Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett-packard Company

David H Hanes

Jon R Dory

John Michael Main

Matthew Flach

James Glenn Dowdy

Stephen F Bayless

Paul Boerger

Philip Michael Walker

Michael D Krause

Fred Charles Thomas, Iii

Lawrence Nathaniel Taugher

Robert Adam Baum

Fred Thomas

Charles Martin McJilton

Dimitri Collins-Elder

Jordan White

Danielle Saldanha

Jeri R Culp

In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a headset is described. The headset includes a sensory input device and a pad surrounding the sensory input device. The pad includes a thermo-electric cooling (TEC) device having a first side and a second side. The first side is to cool and the second side is to heat when a voltage is applied to the TEC device. The pad also includes a cooling layer in contact with the first side of the TEC device and a heat spreading layer in contact with the second side of the TEC device. The pad also includes an enclosing material enveloping the pad.

Thermo-electric cooling headsets

In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method may include receiving a temperature reading from a sensor coupled to the head mounted unit. A delta may be calculated based on the temperature reading and a predetermined temperature. A thermo-electric cooling device may be activated based on the delta surpassing a threshold. The thermo-electric cooling device utilizes thermally conductive plates, padding and fabric to transfer thermal energy.

Head mounted temperature controlled units

In an example implementation, a self-cooling headset includes an ear cup to form an ear enclosure when placed over a user's ear. A first check valve on the ear cup is to open and release a volume of air from the ear enclosure when a positive pressure within the ear enclosure overcomes a cracking pressure of the first check valve. A second check valve on the ear cup is to open and admit a volume of air into the ear enclosure when a partial vacuum within the ear enclosure causes an external pressure to overcome a cracking pressure of the second check valve.

Self-cooling headset

Examples associated with device haptic feedback are described. One example bag includes a power source integrated into the bag. The power source may provide power to an electronic device. The bag includes a device monitor module to monitor a state of the electronic device. A haptic feedback generator provides a haptic signal to a holder of the bag. The signal may be provided in response to a signal from the device monitor module regarding the state of the electronic device.

Device haptic feedback

A method of installing a plurality of headless devices includes: scanning for the plurality of headless devices that are to be initially installed and are not yet connected to any network; detecting a first headless device of the plurality of headless devices; communicatively coupling the first headless device to a network; and storing network data relating to the coupling of the first headless device to the network in a storage device. The method further includes scanning for a subsequent headless device of the plurality of headless devices; and determining if the subsequent headless device is to be communicatively coupled to the network using the stored network data. In response to a determination that the subsequent headless device is to be communicatively coupled to the network, the method includes using the stored network data, communicatively coupling the subsequent headless device to the network using the stored network data without user input of the network data; and then deleting the network data relating to the coupling of the first headless device to the network from the storage device when a last headless device has been connected to the network.

Headless device installations

A system is disclosed in which an eye-tracking sensor signal is received and a moving image is generated to be rendered on one or more displays based on the eye-tracking sensor signal. Responsive to an input control signal from a user-operable control device or based on a determination that the user's gaze direction is tracking the moving image, the system adjusts the moving image.

Moving image rendering using eye-tracking sensor signal

The present disclosure is drawn to an electronic device housing that can include a heat sensitive coating and a second heat sensitive coating applied to an electronic device housing. The heat sensitive coating or portion thereof can include a thermochromatic colorant having a color-changing activation temperature, and the second heat sensitive coating or portion thereof can include a second thermochromatic colorant having a second color-changing activation temperature. The color-changing activation temperature can be a temperature from 30&#xb0; C. to about 100&#xb0; C., and the second color-changing activation temperature can be at least 5&#xb0; C. greater than the color-changing activation temperature.

Electronic device housings

A computing device may include a processor, a plurality of input devices communicatively coupled to the processor of the computing device, a voice recognition device to detect audible input from a user, and a profile manager to manage application specific profiles for the plurality of input devices and, when executed by the processor, establish an application specific profile based on the audible input received by the voice recognition device.

Application-specific profile managers

In an example implementation, a self-cooling headset includes an ear cup to form an ear enclosure volume and a control volume. The headset also includes an intake valve to open and admit air from the ear enclosure volume into the control volume when a negative pressure is generated within the control volume, and an exhaust valve to open and release air from the control volume into the ambient environment when a positive pressure is generated within the control volume.

Self-cooling headsets

In one example of the disclosure, a communication apparatus includes a first microphone. The communication apparatus is to be wirelessly and contemporaneously connected to a set of microphones including the first microphone. The communication apparatus is to receive microphone data from each microphone of the set of microphones, wherein the microphone data is indicative of a user spoken phrase captured by the set of microphones. The communication apparatus is to establish based on the received microphone data a selected microphone from among the set of microphones.

Communication apparatuses

An input device that includes a mouse; a mousepad, that includes a sensor to detect a position of the mouse on a surface of the mousepad; a processor; an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to, when activated by the processor, indicate a position of the mouse on the surface of the mousepad; wherein the mouse comprises a button that, when activated, causes the processor to initiate an action based on the detected position of the mouse relative to the surface of the mousepad.

Mousepads with sensors

Headphones includes a pair of cups, each housing a speaker to be positioned over an ear of a user, a microphone, a processor, an actuator to move a member of at least one of the cups to uncover at least a portion of the ear of the user to expose the user to ambient sound, a user control to active a training mode of the headphones in which the processor operates the microphone to record relevant sounds occurring when the training mode is activated, the processor to subsequently analyze ambient sounds external to the headphones that are received by the microphone and compare those ambient sounds to the recorded relevant sounds and the processor to selectively activate the actuator to uncover at least a portion of the ear of the user to expose the user to ambient sound in response to determining that the ambient sounds match the relevant sounds.

Alerting users to events

Headphones include a pair of cups, each housing a speaker to be positioned over an ear of a user, a processor, a cooling mechanism disposed within each of the cups to regulate environmental conditions inside of the cups to match environmental thresholds provided by a virtual reality device displaying a virtual reality environment to the user, a temperature sensor and at least one additional environmental sensor disposed within each of the cups to monitor the environmental conditions inside the cups, the processor to subsequently analyze data associated with the sensors and compare the data to the environmental thresholds and the processor to selectively activate the cooling mechanism based on the comparison.

Regulating environmental conditions inside cups of headphones

In some examples, with respect to augmented reality based virtual dashboard implementation, features of a physical computer system display may be identified. Based on the identified features of the physical computer system display, boundaries of a virtual dashboard may be determined. Based on the determined boundaries of the virtual dashboard, an augmented reality display may be generated for an augmented reality device. The augmented reality display may include a view of the physical computer system display and may further include a virtual reality display of the virtual dashboard adjacent to and outside of the identified features of the physical computer system display. The virtual dashboard may include content displayed thereon.

Augmented reality based virtual dashboard implementations

In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a user interface system is described. The system includes a user interface surface. A strike sensor disposed on an underside of the user interface surface detects a strike to the user interface surface and distinguishes between movement of the user interface device along the user interface surface and a strike to the user interface surface. A haptic feedback device generates haptic feedback responsive to a detected strike.

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David H Hanes