Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100127967 | MOBILE USER INTERFACE WITH ENERGY HARVESTING - A mobile user interface with energy harvesting is presented. In one embodiment, the mobile user interface comprises a striker, a piezoelectronic element to generate electric energy in response to being struck by the striker under control of an elastic mechanism, and a transmitter coupled to use the electric energy to transmit a signal wirelessly. | 05-27-2010 |
20100169075 | ADJUSTMENT OF TEMPORAL ACOUSTICAL CHARACTERISTICS - Embodiments may be a standalone module or part of mobile devices, desktop computers, servers, stereo systems, or any other systems that might benefit from condensed audio presentations of item structures such as lists or tables. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to adjust the temporal characteristics of items comprising words. The items maybe included in a structure such as a text listing or table, an audio listing or table, or a combination thereof, or may be individual words or phrases. For instance, embodiments may comprise a keyword extractor to extract keywords from the items and an abbreviations generator to generate abbreviations based upon the keywords. Further embodiments may comprise a text-to-speech generator to generate audible items based upon the abbreviations to render to a user while traversing the item structure. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169097 | AUDIBLE LIST TRAVERSAL - Many embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to implement user interface for traversal of long sorted lists, via audible mapping of the lists, using sensor based gesture recognition, audio and tactile feedback and button selection while on the go. In several embodiments, such user interface modalities are physically small in size, enabling a user to be truly mobile by reducing the cognitive load required to operate the device. For some embodiments, the user interface may be divided across multiple worn devices, such as a mobile device, watch, earpiece, and ring. Rotation of the watch may be translated into navigation instructions, allowing the user to traverse the list while the user receives audio feedback via the earpiece to describe items in the list as well as audio feedback regarding the navigation state. Many embodiments offer the user a simple user interface to traverse the list without visual feedback. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169781 | POSE TO DEVICE MAPPING - Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to map content of a device such as a mobile device, a laptop, a desktop, or a server, to a two dimensional field or table and map user poses or movements to the coordinates within the table to offer quick access to the content by a user. Many embodiments, for example, utilize three wireless peripherals such as a watch, ring, and headset connected to a mobile Internet device (MID) comprising an audible user interface and an auditory mapper to access to the content. The audible user interface may communicatively couple with the peripherals to receive pose data that describes the motion or movements associated with one or more of the peripherals and to provide feedback such as audible items and, in some embodiments, other feedback. | 07-01-2010 |
20100245131 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM OF STABILIZING A MOBILE GESTURE USER-INTERFACE - The embodiments of the invention disclose a method, apparatus, and system for communicating via a user gesture with a mobile device having applications. The gesture acts like a user interface to a menu of applications that can be accessed while the user is in motion including while running, walking, riding, etc. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a first multi-dimensional information for measuring motion of a first mobile device. The method further comprises receiving, by the first mobile device, a second multi-dimensional information for measuring motion of a second mobile device, the first and the second mobile devices being in motion relative to one another. The first and the second multi-dimensional information is used for filtering gesture motion from an underlying motion of the second mobile device to isolate the gesture motion from the underlying motion. The isolated filtered gesture motion is stabilized. In one embodiment, the method further comprises directing an action of the first mobile device in response to the isolated gesture motion. | 09-30-2010 |
20110147101 | COMPENSATING FOR MULTI-TOUCH SIGNAL BIAS DRIFT IN TOUCH PANELS - A system and method provide for selecting a sensor in an array of capacitive sensors, determining a row intensity for the selected sensor, and determining a column intensity for the selected sensor. The system and method may also provide for compensating the selected sensor for multi-touch signal bias drift, wherein the compensating may include adjusting an intensity of the selected sensor based on the row and column intensity. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148770 | MULTI-FEATURE INTERACTIVE TOUCH USER INTERFACE - Briefly, a feature rich touch subsystem is disclosed. The feature rich touch subsystem includes one or more novel user input capabilities that enhance the user experience. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148801 | TOUCH PANEL REGION OF INTEREST REPORTING SCHEME - A system and method provide for receiving touch panel raw data and identifying data of interest in the raw data. One or more events may be detected based on the data of interest and a touch processing policy. In one example, the receiving and the identifying are conducted by a touch panel controller, and the detecting is conducted by a host processor. Other techniques, such as subsurface scanning and hybrid scanning may also be used. | 06-23-2011 |
20110242043 | DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN PANEL AND METHOD FOR POWER MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of a device having a touchscreen panel and method for reducing power consumption are generally described herein. The touch-sensing capability of the touchscreen panel is activated when user interaction with the touchscreen panel is detected. The touch-sensing capability of the touchscreen panel is deactivated when no user interaction is detected. In some embodiments, the device includes a touch-event detector to sense motion or vibration, and processing circuitry to either activate or deactivate touch-sensing capability of the touchscreen panel based at least in part on input from the touch-event detector. | 10-06-2011 |
20110254772 | TECHNIQUES FOR RECOGNIZING MOVEMENT OF ONE OR MORE TOUCHES ACROSS A LOCATION ON A KEYBOARD GRID ON A TOUCH PANEL INTERFACE - Briefly, a method and apparatus for recognizing movement of one or more touches across a location on a keyboard grid on a touch panel interface is disclosed. The method may receiving user input with a touch panel interface, recognizing movement of one or more touches across a location on a keyboard grid on the touch panel interface, and performing an action associated with the movement of one or more touches across the location on the keyboard grid on the touch panel interface. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254796 | TECHNIQUES FOR RECOGNIZING TEMPORAL TAPPING PATTERNS INPUT TO A TOUCH PANEL INTERFACE - Briefly, a method and apparatus for recognizing temporal tapping patterns input to a touch panel interface is disclosed. The method may include receiving user input with a touch panel interface, recognizing a temporal tapping pattern in the user input, and performing an action associated with the temporal tapping pattern. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254797 | TECHNIQUES FOR RECOGNIZING MULTI-SHAPE, MULTI-TOUCH GESTURES INCLUDING FINGER AND NON-FINGER TOUCHES INPUT TO A TOUCH PANEL INTERFACE - Briefly, a method and apparatus for recognizing multi-shape, multi-touch gestures including finger and non-finger touches input to a touch panel interface is disclosed. The method may include receiving user input with a touch panel interface, recognizing a multi-shape, multi-touch gesture including finger and non-finger touches in the user input, and performing an action associated with the multi-touch gesture including finger and non-finger touches. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254798 | TECHNIQUES FOR RECOGNIZING A SERIES OF TOUCHES WITH VARYING INTENSITY OR ANGLE OF DESCENDING ON A TOUCH PANEL INTERFACE - Briefly, a method and apparatus for recognizing a series of touches with varying intensity or angle of descending on a touch panel interface is disclosed. The method comprises receiving user input with a touch panel interface, recognizing a series of touches with varying intensity or angle of descending on the touch panel interface, and performing an action associated with the series of touches with varying intensity or angle of descending on the touch panel interface. | 10-20-2011 |
20130271415 | MECHANISM FOR EMPLOYING AND FACILITATING A TOUCH PANEL THUMB SENSOR PAD AT A COMPUTING DEVICE - A mechanism is described for employing and facilitating a sensor pad transparently placed at a touch panel of a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes sensing a use of a sensor pad transparently placed over and within a dedicated section of a touch panel of a computing device. The sensor pad and its relevant sensor pad interaction may be employed using hardware of the touch panel, the use including touching of the sensor pad by a user, while sensing may include detecting a change at one or more intersecting points of a plurality of intersecting points. The method may further include facilitating an action in response to the use of the sensor pad. | 10-17-2013 |
20130271419 | TRANSFORMING MOBILE DEVICE SENSOR INTERACTION TO REPRESENT USER INTENT AND PERCEPTION - Transforming mobile device sensor interaction to represent user intent and perception. An embodiment of a mobile device includes a display screen for the display of data and images and a touch sensor to detect a motion of a gesture made by a thumb or other finger of a user of the device. The mobile device further includes a module to transform the motion detected by the touch sensor to generate a modified motion to reflect a perception of the user, where the modified motion is to be applied as an input relating to the display screen. | 10-17-2013 |
20130278562 | MECHANISM FOR EMPLOYING AND FACILITATING PLACEMENT OF A SENSOR COVER OVER A CAPACITIVE CIRCUITRY SENSOR AT A COMPUTING DEVICE - A mechanism is described for employing and facilitating placing a sensor cover over an external sensor of a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes sensing, at a sensor of a computing device, user touches to an outer surface of an impregnated sensor cover placed over the sensor, wherein the sensor cover includes a plurality of holes through the outer surface and a plurality of conductive leads corresponding to the plurality of holes, and wherein sensing is performed through one or more of the plurality of holes and their one or more corresponding conductive leads; and facilitating an action in response to each of the sensed user touches. | 10-24-2013 |
20130285969 | DETECTION OF GESTURE DATA SEGMENTATION IN MOBILE DEVICES - Detection of gesture data segmentation in mobile devices. An embodiment of a mobile device includes an edge, the edge including at least a first side, and a first touch sensor of one or more touch sensors, the first touch sensor being a side touch sensor to detect contact with the first side of the mobile device. The mobile device further includes one or more motion detection elements to generate motion data representing motion of the mobile device through space over a period of time, a buffer for the storage of the motion data, and a gesture recognition module to interpret the motion data stored in the buffer, wherein the mobile device begins the storage of the motion data in the buffer upon detection of a start of gesture data event, the start of gesture data event including contact with the first touch sensor. | 10-31-2013 |
20130285982 | MECHANISM FOR INTERPRETING TOUCHES TO A PAD COVER OVER A SENSOR PAD AT A COMPUTING DEVICE - A mechanism is described for interpreting touches to a pad cover placed over a sensor external to a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes sensing a touch on a pad cover covering a capacitive sensor of a computing device. The sensing may include determining a capacitive intensity that corresponds to an amount of pressure applied to the pad cover via the touch. The method may further include interpreting the capacitive intensity as measured by the capacitive sensor across a pad cover gap to determine the amount of pressure applied to the pad cover, determining user intent based on the interpreted capacitive intensity and the determined corresponding amount of applied pressure relating to the touch, and facilitating an action in accordance with the user intent. | 10-31-2013 |
20130286177 | LOCALIZED GLASS GLARE REDUCTION - In some embodiments a processor is to determine a head position of a person, to determine a field of view of the person in response to the determined head position, to identify areas of brightness in the field of view of the person, and to dim the areas of brightness in the field of view of the person in a localized manner (for example, without significantly dimming other areas in the field of view of the person). Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-31-2013 |
20130293505 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTION INTERFACE FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Method and apparatus for multi-dimensional interaction interface for mobile devices. An embodiment of a mobile device includes a touch screen to provide a display and to generate a touch screen signal upon contact to the touch screen, a touch sensor to generate a touch sensor signal upon contact to the touch sensor, and a module to provide for cooperative operation of the touch screen signal and the touch sensor signal in providing input to the mobile device upon determining that an input to the touch screen indicates a multipoint input. | 11-07-2013 |
20130307769 | MOBILE DEVICE ACTIVATION BY USER GRASP - Method and apparatus for mobile device activation by user grasp. An embodiment of a mobile device includes a cover, the cover including at least a first side and a least a first corner, the first corner adjoining the first side, with a concave indentation in the cover, the concave indentation being located at the first corner of the mobile device. The mobile device further includes a first touch sensor located in the concave indentation, the first touch sensor to generate a signal upon physical contact or proximity with a user of the mobile device, and an activation module, the activation module to transition the mobile device from a deactivated state to an activated state upon receiving at least the first signal from the first touch sensor. | 11-21-2013 |
20140062946 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED DISPLAY IMAGES - Systems and methods for providing an enhanced image based on determining a proximal object is in proximity of a control panel. The enhanced image may be displayed on a heads up display of a vehicle. | 03-06-2014 |
20140188920 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZED CONTENT - Systems and methods to receive content and generate a playlist of content based at least in part on content interests and/or preferences of occupants of a vehicle is disclosed. The playlist may further be generated based on user interests and/or preferences of multiple occupants of the vehicle. In addition, a drive context of the vehicle may be used in the selection of content for receiving and/or rendering. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195072 | INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for communicating between one or more vehicles, including providing communicated information to a user of the one or more vehicles. The information may be presented to the user via one or more user interfaces. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195477 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for identifying an occupant of a vehicle. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for identifying an occupant of a vehicle. The method includes receiving a primary identification (ID) input and one or more secondary ID inputs, wherein the primary ID input comprises identification token information; retrieving cluster information based at least on the primary ID input; comparing the one or more secondary ID inputs with the cluster information; determining a confidence value associated with the identification of the occupant based at least in part on the comparison of the one or more secondary ID inputs with the cluster information; and outputting information based at least in part on the determined confidence value. | 07-10-2014 |
20140223384 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING GESTURE INITIATION AND TERMINATION - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling gesture initiation and termination of a user and controlling devices based on a user's gestures. According to one embodiment, a vehicle can include at least one actuator; at least one gesture detection device; and one or more processors. The one or more processors receive an initiation indication from the at least one actuator; receive gesture information from the at least one gesture detection device; receive a termination indication from the at least one actuator; determine, from the received gesture information, a gesture from at least one occupant of the vehicle, wherein the gesture is determined based at least in part on the initiation indication; select a command from a plurality of commands, based at least in part on the determined gesture; and output a control signal or a command control signal associated with the command. | 08-07-2014 |
20140244259 | SPEECH RECOGNITION UTILIZING A DYNAMIC SET OF GRAMMAR ELEMENTS - Speech recognition is performed utilizing a dynamically maintained set of grammar elements. A plurality of grammar elements may be identified, and the grammar elements may be ordered based at least in part upon contextual information. In other words, contextual information may be utilized to bias speech recognition. Once a speech input is received, the ordered plurality of grammar elements may be evaluated, and a correspondence between the received speech input and a grammar element included in the plurality of grammar elements may be determined. | 08-28-2014 |
20140266623 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR LEARNING THE IDENTITY OF AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for learning the identity of an occupant of a vehicle. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for learning an identity of an occupant of a vehicle. The method includes receiving a primary identification (ID) input and one or more secondary ID inputs, wherein the primary ID input includes identification token information; retrieving cluster information based at least in part on the primary ID input; comparing the one or more secondary ID inputs with the cluster information; determining a confidence value based at least in part on the comparison of the one or more secondary ID inputs with the cluster information; training the cluster information based at least in part on the received one or more secondary ID inputs; and storing the trained cluster information. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278396 | ACOUSTIC SIGNAL MODIFICATION - Systems and methods for modifying acoustic signals are provided by one or more microphones using acoustic transfer functions. The acoustic transfer functions may be determined based in part on an acoustic model and on a determined location of an acoustic element. | 09-18-2014 |
20140292661 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TYPING - Methods, systems, and apparatus for selecting symbols based on actuation of one or more keys or switches associated with a vehicle. One or more processors may interpret signals generated from the one or more keys or switches to ascertain symbols associated with the same. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294210 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECTING SOUND IN A VEHICLE - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for directing sound in a vehicle. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for steering sound within a vehicle. The method includes receiving one or more images from at least one camera attached to the vehicle; locating, from the one or more images, one or more body features associated with one or more occupants of the vehicle; generating at least one signal for controlling one or more sound transducers; and routing, based at least on the locating, the one or more generated signals to the one or more sound transducers for directing sound waves to at least one of the one or more body features. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297105 | CONFIGURABLE CONTROL PANELS - Control panels with controls for controlling components that are reconfigurable by a user by selective placement of tiles corresponding to each of the controls and components. The controls can further be actuated by detecting an object and its motion in proximity of the selectively placed tiles. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297220 | VEHICULAR OCCUPANCY ASSESSMENT - Systems, devices, and techniques are provided for occupancy assessment of a vehicle. For one or more occupants of the vehicle, the occupancy assessment establishes position and/or identity for some or all of the occupant(s). | 10-02-2014 |
20150085116 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING A CAMERA FIELD OF VIEW IN A VEHICLE - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for enhancing a field of view of a camera in a vehicle. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for executing computer executable instructions by one or more processors for enhancing a field of view associated with a camera in a vehicle. The method includes capturing image information from one or more objects or one or more occupants in the vehicle; processing the image information; receiving trigger information associated with one or more of the image information, the one or more objects, or the one or more occupants associated with the vehicle; configuring one or more reflective surfaces, based at least in part on the received trigger information, wherein configuring comprises positioning the one or more reflective surfaces with respect to the camera field of view; and adjusting the position of the one or more reflective surfaces based at least on the processing of the image information. | 03-26-2015 |