Abstract: Headphones include a cushion assembly and a slider telescopically coupled to the cushion assembly. The slider includes a proximal end that is disposed within the cushion assembly and a distal end extending outward from the cushion assembly. A pivot mount is disposed within an opening at the distal end of the slider. A pivot is supported in the pivot mount. The headphones also include an earphone and a yoke that couples the earphone to the slider. The pivot mount is secured to the slider via a fastener, and wherein the yoke is pivotable to a position in which it covers the fastener when the headphones are in use.

Abstract: Technology for identifying that a communication is from a verified enterprise includes receiving, by a device associated with a user, a data packet from a phone network. The data packet can be included in a communication to the device, which can have an application configured to verify communications from at least one enterprise. A token within the data packet can be identified by the application, and the application can compare the token to at least one token identifier associated with the at least one enterprise. In response to the token corresponding to at least one token identifier, the application can verify that the communication is from the at least one enterprise. In response to the communication being verified, the application can display a validation image on the device.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may detect a first communication, associated with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) operating in a connected mode, that is at least partially overlapping in a time domain with a second communication associated with a second SIM operating in an idle mode. The UE may detect that a transmit chain associated with the first SIM and a receive chain associated with the second SIM are sharing an antenna switch. The UE may perform a preventive action based at least in part on the first communication associated with the first SIM overlapping in the time domain with the second communication associated with the second SIM while the transmit chain associated with the first SIM and the receive chain associated with the second SIM are sharing the antenna switch. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A mobile device includes one or more piezoelectric polymer layers underlying a display. The one or more piezoelectric polymer layers may be electrically driven to operate in either a d33 stretching mode or a d31 bending mode. The mobile device functions as an ultrasonic sensor in the d33 stretching mode and as an audio speaker/microphone or a proximity sensor in the d31 bending mode. The piezoelectric polymer layer operating in the d31 bending mode may be directly mechanically coupled to a display, indirectly mechanically coupled to the display and underlying an ultrasonic sensor stack, or integrated in the ultrasonic sensor stack. Signal performance of the piezoelectric polymer layer operating in the d31 bending mode may be enhanced or modulated by having a larger area, multiple layers, bi-pole or uni-pole driving with multiple layers, one or more stiff adhesives, a spacer layer, one or more mass features, a thin TFT layer, a thick piezoelectric polymer layer, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods concerning providing a data-communications virtual assistant are disclosed. As an example, one apparatus includes a data-communications server. The data-communications server is configured to process user-data-communications between a client station and another station participating in data-communications via the data-communications services where the client station is associated with one client entity. The server is also configured to identify a context for each respective user-data-communication between the client station and the participating station, where the context data corresponds to at least one communications-specific characteristic associated with the user-data-communications, and to retrieve structured and unstructured data relating to previous data-communications provided by the data-communications server.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication, performed by a user equipment (UE), includes: participating in a first communication session associated with a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and participating in a second communication session associated with a second SIM, wherein the UE comprises the first SIM and the second SIM; applying a higher priority of access to radio frequency (RF) resources of the UE to transmissions of the first communication session over transmissions of the second communication session; detecting a first type of packet within a data queue, the first type of packet being associated with the first communication session; in response to the detecting of the first type of packet, changing the higher priority of access to the transmissions of the second communication session; and returning the higher priority of access to the transmissions of the first communication session subsequent to the first type of packet being transmitted.

Abstract: A retractable headphone connection structure includes two connection supports which are slidably connected with each other in a sliding connection direction. One of the connection supports has a plurality of first magnetically attractive portions arranged at intervals along the sliding connection direction. The other of the connection supports has a second magnetically attractive portion. Therein, the two supports relatively slide to make the second magnetically attractive portion slide over the plurality of first magnetically attractive portions to generate a magnetic attraction force between the second magnetically attractive portion and one of the first magnetically attractive portions that is opposite to the second magnetically attractive portion. The magnetic attraction force positions the first connection support and the second connection support. A head-mounted audio device includes a headphone and the above retractable headphone connection structure.

Abstract: Systems and methods for categorizing received calls based on early call information are disclosed. Early call information can be audio, video, other sensor data, or other data collected via a calling device during call setup or any time before the call is routed to or accepted at a receiving device. A call and early call information associated with the call are received. A call characteristic, which can be a purpose or topic of the call, is identified using the early call information. Based on the call characteristic, the received call is categorized and a relative priority for the call is assigned. The call can be routed based on the early call information, and a suggested response to the call can be identified. In some implementations, a machine learning model is trained to categorize received calls based on early call information.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an artificial intelligence-infected asymptomatic people movement-tracing apparatus and a method which in an emergency such as an epidemic pandemic, use an artificial intelligence movement-tracing apparatus of infected asymptomatic people of the present disclosure which is personally installed in the residence of the tracing target to automatically check whether to match the traffic line of the tracing target and the traffic line of the confirmed case and automatically report to the disease control authority only when the traffic lines match to protect individual privacy compared to the centralized system and automatically search for infected asymptomatic people classified as blind confirmed cases (hidden positive people) and self-quarantine subjects to quickly establish an infectious disease management system for suspected disease patients and efficiently manage the people from the spread of infectious diseases.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for inserting an ear-tip of a hearing aid into an auditory canal of an end user. The tool comprises a first part and a second part, which are movable in relation to each other around at least one pivot joint. A cavity for receiving a holding portion of the ear-tip is provided between the first and the second part, which cavity is enlarged when a second portion of the first part and a second section of the second part are pressed together.

Abstract: A sound generation apparatus includes sound collection means configured to collect a sound of a sound source in a space, image capture means configured to capture an image of the sound source, estimation means configured to estimate an attribute of the sound source from the image captured by the image capture means, sound generation means configured to obtain an acoustic characteristic of a target sound included in the sound collected by the sound collection means and to generate multiple masking sounds on the basis of the acoustic characteristic and the attribute of the sound source estimated by the estimation means, display means configured to display the attribute of the sound source estimated by the estimation means, sound selection means configured to receive selection of a masking sound from the masking sounds generated by the sound generation means, and sound output means configured to output the selected masking sound.

Abstract: Examples of the disclosure describe systems and methods relating to mobile computing. According to an example method, a first user location of a user of a mobile computing system is determined. A first communication device in proximity to the first user location is identified based on the first user location. A first signal is communicated to the first communication device. A first information payload based on the first user location is received from the first communication device, in response to the first communication device receiving the first signal. Video or audio data based on the first information payload is presented to the user at a first time during which the user is at the first user location.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for performing positioning by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a sidelink according to various embodiments are disclosed. Disclosed are a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of pieces of sidelink control information (SCI) including scheduling information of a PRS from a plurality of anchor nodes; receiving a plurality of PRSs on the basis of the plurality of pieces of SCI; on the basis of the positional relationship of the plurality of anchor nodes, detecting ambiguity in position measurement based on the plurality of PRSs; requesting an angle of arrival (AoA) report from one anchor node among the plurality of anchor nodes on the basis of the detected ambiguity in position measurement; and measuring the position of the UE on the basis of the plurality of PRSs and the reported AoA.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a sound amplification device. The sound amplification device comprises a vibrating body, the vibrating body including at least one first vibration surface and at least one contact region for contacting with a vibration source. The vibration source detachably contacts with a contact region, an area of a first vibration surface is larger than an area of the contact region, the vibration source is configured to generate vibration, and the vibration is transmitted to the first vibration surface through the contact region, and further transmitted outwards through the first vibration surface.

Abstract: An interface display method and an electronic device are disclosed. A call application obtains a first phone number of a peer end of a call; after a first data source application is authenticated successfully, the call application obtains first user description information corresponding to the first phone number from the first data source application, where the first user description information is used to record information of a user corresponding to the first phone number; and the call application displays the first user description information in a call-related interface of the first phone number. In this application, more information about a user on a peer end of a call can be displayed in a call-related interface, thereby improving user experience.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, devices and computer program products for encoding and decoding of a vector of parameters in an audio coding system. The disclosure further relates to a method and apparatus for reconstructing an audio object in an audio decoding system. According to the disclosure, a modulo differential approach for coding and encoding a vector of a non-periodic quantity may improve the coding efficiency and provide encoders and decoders with less memory requirements. Moreover, an efficient method for encoding and decoding a sparse matrix is provided.

Abstract: A patient monitor can diagnose whether its speaker is blocked, malfunctioning, or at a volume that is too low. For example, the monitor can include a processor that can diagnose the speaker by recording a microphone input signal. The processor can compare the microphone input signal to an expected alarm signal that should be output by the speaker. If the two do not match or reasonably correspond to one another, then the processor may increase the volume of the alarm to determine whether doing so can overcome an obstruction, noise, or potential malfunction. The microphone can again detect the speaker output, and the processor can again make another comparison or analysis of the input with the speaker output. If the speaker output as detected via the microphone is still insufficiently loud, then the patient monitor may output an indication that the speaker has a problem.

Abstract: A microphone system of the invention is applicable to an electronic device comprising an adjustable mechanism that causes a change in geometry of a microphone array. The microphone system comprises the microphone array, a sensor and a beamformer. The microphone array comprises multiple microphones that detect sound and generate multiple audio signals. The sensor detects a mechanism variation of the electronic device to generate a sensing output. The beamformer is configured to perform a set of operations comprising: performing a spatial filtering operation over the multiple audio signals using a trained model based on the sensing output, one or more first sound sources in one or more desired directions and one or more second sound sources in one or more undesired directions to generate a beamformed output signal originated from the one or more first sound sources.

Abstract: Embodiments include a method, in an application function, AF, for exchanging UE communication pattern information with a core network, CN. The method comprises provisioning, to a network exposure function, NEF, in the CN, communication information related to one or more user equipment, UEs, the communication information including an identifier of an application associated with the AF and an indication of one or more first parameters describing a first UE communication pattern associated with the application. The method further comprises sending, to the NEF, a subscription request, wherein the subscription request includes the identifier of the application. Further still, the method comprises receiving, from the NEF, a report indicative of an analysis of traffic of the application based at least on the one or more first parameters.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can provide high-accuracy position estimation for mobile user equipment (UE) configured for use within a service area covered by a plurality of radio units, e.g., O-RUs, with known position including coordinates. A channel estimate can be derived for a channel between a given UE and each of a plurality of radio units based on a sounding reference signal (SRS) received from the UE and used to select a subset of the radio units. The shortest delay can be calculated for the given UE to each O-RU in the subset, forming a set of uplink-time-difference-of-arrival (UL-TDOA) measurements; position of the given UE in the service area can be estimated based on the UL-TDOA measurements. The O-RU synchronization error can be estimated for each O-RU in the subset using estimated positions of the given UE and corresponding UL-TDOA measurements.