Sony Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Sony Mobile Communications Ab

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab

Anoto Group Ab

Per Åstrand

Henrik Bengtsson

Aleksandar Rodzevski

Kåre Agardh

Thomas Bolin

Mans Folke Markus Andreasson

Mats Wernersson

Bo Hakan Larsson

Linus Mårtensson

Markus Andreasson

Olivier Moliner

Karl Ola Thörn

Magnus Landqvist

Erik Johan Vendel Backlund

Zhinong Ying

Peter C Karlsson

Peter Isberg

Stjepan Begic

Bjorn Martin Lindquist

Björn Martin Gunnar Lindquist

Kristian Tärnhed

Alexandar Rodzevski

Björn Lindquist

Olivier Thierry Nicolas Moliner

Kristian TÄRNHED

Linus MÅRTENSSON

Karl Ola THÖRN

Erik Backlund

Embodiments are directed to automatically unlocking a user device based on proximity to a previously paired accessory. Embodiments include transmitting, by a transmitter of the first device (), an ultrasound message comprising a personal code exchanged between the first device () and a second device () in a previous pairing between the first device () and the second device (); receiving, by a receiver of the second device (), the ultrasound message; determining and initiating storing, by a processor () of the second device (), a timestamp associated with a time the ultrasound message was received by the second device (); determining, by the processor () of the second device (), the personal code; authenticating, by the processor () of the second device (), the personal code determined from the ultrasound message; and based at least in part on the timestamp, initiating unlocking, by the processor () of the second device (), at least one of the first device () or the second device ().

Authentication with ultrasound

A wireless device, such as a mobile device, for example, pairs with a peripheral device, such as a wristlet, for example, worn by the user. One or both of the wireless device and the peripheral device, each of which contact the user's skin, determine whether the other is in contact with the body of the same user. If both devices are in contact with the same body, the devices will pair with each other.

Pairing consumer electronic devices using a cross-body communications protocol

A system including a wireless communication device and a peripheral device communicate with each other using radio frequency (RF) waves that are propagated using a user's own body as a transmission medium. The wireless communication device selectively controls the transmit output power of the peripheral device to cause the peripheral device to transmit data and information in a low-power transmission mode. This minimizes the amount of RF waves that are received at the wireless communication device as reflected RF waves, but helps to ensure that the RF waves that do reach the wireless communication device are transmitted as surface waves along the user's skin. Responsive to the receipt of the surface waves, and based on a validity of the information carried by those surface waves, the wireless communication device transitions from a locked state to an unlocked state.

Adaptive transmit power adjustment for phone in hand detection using wearable device

Methods of providing communications between a wearable first wireless electronic device and a second wireless electronic device are provided. The methods include establishing a Body Area Network (BAN) link, through a human body of a user that is wearing the wearable first wireless electronic device, between the wearable first wireless electronic device and the second wireless electronic device, when the user touches a conductive button on the second wireless electronic device. Related wireless electronic devices and wearable wireless electronic devices are also provided.

Methods of providing body area network communications when a user touches a button of a wireless electronic device, and related wireless electronic devices and wearable wireless electronic devices

A user of a cellular telephone also has a peripheral device, such as a wristlet or ring, for example, that is worn on, and contacts, the user's body. When the user depresses a user control, such as a power button or other control on the cellular telephone, a Body Area Network (BAN) communication link is established between the cellular telephone and the peripheral device. The BAN link utilizes the user's body as a transmission medium to carry data between the cellular telephone and the peripheral device. Additionally, a passcode stored at the peripheral device is sent to the cellular telephone over the BAN link. If the passcode is valid, the device will bypass a passcode entry screen and unlock the cellular telephone for the user.

Automatic password handling

The invention is directed to input handover from a first device to a second device. An exemplary method comprises: establishing a connection between a first device and a second device; capturing a first image from the first device; capturing a second image from the second device; determining a location of the second device in reference to the first device based on comparing the first image and the second image; determining occurrence of a trigger event on the first device; and executing handover of an input instruction from the first device to the second device.

Input handover from a first device to a second device

Aspects of the invention relate to a hearing device for automatically enabling monitoring within the hearing device including an electronic module arranged for collecting environment data of the hearing device, wherein environment data is based on events in the vicinity of the hearing device, at least one sound reproducing unit arranged for receiving a first audio signal, wherein the electronic module includes a processor arranged to mix the received first audio signal and a monitored ambient sound signal based on the collected environment data. Aspects of the invention also related to a system and a method for automatically enabling monitoring within the hearing device.

Hearing device, method and system for automatically enabling monitoring mode within said hearing device

The present invention concerns wearable electronic communication devices () for control of data transfer in a personal area network. The wearable device is adapted for Body Coupled Communication in close proximity to a person's body. The wearable device comprises an antenna adapted for Body Coupled Communication and a capacitance sensor indicating that the wearable device is in close proximity to the body of the person or even in contact with the body or not. The invention also concerns a portable electronic communication device comprising the inventive wearable device for cooperation with at least a second portable electronic communication device in a personal area network.

Device for control of data transfer in local area network

The present invention concerns devices and methods for control of data transfer in a personal area network. The data transfer being performed by body coupled communication (BCC) and short-range wireless communication between a first portable electronic communication device () and a second portable electronic communication device (). The devices being adapted to be in close proximity to a body of a user and the first portable electronic communication device () is configured to initiate and perform execution of predefined actions by means of the method to cooperate with the second portable electronic communication device () in a system/personal area network.

Device and method for control of data transfer in local area network

A wireless mobile terminal works with an identification server to automatically identify a broadcast program/movie and then identify and connect to a networked media server to receive the identified program/movie therefrom. The terminal generates data that characterizes content of a broadcast program/movie that is send by the terminal and is playing external thereto. The terminal transmits a message that includes the characterization data and a request for identification of a media server from which the broadcast program/movie can be received. The identification server identifies the broadcast program/movie, and identifies a user viewed location within the identified program/movie that corresponds to what was sensed by the terminal. The identification server identifies an Internet address of a media server from which the terminal can receive transmission of the identified program/movie. The identification server transmits a message to the terminal that identifies the identified program/movie, the user viewed location therein, and the Internet address of the media server. The terminal responds to the message by establishing a communication connection to the identified media server and requesting transmission therefrom of the identified program/movie starting from a location corresponding to the user viewed location.

Terminals, servers, and methods that find a media server to replace a sensed broadcast program/movie

An object of the present invention is to provide a way of improving the stitching procedure. The object is achieved by a method in an electronic device for creating a combined image. The method comprises obtaining () a first set of at least two sub-images recorded by an array camera. The method further comprises obtaining () a second set of at least two sub-images recorded by the array camera. A first depth map is calculated for the first set of sub-images. The first depth map comprises information about a first plane of the sub-images and a second plane of the sub-images. The first plane being at a first distance from the point where the sub-images have been recorded, and the second plane being at a second distance from the point where the sub-images have been recorded. A second depth map is calculated for the second set of sub-images. The second depth map comprises information about the first plane and the second plane. The method further comprises stitching the first set of sub-images and the second set of sub-images in the first plane, and thereby obtaining a first stitched image. The first set of sub-images and the second set of sub-images are stitched in the second plane, and thereby obtaining a second stitched image. Finally the method comprises combining the first stitched image with the second stitched image and thereby creating the combined image.

Method and electronic device for creating a combined image

An object of the present invention is to provide a way of displaying content of an obscured area of a view for a user. The object is achieved by a method in an electronic device. The electronic device obtains () an information identifying a position of the obscured area in relation to the view. The electronic device further calculates () an information identifying the position of the obscured area on a display. The electronic device obtains () an information regarding the content of the view or part of the view when not obscured from a memory. The electronic device creates () an image relating to the content of the obscured area of the view. The electronic device further displays () the image on a place on the display that corresponds to the calculated () position of the obscured area in relation to the display.

Method and arrangement in an electronic device

Methods, portable electronic devices, systems and computer program products are provided for automatically creating a social networking service (SNS) session. The methods include generating at and transmitting from a first device a first audio and/or video fingerprint of an audio and/or video event. The first audio and/or video fingerprint has a first predetermined length (T). A second audio and/or video fingerprint is periodically transmitted to a server from the first device. The second audio and/or video fingerprint has a second predetermined length (t), smaller than the first predetermined length (T), and includes data associated with the audio and/or video event that is later in time than data included in the first audio and/or video fingerprint. The first device is joined to an SNS session, automatically created by the server, responsive to receipts at the server, of a third audio and/or video fingerprint having the first predetermined length (T) from a second device that includes a portion of the first audio and/or video fingerprint or the second audio and/or video fingerprint periodically transmitted from the first device.

Methods, portable electronic devices, systems and computer program products for automatically creating social networking services (SNS)

A virtual machine (VM) application may run a guest operating system (OS) and allow the guest OS to connect to USB devices connected to a computer. The VM application may filter the functions associated with the USB device so that only some of the functions of the USB device are exposed to the guest OS.

Selective exposure to USB device functionality for a virtual machine by filtering descriptors

A method performed by a mobile terminal may include receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors on a mobile terminal, determining when the received sensor data satisfies a rule, transmitting information from the mobile terminal to a network device, where the information includes at least one of an application identifier, a rule or some of the received sensor data, and connecting the mobile terminal to another mobile terminal, where the another mobile terminal is selected by the network device based on the transmitted information from the mobile terminal.

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Per Åstrand