Methods and apparatus for sound management

Touch-based exploration of maps for screen reader users

Vehicular terminal with input switching

Information processing apparatus, conference system, and information processing method

System and method for context driven voice interface in handheld wireless mobile devices

Method and apparatus for executing voice command in electronic device

Voice instructions during navigation

Context-aware voice guidance

AUDIO GEAR COMPARISON SYSTEM AND METHOD

Method and electronic device for easy search during voice record

Method and electronic device for easily searching for voice record

Interaction and management of devices using gaze detection

Device enumeration support method for computing devices that does not natively support device enumeration

System and method for accessory device architecture that passes human interface device (HID) data via intermediate processor

Input determination method

System and method for audibly presenting selected text

System and method for enabling a vehicular access network in a vehicular environment

Accessory device architecture

Audio Feedback

Speech recognition support for remote applications and desktops

Transforming a tactually selected user input into an audio output

Voice entry of sensitive information

METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TEXT ASSOCIATED WITH AUDIO FILE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Mathematical expression input apparatus, mathematical expression modification method, and storage medium storing program

Headset computer (HSC) as auxiliary display with ASR and HT input

VOICE-BASED VIRTUAL AREA NAVIGATION

Conversation user interface

VOICE-BASED VIRTUAL AREA NAVIGATION

Method and user equipment for unlocking screen saver

Methods and systems for speech-enabling a human-to-machine interface

System for endoscopic surgery having a function of controlling through voice recognition

Automatically adapting user interfaces for hands-free interaction

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING A USER INTERFACE

Systems and methods for displaying a user interface

Intelligent automated assistant

Systems and methods for mapping a source location

Systems, methods, and apparatus for spatially directive filtering

Systems, methods, and apparatus for indicating direction of arrival

Systems, methods, and apparatus for estimating direction of arrival

Ceasing playback among a plurality of playback devices

Apparatus and method of generating a sound effect in a portable terminal

Remote user interface for media player

Resynchronization of playback devices

Method and apparatus for smart voice recognition

Voice control for asynchronous notifications

Reverse natural guidance

Smart alarm providing terminal and alarm providing method thereof

Apparatus and method for providing haptic and audio feedback in a touch sensitive user interface

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND PROJECTION SYSTEM

METHOD OF ENABLING VOICE INPUT FOR A VISUALLY BASED INTERFACE

Voice control of applications by associating user input with action-context identifier pairs

System and method for using information from intuitive multimodal interactions for media tagging

Apparatus and method for selecting from a display

Searchlight navigation using headtracker to reveal hidden or extra document data

Storage and reproduction apparatus

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE DEVICE VOICE CONTROL

Concurrent transmission and playback of audio information

Overlaid user interface tools for applying effects to image

Method and apparatus for causing a device to join a synchrony group

Method for representing animated menu buttons

Method and apparatus for synchrony group control via one or more independent controllers

Disengaging and engaging zone players

Directing synchronous playback between zone players

Context sensitive overlays in voice controlled headset computer displays

Providing translation alternatives on mobile devices by usage of mechanic signals

Method and apparatus for dynamic master device switching in a synchrony group

Method and apparatus for dynamic channelization device switching in a synchrony group

Method and apparatus for generating an audio summary of a location

Audio/Text Question Submission and Control in a Produced Online Event

Customizable gestures for mobile devices

Systems and methods for prompting multi-token input speech

Method and apparatus for controlling lock/unlock state of terminal through voice recognition

Spoken control for user construction of complex behaviors

Adjusting proximity thresholds for activating a device user interface

Method and apparatus for providing synchrony group status information

MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING EXTERNAL INPUT

Method for generating a musical compilation track from multiple takes

Power efficient application notification system

Gesture and Voice Controlled Browser

Method and apparatus for smart voice recognition

System and method for dynamic control of audio playback based on the position of a listener

AUDIO NAVIGATION OF AN ELECTRONIC INTERFACE

Method for quick scroll search using speech recognition

Method and apparatus for adjusting volume in a synchrony group

Method and apparatus for playback by a synchrony group

Equal access to speech and touch input

SMART INFORMATION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS

Enhanced context awareness for speech recognition

Controlling mobile device based on sound identification

METHODS AND DEVICES TO PROVIDE COMMON USER INTERFACE MODE BASED ON SOUND

Managing Multiple Participants at the Same Location in an Online Conference

VOICE ACTIVATED AUDIO CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE

Executable virtual objects associated with real objects

Computerized information and display apparatus

Smartpad window management

Computerized information and display apparatus

Paraphrasing of user requests and results by automated digital assistant

Augmented reality with sound and geometric analysis

Method and apparatus for executing a user function using voice recognition

Electronic apparatus and method of controlling electronic apparatus

Electronic apparatus and method for controlling the same

Motion-based authentication for a gesture-based computing device

Playlist configuration and preview

Natural user input for driving interactive stories

Remote communication and control of acoustic detectors

Adaptive audio feedback system and method

Voice application access

Satisfying specified intent(s) based on multimodal request(s)

Suggesting intent frame(s) for user request(s)

Techniques for dynamic voice menus

Gesture controlled audio user interface

Updating printed content with personalized virtual data

Calendar interface for digital communications

System and method for continuous multimodal speech and gesture interaction

In-call command control

Audio Indicator of Position Within a User Interface

Apparatus and method for controlling settings of an imaging operation

INFORMATION TERMINAL, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

Voice-controlled camera operations

DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

COMMERCIALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFORMATIONAL SEARCHING IN A GESTURE-BASED USER INTERFACE

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING RECOGNITION AND MOTION RECOGNITION

Apparatus and method for representing an image in a portable terminal

Personalized vocabulary for digital assistant

Calendar application views in landscape dual mode

Service orchestration for intelligent automated assistant

Prioritizing selection criteria by automated assistant

Determining user intent based on ontologies of domains

Using event alert text as input to an automated assistant

Smart phones that support wireless printing of emails over air to a wireless printer in a wireless local area network

MOBILE VOICE PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE

Adjusting proximity thresholds for activating a device user interface

Prospective determination of processor wake-up conditions in energy buffered HVAC control unit

Mobile voice platform architecture with remote service interfaces

Integrating sensing systems into thermostat housing in manners facilitating compact and visually pleasing physical characteristics thereof

Thermostat with wiring terminals configured for spatial compactness and ease of wire installation

Thermostat with ring-shaped control member

Authentication techniques utilizing a computing device

PREDICTIVE MOTION INTERPOLATION

Method and apparatus for skipping tracks in a multi-zone system

Method and apparatus for obtaining audio content and providing the audio content to a plurality of audio devices in a multi-zone system

Method and apparatus for providing audio and playback timing information to a plurality of networked audio devices

Method and apparatus for switching between a directly connected and a networked audio source

Messaging application views

Speech recognition for context switching

Desktop application manager

Drag motion across seam of displays

Voice directed context sensitive visual search

GESTURE BASED CONTEXT MENUS

GESTURE BASED NAVIGATION TO AUXILIARY CONTENT

Voice control for asynchronous notifications

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION

Systems and methods for continual speech recognition and detection in mobile computing devices

Handheld dual display device having foldover ground tabs

Smartpad-stacking

Desktop application manager card drag

DESKTOP APPLICATION MANAGER: CARD DRAGGING OF DUAL SCREEN CARDS - SMARTPAD

DESKTOP APPLICATION MANAGER: CARD DRAGGING OF DUAL SCREEN CARDS

RECONFIGURABLE USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS

Displaying a unified desktop across devices

Unified desktop freeform window mode

BROWSER FULL SCREEN VIEW

DISPLAYING A UNIFIED DESKTOP ACROSS CONNECTED DEVICES

Application manager in a unified desktop

Activating applications in unified desktop

Opening applications in unified desktop

SECONDARY SINGLE SCREEN MODE ACTIVATION THROUGH USER INTERFACE TOGGLE

Secondary single screen mode activation through menu option

Minimizing and maximizing between portrait dual display and portrait single display

Sequential website moving system using voice guide message

Unified desktop wake and unlock

User interface method and device comprising repeated output of an audible signal and a visual display and vibration for user notification

Bandwidth throughput optimization

Orientation arbitration

Mobile bandwidth advisor

Graphical user interfaces cues for optimal datapath selection

Data path selection

LOCATION BASED DATA PATH SELECTION

Displaying categories of notifications on a dual screen device

SMARTPAD - NOTIFICATIONS

Magnetically securing two screens of a handheld communication device

L bracket for handheld device activators

Image capture during device rotation

IMAGE CAPTURE MODES FOR DUAL SCREEN MODE

Image capture modes for self portraits

Capture mode outward facing modes

Smartpad smartdock—docking rules

Desktop application manager: tapping dual-screen cards

Smartpad—multiapp

UNIFIED DESKTOP STATUS NOTIFICATIONS

Smartpad—power management

Displaying of charging status on dual screen device

DUAL SCREEN PROPERTY DETAIL DISPLAY

Multiscreen phone emulation

Dual display pinyin touch input

Dual display cursive touch input

Separation of screen usage for complex language input

MINIMIZING AND MAXIMIZING BETWEEN LANDSCAPE DUAL DISPLAY AND LANDSCAPE SINGLE DISPLAY

Portrait dual display and landscape dual display

HANDLING APPLICATIONS ON A UNIFIED DESKTOP

Activating applications in portions of unified desktop

Smartpad screen modes

Smartpad screen management

Display notifications on a dual screen device

Display status of notifications on a dual screen device

User feedback to indicate transitions between open and closed states

Secondary single screen mode activation through user interface activation

Secondary single screen mode deactivation

State of screen info: easel

HANDSET STATES AND STATE DIAGRAMS: OPEN, CLOSED TRANSITIONAL AND EASEL

DISPLAYING OF CHARGING STATUS ON DUAL SCREEN DEVICE

Smartpad dual screen keyboard with contextual layout

Smartpad smartdock

Smartpad dual screen keyboard

COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE STATE TRANSITIONS

Sensing the screen positions in a dual screen phone

Smartpad—suspended app management

SMARTPAD - DESKTOP

Detail on triggers: transitional states

Voice controlled wireless communication device system

MOUSE HAVING A CLICKING FUNCTION VIA AUDIO OR LIGHT SIGNAL

Contact selector that facilitates granular sharing of contact data

Information processor

Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

ALARM DETECTING METHOD AND COMPUTER DEVICE THEREOF

Integrated local and cloud based speech recognition

Methods for creating dynamic lists from selected areas of a power system of a utility company

Sessionless pointing user interface

ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD

Information handling devices with touch-based reflective display

Systems and methods for providing an electronic dictation interface

Speech command input recognition system for interactive computer display with interpretation of ancillary relevant speech query terms into commands

User interface devices for electrophysiology lab diagnostic and therapeutic equipment

LIFE-LOGGING AND MEMORY SHARING

ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE THEREOF

METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS BASED ON VOICE RECOGNITION AND MOTION RECOGNITION, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME

Audio recording and playback device, and power feed method for audio recording and playback device

Method for controlling electronic apparatus based on voice recognition and motion recognition, and electronic apparatus applying the same

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING MOTION RECOGNITION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING MOTION RECOGNITION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF

Multimodal interface

NATURAL QUERY INTERFACE FOR CONNECTED CAR

DEVICES WITH ENHANCED AUDIO

COMPOUND GESTURE-SPEECH COMMANDS

Method and apparatus for multi-experience metadata translation of media content with metadata

Electronic device and method for controlling the same

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer readable medium

Systems and Methods for Speech Command Processing

Network telephony appliance and system for inter/intranet telephony

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for displaying switching information

MULTIMODAL AGGREGATING UNIT

Methods and apparatus for initiating actions using a voice-controlled interface

Multisensory Speech Detection

Multisensory speech detection

Audio-visual navigation and communication dynamic memory architectures

Devices and methods for identifying a prompt corresponding to a voice input in a sequence of prompts

Electronic devices with voice command and contextual data processing capabilities

Method and apparatus for providing audio-based control

Electronic devices with voice command and contextual data processing capabilities

Electronic device and method for controlling display of electronic files

SYNCHRONIZED READING IN A WEB-BASED READING SYSTEM

Speaker association with a visual representation of spoken content

Document extension in dictation-based document generation workflow

APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MULTI-INPUT AND MULTI-OUTPUT USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

Display Device, Method for Thereof and Voice Recognition System

Methods for assessing reliability of a utility company's power system

Electronic device, and control method and storage medium storing control program

Voice response unit shortcutting

Display apparatus and method for executing link and method for recognizing voice thereof

Adaptive Human Computer Interface (AAHCI)

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER INTERFACE USING SOUND RECOGNITION

Facilitating presentation of ads relating to words of a message

Electronic apparatus and method for controlling the electronic apparatus using voice

Systems and methods for extracting meaning from multimodal inputs using finite-state devices

System and method for audibly presenting selected text

Information processing device, portable device and information processing system

Media presentation playback annotation

Predictive pre-recording of audio for voice input

User interface method for terminal for vehicle and apparatus thereof

Interface with gaze detection and voice input

Headset computer that uses motion and voice commands to control information display and remote devices

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING INTERACTING WITH A MULTIMODAL USER INTERFACE

Information processing apparatus, method and program

MULTISENSORY SPEECH DETECTION

PERSONAL VOICE OPERATED REMINDER SYSTEM

Interactive multi-channel data sonification to accompany data visualization with partitioned timbre spaces using modulation of timbre as sonification information carriers

User speech interfaces for interactive media guidance applications

GESTURE-ACTIVATED INPUT USING AUDIO RECOGNITION

GESTURE-ACTIVATED INPUT USING AUDIO RECOGNITION

Methods and apparatus for initiating actions using a voice-controlled interface

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING RELEVANCE OF INPUT SPEECH

Voice input system and information storage medium storage voice input program

Smart phone that includes a wireless communication unit compatible with at least one protocol within bluetooth and/or IEEE802.11 standards for wireless transmission of audio digital content from the smart phone to a wireless audio output device for voice output or music playing

Method and system for bluetooth HID activity prediction for wireless coexistence throughput optimization

Combined activation for natural user interface systems

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SOUND SOURCE

Voice Recognition Device and Voice Recognition Method

VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND VOICE RECOGNITION METHOD

Anchoring virtual images to real world surfaces in augmented reality systems