Abstract: A medical imaging system including: imaging circuitry configured to capture an image; a defractive filter array mounted over the sensor circuitry and a separation device configured to adjust the distance between the defractive filter array and the sensor circuitry.

Abstract: A surgical imaging system comprising circuitry configured to accentuate an image characteristic of an area in captured images; identify the change of the image characteristic in the area; and identify the position of a physiological feature relative to the surgical device on the basis of the change in the image characteristic.

Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for: capturing at least one image of a cornea of the user; processing the at least one image to detect one or more objects and/or activities based on one or more reflections by a peripheral portion of the cornea; and providing an alert to the user for alerting the user to the detection of the one or more objects and/or activities.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for, a method comprising, and a computer program that performs: preventing rendering, via the apparatus, of a message received at the apparatus; determining an association between the received message and an external, real object; and enabling rendering of the message via the apparatus in response to a change from a first physical relationship between a user and the external, real object to a second physical relationship between the user and the external, real object.

Abstract: A medical imaging system is described that comprises an heating element configured to apply at least one heating pattern element to a material to locally heat the material; a sensor configured to capture the position of the heated material a predetermined time after the application of the heating pattern element; and circuitry configured to determine the change of the heating pattern applied to the material based upon the captured position of the heated material after the predetermined time.

Abstract: A surgical support system including: a surgical data generating apparatus operable to generate surgical data associated with a surgical procedure; and a data processing apparatus operable to: determine artificial intelligence (AI) assistance information using the generated surgical data; and provide the determined AI assistance information to a user.

Abstract: A surgical support system including: an eye behaviour monitoring apparatus that monitors eye behaviour of a surgeon performing a surgical procedure to obtain eye behaviour data of the surgeon; a surgical data generating apparatus that generates surgical data associated with the surgical procedure being performed by the surgeon; a surgical intervention apparatus that performs an intervention procedure for intervening in the surgeon's performance of the surgical procedure; and a data processing apparatus that: determines a value of an intervention parameter associated with the surgical procedure using the obtained eye behaviour data; determines an acceptable range of the value of the intervention parameter using the generated surgical data, and if the determined value of the intervention parameter is outside the determined acceptable range of the value of the intervention parameter, controls the surgical intervention apparatus to perform the intervention procedure for intervening in the surgeon's performance of

Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for: capturing at least one image of a cornea of the user; processing the at least one image to detect one or more objects and/or activities based on one or more reflections by a peripheral portion of the cornea; and providing an alert to the user for alerting the user to the detection of the one or more objects and/or activities.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processor that certifies a first learning unit of a learner on the basis of information indicating knowledge of an educator who educates the learner and a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining one or more first devices that are Internet devices meeting all of the following conditions: residing at a given location; equipped with one or more ambience sensing capable sensors; and operation mode being such that their ambience sensing capable sensors should not cause transmission of data. One or more second devices are determined that are Internet devices at the given location and equipped with one or more elements capable of causing an ambient stimulation detectable by the sensors of one or more first devices. Data transmissions of the first devices are monitored. Issuing of the ambient stimulation is caused by a subset of the one or more second devices. It is determined whether the issuing of the ambient stimulation caused a significant change in the monitored data transmissions of the first devices.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: rendering first content to a first user, the first content being based on recorded content associated with a second user; eye tracking in a time interval following the rendering of the first content to obtain eye-tracking data of the first user; determining first data indicative of whether or not there is a match between the eye-tracking data of the first user and reference eye-tracking data associated with the recorded content associated with the second user; receiving second data indicative of whether or not there is a match between eye-tracking data of the second user and reference eye-tracking data associated with recorded content associated with the first user; and if both the first and second data are indicative of a match, then providing the first user with a telecommunication option configured to initiate communication with the second user.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a value of one or more parameters which vary with actions of a user; accessing an artificial intelligent agent configured to use one or more trained machine learning models selected, from a plurality of differently trained machine learning models, based on the obtained value of one or more parameters, the plurality of differently trained machine learning models being configured to provide respective outputs; providing content composed by the user as an input to the artificial intelligent agent to cause generation of feedback to the user on the content composed by the user, the feedback being dependent on the artificial intelligent agent; controlling a submission based on the content composed by the user; and causing the feedback to be provided to the user.

Abstract: It is possible to more appropriately evaluate reliability of online information. There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit that acquires information regarding an event performed on online information by a user and history information of the user registered in a P2P database; and an evaluating unit that evaluates reliability of the online information on the basis of the information regarding the event and the history information.

Abstract: It is possible to more appropriately evaluate arbitrary information in order to achieve an arbitrary purpose (including a purpose of learning). There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit that acquires information regarding usefulness that other users similar to a user have felt for arbitrary information with respect to any one of information regarding an arbitrary purpose mainly for the user or history information of the user, registered in a P2P database; and a control unit that performs evaluation of the arbitrary information on the basis of the information regarding the usefulness.

Abstract: It is possible to provide more suitable online information to a user in order to achieve an arbitrary purpose. There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit that acquires information regarding an arbitrary purpose and history information of a user registered in a P2P database; and a control unit that controls provision of online information to the user on the basis of the information regarding the purpose and the history information.

Abstract: To more appropriately perform a consensus processing regarding update of a peer-to-peer database. There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit that acquires a value indicating an influence of a user; and a consensus processing unit that performs consensus processing regarding update of a P2P database on the basis of the value indicating the influence.

Abstract: A medical imaging system including: imaging circuitry configured to capture an image; a defractive filter array mounted over the sensor circuitry and a separation device configured to adjust the distance between the defractive filter array and the sensor circuitry.

Abstract: A surgical imaging system comprising circuitry configured to accentuate an image characteristic of an area in captured images; identify the change of the image characteristic in the area; and identify the position of a physiological feature relative to the surgical device on the basis of the change in the image characteristic.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided comprising: generating a digital data block comprising transaction data representing at least one energy transfer transaction corresponding to an exchange of charge between a community member device and a charge source device, randomly selecting, in a group of community member devices, a plurality of block verification devices, wherein the block verification devices form a subgroup of block verification devices, partitioning a block verification computation task for the digital data block into a plurality of block verification computation subtasks, assigning the block verification computation so subtasks to respective selected block verification devices, transmitting the digital data block to each selected block verification device, together with its respective block verification computation subtask over a computer network, determining that the digital data block is verified, based on at least one verification results of a corresponding block verification computation

Abstract: A medical imaging system including circuitry configured to: apply a surface acoustic wave on the tissue to interact with the vessel; capture an image of the tissue when the surface acoustic wave interacts with the vessel; and identify a property of the vessel from the captured image.