Abstract: A method for encoding an image, the encoding being a mixed encoding with the possibility of using a first lossless compression type, and a second lossy compression type, the method including: dividing the image into a plurality of elementary blocks; determining which elementary blocks have a high level of detail; allocating the first type of compression to each elementary block that has a high level of detail; allocating the second compression type to each elementary block that does not have a high level of detail; applying the first type of compression to each elementary block to which the first compression type has been allocated; applying the first compression type to each elementary block directly surrounded by two elementary blocks to which the first compression type has been allocated.

Abstract: A method and device for reducing interference between a first signal of the carrier current type (Se) transmitted between modems (MCPL) in an electrical network (Re) and a second signal (S) transmitted between modems (M) in another network (R), the signals (Se, S) being coded by distribution of the data over allocated carrier frequencies in the same reserved frequency band (BF). The method includes: a step of measurement, by each modem (MCPL) in the electrical network, of transmission characteristics of each carrier frequency (F) that may be used for coding the first signal (Se), a step of detection, by analysis of the measured transmission characteristics, of at least one second, carrier frequency (F2,n), which is allocated or may be allocated for coding the second signal (S) and is common with at least one first carrier frequency (F1,m), which is allocated for coding the first signal (Se), and a steps of optimisation of the distribution of the data of the first signal (Se) over carrier frequencies.

Abstract: An equipment provided with a docking device for receiving an extractable element comprising a housing carrying a pluggable connector and having at least one grounding surface, the equipment comprising a printed circuit card carrying a device including a central body from which there extend two parallel rails for slidably receiving side portions of the housing, and a connector having tabs soldered to the printed circuit while being arranged to co-operate with the pluggable connector of the extractable element in the sliding direction, and at least one contact element comprising a fastener tab soldered to the printed circuit, the contact element being electrically conductive and being arranged to be pressed against the grounding surface while the extractable element is being put into place in the equipment.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and device for cancelling interference between a signal carried by an electrical line, where powerline communications operate, of a system distributing digital services at the home of a subscriber and a signal carried by a telephone line of said system that is situated close to the electrical line.

Abstract: The invention relates to electronic equipment including at least one housing shaped to receive an external module, the external module having at least one connector for co-operating with at least one complementary connector of the equipment arranged at the end of the housing when the external module is placed in the housing. According to the invention, the device includes isolation means for responding to a contactor being activated by switching off at least an electrical power supply at least for the power supply contacts of the connector of the equipment, the contactor being arranged on the equipment so as to be activated by the external module before the connectors connect together and to be deactivated once the connectors are connected together when the external module is properly in place in the housing.

Abstract: The power supply circuit for powering equipment via a current-limited power supply bus at a nominal voltage (Vb) of the equipment includes an auxiliary power supply circuit comprising an energy storage member and a trigger member for triggering auxiliary power supply to the equipment from the storage member via a voltage-reducing converter for reducing the auxiliary voltage to the nominal voltage.

Abstract: A method for navigating within a search result obtained with a search engine installed on an electronic device, wherein a list of results is obtained from a data server, the navigation method including: identifying, in each result in the list of results, first components of the result considered, and second components of the result considered; organizing the first components into a first sub-list of results and the second components into a second sub-list of results; restoring the first sub-list of results into a first display area of the screen, and the second sub-list of results into a second display area of the screen; synchronizing the selection of a result in the first sub-list of results with the selection of a corresponding result in the second sub-list of results; and using a multi-touch interface in order to select a search result spread over a plurality of lists showing a different view of the same information.

Abstract: A method for managing the detection of advertising sequences in a stream of information stored on a mass memory module of an electronic apparatus, the information stream corresponding to an extract of a television program, the information stream including a first set of information corresponding to a content to be rendered and a second set of information, corresponding to the advertising sequences, the information stream including at least one set of video information, and teletext type data, and subtitle data associated with the stream, the method including analyzing the video information for detecting a format transition in the images associated with the video information; optionally storing a first address information corresponding to the detected transition, and validating a first detection condition; analyzing the teletext type data for detecting an absence, and then a presence, of teletext subtitles associated with the video information, optionally storing a second address information corresponding to t

Abstract: A method for displaying multimedia content on the screen of a multimedia terminal, the multimedia content being encoded by data included in a file stored on a server remote from the terminal in a format such that the entire file is required by an application supporting the format for generating a display of the multimedia content on the screen of the terminal, wherein the method includes: requesting by the terminal the transmission of an encoding of the display of the multimedia content into a defined rendering format; using by the server the file for generating the rendering encoding of the multimedia content according to the defined rendering format by the terminal; and transmitting by the server the rendering encoding to the terminal using a graphic interface sharing protocol.

Abstract: A method for generating the result of a search carried out using a search engine, in which a list of results is established after the search operation, the method including: identifying the thumbnail images associated with illustrated results from the list of results; carrying out an analysis operation of the images that includes comparing, by pairs, the identified thumbnail images; grouping, into image families, the thumbnail images sharing a similarity predetermined by the operation of comparing the thumbnail images; and generating the result of the search on the basis of the groupings into image families.

Abstract: A casing is provided which includes a housing for receiving an extractable element and an extractor member mounted in the vicinity of the housing. The extractor member includes a tilting cam having a bearing end extending into the housing and an actuation end co-operating with a slidable lever having a drivable first end and a second end provided with a recess having the actuation end of the cam passing therethrough. The actuation end of the tilting cam includes a rear edge provided with an indentation and resilient return means holding said rear edge pressed against a rear end of the recess so that the rear end of the recess drops into the indentation at the end of insertion of the extractable element.

Abstract: A method for controlling a multimedia decoder that can simultaneously access different programs from different sources and/or of different qualities, wherein the decoder can operate in a multitask mode such that it controls the display and/or recording of a first program simultaneously with the display and/or recording of a second program, wherein the decoder performs the following steps: the step of identifying the resources available for displaying and/or recording programs accessible by the decoder; the step of determining the resources required for displaying and/or recording each of the programs accessible by the decoder; and the step in multitask mode of inhibiting a displaying and/or recording control of one of these programs when the resources required by the ordered program are higher than the available resources of the decoder.

Abstract: A method for the remote sharing of a computer office generated by an application executed in a server in response to commands issued by client terminals accessing this server via a telecommunication network, the commands of a client terminal being entered by means of an entry area termed the focus. The client terminals transmit, to the server, commands dedicated to office sharing, and entered by means of various focuses, in accordance with a graphics interface transmission protocol of the RUI type, standing for “Remote User Interface”, so that the server matches up, by means of the focuses, the commands received and the offices shared so as to transmit, in response to the commands from the terminals, a graphics interface representative of this office of the server by means of indications of the state of the pixels in this graphics interface in accordance with the RUI protocol.

Abstract: A method of diagnosing and/or updating software, associated with a processor within a first electronic device equipped with an HDMI type connector, includes: linking, using a suitable cable, a third-party electronic device, configured to perform a diagnosing or updating operation, or both, of the embedded software, with a first pin and a second pin of the HDMI connector; carrying out an operation of switching the first electronic device, by toggling the first electronic device from a first mode to a second mode in which the HDMI connector is configured, via the first pin and the second pin, to exchange information to and from the processor, carrying out, via the suitable cable, exchanges of information between the first electronic device and the third-party electronic device, so as to carry out the operation of diagnosing and/or updating of the embedded software.

Abstract: A method for locally broadcasting audio/video content between a source device equipped with an HDMI interface and a target device, the method including: compressing the audio/video content in the source device; transmitting the compressed audio/video content over a wireless link, from a transmitter associated with the source device, the transmitter receiving the audio/video content from the HDMI interface of the source device, and receiving the compressed audio/video content using a receiver device.

Abstract: A multimedia system includes a server including an operating system configured to allocate resources thereof to software applications, the activation of which determined by a control application; a client terminal including a display device and a remote control, the server and the client terminal including a first graphical interface and a second graphical interface; respectively, configured to communicate via an image-sharing protocol; the first interface configured to identify a plurality of commands related to a control application thereof in signals transmitted by the terminal via the first and second graphical interfaces so as to follow the commands, and to generate an image particular to the control application, so as to transmit the image to the terminal via the first and second graphical interfaces.

Abstract: A video encoding system for encoding consecutive images of a video sequence, the encoding of a current image being done with respect to a previous and/or subsequent image, the encoding system including an input data reception module to receive the current image to be encoded and to receive a non estimated real motion vector of at least one moved area of the current image; a divider to divide the current image into macroblocks; an estimation module to estimate motion vectors depending on the macroblocks of the current image and on the previous and/or subsequent image; a motion compensation module to receive motion vectors and to provide a predicted area; an allocating module to allocate the non estimated real motion vector to the macroblocks belonging to the moved area; a transmitting module to transmit the non estimated real motion vector directly to the motion compensation module without any estimation of the motion vectors by the estimation module for the plurality of macroblocks belonging to the moved area

Abstract: A method for managing the detection of advertising sequences in a stream of information stored on a mass memory module of an electronic apparatus, the information stream corresponding to an extract of a television program, the information stream including a first set of information corresponding to a content to be rendered and a second set of information, corresponding to the advertising sequences, the information stream including at least one set of video information, and teletext type data, and subtitle data associated with the stream, the method including analyzing the video information for detecting a format transition in the images associated with the video information; optionally storing a first address information corresponding to the detected transition, and validating a first detection condition; analyzing the teletext type data for detecting an absence, and then a presence, of teletext subtitles associated with the video information, optionally storing a second address information corresponding to t

Abstract: A cover of an electronic appliance capable of receiving infrared type signals from a remote monitoring device, the cover including a receiving area intended to be placed facing an infrared receiver of the electronic appliance, wherein the receiving area includes, placed at least partially in or on the receiving area, a filtering element configured to reduce the intensity of infrared signals received by the electronic appliance, the filtering element being constituted of an ink covering at least partially other areas of the cover.