Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140152425 | TOUCH SENSOR AND RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A touch sensor and RFID apparatus is described. In one implementation, the apparatus includes a passive RFID module disposed proximate to a touch panel, and a control module configured to receive an electrical signal from the passive RFID module. The apparatus may be configured to determine, based on a characteristic of the electrical signal, whether the passive RFID module has been energized by an RFID reader or, in the alternative, has exhibited an impedance change as a result of contact being made with the touch panel. The apparatus may also be configured to operate in a first mode if the passive RFID module is determined to have been energized by an RFID reader, or, in the alternative, operate in a second mode if the passive RFID module is determined to have been energized as a result of contact being made with the touch panel. Additionally, the control module can read from or write to the passive RFID module via direct electrical excitation over a wire or wires connecting the passive RFID module to the control module. | 06-05-2014 |
20140218177 | RFID COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING METHODS - An electronic device ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140263648 | ASSEMBLIES, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR WEARABLE AUTHENTICATION - Some battery-powered devices, such as smartphones, can be unlocked with use of wearable NFC (Near Field Communication) authentication devices. However, using conventional NFC authentication procedures is expensive in terms of power consumption because of continual rediscovery and reauthentication of the wearable authentication device. To address this, the present inventors, devised, among other things, more efficient methods for authenticating NFC-tagged authentication device, such as rings. For example, one embodiment uses two NFC polling loops or structures, instead of one as conventionally done. The first loop, used for initial authentication, entails scanning for two or more types of NFC tags. And the second loop, invoked after initial authentication, scans for a smaller subset of the two or more types to conserve battery power. | 09-18-2014 |
20140266624 | Wearable Authentication Device - Conventional Near Field Communication (NFC) authentication devices sometimes waste their users' time by requiring users to repeatedly reorient the devices to an NFC reader to complete authentication. To reduce the need for this reorientation, the present inventors, devised, among other things, an authentication assembly including two or more antennas configured for connection to a single NFC-tag circuit. In some embodiments, the assembly is built into an adjustable ring that can authenticate a user to an NFC-equipped electronic device, for example a smart phone, associated with the ring. In this configuration, each of the antennas generate a magnetic field generally perpendicular to an outer surface of the ring when excited with an appropriate signal, providing the ring with multiple options for establishing an inductive coupling to an NFC sensor in the electronic device without requiring the user to reorient the ring. | 09-18-2014 |
20150091704 | Method and System for Initiating a Function in an Electronic Device - A method, performed by a tag device that is coupled to an electronic device, for initiating a function in the electronic device includes receiving a signal from an interrogator device. The method also includes determining from the signal to initiate a function in the electronic device, and signaling the electronic device to initiate the function. | 04-02-2015 |
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20090043587 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING RECOGNITION ACCURACY IN SPEECH RECOGNITION APPLICATIONS - A speech recognition system and method are provided to correctly distinguish among multiple interpretations of an utterance. This system is particularly useful when the set of possible interpretations is large, changes dynamically, and/or contains items that are not phonetically distinctive. The speech recognition system extends the capabilities of mobile wireless communication devices that are voice operated after their initial activation. | 02-12-2009 |
20090216525 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING HOMONYMS IN A SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A system and method for homonym treatment in a speech recognition system and method are provided. The system and method for homonym treatment in a speech recognition system may be used in a mobile wireless communication devices that are voice operated after their initial activation. | 08-27-2009 |
20110244843 | VOICE-CONTROLLED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A BADGE APPLICATION - A communication system has a control computer, one or more concentrators and one or more access device each having a badge application that communicates wirelessly with the one or more concentrators. The access device with the badge application provides the user with a communications device that permits the user to initiate telephone calls and conferences, receive telephone calls, receive pages and be located within a particular environment. | 10-06-2011 |
20140039894 | SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING GROUP CALL STATISTICS - An enhanced speech recognition system and method are provided that may be used with a voice recognition wireless communication system. The enhanced speech recognition system and method take advantage of group to group calling statistics to improve the recognition of names by the speech recognition system. | 02-06-2014 |