Abstract: A user interface system provides patient medical parameter data for trend indicative display covering a time period comprising user selectable acquisition time intervals. An acquisition processor acquires, from a patient monitoring device, data representing a patient parameter comprising a plurality of data values at a corresponding plurality of different times within multiple user selectable patient parameter acquisition intervals of a time period. A generator generates data representing a first image showing a trend indicative display of the patient parameter covering a time period comprising user selectable acquisition time intervals and including a first number of data points in an individual acquisition time interval. The generator generates data representing an image window comprising an expansion of the individual acquisition time interval and including a second number of data points greater than the first number, in response to user command.

Abstract: A broadcast system provides support for clients to receive transmissions over a unicast or a multicast channel from a broadcast server. A server administrator configures each of a first server and client systems connected to the server to receive data in one of a multicast or unicast transmission mode. An empirical test determines whether an intervening network can support the configured mode and if not, transmission is performed using a fall back mode. The first server is able to provide access to data streams from other servers to the client systems connected thereto. Upon requesting a data stream from another server, the first server receives the data stream, replicates the data stream, transmits the data stream to the requesting client system and stores the replicated data stream for immediate access by any requesting client server connected thereto.

Abstract: A video apparatus has a receiver for receiving and converting an RF signal into a video signal. The video signal is then processed (notably encoded) into an encoded digital stream by processing means. The processing means is adjusted based on an indicator of a characteristic of the RF signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for data transfer between a host and a device as well as to respective apparatus. A host is seen as a communication apparatus which organizes data traffic. A device is seen as dependent on the host. In a tiered-star topology there are usually multiple devices connected to one host. A method for data transfer between a host and a device through pipes is presented. The available memory in the host is divided into multiple segments. The assignment of segments is changed between pipes in dependence on the pipe traffic.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a content server device and a content receiver device, and a method at said devices for sending content in a robust mode. In particular the invention concerns a method at a peer to peer client to receive content from a server, the method comprising the steps of receiving content from a server in a multicast mode, indicating to the server the content that has been correctly received, receiving from the server in a multicast mode a content availability map indicating the content available at each peer and requesting the missing content from the peer indicated in the content availability map.

Abstract: An enhanced method and apparatus for reducing congestion in dynamic host configuration protocol network system are provided. The congestion reduction method comprises steps of receiving a DHCP request from a DHCP client; and stopping responding to a certain number of DHCPDISCOVER message. And the dynamic host configuration protocol server comprises at least one distributed server, at which the contents of the network service provider server are backed up.

Abstract: An apparatus bridges a plurality of domains and routes multicast datastreams between them. The apparatus includes a receiver which receives a client request signal via a multicast access protocol from a user connected within a first domain. A transmitter requests multicast content using a multicast transmission protocol from a provider within a second domain. A processor processes the multicast content received from the provider. The transmitter relays the multicast content from the second domain to the first domain for access by the user.

Abstract: The method realizes a motion compensated temporal filtering (MCTF), the temporal filtering being replaced by an intra mode coding to obtain at least one low (L) or high (H) frequency picture if the current picture has a level of correlation with a lower previous picture at a threshold, the low frequency pictures obtained (L) being thus scaled to be adapted, at the energy level, to the pictures obtained by motion compensated temporal filtering, and comprises, at the end of analysis: a selection of the pictures obtained by intra coding of a picture of a low decomposition level with the additional condition, for the high frequency pictures, that this picture is derived itself from an intra coding. a calibration of the picture selected by carrying out at least one reverse step of the scaling step. The applications relate to video compression with temporal prediction.

Abstract: A device is dedicated to assisting the reconstruction of synchronization signals, for example within an item of communication equipment of an IP network. This device comprises i) a phase-locked loop charged with reconstructing, on the basis of a second sampled ramp signal received, a reference clock signal and a second ramp signal identical to, and in phase with, that having been sampled, and ii) processing means charged with determining in a first sampled ramp signal received, representative of a synchronization signal to be reconstructed and each sample of which is associated with a sample of the second ramp signal corresponding to a determinable sampling period, the value which corresponds to the first sample of this first sampled ramp signal received as well as the sampling period corresponding to this value, and then to initialize with this value a synchronization counter which is synchronized with respect to the second reconstructed ramp signal, on the basis of the reconstructed reference clock signal.

Abstract: The process for coding a mosaic of images giving a stream of coded data the mosaic being composed of subimages, the subimages being composed of image elements, resynchronization markers in the stream allowing resynchronization of the data at reception level, wherein the subimages are placed under one another in the image to be coded so as to give a mosaic, the mosaic is coded element by element according to a TV-type scan so as to provide data of the stream, the first element of each subimage being identified, and a resynchronization marker is placed in the stream, before each first element of a subimage, so as to identify the data relating to the subimage.

Abstract: An ECG system is used in ECG signal measurement of intra-cardiac ECG using a catheter. The system includes a lead signal switch for disconnecting an amplifier input terminal from a reference point and reconnecting the input terminal to a patient limb electrode. An ECG signal processor amplifies the difference of a chest lead signal electronically connected to a catheter, and a patient limb signal provided by the reconnecting of the input terminal.

Abstract: A compatible optical recording medium is described, which is designed in such a way that it has the appearance of a read-only optical recording medium for most players and recorders. Further described is a method for manufacturing the recordable optical recording medium. The optical recording medium has an essentially flat recording layer with a first reflectivity at a wavelength specified for a reading recording light beam, which has an alloyed guide track formed of the material of the essentially flat recording layer with a second reflectivity different from the first reflectivity at the specified wavelength.

Abstract: The invention describes apparatus and method for receiving and decoding a multiplexed data stream organized in sectors containing payload portions individually destined for one of two or more decoders. The apparatus is connected to a memory device addressable in an address space. At least one of the decoders generates read and/or write addresses from within a predetermined address range that is a true subset of the address space. For avoiding additional memory accesses caused by moving data already contained in the memory into the decoder address range, the apparatus has an address translator which translates the decoder addresses into translated addresses and uses the translated addresses for accessing the memory device.

Abstract: The tool reduces or stops the flow of liquid or gas through a conduit and includes a crimping section, comprised of a first and second crimping member pivotally engaged with each other, and a handle section, comprised of a first and second handle member pivotally connected to each other. Each crimping member has a blunt section extending partially along an edge thereof. The first and second handle members are connected to the first and second crimping members. The conduit is crimped by applying a force to the handle members causing the handle members and the crimping members to pivot in a direction opposite each other so that the blunt sections of crimping members crimp a conduit placed therebetween thereby reducing or stopping the flow of the liquid or gas flowing through the conduit. The tool may also hold objects and be locked via separate locking mechanisms.

Abstract: A system for adjusting power employed by a medical device incorporating light emitting devices and being used for measuring patient medical parameters, includes a plurality of light emitting devices. A power unit is coupled to the light emitting devices and powers the light emitting devices responsive to respective control signals which determine power to be applied to the light emitting devices. A control unit for provides the control signals and is coupled to the power unit. The control signals intermittently turn off at least one of the plurality of light emitting devices in a power save mode in response to a determination that a patient medical parameter value measured by the medical device, using an active light emitting device of the plurality of light emitting devices, is at a safe level.