Qualcomm Incorporated

Interdigital Technology Corporation

Other

International Mobile Machines Corporation

Wade Lyle Heimbigner

Graham M Avis

David N Critchlow

Karle J Johnson

Moshe Yehushua

George Alan Wiley

Ricardo De Jesus Bernal Castillo

Louis Dominic Oliveira

Andre Schevciw

Hyun Jin Park

Sang-Uk Ryu

Mark Adam Cherry

Erik Visser

Babak Forutanpour

Dipanjan Sen

Paul Eric Jacobs

James A Hutchison, Iv

Brian Lee Momeyer

Dinesh Ramakrishnan

David C Stowers

Hui-Ya Liao Nelson

Asif Mohammad

Joseph Robert Fitzgerald

Brian Lee Evans

Steven A Mergenthaler

Andre Gustavo P Schevciw

Dawn E Beattie

Kevin M Beckwith

Sreekanth Narayanaswamy

Terry Lee Rickman

Mark E Millman

Andre Gustavo Schevciw

Aspects of the disclosure relate to using a display as a sound emitter and may relate to an electronic device including a display. In particular a vibration sensor such as an accelerometer is physically coupled to the display and senses display vibration to provide a high accuracy feedback loop with respect to representing actual audio output from the display. The electronic device includes an actuator physically coupled to the display and configured to cause vibration of the display in response to an audio signal. The electronic device further includes a vibration sensor physically coupled to the display and configured to output a vibration sensor signal proportional to the vibration of the display due to the actuator. The electronic device further includes a processor operably coupled to the vibration sensor. The processor is configured to adjust the audio signal based on the vibration sensor signal from the vibration sensor.

Feedback control for calibration of display as sound emitter

Aspects of the disclosure relate to using a display as a sound emitter and may relate to an electronic device including a display. In particular a vibration sensor such as an accelerometer is physically coupled to the display and senses display vibration to provide a high accuracy feedback loop with respect to representing actual audio output from the display. The electronic device includes an actuator physically coupled to the display and configured to cause vibration of the display in response to an audio signal. The electronic device further includes a vibration sensor physically coupled to the display and configured to output a vibration sensor signal proportional to the vibration of the display due to the actuator.

Feedback control for display as sound emitter

Aspects of the disclosure relate to using a display as a sound emitter and may relate to an electronic device including a display and for sound leak cancellation. A vibration sensor such as an accelerometer is physically coupled to the display and senses the display vibration to provide a signal representing actual acoustic output from the display. The electronic device includes a first actuator physically coupled to the display and configured to cause vibration of the display in response to a first audio signal. The electronic device further includes the vibration sensor configured to output a vibration sensor signal proportional to the vibration of the display. The electronic device further includes a second actuator physically coupled to a portion of the electronic device different from where the first actuator is physically coupled to the display and configured to cause vibration of the portion in response to a second audio signal.

Sound leak cancellation for display as sound emitter

A microphone device includes a microphone array configured to capture one or more audio objects associated with a three-dimensional sound field. The microphone array includes clusters of two or more microphone elements. Each cluster includes one or more acoustic port openings and two or more microphone elements coupled to the one or more acoustic port openings via corresponding acoustic ports. The microphone device also includes a processor coupled to the microphone array.

Microphone configurations

A system includes a feedback filter configured to receive an audio signal from a microphone and to process the audio signal based on a feedback path between a loudspeaker and the microphone. The system also includes an adaptive filter coupled to the feedback filter. The system further includes a signal combiner coupled to the microphone and to the adaptive filter.

In-vehicle communication signal processing

A method includes detecting an accessory device at a master device. The method also includes receiving, at the master device, active noise cancellation (ANC) coefficients associated with the accessory device in response to detecting the accessory device. The method also includes modifying audio content, at the master device, based on the ANC coefficients.

Apparatus and method for acquiring configuration data

A computing device includes a touch screen display with a plurality of force sensors, each of which provides a signal in response to contact with the touch screen display. Using force signals from the plurality of force sensors, a characteristic of the contact is determined, such as the magnitude of the force, the centroid of force and the shear force. The characteristic of the contact is used to select a command which is processed to control the computing device. For example, the command may be related to manipulating data displayed on the touch screen display, e.g., by adjusting the scroll speed or the quantity of data selected in response to the magnitude of force, or related to an operation of an application on the computing device, such as selecting different focal ranges, producing an alarm, or adjusting the volume of a speaker in response to the magnitude of force.

Force sensing touch screen

A microphone port design for a handheld device is disclosed. The microphone port design includes an elongated channel disposed in a first surface of the handheld device. A microphone port is located within the channel to reduce unwanted noise caused by air pressure build up around the microphone port opening due to coverage of the opening by a user's finger.

Block resistant microphone port design

A FIR chip is used in a wireless subscriber unit. The subscriber unit includes a processor for transcoding an input signal to provide digital input symbols. A received output signal is demodulated. Digital output symbols are synthesized from the demodulated output signal processor and filtered digital input symbols are provided. An internal address decoder decodes to allow the processor to access internal functions of the FIR chip. A control and status register allows the processor to read the status of and control the internal functions of the FIR chip. A FIR filter filters the digital input symbols. A transmit timer controls timing which allows the processor to control the FIR filter. A receive timer generates timing signals for timing transcoding operations and synthesizing operations connected to the processor.

FIR chip for use in a wireless subscriber unit

A subscriber unit has a processor. The processor provides an output phase signal corresponding to a selected output digital frequency. A tuning register buffers the phase signal. A lookup table has two sets of predefined stored values pertaining to the amplitude of a signal for a single quadrant. The predefined stored values comprise coarse angle approximations and fine angle approximations. A sine and cosine generator receives the phase signal and generates sine and cosine waveforms utilizing amplitude values obtained from the lookup table. The phase signal includes phase data and specifies the quadrant and the algebraic sign of the phase data. The sine and cosine generator accessing the lookup table differently depending upon the quadrant and sine of the phase data, such that the lookup table provides an amplitude value from the sets of predefined stored values based on the phase data. A modulator combines the sine and cosine waveforms to produce the selected output digital frequency and modulates digital frequency.

Subscriber unit producing a modulated digital frequency

An Automatic Gain Control System for voice codecs used in a digital wireless handset or in any other environment where there is a large amount of background noise. The invention utilizes the processing power available in Digital Signal Processor to adaptively adjust the gain of amplifier and filter in the transmit channel to eliminate audio distortion in a &ldquo;loud talker&rdquo; environment. The gain correction information is transmitted by the DSP to the digital filter and PCM I/O block in the 3 unused bits of the 16 bit PCM data word thus eliminating any additional connections.

Voice codec automatic gain control

The present invention is a method and system for processing communication signals in a wireless telecommunication system having at least two subscriber units. The subscriber units communicate with each other through a selected band of radio frequencies over a plurality of radio frequency channels. The system generates a fixed based radio frequency signal and a digital intermediate frequency signal. The fixed based radio frequency signal and the digital intermediate frequency signal are then combined to produce a carrier signal which is communicated between the at least two subscribers.

Digital synthesizer

An audio band processor and a method and circuit for controlling its gain. The audio band processor comprises a first variable gain amplifier for receiving an analog audio signal; an analog to digital converter for converting the analog audio signal to a digital audio signal; and an interface circuit for encoding the digital audio signal. The interface circuit also arranges the digital audio signal into a sequence of encoded transmit frames, and receives a sequence of encoded receive frames, each receive frame comprising a predetermined number of encoded digital audio signal data bits and a predetermined number of digital gain control bits. The interface circuit also adjusts a gain level of the first variable gain amplifier in response to the digital gain control bits. In another embodiment, the audio band processor further comprises a second variable gain amplifier, and the interface circuit adjusts a gain level of the second variable gain amplifier in response to the digital gain control bits.

Audio CODEC with AGC controlled by a VOCODER

A subscriber unit for wireless communication with a base station in a wireless subscriber communication system includes a FIR chip, a DIF (digital intermediate frequency) chip, a single prccessor chip and a radio. The processor chip transcodes a digital voice input signal to provide digital input symbols; demodulates an output signal received from the base station to provide digital output symbols; and synthesizes a digital voice output signal from the digital output symbols. The FIR chip FIR filters the digital input symbols and generates timing signals for timing the transcoding and synthesizing operations in the processor chip. The DIF chip digitally synthesizes a digital intermediate frequency signal by direct digital synthesis (DDS) and modulates the digital intermediate frequency signal with the filtered input symbols to provide a modulated intermediate frequency input signal. The radio further processes the modulated input signal for transmission to the base station.

A subscriber unit for wireless communication with a base station in a wireless subscriber communication system includes a FIR chip, a DIF (digital intermediate frequency) chip, a single processor chip and a radio. The processor chip transcodes a digital voice input signal to provide digital input symbols; demodulates an output signal received from the base station to provide digital output symbols; and synthesizes a digital voice output signal from the digital output symbols. The FIR chip FIR filters the digital input symbols and generates timing signals for timing the transcoding and synthesizing operations in the processor chip. The DIF chip digitally synthesizes a digital intermediate frequency signal by direct digital synthesis (DDS) and modulates the digital intermediate frequency signal with the filtered input symbols to provide a modulated intermediate frequency input signal. The radio further processes the modulated input signal for transmission to the base station.

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Wade Lyle Heimbigner