Abstract: An aerosol generating device (20) comprises a reservoir (1) for containing a liquid to be atomized and a nebulization chamber (3) for nebulizing a portion of the liquid received from the reservoir. The aerosol device further comprises liquid exchange means (7,8) for exchanging in use a further portion of the liquid received in the nebulization chamber with liquid from the reservoir to reduce a temperature increase of liquid in the nebulization chamber caused by heat produced by the piezo (4).

Abstract: An aerosol generation system has a light source arrangement which provides signals at first and second wavelengths, and the detected light signals are recorded. The detected signals are processed to derive at least a measure of the aerosol particle size. This can be used in combination with the other parameters which are conventionally measured, namely the aerosol density and flow velocity. Thus, optical measurement (possibly in combination with an air flow measurement) can be used to estimate the aerosol output rate as well as the particle size.

Abstract: An aerosol generation system (and method) comprises an aerosol generating device (1) for generating an aerosol output (2) and controller (12) for controlling the generating device (1) using a generator drive signal. An aerosol density detector (6,9) is used. A time delay measurement device (13) is adapted to derive a timing measurement based on the generator drive signal and the aerosol density detector output, wherein the timing measurement and the aerosol density are combined to derive an aerosol output rate.

Abstract: An aerosol generation system has a light source arrangement which provides signals at first and second wavelengths, and the detected light signals are recorded. The detected signals are processed to derive at least a measure of the aerosol particle size. This can be used in combination with the other parameters which are conventionally measured, namely the aerosol density and flow velocity. Thus, optical measurement (possibly in combination with an air flow measurement) can be used to estimate the aerosol output rate as well as the particle size.

Abstract: An aerosol generation system (and method) comprises an aerosol generating device (1) for generating an aerosol output (2) and controller (12) for controlling the generating device (1) using a generator drive signal. An aerosol density detector (6,9) is used. A time delay measurement device (13) is adapted to derive a timing measurement based on the generator drive signal and the aerosol density detector output, wherein the timing measurement and the aerosol density are combined to derive an aerosol output rate.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device (20) comprises a reservoir(1) for containing a liquid to be atomized and a nebulization chamber (3) for nebulizing a portion of the liquid received from the reservoir. The aerosol device further comprises liquid exchange means (7,8) for exchanging in use a further portion of the liquid received in the nebulization chamber with liquid from the reservoir to reduce a temperature increase of liquid in the nebulization chamber caused by heat produced by the piezo (4).

Abstract: In a motion-compensated picture signal interpolation apparatus comprising switched memories (SMX,LM) for furnishing motion-compensated pixel values corresponding to at least two motion vectors (.+-.d, 0), the motion-compensated pixel values are processed by an ordered statistical filter (MED).

Abstract: In a motion-compensated picture signal interpolation apparatus comprising a field memory (FM2) for delaying an input field sequence, a motion vector estimator (ME) for furnishing motion vectors, and a motion-compensated interpolator (MC) coupled to an input and an output of the field memory (FM2) for furnishing a sequence of motion-compensated output fields on the basis of the motion vectors, inputs of the motion vector estimator (ME) are coupled to the input and the output of the field memory (FM2) to estimate the motion vectors by means of the same single field memory (FM2) which is used for the motion-compensated interpolation. (FIG.

Abstract: In a method for determining motion vectors for each of the plurality of image blocks (X, O) together constituting a television image, motion vectors are computed only for selected ones (X) of the image blocks, and motion vectors for the remaining ones (O) of the image blocks are interpolated at least in part from the computed motion vectors of the selected blocks.

Abstract: In a method of controlling a picture signal processing mode, first and second motion vectors are determined (ME, D.sub.T) for first and second fields, and a picture signal processing mode control signal is obtained by comparing (D.sub.T, -, COMP-R) the first and second motion vectors. The control signal may be transmitted along with, for example, a HDTV signal to give an indication to a TV receiver whether the signal originated from movie-film or from non-movie-film or be generated within the receiver.

Abstract: In a motion estimator which adds small increments (P-2, P-4) to a prediction vector (P) to obtain a number of candidate vectors (2,4) from which an output vector is selected, a first increment (P-2) in a first direction has a different magnitude from a second increment (P-4) in a second direction.

Abstract: In motion compensated interpolation of TV-pictures it is usual to divide the picture into a plurality of blocks, a motion vector being determined for each block. This division into blocks has the disadvantage, that sometimes block boundaries become visible (dirty window effect). The invention generates a continuous vector field from the blocked vector field with the aid of a median filter which calculates for each subblock (H1) from a number of subblocks (H1 . . . H4) into which each block (H) is divided, a motion vector based on the motion vectors of the original block (H) to which the subblock belongs, and of the original blocks (E, G) adjacent to the subblock (H1) concerned.

Abstract: In a method of estimating motion per picture portion in an image of a picture signal, wherein, starting from a first (x0=x1, y0=y2) and a second (x0=x3, y0=y4) starting vector a motion vector is determined, a first and a second candidate motion vector, respectively, are determined on the basis of the first and second starting vector in accordance with a predetermined criterion, a motion vector is selected from both candidate motion vectors, and as components of the starting vectors, respective corresponding components of candidate motion vectors (x1, y1), (x2, y2), (x3, y3) and (x4, y4) already previously determined are taken, which candidate motion vectors correspond respectively to the starting vectors.