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20120044348 | METHOD OF SELECTING AN OPTIMAL VIEWING ANGLE POSITION FOR A CAMERA - This invention relates to a method of selecting an optimal viewing angle position for a camera. A first quantitative score is determined for a first viewing angle position of the camera using pre-selected regions of interest as reference areas, the determining being performed in accordance to a pre-defined quantitative score rule. The angle position is adjusted from the first viewing angle position towards at least one second viewing angle position. For each at least one second viewing angle position a second quantitative score is determined in accordance to the pre-defined quantitative score rule, and finally a target viewing angle position is determined based on the determined quantitative scores. | 02-23-2012 |
20120170824 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING GLOBAL PATIENT MOVEMENT DURING IMAGING PROCEDURES - The invention provides a system ( | 07-05-2012 |
20130289409 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACTUAL TISSUE LAYER BOUNDARIES OF A BODY - The present invention relates to a device ( | 10-31-2013 |
20130293783 | MOTION VECTOR BASED COMPARISON OF MOVING OBJECTS - The present invention proposes to analyze movements of objects in video sequences (e.g. sport videos), by performing motion estimation to determine motion vectors at each frame. With the calculated motion vectors, the movements of the object(s) (e.g. athlete(s)) can be quantitatively measured. Based on this, movements in two videos can be compared at each individual frame of the video sequence. Different approaches (e.g., color coding) can be used to visualize and compare the movements. With motion estimation, intermediate frames can also be inserted to enable better movement comparison in two given videos. | 11-07-2013 |
20140005477 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT FOR EXAMINING THE CERVIX | 01-02-2014 |
20140086462 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA DERIVABLE FROM REMOTELY DETECTED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - The present invention relates to a device and a method for processing data derivable from remotely detected electromagnetic radiation emitted or reflected by a subject, the data comprising physiological information. An input signal is received and indicative entities thereof are transmitted, the indicative entities being indicative of physiological information representative of at least one vital parameter in a subject of interest, wherein the indicative entities are detected under consideration of at least one defined descriptive model describing a relation between physical skin appearance characteristics and a corresponding representation in the input signal such that non-indicative side information represented by non-indicative entities in the input signal is substantially undetectable in a resulting transmitted signal. The at least one vital parameter is detected from the transmitted signal comprising the indicative entities, wherein the at least one vital parameter is extracted under consideration of detected skin color properties representing circulatory activity. | 03-27-2014 |
20140088433 | MOTION ROBUST VITAL SIGNAL MONITORING - The present invention relates to a device and a method for extracting physiological information from remotely detected electromagnetic radiation emitted or reflected by a subject. A data stream derivable from electromagnetic radiation emitted or reflected by a subject is received. The data stream comprises a sequence of signal samples indicative of desired subject motion and of disturbing motion. The signal samples represent at least one region of interest exhibiting an at least partially periodic indicative motion pattern attributable to at least one physiological parameter, and a non-indicative motion region. The sequence of signal samples is processed, comprising deriving a sequence of derivative motion compensated samples at least partially compensated for undesired overall motion; detecting an evaluation parameter representative of motion compensation accuracy; and deriving at least one characteristic signal at least partially indicative of the at least partially periodic indicative motion pattern from the sequence of motion compensated samples, wherein deriving the characteristic signal is performed depending on the detected evaluation parameter. | 03-27-2014 |
20140155759 | Device and method for obtaining vital sign information of a living being - A device for obtaining vital sign information of a living being comprises a detection unit that receives light in at least one wavelength interval reflected from at least a region of interest of a living being and that generates an input signal from the received light. A processing unit processes the input signal and derives vital sign information of said living being from said input signal by use of remote photoplethysmography. An illumination unit illuminates at least said region of interest with light, and a control unit controls said illumination unit based on said input signal and/or said derived vital sign information. | 06-05-2014 |
20140180132 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION FROM REMOTELY DETECTED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - The present invention relates to a system and a related method for extracting physiological information from remotely detected electromagnetic radiation. The system comprises an interface configured for receiving a data stream comprising image data representing an observed overall region comprising at least one subject of interest; a partitioning unit configured for defining a plurality of sub regions in the overall region; and a classifier configured for classifying the plurality of sub regions into at least one indicative type of region and at least one auxiliary type of region, wherein the at least one indicative type of region comprises at least one indicative region of interest at least partially representing the subject of interest. Preferably, the at least one auxiliary type of region comprises at least one reference region. More preferably, the system further comprises a data processor configured for processing at least one sub region classified as region of interest, thereby obtaining vital information. | 06-26-2014 |
20140236036 | DEVICE FOR OBTAINING RESPIRATORY INFORMATION OF A SUBJECT - A device and method for reliably and accurately obtaining respiratory information of a subject despite motion of the subject are disclosed. The proposed device comprises a motion signal computing unit for computing a number M of motion signals for a plurality of pixels and/or groups of pixels of at least a region of interest for a number N of image frames of a subject, a transformation unit for computing, for some or all M motion signals, a number of source signals representing independent motions within said images by applying a transformation to the respective motion signals to obtain source signals representing independent motions within said N image frames, and a selection unit for selecting a source signal from among said computed source signals representing respiration of said subject by examining one or more properties of said source signals for some or all of said computed source signals. | 08-21-2014 |
20140275832 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING VITAL SIGN INFORMATION OF A SUBJECT - For the measurement of vital sign information such as a respiratory rate and a heart rate a device for obtaining vital sign information of a subject is provided, comprising a first detection unit that acquires first set of detection data allowing the extraction of a first vital sign information signal related to a first vital sign of the subject and a second detection unit that acquires a second set of detection data allowing the extraction of a second vital sign information signal related to a second vital sign of the subject. An analysis unit extracts the first vital sign information signal from the first set of detection data ( | 09-18-2014 |
20150105670 | SYSTEM FOR CAMERA-BASED VITAL SIGN MEASUREMENT - The present invention relates to the measurement of vital signs such as a respiratory rate or a heart rate. In particular, a system ( | 04-16-2015 |
20150208987 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a device and a method for extracting physiological information from detected electro-magnetic radiation emitted or reflected by a subject ( | 07-30-2015 |
20150238120 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA DERIVABLE FROM REMOTELY DETECTED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - The present invention relates to a device and a method for processing data derivable from remotely detected electromagnetic radiation ( | 08-27-2015 |
20150250425 | MOTION ROBUST VITAL SIGNAL MONITORING - The present invention relates to a device and a method for extracting physiological information from remotely detected electromagnetic radiation emitted or reflected by a subject ( | 09-10-2015 |
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20120076038 | INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD FOR COORDINATED MULTIPOINT COMMUNICATION - Coordinated multipoint communication is a technology for improving cell-edge performance for users in a cell-type mobile communication system. In order to enable a coordinated multipoint transmission/reception operation, a user equipment report of a local environment is required to select both coordinated communication modes and communication partners in evolved Node B (eNB) base stations. According to the present invention, a method is described for feeding back information from User Equipment (UE) to a serving base station to enable a coordinated multi-point transmission/reception operation. The information reported through the feedback is classified into two categories corresponding to received signal intensity information and received signal timing information. The UE may select one or both types of information from between the categories to provide feedback. In embodiments of the present invention, various overhead-reducing reporting formats are described. | 03-29-2012 |
20130094442 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system using a Coordinated Multi-Point transmission/reception (CoMP) scheme receives Downlink Control Information (DCI) including CoMP control information, determines a starting position of a data channel on wireless resources, based on starting position information of a data channel included in the CoMP control information and used in each of a plurality of cells, and receives data from the plurality of cells starting from the determined starting position. | 04-18-2013 |
20130100901 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus are provided for transmitting and receiving control information in wireless communication system. An eNB generates control information, and transmits the control information using at least one enhanced Control Channel Element (eCCE) and at least one antenna port. The at least one antenna port is determined according to at least one of a starting index of the at least one eCCE and an aggregation level of the at least one eCCE. | 04-25-2013 |
20130142121 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING A REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving reference signals in Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems includes determining whether a dedicated reference signal is detected in a current subframe; estimating, if a dedicated reference signal is detected in the current subframe, a data channel using the dedicated reference signal to receive data; and estimating, if no dedicated reference signal is detected in the current subframe, a data channel using a common reference signal detected in the current subframe to receive data. The transmission scheme uses a DeModulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) for channel response estimation. To secure backward compatibility of the LTE-A system, a Common Reference Signal is transmitted in normal subframes. | 06-06-2013 |
20150092729 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus are provided for transmitting and receiving control information in wireless communication system. A method includes transmitting, through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, information representative of a set of resource blocks for transmitting the control information; generating the control information; and transmitting the control information based on at least one enhanced Control Channel Element (eCCE), at least one antenna port, and the set of resource blocks. The at least one antenna port is determined according to a starting index of the at least one eCCE and an IDentifier (ID) of the UE, when using localized eCCE allocation within the set of resource blocks. | 04-02-2015 |
20150156753 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting and receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a wireless communication system. A method includes generating downlink control information including an antenna port indicator comprising antenna port information and scrambling identity information; and transmitting, to a terminal, the downlink control information and data associated with the downlink control information. The scrambling identity information indicates one of two scrambling sequences, if a number of antenna ports indicated by the antenna port information is one and one transport block is enabled. | 06-04-2015 |
20150215020 | ANTENNA ALLOCATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses are provided for communicating with a terminal of a base station in a mobile communication system. Configuration information on a plurality of antenna ports of reference signals (RSs) which comprise first type antenna ports and second type antenna ports, is transmitted. Status information for at least one antenna port of an RS among the plurality of antenna ports of the RSs, is received. At least one indicator indicating at least one selected antenna port of an RS is transmitted based on the status information. The terminal is communicated with using the at least one selected antenna port of the RS. The first type antenna ports are for a centralized antenna and the second type antenna ports are for a distributed antenna | 07-30-2015 |
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20130096658 | Microlead For Detection/Stimulation, Implantable In Venous, Arterial Or Lymphatic Networks - A microlead implantable in a patient's venous, arterial or lymphatic networks for the detection and/or stimulation of tissue. The microlead has a diameter at most equal to 2 French (0.66 mm) and comprises at least one microcable ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130310898 | CARDIAC OR CEREBRAL VESSEL MICROLEAD WITH ELECTRODE RING - A method of manufacturing a detection/stimulation lead for implantation into a venous, arterial, or lymphatic network is shown and described. The method includes providing a microcable comprising a sheath of insulating material covering an electrically conductive core. The method further includes surrounding a portion of the microcable with an electrically conductive metal ring. The method also includes crimping the ring such that the thickness of the sheath is penetrated by a portion of the metal ring and such that an electrical connection is formed between the metal ring and the electrically conductive core. | 11-21-2013 |
20130338745 | NANO MULTIPOLE RINGS FOR MEDICAL MICROLEADS - One embodiment of the invention relates to a multipolar lead for implantation in a venous, arterial, or lymphatic network, and for use with an electric stimulation or detection device. The invention includes at least two microcables, each having a central conductor for connection to the electric stimulation or detection device. The invention further includes a first ring having at least two lumens, each sized to receive a microcable of the at least two microcables, wherein one of the at least two lumens is a connection lumen which receives a first microcable of the at least two microcables. The ring further includes a connection element movable into the connection lumen to pierce a sheath of the first microcable and to press into the central conductor of the first microcable received by the connection lumen, electrically connecting at least a portion of the first ring to the central conductor. | 12-19-2013 |
20140012355 | MICROCATHETER IMPLANTABLE IN VENOUS, ARTERIAL OR LYMPHATIC NETWORKS - This implantable microcatheter includes a hollow tube with a central lumen extending throughout the length of the tube from a proximal region to a distal region. The bending stiffness of the proximal region is greater than the bending stiffness of the distal region, and the tube has a transition region having a decreasing stiffness gradient from the proximal region to the distal region. The tube wall is free of shielding or armor at least in the distal region, and the catheter is made of biocompatible material(s) suitable for a permanent implantation in venous, arterial or lymphatic networks. | 01-09-2014 |
20140358160 | SYSTEM IMPLANTABLE INTO THE CORONARY VENOUS NETWORK FOR THE STIMULATION OF A CARDIAC LEFT CAVITY - This system includes a conductor microcable and an insulating microcatheter, including a hollow tube housing the microcable with the possibility of relative axial translation therebetween. The microcatheter is suitable for permanent implantation. The microcatheter, in its distal portion, includes at least one lateral window formed by a through orifice formed on the wall of the hollow tube. The window forms a stimulation site defined on the wall of the target vein facing the window of the microcatheter, and provides for a region of the microcable surface located at the window to form a stimulation electrode. In its distal portion, the microcable is not isolated at least in the region of the window of the microcatheter. The microcatheter is telescopically moveable on the microcable, so as to modify the position of the stimulation site of the target vein. | 12-04-2014 |
20150099958 | MICROLEAD FOR DETECTION/STIMULATION, IMPLANTABLE IN VENOUS, ARTERIAL OR LYMPHATIC NETWORKS - A sensing/pacing lead including a microcable having a diameter of at most 2 French (0.66 mm). The microcable includes an electrically conductive core cable including a plurality of strands and a composite structure formed from at least a structuring material and a radiopaque material, the radiopaque material constituting at least about 0.008 mm | 04-09-2015 |
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20110188713 | FACIAL IMAGE RECOGNITION AND RETRIEVAL - A method or system providing face verification, including obtaining a set of features from a selected image and determining if there are any faces in the selected image. If faces are determined a dominance factor is assigned to at least one face and verification of an identity of the at least one face in the selected image is attempted and a confidence score returned. In attempting to verify the identity of the at least one face any identity information is extracted from metadata associated with the selected image. Also disclosed is a method of facial image retrieval, including defining a query image set from one or more selected facial images, determining a dissimilarity measurement between at least one query feature and at least one target feature. This enables identification of one or more identified facial images from the target facial image set based on the dissimilarity measurement. | 08-04-2011 |
20110200251 | BAND WEIGHTED COLOUR HISTOGRAMS FOR IMAGE RETRIEVAL - A method of image retrieval from a target image collection, including segmenting a query image into two or more bands, obtaining weighted colour histogram vectors for the two or more bands in the query image, and obtaining weighted colour histogram vectors for two or more bands in a target image. A distance measurement is determined between the query image and the target image using the weighted colour histogram vectors from corresponding bands in the query image and the target image. Bands in an image can be groups, strips, sections, regions, or the like, and can be linear bands, rectangular bands, circular bands, or the like. The bands are preferably, though not necessarily, concentric or otherwise aligned and any number of bands can be utilised. Also, content based image retrieval is provided that incorporates use of varying photo composition in different regions as a technique for improving accuracy of retrieval. | 08-18-2011 |
20110200260 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL USING TEXTURE DATA - A method, processing system and computer program product for image retrieval. In one aspect, the method includes, in a processing system: determining a query feature set for a search image, wherein the query feature set includes texture data indicative of a texture of the search image for a plurality of resolutions of the search image; determining a dissimilarity measurement between at least one query feature of the query feature set and at least one target feature of a target image set for one or more target images, wherein the dissimilarity measurement is determined at least partially based upon the dissimilarity between the texture data of the search image and one or more target images for at least some of the plurality of resolutions of the target image; and identifying one or more target images based upon the dissimilarity measurement. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202543 | OPTIMISING CONTENT BASED IMAGE RETRIEVAL - A method, processing system and computer program product for optimising a search of a collection of images. In one aspect, the method includes iteratively performing, in a processing system, steps of comparing a test search result set for a search query to a user defined expected search result set for the search query, wherein the search query includes a query feature set of a search image, each feature being associated with a weight; and adjusting one or more weights of the query feature set according to the results of the comparison to improve the similarity between the test and expected search result sets, thereby optimising a future image search of the collection of images. | 08-18-2011 |
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20130286520 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESD CIRCUITS - A high performance ESD protection circuit is provided. Embodiments include a circuit having an RC clamp circuit including a first NMOS transistor having a first source, drain, and gate, a current mirror circuit including first and second PMOS transistors having a second and third source, drain, and gate, respectively, and an SCR circuit including a first P+ contact. The first source is coupled to a ground rail, the first drain is coupled to the second drain, second gate, and third gate, the second and third sources are coupled to a power rail, and the third drain is coupled to the first P+ contact, wherein during an ESD event the first NMOS and PMOS transistors turn on to discharge a first current to the ground rail, and the current mirror provides a second current to the first P+ contact for turning on the SCR. | 10-31-2013 |
20130308231 | ESD PROTECTION FOR HIGH VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS - An ESD module includes an ESD circuit coupled between a first source and a second source. A trigger circuit is also included in the ESD module for activating the ESD circuit to provide a low resistance current path between the first and second sources. The trigger circuit includes a reverse diode between the first source and the ESD circuit or between the second source and main ESD circuit. The trigger circuit provides a low trigger voltage to activate the ESD circuit. | 11-21-2013 |