determining whether the detected duty ratio difference satisfies a preset reference condition, selecting one of the current duty ratio and the previous duty ratio, and outputting the selected duty ratio; and a PWM generator for generating an output PWM signal obtained when a selected duty ratio from the duty ratio filter is reflected in an input synchronization signal, and outputting the output PWM signal to a backlight unit. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321255 | NAVIGATING CONTENT IN AN HMD USING A PHYSICAL OBJECT - Technology is disclosed herein to help a user navigate through large amounts of content while wearing a see-through, near-eye, mixed reality display device such as a head mounted display (HMD). The user can use a physical object such as a book to navigate through content being presented in the HMD. In one embodiment, a book has markers on the pages that allow the system to organize the content. The book could have real content, but it could be blank other than the markers. As the user flips through the book, the system recognizes the markers and presents content associated with the respective marker in the HMD. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321256 | METHOD AND HOME DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING RESPONSE TO USER INPUT - Discussed are a method and a home device for efficiently providing a user with a response to a user input when the home device is outputting audio and/or video content. The method includes outputting content including a video output and/or an audio output, receiving a user input, detecting an output condition of a response to the user input of the home device, and outputting the response to the user input. The output condition includes a audio condition of the content denoting importance of the audio output, a video condition of the content denoting importance of the video output, and a user detection condition denoting whether or not a user is detected around the home device, and the response to the user input includes an audio response and/or a video response. Output of the audio response and/or the video response is adjusted based on the detected output condition. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321257 | Methods and Apparatus for Cartographically Aware Gestures - Methods and apparatus for a map tool on a mobile device for implementing cartographically aware gestures directed to a map view of a map region. The map tool may base a cartographically aware gesture on an actual gesture input directed to a map view and based on map data for the map region that may include metadata corresponding to elements within the map region. The map tool may then determine, based on one or more elements of the map data, a modification to be applied to an implementation to the gesture. Given the modification to the gesture implementation, the map tool may then render, based on performing the modification to the gesture, an updated map view instead of an updated map view based solely on the user gesture. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321258 | TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BY USING EYE MOVEMENTS - A two-way communication system by using eye movements of the present invention comprises a first display module, a second display module and a data processing module. The first display module is configured to display first operative window interface and to detect the eye movements of the users to provide various operation and control. The second display module is configured to display user information, which allows the users to communicate with others immediately and conveniently. The data processing module is electrically connected with the first display module and the second display module, which responses each operation command and transmits the information. The first and second display modules can be adjusted freely for users' convenient review and operation. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321259 | Double Sided Advertisement Billboard for Parking Lots - A Double Sided Advertisement Billboard for Parking Lots is a viewing panel that is positioned between two opposite parking spaces and elevated off the ground by supports in order to display advertising materials to people utilizing the parking spaces. The viewing panel has two opposite sides with identical components which can have different advertisements displayed utilizing different methods, including digital screens, poster boards, product cutouts or other features such as neon signs. A motion sensor detects the presence of a vehicle in the parking space in order to activate a light, screen or speaker. A user interface allows viewers to participate in interactive advertisements. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321260 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A SCREEN USING A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - A method of displaying a display screen by using a display that is flexible is disclosed. The method includes detecting deformation of the display; determining whether an object is displayed within a set range from a folding line at which the deformation is detected; and modifying the displayed objected and displaying the modified displayed object when the object is displayed within the set range. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321261 | RECOGNITION APPARATUS - The acquiring unit is configured to acquire positions of a particular part of a user in time series. The calculator is configured to calculate a feature value of a motion of the particular part from the positions acquired in time series. The comparing unit configured to compare the feature value and a first threshold. The recognizing unit is configured to recognize the motion of the particular part using a first recognition method and a second recognition method which is different from the first recognition method. The control unit configured to control the recognizing unit to select the first recognition method for recognizing a position or a motion of the particular part when the feature value is smaller than the first threshold, and select the second recognition method when the feature value is equal to or larger than the first threshold. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321262 | OPERATING SYSTEM WITH HAPTIC INTERFACE FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE, HAND-HELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A haptic system for a minimally invasive, hand-held surgical instrument and the system's various parts including a graphical user haptic interface, one or more haptic interfaces associated with a hand-held handle used to control a sensorized end-effector of the surgical instrument or inserted catheters, associated hardware, and an operating system. The system enables users to acquire, read, modify, store, write, and download sensor-acquired data in real time. The system can provide: an open, universally compatible platform capable of sensing or acquiring physiological signals/data in any format; processing of the sensor acquired data within an operating system; and outputting the processed signals to hardware which generates tangible sensations via one or more haptic interfaces. These tangible sensations can be modified by the user in real time as the system ensures the temporal relationship of sensed fiducial events are not altered or shifted relative to the generated and displayed haptic signals. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321263 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING SCREEN OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method executes a gyroscope and an accelerometer function to unlock a portable electronic device. A user can rotate the portable electronic device to set a predetermined rotation direction, a predetermined rotation angle, and a predetermined accelerometer for unlocking the portable electronic device. In an unlock procedure, the gyroscope and the accelerometer detect the rotated portable electronic device and outputs detected information of the portable electronic device. If the rotation direction, the rotation angle, and the acceleration are the same as the predetermined rotation direction, the predetermined rotation angle, and the predetermined acceleration, respectively, the locked portable electronic device is unlocked. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321264 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a flexible display unit and a related control method are provided. The mobile terminal may include a flexible display unit configured to display first screen information that is flexible in response to an external physical force, a sensing unit configured to sense flexure of the flexible display unit and a controller configured to control the flexible display unit to output second screen information containing information associated with the first screen information on one region of the flexible display unit in response to the flexure. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321265 | Gaze-Based Display Control - A method includes receiving an image including an eye of a user of a computerized system and identifying, based the image of the eye, a direction of a gaze performed by the user. Based on the direction of the gaze, a region on a display coupled to the computerized system is identified, an operation is performed on content presented in the region. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321266 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR SELECTING INFORMATION DELIVERY MANNER USING FACIAL RECOGNITION - An apparatus, and an associated method, selects a manner by which to deliver received information at a wireless, or other electronic, device. A facial recognition indication is obtained and analyzed. Responsive to the analysis of the facial recognition indication, selection is made of the manner by which to deliver the information. If the facial recognition indication indicates the recipient to exhibit a serious demeanor, the information is provided in aural form, thereby to permit delivery of the information without requiring the recipient to read, or otherwise view, the information. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321267 | DYNAMICALLY CHANGING A CHARACTER ASSOCIATED WITH A KEY OF A KEYBOARD - A software keyboard is provided with a dedicated key (dynamic character key) for inputting a character, where the character associated with the key is determined based upon a context and may dynamically change according to the context. For example, a first character may be dynamically determined and associated with the dedicated key for a first context and a second character, possibly different from the first character, may be selected and associated with the dedicated key for a different context. The character that is associated with the dynamic character key may also be displayed on the dynamic character key. In some embodiments, the character associated with the dynamic character key may be a non-alphanumeric character such as a diacritical mark, a punctuation mark, and the like. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321268 | CONTROL OF REMOTE APPLICATIONS USING COMPANION DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention provide underlying communication functionality to enable companion experiences. A companion experience allows the user to interact with content playing on a primary device through a companion device. An application on the companion device interacts with an application running on a base device (e.g., a game console, PC, or TV) to provide additional interface options on the companion that are related to a title or application playing on the base device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321269 | DISPLAYING ELEMENTS - Apparatus comprises at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to cause a plurality of elements to be displayed in respective positions on a map, to determine a section of the map based upon one or more conditions, to determine that two or more of the elements are positioned in or near to the section of the map and are spaced closer together than a threshold spacing, and, in response thereto, to cause a perceptible output to be provided to further distinguish each of the two or more elements from one another. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321270 | ARRANGEMENT, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER APPARATUS BASED ON EYE-TRACKING - A computer apparatus is associated with a graphical display presenting at least one GUI-component adapted to be manipulated based on user-generated commands. An event engine is adapted to receive an eye-tracking data signal that describes a user's point of regard on the display. Based on the signal, the event engine produces a set of non-cursor controlling event output signals, which influence the at least one GUI-component. Each non-cursor controlling event output signal describes a particular aspect of the user's ocular activity in respect of the display. Initially, the event engine receives a control signal request from each of the at least one GUI-component. The control signal request defines a sub-set of the set of non-cursor controlling event output signals which is required by the particular GUI-component. The event engine delivers non-cursor controlling event output signals to the at least one GUI-component in accordance with each respective control signal request. | 2013-12-05 |
20130321271 | POINTING-BASED DISPLAY INTERACTION - A method includes receiving and segmenting a first sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps over time of at least a part of a body of a user of a computerized system in order to extract 3D coordinates of a first point and a second point of the user, the 3D maps indicating a motion of the second point with respect to a display coupled to the computerized system. A line segment that intersects the first point and the second point is calculated, and a target point is identified where the line segment intersects the display. An interactive item presented on the display in proximity to the target point is engaged. | 2013-12-05 |