Abstract: For a controlled environment (1), adjacent drive modules (5) of a transport device (4) of the controlled environment (1) are sealed against each other in a sealing region (12) such that particles and/or impurities, in particular microbiological impurities, do not enter the controlled environment (1) from the outside. Each drive module (5) is designed for levitation (6) of at least one transport unit (7), in particular a mover (8), and a coupling side (9) of the drive module (5) is very substantially covered by a sealing member (10).

Abstract: The system for monitoring a person includes primary and secondary detection devices equipped with devices for sending measured data through a communication network; and a centralization device provided with a receiver for measured data and a processor for the received measured data. The processor includes a software application executed in a learning mode to store the received measured data and to determine a monitoring profile of the person and executed in a comparative mode to compare the received measured data with stored data and to emit an alert signal if one of the received measured data deviates from a defined interval around the monitoring profile.

Abstract: A device is provided for carrying out optical measurements such as fluorescence and absorbance measurements on samples distributed at measurement sites on a support, including first and second illumination apparatus, an optical detector, first and second optical fibres with an end facing the measurement sites at first and second faces of the support, respectively, which device further includes optical configuration apparatus configurable so as to allow the following configurations: (i) optical coupling of the first illumination apparatus with the first optical fibres and of the optical detector with the second optical fibres, (ii) optical coupling of the second illumination apparatus and the optical detector with the second optical fibres, and/or (iii) optical coupling of the second illumination apparatus and the optical detector with the first optical fibres. A corresponding method implemented in this device is also provided.

Abstract: A method is proposed for encoding/decoding an image having rectangular blocks of pixels. The image has a height of H blocks and a width of W blocks and is divided into vertical (or horizontal) bands of blocks having the height of H (or width of W) blocks. The method includes: obtaining N processors and M coprocessors, the M coprocessors distributed over S levels, N>1, S>0 and M>S; assigning the N processors Pi to N contiguous bands BPi having sizes of Ki blocks, 0?i?N?1 and ? i = 0 N - 1 ? ? K i = W ; for every level of coprocessors s, 0?s?S?1, assigning Ms coprocessors CPs,j to Ms contiguous bands having sizes of Qs,j blocks, with: ? j = 0 M s - 1 ? ? Q s , j = W ; managing sending of first, second and third start messages, and first and second verification messages to the processors and coprocessors, according to a predetermined set of rules.

Abstract: A method is proposed for encoding/decoding an image having rectangular blocks of pixels. The image has a height of H blocks and a width of W blocks and is divided into vertical (or horizontal) bands of blocks having the height of H (or width of W) blocks. The method includes: obtaining N processors and M coprocessors, the M coprocessors distributed over S levels, N>1, S>0 and M>S; assigning the N processors Pi to N contiguous bands BPi having sizes of Ki blocks, 0?i?N?1 and ? i = 0 N - 1 ? ? K i = W ; for every level of coprocessors s, 0?s?S?1, assigning Ms coprocessors CPs,j to Ms contiguous bands having sizes of Qs,j blocks, with: ? j = 0 M s - 1 ? ? Q s , j = W ; managing sending of first, second and third start messages, and first and second verification messages to the processors and coprocessors, according to a predetermined set of rules.