Patents Assigned to Sony Ericsson Mobile
  • Mobile electronic device
    Publication number: 20100041440
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device is provided with a housing, a loudspeaker, a cavity coupled to the loudspeaker, and a slide mechanism configured to move a portion of the housing between a first position and a second position. In the second position of the slide mechanism, an inner volume of the cavity is increased as compared to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Magnus Birch, Marten Lindqvist
  • MOBILE DEVICE DISPLAY IMPLEMENTATION
    Publication number: 20100039372
    Abstract: A mobile communication device contains a plurality of displays. A control module and one of the displays is contained by a first housing. Another housing, bearing a second display, is slidably engageable with the first housing. An optical data transmission mechanism is coupled between the control module and the second display. Data generated by the control module can be converted to optical signals and transmitted through the optical transmission path for control of the second display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Paul Futter
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PHOTOGRAPHY USING DESIRABLE FEATURE RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20100039527
    Abstract: To improve the quality of photographs of people, the disclosure describes a system and method of photography using desirable feature recognition. The system and method recognize when the subject persons in a photograph possess one or more desirable features for a desirable photograph, such as when they are all smiling and/or not blinking. The system and method may be applied either to individual or group photographs. The system and method of the present invention may operate in a “Full Mode”, in which a picture is taken when all subject persons possess the desirable feature(s). The system and method also may operate in a “Proportional Mode”, in which a picture is taken when a set proportion of the subject persons possess the desirable feature(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventors: Martin Kretz, Fredrik Andersson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERY OF DYNAMIC IP ADDRESSES
    Publication number: 20100042674
    Abstract: An application program in a host server is operative to detect a change in the host server IP address and, in response thereto, send a message containing the changed address to a remote client, such as a mobile communication device. The message may be transmitted as an email message to a Short Message Server of a cellular provider for the mobile communication device. The message preferably contains at least the changed IP address of the server. The SMS server can identify the phone number of the mobile communication device from the received message and thereby transmit the changed IP address portion of the message to the mobile communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Brett A. Pantalone, William O. Camp, JR.
  • ARRANGEMENT FOR SELECTIVELY VIEWING AND HIDING USER INTERFACE ITEMS ON A BODY OF A COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS COMPRISING SUCH ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20100039371
    Abstract: An arrangement for selectively viewing and hiding user interface items on a body of a communication apparatus is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a light source arranged inside the body and arranged to project light towards a surface of the body such that when the light source is in an on-state, the user interface item is viewed on the surface of the body; and a polarizing layer arranged with the surface of the body at least where the user interface item is to be viewed, such that the surface there, when the light source is in an off-state and the user interface item is hidden, appears in a primary color of the body. A communication apparatus comprising such arrangement is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventor: Sandra JOHANSSON
  • Switch dome device
    Patent number: 7663068
    Abstract: A switch dome device for operating functions in electronic equipment includes a plurality of switch domes mounted in a circular pattern on a support structure. Outputs of adjacent switch domes are operatively connected to inputs of a common AND circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Johannes De Jonge
  • Portable electronic device and a method in a portable electronic device
    Patent number: 7664474
    Abstract: A method in a portable communication device for displaying information includes encoding data and transmitting the encoded data to a display associated with a vehicle. The encoded data is received by a receiver associated with the display, decoded and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Irina Fältman
  • Multiple frame photography
    Patent number: 7664383
    Abstract: A device may determine whether a user input for capturing a view is triggered and automatically frame a plurality of images of the view when the user input is determined to be triggered by repeatedly determining a zoom value for an image, optically zooming the view based on the zoom value, and capturing the zoomed view as the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Rene Nilsson
  • Hand-held electronic equipment
    Patent number: 7663509
    Abstract: A hand-held electronic equipment adapted to receive data input is disclosed, comprising an oblong main body, a display arranged on said main body, said display being adapted to display a keyboard with a plurality of symbols, and a selecting device arranged on said main body, said selecting device enabling a user to select and input a symbol from said keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Tony Shen
  • User defined autofocus area
    Patent number: 7664384
    Abstract: A device allows a user to select an arbitrary portion of a scene being previewed for picture taking. In one implementation, the device includes a camera; a display to preview a scene associated with the camera; an interface configured to allow a user of the device to select a portion of the scene; and autofocus logic to adjust the focus of the camera based on the selected portion of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Julian Charles Hope
  • System and method of photography using desirable feature recognition
    Patent number: 7664389
    Abstract: To improve the quality of photographs of people, the disclosure describes a system and method of photography using desirable feature recognition. The system and method recognize when the subject persons in a photograph possess one or more desirable features for a desirable photograph, such as when they are all smiling and/or not blinking. The system and method may be applied either to individual or group photographs. The system and method of the present invention may operate in a “Full Mode”, in which a picture is taken when all subject persons possess the desirable feature(s). The system and method also may operate in a “Proportional Mode”, in which a picture is taken when a set proportion of the subject persons possess the desirable feature(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Martin Kretz, Fredrik M. D. Ekstrand
  • DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION OVER DVB-H
    Publication number: 20100037251
    Abstract: A method may include receiving a web feed from a content provider, aggregating the web feed with other information, and broadcasting the aggregated web feed over a digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) network. The aggregated web feed may be received by a device having a digital video broadcast receiver and an initial access key for the DVB-H broadcast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventor: Leif Magnus LINDHULT
  • SHADOW AND REFLECTION IDENTIFICATION IN IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20100033588
    Abstract: A device may include an image capturing assembly to frame an image of a subject for capturing; and a processor to automatically identify a shadow or a reflection corresponding to a user of the device in the framed image. The image capturing assembly is configured to capture the image following the automatic identification of the shadow or the reflection. The processor is configured to perform one of: adjusting the image capturing assembly based on the automatic identification of the shadow or the reflection prior to the capturing of the image, or modifying the captured image based on the automatic identification of the shadow or the reflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventor: Ola Karl THORN
  • Enviromentally Assisted Processor in Sonar
    Publication number: 20100034054
    Abstract: An environmentally assisted processor that includes an environmental characterization module, an echo prediction module and an acoustic consistency module. The environmental characterization module obtains surrounding environmental characteristics, and provides inputs of the surrounding environmental characteristics to the echo prediction module. The echo prediction module utilizes the surrounding environmental characteristics to predict echo waveforms of would be targets in that particular local environment. The acoustic consistency module compares an observed echo waveform with predicted echo waveforms, if they are similar the observed echo waveform is determined to be from a target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Richard Wayland, John H. Joseph, Gary Dum
  • ADAPTIVE RING LEVEL
    Publication number: 20100034395
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for adapting an alert signal level generated by a device to an ambient of the device is provided. The method may include processing a sound signal corresponding to a test signal or an alert signal, generating a correlation value by correlating the sound signal with a generated sound signal, comparing the correlation value with a value, and adjusting the alert signal to a level based on result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Magnus LUNDIN
  • Mobile electronic device
    Publication number: 20100035657
    Abstract: Embodiments of mobile electronic devices and methods are disclosed. In an embodiment of a method, a page is partially displayed on a display, and information is received that the page is changed in a part of said page not displayed on said display. In an embodiment, a user is notified of said change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Peter Blenessy, Henrik Baard
  • PROTECTION CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20100033883
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement to detect and protect an electrical device against short-circuiting due to a presence of a conductive subject are provided. The arrangement may include a first and second probe, the first probe connecting to an electrical ground and the second probe connecting to a detecting device, the detecting device being configured to detect a short-circuit between the first and second probes, and output a signal to interrupt power supply from a power source to electrical components of the electrical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventor: Karoly SIMON
  • Mobile television channel switching system and method
    Patent number: 7659919
    Abstract: Presented is a method of displaying a newly requested channel in a mobile TV device prior to retuning the mobile TV device to the newly selected channel. The mobile TV device demodulator and tuner are cycled on for a short period of time at regular intervals to conserve battery power. Data is buffered from multiple channels in a buffer within the mobile TV device while the demodulator is cycled on. The mobile TV device displays data from one of the buffered channels upon a request to switch to the channel prior to retuning the mobile TV device to the newly selected channel. The mobile TV device is then retuned to the newly selected channel at the next instance the demodulator and tuner are cycled on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Toby John Bowen, Wiilliam O. Camp
  • Persistent tactile event notification
    Patent number: 7660609
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing tactile event notification for an electronic apparatus is disclosed. When an event is detected in the electronic apparatus, a portion of the electronic apparatus is displaced in response to the event. An event can be any type of occurrence or alert in the electronic apparatus for which the user needs to be notified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Bilgi Karan, Claes Martin K{hacek over (a)}llqvist
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD TO IMPROVE WLAN PERFORMANCE IN A DUAL WLAN MODALITY ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20100029325
    Abstract: A portable communication device including a first wireless transceiver operable under a first communication protocol for transmitting and receiving signals and a second wireless transceiver operable under a second communication protocol for transmitting and receiving signals and a method for controlling transmission of signals from an access point to the first wireless transceiver by limiting transmission of information from the associated access point to the first wireless transceiver to time slots or sub-frames associated with the second wireless transceiver in which the second wireless transceiver does not transmit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventors: Huaiyuan WANG, Jacobus C. HAARTSEN