With advancements of wireless and sensing technologies, recent studies have
demonstrated technical feasibility and effectiveness of using acoustic signals for sensing. In …

In a wireless world, users can establish ad hoc virtual connections between devices that are
unhampered by cables. This process is known as spontaneous device association. A wide …

Information may also be received relating to a change in state of the task that is provided by
one of the devices while a first view of the task is presented thereupon. Further, updated …

Finding a person in a public place, such as in a library, conference hotel, or shopping mall,
can be difficult. The difficulty arises from not knowing where the person may be at that time; …

Gestures can offer an intuitive way to interact with a computer. In this paper, we investigate
the question whether gesturing with a mobile phone can help to perform complex tasks …

We propose an accurate acoustic direction finding scheme, Swadloon, according to the
arbitrary pattern of phone shaking in rough horizontal plane. Swadloon tracks the …

Small talk is an important social lubricant that helps people, especially strangers, initiate
conversations and make friends with each other in physical proximity. However, due to …

Mobile and embedded electronics are pervasive in today's environment. As such, it is
necessary to have a natural and intuitive way for users to indicate the intent to connect to …

Recent developments in ubiquitous computing enable applications that leverage personal
mobile devices, such as smartphones, as a means to interact with other devices in their …

An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer
program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with …