Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
367197000 | SELECTIVE (E.G., REMOTE CONTROL) | 78 |
20090168606 | INTERACTIVE AND/OR SECURE ACIVATION OF A TOOL - A tool activation system and method includes receiving an authorization code of a user to verify access rights of a user to activate the tool. In one example, the authorization code is receive from a smart card. The environment around the tool, which can be in a wellbore, for example, is checked. In response to the authorization code and the checking of the environment, activation of the tool is enabled. | 07-02-2009 |
20090180353 | METHODS FOR USING AN ACCESSORY TO COMMUNICATE WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Electronic devices and accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A microphone may be included in an accessory to capture sound for an associated electronic device. Buttons and other user interfaces may be included in the accessories. An accessory may have an audio plug that connects to a mating audio jack in an electronic device, thereby establishing a wired communications link between the accessory and the electronic device. The electronic device may include power supply circuitry for applying bias voltages to the accessory. The bias voltages may bias a microphone and may adjust settings in the accessory such as settings related to operating modes. User input information may be conveyed between the accessory and the electronic device using ultrasonic tone transmission. The electronic device may also gather input from the accessory using a voltage detector coupled to lines in the communications path. | 07-16-2009 |
20090180354 | METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICE ACCESSORIES - Electronic devices and accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A microphone may be included in an accessory to capture sound for an associated electronic device. Buttons and other user interfaces may be included in the accessories. An accessory may have an audio plug that connects to a mating audio jack in an electronic device, thereby establishing a wired communications link between the accessory and the electronic device. The electronic device may include power supply circuitry for applying bias voltages to the accessory. The bias voltages may bias a microphone and may adjust settings in the accessory such as settings related to operating modes. User input information may be conveyed between the accessory and the electronic device using ultrasonic tone transmission. The electronic device may also gather input from the accessory using a voltage detector coupled to lines in the communications path. | 07-16-2009 |
20100097894 | DETECTION-SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - To enable detection and transmission of an ultrasonic signal with a high S/N ratio without any need for a component requiring high machining precision or high precision in mounting a component. | 04-22-2010 |
20120008464 | ELECTRONIC WILDLIFE CALL - An electronic wildlife call has electronics and a housing. The electronics includes an electronic sound generator, memory containing at least one sound call, and at least one speaker connected with the sound generator. The housing contains the electronics and has an upper portion and a lower portion. Legs are coupled to the lower portion of the housing. The legs are movable between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein when the legs are in the deployed position, the housing is elevated above the ground. The housing has a docking port for receiving a remote control. When the remote control is located in the docking port, the power supply in the remote control is recharged and calls are synced. | 01-12-2012 |
20120281509 | Intelligent Patching Systems Using Acoustic Control Signals and Related Equipment and Methods - Methods of identifying patching connections in a communications system are provided in which an acoustic signal generator is used to transmit an acoustic signal that includes a unique identifier embedded therein over a patch cord from a first connector port to a second connector port. The acoustic signal is received at the second connector port. The unique identifier is extracted from the acoustic signal. Finally, a patching connection between the first connector port and the second connector port is logged in a database | 11-08-2012 |
20120320714 | CARD READER - A card reader includes a control circuit, an audio transmission interface, and a conversion circuit. The control circuit is utilized to control data access of a smart card so as to read a first digital data from the smart card and write a second digital data to the smart card. The audio transmission interface is utilized to output a first analog audio signal and to receive a second analog audio signal. The conversion circuit is coupled to the control circuit and the audio transmission interface so as to convert the first digital data into the first analog audio signal and to convert the second analog audio signal into the second digital data. | 12-20-2012 |
20130044570 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TOY TO INTERACT WITH A COMPUTING DEVICE THROUGH WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS - Techniques are disclosed that enable a toy device to interact with a computing device through wireless transmissions. The toy device is configured to communicate with the computing device by transmitting an audio signal at a nearly-inaudible frequency. The toy device may encode commands in the audio signal that cause the computing device to generate visual or auditory outputs. The toy device is also configured to receive and process interactions from human users and/or computing devices. The interactions may be in the form of speech or physical manipulations of the toy device. The toy device may respond to the interactions by generating visual or auditory outputs. The toy device may also process the interaction, and, in response, transmit an audio signal to the computing device. | 02-21-2013 |
20130064044 | ACOUSTIC MODEM FOR FLUID MONITORING IN MEDICAL AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS - The various embodiments provide systems, devices, and methods which include an acoustic tag configured to transmit an acoustic signal through a contact medium that may be received by an acoustic modem, with the acoustic signal configured to transmit information. By modulating sound traveling through an acoustic connection between the fluid container and a pump, meter or valve, information such as an identifier of the fluid or container may be transmitted without risk of confusion with other fluid containers in the vicinity. In a medical embodiment, IV fluid and the IV drip tube provide a fluid and plastic acoustic connection to an IV pumping or metering device and an IV bag through which sound may be transmitted. The transmission of identification information through this physical connection may insure that the pumping or metering device only communicates with the IV bag coupled to the pump. Acoustic tags may be active or passive. | 03-14-2013 |
20130128703 | GENERATING A CONTROL SIGNAL BASED ON PROPAGATED DATA - A system for generating a control signal comprises a data propagator ( | 05-23-2013 |
20130163388 | REMOTE COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL OF ACOUSTIC DETECTORS - A method of controlling a function of an acoustic detector includes storing a reference power spectrum of a reference acoustic signal, the reference power spectrum being associated with a mode of operation of the acoustic detector; receiving an acoustic sound signal, the acoustic sound signal including a tone and harmonic tones; generating a real-time acoustic power spectrum of the acoustic sound signal responsive to the receiving of the acoustic sound signal; and performing the mode of operation when a comparison of the real-time acoustic power spectrum with the reference acoustic power spectrum indicates that the acoustic sound signal is a control signal. | 06-27-2013 |
20130170323 | Method and System for Audio Detector Mode Activation - An acoustic detector comprises an acoustic sensor for receiving an acoustic signal. The acoustic signal selectively comprises a test sound with an encoded pattern indicative of the select mode. A controller is operatively associated with the acoustic sensor for analyzing the received acoustic signal to determine if the encoded pattern is present, changing a mode of operation if the encoded pattern is present, and selectively adjusting the operation of the acoustic detector based upon the received acoustic signal if mode is changed. | 07-04-2013 |
20130201800 | CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON SOUND IDENTIFICATION - A method and apparatus for performing a function in a mobile device are disclosed. A media sound from a sound output device external to the mobile device is captured and a sound feature is extracted from the captured media sound. A function to be performed in the mobile device is determined by identifying at least one reference sound feature in a set of reference sound features based on the extracted sound feature, each reference sound feature in the set of reference sound features being associated with at least one of a plurality of media sounds and at least one of a plurality of functions. Further, the determined function is performed in the mobile device. | 08-08-2013 |
20130242706 | Device Pairing with Audio Fingerprint Encodings - A device and/or method for allowing authorization of computing device association using human-perceptible signals includes forming an association between a computing device and a further computing device. The computing device computes a fingerprint of a common key derived during the forming of the association and emits a first audio stimuli based upon the computed fingerprint. The first audio stimuli is at least one octave number apart from a second audio stimuli of the further computing device emitted by the further computing device based upon the common key. | 09-19-2013 |
20130279300 | INFORMATION-PROVIDING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information-providing system whereby a variety of information can be provided using a sound to a portable terminal device used by a user. The information-providing system includes a sound output device outputting, as a sound wave, identifying information modulated into a sound signal, an identifying-information resolution server, connected to an information-communication network, for identifying, based on the identifying information, address information for accessing a content server connected to an information-communication network; and a portable terminal device including a sound receiving section for receiving the sound wave outputted by the sound-emitting device, a demodulating section for demodulating the identifying information from the received sound wave, a resolution section for sending the demodulated identifying information to the identifying-information resolution server and acquiring the address information, and an accessing section for accessing the content server using the acquired address information. | 10-24-2013 |
20130315038 | TECHNIQUES FOR ACOUSTIC MANAGEMENT OF ENTERTAINMENT DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - Techniques for acoustic management of entertainment devices and systems are described. Various embodiments may include techniques for acoustically determining a location of a remote control or other entertainment device. Some embodiments may include techniques for controlling one or more entertainment components using voice commands or other acoustic information. Other embodiments may include techniques for establishing a voice connection using a remote control device. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315039 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WAKE-UP OF SOUND WAVE-BASED WIRELESS NETWORK AND WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK USING THE SAME - A method for controlling wake-up of a sound wave-based wireless network and a wireless sensor network using the same are provided. A wireless device constituting the wireless sensor network is woken up by receiving a sound wave from an external device and receives data, or wakes up an external device by transmitting a sound wave and transmits data. Since wake-up is controlled by a sound wave through a microphone and a speaker which consume less power, a time that an RF transceiver spends staying in a reception standby state is minimized and power consumption at a wireless sensor node is minimized. | 11-28-2013 |
20130329526 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIBRATION MEDIATED NETWORKS - A system and method to enable vibration mediated communication between electrical devices such as photovoltaic solar panel controllers. The electrical devices may be connected to a mesh network with individual router devices. The individual router devices will send and receive data packets by creating or detecting vibrations in a solid vibration conducting media (such as the solar power wiring) that connects the individual electrical devices. Often at least one centralized control device is used to periodically request sensor data packets from the individual router devices and electrical devices. When the electrical devices are photovoltaic solar arrays, the centralized control device may, for example, be used to compute the proper adjustments for the solar arrays that will optimize the overall power output from the photovoltaic solar array. The control device will then send adjustment data packets back to the individual router devices through the mesh network, thus optimizing overall power output. | 12-12-2013 |
20140043946 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE TAG-BASED COHERENCE MULTIPLEXING - A surface acoustic wave (SAW)-based coherence multiplexing system includes SAW tags each including a SAW transducer, a first SAW reflector positioned a first distance from the SAW transducer and a second SAW reflector positioned a second distance from the SAW transducer. A transceiver including a wireless transmitter has a signal source providing a source signal and circuitry for transmitting interrogation pulses including a first and a second interrogation pulse toward the SAW tags, and a wireless receiver for receiving and processing response signals from the SAW tags. The receiver receives scrambled signals including a convolution of the wideband interrogation pulses with response signals from the SAW tags and includes a computing device which implements an algorithm that correlates the interrogation pulses or the source signal before transmitting against the scrambled signals to generate tag responses for each of the SAW tags. | 02-13-2014 |
20140086018 | SOUNDWAVE TRANSMISSION INSTALLATION METHOD - A soundwave transmission installation method is an actuation procedure in which one system connects to and installs at least one embedded second system. The method consists of: activating the second system that is required to be installed; enabling the second system to wait for a notification signal transmitted from the first system, wherein the notification signal is in sound wave format and contains the setting data for initializing installation; and executing an installation procedure based upon setting data when the second system receives the notification signal such that installation is completed, and a designated system is automatically connected. | 03-27-2014 |
20140098644 | Chirp to control devices - A screen emits a chirp. A mobile device decodes the chirp to control the screen. A screen has several speakers emitting different chirps. The decoding by a mobile device allocates a split screen to the device, that is closest to it. A screen has a microphone that decodes a chirp from a device, letting the device control the screen. A blacklist is applied by a mobile device to a chirp. The blacklist can be a function of the date and location of the device. The querying of an audio server by a mobile device to decode a chirp can be minimised, for faster decoding. The header has bits pointing to a key in a table in the audio server. The value is an URL prefix, for a company with devices emitting chirps. The prefix is cached by a mobile device. Subsequent chirps with the same key let the device use the cached prefix instead of calling the audio server. A device connected to the Internet runs a web server. The device lacks a screen. It emits a chirp wrapping an URL. A mobile device decodes the chirp and gets pages to control the device or show data from the device. | 04-10-2014 |
20140104990 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit that communicates with an external device according to a predetermined communication specification; a sound processor that generates an acoustic sound to establish a connection with the external device when a predetermined event occurs; a speaker that outputs the acoustic sound; and a controller that controls the communication unit to automatically establish a connection with the external device according to the predetermined communication specification when a response signal is received from the external device that received the acoustic sound output from the speaker. | 04-17-2014 |
20140146644 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AMBIENT SYSTEM COMTROL - Provided are methods and systems for ambient system control, comprising multiple detection devices with varying levels of detection capability. The methods and systems contemplate the use of both voice and gesture commands, as well as other inputs, for system control. | 05-29-2014 |
20140169139 | HANDS-FREE TRUNK DOOR OPENING APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON THE SOUND - The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for automatically controlling opening/closing of a trunk door of a vehicle, and more particularly, to a technology for user with load in both hands to easily open the trunk door of a vehicle, by mounting a microphone at the rear of the vehicle such that the trunk door of the vehicle can be opened/closed in response to a sound inputted through the microphone. | 06-19-2014 |
20140254326 | LOW-POWER AND BATTERY-FREE TRANSMITTER FOR REMOTE CONTROL - A transmitter for remote control, the transmitter includes a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to receive a first audio signal from a electronic device and convert the first audio signal to a first direct-current (DC) signal, a first boost circuit electrically connected to the first ADC to receive and amplify the first DC signal, and a transmission module electrically connected to the first boost circuit to receive the amplified first DC signal, wherein the amplified first DC signal is configured to modulate a carrier signal generated by the transmission module and the first audio signal is one of a left channel audio signal and a right channel audio signal output from the electronic device through an audio connector. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254327 | RFID TRANSMITTER FOR REMOTE CONTROL - A transmitter for remote control, the transmitter includes an amplifier configured to receive a first audio signal from an electronic device and amplify the first audio signal, a transmission module electrically connected to the amplifier to receive the amplified first audio signal and generating a carrier signal, a power supply connected to the transmission module, and an attenuation circuit electrically connected to the transmission module to receive the carrier signal, wherein the amplified first audio signal is configured to modulate the carrier signal and the first audio signal is one of a left channel audio signal and a right channel audio signal output from the electronic device via an audio connector. | 09-11-2014 |
20140269212 | ULTRASOUND MESH LOCALIZATION FOR INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS - In general, techniques are described for locating a user using an ultrasound mesh. The techniques may be performed by an interactive system comprising one or more processors. The processors may be configured to determine an amplitude of a first ultrasound signal emitted by one or more transducers and received by a microphone. This first ultrasound signal may be of a first frequency. The processors may then determine an amplitude of a second ultrasound signal emitted by the one or more transducers and received by the microphone. The second ultrasound signal may be of a second frequency different from the first frequency. The processors may be further configured to determine a location of the microphone relative to the one or more transducers based at least on the determined amplitude of the first ultrasound signal and the determined amplitude of the second ultrasound signal. | 09-18-2014 |
20140269213 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE DIRECTED AUDIO SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically providing audio output information to one or more portions of a portable electronic device to be outputted from said portable electronic device via one or more acoustic ultrasonic signals; and electronically outputting, said one or more acoustic ultrasonic signals to be demodulated into one or more acoustic audio signals containing one or more portions of said audio output information at one or more locations spaced from said portable electronic device based at least in part according to said one or more acoustic ultrasonic signals and based at least in part according to one or more portable electronic device ultrasonic emitter arrangements. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 09-18-2014 |
20140269214 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE DIRECTED AUDIO TARGETED MULTI-USER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically modulating two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals according to output information to be transmitted as two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals from two or more portable electronic device emitters of a portable electronic device; and electronically projecting said two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals from said portable electronic device emitters to produce a first set of one or more acoustic audio signals from a first set of said two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals at a first location and to produce a second set of one or more second acoustic audio signals from of a second set of said two or more acoustic ultrasonic signals at a second location. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 09-18-2014 |
20140293753 | SMARTPHONE ACTIVATED VEHICLE ENTRY DEVICE - A smartphone or other portable electronic device is operative to unlock and lock a vehicle without the use of the cellular or Wi-Fi network or any additional hardware added to the portable unit. The system, which is configured for use with a vehicle having an existing receiver to receive remote keyless entry (RKE) codes, includes a vehicle-mounted unit with a microphone to receive an acoustic signal from a smartphone or other portable electronic device programmed to generate a modulated, encoded acoustic vehicle entry command. Circuitry in the vehicle-mounted unit demodulates and decodes the vehicle entry command, and a transmitter in the vehicle-mounted unit transmits the demodulated and decoded command to the existing RKE receiver in the vehicle to execute the command, which may be a door LOCK or UNLOCK command. A passive RKE embodiment is also disclosed. | 10-02-2014 |
20140355389 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to provide for the control of a remote device. The method may include determining, with a processor, a control radius for a remote device, determining a first proximity of a user device to the remote device, in response to determining that the first proximity is within the control radius, enabling the user device to control the remote device, determining at least one command input from the user device to the remote device based on a second proximity of the user device to the remote device, and causing transmission of the command input to the remote device. | 12-04-2014 |
20140376336 | NON-IONIZING AND NON-MRI METHODS FOR INTERROGATING MR CONDITIONAL STATUS OF IMPLANTED DEVICES - A method and system of obtaining information by interrogating an information mark attached to a device implanted in a body of a patient by transmitting a non-ionizing pulse through the body of the patient, receiving, from the information mark, a response to the transmitted non-ionizing pulse, the response including encoded information, and extracting the encoded information from the response. | 12-25-2014 |
20150016228 | REMOTE CONTROL SIGNALING USING AUDIO WATERMARKS - A system for using a watermark embedded in an audio signal to remotely control a device. Various devices such as toys, computers, and appliances, equipped with an appropriate detector, detect the hidden signals, which can trigger an action, or change a state of the device. The watermarks can be used with a “time gate” device, where detection of the watermark opens a time interval within which a user is allowed to perform an action, such as pressing a button, typing in an answer, turning a key in a lock, etc. | 01-15-2015 |
20150043311 | EXECUTION OF COMMANDS IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 02-12-2015 |
20150043312 | SOUND PLAYING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - This sound playing method relates to information processing field. After receiving a sound trigger command, the sound playing device determines the sound collection event corresponding to the sound trigger command. If all audio files included in the sound collection event are loaded in the memory of the sound playing device, the sound playing device directly plays the audio file corresponding to the sound collection event. The sound playing device does not load the audio file to the memory repeatedly, so as to reuse the audio files loaded in the memory, which reduces the memory usage and improves running efficiency of the applications or art animation effects. | 02-12-2015 |
20150063074 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED INPUT-SERVICE - An apparatus and method that provide a customized input-service is provided. The apparatus includes at least one input unit that generates an sound wave based on an exterior input and a sound wave sensor that converts an sound signal for the sound wave into an electric signal. In addition, a controller analyzes the electric signal received from the sound wave sensor to confirm where the exterior input is generated and detects a control signal based on the exterior input and performs an operation based on the control signal from operations allocated to the input unit. | 03-05-2015 |
20150098308 | METHOD AND SYSTEM USING VIBRATION SIGNATURES FOR PAIRING MASTER AND SLAVE COMPUTING DEVICES - A method and a system of using vibration signatures for pairing two devices. The method and the system include an apparatus that has a master side and a slave side. The slave side has at least one frictional structure. A first device is inserted into the master side. When a second device is inserted through the slave side, a pattern of vibration is generated. Vibration detecting devices on the first and second devices detect the pattern of vibration. A program of the first device validates a master vibration signature and configures the first device as a master device. A program of the second device validates a slave vibration signature and configures the second device as a slave device. The master device and the slave device are automatically paired. | 04-09-2015 |
20150117158 | USING NEAR-FIELD ACOUSTIC SIGNALS TO CONFIGURE END-USER DEVICES - A network service is provided that embeds encodes acoustic data to carry configuration parameters for configuring an end-user device. The network service then transmits or causes transmission of an acoustic signal carrying the configuration parameters to the end-user device. The end-user device detects information items corresponding to configuration parameters embedded in the acoustic data. The end-user device utilizes the configuration parameters in connection with performing select operations. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117159 | INTERMEDIATE COMPUTING DEVICE THAT USES NEAR-FIELD ACOUSTIC SIGNALS TO CONFIGURE AN END-USER DEVICE - An intermediate device is operated to play back an acoustic configuration file for an end-user device. The acoustic configuration file can embed configuration parameters that are detectable by the end-user device. In particular, the end-user device can use the configuration parameters in conjunction with performing select operations, such as operations to configure the end-user device for communication with the network service. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117160 | TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A terminal device includes a sound wave receiver, configured to receive sound wave, an electric wave receiver, configured to receive electric wave, a notification controller, configured to notify a user when an identification code contained in the electric wave received by the electric wave receiver is detected, and an activation controller, configured to activate the sound wave receiver on condition that the identification code is detected. | 04-30-2015 |
20150302740 | A METHOD AND A MODULE FOR CONTROLLING PIECES OF EQUIPMENT BY SOUND PULSE - Disclosed are methods and devices for controlling pieces of equipment by sound pulses, which include operations and means for determining characteristics of a vector defined by two sound pulses received by at least two receivers. In various implementations, the characteristics may comprise at least the direction and possibly also the sense and the norm of the vector, and these sound pulses may be generated in a zone defined relative to the receivers. The methods and devices may also include operations and means for controlling a piece of equipment where the command applied to the equipment may be determined at least by the direction of the vector. | 10-22-2015 |
20150310735 | Systems and Methods for Multi-Device Interaction - Systems, devices and methods are provided for multi-device interactions. For example, a transmitting device detects a media content control command input by a user for operation of a first application client, wherein the media content control command includes media content identification; the transmitting device encodes the media content control command into an audio identifier string; and the transmitting device transmits the audio identifier string through first sound waves. A receiving device is configured to detect the first sound waves using a second application client, extract the audio identifier string from the first sound waves, decode the audio identifier string to acquire the media content control command, and operate on first media content corresponding to the media content identification included in the media content control command. | 10-29-2015 |
20150325115 | SCHEME FOR EMBEDDING A CONTROL SIGNAL IN AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method includes generating an audio signal, generating a control signal that is configured to control a haptic feedback device that is incorporated into a device for delivering audio based on the audio signal to a user, and embedding the control signal in the audio signal. Another method includes receiving a signal that includes an audio signal having an embedded control signal, recovering the audio signal from the received signal, using the recovered audio signal to generate audio in a device for delivering audio, recovering the control signal from the received signal, and using the recovered control signal to control a haptic feedback device that is incorporated into the device for delivering audio. Systems perform similar steps, and non-transitory computer readable storage mediums each store one or more computer programs. | 11-12-2015 |
20150325116 | SCHEME FOR EMBEDDING A CONTROL SIGNAL IN AN AUDIO SIGNAL USING PSEUDO WHITE NOISE - A method includes generating an audio signal, generating a control signal that is configured to control a haptic feedback device that is incorporated into a device for delivering audio based on the audio signal to a user, and embedding the control signal in the audio signal by using a pseudorandom signal to form an encoded audio signal. Another method includes receiving a signal that includes an audio signal having an embedded control signal, recovering the control signal from the received signal by using a pseudorandom signal, using the recovered control signal to control a haptic feedback device that is incorporated into a device for delivering audio, recovering the audio signal from the received signal, and using the recovered audio signal to generate audio in the device for delivering audio. Systems perform similar steps, and non-transitory computer readable storage mediums each store one or more computer programs. | 11-12-2015 |
20150348403 | Methods, Smart Objects, and Systems for Naming and Interacting with Smart Objects - A control device executing a networking framework for controlling a network of smart objects registered with a framework may interact with only those smart objects in a room. A radio frequency signal broadcast on the networking framework for reception by smart objects registered with the networking framework may cause each of the plurality of smart objects to transmit an ultrasound signal that may include an identifier, such as a generic identifier of the smart object that was assigned during registration with the network framework. The control device may receive the ultrasound signals only from the smart objects in the room. The control device may rename each smart object from which ultrasound signals were received with new identifying information that may include a reference to the room. The device may then communicate with the smart objects via the networking framework using the new identifying information. | 12-03-2015 |
20150356331 | CARD SWIPING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING MOBILE TERMINAL FOR SWIPING CARD, UTILIZING INTENSITY OF ULTRASONIC SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a card swiping method for determining card swiping of a mobile terminal by using ultrasonic signal strength, comprising: closely contacting, by a mobile terminal, a card reading device, wherein a multi-interface integrated circuit module in the mobile terminal receives a ultrasonic signal transmitted by an ultrasonic wave transmitting module in the card reading device; measuring, by the multi-interface integrated circuit module, strength of the received ultrasonic signal, and comparing the measured strength with an ultrasonic signal strength threshold which allows card swiping; and if the strength of the received ultrasonic signal received by the multi-interface integrated circuit module is greater than the ultrasonic signal strength which allows card swiping, interactively performing card swiping procedures by the multi-interface integrated circuit module and the card reading device. | 12-10-2015 |
20150370532 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SOUND WAVE BASED TOUCH RECOGNITION INTERFACE - A system for controlling a sound wave-based touch recognition interface includes: an auditory user interface (AUI) pad configured to transfer a sound wave, a sound wave recognition member configured to convert the sound wave transferred from the AUI pad into an electrical signal, and an actuator member attached to one side of the AUI pad and configured to be deformed in response to the electrical signal converted by the sound wave recognition member. | 12-24-2015 |
20160072997 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - In a device, first and second transforming units acquire first and second audio spectrums from audio data obtained by first and second microphones, a first subtracting unit subtracts a first noise spectrum from the first audio spectrum if an instruction to drive a drive unit is input, a second subtracting unit subtracts a second noise spectrum from the second audio spectrum if the instruction is input, a control unit selects one of a third audio spectrum and a fourth audio spectrum in accordance with a result of comparison between the third and fourth audio spectrums, a third transforming unit acquires first audio data from the audio spectrum selected among the third audio spectrum and the fourth audio spectrum, and a fourth transforming unit acquires second audio data from the audio spectrum selected among the third audio spectrum and the fourth audio spectrum. | 03-10-2016 |
20160077198 | ULTRASONIC PROBE WITH PRECHARGE CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ULTRASONIC PROBE - An ultrasonic probe includes: an ultrasonic transducer; an amplification stage; a bias circuit, which determines a bias voltage on an input terminal of the amplification stage; and a selector having an intermediate node, a high-voltage switch between the intermediate node and the transducer, and a first low-voltage switch between the intermediate node and the input terminal. A control unit controls the high-voltage switch and the first low-voltage switch so as to alternately couple and decouple the amplification stage and the transducer. A precharge circuit determines a precharge voltage on the intermediate node as a function of the bias voltage, before the amplification stage and the transducer are coupled. | 03-17-2016 |
20160098921 | LOW POWER ACOUSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION - In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a method of operating an acoustic system including detecting an ultrasonic sound signal and pattern matching the received ultrasonic sound signal to determine when the received ultrasonic sound signal is a desired ultrasonic sound signal. The method includes sending a signal to at least one electronic component when the received ultrasonic sound signal is the desired ultrasonic sound signal. The method includes operating the microphone in a lower power state when the received ultrasonic sound signal is not the desired ultrasonic sound signal. | 04-07-2016 |
20160119066 | EVALUATION AND ACOUSTIC EMISSION OF AUDIO BROADCASTING SIGNALS IN A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for acoustically emitting audio broadcasting signals in a vehicle, wherein audio broadcasting signals can be transmitted into the vehicle and received there over a first and at least a second reception path, wherein the first reception path is evaluated by means of at least one criterion parameter on the basis of an audio broadcasting signal that can be received over the first reception path, and the second reception path is likewise evaluated by means of a criterion parameter on the basis of the audio broadcasting signal that can be received over the second reception path. During an emission of the audio broadcasting signal over one of the reception paths, a preparation phase for preparing a switchover from the current reception path to the other reception path is started on the basis of a comparison of the criterion parameter of the current reception path to a first threshold value (S | 04-28-2016 |
20160133124 | ACOUSTIC COMPUTING SYSTEMS FOR IMPLANT AND DERMAL DATA COMMUNICATION, POWER SUPPLY AND ENERGY STORAGE - Embodiments are directed to a method of implementing an acoustic computing system for implant or dermal data communication, power supply and energy storage. The method includes receiving, by a first acoustic computing element in a live medium, input acoustic vibration. The method further includes converting, by the first acoustic computing element, a first portion of the input acoustic vibration to energy that powers operation of the first acoustic computing element. The method further includes converting, by the first acoustic computing element, a second portion of the input acoustic vibration to stored energy of the first acoustic computing element. The method further includes converting, by the first acoustic computing element, a third portion of the input acoustic vibration to a first input data that is processed by the first acoustic computing element. The method further includes generating, by the first acoustic computing element, a first output acoustic vibration based on the first input data. | 05-12-2016 |
20160148502 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Readable Storage Devices for Controlling an Appearance of a Surface using Sound Waves - The emission of variable ultrasonic sound waves from a plurality of sound sources is controlled based on controlled signals generated by a controller. The plurality of sound sources emit ultrasonic waves towards a surface based on the control signals, creating a force which causes particles within a region proximate the surface to move in a desired manner with respect to the surface. The movement of the particles with respect to the surface changes the appearance of the surface. In this manner, the appearance of the surface may be changed in a desired manner to suit needs for home automation and security. | 05-26-2016 |
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367198000 | Humanly generated sound or speech responsive (e.g., human whistle) | 7 |
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20110051557 | Apparatus and Method for Control Using a Humming Frequency - A device controller configured to control physical devices using an audible humming frequency that includes: a humming frequency module, a humming command module, and a control command module. The humming frequency module may be configured to determine humming frequenc(ies) using a detected humming signal(s). The humming command module may be configured to compute humming command(s) based on the humming frequenc(ies). The control command module may be configured to generate control command(s) using received key command(s) and humming command(s). | 03-03-2011 |
20130039154 | REMOTE CONTROL OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A portable electronic device provides audio output, such as from a media player application controllable by an ultrasonic remote control signal. Audio processing circuitry, which is normally configured to process audio signals in the human audible range, is configured by a controller to operate in an ultrasonic signal processing mode to detect an ultrasonic control signal, such as generated by a specialized headset. Such a configuration permits the portable electronic device to process ultrasonic control signals using native audio processing circuitry, without the need to add expensive hardware. The ultrasonic signal processing mode is initiated in response to a detected ultrasonic signal processing condition, such as detection of an active media player application or other application software or system software having an audio output function. | 02-14-2013 |
20130235702 | INSTALLATION FOR CONTROLLING THE PLAYING TIME OF A SPORTING EVENT - Installation ( | 09-12-2013 |
20150078137 | METHOD FOR UNLOCKING DOOR, METHOD FOR RENTING ASSET AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for unlocking a door, a method for renting asset and a system thereof are provided in the present invention. The door includes an audio receiver, and the method includes the steps of: storing a unlock sequence into a mobile device; performing a audio modulation to generates a audio modulation voiceprint signal, wherein the frequency range of the audio modulation voiceprint signal is in the audio frequency; playing the audio modulation voiceprint signal by using the speaker of the mobile device; when the audio receiver receives the audio modulation voiceprint signal, the method further includes: performing a audio demodulation to obtain the unlock sequence; and determining whether the door is unlock or not according to the unlock sequence. | 03-19-2015 |
20150085619 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING SOUND WAVE, AND MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTROL INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO THE SOUND WAVE - A device includes a sound wave reception unit that receives a sound wave output from a mobile device, through a sound wave reception device; a control information acquisition unit that acquires control information associated with operation of the device from the received sound wave; and an operation performance unit that performs the operation based on the control information. The control information acquisition unit determines a frequency band, to which at least one frequency identified from a certain frame within the received sound wave corresponds, from an audible sound wave frequency band and a non-audible sound wave frequency band, and partial information based on the frequency band and the at least one identified frequency, and acquires control information corresponding to the received sound wave based on each of the determined partial information. | 03-26-2015 |
20160155324 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION | 06-02-2016 |
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20130070566 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing system includes a first information processing apparatus that outputs a sound of a predetermined frequency; and a second information processing apparatus that collects the sound that is output from the first information processing apparatus, and outputs a response to the sound of the predetermined frequency to the first information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus transmits predetermined data to the second information processing apparatus that has output the response to the sound of the predetermined frequency. | 03-21-2013 |
20130077447 | DISPLAYING CONTENT IN RELATION TO MUSIC REPRODUCTION BY MEANS OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INDEPENDENT OF MUSIC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A music reproduction apparatus includes: a reproduction section for reproducing user-selected music piece data; a generation section for generating control information including music piece information identifying a music piece reproduced by the reproduction section and reproduced position information indicative of a currently-reproduced position; a modulation section for outputting, on the basis of the generated control information, an audio signal of a predetermined frequency band for carrying the control information; and an output section for transmitting to outside the audio signal generated by the modulation section. An information processing apparatus stores a plurality of sets of displaying content, receives the audio signal, demodulates the control information from the received audio signal to extract the music piece information and reproduced position information, identifies displaying content from the extracted music piece information, and displays a part of the identified displaying content in accordance with the extracted reproduced position information. | 03-28-2013 |
20130114380 | ULTRASOUND BASED MOBILE RECEIVERS IN IDLE MODE - An acoustic system, which may be ultrasonic, operates in a power efficient idle mode thereby reducing the power consumption required by high frequency sampling and processing. While in idle mode, an acoustic receiver device operates with an idle sampling rate that is lower than the full sampling rate used during full operational mode, but is capable of receiving a wake-up signal from the associated acoustic transmitter. When the wake-up signal is received, the acoustic receiver switches to full operational mode by increasing the sampling rate and enables full processing. The acoustic system may be used in, e.g., an ultrasonic pointing device, location beacons, in peer-to-peer communications between devices, as well as gesture detection. | 05-09-2013 |
20130176826 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH EXTERNAL DEVICES BY AUDIO - Disclosed is an electronic device for communicating with external devices by audio, comprising a security function module, an audio communication processing module and an audio signal connection component, the audio communication processing module being connected to the security function module and the audio signal connection component respectively, wherein the audio signal connection component is configured to receive a first audio signal from the external devices and to output the first audio signal to the audio communication processing module; the audio communication processing module is configured to convert the first audio signal outputted from the audio signal connection component into a first digital signal and to send the first digital signal to the security function module; and/or the audio communication processing module is configured to convert a second digital signal outputted from the security function module into a second audio signal and to send the second audio signal to the audio signal connection component, and the audio signal connection component is configured to output the second audio signal to the external devices. | 07-11-2013 |
20130265857 | Device Association - A method of associating a first device with a second device is disclosed. The first device through its speaker broadcasts a request for association using an audio signal. The broadcasted audio signal is received by the second device through its microphone. The first and second devices then cooperatively verifies a security code and upon a successful verification of the security code, the first and the second devices are enabled to communicate with each other. | 10-10-2013 |
20130286792 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A second housing | 10-31-2013 |
20130294205 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING FUNCTION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a sound collecting unit and a processor. The processor determine whether continuous sound signals collected by the sound collecting unit includes a first alternating portion, a direct portion, and a second alternating portion in sequence. The processor further determines whether a first duration of the direction signals portion falls within a first preset time range, and determines whether a second duration of each of the first alternating portion and the second alternating portion falls within a second preset time range. The processor then triggers a function of the electronic device when the first duration falls within the first preset time range, and the second duration falls within the second preset time range. A related method is also disclosed. | 11-07-2013 |
20140064037 | WEARABLE DEVICE WITH ACOUSTIC USER INPUT AND METHOD FOR SAME - An electronic device ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140241130 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW POWER DETECTION OF MESSAGES FROM AN AUDIO ACCESSORY - According to one aspect, an electronic device adapted to be controlled by an audio accessory. The electronic device includes at least one resonator. Each resonator is tuned to respond to a particular frequency that corresponds to a particular message generated by the audio accessory. When the particular message is received, the corresponding resonator resonates to generate an output signal that controls the electronic device. | 08-28-2014 |
20140293754 | WIRELESS SOUND WAVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are a wireless sound wave communication system and method. The wireless sound wave communication system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter measures data or receives input data from an outside, converts the data into binary signals, and converts the binary signals into sound wave signals and then outputs the sound wave signals. The receiver identifies frequency information corresponding to the sound wave signals by receiving and analyzing the sound wave signals output from the transmitter, arranges the identified frequency information in time sequence, and analyzes the data based on areas that are extracted by the integration of the arranged frequency information. The sound wave signals that are output by the transmitter as the binary signals use different frequencies upon transmitting “0” and “1.” | 10-02-2014 |
20140313862 | PROXIMITY-DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - When two or more devices are near each other, they are likely to hear the same ambient sounds. To detect such proximity, each device captures a short digital audio signal from its microphone and uploads it to a proximity-detecting service along with a timestamp that indicates when the clip was captured. The proximity-detecting service maintains a history of sound clips for its clients and analyzes recently received sound clips that have similar time stamps. The devices can then be grouped according to the similarities of their sound clips. Devices that are grouped together in this way are deemed to be near each other. | 10-23-2014 |
20150085620 | AUDIO AND ULTRASOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND AN ULTRASOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An audio and ultrasound signal processing circuit ( | 03-26-2015 |
20160140839 | Data/commands through audio channel - A method to send data or commands through streaming audio signal by using special tone(s) or waveform at a short period of time or using inaudible tone(s) or waveform, filterable tone(s) or waveform mixed into music or audio signal to send for data/commands. In audio stereo channels, by using one of stereo channels or adaptively arranged by time to use one of channels for sending special tone(s) or waveform for data or command purpose as well switching the speaker of sending command channel to other streaming music or audio channel without creating further noise or interruption. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142157 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING SOUND WAVE FOR CONTROL OF EXTERNAL DEVICE, AND EXTERNAL DEVICE - Provided is a mobile device including: an input reception unit for receiving at least one input through a user interface; a control information determination unit for determining control information corresponding to an operation of an external device based on the at least one input, wherein the control information includes a first symbol and a second symbol; a sound wave data generation unit for generating sound wave data corresponding to the control information; and an output unit for outputting a sound wave corresponding to the sound wave data generated by a sound wave generation apparatus. In this case, the sound wave data generation unit determines a first frequency corresponding to the first symbol and a second frequency corresponding to the second symbol, and generates the sound wave data based on the first frequency and the second frequency, and the sound wave data includes a portion corresponding to the first frequency and a portion corresponding to the second frequency. | 05-19-2016 |
20160171806 | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION IN A SHARED ACOUSTIC SPACE | 06-16-2016 |