Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is capable of switching between an automatic driving control mode and a manual driving mode. The apparatus includes a driver state monitor and a vehicle controller. The driver state monitor monitors a gaze of a driver and a state of the driver. The vehicle controller controls steering and a drive system in the automatic driving control mode. In a case that the driver state monitor detects that the driver gazes at a device that is operated by the driver as a second task when the vehicle controller requests to the driver for a takeover from the automatic driving control mode to the manual driving mode, the vehicle controller stops a function of the device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing mobile network services are described herein. The systems and methods enable a user to register an endpoint for use on a mobile network. When registered on the mobile network, the endpoint can be used for mobile network services, such as placing or receiving audio/video calls.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for automatically selecting alert modes for a mobile device based at least in part on the mobile device location. In one embodiment, a velocity of the mobile device is determined. If the velocity exceeds a threshold, the mobile device refrains from automatically configuring a notification of the mobile device to use a location-dependent alert mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a radio and method for automatically adjusting, in response to ambient noise, the volume setting of a radio. The radio comprises a microphone for receiving ambient audio and generating a microphone signal; a codec for receiving the microphone signal and generating a processor signal representative of the ambient audio; and processor circuitry operable to receive the processor signal, determine an ambient audio level in response to the processor signal, and determine an adjusted radio volume to generate a radio volume control signal, wherein the adjusted radio volume is determined by calculating a difference between a baseline volume level and ambient audio level and adding a current volume level setting, wherein the codec is also operable to receive the radio volume control signal and generate an output signal to adjust the radio volume setting to maintain a net difference between the adjusted radio volume and ambient audio.

Abstract: A method of controlling an audio system includes generating a situation response model for a situation parameter, determining a situation parameter value, and at least one of (1) providing an audio system output as a function of the situation response model and the situation parameter value and (2) receiving an audio system input as a function of the situation response model and the situation parameter value.

Abstract: A receiving device reduces a frequency of performing AF check per a predetermined amount of time during a reception of a digital broadcast through a hybrid broadcast to less than a frequency of performing AF check per a predetermined amount of time during a reception of an analog broadcast through the hybrid broadcast.

Abstract: The use of user equipment, or distracting features thereof are restricted or prohibited to improve vehicle operation safety. The presence of user equipment within the operator's or driver's operational area is detected. The distracting features are then restricted either immediately or based on other conditions such as vehicle speed, motion, engine state, etc. When the conditions have been eliminated and/or the user equipment is vacated from the operator's operational area, the restrictions can be removed or removed after a threshold period of time.

Abstract: Systems, methods and interfaces are disclosed for managing communications associated with a mobile communication device. Mobile communication devices process environmental inputs and transmit mobile communication device context information to a communication management system. The context information may, for example, reflect the motion and/or geographic location of the mobile device, and may reflect the risk associated with using the device to handle a call or other communications session. The communication management system uses the context information, optionally in combination with communication device profiles, to determine how to manage incoming and/or ongoing calls or other communication sessions. Mobile device users may also be inhibited from initiating communication sessions.

Abstract: A mobile terminal station sets a fixed gain set value that is a predetermined gain value at initial synchronization and amplifies a received signal received from a wireless base station in accordance with the set fixed gain set value. Then, the mobile terminal station detects a synchronizing signal pattern from the amplified received signal, and controls to perform an automatic gain control by using the fixed gain set value as the initial value of the automatic gain control when the synchronizing signal pattern is detected and modifies the fixed gain set value when the synchronizing signal pattern is not detected.

Abstract: Systems, methods and interfaces are disclosed for managing communications associated with a mobile communication device. Mobile communication devices process environmental inputs and transmit mobile communication device context information to a communication management system. The context information may, for example, reflect the motion and/or geographic location of the mobile device, and may reflect the risk associated with using the device to handle a call or other communications session. The communication management system uses the context information, optionally in combination with communication device profiles, to determine how to manage incoming and/or ongoing calls or other communication sessions. Mobile device users may also be inhibited from initiating communication sessions.

Abstract: An in-vehicle hands-free apparatus transfers, from a cellular phone to the hands-free apparatus, information regarding all the e-mails received from a communication network and stored in the cellular phone, right after the connection of a Bluetooth (BT) communication channel between the cellular phone and the hands-free apparatus. Thus, received e-mails that are received by the cellular phone from the communication network during a BT communication channel disconnection time can be synchronized between the cellular phone and the in-vehicle hands-free apparatus, thereby allowing the user to handle, on the hands-free apparatus, the received e-mails that have been received by the cellular phone while the BT communication channel is absent between the cellular phone and the hands-free apparatus.

Abstract: Methods and corresponding systems are provided for limiting mobile station operation when multiple mobile stations are moving together in a group. Such group movement includes but is not limited to movement in a vehicle. According to disclosed methods, a determination is made that multiple mobile stations are moving substantially together, and in response to the determination, operation of one or more of the mobile stations is limited.

Abstract: An operation method and a radio device for controlling a power switch of a radio based on moving speed. The radio device includes a speed estimator and an operator. The speed estimator is used for estimating the moving speed of the radio device, and the operator is used for comparing the moving speed of the radio device with a speed threshold value so as to turn on/off the power switch of the radio device. The power switch of the radio device can be controlled based on the moving speed so as to decrease the time the radio device stays on, thus reducing the power consumption of the radio device.

Abstract: A method and device are disclosed for conveying information relationships. In one embodiment, the method includes prompting, in a navigation device, at least one of input and selection of a travel destination and a desired arrival time at the travel destination; calculating an arrival time during travel to the travel destination; and outputting via the navigation device, during travel to the travel destination, an indication of a relationship between the desired arrival time and the calculated arrival time. In another embodiment, the method includes inputting a travel destination on a navigation device; determining a travel route to the input travel destination; calculating a speed in a navigation device during travel to the travel destination along the determined route; and outputting, via the navigation device, an indication of a relationship between a permitted speed and the calculated speed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of operating a telematics device within a mobile vehicle communication system. The method includes receiving a request to initiate communication and identifying a request type based on the received request. The method further includes associating the identified request type with at least one service type within a service type table, wherein the service type table maps one or more request types to a corresponding service type within the service type table. The method additionally includes determining a service type number based on the corresponding service type. The method may further include providing the determined service type number and out-pulsing the provided service type number. The method may additionally include determining the identified request type does not map to the corresponding service type and out-pulsing the received request to initiate communication.

Abstract: Compensating for varying degrees of ambient noise in a mobile device. One possible noise compensation application has a plurality of selectable settings associated with a range of speeds of motion. This noise compensation application, when executed by the processor, configures the control circuit to: receive an input from the detector, detect an amplitude of the input, compare the amplitude with a selected one of the settings, and selectively adjust an amplification device when the detected amplitude is within a prescribed range. Another possible noise compensation application has plurality of selectable settings each associated with a range of audio frequencies. This noise compensation application, when executed by the processor, configures the control circuit to: receive an input from the detector, detect a frequency of the input, compare the frequency with a selected one of the settings, and selectively filter the ambient noise when the detected frequency is within a prescribed range.

Abstract: The invention provides for a method of controlling discontinuous reception between a mobile radio communications network device and a mobile radio communications device within a mobile radio communications network and including the step of controlling magnitude of the discontinuous reception period in a manner responsive to the velocity of movement of the mobile radio communications device within the network such that a decrease in velocity can lead to an increase in the discontinuous reception period employed by the devices.

Abstract: A mobile receiver apparatus includes first tuner 2 for converting a received frequency signal by antenna 1 into an intermediate frequency signal, delay circuit 4 for setting a time required for the movement corresponding to a specific wavelength of the received frequency signal as a delay time, second tuner 3 for converting an output of the circuit 4 into a second intermediate frequency signal, and control units 5A and 7A for dynamically setting the delay time in the circuit 4 in response to a measured movement speed of a mobile unit and a received electric field strength upon the measurement, and equiphase-combining the intermediate frequency signals generated by the tuners 2 and 3 to be outputted, and the unit 7A sets the delay time corresponding to a received frequency and a Doppler shift frequency in the circuit 4, and equiphase-combines signals having a phase difference of about ¼ wavelength (90°).

Abstract: A wireless device operates in an operating state determined as a function of the wireless device's physical speed. In some implementations, the wireless device determines the physical speed using a GPS (global positioning system). If the wireless device determines based on the physical position and/or physical speed that the user is driving an automobile in a region in which using a wireless device is not permitted while driving, then the wireless device automatically disables device features. However, if the user is actually a passenger, then the user may over-ride the automatic disabling of device features. In some implementations, the wireless device also informs other wireless users that communication is inappropriate or impossible. In some implementations, the wireless device also informs a communications node to process communications directed to the wireless device.

Abstract: This mobile radio communication device comprises pilot symbol number determination unit 102 for determining the number of pilot symbol blocks necessary to determine a channel estimate in response to phasing variation, storage unit 104 for storing said determined number of pilot symbol blocks, and unit 103 for using said stored number of pilot symbol blocks to determine a channel estimate when said determined number of pilot symbol blocks exceeds the predetermined number of pilot symbol blocks.

Abstract: An apparatus including automatic gain control (AGC) includes at least one variable gain amplifier (VGA) operative to receive an input signal and to generate an amplified signal. A gain of the VGA is controlled as a function of at least a first control signal. The apparatus further includes an AGC circuit coupled to the VGA and being operative to generate the first control signal. The AGC circuit has a bandwidth that is controlled as a function of at least the amplified signal and a second control signal, the second control signal being indicative of a motion of the apparatus.

Abstract: Systems, methods and interfaces are disclosed for managing communications associated with a mobile communication device. Mobile communication devices process environmental inputs and transmit mobile communication device context information to a communication management system. The context information may, for example, reflect the motion and/or geographic location of the mobile device, and may reflect the risk associated with using the device to handle a call or other communications session. The communication management system uses the context information, optionally in combination with communication device profiles, to determine how to manage incoming and/or ongoing calls or other communication sessions. Mobile device users may also be inhibited from initiating communication sessions.

Abstract: An apparatus operable to disable operation of wireless communications devices, for use within a vehicle, includes a drive circuit coupled to at least one active antenna element to produce interference within at least one wireless communications band of frequencies in response to movement of a vehicle above a defined threshold. The drive circuit being selectively disabled while the vehicle is moving above the defined threshold. The interference may take the form of a bare carrier wave, or may take the form of noise, and is transmitted at sufficient power to interfere with communication between the wireless communications device and a destination device.

Abstract: A receiver system and method for detecting and attenuating noise in a predetermined frequency range. The system includes at least one antenna, at least one filter, at least one automatic gain control device, and at least one processor. The at least one antenna receives at least one signal that includes at least one AM signal. The signal passes through the at least one filter. The at least one automatic gain control device adjusts the gain of the at least one signal to attenuate noise in the at least one signal. The at least one processor performs the steps including detecting when said noise is within a predetermined frequency range, and commanding the at least one automatic gain control device when the detected noise is within the predetermined frequency range, such that the automatic gain control device attenuates the noise that is within the predetermined frequency range.

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal and a moving speed detection method which are capable of detecting a moving speed with high accuracy are provided. A mobile communication terminal 10 includes a plurality of moving speed detector sections, i.e., a first moving speed detector section 30 and a second moving speed detector section 32 which have mutually different detection methods and a speed detection value selector section 34 to select any one of respective speed detection values of the detector sections 30 and 32 based on a predetermined selection criterion.

Abstract: When information of its own station is transmitted to another mobile station by a CSMA access method, by a transmission control method and device, moving speed information and location information is transmitted with a predetermined minimum transmission power until a moving speed of its own station exceeds a first threshold, and the moving speed information and the location information is transmitted with a first transmission power proportional to the moving speed when the moving speed of its own station exceeds the first threshold. In this case, moving direction information of its own station may be acquired and transmitted in addition to the moving speed information and the location information.

Abstract: A mobile receiver having a multi-mode interference suppression function and a way to estimate its speed utilizes a parametric approach to interference suppression at high speeds, and a nonparametric approach at low speeds. In particular, if the mobile receiver is currently operating in a nonparametric mode and its speed exceeds a first predetermined threshold, the mobile receiver switches to a parametric mode. Conversely, if the mobile receiver is currently in parametric mode and its speed is less than a second predetermined threshold, the mobile receiver switches to nonparametric mode. In one embodiment, the speed may be estimated by a Doppler frequency in the received signal, and the thresholds are Doppler frequencies. In one embodiment, the first and second thresholds are different, creating a hysteresis in the mode switching.

Abstract: A method and system for at least one of communication and interaction between a vehicle driver and a plurality of at least one of integrated and non-integrated applications like, e.g., native vehicle applications and/or aftermarket applications and/or nomad applications is disclosed. Especially, such a method and system for managing the at least one of communication and interaction by means of an interaction manager is provided, by which this at least one of communication and interaction is conducted or managed in such a way that risks and impairments for the safety and comfort of the driver are reduced considerably and workload and distraction of the driver are reduced considerably as well.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for implementing CESOP inexpensively yet effectively implemented across an MPLS or an IP network. A Zarlink chip provides CESOP functionality, providing a TDM pseudowire by converting TDM streams into Ethernet packets. These Ethernet packets can be processed by a Marvell chip, which has the ability to perform QoS functions on the packets. The Marvell chip converts the Ethernet packets into MPLS or IP packets for transmission over a packet network. Use of a single virtual circuit label, invisible to the packet network for routing purposes, within the Ethernet packet allows Marvell chips at each end of the emulated circuit to tie traffic to a particular customer and to thereby apply appropriate QoS constraints.

Abstract: A system capable of appropriately controlling an operation of an information processing device mounted on a mobile apparatus for effective use of information processing resources of the information processing device is provided. According to the device control system (10), information processing by a first information processing device (11) is restricted when the first information processing device (11) is set to receive data through a high-speed broadcast channel. Thus, the information processing resources of the first information processing device (11) are primarily allocated to reception of designated data through the high-speed broadcast channel. Further, allocation of the information processing resources to information processing other than the reception of the designated data, such as information processing requested from a second information processing device (12), is restricted.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting use of a wireless device is disclosed. In one embodiment, wireless device activity data is received from a wireless network. User account data is searched using selected parameters from the wireless device activity data to identify one or more subscribers that are or were using a wireless device. One or more subscriber vehicles or vehicle monitoring systems associated with each of the one or more subscribers are identified. Vehicle operation data from one or more vehicle monitoring systems is received. The vehicle operation data is used to determine whether any of the one or more subscriber vehicles were moving during use of an associated wireless device.

Abstract: In the current state of the art there are a number of operable devices 11, 12, 13 known that have an operating panel 14 through which a user of the device 11, 12, 13 can produce and/or change-existing operating states, Because of the fact that manual operation is often very complex and can also result in the distraction of the user in situations that require the full the attention of a user to be directed elsewhere, the invention increases the ease of operation and simultaneously reduces the amount of attention required to be paid to the devices 11, 12, 13. The invention uses a decision unit 15 that blocks or releases certain operating states of the operable device 11, 12, 13 based on the data received. The invention can be implemented, for example, so that a mobile telephone 11 installed in a vehicle 10 does not “transfer” any telephone calls or suppresses the making of telephone calls from within the vehicle 10 when the vehicle 10 is moving faster than a certain speed.

Abstract: A method of tuning a hands-free system in a mobile vehicle, the method including receiving a plurality of vehicle condition inputs, creating a noise parameter based on the vehicle condition inputs and adjusting a noise suppression algorithm of the hands-free system based on the created noise parameter.

Abstract: The controller changes the low vehicle speed region set volume according to an operational input to the volume control switch within a first volume setting range set up in advance when the volume control switch is operated in the low vehicle speed region, and changes the high vehicle speed region set volume according to an operational input to the volume control switch within a second volume setting range set up in advance when the volume control switch is operated in the high vehicle speed region. A lower limit of the second volume setting range is set higher than an upper limit of the first volume setting range. Thus, it is possible to accurately control the volume of the audio system and improve feeling of volume change.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for estimating the velocity of a mobile station in Rician fading environments in which a direct wave exists. Cellular mobile communication environments include two environments, Rician fading environments in which a direct wave exists and Rayleigh fading environments in which a direct wave does not exist. Generally, many methods for estimating the velocity of a mobile station have been known in Rayleigh fading environments. However, in Rician fading environments in which a direct wave exists, many errors occurs in estimating the velocity of a mobile station due to difficulty in estimation of a Rician coefficient K and an incident angle ?0. According to the invention, a method is provided wherein error is mostly eliminated in estimating the velocity of a mobile station by obtaining a maximum Doppler frequency of the mobile station, even without directly obtaining a Rician coefficient K and an incident angle ?0.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed relating to communications. The systems and techniques involve supporting communications between a base station and a plurality of users by establishing an overhead channel between one of the users and the base station, and transmitting data from said one of the users to the base station on the overhead channel in response to a message having a threshold value related to a loading on the base station by the users. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.

Abstract: A mobile communication apparatus is provided, which permits highly efficient communication even between mobile units that cannot communicate directly because of signal-shielding communication obstacles. The mobile communication apparatus 10 includes transmission means 11, reception means 11, surrounding environment detection means 13, 14 for detecting whether or not there are communication obstacles in the surroundings of a mobile unit, communication state decision means 15 for making decisions as to the quality of the communication state of the mobile unit based on detection results of the surrounding environment detection means 13, 14, and control means 16 for controlling transmission, via the transmission means 11, of information received by the reception means 11 based on decision results of the communication state decision means 15.

Abstract: Mobile station equipment, base station equipment, and an exchange equipped with all or some units for monitoring the speed of a mobile station, making a judgment whether or not the speed exceeds a given threshold value, and restricting both or at least one of channel control and call processing regarding a call occurring at the corresponding mobile station. These mobile station equipment, base station equipment, and exchange operate alone or associate with each other through radio transmission paths or other links. Further a mobile communication system may include these mobile station equipment, base station equipment, and exchange. In the above equipment exchange, accidents normally caused by some operation of an operator on the mobile station equipment in response to a call occurring in the mobile station equipment moving at a high speed are prevented efficiently and reliably.

Abstract: The method of optimizing performance of a mobile terminal comprising a radio communication module, a central computing unit and a plurality of data processing software components which optimizes the operation performance of the mobile terminal comprises the steps of capturing the traveling speed of the terminal from an external source, and distributing the captured speed to each of the data processing software components.

Abstract: A WCDMA receiver in which the dependencies of different functional modules are arranged to allow proper tailoring of the Channel Estimation (CE) module bandwidth. A PreCE provides rough estimation results of the channel complex gain. The rough estimation results are passed to the Automatic Frequency Control (AFC). The AFC outputs a signal transmitted to two mixers. The first mixer mixes the output of the PreCe with the output of the AFC and outputs the result to a Velocity estimator (VE) and a PostCE to generate the compensating signals. The output of the VE is also transmitted to the PostCE. The output of the PostCE is sent to a Maximum Ratio Combining module, whose output is mixed by the second mixer with the output of the AFC to generate a final signal.

Abstract: A mobile radio velocity estimation system (100) includes an autocorrelation block (106) that determines the autocorrelation of a received signal (104) using one lag (102). A power determination block (108) determines the power of the received signal (104) and a divider block (114) divides the autocorrelation (110) by the power (112). Using a Bessel function lookup table (116) and a multiplication by ?/? block (118), an estimate (120) for the mobile radio's velocity can be calculated. A method for estimating the velocity of a mobile radio (500) is also discussed.

Abstract: In multi-path regions of high wave strength, noise in produced sounds of a vehicle audio system is reduced due to controlling of amplification of radio waves received by an on-glass antenna on the basis of wave strength at a running position of a vehicle and its change rate.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for estimating a movement speed of a mobile unit in a mobile radio communication system. First, the present invention receives a first signal from the mobile unit. Then, the system calculates an envelope of the first signal and obtains a second signal by squaring the envelope. Next, the system obtains a third signal by multiplying the second signal by a modulated carrier, the carrier including a carrier frequency. According to the third signal, the present invention estimates the movement speed of the mobile unit.

Abstract: In response to the resetting of a timer 6, a received electric field level measuring unit 3 measures the received electric field level in a predetermined time, and a control unit 4 computes the average level Vav in that time and compares this level Vav with a threshold level Vth. The unit 4 then computes a cycle period Tav of generation of levels in excess of the threshold level Vth in a predetermined time, and compares this cycle period Tav with a threshold cycle period Tth for high speed movement judgment as set in a memory 5. When Tav is shorter than Tth, the unit 4 judges and recognizes that the telephone set is in high speed movement, so that it can give an alarm to the person carying the telephone is set while at the same time changing the received sound level or automatically informing that the telephone set is in high speed movement.

Abstract: Mobile station equipment, base station equipment, and an exchange equipped with all or some units for monitoring the speed of a mobile station, making a judgment whether or not the speed exceeds a given threshold value, and restricting both or at least one of channel control and call processing regarding a call occurring at the corresponding mobile station. These mobile station equipment, base station equipment, and exchange operate alone or associate with each other through radio transmission paths or other links. Further a mobile communication system may include these mobile station equipment, base station equipment, and exchange. In the above equipment exchange, accidents normally caused by some operation of an operator on the mobile station equipment in response to a call occurring in the mobile station equipment moving at a high speed are prevented efficiently and reliably.

Abstract: A computer system measures bus signal distortion and then adjusts certain characteristics of the signal transmitted over the bus, or adjusts other characteristics of the bus or the load on the bus so that signal distortion is reduced. Distortion characteristics that may be measured include signal voltage overshoot and undershoot, and data setup and hold times. Characteristics of the signal and the system that may be adjusted include changing the slew rate of the signal, changing the data setup and hold times, and changing the load impedance on the bus.

Abstract: In multi-path regions of high wave strength, noise in produced sounds of a vehicle audio system is reduced due to controlling of amplification of radio waves received by an on-glass antenna on the basis of wave strength at a running position of a vehicle and its change rate.

Abstract: A wave-shaper device having an output terminal for providing a first periodic analog signal with a first frequency, the wave-shaper device including an oscillator having an output terminal for providing a second periodic analog signal with a second frequency which is multiple with an even factor of the first frequency, and means for obtaining the first analog signal from the second analog signal.

Abstract: A reception apparatus and a reception processing method are proposed to improve a reception characteristic by compensating deterioration of transmission quality independently of the traveling speed of a terminal. When a transmission signal sent via a radio transmission path is received and data is demodulated by carrying out various kinds of reception processing on the received signal, the present invention can perform reception processing best suited to a radio transmission path whose state changes according to the traveling speed of the terminal itself by receiving traveling speed information from speed detection means for detecting the traveling speed of the terminal itself and controlling reception processing on the reception signal according to the traveling speed information.

Abstract: A method of modifying gain tables for the reverse-link communications in a cdma2000 wireless communication network includes the steps of estimating the velocity of a mobile station for a given frame error rate (FER) and data rate, and providing three gains to choose between based on the estimated velocity in order to specify a reverse-link transmit power level. The velocity estimation may be performed using a level crossing technique, a covariance approximation technique, or a Doppler spectrum estimation technique.