Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Adeia Guides Inc.

Leica Geosystems Ag

Adeia Imaging LLC

Zhiyun Li

Pei Zheng

Ning Xu

Serhad Doken

Yu Wang

Andrew Mast

Rajesh Yengisetty

Mark Damon Wheeler

Dhananjay Lal

Jean-Yves Couleaud

Qia Wang

William Edward Wallace

Daping Guo

Ramakrishnan Kazhiyur-Mannar

Jiaming Liu

Chenxi Zhao

Jae Young Lee

Ruoyun Li

Qingyun Li

Systems and methods are provided herein for generating personalized audio settings for different users listening to the same piece of media content. For example, the system may receive a first audio setting for a first user corresponding to a first volume level for a first frequency and a second audio setting for a second user corresponding to a second volume level for the first frequency. The system may then use the first audio setting, second audio setting, position of the first user, and position of the second user to calculate a weight for each speaker of a plurality of speakers. Each speaker of the plurality of speakers then outputs the first frequency at the respective calculated weight, resulting in the first user perceiving the first frequency at the first volume level and the second user perceiving the first frequency at the second volume level.

Systems and methods for delivering personalized audio to multiple users simultaneously through speakers

Systems, methods and apparatuses are described herein for receiving user input via a user interface; determining, based on the received user input, a particular portion of interest corresponding to a location at a live event; identifying one or more microphones in a vicinity of the location corresponding to the particular portion of interest at the live event; and causing audio detected by the one or more microphones to be generated for output.

System and methods for providing personalized audio of a live event

Systems and methods are described for generating subtitles. Utterance data is received. First subtitles are generated for the utterance data. A first term is identified in the first subtitles. Contextual data relating to the utterance data is determined. A replacement term for the first term is determined based on the contextual data. Second subtitles are generated for the utterance data. The second subtitles comprise the replacement term.

Methods and systems for generating subtitles

System and method are provided for sharing a counterpart version of a media asset. A media application generates for display a first media asset on a first device associated with a first user profile. The media application determines that a second device associated with a second user profile is generating for display a second media asset and the second user profile is designated to share a counterpart version of media consumed in association with the second user profile with the first device. The media application identifies a time to share a counterpart version of the second media asset. At the identified time, the media application generates for display an overlay over the display of the first media asset on the first device. The overlay comprises the counterpart version of the second media asset and a plurality of user interface options.

Systems and methods for sharing media items

Systems and methods are provided for enabling enhanced group media session interactions. A group session for consuming a media content item is initiated between first and second computing devices, and a portion of the media content item is received at the computing devices. A reaction of a first user is captured based at least in part on receiving the portion of the media content item. A trigger condition is identified, and it is determined that the captured reaction satisfies the trigger condition. In response to determining that the captured reaction satisfies the trigger condition, a prompt that is based on the portion of the media content item and the captured reaction is generated. A computing device is identified, and at least one of the portion of the media content item, the captured reaction, or the prompt is transmitted to the identified computing device and is generated for output.

Systems and methods for enhancing group media session interactions

Systems, methods and apparatuses are described for determining an image that corresponds to a received input instruction. Input may be received which comprises an instruction for an image sensor to capture at least one image of a subject and the instruction comprising at least one criterion for the at least one image of the subject. An image sensor may capture, based on the instruction, captured images of the subject. An instruction vector may be determined based on the instruction, and a captured image vector for each of the captured images of the subject may be determined. At least one captured image vector of the captured images and the instruction vector may be compared to determine a corresponding image from the captured images, and the corresponding image may be provided.

Systems and methods for capturing an image of a desired moment

Systems and methods for providing wireless power are described herein. A plurality of lasers may provide laser power to an array of laser absorbing elements. A laser of the plurality of lasers is assigned to a laser absorbing element of the array of laser absorbing elements. Portions of the laser absorbing element that are within a line of sight of the assigned laser are identified. The assigned laser scans the identified portions of the laser absorbing element to provide the laser power to the laser absorbing element. The laser absorbing element converts the laser power to electrical power. Electrical power from the laser absorbing elements may provide electrical power to a device.

Laser-based system for providing wireless power

A vocabulary level of a user in a language to be learned is identified. During playback of a media asset on a first device, subtitles in the language are extracted for at least a portion of the media asset. The extracted subtitles may contain a single word, or a plurality of words in the language in question. Based on the vocabulary level, a subset of words from the extracted subtitles are predicted to be new to the user. The predicted new words are then generated for display on a second device associated with the user, along with an explanation of each word of the subset of words.

Systems and methods for fast, intuitive, and personalized language learning from video subtitles

An apparatus and method for desynchronizing notifications across multiple electronic devices are provided. The method includes receiving, by a primary electronic device, a notification, transmitting, by the primary electronic device, the notification to a companion electronic device with which the primary electronic device is synchronized, and desynchronizing a providing of the notification at the companion electronic device.

Apparatus, method, and system for desynchronizing notifications across multiple devices

An apparatus and method for correlating events in a smart home system as a pattern. The apparatus and method include collecting from smart home devices, state change events of the smart home system, determining whether a series of the collected state change events are a known pattern, requesting, when the series of the collected state change events is an unknown pattern, users of the smart home system to identify what caused the collected state change events, and judging, by the smart home users, a best reason among the identified causes of the collected state change events.

Apparatus and method for gamification of sensor data interpretation in smart home

A user equipment (UE) for use in a smart home control system is provided. The UE includes a beam forming device configured to transmit a directional signal beam to an electronic device. The directional signal beam includes a credential associated with the UE. The UE also includes a transmitter configured to transmit a command signal including the credential after the beam forming device transmits the directional signal beam to the electronic device. The command signal commands an operation of the electronic device. The UE further includes an input device. The input device is configured to receive a directional signal beam generating input to initiate the transmission of the signal beam. The input device is also configured to receive a command input to initiate the transmission of the command signal.

Method and system for personalized, secure, and intuitive smart home control using a smart hand

A payment server configured to share payments among occupants of a vehicle. The payment server receives a payment request comprising a payment amount and a vehicle identification, accesses a database record associated with the vehicle identification, the record including an identification and seat position of each vehicle occupant as determined from a mobile device of each occupant, and identifies the vehicle driver. The server transmits to an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system a first billing message associated with the payment request, the IVI system displaying the first billing message on a screen of an IVI head unit. The first billing message offers the driver an option to share the payment amount with a second occupant of the vehicle.

System and method for mobile payments in a vehicle

An embodiment of this disclosure provides an apparatus including a communications unit and at least one processor. The communications unit is configured to communicate with a client device in the system. The at least one processor is coupled to the communications unit. The at least one processor configured to monitor a rule in the system. The rule controls the client device. The at least one processor is also configured to, responsive to the rule for the client device being triggered, determine whether an anomaly exists in the system. The at least one processor is also configured to, response to the anomaly existing, determine whether an override action is available for the anomaly. The at least one processor is also configured to, responsive to the override action being available, override the rule.

Elastic rule engine for a smart home

A method, system, and vehicle for locating an occupant within the vehicle. The method includes receiving motion data of a seatbelt for a seat in the vehicle and receiving motion data of a wearable device of the occupant. The method also includes comparing the seatbelt motion data with the wearable device motion data from a same period of time and identifying that the occupant is located at the seat in the vehicle based on a result of the comparison. The method may also include associating the occupant with the vehicle based on location information of the vehicle and location information of the wearable device of the occupant. Additionally, the method may include identifying personalization options for the occupant at the seat based on a user profile of the occupant in response to identifying that the occupant is located at the seat.

Identifying and localizing a vehicle occupant by correlating hand gesture and seatbelt motion

A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for managing a voice call in a wireless communication network. The method comprises collecting crowd-sourced data for a voice over long-term evolution (VoLTE) call quality metrics and contexts associated with a VoLTE call. The VoLTE call quality metrics and contexts comprise non-device information and device information. The method further comprises identifying accessible information based on the device information and the non-device information, predicting VoLTE call quality using the collected crowd-sourced data and the accessible information, and determining whether to place the voice call as or switch the voice call to a VoLTE call or a circuit-switched voice call based on comparison of the predicted VoLTE quality to a predetermined threshold.

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