Nokia Corporation

Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Blackberry Corporation

Volkswagen Ag

Nokia Technologies Oy

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Research in Motion Corporation

Wolfgang Theimer

Reza Serafat

Ernst Zielinski

Jens Kampermann

Sebastian Gehrling

Klaus Rateitschek

Peter Weingart

Udo Gortz

Andree Ross

Matthias Mohaupt

Thomas Schetelig

Jakke Mäkelä

Peter Buth

Knut Haberland-Schlösser

Udo Görtz

Matthias Lück

Frank Von Heimburg

Marc A Drader

Vytautas Robertas Kezys

Mohammed Nawaf Smadi

Olaf Joeressen

Peter Decker

Wolfgang Edeler

Axel E Meyer

Sven Klomp

Andreas Myka

Klaus-Dieter Meierling

Karsten Lehn

Gerd Penshorn

Gunther Heinrich Burghardt

Sawako-Eeva Hayashi

Amir Imam

Klaus Meierling

Dirk Gaschler

Jens Koenig

Ari Salomaki

Frank Dufhues

Christian Steinert

Thomas Druke

Tomi Huttula

Frederik Nicolas Goerges

Thomas Balon

Jari Saarhelo

Henning Taschke

Ahmed Ali

Esref Köse

Sandra Jürgensmeier

Jessica Apfel

Sarah Strygulec

Harri Valio

Turkka Keinonen

Mika Leppinen

Christian Tendyck

Klaus Kespohl

Anne Kirjavainen

Anne Koppinen

Jari Kaikkonen

Maximiliano Roque-Cerna

Simona Grothues

Roland Schink

Mika Suonmaa

Amir Iman

Klaus Rateitscheck

Rolf Schuster

Hannu Hakala

Heikki Laine

Harri Koskinen

Hans Hansen

Andreas Krüger

Dominic Sacre

Kevin Ang

Pascal Wissmann

Heinz Henning Taschke

Günther Heinrich Burghardt

Maksym Nechytaylo

Gordon Larson

Jithin Reju

Rafael Reinhold

Mohammed Smadi

A method for executing an application on a distributed system architecture having an application client for receiving input data and for providing output data; a local application server on the application client; at least one remote application server for receiving input data from the application client for processing input data for the application client and for returning processed input data to the application client; and an application manager for assigning the application to the local application server or to the at least one remote application server. The method includes determining a first round-trip time, determining a second round-trip time, determining a tolerance time for receiving and processing input data for the application, comparing the two round-trip times with the tolerance time, and assigning the application to the local application server or to the at least one remote application server based on the comparison.

Method for running an application on a distributed system architecture

A method for the spatially resolved detection of an object outside a transportation vehicle with the aid of a sensor installed in a transportation vehicle wherein the viewing direction of a transportation vehicle occupant is captured. The captured viewing direction is analyzed over a period and a region of interest outside the transportation vehicle is determined. The sensor is then spatially sensitized and/or oriented in the direction of the determined region of interest.

Method and apparatus for the spatially resolved detection of an object outside a transportation vehicle with the aid of a sensor installed in a transportation vehicle

A method for assisting a transportation vehicle occupant located in a transportation vehicle wherein user information regarding the behavior and/or the state of a transportation vehicle occupant and transportation vehicle parameters of the transportation vehicle are gathered. The gathered user information and transportation vehicle parameters are combined and jointly analyzed and at least one behavior pattern of the transportation vehicle occupant is determined from the jointly analyzed user information and transportation vehicle parameters. The behavior pattern is stored together with the user information. In a subsequent gathering of user information, this user information is compared with the user information behavior pattern previously stored. When there is conformance with the behavior pattern, a transportation vehicle function is automatically carried out.

Method and device for supporting a vehicle occupant in a vehicle

An apparatus, a method and a computer program for characterizing antenna units in a predefined space. The antenna units provide coverage with radio services for a mobile transceiver in the space. An antenna unit is operated in two modes of operation, sending and receiving. At least one first antenna unit has multiple radiation characteristics. The method includes operating the first antenna unit in a first mode of operation and operating a second antenna unit in the second mode of operation and varying the radiation characteristics of the first antenna unit and capturing information about transmission properties between the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit for the radiation characteristics. The method also includes characterizing the antenna units based on the information about the transmission properties.

Device, method and computer program for characterizing antenna units in a predefined space

A hand of a user may be detected in free space, where a plurality of surface points are determined and include a center area surface point and at least two surface points of the plurality of surface points located on a periphery of the surface of the hand. A curve extending through the plurality of surface points may be determined based on a position of a curvature. The plurality of surface points are processed to determine if the plurality of surface points of the detected hand are arranged in at least one of a substantially concave area relative to the sensor, and/or a substantially convex area relative to the sensor. The detected hand may be identified as a palm or back of the hand based on the processing of the plurality of surface points.

User interface, means of movement, and methods for recognizing a user's hand

Methods and devices for wirelessly transmitting content from a source device to a sink device are disclosed. The method comprises: identifying one or more data types associated with a display frame displayed on the source device; selecting a transmission format for the display frame in accordance with the one or more identified data types, wherein the transmission format is selected from the group consisting of screencasting, graphics processing unit (GPU) processing, or GPU processing with media streaming; and sending visual information representing the display frame in the transmission selected transmission format to the sink device. One or a combination of latency, image/video quality, and power consumption associated with the wireless transmission may be used to adapt the wireless transmission.

Method for wirelessly transmitting content from a source device to a sink device

In a method for interacting with a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface is depicted with at least one image object on a display device. The viewing direction and the position of a user of the graphical user interface depicted on the display device is determined, and an image object viewed by the user that is depicted on the graphical user interface is determined from the detected viewing direction and position of the user. Moreover, the distance of the user from the viewed image object is determined from the position of the user and the position of the viewed image object on the display device. When it is determined that the distance of the user from the viewed image object has been reduced and the image object was still viewed by the user, additional information is output to the user.

Method and device for interacting with a graphical user interface

The method simplifies the formation of groups of devices in secure spaces. Such spaces may be passenger compartments of vehicles, and the passenger compartments can additionally be partitioned into zones. Each zone can be allocated a group. For instance, driver and front-seat passenger can be allocated to one group. The travelers in the rear seat-rows can be allocated to another group. This allows data exchange with driver and front-seat passenger that relates to the vehicle route or even relates to vehicle assistance systems. The other group, for instance, children travelling in the vehicle, can share other data, for instance, for entertainment purposes. The acceptance of systems offered in the vehicle can be increased by simple group formation.

Device, method, and computer program for grouping devices by location

An apparatus, a vehicle, a method, a computer program and a radio system for radio coverage in a predefined space. The method includes operating at least one transmission and/or reception antenna in the predefined space to cover at least one subregion of the predefined space using at least one element having an active area in the predefined space taking into consideration the subregion to be covered, wherein the active area of the element influences the propagation conditions of signals of the radio system.

Apparatus, vehicle, method, computer program and radio system for radio supply in a predefined space

System and method for detecting an input for an apparatus inside a vehicle, wherein at least one moving user device generates a changing electromagnetic field. A detection unit detects at least one field parameter of the electromagnetic field, wherein the detected field parameter is a function of the geometric arrangement of the user device relative to the detection unit. A radio signature of the user device is determined based on the detected field parameters, and a signature sequence is determined based on a sequence of time-sequentially determined radio signatures of the user device. The determined signature sequence is then assigned to an input gesture, and whereby, based on the input gesture, a signal is generated and output.

Method and system for detecting an input to a device

The invention relates to a method for controlling a system, especially an electrical and/or electronic system comprising at least one application device. To simplify and to facilitate the use of the system it is provided that control information input is interpreted in accordance with available application devices and an application device is controlled in accordance with the result of the interpretation.

Method for controlling a system, especially an electrical and/or electronic system comprising at least one application device

The present invention relates to location/position-based context awareness for devices and mobile terminal devices, respectively. In particularly, the present invention relates to an infrastructure entity performing the location/position-based context awareness for a portable terminal device. According to the present invention an infrastructure entity and a method operable therewith for serving distance-dependent context information relating to a defined environment is provided. For instance, terminal/object distances are determined in accordance with a position of a portable terminal, each position of a plurality of objects and a position of an infrastructure entity, which is adapted to serve the aformentioned distance-dependent context information. Context information, which is associated with each of the plurality of object, is provided for being selected. Context information is selected from provided context information on the basis of the determined terminal/object distances. The selected context information is finally transmitted to the portable terminal for being processed thereon.

Position-based context awareness for mobile terminal device

The invention relates to an electronic device offering a plurality of menu items to a user. In order to enable a user friendly selection of the menu items, the electronic device comprises a screen, user input means, storing means adapted to store parameters for a virtual model of a user and processing means. The processing means are adapted to generate a visual representation of a virtual user model on the screen based on the stored parameters for the virtual model of a user, to cause a movement of a visually represented virtual user model depending on a user input, to detect a movement of a visually represented virtual user model that is associated to a particular menu item, and to call a function that is assigned to the particular menu item.

Offering menu items to a user

A control unit for a mobile telephone includes a Web server adapted to connect to a Web browser in the mobile telephone, wherein the Web server receives information and provides the information to the Web browser when connected to the Web browser.

Mobile telephone for internet applications

A display system. A display device has viewports emitting expanded views of an image, an image receiving area receives the image, and optical conduits with exit pupil expanders expand the image through the viewports. A separate tracking projector has an image projector that projects an image along an axis, a marker search illuminator that projects light into a space including the axis, and an image capture component that captures target images that including at least three reflective marker images associated with the image receiving area. An image processor determines, based the marker images, a distance and an orientation of the image receiving area. A projection controller adjusts image data based upon the distance and the orientation to cause projected images to arrive squarely at the image receiving area.

Wearable display system with detached projector

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