Method and apparatus for adjusting correlated color temperature
It is an object of the present invention to address the foregoing difficulties. The invention provides a digital color temperature sensor which provides a digital signal of white color temperature in ... Read More
Inventors: Beretta, Giordano Bruno;, Assignee: Canon Information Systems, Inc. (Costa Mesa, CA) |
Method for imager device color calibration utilizing light-emitting diodes or other spectral light sources
A method and apparatus for color calibrating an imager device is disclosed. The imager device is subjected to a plurality of light sources. Color channel responses are obtained from the imager device ... Read More
Inventors: Bawolek, Edward J.; Booth, Jr., Lawrence A.; Corum, Curt; Kuhn, William P.;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
System and method for light falloff compensation in an optical system
The need in the art is addressed by the apparatus and methods of the present invention. The illustrative embodiments include an apparatus for compensating for light falloff present in a photographic m... Read More
Inventors: Gallagher, Andrew C.; Gindele, Edward B.;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Speaker module connectable to an earphone jack of mobile phone and method for using same
The present invention, conceived to solve the aforementioned problems, aims to provide a speaker module, which is of low price and can easily be installed, as an auxiliary device and a method for usin... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Dong-Il;, Assignee: SK Teletech Co. Ltd. (Seoul, KR) |
Cellular telephone interface system for AMPS and CDMA data services
In accordance with the invention, a cellular telephone system for transmitting data received from a data source, such as a laptop computer or facsimile machine, to a local cellular base station using ... Read More
Inventors: Willkie, James J.; Phillips, Marc S.; Doan, David B.;, Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated (San Diego, CA) |
System and method using adaptive antennas to selectively reuse common physical channel timeslots for dedicated channels
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Presently preferred embodiments are described below with reference to the drawing figures wherein like numerals represent like elements throughout. While the description ... Read More
Inventors: Roy, Vincent; Marinier, Paul;, Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE) |
Promoting caller voice browsing in a hold queue
In view of the foregoing, it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved telecommunications system. It is another object of the present invention to provide a method, system... Read More
Inventors: Brown, Michael Wayne; McIntyre, Joseph Herbert; Paolini, Michael A.; Weaver, James Mark; Winters, Scott Lee;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Mobile radio telephone capable of recording/reproducing voice signal and method for controlling the same
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for recording and reproducing voice messages transmitted from a communicating party via a forward traffic channel. ... Read More
Inventors: Kim, Yun-Hyang;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. (KR) |
Radio communication system, control method thereof, and radio communication terminal
OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of a radio communication system according to the present invention will be described in detail by reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. While in the embodiments that fo... Read More
Inventors: Sawada, Toshinori;, Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method for determining execution time of inter-frequency hard handoff and establishing the hard handoff environment
We claim: 1. A method for determining the execution time of an inter-frequency hard handoff in a mobile telecommunication system divided into a plurality of sectors, said telecommunication system incl... Read More
Inventors: Kwon, Suk-hyoung; Kim, Wan-soo;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. (KR) |
System and method for providing restricting positioning of a target mobile station based on the calculated location estimate
The present invention is directed to telecommunications systems and methods for defining restricted positioning areas by geographical location. The restricted area information can be established by th... Read More
Inventors: Havinis, Theodore; Boltz, David;, Assignee: Ericsson Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC) |
Cellular communications network and method for maintaining speech quality by controlling the admission of a new call
The present invention is a method and cellular communication network that maintains a desired level of speech quality by controlling the admission of a new call within a serving cell of the network. M... Read More
Inventors: Ritzen, Benny; Cerwall, Patrik;, Assignee: Telefonaktiedolaget L M Ericsson (publ) (SE) |
Voltage standing-wave ratio measurement apparatus and use in a cellular communications system
The present invention addresses some or all of the above disadvantages by providing apparatus for detecting a fault in a system such as a cellular communications system and which apparatus includes vo... Read More
Inventors: Finnell, John Fitzgerald; Groves, Thomas Paul; Bishop, Peter William;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Method of using location information for interference protection
Because it is impossible to prevent people from operating mobile radio equipment (e.g. cellular phones or radio fax modems in portable computers) in sensitive areas, the present invention provides an ... Read More
Inventors: Steer, David G.;, Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (St. Laurent, CA) |
Mobile communication system for home-zone service and method thereof
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication system and method for providing home zone service in a wireless communication network, wherein a wireless subscri... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Yun-Hee;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon, KR) |
Combined keypad and protective cover
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a personal intelligent communicator of the background art. As shown in FIG. 1, the personal intelligent communicator (PIC) 100 possesses a touch-sensitive sc... Read More
Inventors: King, Neal J.; Jacobi, Eli;, Assignee: Siemens Business Communication Systems, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Storage case and method for a wireless headset with a microphone suspended between earpieces of the headset
It is an object of the present invention to meet the above-described needs and others. Specifically, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus of conveniently storing ... Read More
Inventors: Baranowski, Robert; Berg, Roger William;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (JP); Sony Electronics, Inc. (Park Ridge, NJ) |
Method and system for indicating link quality among neighboring wireless base station
A method for indicating the quality of the links between wireless base stations is described in detail below. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided to provide a thoroug... Read More
Inventors: Jollota, James M.; Kamstra, Duke;, Assignee: Strix Systems, Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) |
Receiver having capability of selective storage of received message
It is an object of the invention to provide a receiver capable of selectively storing a desired message among all received messages. It is another object of the invention to provide a receiver capable... Read More
Inventors: Izuta, Satoshi;, Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Automatically populated display regions for discovered access points and stations in a user interface representing a wireless communication network deployed in a physical environment
To address the above described and other shortcomings of existing systems, a system and method are disclosed for providing automatically populated display regions showing representations of discovered... Read More
Inventors: Pfister, Roger;, Assignee: Autocell Laboratories, Inc. (Acton, MA) |
Communication device having multiple displays and method of operating the same
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the present invention, a portable communication device comprises a housing, a first display area, and a second display area. The first display area is dispos... Read More
Inventors: Jahagirdar, Ketan R.; Alberth, Jr., William P.; Hackbart, Rolland R.; Osmani, Rashid M.; Cahill, Stephen V.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Billing records enhanced by called party names from subscriber phone book
The inventors of the current invention have realised that conventional billing approaches are suboptimal for providing information to the subscriber and the invention seeks to provide an improved bill... Read More
Inventors: Turner, Neil;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Selective call receiver having a variable frequency vibrator
Briefly, according to the invention, a electronic device comprises a receiver for receiving a message and having a vibrator alert capable of vibrating at a selected one of at least two frequencies. Th... Read More
Inventors: MacDonald, John F.; King, Jeffrey S.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Electromagnetic radiation alerting device for use with a cellular telephone
The striking deficiencies of existing technologies, outlined above, lead to the inescapable conclusion that there is a pressing need for radiation warning devices that measure cumulative exposure to e... Read More
Inventors: Wallach, Alon;, Assignee: Wireless Avionics Ltd. (Rosh Haain, IL) |
Foldable portable terminal
The invention claimed is: 1. A portable terminal comprising: a first cabinet comprising a display panel that displays information, and a second cabinet comprising operation keys are foldably connected... Read More
Inventors: Nonaka, Keisuke;, Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Moriguchi, JP) Sanyo Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (Daito, JP) |
Scan type display device with image scanning function
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a scan type display device which has a function for scanning or reading an image on an original and storing the scanned or read image in ... Read More
Inventors: Tokimoto, Toyotaro; Yajima, Hiroshi;, Assignee: Avix Inc. (Yokohama, JP) |
Lighted message fan
The present invention provides a method of emitting a lighted visual image in the form of letters, words or detailed graphic logos from a rotating body, such as a ceiling fan. The invention comprises,... Read More
Inventors: Crouch, James C.;, Assignee: Limelite Industries, Inc. (Huntertown, IN) |
Electronic audio accessory for use with automotive stereo loudspeakers
OF THE INVENTION A preferred embodiment of the invention is now described in detail. Referring to the drawings, like numbers indicate like parts throughout the views. As used in the description herei... Read More
Inventors: Geren, Michael D.; Leonard, Reed William; Mehta, Alay M.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Hand-held e-mail device
The present invention overcomes the problems noted above and satisfies the needs in this field for a hand-held electronic device with a keyboard optimized for use with the thumbs. In the preferred emb... Read More
Inventors: Griffin, Jason T.; Holmes, John A.; Lazaridis, Mihal; Little, Herb A.; Major, Harry R.;, Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Waterloo, CA) |
Methods and apparatus to increase sound quality of piezoelectric devices
Accordingly, an object and advantage of the present invention is to provide a vibrating piezoelectric transducer for a personal communication device that is easily manufactured, requires a small amoun... Read More
Inventors: Woodard, Stanley E.; Fox, Robert L.; Bryant, Robert G.;, Assignee: Woodard; Stanley E. (Hampton, VA) |
Ring Tones 
