Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab

Sony Mobile Communications Ab

Sony Network Communications Europe B.v.

Peter Isberg

Ola Karl Thörn

Rickard Ljung

Olivier Moliner

Daniel Lonnblad

Henrik Bengtsson

Käre Agardh

Erik L Bengtsson

Lars Nord

Peter C Karlsson

Thomas Bolin

Bo Hakan Larsson

Magnus Midholt

Magnus Persson

Pär-Anders Aronsson

Simon Henning

Per Åstrand

Stefan Gustavsson

Andrej Petef

Hakan Jonsson

Petter Alexandersson

Petter Alexanderson

Thomas Waldner

Björn Gröhn

Kjell Krona

Anci Johansson

Richard Folke Tullberg

Ola Thörn

Daniel LÖNNBLAD

A method includes determining multiple sound-exposure doses () for multiple time intervals of a discretized and rolling sequence () of time intervals (-). The method also includes determining a cumulative sound-exposure dose based on a combination of the sound-exposure doses (). The combination comprises a weighted contribution of the sound-exposure dose of at least one earliest time interval of the rolling sequence () of time intervals (-).

Dosimeter for sound exposure

A method of post-processing an audio recording in an audio production equipment () includes receiving at least one audio track () of the audio recording, analyzing one or more characteristics () of the at least one audio track () to identify a timing of one or more points of interest (-) of a content (-) of the at least one audio track (), and adding, to the audio recording and at the timing of the one or more points of interest (-), one or more audience reaction effects (-).

Post-processing of audio recordings

The media production element () combines media content from a plurality of streaming electronic devices when they are registered to be within the same streaming event. The media production element () can produce a combined live video stream or a combined media production using selections and combinations of the streamed content provided by the multiple electronic devices. A network assistance device () can determine event-coordinated uplink network assistance data with the goal of prioritizing resource allocation to clients/electronic devices that currently are used for the combined media production, and assign less resources to those that are not currently used. Rather than optimizing individual links, the event-coordinated uplink network assistance data is determined by taking the aggregated capacity and the production needs of the media production element () into account.

Network controlled uplink media transmission for a collaborative media production in network capacity constrained scenarios

An image capturing device may include a recording circuit configured to record multimedia data of a field of view of the image capturing device, a receiving circuit configured to receive a wireless signal from a wireless sensor, a location determining circuit configured to determine, based on the received wireless signal, a location of the wireless sensor, and a storage circuit configured to store data associated with the wireless sensor responsive to a comparison of the determined location of the wireless sensor and the field of view of the image capturing device so as to create an association between the data associated with the wireless sensor and the recorded multimedia data.

Multimedia capture and editing using wireless sensors

The media production element combines media content from a plurality of streaming electronic devices when they are registered to be within the same streaming event. The media production element can produce a combined live video stream or a combined media production using selections and combinations of the streamed content provided by the multiple electronic devices. A network assistance device can provide feedback to the media production element regarding network conditions for the electronic devices that are registered to an event. Such feedback can prevent bad network connections from affecting the final media production by helping the media production element to decide which data stream to use in the production and when to switch from an electronic device that can be on its way to losing optimum radio conditions.

Method and system for utilizing network conditions feedback for improving quality of a collaborative media production

The media production element combines media content from a plurality of streaming electronic devices when they are registered to be within the same streaming event. The media production element can produce a combined live video stream or a combined media production using selections and combinations of the streamed content provided by the multiple electronic devices. A network assistance device can receive priority information from the media production element and determine event-coordinated uplink network assistance data based on an event priority assignment corresponding to the event or an individual priority assignment corresponding to a particular device registered to the event with the goal of prioritizing resource allocation to clients/electronic devices that currently are used for the combined media production, and assigning less resources to those that are not currently used or have a lower priority.

Method and system utilizing event specific priority in a network controlled uplink media transmission for a collaborative media production

A device and method generate a sound masker to mask sound of the ambient environment. More specifically, spectral characteristics of sound in the ambient environment are determined, where the spectral characteristics are determined in terms of auditory excitation patterns. A database of pre-recorded sounds is searched to identify at least one pre-recorded sound that has spectral characteristics corresponding to the spectral characteristics of the sound in the ambient environment. At least a portion of the identified at least one pre-recorded sound is reproduced to mask the sound in the ambient environment.

Spectrum matching in noise masking systems

The invention relates to a system for automatically creating a soundtrack, comprising a camera device (') for recording a user-generated video, at least one wearable sensor (&#x2032;), and a control unit (&#x2032;) in communication with the camera device (&#x2032;) and the at least one wearable sensor (&#x2032;). The control unit (&#x2032;) is adapted to generate the soundtrack based on data gathered from the at least one wearable sensor (&#x2032;) during the recording of the user-generated video. The invention further relates to a method for automatically creating a soundtrack, computer program product, a computer readable memory storage unit computing arrangement or mobile device () for executing the method.

Method and system for automatically creating a soundtrack to a user-generated video

A streaming client () receives or sends information on a type of node of a node () for assisting streaming of data. Based on the information on the type of node, the streaming client selects the node to assist in streaming of data to the streaming client (). The information on the type of node may be conveyed in a message transmitted from the streaming client () or in a message to the streaming client ().

Node type based control of assistance for data streaming

An electronic communications terminal records in a memory a sampled audio segment of sound sensed by a micro-phone. A time stamp associated with timing of the recording of the sampled audio segment is determined and stored in the memory associated with the sampled audio segment. The sampled audio segment and the time stamp are transmitted through a network interface toward a location service client of a network node that determines location of the electronic communications terminal based on correlating the sampled audio segment and other sampled audio segments of the sound received from other electronic communications terminals. A related network node and corresponding methods by terminals and network nodes are disclosed.

Acoustic ranging based positioning of objects using sound recordings by terminals

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 system and method are provided for controlling the own-voice experience of a user who talks while an earpiece is mounted to occlude an ear of the user. A vibration sensor is engaged with the user's head to sense vibrations formed by the user speaking and conducted by the user's head to the vibration sensor. A signal generator operates a speaker element, which is integrated with the earpiece, to generate sound waves in the ear canal of the user, based on the output signal of the vibration sensor. The signal generator generates the sound waves to at least partially cancel other sound waves that are generated by at least part of said vibrations entering the ear canal from surrounding bone and/or tissue. The system and method counteracts the occlusion effect and are applicable in connection with in-ear headsets, earphones, in-ear headphones, in-ear monitors, circumaural headphones, hearing aids, earplugs and earmuffs.

Controlling own-voice experience of talker with occluded ear

A wireless audio system includes microphone devices that are established as part of a wireless communication network. A common radio signal is selected by the microphone devices from radio signals available in the environment. Respective sampling clocks are derived by the microphone devices based on the common radio signal. Audio signals are recorded by the microphone devices based on the respective sampling clocks that were derived. Related sampling microphone methods, devices and systems are described.

Systems, methods, and devices for deriving sampling clocks for microphones in a wireless audio system

The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for adjusting audio properties after recording an audio. An exemplary method includes recording audio using an audio capturing system, wherein the recorded audio is associated with an audio level; determining one or more audio signal properties associated with the recorded audio; comparing the audio level with a first predetermined threshold level; and in response to determining the audio level is greater than a first predetermined threshold level, adjusting the recorded audio based at least partially on modifying the one or more determined audio signal properties, wherein the adjusting step is performed a finite time interval following the recording step.

Smart automatic audio recording leveler

A digital photograph is processed by receiving a communication related to the digital photograph from an application external to an image storage device that stores the digital photograph. Parameters related to the application are processed. The digital photograph is changed based on the parameters related to the application. Related methods, devices, and/or computer program products are described.

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Peter Isberg