Abstract: A multispectral sensing device includes a first die, including silicon, which is patterned to define a first array of sensor elements, which output first electrical signals in response to optical radiation that is incident on the device in a band of wavelengths less than 1000 nm that is incident on the front side of the first die. A second die has its first side bonded to the back side of the first die and includes a photosensitive material and is patterned to define a second array of sensor elements, which output second electrical signals in response to the optical radiation that is incident on the device in a second band of wavelengths greater than 1000 nm that passes through the first die and is incident on the first side of the second die. Readout circuitry reads the first electrical signals and the second electrical signals serially out of the device.

Abstract: A physiological signal monitoring method includes steps that involve: acquiring samples of at least one digitized physiological signal through the use of a device carried by a user; detecting events within the digitized physiological signal by means of the device and extracting characteristics of the detected events by means of the device; searching for an anomaly in the events and characteristics of the extracted events by means of the device; and, via an encrypted wireless link, transmitting the digitized physiological signal by means of the device to a server via a mobile terminal when an anomaly is detected. If an anomaly is not detected, the digitized physiological signal is deleted by the device.

Abstract: A physiological signal monitoring method includes steps that involve: acquiring samples of at least one digitized physiological signal through the use of a device carried by a user; detecting events within the digitized physiological signal by means of the device and extracting characteristics of the detected events by means of the device; searching for an anomaly in the events and characteristics of the extracted events by means of the device; and, via an encrypted wireless link, transmitting the digitized physiological signal by means of the device to a server via a mobile terminal when an anomaly is detected. If an anomaly is not detected, the digitized physiological signal is deleted by the device.

Abstract: A method for transmitting telegrams via a shared medium (SHM) included in a network, in particular in an industrial contact wire network, wherein the network includes a control unit, a master level, the shared medium, a slave level, and end devices, where an access to the shared medium is respectively performed via master- and/or slave-side modems, where the control unit communicates with the end devices via the shared medium, where at least one master- and/or slave-side traffic manager provides telegrams to the master- and/or slave-side modems, and where in order to reduce the number of accesses to the shared medium, the master- and/or slave-side traffic managers have knowledge of the structure of relevant parts of the network, and compile the telegrams into groups of telegrams.

Abstract: An imaging device includes at least one photosite formed in a semiconducting substrate and fitted with a filtering device for filtering at least one undesired radiation. The filtering device is buried in the semiconducting substrate at a depth depending on the wavelength of the undesired radiation.

Abstract: A collector wire network for communicating locally fixed system parts having at least one variable-location system part, wherein data transmission devices are each assigned a reception range, where the reception range is mapped onto a section that results from a length of a collector wire segment plus a first overlap length and a second overlap length, the data transmission device connected to the respective collector wire segment is configured such that a level of the data signal transmitted thereby is matched to a respective reception range such that, because of attenuation of the level, caused by line damping along the first and second conductors and the coupling elements, the level in a receiving device of a variable-location system part which is located outside the reception range no longer recognized as a valid signal.

Abstract: A network of photovoltaic strips positioned in front of an image causes a decrease in the luminosity of said image, which is not uniform for all of the colours and causes an optical moiré phenomenon that is perceived by the observer when they change their viewing angle. In order to rectify said decrease in visual quality of the image, the invention describes a suitable positioning and dimension of the photovoltaic strips in relation to the inter-pixels of the image.

Abstract: A collector wire network for communicating locally fixed system parts having at least one variable-location system part, wherein data transmission devices are each assigned a reception range, where the reception range is mapped onto a section that results from a length of a collector wire segment plus a first overlap length and a second overlap length, the data transmission device connected to the respective collector wire segment is configured such that a level of the data signal transmitted thereby is matched to a respective reception range such that, because of attenuation of the level, caused by line damping along the first and second conductors and the coupling elements, the level in a receiving device of a variable-location system part which is located outside the reception range no longer recognized as a valid signal.

Abstract: A network of photovoltaic strips positioned in front of an image causes a decrease in the luminosity of said image, which is not uniform for all of the colours and causes an optical moirè phenomenon that is perceived by the observer when they change their viewing angle. In order to rectify said decrease in visual quality of the image, the invention describes a suitable positioning and dimension of the photovoltaic strips in relation to the inter-pixels of the image.

Abstract: An imaging device includes at least one photosite formed in a semiconducting substrate and fitted with a filtering device for filtering at least one undesired radiation. The filtering device is buried in the semiconducting substrate at a depth depending on the wavelength of the undesired radiation.

Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, includes steps of: acquiring an image of the environment of the apparatus, detecting the presence of human faces in the image acquired, estimating a respective position of each face detected in relation to the apparatus, and sending a signal to the apparatus to enable a function of the apparatus if a condition is met relating to a number of faces detected in the image and/or the estimated position of each detected face.

Abstract: An imaging device includes at least one photosite formed in a semiconducting substrate and fitted with a filtering device for filtering at least one undesired radiation. The filtering device is buried in the semiconducting substrate at a depth depending on the wavelength of the undesired radiation.

Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, includes steps of: acquiring an image of the environment of the apparatus, detecting the presence of human faces in the image acquired, estimating a respective position of each face detected in relation to the apparatus, and sending a signal to the apparatus to enable a function of the apparatus if a condition is met relating to a number of faces detected in the image and/or the estimated position of each detected face.

Abstract: An imaging device includes at least one photosite formed in a semiconducting substrate and fitted with a filtering device for filtering at least one undesired radiation. The filtering device is buried in the semiconducting substrate at a depth depending on the wavelength of the undesired radiation.