Abstract: An aircraft search and rescue mission effectiveness system includes a display device, a searchlight assembly, and a searchlight processing system. The searchlight assembly emits a light beam toward, and thus illuminates, a point of interest, and supplies beam data that includes at least light beam orientation and distance from the searchlight assembly to the point of interest. The searchlight processing system receives aircraft data and is configured to: process the aircraft data and the beam data to generate and supply geographic coordinate data for the point of interest, command the display device to render an image that includes at least a graphical representation of the point of interest and the geographic coordinate data for the point of interest, receive a user input command, and in response to receiving the user input command, to transmit the geographic coordinate data to one or more aircraft avionics systems.

Abstract: An echo detection device is provided. The echo detection device may include a processor, configured to activate a transcription process that transcribes words generated from audio transmissions between a host device and at least one further device to text, analyze the text for identification of repeated character strings that are indicative of an echo, and, if an echo is detected, decode the audio transmission into a plurality of audio packets, form an echo-filtered audio stream by filtering out duplicate audio packets of the plurality of audio packets, and transmit the echo-filtered audio stream to the at least one further device and/or to an audio device of the host device is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus of a radio communication device, the apparatus may include a processor configured to: determine a radiation pattern for a plurality of channels of a short-range wireless communication network, wherein the radiation pattern is representative of quality metrics for the plurality of channels at a plurality of directions relative to the radio communication device; determine a location of a further radio communication device; configure a parameter of a connection with the further radio communication device based on the radiation pattern and the location of the further radio communication device.

Abstract: An apparatus of a communication device, the apparatus may include a first interface configured to stream first audio data via an established link, wherein the established link is between the communication device and a further communication device; a second interface configured to receive second audio data from an audio input device; and a processor configured to: monitor, during a streaming of the first audio data via the established link, the second audio data; and determine a result representing whether the second audio data comprises information representative of a presence of an auditory interruption.

Abstract: A first device includes a processor, which configured to determine an identifier of a second wireless device based on a first wireless signal from the second device; determine a position of the second device based on a second wireless signal from a third device; and generate a map of the second device relative to the first device.

Abstract: An example apparatus disclosed herein is to receive network data communicated via a first channel associated with the online collaboration session, the network data including received media data packets. The disclosed example apparatus is also to analyze the network data to determine first loopback data, the first loopback data including at least one of a first quality score based on a first analysis of the received media data packets or a second quality score based on a second analysis of media decoded from the received media data packets. The disclosed example apparatus is also to analyze local data obtained by a local client during the online collaboration session to determine second loopback data. The disclosed example apparatus is further to cause transmission of a loopback message to a moderator client via the second channel, the loopback message based on the first loopback data and the second loopback data.

Abstract: An aircraft search and rescue mission effectiveness system includes a display device, a searchlight assembly, and a searchlight processing system. The searchlight assembly emits a light beam toward, and thus illuminates, a point of interest, and supplies beam data that includes at least light beam orientation and distance from the searchlight assembly to the point of interest. The searchlight processing system receives aircraft data and is configured to: process the aircraft data and the beam data to generate and supply geographic coordinate data for the point of interest, command the display device to render an image that includes at least a graphical representation of the point of interest and the geographic coordinate data for the point of interest, receive a user input command, and in response to receiving the user input command, to transmit the geographic coordinate data to one or more aircraft avionics systems.