Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a time-of-flight device having a photo-detection layer and a nanostructure layer arranged on the photo-detection layer. The nanostructure layer has a wavelength filtering function and a focusing function, such that the wavelength range of light incident on the nanostructure layer is reduced to a predefined wavelength range and light emitted from the nanostructure is focused on the photo-detection layer.

Abstract: A configuration control circuitry for a time-of-flight system, the time-of-flight system including an illumination source configured to emit light to a scene and an image sensor configured to generate image data representing a time-of-flight measurement of light reflected from the scene.

Abstract: A time-of-flight camera has; an illumination source for illuminating a scene; an image sensor for detecting light; and a processor configured to: control the image sensor for scanning a scene for detecting illumination; determine a time slot for illumination of the scene, based on the scanning result of the scene; and control the illumination source to illuminate the scene in the determined time slot, based on a time-division multiple access scheme.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to time-of-flight imaging circuitry configured to: control a set of readout channels for an imaging element for obtaining a set of events representing a set of light pulses captured in the imaging element, wherein the controlling includes: a first detection of the set of events in a first readout channel of the set of readout channels; and a second detection in a second readout channel, wherein the second detection starts a predetermined time after a start of the first detection for detecting a subset of the events.

Abstract: A time-of-flight apparatus has: a light source for emitting light to a scene; a light detector for detecting light from the scene; and a control, the control being configured to: acquire a frame of detected light from the light detector, wherein the frame corresponds to a predetermined time interval, and drive the light source for emitting light during the acquisition of the frame, wherein the light energy accumulated within the frame has a predetermined value, and wherein the frame is divided into active light time intervals during which light is emitted to the scene.

Abstract: A time-of-flight camera has: a light source for emitting light; a first imaging sensor; and a controller configured to perform a time-of-flight measurement calibration based on determining at least one of a cyclic error and an offset error by detecting light emitted from the light source with a second imaging sensor, wherein a predetermined optical path is provided between the light source and the second imaging sensor.

Abstract: A time-of-flight apparatus has: a light source for emitting light pulses to a scene; a light detector for detecting light from the scene; and a control, the control being configured to: drive the light source to emit light pulses, based on a time shift pattern; and drive the light detector for detecting light in accordance with the time shift pattern.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a time-of-flight device having a photo-detection layer and a nanostructure layer arranged on the photo-detection layer. The nanostructure layer has a wavelength filtering function and a focusing function, such that the wavelength range of light incident on the nanostructure layer is reduced to a predefined wavelength range and light emitted from the nanostructure is focused on the photo-detection layer.

Abstract: A time-of-flight camera has: a light source for emitting light; a first imaging sensor; and a controller configured to perform a time-of-flight measurement calibration based on determining at least one of a cyclic error and an offset error by detecting light emitted from the light source with a second imaging sensor, wherein a predetermined optical path is provided between the light source and the second imaging sensor.

Abstract: A time-of-flight camera has; an illumination source for illuminating a scene; an image sensor for detecting light; and a processor configured to: control the image sensor for scanning a scene for detecting illumination; determine a time slot for illumination of the scene, based on the scanning result of the scene; and control the illumination source to illuminate the scene in the determined time slot, based on a time-division multiple access scheme.

Abstract: A permanent split capacitor (PSC) motor includes a stator defining an axis of rotation and a rotor disposed adjacent the stator. The stator includes a start winding, a capacitor electrically coupled in series with the start winding, a first plurality of windings, and a second plurality of windings. At least one winding of the first plurality of windings is energized in parallel with at least one winding of the second plurality of windings at a first voltage and in series with the at least one winding of the second plurality of windings at a second voltage. The first and second pluralities of windings are energized to produce a plurality of motor speeds. The rotor rotates relative to the stator about the axis of rotation at a selected one of the plurality of motor speeds induced at least partially by a magnetic output of the windings of the stator.

Abstract: A permanent split capacitor (PSC) motor includes a stator defining an axis of rotation and a rotor disposed adjacent the stator. The stator includes a start winding, a capacitor electrically coupled in series with the start winding, a first plurality of windings, and a second plurality of windings. At least one winding of the first plurality of windings is energized in parallel with at least one winding of the second plurality of windings at a first voltage and in series with the at least one winding of the second plurality of windings at a second voltage. The first and second pluralities of windings are energized to produce a plurality of motor speeds. The rotor rotates relative to the stator about the axis of rotation at a selected one of the plurality of motor speeds induced at least partially by a magnetic output of the windings of the stator.

Abstract: In the method of the invention said detection is performed in an Anomaly Detection System, or ADS, by analyzing the behavior of a network and looking for deviations with respect to a normality, said normality indicating common behavior of users of said network and being defined previous to said detection. The method is characterised in that it comprises building a plurality of detection models, each of said plurality of detection models adapted to different entities of said network and to different algorithms, said different algorithms implementing different detection strategies and said plurality of detection models representing said normality. The system of the invention is arranged to implement the method of the invention.

Abstract: A system for preventing fraud at a service provider's website has a fake credential distributor for creating a set of valid but fake credentials to access such website and distributing such set to a plurality of predefined websites, a fake user database including said set of fake credentials and a monitor for real-time monitoring any user login attempt from any origin network location to the website and comparing the credentials used in such user login attempt with the set of fake credentials in the fake user database. If the credentials used in such a login attempt coincide with any fake credential in the fake user database, such origin network location is added to a tainted connections list; and if there is another login attempt of a user from a network location in said tainted connections list, said user access request is refused even when it is using real credentials.

Abstract: In the method of the invention an outgoing payment service is requested by an application running on a smart device and it comprises the development of specific software residing in said smart device and the mobile network to control and detect if said outgoing payment service has the corresponding authorization and can be executed or if it is part of a fraud.

Abstract: Method and system for improving the detection of security threats in a communication network, including security devices which generate security events. The present invention assigns a dynamic tag to each event according to the description of the event, and the tags related to the same security threat are clustering forming a data model pattern. An artificial intelligence algorithm, learning from known real information, analyzes said patterns and decides whether an alarm should be generated or not.

Abstract: A system for monitoring online communications of at least one LAN user, specially useful for controlling children's internet interactions. The system comprises a central communications server and locally deployed equipment in the user's home LAN, the locally deployed equipment comprising means adapted to automatically enumerate and store all the peers of the local user, analyze natural language of the conversations between the user and the peers to assign an age range of the peers through morphological and syntactical language use, identify customer-specified words and generate a network of peers and alarms for users according to previously determined rules; and the central communications server comprising means to collect anonymized data from the pairs.

Abstract: A method and system for classifying traffic in a communication network. The method comprises the steps of: capturing IP packets (35) from said communication network; profiling said captured packets (36) by assigning one vector to each of said captured packets (36) according to a set of determined characteristics; calculating a set of classification values for each of said profiled packets (37) according to its IP header information and its specific protocol header information; rewriting said captured packets' (35) headers, including said calculated classification values on an IP header.