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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110043326 | Broadcast receiver, mobile device, service providing method, and broadcast receiver controlling method A broadcast receiver includes a mode determination unit to determine a current operation mode among a plurality of operation modes, a communication interface to transmit the determined current operation mode to a mobile device through interactive communication, and to r... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110032075 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HOME-TO-VEHICLE APPLICATIONS OVER WIRELESS LINKS Methods and apparatus are provided for enabling communication between an information handling device, such as a computer, and a vehicle. A dongle is provided for enabling the communication and includes an external coupling device, dongle transceiver circuitry, and a don... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110018730 | INPUT AIDING APPARATUS AND INPUT AIDING METHOD According to one embodiment, an input aiding apparatus comprises an aiding module, wherein in the case where the selection of an input column in the direction toward the head or tail end is requested with the head or tail end input column, respectively, already selected... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110012748 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS An information processing apparatus has a short-distance wireless communication unit which communicates with external equipment, an input unit, a timer, and a control unit. The input unit generates a press event in response to depression of the input unit and a release ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100328092 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM The present invention relates to a communication device, communication method, and program that realizes a collaboration wherein multiple facilities nearby having similar objectives work together, enabling prosperity of an entire community. | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100302051 | Battery thermal event detection system using a thermally interruptible electrical conductor A method and apparatus is provided for determining when a battery, or one or more batteries within a battery pack, undergoes an undesired thermal event such as thermal runaway. The system uses a conductive member mounted in close proximity to, or in contact with, an ext... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100283624 | REMOTE CONTROL SIGNAL LEARNING AND PROCESSING BY A HOST DEVICE AND ACCESSORY Techniques that facilitate the learning and processing of remote control signals by a host device and an accessory. In one set of embodiments, the host device and the accessory can operate in a first mode in which the host device can learn signals from (and thus be remo... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100277340 | Lighting Control Architecture A system and method of lighting protocol and architecture to control lighting parameters, consisting of an X-byte data packet with command, addressing, Hue, Saturation, and Intensity selection, and fading control whereby commands set a remote device state with no need f... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100265090 | Entertainment Apparatus for a Seated User A seat (5) includes a sensor (21) mounted on the seat which is arranged to sense the presence of an object, or movement or position of an object in a non-contact manner, within a sensing region around the seat. A processor is arranged to receive an audio s... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100253532 | Method of Locating an Emitting Handheld Device and Man/Machine Interface System Implementing Such a Method A method of locating a handheld device emitting an electric field and/or magnetic field includes defining a reference area, arranging at least one electric field and/or magnetic field probe proximate to or inside the reference area, arranging the handheld device within ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100245111 | END USER CONTROL OF MUSIC ON HOLD In an exemplary embodiment, a wireless handset allows a user having a connection in an “on-hold” state to select one or more sources for play-out of media at a handset receiver while in the on-hold state, and then be signaled when the on-hold state is terminated. Su... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100245116 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING MOTION SIGNALS IN A MULTI-SEAT ENVIRONMENT A system for providing motion signals indicative of a motion to be performed by the motion platforms synchronously with video images comprising an input interface for extracting a motion signal from the input signal. A server provides a network address to each motion pl... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100238111 | Human Interface Input Acceleration System A method and system for transmitting data to and from a hand-held host device are disclosed. An accessory device for interfacing with a host device includes a communication channel designed to establish a bidirectional data link between the accessory device and the host... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100225500 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE AND A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE DEVICE A device for controlling a device by using a rotation-rate sensor. In order to provide a device for determining a triggering signal for a safety device which allows a particularly compact implementation of the device, the device is set up to ascertain an acceleration va... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100219973 | ADAPTIVE PEDESTRIAN BILLBOARD SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS An adaptive pedestrian billboard system may include a display for passing pedestrian traffic, and a memory for storing a plurality of notifications having different visual feature detail levels. The system may further include a controller configured to cooperate with th... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100219974 | SYSTEM CONTROLLING ELECTRIC POWER AND SYSTEM CONTROLLING VALVE Disclosed is a system for interrupting an electric power of an outlet or closing a gas valve through detection of the absence of a user. The system includes a signal transmission device installed on an outside of the outlet and a gas valve device. The signal transmissio... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100207778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMPLIFIED SETUP OF A UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL A system and method for enabling set up of a controlling device capable of controlling a plurality of appliances, via an interactive instruction set and associated programming. The programming is accessible by a STB or other controllable appliance and is configured to a... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100188248 | DUAL PURPOSE WIRELESS DEVICE A communications system utilizing a portable communications device for controlling functions in a vehicle includes a first display for controlling vehicle operating functions and a first transceiver connected to the first display device. A multifunctional control switch... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100188249 | CONVERTIBLE WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL Embodiments include a convertible wireless remote control suitable for controlling a computer of a media management system offering an integrated multimedia experience. Embodiments control the media management system wirelessly with a small amount of buttons but are con... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100165216 | Antenna Diversity for Control Device Applications One embodiment may take the form of a method for routing a signal to a target device. The method may include a control device that may transmit a signal on a first network. The signal may reach devices other than the target device. The devices that receive the signal ma... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100156608 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DIGITAL APPLIANCES BASED ON PARKING MANAGEMENT An apparatus for controlling digital appliances based on parking management is disclosed. The apparatus includes an interface unit, connected to a control terminal through a wired/wireless communication network, for providing an interface for establishing a home network... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100141468 | Automatic erosion control, water recovery and fire suppression system The present invention relates to the state of the art automatic erosion control, fire suppression and water recovery storage system. Precipitation sensors automatically activate synchronized motor controls, activating the upper reel and lower tension reel constructing a... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100135355 | Battery thermal event detection system using an optical fiber A method and apparatus is provided for determining when a battery, or one or more batteries within a battery pack, undergoes an undesired thermal event such as thermal runaway. The system uses an optical fiber mounted in close proximity to, or in contact with, an extern... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100138380 | Action Agenda Determining Apparatus In one embodiment of the present invention, an action agenda determining apparatus for determining an agenda of action to be taken with reference to surrounding situation is provided. An action agenda determining apparatus includes a matching model storage unit for stor... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100123597 | FEEDBACK WITH FRONT LIGHT In one embodiment, a method for providing feedback for a page turn requested on a device is provided. The device may be an electronic book (e-book) device or another device that is configured to display electronic documents. A movement on the display of the device is de... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100119340 | WASTE REMOVING AND HAULING VEHICLE A vehicle for removing and hauling waste has a waste bin located above a baseline. The waste bin has a chamber and an emptying site for receiving waste into the chamber. A waste receptacle transfer means is driven from a first position associated with the baseline to a ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100109901 | Methods and Systems to Hold Functions on a Device After an Identifier is Determined A user agent (UA) is provided. The UA includes a listener component configured to recognize at least one triggering event and, upon recognizing one of the triggering events, to enable a temporary suspension of at least one advertising function on the UA.... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100110207 | Self-Contained Wireless Camera Device, Wireless Camera System and Method A self-contained wireless camera (10) and a wireless camera system (25) having such a device and a base station (20). Video processing circuitry (200, 210) of the camera device receives video signals from a camera (130) and provides pr... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100103260 | WIND TURBINE INSPECTION A method for inspecting wind turbines remotely using a remotely controlled vehicle capable of controlled flight with a camera amounted to the vehicle. The vehicle is positioned near the wind turbine and the camera captures images of the wind turbine for visual inspectio... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100090854 | MOBILE APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF A mobile apparatus and an operating method thereof are provided. According to the present invention, a sensor is installed in the mobile apparatus, and the sensor and a receiver are installed on the same side of the mobile apparatus. The sensor is used to detect whether... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100090817 | VEHICLE ELECTRONIC KEY SYSTEM A vehicle electronic portable key system including a master key and sub-key. A retainer is arranged in the vehicle to retain the sub-key. A control unit determines whether the master key or sub-key is located in a vehicle interior or exterior wireless communicatable are... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100085207 | CONTROL UNIT FOR AN APPLIANCE A control unit including a keypad having a plurality control indicators, a light producing device configured to illuminate the control indicators, and a light blocking device disposed between the control indicators and the light producing device and configured to select... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100064328 | Communication system and method A media device comprising: a memory storing a communication client application; a processor, coupled to the memory and operable to execute the communication client application, wherein the client application is programmed so as when executed to allow a user to establish... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100026511 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD An information processing apparatus includes a pattern extraction unit, a rule extraction unit, and a reflection information generation unit. The pattern extraction unit is configured to extract an operation pattern of each of users from operation history information ob... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100013660 | PAIRING METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREFOR A control device includes a search unit which receives profiles from each of a plurality of apparatuses in a home network and searches for a plurality of apparatuses able to be controlled in the home network, a user interface unit which displays information regarding th... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100007511 | TOUCHLESS CONTROL OF A CONTROL DEVICE A method and a system are provided for controlling a controller without physically touching the controller. A hand or other object interacts with a field surrounding the controller, altering the field. A change in characteristic of the altered field causes a correspondi... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090322549 | Method and Apparatus for Zone Selection in Area Monitoring Devices Zone selection logic in an area monitoring device increases the number of unique monitoring zone selections that can be selected using a limited number of discrete zone selection inputs, without compromising the safety critical operation of zone selection. The device mo... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090315734 | Electronic pen with automatically retractable nib An electronic pen for interacting with a surface. The pen comprises a retractable cartridge having a nib, an automatic retraction mechanism for automatically retracting the cartridge, and a processor for controlling the automatic retraction mechanism. The processor is c... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090309751 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROLLING SYSTEM AND CONTROL SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE An electronic device is provided which executes a function useful in that place without a user in possession of the electronic device being intentional, and which does not receive a signal without providing a special setting if the function is not useful even if the pla... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090289757 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CONTROL USING A WAP-ENABLED DEVICE Provided is a system for remote control using a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) enabled device. In one example, the system is positioned within a vehicle and includes a wireline interface coupled to a plurality of vehicle components via a wireline connection to a co... | 11/26/2009 |
