Abstract: Methods and devices for surveying for active and inactive power receivers within a wireless-power coverage area are described. A method includes causing performance of a survey looking for active power receivers within a wireless-power coverage area using communication radio(s). Information is received from an active power receiver and transmission of RF signals is caused to energize inactive power receivers using a power-transmission antenna. A first RF signal is transmitted using a first value for a transmission characteristic, and a second RF signal is transmitted using a second value for the transmission characteristic. Additional information is received from a first energized power receiver and further information from a second energized power receiver. Two or more frequency bands are identified for radio-frequency wireless-power transmissions by a wireless-power transmitting device within the wireless-power coverage area based on the information, the additional information, and the further information.

Abstract: Methods and devices for wireless power transmission are described. An example wireless-power-transmitting device includes a programmable-splitter component configured to be switchable between a linear polarization setting and a circular polarization setting. The example device also includes a plurality of polarization-switching components coupled to a plurality of outputs of the programmable-splitter component, and a plurality of amplifiers coupled to respective outputs of the plurality of polarization-switching components. The example device further includes a plurality of antennas coupled to respective outputs of the plurality of amplifiers.

Abstract: Methods and devices for surveying for active and inactive power receivers within a wireless-power coverage area are described. A method includes causing performance of a survey looking for active power receivers within a wireless-power coverage area using communication radio(s). Information is received from an active power receiver and transmission of RF signals is caused to energize inactive power receivers using a power-transmission antenna. A first RF signal is transmitted using a first value for a transmission characteristic, and a second RF signal is transmitted using a second value for the transmission characteristic. Additional information is received from a first energized power receiver and further information from a second energized power receiver. Two or more frequency bands are identified for radio-frequency wireless-power transmissions by a wireless-power transmitting device within the wireless-power coverage area based on the information, the additional information, and the further information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a Radio Frequency Location and/or Proximity Beacon receiver/transmitter with one or more tunable antennas and power levels and having the capability for cloud integration. Disclosed herein is a communication system utilizing a Radio Frequency Location and/or Proximity Beacon receiver/transmitter with one or more tunable antennas and power levels and having the capability for cloud integration. The communication system supports processing of communications regarding a radio frequency (RF) beacon for tracking location and/or proximity of field assets. Disclosed herein is a method of using a Radio Frequency Location and/or Proximity Beacon receiver/transmitter with one or more tunable antennas and power levels and having the capability for cloud integration. The method transmits communications regarding a radio frequency beacon for tracking location and/or proximity of field assets.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a Radio Frequency Location and/or Proximity Beacon receiver/transmitter with one or more tunable antennas and power levels and having the capability for cloud integration. Disclosed herein is a communication system utilizing a Radio Frequency Location and/or Proximity Beacon receiver/transmitter with one or more tunable antennas and power levels and having the capability for cloud integration. The communication system supports processing of communications regarding a radio frequency (RF) beacon for tracking location and/or proximity of field assets. Disclosed herein is a method of using a Radio Frequency Location and/or Proximity Beacon receiver/transmitter with one or more tunable antennas and power levels and having the capability for cloud integration. The method transmits communications regarding a radio frequency beacon for tracking location and/or proximity of field assets.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus includes: a motor; a master control unit coupled to the motor, the master control unit configured to: receive an indication of an incoming call from a mobile device; enable the motor and provide a haptic notification in response to receiving the indication of the incoming call; receive a first command to answer the incoming call; and forward the first command to the mobile device, the first command instructing the mobile device to answer the incoming call and transfer phone and audio functionality for the incoming call to a headset, the headset paired with the mobile device with a pre-established master/slave connection.

Abstract: A composition and method for imparting a sunless tan to skin is described. The composition and method make use of a sunless tanning agent like dihydroxyacetone in combination with an adjuvant which is a pyranone, furanone or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: A composition and method for imparting a sunless tan to skin is described. The composition and method make use of a sunless tanning agent like dihydroxyacetone in combination with an adjuvant which is a pyranone, furanone or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: A health examination card and its explainer wherein the health examination card can be used to test the biochemical items of blood (BLD), bilirubin (BIL), urobilinogen (URO), protein (PRO), nitrite (NIT), glucose (GLU), free calcium (Ca), etc and the card explainer can be used to analyze the test results of the above items so as to inspect the health status and provide the early indication of the diseases for finding diseases early. Besides, said examination card and its explainer is easy to use.

Abstract: Bits are allocated to short-term repetition information for unvoiced input signals. Stated differently, more bits are allocated for pitch information during unvoiced input speech than in the prior art. The improved method and apparatus in an encoder (300) and decoder (700) result in improved consistency of amplitude pulses compared to prior art methods which indicates improved stability due to increased search resolution. Also, the improved method and apparatus result in higher energy compared to prior art methods which indicates that the synthesized waveform matches the target waveform more closely, resulting in a higher fixed codebook (FCB) gain.

Abstract: An improved speech coder takes advantage of the fact that any given pulse combination can be uniquely described by the following four properties: number of degenerate pulses, signs of pulses, positions of pulses, and pulse magnitudes. In accordance with the invention, a four stage iterative classification of the pulse combinations, where each stage groups the pulse combinations by one of these four properties, is performed. The process starts with the number of pulses, then determines the total number of possible sign combinations, pulse position combinations, and pulse magnitude combinations. This flexibility allows for the sign combinations to be grouped in the last stage. Since the number of sign combinations is always a power of two, leaving the sign combinations for last along with appropriately ordering the elements in the previous three stages allows the signs to be coded by independent bits, in turn allowing for error protection of those bits.

Abstract: A speech coder (400) for coding an information signal varies the codebook configuration based on parameters inherent in the information signal. The speech coder (400) requires no additional overhead for sending of mode parameters while allowing subframe resolution. The configurations vary not only for voicing level, but also for pitch period since different physiological traits yield different codebook configurations. A dispersion matrix (406) within the speech coder (400) facilitates a codebook search which is performed on vectors whose length can be less than a subframe length. Additionally, use of the dispersion matrix (406) allows the addition of random events for very slightly voiced speech which incurs little computational overhead but produces a rich excitation.

Abstract: An open-loop delay contour estimator (204) generates delay information during coding of an information signal. The delay contour is adjusted according to an error minimization criterion on a subframe basis, which allows a more precise estimate of the true delay contour. A delay contour reconstruction block (211) uses the delay information in a decoder in reconstructing the information signal.