Technologies directed to binning methods for electronically steered transmit phased arrays with amplitude tapering are described. One communication system includes a first and a second set of power amplifiers. The first set operates with a first peak power level and the second set operates with a second peak power level that is lower than the first peak power level. A digital beamforming (DBF) device sends a first set of signals to the first set of power amplifiers causing the first set of power amplifiers to operate in a first range. The DBF also sends a second set of signals to the second set of power amplifiers causing the second set of power amplifiers to operate in a second range.

Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums which provide a wearable device, such as a smart ring, that provides feedback to guide users in performing physical tasks. Tasks may include tasks associated with an application executing on a mobile device of the user.

A system of a machine includes a network of nodes distributed throughout the machine. Each of the nodes is operable to communicate using a plurality of electromagnetic signals. A controller is operable to communicate with the nodes using electromagnetic signals. The system also includes a plurality of waveguides configured to guide transmission of the electromagnetic signals between the controller and one or more of the nodes. A radio frequency-based repeater is coupled to at least two of the waveguides in the network between the controller and at least one of the nodes. The radio frequency-based repeater is configured to operate using power extracted from at least one of the electromagnetic signals when a signal-to-noise ratio is above a threshold, and the radio frequency-based repeater is configured to use energy stored in an onboard energy storage system when the signal-to-noise ratio is below the threshold.

A remote management system includes: a facility information receiver that receives facility information representing a facility within a space; a facility information storage that stores the facility information; a use information receiver that receives use information representing a facility to be operated during a use period of the space among facilities represented by the facility information; a use information storage that stores the use information; a relay that relays communication between the facility within the space and an outside of the space; and a facility controller that controls the facility to operate or not to operate via the relay, based on the facility information and the use information.

A method of providing a haptic signal is described therein, the method comprising the steps of providing a first source signal, filtering a mid-range band of the first source signal for restricting a bandwidth of the first source signal to the mid-range band, integrating the filtered mid-range band of the first source signal to identify an amplitude of the filtered first source signal, providing a voltage control amplifier with a proportional calibrated voltage on a basis of the integration of the filtered first source signal for adjusting an amplitude of the filtered source signal, isolating a trans-conductance voltage control amplifier high impedance output from a second source signal with a buffer, filtering the filtered source signal with a low pass filter to identify original sub-frequencies of an audio program and combining the identified original sub frequencies of the audio program with transposed midrange frequencies in a haptic signal.

A transmission system capable of improving transmission characteristics in a low frequency range and having reduced size. A transmission system for superimposing power on a signal transmission path between a first circuit module and a second circuit module includes a first capacitor between the transmission path and a first interface IC in the first circuit module, a second capacitor between the transmission path and a second interface IC in the second circuit module, a first inductor between a first power supply circuit in the first circuit module and the transmission path, and a second inductor between a second power supply circuit in the second circuit module and the transmission path. A capacitance value of the first capacitor and a capacitance value of the second capacitor differ from each other. Inductance values of each of the first and second inductors are in a range from 20 [μH] to 50 [μH].

A method and apparatus for generating mood-based haptic feedback are disclosed. A haptic system includes a sensing device, a digital processing unit, and a haptic generator. The sensing device, in one embodiment, is configured to detect user's modalities in accordance with mood information collected by one or more sensors and capable of issuing a sensing signal in response to the user's modalities. The digital processing unit is capable of identifying a user's condition in accordance with the sensing signal and providing a haptic signal in response to the user's condition. The user's condition, in one aspect, indicates user's mood and/or user's psychological conditions. The haptic generator generates haptic feedback in accordance with the haptic signal.

A variety of haptic improvements useful in mobile devices are detailed. In one, a smartphone captures image data from a physical object, and discerns an object identifier from the imagery (e.g., using watermark, barcode, or fingerprint techniques). This identifier is sent to a remote data structure, which returns data defining a distinct haptic signature associated with that object. This smartphone then renders this haptic signal to the user. (Related embodiments identify the object using other means, such as location, or NFC chip.) In another arrangement, haptic feedback signals social network information about a product or place (e.g., the user's social network friends “Like” a particular brand of beverage). In yet another arrangement, the experience of watching a movie on a television screen is augmented by tactile effects issued by a tablet computer on the viewer's lap. In still another arrangement, commercial vendors bid for rights to employ different ones of a library of haptic signals on one or more users' smartphones, e.g., to alert such user(s) to their products/services. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

The present invention relates to fine-tuning a time delay of a relay device that distributes and relays a signal from a femto base station to several antennas by using an unshielded twisted pair cable (UTP). That is, by measuring a UTP time delay between a signal distribution device, which is a component of a UTP femto distribution and relay device, and a plurality of remote signal transmission and reception devices, respectively, a cable time delay between devices is corrected so that the plurality of remote signal transmission and reception devices may relay femtocell signals at the same time. A device for time delay fine-tuning UTP femto distribution/relay includes a signal distribution device that matches with a femtocell and measures a cable delay between the signal distribution device and the remote signal transmission and reception device, and the remote signal transmission and reception device that feeds a signal from the signal distribution device back and accesses a terminal and a femtocell signal wirelessly.

The present invention relates to fine-tuning a time delay of a relay device that distributes and relays a signal from a femto base station to several antennas by using an unshielded twisted pair cable (UTP). That is, by measuring a UTP time delay between a signal distribution device, which is a component of a UTP femto distribution and relay device, and a plurality of remote signal transmission and reception devices, respectively, a cable time delay between devices is corrected so that the plurality of remote signal transmission and reception devices may relay femtocell signals at the same time. A device for time delay fine-tuning UTP femto distribution/relay includes a signal distribution device that matches with a femtocell and measures a cable delay between the signal distribution device and the remote signal transmission and reception device, and the remote signal transmission and reception device that feeds a signal from the signal distribution device back and accesses a terminal and a femtocell signal wirelessly.