Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120162264 | SYSTEM LEVEL GRAPHICS MANIPULATIONS ON PROTECTED CONTENT - At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a method to manipulate graphics with protected content. In some embodiments, a composite engine of a computing system retrieves data within a region within a frame buffer holding pixels of an image displayed on a display device of the computing system. The region corresponds to an area of interest within the image, and the data retrieved includes pixels forming a portion of the image in the area of interest and protected content associated with the image. The composite engine may re-composite the area of interest with the pixels retrieved to produce an enlarged version of the portion of the image in the area of interest, without exposing the protected content to applications outside of the window server. | 06-28-2012 |
20120183164 | SOCIAL NETWORK FOR SHARING A HEARING AID SETTING - Broadly speaking, the embodiments disclosed herein describe a social network tailored to meet the needs of individuals having impaired hearing. More specifically the social network provides a mechanism by which members of the social network can communicate with each other information related to improvement the overall quality of life of the members. In a particular embodiment, audio processing characteristics of hearing aids worn by and used by members of the social network can be modified based upon at least some of the information passed between members of the social network. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183165 | REMOTELY UPDATING A HEARING AID PROFILE - Broadly speaking, the embodiments disclosed herein describe replacing a current hearing aid profile stored in a hearing aid. In one embodiment, the hearing aid profile is updated by sending a hearing aid profile update request to a hearing aid profile service, receiving the updated hearing aid profile from the hearing aid profile service, and replacing the current hearing aid profile in the hearing aid with the updated hearing aid profile | 07-19-2012 |
20120189140 | AUDIO-SHARING NETWORK - Systems, methods, and devices for sharing ambient audio via an audio-sharing network are provided. By way of example, a system that receives shared audio from such an audio-sharing network may include a personal electronic device. The personal electronic device may join an audio-sharing network of other electronic devices and receive several audio streams from the audio-sharing network. Based at least partly on these audio streams, the personal electronic device may determine a digital user-personalized audio stream, outputting the digital user-personalized audio stream to a personal listening device. By way of example, the personal electronic device may represent a personal computer, a portable media player, or a portable phone. The personal listening device may represent a speaker of the personal electronic device, a wireless hearing aid, a wireless cochlear implant, a wired hearing aid, a wireless headset, or a wired headset, to name only a few examples. | 07-26-2012 |
20120213393 | PROVIDING NOTIFICATION SOUNDS IN A CUSTOMIZABLE MANNER - Broadly speaking, the embodiments disclosed herein describe an apparatus, system, and method that allow a user to perceive notifications (audible or otherwise) corresponding to an external event in any manner deemed appropriate. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215532 | HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONSISTENT HUMAN SPEECH - Broadly speaking, the embodiments disclosed herein describe an apparatus, system, and method that allows a user of a hearing assistance system to perceive consistent human speech. The consistent human speech can be based upon user specific preferences. | 08-23-2012 |
20120306631 | Audio Conversion To Vibration Patterns - In general, in one aspect, a method performed by one or more processes executing on a computer systems includes receiving an audio signal comprising a range of audio frequencies including high frequencies and low frequencies, converting a first portion of the range of audio frequencies into haptic data, shifting a second portion of the range of audio frequencies to a different range of audio frequencies, and presenting at least one of the converted first portion and the shifted second portion to a human user. Other implementations of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. | 12-06-2012 |
20120321112 | SELECTING A DIGITAL STREAM BASED ON AN AUDIO SAMPLE - One or more digital streams can be selected from a number of digital streams using a portable device. Selection of the digital streams can be based on a comparison between the number of digital streams and an audio sample received via a microphone. Selection of the digital streams can additionally or alternatively be based on the signal strength of wireless connections, the direction in which the portable device is pointed, images obtained from a camera, etc. At least one of the selected digital streams can thereafter be transmitted to a hearing aid device connected to the portable device. | 12-20-2012 |
20130263251 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Integrating Recognition of Handwriting Gestures with a Screen Reader - While an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface is in a screen reader accessibility mode, the device displays an application launcher screen including a plurality of application icons. A respective application icon corresponds to a respective application stored in the device. The device detects a sequence of one or more gestures on the touch-sensitive surface that correspond to one or more characters. A respective gesture that corresponds to a respective character is a single finger gesture that moves across the touch-sensitive surface along a respective path that corresponds to the respective character. The device determines whether the detected sequence of one or more gestures corresponds to a respective application icon of the plurality of application icons, and, in response to determining that the detected sequence of one or more gestures corresponds to the respective application icon, performs a predefined operation associated with the respective application icon. | 10-03-2013 |