Induction charging devices and methods are disclosed for a portable electronic device that has a reception coil coupled to a power source and an outwardly projecting attachment mounted thereon. In some versions, the devices include a housing having a wall with an outwardly facing charging surface and a recess sized to receive the attachment with the portable electronic device disposed on the charging surface. In some versions, devices can include an attachment device coupled to a rear of a housing that can releasably secure to a portion of a vehicle and a mount coupled to a front of the housing configured to receive a portion of the attachment therein to secure the portable electronic device to the housing. A charging assembly within the housing can include a transmission coil disposed so that with the recess or mount receiving the attachment therein, the transmission and reception coils are sufficiently aligned to charge the power source of the portable electronic device.

The present disclosure relates generally to instantaneous communication network systems and methods and, in particular, in one or more embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a first multi-mode and multi-frequency communication device capable of connecting directly with a proximate second first multi-mode and multi-frequency communication device. A display screen on the communication device is capable of displaying icons and avatars over a map to show other communication devices which are proximate.

A computing device includes a housing and a microphone module. The microphone module may be connected to the housing and selectively manipulated between an attached and detached state. In an attached state, the microphone of the microphone module is operatively linked to one or more electrical components of the housing. In a detached state, the microphone is disconnected from the one or more electronic components.

A lighting apparatus for securing to differently dimensioned objects, in particular mobile devices, is intended to be provided. For this purpose, a lighting apparatus comprising an illuminant and a holding element is proposed, wherein the illuminant is secured to a first end section of a bistable element and the holding element is secured to a second end section of the bistable element, said second end section being situated opposite the first end section. The bistable element is rolled out in a first stable state, such that the illuminant is at a maximum distance from the holding element. The bistable element is rolled together in a second stable state. The lighting apparatus is clampable to the mobile device by spring force of the bistable element.

A system and method of adaptive interface switching in a mobile electronic communications device entails engaging in an audio interface task at the mobile electronic communications device. If during the audio interface task it is detected that at least one microphone or at least one speaker of the mobile electronic communications device is compromised, then the system activates a data link to a wearable communication device associated with a user of the mobile electronic communications device. At least one of a mic and speaker on the wearable communication device is then used to continue the audio interface task.

A portable micro imaging device includes a lens and a lens body. The portable micro imaging device is detachably connected with a portable imaging device having a camera and an illuminator. The lens body is made of a transparent or semi-transparent solid material. An outer surface of a front surface of the lens body is partially provided with an independent specular reflection layer or diffuse reflection layer to cover the illuminator, and the specular reflection layer or the diffuse reflection layer is made of an opaque material. A closed annular light-transmission ring is formed between the specular reflection layer or the diffuse reflection layer and an outer periphery of the front surface of the lens body. An opening size of a mounting hole of the lens body in the front surface of the lens body is larger than a size of the lens.

An accessory-recognizing electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a housing; at least one metal plate disposed within the housing; at least one magnetic force detection sensor disposed on the bottom of the at least one metal plate; a memory; and a processor operatively connected to the at least one magnetic force detection sensor and the memory, wherein the processor recognizes attachment of the at least one accessory to the designated area of the housing on the basis of the strength and polarity of a magnetic force detected by the at least one magnetic force detection sensor, the at least one accessory including at least one magnet inside the at least one accessory, and determines properties of the attached at least one accessory corresponding to the detected strength and polarity of the magnetic force, by using information stored in the memory.

Methods and systems including a measurement device and a smart mobile device including a camera, a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory that may cause a system to perform at least the following when executed by the processor: use the camera of the smart mobile device to capture an image of a remote product; apply a sizing algorithm to the image of the remote product to generate a relative product size; generate a relative distance to the remote product through the measurement device; and apply triangulation and linear regression algorithms to generate an automated actual product measurement of the remote product based on the relative product size and the relative distance.

A wireless hub includes a vehicle power connector that can draw power from a vehicle battery on a vehicle, a first wireless transmission circuit that can send or receive data with base stations in a long-range wireless network, a second wireless transmission circuit that can provide a short-range wireless network and to transfer data to and from electronic devices, and a network processor that can process data in the first wireless transmission circuit and the second wireless transmission circuit. The wireless hub has an antenna array for millimeter wave communications.

Left and right earphones are independently wireless such that the left and right earphones are not physically connected when worn by a user. Each earphone comprises a speaker and a body portion with an SOC. Each SOC comprises a wireless communication circuit and a processor. Each speaker is for playing audio streamed to the earphones in a lossy compressed format.