Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090267054 | Apparatus, method and system for reconfigurable circuitry - The present invention relates to reconfigurable circuitry, and more particularly to the reconfiguration of the characteristics of materials used in the formation of electronic circuitry as the result of applied external influences. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatuses, methods, electronic devices and computer program products that include a nanoscale material layer, and a programmable element in close proximity to at least a first section of the nanoscale material layer. The programmable element is configured to produce interference with an electron wave in at least the first section of the nanoscale material layer. | 10-29-2009 |
20120007740 | CONTROLLING A USER ALERT - A method, apparatus and computer program are provided. The method comprises: performing a first detection of at least one bio-signal from at least one user; controlling a user output device to initiate a user alert, after performing the first detection of the at least one bio-signal; performing a second detection of the at least one bio-signal from the at least one user, after initiating the user alert; and processing the first detection of the at least one bio-signal and the second detection of the at least one bio-signal to determine whether one or more changes in the at least one bio-signal pass a significance test. | 01-12-2012 |
20120157789 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method, apparatus and computer program wherein the method includes: obtaining, from a detector, a detection of at least one bio-signal of a user of an apparatus; determining a mode of operation of the apparatus when the at least one bio-signal occurred; and correlating the at least one detected bio-signal of the user with the determined mode of operation in a bio-signal profile of the user of the apparatus. | 06-21-2012 |
20130021288 | Apparatuses, Methods and Computer Programs for a Virtual Stylus - Apparatus, the apparatus configured to: receive depth motion signalling associated with depth motion actuation of a physical stylus; and generate image data of a virtual stylus which has a virtual length according to the received depth motion signalling. | 01-24-2013 |
20130077810 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus including an electronic display and a stationary part, the stationary part configured to overlie the display face of the electronic display such that the display face of the electronic display is positioned behind the stationary part, the electronic display/display face configured to vibrate with respect to the stationary part, vibration of the electronic display/display face configured to displace air adjacent to the plane of the electronic display to generate sound waves in the direction of the stationary part, wherein the stationary part is substantially acoustically transparent and configured such that the sound waves generated by the vibrations are able to radiate through the stationary part. | 03-28-2013 |
20130211475 | Methods And Apparatus For Representing User Output Data By Transcutaneous Stimulation Of A User's Optic Nerve - Systems and techniques for providing data to a user in the form of perceived light signals caused by transcutaneous stimulation of the user's optic nerve. User output data, suitably representing data collected, generated, or processed by a data processing device, is used to generate user output data. The user output data is converted to representations corresponding to light signals, and control functions are performed to cause generation of electrical impulses which, when applied to the skin of a user, stimulate the optic nerve of the user so as to cause the user to perceive the light signals. | 08-15-2013 |
20130271370 | FREE HAND GESTURE CONTROL OF AUTOMOTIVE USER INTERFACE - A free hand gesture control user interface is described. Components of the interface system may include a stereo vision camera, or multiple cameras, a control unit, a projector and a projecting surface. In an automotive application, the projecting surface may be the windscreen in the vehicle or a mounted screen. The camera together with software modules in the control unit define a gesture acceptance border and a gesture acceptance space within which hand gestures may be imaged, defined for various control actions, and executed. The hand images are analyzed in slices of the gesture acceptance space to determine hand orientation (open or closed) and/or motion. | 10-17-2013 |
20130328648 | MAGNETIC SHIELDING APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising: a transducer configured to generate a static magnetic field; at least one magnet plate configured with respect to the transducer to produce a magnetically shielded region from the static magnetic field; and at least one further plate located between the transducer and an exterior of the apparatus and within the magnetically shielded region wherein the at least one magnetic shielding plate is configured to form a trap for particles. | 12-12-2013 |
20130342569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUGMENTING AN INDEX GENERATED BY A NEAR EYE DISPLAY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to augment an index image generated by a near eye display in order to more clearly present at least a portion of the index image. In the context of a method, a position of the mobile terminal relative to an index image generated by a near eye display is determined. The method also determines an image to be presented by the mobile terminal based upon the index image and the position of the mobile terminal relative to the index image. The method also causes the image to be presented by the mobile terminal. A corresponding apparatus and a computer program product are also provided. | 12-26-2013 |
20140040406 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUGGESTING A MESSAGE SEGMENT FOR A DRAFT A MESSAGE BASED ON A CONTEXTUAL CHARACTERISTIC - An apparatus may include a messaging module configured to suggest a message segment in order to draft a message. A contextual characteristic determiner may be used to determine contextual characteristics of the apparatus, the recipient of a call, and/or the user of the apparatus and thereby the messaging module may suggest the message segment based on the contextual characteristics. The contextual characteristics may include user emotions, which may be recognized by an emotion recognizer. Message segments may also be based on prior messaging history. Thereby, the apparatus may suggest message segments in order to more easily draft messages when, for example, initiating or responding to attempted voice communications. Further, the apparatus may include a reminder scheduler which is configured to schedule a reminder to respond to an attempted voice communication. | 02-06-2014 |
20140094156 | METHOD AND APPARATUS RELATING TO A MOOD STATE OF A USER - Apparatus configured to:
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20140147021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING INTERACTION WITH AN OBJECT VIEWABLE VIA A DISPLAY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate interaction with a computing device, such as interaction with an object viewable via a display of a computing device. In the context of a method, an object viewable via a display is identified, such as by facial recognition. The method also includes determining that the object has become aligned with an operation indicator as a result of movement of the display relative to the object. In response to determining that the object is aligned with the operation indicator, the method also performs an operation associated with the operation indicator. In this regard, a method may perform the operation upon at least one aspect associated with the object. Corresponding apparatus and computer program products are also provided. | 05-29-2014 |
20140292635 | EXPECTED USER RESPONSE - An apparatus comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: detect an indication that a user is available for interaction, responsive to detecting the indication, provide a haptic output pattern associated with an expected user response, detect a user input, wherein the user input is responsive to the haptic output pattern, compare the expected user response and the user input, and based on the said comparison, perform an action. | 10-02-2014 |
20140300532 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A NEAR-EYE DISPLAY - An apparatus, method and computer program where the apparatus comprises: at least one memory configured to store a computer program comprising computer program instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the computer program instructions to cause the apparatus at least to perform: obtaining, from at least one detector, a detection of at least one bio-signal from at least one user where the user is using a user output device; determining from the at least one obtained bio-signal that movement of the user's head is about to occur; and in response to determining that movement of the user's head is about to occur, enabling the processor to control the output provided by the user output device to coordinate with the movement of the user's head. | 10-09-2014 |
20140341420 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising a flexible substrate material ( | 11-20-2014 |
20150049899 | Apparatus And Method For Sound Reproduction - In an embodiment an apparatus includes a graphical display panel and a loudspeaker. The panel has a display layer for displaying images and defines a plurality of apertures penetrating through at least the display layer. The loudspeaker includes a diaphragm arranged substantially parallel to the display layer. Sound from the loudspeaker diaphragm is directed outside a host device through the apertures. The speaker may be an electret or a piezo-electric speaker for thinness. There may be apertures on an opposed side of the host device housing to achieve a dipole pattern which is directed and gives acoustic privacy to the user, or a rear acoustic cavity for a monopole pattern which more broadly disperses the sound. One illustrated embodiment is selectable between monopole and dipole. Size and total area of the holes determines acoustic resistance and so a method is described to determine those from physical parameters of the display panel. | 02-19-2015 |
20150081746 | System, A Data Structure for Controlling the System, and A Method for Updating the Data Structure - Co-occurrence data representing e.g. preferences and facts observed in a plurality of situations may be stored in a matrix as combinations of high-dimensional sparse vectors. The matrix may be called e.g. as an experience matrix. The data stored in the experience matrix may be subsequently utilized e.g. for predicting a preference of a user in a new situation. Co-occurrence data may be stored in the experience matrix may be updated by a method comprising determining a first word based on a state of a system and/or based on a physical quantity detected by a sensor, forming a first word group comprising the first word and a second word, associating the first word and the second word with a common sparse vector, associating the first word words with a first vector of a matrix, associating the second word with a second vector of the matrix, modifying the first vector of the matrix by adding contribution of the common sparse vector to the first vector of the matrix, and modifying the second vector of the matrix by adding contribution of the common sparse vector to the second vector of the matrix. | 03-19-2015 |
20150091730 | Controlling A User Alert - A method, apparatus and computer program are provided. The method comprises: performing a first detection of at least one bio-signal from at least one user; controlling a user output device to initiate a user alert, after performing the first detection of the at least one bio-signal; performing a second detection of the at least one bio-signal from the at least one user, after initiating the user alert; and processing the first detection of the at least one bio-signal and the second detection of the at least one bio-signal to determine whether one or more changes in the at least one bio-signal pass a significance test. | 04-02-2015 |
20150154285 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONTEXT - The invention relates to determining a context of a system so that the system can be controlled or the context information be used in the system. The context of a system is described with tags or words that characterize e.g. the state of the system, the surroundings of the system and the state of the user. These tags are determined at multiple time instances. The tags are collected over a first time span and a second time span, and the two (or more) sets of tags are used to determine the context of the system. If the determination using the two sets gives a different result, that is, there is a large distance between the two derived contexts, it is determined that a change in context has occurred. Detecting the change in context can be used to control the system, e.g. by changing the applications presented to the user on the user interface, or by changing the state and/or priority of applications. | 06-04-2015 |
20150177891 | WEARABLE APPARATUS SKIN INPUT - A method comprising receiving information indicative of a first skin resistance measurement indicative of absence of skin contact between a wear surface electrode sensor and a non-wear surface electrode sensor, receiving information indicative of a second skin resistance measurement indicative of skin contact between the wear surface electrode sensor and the non-wear surface electrode sensor, and determining a user input based, at least in part, on the second skin resistance measurement is disclosed. | 06-25-2015 |
20150178378 | Adaptive System - The invention relates to forming a prediction using an experience matrix, a matrix based on sparse vectors such as random index vectors. At least a part of a first experience matrix and at least a part of at least a second experience matrix are caused to be combined ( | 06-25-2015 |
20150222815 | ALIGNING VIDEOS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS - A method for obtaining a plurality of source videos in a processing device ( | 08-06-2015 |
20150281847 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL - An apparatus and method wherein the apparatus comprises: a diaphragm wherein the diaphragm is configured into a corrugated arrangement comprising a plurality of folds; a plurality of bias electrodes where the bias electrodes are provided between folds of the diaphragm; and an input configured to provide at least one control signal to the diaphragm to cause movement of the diaphragm to generate an acoustic signal; wherein the diaphragm is configured such that bending stiffness of the diaphragm provides a restoring force to the diaphragm which causes the diaphragm to return to a neutral position when no control signal is applied. | 10-01-2015 |