| SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB Patent applications |
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| 20130113660 | DETERMINING THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A self-positioning portable electronic device comprises a signal receiving unit for receiving a signal from one or more remote transmitters, and a local positioning unit for determining a local position of the device. The device operates to obtain a plurality of data samples from the signal at different time points during a measurement period with movement of the portable electronic device along an arbitrary trajectory, associate each data sample with a local position obtained from the local positioning unit so as to form a synthetic antenna array, obtain an array response of the synthetic antenna array, and identify the geographic location of the portable electronic device, by processing the synthetic antenna array as a function of the array response and using knowledge about the geographic location of the transmitter(s). | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130093399 | METHOD FOR CHARGING A BATTERY BY CURRENT OR TEMPERATURE CONTROL - Method and charging device for charging a battery comprising the steps of introducing a charging current into the battery using a charging device, monitoring a cell temperature of the battery by means of a sensing device, detecting that the cell temperature has reached a given temperature range by comparing the temperature detected to a predefined cell temperature for the battery in a processing unit and instructing a control unit to successively reduce the charging current until the cell temperature reaches a predefined lower limit of the given temperature range. Thereafter, the charging current is maintained at the level at which the predefined lower cell temperature level has been reached. Alternatively, the charging device may use a predefined optimum cell temperature interval to which the current temperature of the cell battery is regulated by regulated the charging current. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130076641 | Method and Keyboard for Inputting Chinese Characters and Electronic Apparatus Containing the Keyboard - The embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a keyboard for inputting Chinese characters and electronic apparatus containing the keyboard, wherein the method is applicable to Chinese characters input on a keyboard. The keyboard includes an initial consonant inputting region and a compound vowel inputting region, the initial consonant inputting region including multiple initial consonant keys, with each of the initial consonant keys indicating at least one initial consonant, and the compound vowel inputting region including multiple compound vowel keys, with each of the compound vowel keys indicating at least one compound vowel. The method for inputting Chinese characters including the steps of: acquiring corresponding initial consonant and compound vowel(s) or acquiring corresponding compound vowel and displaying the Chinese character consistent with the combination of the initial consonant and compound vowel(s) or the Chinese character consistent with the compound vowel in accordance with a predefined rule. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130050565 | IMAGE FOCUSING - Camera devices in form of a computational camera and corresponding methods are described wherein at least two different focus planes are set in an image. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130044907 | USING A MOBILE DEVICE AS A HEARING AID - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for receiving and processing a plurality of electromagnetic signals at a mobile device. The plurality of electromagnetic signals includes electromagnetic signals broadcast from a broadcast multi-loop coil that encircles a space in which a mobile device is located. In one embodiment of the invention, a mobile device includes a processor, an interface in operable communication with the processor, a first multi-loop coil that captures an electromagnetic signal broadcast from the broadcast multi-loop coil, and an operational amplifier that receives the electromagnetic signal from the first multi-loop coil and converts the electromagnetic signal into at least one of an audio signal and a radio frequency (RF) signal that is audibly communicated to the user through the interface. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130040708 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A COLOR DISPLAY OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for operating a color display of a mobile device is provided. According to the method, a usage condition of the mobile device is detected and based on the detected usage condition a color scheme of information displayed on the color display is automatically adapted. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130035140 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STATE DETECTION AND TERMINAL EQUIPMENT - The embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method for state detection and terminal equipment. The apparatus for state detection includes: capacitive touch sensors arranged in the first cover of the terminal equipment a metal structure arranged in the second cover of the terminal equipment and grounded, the capacitive touch sensors being triggered by the metal structure, such that the capacitance of the capacitive touch sensors is changed and a state determiner to determine that the second cover is opened or closed relative to the first cover according to the changed capacitance of the capacitive touch sensors. The opening and closing of the terminal equipment may be detected without the participation of the user, thereby providing a better user experience with high precision of detection. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130029535 | AUDIO JACK AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention provides an audio jack and electronic apparatus containing the same. The audio jack includes a hollow insulated housing, wherein the insulated housing includes: a fixed portion and a rotating portion rotating relative to the fixed portion and on which at least two elastic terminals are arranged; and the at least two elastic terminals of the rotating portion being in contact with different pins of a printed circuit board of the audio jack respectively when the rotating portion is in a first position and rotates relative to the fixed portion to a second position. The audio jack and electronic apparatus containing the same of the present invention are applicable to the insertion of plugs of different specifications, increasing the range of application of the electronic apparatus on the premise of reducing the cost of the electronic apparatus. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027869 | CARD READER, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PROTECTION METHOD FOR MEMORY CARD - The embodiments of the present invention provide a card reader, electronic apparatus and protection method for memory card. The card reader comprises: a card slot having an accommodation space for accommodating a memory card, with parallel guiding slots being arranged on the left side and right side walls of the card slot; and a cover arranged on the card slot and being slidable on the card slot via the guiding slots. With the embodiments of the present invention, the delay time for stopping the read-write protection may be increased, the memory card may be protected in time, and the back repair rate of the memory card may be reduce. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027512 | PRESENTING THREE DIMENSIONAL DEPTH - An apparatus and method generate a three-dimensional image by determining, using a light-field camera, a depth map corresponding to an environment. The depth map represents how light falls in the environment. The method also includes determining a parallax occlusion map of the environment and creating, using the depth map and the parallax occlusion map, a three-dimensional image representing the environment. In some embodiments, the method includes taking a first picture of the environment with a first flash intensity and a second picture of the environment with a greater second flash, determining differences between the first picture of the environment and the second picture of the environment, determining one or more properties of the environment based at least in part on the determined differences and dynamically re-lighting the three-dimensional image using the depth map, the parallax occlusion map, and one or more of the determined properties of the environment. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20120324251 | OPTIMIZED HIBERNATE MODE FOR WIRELESS DEVICE - A system and method for reducing in boot time in an electronic device. In one embodiment, a command to power off the electronic device is received. An amount of information stored in at least one of the plurality of memory banks of RAM containing data is calculated. A determination is made as to whether the RAM has sufficient storage space to store compacted data and also form a RAM disk in a portion of the RAM, wherein the step of determining is based at least in part on the amount of information calculated. A RAM disk is initiated in an available memory bank of RAM. The RAM is compacted and a hibernate command is executed wherein the RAM disk is a target for storing the compacted RAM. Power is maintained to memory banks that form the RAM disk and the processor of the portable communication device is set to a power collapse mode. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120317594 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN IMPROVED AUDIO EXPERIENCE FOR VIEWERS OF VIDEO - A method and system for enhancing audio for a viewer watching digital video with sound, such as a movie or video game. The method and system determine where in the scene ( | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313872 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, PRESSURE DETECTING METHOD AND PRESSURE DETECTING DEVICE - The present invention provides electronic equipment, pressure detecting method and pressure detecting device. The electronic equipment comprises: a horizontal pressure detecting device arranged at the periphery of the touch screen to detect the pressure applied to the touch screen in the horizontal direction and generate a horizontal pressure signal; and a pressure processing unit to determine the direction of the pressure applied to the touch screen in the horizontal direction according to the horizontal pressure signal generated by the horizontal pressure detecting device. The direction of the pressure applied to the touch screen may be determined by the embodiments of the present invention, and the precision of detection is high, the manufacture is simple, and the cost is low. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120301106 | GENERATING CONTENT DATA FOR A VIDEO FILE - A method for generating content data for a video file ( | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120296594 | PRESSURE DETECTION ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a method and a device comprising a controller and a pressure sensor. The controller is configured to calibrate said pressure sensor based on a current position of said device and/or current pressure information received from a source. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120289076 | SPRING-TO BOARD I/O-CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, MEMBERS THEREOF AND BOARD PROVIDED THEREWITH - A board connector assembly, comprises a shield and securing member as well as a connector member. The shield and securing member is configured for mounting on a board close to contacts on the board and is provided with a coupling for securing the connector member thereto. The connector member is provided with coupling for cooperation with the coupling on the shield and securing member for securing the connector member to the shield and securing member, thereby preventing the connector member from disturbing surrounding circuitry, and is further provided with contacts which, when the connector member is secured to the shield and securing member, is connected to the contacts on the board. The present invention also relates to shield and securing member and a connector member, respectively, for use in the board connector assembly, as well as to a printed wiring board comprising one or more board connector assemblies. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120280883 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT - The embodiments herein relate to an antenna arrangement comprising a ground element, and a first branch comprising a first inductor loading (L | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120279836 | SWITCH ARRANGEMENT, SYSTEM & DEVICE - Switch arrangement ( | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120276845 | PAYMENT PROCESSING - A system may include a communication interface configured to communicate with a mobile device and processing logic. The processing logic may be configured to receive authorization from the mobile device, when the mobile device is located proximate to the system, for a first payment for a good or service, and transmit a communication to the mobile device subsequent to receiving the authorization from the mobile device, where the communication is transmitted when the mobile device is not located proximate to the system. The processing logic may further be configured to receive authorization from the mobile device for a second payment in response to the communication. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120265538 | VOICE REMOTE CONTROL - A device may include a display and logic. The logic may be configured to receive, from a user, a selection f a first control action associated with an application stored in the device, provide, via the display, a number of choices associated with the first control action, and receive, from the user, a word or a phrase to use as a voice command corresponding to the first control action, wherein the word or phrase is selected from the choices. The logic may also associate the word or phrase with the first control action, receive voice input from the user, identify the voice input as corresponding to the word or phrase, and perform the first control action based on the identified voice input | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120257036 | DIRECTIONAL SOUND CAPTURING - This disclosure is directed to a sound recording arrangement comprising a sound recording arrangement and a method in the sound recording arrangement for amplifying sounds in a primary gaze direction of the user of the sound recording arrangement. The method comprises the actions of recording sounds arriving at a sound recording unit from objects in the field of view of the user, and recording a first set of images of the head and/or the eyes of the user, and determining a primary gaze direction of the user based on the first set of images, and amplifying sounds arriving in the primary gaze direction compared to sounds arriving from other directions. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120249531 | VIRTUAL POINTER - An electronic device for enabling display of a virtual object representing a real object on a remote display may be placed in a first position and first orientation. The virtual object is displayed on the remote display. The electronic device generates a virtual beam, which is displayed on the remote display, and directs the virtual beam towards the virtual object by moving the electronic device from the first position/first orientation to a second position and second orientation. The electronic device determines the second position/second orientation in relation to the virtual beam. The electronic device selects the virtual object to which the virtual beam is directed based on the determined orientation and position. The electronic device transfers information about the selected virtual object to the remote display. The information enables display of the selected virtual object or a representation of the selected virtual object on the remote display. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120246245 | CONTACT PRIORITIZER - A method including determining a location of a user device and a user; identifying a user context of the user based on the location; generating a communication history based on communications received and sent by the user device within a time window; storing contact entries; generating a ranking for at least some of the contact entries based on the identified user context, the communication history, and the contact entries, wherein the ranking is an inferred user priority of contact entries; and displaying the ranked contact entries on a home screen or a desktop of the user device. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120239325 | BATTERY CAPACITY ESTIMATION - A method comprising obtaining a voltage sample of a battery; converting the voltage sample to a battery capacity; calculating an average battery capacity based on averaging battery capacity values stored in a buffer; converting the average battery capacity to a voltage; calculating a current consumption based on the voltage sample and the voltage, wherein the current consumption corresponds to current consumed during a sampling period of the voltage sample; calculating a voting factor based on the current consumption; calculating a battery capacity difference based on a difference between the average battery capacity and the battery capacity; determining whether the battery capacity difference is greater than zero; and storing the average battery capacity in the buffer, a number of times, corresponding to the voting factor, when the battery capacity difference is equal to or less than zero. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120224719 | VIBRATION CONTROL - A device may include a speaker, a vibration device and logic. The speaker may be configured to output audio signals. The logic may be configured to perform audio spectrum analysis associated with the audio signals, and synchronize output of the vibration device with the audio signals output by the speaker based on the audio spectrum analysis. The vibration device may also be configured to vibrate at a number of different frequencies based on the audio spectrum analysis. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120209508 | Route Determination Arrangement and Method - A method for determining a route between a current location of a wireless device and a destination location includes establishing the current location of the wireless device by providing a signal corresponding to said current location and obtaining the destination location of the wireless device. A route is calculated from the current location to the destination location, wherein the route comprises a number of spots. One or more places relating to respective one or more of the spots along the calculated route are determined, wherein the one or more places has been registered as being visited by the wireless device. An alternative route is calculated and a set of data is stored that comprises replacement to one or more of the spots with a respective received visited place related to it. The one or more spots between the current location and the replaced spots are removed. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120173994 | AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION - A method may include displaying a document including a first item, receiving a first user input selecting the first item and receiving a second user input providing a target value associated with the first item. The method may also include accessing a site associated with the document, monitoring a value associated with the first item and determining whether the value associated with the first item meets the target value. The method may further include generating a notification when the value associated with the first item meets the target value. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120163677 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFYING - A method includes capturing a picture or video that includes a first person. The method also includes automatically identifying the first person using speaker recognition or image recognition and identifying an electronic address or identifier associated with the first person. The method further includes automatically initiating a communication to the first person using the electronic address or identifier associated with the first person. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120157171 | DOUBLE-FOLDED FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FOR SLIDER DEVICES - A sliding mechanism comprising a double-folded flexible printed circuit board (FPC); a stiffener coupled to the double-folded FPC; first pins; second pins; and an opening defined by a first cover, wherein when the double-folded FPC and the stiffener move, within the opening, in synchronization along a first range of motion to an open position of the slider mechanism, the stiffener makes contact with the first pins at the open position, and when the double-folded FPC and the stiffener move, within the opening, in synchronization along a second range of motion to a closed position of the slider mechanism, the stiffener makes contact with the second pins at the closed position. | 06-21-2012 |
