Abstract: A space-saving frame member for use in supporting a keyboard adjacent to a monitor. The frame member has an upper end and a lower end, and means for attaching the upper end of the frame member to the monitor such that the lower end of the frame member extends from a lower side of the monitor to support the keyboard. The frame member may be retractable such that when in an extended position, the user can access the keyboard. When the keyboard is no longer in use, the frame member may be retracted such that the keyboard is stored beneath and behind the monitor.

Abstract: An audio/video set is operated with hierarchical menus. It displays a menu string of first items in a first coordinate direction on the screen and detects a user selecting an item thereamong. Upon so detecting, the set displays a menu string of second items in a coordinate direction transverse to the first direction and through the selected item. It detects user selection among the second items for activating an associated television functionality. It displays the items in a bulletized manner as annotated by supporting indicativity.

Abstract: A security monitoring system including: an alarm system having detectors for detection of an alarm in a structure; at least one camera for capturing image data inside and/or outside the structure; a processor for selecting a subset of the image data upon the occurrence of the alarm based on a predetermined criteria; and a modem for transmitting the subset of image data to a remote location. The processor ranks each video frame from the image data according to how well each video frame meets the predetermined criteria and the modem transmits a predetermined number of video frames having the best rank to the remote location.

Abstract: A device for identifying vehicles traveling in excess of a predetermined speed. The device including: speed measurement detector for measuring the speed of a target vehicle and outputting a signal indicative of the measured speed; a camera operatively connected to the speed measurement detector for capturing image data of a license plate affixed to the target vehicle when the target vehicle exceeds the predetermined speed; and a device for tagging the captured image data with the signal indicative of the measured speed of the target vehicle. The device can further have a recognition system for recognizing the license plate of the target vehicle which controls the camera to provide an enhanced view of the license plate. The device can also have classification and color identification systems for identifying a type and color of the target vehicle. The type and color information can also be tagged to the image data.

Abstract: Objects of a three dimensional (3D) virtual world that are represented on a two dimensional (2D) image plane are provided with labels which are generated in the 2D image plane itself. The labels are in spatial registration with the object as represented on the 2D image plane. The generation of the labels in the 2D image plane avoids problems relating to perspective and aliasing which can occur when labels are provided in the virtual world itself and are rendered from the 3D virtual world.

Abstract: A security monitoring system including: an alarm system having detectors for detecting an unauthorized individual in a structure; at least one camera for capturing first image data of the unauthorized individual; a memory for storing second image data of at least one individual authorized to be in the structure; and a data link for transmitting third image data to a remote location upon the detection of the unauthorized individual. The third image data including at least portions of the first and second image data for comparison at the remote location. In a preferred implementation, the first image data includes image data of more than the face of the unauthorized individual and the system further includes a computer vision system for detecting the face of the unauthorized individual from the first image data.

Abstract: A self-annotating camera providing annotation relating to a photograph. The camera captures a desired field of view in a photograph, obtains information relating to the photograph via a plurality of information sources, produces annotation corresponding to the information obtained from the plurality of information sources, and utilizes the produced annotation to annotate at least one of a photograph and an electronic file associated with the photograph. At least one of the plurality of information sources is internal to the camera and at least one of the plurality of information sources is external to the camera.

Abstract: A radio frequency suppressing cable has at least one conductor and a resistive layer surrounding the at least one conductor and insulated from the at least one conductor. The bulk resistance of material included in the resistive layer is greater than that of the material of the at least one conductor.

Abstract: An image display device comprising a light modulation panel, an illumination device arranged opposite the light modulation panel and a light source connected to the illumination device. The illumination device comprises at least one separating layer which has at least one flat surface extending parallel to the light modulation panel and a serrated surface situated on a side which faces away from the flat surface. Said serrated surface includes a number of sawtooth-shaped, juxtaposed projections which are each bounded by a first and a second separating surface, the first separating surface enclosing an acute interior angle with the flat surface and the second separating surface enclosing an obtuse interior angle with the flat surface.

Abstract: A printed circuit board (4) is described for surface mounting of electrical and/or electronic components, in particular an SMD (surface mounted device) antenna with a ceramic substrate (1) and at least one resonant track structure (20; 30), and such an antenna for single and multiband applications, in particular in the high-frequency and microwave range. Since one end of the track structure (20) of the antenna is connected to the ground metallization (41), a relatively large bandwidth is achieved with small dimensions of the antenna plus the possibility of smaller board design.

Abstract: The invention provides an antenna device 1 that is small in its size but wide in its bandwidth. The recess 2a is formed in the dielectric substrate 2. The shorting electrode 5 is formed on the front surface 2d of the substrate 2 for connecting radiation electrode 3 to each of grounding electrodes 6, 7.

Abstract: The telephone memory aid provides a database to a primary party for storing and retrieving personal information about a secondary party, including summary information related to communication exchanges between the primary and secondary parties. The summary information includes, for example, the date and time of prior telephone calls and the topics discussed. This secondary party information, including the summaries of prior telephone calls, is available for review by the primary party during future phone calls with the secondary party. The telephone memory aid also facilitates entry of information into the database through speech recognition algorithms and through question and answer sessions with the primary and secondary parties.

Abstract: A method of operating an appliance and an appliance using a display of a state diagram on a display screen. The state diagram shows state symbols representing operative states of the appliance. A state cursor is provided, which indicates a position relative to the state diagram, which state cursor can be relocated in response to user supplied cursor control commands. The appliance can be operated by navigating the state cursor to a state symbol representing a desired state of the appliance, which causes the appliance to adopt the desired state in response to the navigation.

Abstract: In a computer communications system wherein a number of user stations are connected via a data network to a remote server hosting a chat-space where text messages may be exchanged, a parsing subsystem is provided in at least some of the user stations. The parsing subsystem identifys keywords in the exchange text messages and, using these as search terms sent to a further server hosting a search engine, obtains and makes available to the user auxiliary sources of data which may be of interest. In an alternative embodiment, the parser subsystem is held by the chatspace server and transmits the data from, or identifying, the auxiliary sources of data to the users on-line.

Abstract: A display device (1) comprising a light modulation panel (2), a first polarization layer (5), a first ¼&lgr; layer (6), a semi-transparent reflective layer (7), a lens (8), a second ¼&lgr; layer (11) and a second polarization layer (12). The first ¼&lgr; layer (6) is situated between the first polarization layer (5) and the semi-transparent reflective layer (7). The second polarization layer (12) is a reflective polarization layer. The display device may include a hologram.

Abstract: A user interface for querying and displaying records from a database allows explicit and implicit profiles to be stored and selectively, and independently, incorporated in a search. Implicit profiles are derived from the selections of resources by a user without requiring the user to specify any rules by which selections are made. A machine-learning algorithm is used to derive a model by which user-preferences can be predicted. Explicit profiles are rules entered by the user. For example, the user may select certain categories of resources that the user prefers to exclude from searches. Queries are defined by selecting predefined criteria, and one or both of the explicit and implicit profiles. In an embodiment, profiles are displayed and manipulated just as categories of other criteria to add and remove them from queries. The queries can be saved and edited.

Abstract: An on-screen display generation apparatus (10) and method for controlling the same are provided, in which data from two or more independent sources (12, 16) is used by a windows controller (22) to generate and periodically update a respective display panel for each source based at least partially on data from that source. A display controller (28) is configured to generate output pixel values for display (32) based at least partially on contributions from two or more of the display panels (34, 36), with certain pixels having contributions from two display panels where a first panel is positioned to at least partially overlie a second and the overlying part of the first panel is specified as translucent.

Abstract: Cameras and image processing techniques are applied to the control of HVAC systems. Occupancy is detected using head-counting or motion detection. Activities are recognized in images and image sequences by machine-recognition techniques. The nature of activities, the intensity of activities, the number of occupants and their activities, etc. are all inferred from images and image sequences and used to predict current loads and/or required control signals for regulating an HVAC system.

Abstract: A digital television (DTV) system includes a remote controller which generates X- and Y-axis position data; and an electronic pro gram guide (EPG) controller which receives position data responsive to the X- and Y-axis position data, which generates character data responsive to the position data, which searches EPG data for character strings approximating the character data to thereby generate search results, and which outputs the search results to the screen of the DTV. According to one aspect of the DTV system, the remote controller generates the X- and Y-axis position data responsive to movement of the remote controller. This movement can be determined by either accelerometers or a gyroscope included in the remote controller. According to another aspect of the invention, the X- and Y-axis position data can be generated by a pointing device, which can be either a touch panel or a trackball.

Abstract: A vision system that is capable of computing the crowd densities, shopper movement speed and direction, and queue lengths at different locations in a shopping center makes recommendations for least-cost path through a set of destinations. Well-known person-counting techniques may be employed. One type of output display is a map display with an overlay an optimal route through a shopping venue.