Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel kinetic energy earphone speaker, comprising a speaker, a battery, and a PCBA circuit main board. A through-hole is provided in the middle of one side face of the speaker, the battery extends into the through-hole for mounting and arranging, the PCBA circuit main board is sleeve jointed on the extending end of the battery, and a second washer can form one T-type magnetizer with a magnetizer metal casing of the battery. The present invention incorporates part of the volume of the battery into the speaker as a magnetizer, which can reduce the combined use space, make the volume of the product small, and shorten the overall design time.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a speaker device. The speaker device may include a core housing, a circuit housing, an ear hook, and a housing sheath. The core housing may be configured to accommodate an earphone core. The circuit housing may be configured to accommodate a control circuit or a battery. The control circuit or the battery may be configured to drive the earphone core to vibrate to produce sound. The ear hook may be configured to connect the core housing and the circuit housing. The housing sheath may at least partially cover the circuit housing and the ear hook. The housing sheath may include waterproof material. The waterproof performance of the speaker device may be improved through sealed connections among various components of the speaker device in the present disclosure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bone conduction speaker and its compound vibration device. The compound vibration device comprises a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, the vibration conductive plate is set to be the first torus, where at least two first rods inside it converge to its center; the vibration board is set as the second torus, where at least two second rods inside it converge to its center. The vibration conductive plate is fixed with the vibration board; the first torus is fixed on a magnetic system, and the second torus comprises a fixed voice coil, which is driven by the magnetic system. The bone conduction speaker in the present disclosure and its compound vibration device adopt the fixed vibration conductive plate and vibration board, making the technique simpler with a lower cost; because the two adjustable parts in the compound vibration device can adjust both low frequency and high frequency area, the frequency response obtained is flatter and the sound is broader.

Abstract: A piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone comprises a piezoelectric element configured to deform and generate an electrical potential responsive to impingement of sound waves on the piezoelectric element, a sensing electrode disposed on the piezoelectric element and configured to sense the electrical potential, and a dummy electrode electrically unconnected to the sensing electrode and disposed on a portion of the piezoelectric element that is free of the sensing electrode, the dummy electrode configured to reduce static deformation of the piezoelectric element caused by residual stresses in the piezoelectric element.

Abstract: An ultrasound energy delivery system is provided that includes a transducer and a housing.

Abstract: A MEMS die includes a substrate having an opening formed therein, a diaphragm having a first surface attached around a periphery thereof to the substrate and over the opening, and a backplate separated from a second surface of the diaphragm. The diaphragm includes at least one passage disposed between the first and second surfaces, and the at least one passage has a smaller cross-sectional area at the first surface than at the second surface.

Abstract: Described herein is a MEMS acoustic transducer device provided with a micromechanical detection structure that detects acoustic-pressure waves and supplies a transduced electrical quantity, and with an integrated circuit operatively coupled to the micromechanical detection structure and having a reading module that generates at output an audio signal as a function of the transduced electrical quantity. The integrated circuit is further provided with a recognition module, which recognizes a of sound activity event associated to the transduced electrical quantity. The MEMS acoustic transducer has an output that supplies at output a data signal that carries information regarding recognition of the sound activity event.

Abstract: Each accessory device in a set of accessory devices may establish a respective communication link between the accessory device and an ear-wearable device. A particular accessory device in the set of accessory devices may receive data via the communication link between the particular accessory device and the ear-wearable device. The data comprise information generated based on sensor signals from sensors that monitor a user of the ear-wearable device. The accessory devices perform a health monitoring activity based on the data.

Abstract: A medical hearing-aid earphone includes a housing, and a battery assembly and a circuit board assembly located in the housing, where the housing is internally provided with a sound cavity, and the medical hearing-aid earphone further includes a speaker assembly located in the housing and a holder sleeved outside the speaker assembly. The holder and the speaker assembly divide the sound cavity into a front sound cavity and a rear sound cavity, where a relative position of the speaker assembly in the holder is adjustable during assembling. The medical hearing-aid earphone is convenient to adjust space sizes of a front sound cavity and a rear sound cavity, so that the medical hearing-aid earphone can be customized according to requirements of different users and has a larger application range.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a loudspeaker vibrating membrane with hard and elastic soft properties, comprising: (a) adhering a curable polymer to all areas on the outer surface of a base material; (b) drying the curable polymer to form a hard structure; (c) forming a loudspeaker vibrating membrane; and (d) separating the loudspeaker vibrating membrane from the base material. The method further comprises the following steps between steps (b) and (c) or steps (c) and (d), or after step (d): (e) adhering an elastic soft polymer to all or partial areas on the outer surface of the hard structure; and (f) drying the elastic soft polymer to form an elastic soft structure covering all or partial areas on the outer surface of the hard structure. In the present invention, the hardness and elastic coefficient of the loudspeaker vibrating membrane can be adjusted by the hard structure and the elastic soft structure.

Abstract: The invention concerns a mobile terminal with at least two transducers (LSm, LSs1, LSS2) used simultaneously as loudspeakers for stereophonic effect. According to the invention, one of said transducers is a main transducer (LSm) with a main working frequency band (Bm) corresponding to at least the phone frequency band, while the other transducer is a secondary transducer (LSs1; LSs2) with a secondary working frequency band (Bs1; Bs2) band different from said main frequency band, the lowest frequencies of said secondary working frequency band (Bs1; Bs2) being greater than the lowest frequencies of said main working frequency band.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a receiver and an up-mixer. The receiver is configured to receive a bitstream that includes an encoded mid signal and encoded stereo parameter information. The encoded stereo parameter information represents a first value of a stereo parameter and a second value of the stereo parameter. The first value is associated with a first frequency range. The second value is associated with a second frequency range that is distinct from the first frequency range. The up-mixer is configured to perform an up-mix operation on a frequency-domain decoded mid signal generated from the encoded mid signal. A particular value based on the first value and the second value is applied to the frequency-domain decoded mid signal during the up-mix operation.

Abstract: A wearable electronic device (WED) corrects an error where a user hears binaural sound. A processor processes sound into binaural sound that localizes to the user at a location, and the WED determines a gaze direction of the user when the user hears the binaural sound. The WED corrects an error between the location and the gaze direction.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing device, a method, and a program that enable easy production of 3D Audio content. The information processing device includes a determination unit that determines one or more parameters constituting the metadata of an object on the basis of one or more pieces of attribute information of the object. The present technology can be applied to information processing devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a processing method in association with the system for customizing audio experience. Customization of audio experience can be based on derivation of at least one customized audio response characteristic which can be applied to an audio device used by a person. The customized audio response characteristic(s) can be unique to the person.

Abstract: A system for proximity-based analysis of multiple entities includes a first communication device associated with a first entity and an additional communication device associated with an additional entity, wherein the first communication device and the additional communication device are communicatively couplable. The system includes one or more processors communicatively coupled to at least one of the first communication device or the at least an additional communication device. The one or more processors are configured to: identify a spatial relationship between the first entity and the additional entity based on one or more signals from the first communication device or the additional communication device, identify an operation unit defined by an association between the first entity and the additional entity based on the spatial relationship between the first entity and the at least the additional entity, and report one or more characteristics of the operation unit.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and program products for providing services to a user by a mobile device based on the user's daily routine of movement. The mobile device determines whether a location cluster indicates a significant location for the user based on one or more hints that indicate an interest of the user in locations in the cluster. The mobile device can perform adaptive clustering to determine a size of area of the significant location based on how multiple locations converge in the location cluster. The mobile device can provide location-based services for calendar items, including predicting a time of arrival at an estimated location of a calendar item. The mobile device can provide various services related to a location of the mobile device or a significant location of the user through an application programming interface (API).

Abstract: A computer may receive connection information associated with one or more communication devices in a network, where the connection information specifies dynamic associations or connections between electronic devices and the one or more communication devices in an environment as a function of time. Then, the computer may store system information that includes: first identifiers of the one or more communication devices, second identifiers of the electronic devices, and timestamps, where a portion of the system information specifies a duration of a dynamic association or connection between a given electronic device and a given communication device. Moreover, the computer may receive occurrence information that indicates an occurrence of an event. In response, the computer may determine, based at least in part on the system information, one or more regions in the environment where an electronic device was present during a time interval, and the computer may accordingly perform a remedial action.

Abstract: A method of determining a position of a mobile telecommunication device (10) which transmits a signal (S) to base stations (1, 2, 3, . . . ) connected by a data link (8) comprises the steps of: correlating the received signal (S) and a reference signal (S?) so as to produce a correlation for each base station, detecting a maximum in each correlation, which maximum is indicative of a time of arrival of the signal (S) at the respective base station, and using the respective times of arrival and the distances (D1, D2, . . . ) derived therefrom to derive a location of the mobile telecommunication device. The method uses receivers (21, 22, . . . ) coupled to a data network (7), each receiver (21, 22, . . . ) deriving the reference signal (S?) from the received signal (S). Each base station may select, if it receives multiple reference signals, the reference signal (S?) having the highest quality.

Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, computer readable media, and other various embodiments are described for location management processes in wearable electronic devices. One embodiment involves pairing a client device with a wearable device, capturing a first client location fix at a first time using the first application and location circuitry of the client device. The client device then receives content from the wearable device, where the content is associated with a content capture time and location state data. The client device then updates a location based on the available data to reconcile the different sets of location data. In some embodiments, additional sensor data, such as data from an accelerometer, is used is used to determine which location data is more accurate for certain content.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for UE positioning in wireless networks. Various embodiments may include signaling of virtual identifiers associated with remote radio heads of a coordinated multipoint communication system and generating a positioning reference signal based on the virtual identifiers. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed at a method of personalizing an application for displaying, on a mobile communication device, user content associated with a site, the method comprising determining location of the mobile communication device, calculating travel characteristics of the mobile communication device, determining presence of a site, obtaining user preferences for display of user content, and retrieving and displaying user content associated with the site on the mobile communication device.

Abstract: An improved system and method for defining an event based upon an object location and a user-defined zone and managing the conveyance of object location event information among computing devices where object location events are defined in terms of a condition based upon a relationship between user-defined zone information and object location information. One or more location information sources are associated with an object to provide the object location information. One or more user-defined zones are defined on a map and one or more object location events are defined. The occurrence of an object location event produces object location event information that is conveyed to users based on user identification codes. Accessibility to object location information, zone information, and object location event information is based upon an object location information access code, a zone information access code, and an object location event information access code, respectively.

Abstract: Methods and devices for implementing the methods for communicating vehicle-to-everything (V2X) information to a network node include transmitting a first V2X message that is associated with a first service and that includes an identifier of a second service, and transmitting a second V2X message that is associated with the second service and that includes an identifier of the first service configured to enable the network node to use information from the first V2X message with the second service. The network node may receive the first V2X message and the second V2X message, and may use information from the first V2X message with the second service.

Abstract: In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicle apparatuses are provided. A method to selectively pair an in-vehicle display to a mobile device used by a passenger with an in-vehicle display system when seated in the vehicle, including receiving, by a processor of a vehicle, notification via a rideshare app of a request for a ride to a destination; in response, to the passenger entering the vehicle, initiating a pairing operation of a system of the vehicle with a passenger's mobile device based on the capture by the passenger using the passenger's mobile device of a QR code displayed in the vehicle; displaying a QR code for capture by the passenger's mobile device in the vehicle and initiating a wireless connection with the passenger's mobile device wherein the wireless connection is a secure connection based on an identification of the passenger and passenger location in the vehicle based on the QR code.

Abstract: The technology relates to actively looking for an assigned passenger prior to a vehicle 100 reaching a pickup location. For instance, information identifying the pickup location and client device information for authenticating the assigned passenger is received. Sensor data is received from a perception system of the vehicle identifying objects in an environment of the vehicle. When the vehicle is within a predetermined distance from the pickup location, authenticating a client device using the client device information is attempted. When the client device has been authenticated, the sensor data is used to determine whether a pedestrian is within a first threshold distance of the vehicle. When a pedestrian is determined to be within the first threshold distance of the vehicle, the vehicle is stopped prior to reaching the pickup location, to wait for the pedestrian within the first threshold distance of the vehicle to enter the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for dynamically provisioning virtual subscriber identity modules (SIMS) to enable a user equipment (UE) to use a service from a service provider. The method can include a UE transmitting a user request to a virtual SIM marketplace. The virtual SIM marketplace can receive a plurality of service offers from a plurality of service providers. The virtual SIM marketplace can match details in the user request with offers made by the plurality of service providers. When a match is found, the virtual SIM marketplace can send user information from the user request to the matching provider. The provider can then send a SIM over-the-air (OTA) message to the UE. The UE can use the SIM-OTA message to enable the UE to provide a user device service on the provider's network.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a personalized entity repository. For example, a computing device comprises a personalized entity repository having fixed sets of entities from an entity repository stored at a server, a processor, and memory storing instructions that cause the computing device to identify fixed sets of entities that are relevant to a user based on context associated with the computing device, rank the fixed sets by relevancy, and update the personalized entity repository using selected sets determined based on the rank and on set usage parameters applicable to the user. In another example, a method includes generating fixed sets of entities from an entity repository, including location-based sets and topic-based sets, and providing a subset of the fixed sets to a client, the client requesting the subset based on the client's location and on items identified in content generated for display on the client.

Abstract: A determination is made as to when two computing devices are in the presence of each other, also referred to as the two computing devices being colocated. This determination is made based on wireless location signals received at the two computing devices as well as environment data sensed by the two computing devices. The computing devices determine whether they are in the presence of each other and enable multi-device engagement in response to determining that the two computing devices are in the presence of each other.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed relating to low energy communication devices. A device may be configured as a low energy central device that is associated with a particular location within a premises. Information may be received from a peripheral device when the peripheral device is within a threshold proximity of the low energy central device.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided.

Abstract: An inconsistency-determining apparatus in an emergency notification system in which emergency information about a vehicle accident is able to be transmitted from each of the vehicles that have accidents includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a number of times each of the vehicles collides or information with which the number of times is able to be specified, as emergency information about the vehicles that have the accidents, a counter configured to count the number of times each of the vehicles that have the accidents collides, a comparator configured to compare the number of times one of the vehicles that have the accidents collides with that of another thereof, and a generation unit configured to generate an inconsistency comparison result representing a possibility that an unknown vehicle having a collision exists when there is inconsistency in the number of times the vehicles that have the accidents collide.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media for connecting a user for providing emergency response assistance to victims and emergency service providers. In some embodiments, a method for automatically populating an incident report includes the steps of: generating a victim code for display at a first electronic device; receiving an emergency data request comprising the victim code from a second electronic device associated with an emergency service provider (ESP) personnel; gathering emergency data associated with the victim code; transmitting the emergency data associated with the victim code to the second electronic device associated with the ESP personnel; and automatically populating, at the second electronic device associated with the ESP personnel, one or more fields of an incident report using the emergency data associated with the victim code.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A user equipment (UE) is provided.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods that dynamically manage network traffic for individual subscribers based on past and current data usage rates. The disclosed systems and methods operate to control data traffic for a group of subscribers that share a common access network or that share a common access link to an access network. Prior to an individual subscriber reaching their data plan limit, the disclosed systems and methods track individual subscribers' past and current data rates and manage individual subscribers' current usage rates so that each subscriber's continually or periodically updating past usage rate stays within a provisioning rate for the group. This can improve user experience because rather than waiting until a subscriber has reached their plan data limit to impose strict data usage restrictions, the disclosed systems and methods use modest restrictions continuously or intermittently during the plan period.

Abstract: A system and method to reduce misuse of radio resources, by modifying radio access network (RAN) features of user devices. The UE segregation server unit [302] as disclosed in the present disclosure identifies one or more UE required to be modified due to which network KPI's are getting degraded, based on an analysis performed by a Network Performance Unit [304]. Further, the UE segregation server unit [302] updates/modifies a UE Capability Indication message to disable certain radio capabilities causing some malfunction in the network based on identification of one or more UEs as erroneous UE based on a successful comparison of the at least one TAC information present in the UE Capability Indication message with at least one TAC information of the identified one or more UE that are required to be modified. This disclosure provides improved throughput for network subscriptions in user devices by saving network resources.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a radio network node for handling transmission of data from a wireless device in a wireless communication network. The radio network node determines a delay value for a transmission of data from the wireless device based on a transmission type of data from the wireless device or a capability of the wireless device. The capability is related to a processing time for processing received data from the radio network node, or for processing data for transmission to the radio network node. The radio network node further transmits an indication, to the wireless device, which indication indicates the determined delay value.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for wideband uplink control channel capability indication during initial access are disclosed herein. A user equipment (UE) may transmit an uplink message indicating an uplink resource bandwidth capability of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of the UE based on a power spectral density (PSD) limitation and a maximum transmission power of the UE. The UE may receive a downlink message indicating an uplink resource allocation of the PUCCH corresponding to the uplink resource bandwidth capability. Alternatively, the UE may receive a downlink configuration that indicates a first set of uplink resources and a second set of uplink resources. The UE may transmit an acknowledgment message in response to a downlink message of a random access channel process. The acknowledgment message includes the uplink resource bandwidth capability that indicates a selection between the first set of uplink resources and the second set of uplink resources.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for reporting a blind decoding capability, blind decoding configuration, a blind decoding method, a terminal and a base station. The method for reporting a blind decoding capability includes: determining the blind decoding capability information of the terminal, where the blind decoding capability information of the terminal include a maximum number of blind decodings that the terminal is capable to process per time unit; reporting the blind decoding capability information of the terminal to a base station.

Abstract: A method of provisioning an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) of a wireless communication device.

Abstract: An encryption mechanism used on cooperative multi-band wireless STA architecture that enables full duplex operations. In encrypting a frame, an AAD can be constructed by using a selected MAC address, which may not be associated with a band to be used for transmitting the frame in an upcoming TXOP. An STA that supports simultaneous transmission in a multi-band operation uses the same MAC address to encrypt the frames to be transmitted on different bands. An AAD is constructed by using a same MAC address corresponding to one of the transceivers. A transmit STA may specify band information used for encryption in the MAC header, which serves to signal the receive STA to decrypt the frame by using the proper information.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for deriving secured keys and authenticating based on the derived keys. An entity may receive one or more derived keys and one or more key derivation algorithms associated with the one or more derived keys. A user device may derive, based on a key associated with the user device and unknown to the entity, a user key. The entity may derive, based on a first derived key and one of the key derivation algorithms, a second derived key, and may verify, based on the second derived key, the user key.

Abstract: In an aspect, a network supporting a number of client devices includes a network device that generates a context for a client device. The client device context may include network state information for the client device that enables the network to communicate with the client device. The client device may obtain, from a network device that serves a first service area of the network, information that includes a first client device context. The client device may enter a second service area of the network served by a second network device. Instead of performing a service area update procedure with the network, the client device may transmit a packet in the different service area with the information that includes the client device context. The client device may receive a service relocation message including information associated with the different network device in response to the transmission.

Abstract: A method of authentication in ride hailing situations may include directing, by a first computing device of a passenger, the passenger to point a camera of the first computing device toward a location of a second computing device of a driver located in a vehicle, receiving data from the camera, wherein the data comprises streaming image frames including vehicle information pertaining to a vehicle included in the streaming image frames, analyzing the data to obtain the vehicle information, and determining whether the vehicle in the streaming image frames corresponds to an expected vehicle for the driver, the determination based on the vehicle information and expected vehicle information.

Abstract: A system for cryptographic authorization of wireless communications includes a verifying node and configured to receive a transfer request from a user device, authenticate the transfer request, generate a transfer authorization token, and provide the transfer authorization token to at least one recipient device.

Abstract: Accordingly, the embodiments herein provide a method for authentication of an IAB node by an IAB-donor node in a wireless network. The method includes obtaining an IAB authorization information of the IAB node from one of an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) and a Mobility Management Entity (MME) of the wireless network, determining whether the IAB authorization information of the IAB node indicates the IAB node is authorized, and allocating a unique identity/parameter to the IAB node during an IAB-Mobile Termination (MT) setup and/or Backhaul Radio Link Control (RLC) channel establishment and/or Routing update phase. Further, the method includes storing the unique identity/parameter in a user equipment (UE)-context, which is used to identify the UE-context during an IAB-Distributed Unit (DU) part setup for authorization check and/or authentication.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, responsive to a first registration request to access a mobile network, determining whether a first phone number associated with a first IMSI assigned to a first SIM of a first mobile device matches a second phone number associated with a second IMSI assigned to a second SIM of a second mobile device, determining whether the second mobile device is currently registered to the mobile network, and, in turn, sending a request for authentication to register the first mobile device and to deregister the second mobile device, determining whether a response to the request for the authentication code matches an authentication code, and responsive to the determining the response matches the authentication code, registering the first mobile device to the mobile network and deregistering the second mobile device from the mobile network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A subscriber identity module (eUICC), comprises profiles for the utilization of a mobile terminal that include at least a first profile and at least a second profile, of which the second profile (Pr1, Pr2) is devised as an active profile. The first profile is designed as a root profile (PrR) which in a normal state of the subscriber identity module is in an inactive state, and which is devised to be activated in response to an authentication command (AUTHENTICATE) received at the subscriber identity module. The authentication command is specially parameterized for the root profile (PrR) with a specific root value of the network parameter (P2) to be activated during a change-over period. The initially active second profile (Pr1, Pr2) is deactivated during the change-over period. After the end of the change-over period, the first profile (PrR) is again deactivated and the second profile (Pr1, Pr2) is again activated.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system, such as long-term evolution (LTE). The disclosure relates to authentication and authorization for edge computing applications, and an operation method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method may include transmitting, to a server, a first message including at least one of information related to the UE or a type of user agent, performing an authentication procedure for an edge computing service according to an authentication method determined based on the first message, receiving a second message indicating authority granted to the edge computing service, based on an authentication code generated by the server according to the performed authentication procedure, and using the edge computing service in a range corresponding to the granted authority.

Abstract: A system is provided for identification of secure wireless network access points using cryptographic pre-shared keys. In particular, the system may comprise a client-side application that may use a pre-shared key to generate a list of valid access point ID's in a pseudorandom manner. A server-side application may use the same pre-shared key to generate one or more access point ID's. Based on the pre-shared key, a client computing device may readily identify which wireless access points within the network are secure and trusted.