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Sony Electronics Inc

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General Instrument Corporation

Saturn Licensing LLC

Motorola Corporation

General Instrument Corporation of Delaware

Convida Wireless, LLC

Brant L Candelore

Leo M Pedlow, Jr

Peter Rae Shintani

Mahyar Nejat

Henry Derovanessian

Graham Clift

Frederick J Zustak

Steven Richman

Robert Winston Blanchard

Leo M Pedlow

Adam Michael Goldberg

Robert Allan Unger

Fred Ansfield

Luke Fay

Loren F Pineda

Mark Eyer

Robert Hardacker

Stephane Lejeune

Jon D Garrett

Tatsuya Igarashi

Christopher Jensen Read

Leo Pedlow

Paul Hearty

Kazumoto Kondo

Dayan Golden

Eric J Sprunk

Rolf Toft

Andrew M Proehl

Toshiro Ozawa

George Edward Williams

David Boyden

Aravind Asam

Takashi Hironaka

Zicheng Guo

Matthew Chang

Koichi Oshima

Nicholas James Colsey

Xudong Yu

Fred Zustak

David K L Yang

Aditya Krishnan

James Bonan

Chris Read

Leo M,jr Pedlow

Paul Moroney

James Richard Milne

Harold Aaron Ludtke

Yuko Nishikawa

Takaaki Ota

David Alan Desch

Thomas Poslinski

Philip McKay

Michael A Bergeron

Behram daCosta

Himgan Wibisono

Andy Proehl

Ron Diaz

Arturo Jordan

William Tseng

Gregory Mirsky

Tom Poslinski

Setsuko Watanabe

John Garrett

Erik N Larson

Hoda Sayyadinejad

Steven Martin Richman

Mark Kenneth Eyer

Stephan Lejeune

An electronic apparatus and method for control of playback of audio content based on ad-related restrictions is provided. The electronic apparatus acquires the audio content associated with a playback of multimedia content on a display device. The electronic apparatus extracts an audio portion from the audio content. The electronic apparatus generates audio features based on analysis of the audio portion. The electronic apparatus determines the audio portion as an advertisement audio, based on a match between the audio features and information associated with the advertisement audio in a database of advertisement content. The electronic apparatus determines a location of the advertisement audio in a playback timeline of the audio content. The electronic apparatus controls the playback of the audio content via an audio reproduction device, based on the location. The playback is controlled such that the advertisement audio is inaudible in a duration of the playback of the audio content.

Playback control of audio content based on ad-related restrictions

A method for providing selectivity to a speech-to-text system operates a voice transcription assistant coupled to the speech-to-text system such that speech detected by the speech-to-text system is not transcribed into text for display to a user unless the voice transcription assistant determines that the detected speech is relevant to the user. Smart glasses, including at least one microphone, a speech-to-text processing unit, a display, and a voice transcription assistant, provide selective speech-to-text functionality. The voice transcription assistant has one or more processors; and logic encoded in one or more non-transitory media for execution by the one or more processors and when executed operable to prevent the speech-to-text processing unit providing text to the display in response to the reception of speech by the microphone unless the logic determines that the received speech is relevant to the user.

Selective speech-to-text for deaf or severely hearing impaired

An electronic device and method for authentication of users based on re-entry of passwords is provided. The electronic device retrieves a pre-stored password associated with a user and a predefined number associated with the retrieved pre-stored password. The retrieved predefined number corresponds to a number of times an entry of a correct password is required for an authentication of the user. The electronic device receives a set of user inputs that corresponds to an entered password associated with the user. The electronic device compares, for the number of times associated with the user, the entered password in each user input with the retrieved pre-stored password. The electronic device determines that the entered password in each user input corresponds to the retrieved pre-stored password, based on the comparison. The electronic device authenticates the user based on the determination and controls a display device to render authentication information based on the authentication.

Authentication of users based on re-entry of passwords

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus is coupled with an ultraviolet light source. The electronic apparatus acquires information associated with a first object. The acquired information relates to one of a location of the first object, a distance between the first object and the ultraviolet light source, or an angular orientation of the first object from the ultraviolet light source. The electronic apparatus determines, based on the acquired information, one or more control parameters for the ultraviolet light source to disinfect the first object. The one or more control parameters relate to at least one of an amount of time for emission of the ultraviolet light, a wavelength of an ultraviolet light emitted by the ultraviolet light source, or an inclination of the emitted ultraviolet light. The electronic apparatus controls, based on the determined one or more control parameters, the ultraviolet light source to disinfect the first object.

Apparatus and method for disinfection of object

Cognitive aids for various aspects of an audio book may be provided to aid an end-user in following the book's characters and plot and to remind the end-user about prior aspects of the audio book. In some specific examples, the aid may be requested audibly, and the plot data and/or other data may be presented audibly.

Cognitive aid for audio books

An electronic apparatus and method for retransmission of signals using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a controller to control a movement of a UAV to a location within a signal coverage area associated with a remote transmitter. The electronic apparatus further includes receiver circuitry disposed on the UAV to receive a first signal from the remote transmitter. The first signal corresponds to a first wireless communication standard. The electronic apparatus further includes a signal processor to process the first signal to obtain a second signal and transmission circuitry to control one or more antennas disposed on the UAV to transmit a beam of the second signal to an electronic device that includes one or more receivers. The second signal corresponds to a second wireless communication standard which is same as or different from the first wireless communication standard.

Retransmission of signals using aerial vehicles

An electronic device and method for delivery of extended emergency notifications through sensory feedback is provided. The electronic device receives a signal from an Emergency Alert System (EAS) that includes one or more of a broadcast system or an Internet-based system. The electronic device extracts emergency information from the received signal. Thereafter, the electronic device determines an external device that is communicatively coupled to the electronic device. The electronic device controls the external device to generate a type of sensory feedback that corresponds to an emergency alert. The type of sensory feedback is generated based on at least a portion of the emergency information.

Delivery of extended emergency notifications through sensory feedback

An apparatus is provided for disinfection of an object. The apparatus includes a rotatable platform, a reflective surface on the rotatable platform, and a transmissive base to carry the object. The apparatus acquires information associated with the object, which includes one of a size of the object, a relative position, or an angular orientation of the object with respect to an ultraviolet light source. The apparatus determines one or more control parameters based on the acquired information, which includes one of a distance between the transmissive base and the reflective surface, a time period, or a speed of rotation of the rotatable platform. Based on the one or more control parameters, the apparatus controls a movement of the transmissive base and the rotation of the rotatable platform, to cause the reflective surface to reflect an ultraviolet light emitted by the ultraviolet light source onto the object, via the transmissive base.

A method for receiving an alarm sound at a hearing aid including the steps of: receiving sound at a hearing aid, wherein the sound is an alarm; determining a type of alarm; and generating a notification based on the type of alarm.

Hearing aid for alarms and other sounds

An electronic device is provided for control of an execution of a third-party application based on a blacklisting function. The electronic device includes circuitry that executes a monitor application that is a part of an operating system rooted onto the electronic device. The monitor application has system privileges to examine the code and execution of the third-party application installed on the electronic device. The circuitry identifies, by the monitor application, one or more requests to access a network resource from a runtime code of the third-party application. The circuitry extracts, by the monitor application, one or more first network resource identifiers associated with the network resource from the one or more requests. The circuity compares, by the monitor application, the first network resource identifiers with the blacklist associated with the monitor application. The circuitry controls, by the monitor application, the execution of the third-party application based on the comparison.

Anti-piracy control based on blacklisting function

To enable a person to quickly and easily establish an audio profile for a TV, speaker, or other audio device, an audio profile is downloaded to the TV or speaker (and stored, if desired). The profile in the recipient device can be one of many that can be interchanged quickly on-the-fly. A voice assistant may enable the person to pick an audio profile from a list of audio profiles or user interface, either on the TV or the device the profile was created on. Using either method, voice assistant or UI, the profile can be downloaded from a mobile or PC device where the profile was created, or from the cloud where a previously created profile was uploaded and stored. A dual UI using voice and visual on-screen options makes the profiles accessible to most people.

Quick and easy audio profile creation and use

Implementations generally relate to hearing aids. In some implementations, a method includes receiving outside sound at a hearing aid. The method further includes amplifying the outside sound. The method further includes generating an in-ear announcement. The method further includes providing the in-ear announcement, wherein the in-ear announcement is at a higher volume level than the outside sound.

Hearing aid in-ear announcements

An electronic device and method for real-time verification of Caller IDs for live-human and robot call filtering is provided. A first electronic device receives an incoming first call from a second electronic device associated with a Caller identification (ID). The first electronic device transmits a verification text message to the second electronic device using the Caller ID, while the first call is still incoming. The first electronic device receives a response to the verification text message and compares the received response with a pre-defined response. If the response is correct and received within a predefined time, the first electronic device allows the call to connect. If a correct response is received beyond the predefined time, the Caller ID is added to a whitelist so that a next call from the same Caller ID is received automatically. In such case, the current first call is redirected to a voicemail system.

Real time verification of caller identification (ID)

An electronic device is provided for control of playback based on image capture. The electronic device includes circuitry. The circuitry is communicatively coupled to an imaging apparatus and a rendering device that plays content. The circuitry acquires, from the imaging apparatus, one or more images of a user of the electronic device and a physical space associated with the user. The circuitry detects a lip movement of the user based on the acquired one or more images. The circuitry determines whether the user is in a conversation based on the detected lip movement of the user. The circuitry controls playback of the content on the rendering device based on the determination.

Playback control based on image capture

A hearing aid includes a microphone, and a processing unit. The microphone is configured to receive sound incident on the hearing aid and deliver a corresponding microphone output to the processing unit. The processing unit is configured to process the microphone output to determine whether the incident sound comprises potentially harmful sound, and to generate a processor output including a processed version of the microphone output. A method of protecting a hearing aid wearer from sudden loud sounds uses a microphone in the hearing aid to receive incident sound and deliver a corresponding microphone output to a processing unit in the hearing aid. The processing unit processes the microphone output to generate a first processor output, determined by whether the incident sound includes potentially harmful impulsive sound, and a second processor output including a processed version of the microphone output.

Hearing aids providing protection against sudden loud sounds

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