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US-8,249,672 |
Transmission plug and related complex earphone and radio player A transmission plug for a complex earphone is disclosed. The complex earphone is capable of receiving a broadcast signal and sending out an audio signal. The... |
US-8,249,671 |
Mobile wireless communications device having improved RF immunity of audio
transducers to electromagnetic... A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor... |
US-8,249,559 |
Promotion operable recognition system Embodiments describe a recognition system that works in conjunction with a subscriber's cellular phone and the network serving the subscriber. According to an... |
US-8,249,284 |
Hearing system and method for deriving information on an acoustic scene The invention relates to a method for operating a hearing system comprising an input unit, an output unit and a transmission unit operationally interconnecting... |
US-8,249,278 |
Audio signal processing system In an audio signal processing system, a plurality of audio signal processing apparatuses are previously linked to form a zone, and logically defined as devices... |
US-8,249,275 |
Modulated gain audio control and zipper noise suppression techniques using
modulated gain A modulated gain audio control and zipper noise suppression techniques provide reduction in audible artifacts caused by discrete-valued gain changes. The gain... |
US-8,249,274 |
Audio amplifier with timing circuit to power down bias control and
amplifying circuits in sequence An audio amplifier includes a timing control circuit, an amplifying circuit, and a bias control circuit. The timing control circuit generates a first power down... |
US-8,249,272 |
Audio playback apparatus An audio playback apparatus is disclosed. The audio playback apparatus processes an audio signal and provides at least one output signal to at least one speaker... |
US-8,249,265 |
Method and apparatus for achieving active noise reduction A system and method for actively changing the sound perceived by listeners in an audio environment. A single transducer is used as both a sensing microphone and... |
US-8,249,263 |
Method and apparatus for providing audio motion feedback in a simulated
three-dimensional environment Embodiments of the invention provide method, system, and computer readable storage medium for providing an audio motion feedback to a user of a simulated... |
US-8,249,118 |
Method and apparatus for generating information signal to be recorded A compressively-encoding-resultant video signal resulting from compressively encoding a video signal, a first compressively-encoding-resultant audio signal... |
US-8,248,452 |
Communication method and network display apparatus using the same A network display apparatus, which is connected to a network and has a thin client function, is used as a monitor of a host device. If audio and video data is... |
US-8,248,280 |
Successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
having optimized filter A system such as a mechanically tuned radio can have a signal path to receive and process an incoming radio frequency (RF) signal and to provide the processed... |
US-8,248,226 |
System and method for monitoring security at a premises Digital audio sensors receive and digitize audio signals and transmit the digitized signals to a central monitoring station for monitoring by an operator. The... |
US-8,245,258 |
Method for providing video telephony using broadcast receiving apparatus A method for providing video telephony is presented. By the method, a telephone directory of a broadcast receiving apparatus can be updated by receiving a... |
US-8,245,252 |
System, method, and computer program product for selective replacement of
objectionable program content with... A system, method, and computer program product is provided for the selective replacement of objectionable content in a program with less-objectionable material.... |
US-8,244,546 |
Singing synthesis parameter data estimation system There is provided a singing synthesis parameter data estimation system that automatically estimates singing synthesis parameter data for automatically... |
US-8,244,537 |
Audience state estimation system, audience state estimation method, and
audience state estimation program Video signal relative to an imaged audience and audio signal according to voices from the audience are generated in an input unit. A characteristic amount... |
US-8,244,535 |
Audio frequency remapping An exemplary system and method are directed at receiving an audio signal and process the audio signal into a remapped audio signal based on a plot profile. The... |
US-8,244,528 |
Method and apparatus for voice activity determination In accordance with an example embodiment of the invention, there is provided an apparatus for detecting voice activity in an audio signal. The apparatus... |
US-8,244,527 |
Audio signature extraction and correlation A signature is extracted from the audio of a program received by a tunable receiver such that the signature characterizes the program. In order to extract the... |
US-8,244,523 |
Systems and methods for noise reduction An apparatus is shown for detecting speech in an audio signal obtained from an input device, the audio including speech and noise. The apparatus includes a... |
US-8,244,313 |
Method and electronic device capable of saving power A method and an electronic device capable of saving power are disclosed. The electronic device includes a power save system, a media player application and an... |
US-8,244,182 |
Electronic device and method for listening to FM radio using a bluetooth
device communicating with the... A method for listening to frequency modulation (FM) radio using a Bluetooth device receives analog audio signals from an FM chip and converts the analog audio... |
US-8,244,108 |
After-recording apparatus An audio signal is compressively encoded into encoding-resultant audio data. A video signal is compressively encoded into encoding-resultant video data. An... |
US-8,244,094 |
Method and apparatus for replaying a video signal and one or more audio
signals related to audio/video data... Movies are produced in 24 Hz frame frequency and progressive scanning format (denoted 24p) for projection in film theatres, adhering to a worldwide standard for... |
US-8,243,977 |
Media player system, media player, and earphone An exemplary media player system includes a media player and an earphone. The earphone includes a first earpiece, a second earpiece, a primary volume control... |
US-8,243,973 |
Communication eyewear assembly A frame assembly worn to maintain at least one transparent eye panel in front of a wearer's eyes. A processor receives an incoming audio signal and wirelessly... |
US-8,243,970 |
Virtual reality sound for advanced multi-media applications The method and apparatus described herein generates realistic audio for a virtual reality simulation based on the position (location and orientation) of a... |
US-8,243,968 |
Flat-panel television and audio equipment Disclosed is an audio equipment, comprising: an audio output amplifier and a speaker, with a sound output from the speaker based on an audio signal that is... |
US-8,243,964 |
Piezo speaker pressure sensor A piezo speaker pressure sensor that includes a bladder and a piezo speaker element. The bladder abuts the piezo speaker element. A pressure may be sensed from... |
US-8,243,958 |
Receiver The present invention provides a receiver for making an earphone cord of an earphone function as an earphone antenna. The receiver includes a receiver circuit... |
US-8,243,957 |
Audio control apparatus An audio control apparatus. The audio control apparatus comprises a processing module, an amplification module, and a control module. The processing module... |
US-8,243,953 |
Method and apparatus for identifying a feedback frequency in a signal A system and method for analyzing a signal to identify one or more candidate frequencies that may have a potential feedback problem. An electronic circuit for... |
US-8,243,948 |
Selector and amplifier device therefor An amplifier device includes a plurality of input terminals for receiving input signals (e.g. audio signals), a main switch, which switches over the input... |
US-8,243,940 |
Medical device with communication, measurement and data functions A medical diagnostic and communications apparatus with audio output comprises an electronic processor for processing stethoscope signals and secondary audio... |
US-8,243,936 |
Efficient and scalable parametric stereo coding for low bitrate audio
coding applications The present invention provides improvements to prior art audio codecs that generate a stereo-illusion through post-processing of a received mono signal. These... |
US-8,243,763 |
Method and apparatus for generating information signal to be recorded A compressively-encoding-resultant video signal resulting from compressively encoding a video signal, a first compressively-encoding-resultant audio signal... |
US-8,243,762 |
Method and apparatus for generating information signal to be recorded A compressively-encoding-resultant video signal resulting from compressively encoding a video signal, a first compressively-encoding-resultant audio signal... |
US-8,243,631 |
Detecting devices in overlapping audio space Devices are able to identify other devices in a shared audio space (e.g., a room) by emitting a signal and receiving messages from other devices over a data... |
US-8,243,208 |
Selectable audio output configuration An audio/video apparatus such as a television apparatus includes two or more auxiliary audio inputs (AUX1, AUX2, and AUX3) for receiving respective audio... |
US-8,243,207 |
System and method for activity based configuration of an entertainment
system A command value corresponding to an activity key of a controlling device is associated with a configuration of an entertainment device in which at least one of... |
US-8,242,942 |
System and method to modify a metadata parameter A method includes receiving digital audio data at an audio adjustment system. The method includes converting a portion of the digital audio data to an analog... |
US-8,242,922 |
Electronic reminder device A reminder device includes a controller, a switch, and an annunciator. When a user closes the switch, the controller turns on the annunciator for a fixed period... |
US-8,242,803 |
HDMI and displayport dual mode transmitter A method and apparatus is disclosed that is capable of transmitting video signals and/or audio signals using the HDMI interface standard or the DisplayPort... |
US-8,241,296 |
Use of micro and miniature position sensing devices for use in TKA and THA A system for assisting in a surgical process, comprising: (a) a surgical device taken from a group consisting of a surgical tool and a surgical implant; (b) a... |
US-8,240,238 |
Methods and apparatuses for detecting and neutralizing remotely activated
explosives A system and apparatus for detecting and neutralizing remotely activated explosive devices in a combat zone, especially one of relatively limited geographic... |
US-8,239,910 |
Video/audio system and method enabling a user to select different views
and sounds associated with an event A video/audio system includes an interface device that receives a plurality of audio and video signals from a plurality of sources. The interface device... |
US-8,239,905 |
Lecture capture and broadcast system An end-to-end lecture broadcast system (LBS) is described. The LBS system typically comprises three modules: a schedule module, a capture module and a... |
US-8,239,897 |
Method and apparatus for multiple audio outputs A method for transmitting audio signals. The method of transmitting audio signals may include separately transmitting a video signal and an audio signal.... |