Abstract: Methods and systems for communicating with rate control. A communication is sent and received from a first device to a second device over a network, wherein the communication comprises at least one audio stream and a second communication stream. A capacity of the network is probed at the first device for the sending and receiving the communication. A presence of a voice in the at least one audio stream is detected at the first device via a voice activity detection of the at least one audio stream. A rate limit is set for the sending and receiving the communication at the first device based on the capacity of the network and the detection of the presence of the at least one audio stream.

Abstract: Methods and systems for communicating with rate control. A communication is sent and received from a first device to a second device over a network, wherein the communication comprises at least one audio stream and a second communication stream. A capacity of the network is probed at the first device for the sending and receiving the communication. A presence of a voice in the at least one audio stream is detected at the first device via a voice activity detection of the at least one audio stream. A rate limit is set for the sending and receiving the communication at the first device based on the capacity of the network and the detection of the presence of the at least one audio stream.

Abstract: Methods and systems for communicating with rate control. A communication is sent and received from a first device to a second device over a network, wherein the communication comprises at least one audio stream and a second communication stream. A capacity of the network is probed at the first device for the sending and receiving the communication. A presence of a voice in the at least one audio stream is detected at the first device via a voice activity detection of the at least one audio stream. A rate limit is set for the sending and receiving the communication at the first device based on the capacity of the network and the detection of the presence of the at least one audio stream.

Abstract: The invention relates to a receiving station (10) comprising a first physical connection port (20) intended for a first host equipment item and at least one second physical connection port (22) intended for at least one second host equipment item, detection means (24, 34) of host equipment connected to the ports, and the means (30) of automatic selection of combined use modes of the resources of the receiving station and/or connected host equipment, controlled by the detection means (24, 34). Application to handheld portable equipment.

Abstract: Methods and systems for communicating with rate control. A communication is sent and received from a first device to a second device over a network, wherein the communication comprises at least one audio stream and a second communication stream. A capacity of the network is probed at the first device for the sending and receiving the communication. A presence of a voice in the at least one audio stream is detected at the first device via a voice activity detection of the at least one audio stream. A rate limit is set for the sending and receiving the communication at the first device based on the capacity of the network and the detection of the presence of the at least one audio stream.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of annotation of images captured by a digital camera equipped with a previewing means, comprising: the supply with the camera of an operating mode enabling a user to select one image (12) to be annotated, and to capture at least one additional previewed image; the automatic extraction (20) of an annotation (A) from the additional image; and the creation (22) of a new image by combining the annotation (A) and the image to be annotated (12), while respecting, in the new image, a location and enlargement ratio of the annotation virtually identical to those of the annotation in the additional image.

Abstract: The invention relates to a receiving station (10) comprising a first physical connection port (20) intended for a first host equipment item and at least one second physical connection port (22) intended for at least one second host equipment item, detection means (24, 34) of host equipment connected to the ports, and the means (30) of automatic selection of combined use modes of the resources of the receiving station and/or connected host equipment, controlled by the detection means (24, 34). Application to handheld portable equipment.

Abstract: The invention relates to digital equipment (10) capable of supplying image data comprising local wireless network communications (12) and a physical connection interface (14, 15, 18). According to the invention, the equipment also has means of detecting (16, 20) a mute connection of the interface (14, 18) to a connector (32, 38), the equipment being controlled by the detection means to automatically trip an image data transmission procedure from the camera to a printing station (30), through the local wireless network, in response to the detection of a mute connection. Application to mobile phones with image sensor or to any mobile terminal provided with multiple communications (wire and wireless).

Abstract: The invention is in the technological field of imaging. The invention relates more specifically to a colximunication method between at least two terminals (10A, 10B), and based on the sending from a first terminal (10A) to at least one second terminal (10B) of a multimedia message comprising a programming agent (36), consisting in automatically starting, using the programming agent, the establishment of a phone link between the first terminal (10A) and the at least one second terminal (10B). The programming agent also starts automatically, on the second terminal (10B), the formation of a multimedia message intended to be sent automatically to the first terminal (10A). The invention is preferably implemented in networks that require the use of mobile terminals.

Abstract: The invention is in the technological field of digital imaging. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of automatic navigation between a digital image (8) and a region of interest (14, 15) of this image (8). The method according to the invention enables, based on the display of the initial image (8) on a display screen (2) of a mobile terminal (1) comprising a movement detection means (4), automatic navigation towards a region of interest (14) or (15) of the initial image (8), without manual control, and simply by transmitting, for example, a tilting movement to the terminal (1) in the direction of the region of interest (14, 15). The method according to the invention is used with portable or mobile terminals, for example cellphones or phonecams.

Abstract: The invention is in the technological field of imaging, to supply a multimedia application on a terminal (10), using a programming agent. The invention relates to a process to supply, on a terminal (10), a multimedia application using a programming agent (36), comprising the following steps: automatically send from an applications server (20) to the terminal (10) a digital data medium (31) containing the programming agent (36), based on the digital data of a first message initially sent from the terminal to said applications server; automatically extract, from the terminal (10), the programming agent (36) from the digital data medium (31); automatically save the programming agent in the terminal. The invention also relates to an imaging system in which the programming agent manages the communication of digital data among terminals (10) and service platforms (30) that can inter-communicate. The invention is preferably implemented in networks that require the use of mobil terminals.

Abstract: A method of display control using portable equipment (602) provided with an image sensor including the capture of a series of images; the estimate of the movement made in the displacement of the portable equipment; and the modification of the display according to the movement estimate, according to the invention, in which the movement estimate includes: a) the selection of at least one first (10) and at least one second image; b) the application to the first image of a set of predictive displacements (10d, 10g, 10h, 10b, 10nd, 10bd, 10hg, 10bg); c) the calculation and comparison of the value of at least one characteristic of the first image assigned respectively with each of the predictive displacements with the value of the same characteristic of the second imaged; d) the determination of the predictive displacement (dp) leading to a value of the characteristic, closest to that of the second image; and e) use of the predictive displacement determined in step d as the movement estimate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of annotation of images captured by a digital camera equipped with a previewing means, comprising: the supply with the camera of an operating mode enabling a user to select one image (12) to be annotated, and to capture at least one additional previewed image; the automatic extraction (20) of an annotation (A) from the additional image; and the creation (22) of a new image by combining the annotation (A) and the image to be annotated (12), while respecting, in the new image, a location and enlargement ratio of the annotation virtually identical to those of the annotation in the additional image.

Abstract: The invention relates to a camera comprising local communications interface (22), means (24) of recognition and interrogation of local distribution data transmitters (12, 14, 16, 18, 19), using the interface, and memory (26) for recording images linked to data coming from local distribution transmitters. The camera can be used in a method of image enhancement with contextual data.

Abstract: The present invention is in the technical field of imaging. It is used in digital networks to communicate and to archive multimedia messages. The invention relates to a method enabling the communication of at least one multimedia message between at least two terminals (3), (4) located in a digital network comprising two data servers (1), (2), each data server (1), (2) comprising at least one user data base (16), (22) and a digital data storage means (15), (21), said method being characterized in that it enables multimedia messages to be synchronized and archived between the two data servers (1), (2). The invention method is implemented in multimedia applications using in particular portable terminals.

Abstract: The present invention is in the field of imaging. The present invention relates more particularly to an automatic layout process, on at least one page (37), for a composite multimedia message, intended to be displayed on a terminal screen, and intended to be printed using a printer communicating with the terminal. The displayed composite multimedia message can comprise entities of image, text and sound (audio). These entities are usually formed from the contents of several initial multimedia messages. These initial multimedia messages are transformed respectively into messages (38), (39), (40), (41), (42), (43) in the composite multimedia message (37). The automatic layout is performed from an analysis of the various initial multimedia messages; an analysis that integrates especially characteristics of time, contents, or even context of the images and texts forming the initial messages.

Abstract: The present invention is in the technical field of imaging. It relates to an application used in the photographic field. The invention relates more especially to a process applied in the field of hybrid photography, i.e. based on analog and digital image data. The invention process enables the display of images on a screen a terminal, from an identifier of an analog photographic support representing the images. The invention process operates the instructions of a program enabling a user of the terminal to display virtually in real time one or more digital images corresponding to the thumbnails of the photographic support.

Abstract: The present invention is in the field of the processing of silver and/or digital images in an environment of mobile or portable terminals. The present invention relates more particularly to a process and a system that enables a user-customer to order, from a mobile terminal, photographic work in a reliable and simple way, while minimizing manual transactions that may generate risks of errors. The customer is provided with a mobile terminal and with at least one photographic support including photographic images. The customer uses an order station which interacts functionally with the photographic support, and, by way of a peripheral network comprising the communication links with the mobile terminal and a processing unit. The interaction enables the customer to send, remotely, a purchase order for photographic work corresponding to the photographic images to a processing unit.

Abstract: The present invention is in the technological field of imaging, and more particularly in the field of general public services related to digital imaging. The present invention relates to a method and a system that enables a user equipped with a portable terminal to remotely record digital images of a given place, and possibly to be able to then exchange them rapidly and easily with other people. The recording of the images is operated by the remote control of a digital camera placed in the location where the image is recorded. The remote control of the digital camera is operated by way of the portable terminal.

Abstract: The present invention is in the technological field of imaging; and more particularly in the field of general public services related to digital imaging. The present invention relates to a method and a system that enables a user equipped with a portable terminal to remotely record digital images of a given place, and to possibly be able to then exchange them rapidly and easily with other people. The recording of the images is operated by the remote control of a digital camera placed in the location where the image is recorded. The remote control of the digital camera is operated with the portable terminal.