Abstract: Methods and devices for retrieving a subject's physiological history from a single sample or measurement are disclosed. Methods and devices for obtaining a blood glucose history from a single blood sample are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to air freshener devices with child resistant features. The air freshener devices comprise (a) a housing having a socket portion; (b) a container for holding a liquid to be evaporated by heat, the container having a body for storing the liquid and a neck connected to the body, the neck engaging the socket portion of the housing thereby supporting the container on the housing, the neck having a passage therethrough; (c) a retaining ring fixed in the passage of the neck of the container; (d) a wick having an upper portion extending through the retaining ring and a lower portion extending into the body of the container, the lower portion of the wick absorbing the liquid from the container and moving the liquid from the lower portion into the upper portion of the wick by capillary action; and (e) heating means in the housing for heating the upper portion of the wick above the neck of the body to evaporate the liquid from the wick.

Abstract: In a telepresence system, a scene is captured by recording pixel data elements, each associated with a pixel ray vector having a direction and an intercept on an known locus in the frame of reference of the scene. Each pixel data element includes data representing the illumination along the pixel ray vector. For example, the pixel data elements may be captured by operating numerous video cameras pointing in different directions on a spherical locus. A virtual viewpoint image representing the image which would be seen from an arbitrary viewpoint, looking in an arbitrary direction, can be synthesized by determining the directions of synthetic pixel ray vectors from each pixel of the virtual viewpoint image through the virtual viewpoint and the intercepts of these vectors on the locus. Recorded pixel data elements having pixel ray vector directions and intercepts close to those of the synthetic pixel ray vector can be copied or interpolated to provide data representing illumination in the synthetic pixel.

Abstract: A method and system for verifying a link between an application accessing a communications device and a device controlling the access wherein operation-maintained messages are exchanged between the application and the device, and in cases in which no operation-maintained message has been received from the application and/or the device after a predefinable period of time has expired, configurable error recovery is initiated which includes, for example, terminating the link between the application and the communications device, restarting the application and issuing information about the failure or the malfunction of the application.

Abstract: In a telepresence system, a scene is captured by recording pixel data elements, each associated with a pixel ray vector having a direction and an intercept on an known locus in the frame of reference of the scene. Each pixel data element includes data representing the illumination along the pixel ray vector. For example, the pixel data elements may be captured by operating numerous video cameras pointing in different directions on a spherical locus. A virtual viewpoint image representing the image which would be seen from an arbitrary viewpoint, looking in an arbitrary direction, can be synthesized by determining the directions of synthetic pixel ray vectors from each pixel of the virtual viewpoint image through the virtual viewpoint and the intercepts of these vectors on the locus. Recorded pixel data elements having pixel ray vector directions and intercepts close to those of the synthetic pixel ray vector can be copied or interpolated to provide data representing illumination in the synthetic pixel.

Abstract: In a telepresence system, a scene is captured by recording pixel data elements, each associated with a pixel ray vector having a direction and an intercept on an known locus in the frame of reference of the scene. Each pixel data element includes data representing the illumination along the pixel ray vector. For example, the pixel data elements may be captured by operating numerous video cameras pointing in different directions on a spherical locus. A virtual viewpoint image representing the image which would be seen from an arbitrary viewpoint, looking in an arbitrary direction, can be synthesized by determining the directions of synthetic pixel ray vectors from each pixel of the virtual viewpoint image through the virtual viewpoint and the intercepts of these vectors on the locus. Recorded pixel data elements having pixel ray vector directions and intercepts close to those of the synthetic pixel ray vector can be copied or interpolated to provide data representing illumination in the synthetic pixel.

Abstract: In a telepresence system, a scene is captured by recording pixel data elements, each associated with a pixel ray vector having a direction and an intercept on an known locus in the frame of reference of the scene. Each pixel data element includes data representing the illumination along the pixel ray vector. For example, the pixel data elements may be captured by operating numerous video cameras pointing in different directions on a spherical locus. A virtual viewpoint image representing the image which would be seen from an arbitrary viewpoint, looking in an arbitrary direction, can be synthesized by determining the directions of synthetic pixel ray vectors from each pixel of the virtual viewpoint image through the virtual viewpoint and the intercepts of these vectors on the locus. Recorded pixel data elements having pixel ray vector directions and intercepts close to those of the synthetic pixel ray vector can be copied or interpolated to provide data representing illumination in the synthetic pixel.