Abstract: A first communication device and method therein for operating in a wireless communication network as a relay node are disclosed. The wireless communication network comprises a network node providing a coverage area and at least two mobile communication devices. The first communication device receiving (510) a request from the network node to function as a relay node for a second communication device and enters (520) into a relay mode operation. The first communication device sets up (530) a relay link comprising a first communication link between the first communication device and the network node and a second communication link between the first communication device and the second communication device and relays (540) communications between the network node and the second communication device via the relay link. In the relay mode operation, at least one of the mobility and functionality of the first communication device in a normal mode operation is controllable to prioritize the relaying function.

Abstract: A method, performed by an electronic device for triggering a function of the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a button which comprises a mechanical switch actuator for triggering a function related to the button, an electromagnetic sensor for sensing touch and/or proximity of an object interacting with the button and a responsive material structure for providing haptic feedback to the object is provided. The electronic device senses touch and/or proximity of the object with the electromagnetic sensor. The electronic device generates a haptic feedback with the responsive material structure in response to sensing the touch and/or proximity of the object. The haptic feedback is associated with the function which is triggered by the mechanical switch actuator. The electronic device triggers the function in response to the mechanical switch actuator being actuated.

Abstract: A user equipment comprising at least one side sensor and a controller, wherein the side sensor configured to receive touchless user input, thereby providing a touchless input area, and wherein the controller is configured to: detect a group of objects in the touchless input area; determine a number of objects in the group of objects; determine an application associated with the number of objects; receive input based on the detected group of objects; and determine an action associated with the input for the application associated with the number of objects.

Abstract: A network node and method therein for ultra-reliable communication with a communication device in a wireless communications network are disclosed. The network node determines whether the communication with a second communication device is to be relayed via a relay node and determines that the first communication device is able to act as a relay node for the second communication device. The network node requests the first communication device to operate in a relay mode for relaying communications to the second communication device. The network node communicates with the second communication device over a relay link from the network node to the first communication device and from the first communication device to the second communication device.

Abstract: A user interface arrangement comprising a controller, a sensor and a communication interface, wherein the sensor is arranged to receive input, and the controller is configured to: cause the user interface arrangement to operate in a first power level; receive the input; detect an indication of at least one command, and in response thereto cause the user interface arrangement to operate in a second power level, wherein the second power level is higher than the first power level; determine that at least one IoT device is in front of the user interface arrangement, and in response thereto cause the user interface arrangement to operate in a second power level, wherein the third power level is higher than the second power level; extract at least one command from the input; match the extracted at least one command to the at least one IoT device, and if a match is found; execute the extracted at least one command on the matching IoT device.

Abstract: A user equipment comprising a display, at least one side sensor and a controller, wherein the side sensor configured to receive touchless user input at a side of the display, thereby providing a touchless input area, and wherein the controller is configured to: detect that an object is in the touchless input area; indicate at least one option; detect a movement of the object and act accordingly, wherein when the movement is detected to be towards the user equipment, the controller is configured to act by performing an action associated with the option being displayed at a location corresponding to the object; when the movement is detected to be along the user equipment, the controller is configured to act accordingly by determining a new option corresponding to a new location of the object; when the movement is detected to be away from the user equipment, the controller is configured to cancel at least one option.

Abstract: A user equipment comprising a display, at least one side sensor and a controller, wherein the side sensor is configured to receive touchless user input at a side of the display, thereby providing a touchless input area, and wherein the controller is configured to: receive a selection of an application; receive a selection of a portion of the touchless input area; associate at least one command for the selected application to the selected portion of the touchless input area; provide feedback indication the association between the portion and the application; determine that an object is at a distance falling under a threshold distance in the selected portion of the touchless input area and in response thereto execute the associated command.

Abstract: A visual data presenting arrangement (100) comprising an image presenting device (110) arranged to display visual data comprising graphical objects (105A-D) in a first manner and a controller (101) configured to: receive (510) a determination of eyewear (210) presence from a non-visual eyewear detector (112); and in response thereto adapt (540) a user interface of the visual data presenting arrangement (100) by displaying one or more of the graphical objects (105A-D) in a second manner.

Abstract: A media cast controller including a communication interface arranged to establish a connection with a media set and a controller configured to: connect with the media set; determine a user status, and if the media cast controller is the first to connect, the media cast controller becomes a primary controller, wherein a primary controller is enabled to execute a primary command set being the command set of the media cast controller; and if the media cast controller is not the first to connect, the media cast controller becomes a secondary controller, wherein a secondary controller is enabled to execute a secondary command set being the command set of the media cast controller, wherein the primary command set includes the secondary command set in addition to fundamental commands.

Abstract: A method and a communication device for enabling execution of a virtual activity in a physical environment, wherein development of the virtual activity is presented to a user via at least one user interface of a communication device, the method including: determining a trajectory of the communication device; capturing and consolidating sensor data associated with the physical environment and virtual data associated with the virtual activity; generating at least two mutually dependent zones in the physical environment based on the captured and consolidated data and the trajectory of the communication device, and presenting an updated scene of the virtual activity, including at least parts of the zones via at least one of the user interfaces of the communication device.

Abstract: An object detection arrangement (100) comprising a controller (101) configured to detect objects utilizing a multi-scale convolutional neural network, wherein the controller (101) is further configured to: receive (312, 410) image data representing an image (10) comprising an object to be detected (11) being at a distance (d) into the image (10); classify (314, 430) whether the object to be detected (11) is at risk of being incorrectly detected based on the distance (d); and if so compensate (315, 440) the object detection by adapting (316) object detection parameters.

Abstract: An optical sensor module has a controller, a sensor array, present state decision circuitry, and a pattern recognizer. The sensor array comprises a plurality of CMOS sensor pixels, wherein the sensor array is configured to supply one of a plurality of analog sensor signals at each of a sequence of sample times, wherein at each of the sample times, the one of the plurality of analog sensor signals is derived from one or more of the plurality of CMOS sensor pixels. The present state decision circuitry is configured to compare the one of the plurality of the analog sensor signals with a respective controller-selected reference voltage and to generate therefrom a respective single state decision signal. The pattern recognizer is configured to assert a pattern recognition signal whenever a plurality of sequentially generated single state decision signals matches a currently active one of a set of one or more reference sequences of single state decision signals.

Abstract: An object detection arrangement (100) comprising a controller (101) configured to detect objects utilizing a multi-scale convolutional neural network, wherein the controller (101) is further configured to: receive (312, 410) image data representing an image (10) comprising an object to be detected (11) being at a distance (d) into the image (10); classify (314, 430) whether the object to be detected (11) is at risk of being incorrectly detected based on the distance (d); and if so compensate (315, 440) the object detection by shifting (317) the image (10).

Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein provide, among other things, advantageous mechanisms for detecting and resolving resource monopolization by one or more “slower” instruction threads in an instruction pipeline of a microprocessor that supports Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT). One or more embodiments involve updating thread rankings, e.g., from slowest to fastest, on an instruction cycle basis, and redirecting instructions from at least a slowest one of the threads, to bypass one or more shared resources that would otherwise be monopolized by instructions in the slower/slowest threads. In at least one embodiment, bypassing includes redirecting selected instructions away from more critical shared resources to lower-cost or lower-power secondary resources, for example bypassing an instruction queue in favor of a less complex buffer circuit.

Abstract: An image processing system (100) and method therein for processing streaming media content to reduce disturbing spatial and/or temporal phenomena before being displayed on a device display. The image processing system (100) receives media stream comprising sequences of video frames into a buffer (110) and analyzes the video frames during streaming. The analyzing (130) is performed either on completely decoded or partially decoded video frames within a Group of Picture (GOP) to detect disturbing spatial and/or temporal phenomena. If a disturbing spatial and/ or temporal phenomenon is detected, the image processing system (100) processes (140) the decoded video frames to reduce the disturbing spatial and/or temporal phenomenon based on user settings of the device and displays the processed video frames on the display (150).

Abstract: A communication device comprises a modem and a transceiver, wherein the modem comprises digital baseband circuitry for generating a digital baseband signal for transmission, and the transceiver is configured to receive the digital baseband signal from the modem and to generate therefrom a radiofrequency signal for transmission by the communication device. The communication device controls the modem to operate in a first mode, and controls the modem to operate in a second mode. The first mode is a radar mode in which the modem generates radar baseband signals for transmission as one or more radar radiofrequency signals by the transceiver, and the second mode is a communication mode in which the modem generates information-containing baseband signals for transmission by the transceiver.

Abstract: An object detection arrangement (100) comprising a controller (101) configured to detect objects utilizing a multi-scale convolutional neural network, wherein the controller (101) is further configured to: receive (312, 410) image data representing an image (10) comprising an object to be detected (11) being at a distance (d) into the image (10); classify (314, 430) whether the object to be detected (11) is at risk of being incorrectly detected based on the distance (d); and if so adapt (315, 440) the object detection accordingly.

Abstract: A radar-enabled wireless communication device (12) is configured for exchanging communication signals with a wireless communication network (10) and for performing radar transmissions for surrounding-environment sensing. The device (12) classifies radar beam directions (30) as restricted or unrestricted, based on known or estimated interference with Uplink (UL) reception operations of the network (10) and adapts its radar transmissions based on the classifications. Classification operations may be autonomous, without requiring explicit network support, or may be based on one or radio network nodes (22) of the network (10) performing supporting procedures. Updating the classifications depends on, for example, one or more triggering conditions, such as changes in the position or orientation of the device (12), transmit-frequency changes, and changes in ambient conditions, such as the presence or intensity of rain.

Abstract: A method of authorizing a device action includes accessing a first baseline model that represents image characteristics of an authorized first user or object. The first baseline model is used as a basis for selecting a first number of sensing structures of a camera image sensor, wherein the first number of sensing structures of the camera image sensor is less than a total number of sensing structures of the camera image sensor. The selected first number of sensing structures of the camera image sensor is activated and a first image sensed by the activated first number of sensing structures is obtaining. The first image is compared with the first baseline model. A next round of authorization processing is activated when an amount of correlation between the first image and the first baseline model satisfies a threshold correlation amount.

Abstract: A node in a wireless communication system coordinates multistatic radar measurements, wherein the node controls a plurality of wireless communication devices. Coordination involves obtaining an indication that a first sensing area located within a geographic area that is served by the node is to be sensed by a first radar signal. A first multistatic radar group of wireless communication devices selected from a participating group of the plurality of wireless communication devices and the node is formed, wherein the first multistatic radar group comprises at least one device for transmitting the first radar signal and at least two devices for receiving one or more reflections of the transmitted first radar signal. The first multistatic radar group is controlled to introduce the first radar signal into the first sensing area and to receive the one or more reflections of the introduced first radar signal.