Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating information about words used in a TV program, comprising the steps of: detecting automatically the words used in said TV program; storing automatically a pre-list of the detected words with their number of occurrences as goes the TV program; extracting automatically, from said pre-list, a list of relevant words in the TV program on the basis of their number of occurrences, said extraction being updated in real time; displaying the extracted list of relevant words on the TV screen; waiting for a selection of one of the extracted words by a user; searching automatically information about said selected words; and displaying this information on the screen.

Abstract: The invention concerns a system for reminding a driver of the presence of at least one particular traffic sign, comprising: an imaging unit (1) attached to the vehicle and directed towards the road ahead of the vehicle; a database (3) containing at least one pre-registered shape of traffic sign; an automatic recognition unit (2) for detecting and identifying, in successive images, a traffic sign by searching image areas having a shape contained in said database; and a sound (5) and/or visual (4) indicator of an identified traffic sign.

Abstract: The invention concerns a sound control installation for at least one electrical unit comprising two cameras (4, 5) to take pictures of an area (A) in a space containing the electrical units; three microphones (6, 7, 8) positioned at different locations to sense the sounds in said space; a control screen (3) displaying an image of the space and the electrical units; a control device for positioning on the control screen a cursor (C) in accordance with the movements of the hand of a user detected by the cameras, and for controlling an electrical unit when: the cursor is on the image of an electrical unit, a sound is produced, and a system associated with the microphones checks that the origin of the sound is close to the position of the hand.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method and system for generating a stream of video images such as, at the reception, in each current video image, a preregistered picture can be superimposed to a predetermined area of a moving object (C), comprising: providing a first set of views of said picture for various orientations thereof, and associating with each oriented view an identifying parameter; estimating in each video image the location, orientation and size of said area of said object; selecting the identifying parameter of the oriented view having the same orientation as said area in the current image; and transmitting with each current image the selected identifying parameter along with information on the location and size of said area.

Abstract: The invention concerns a system for reminding a driver of the presence of at least one particular traffic sign, comprising: an imaging unit (1) attached to the vehicle and directed towards the road ahead of the vehicle; a database (3) containing at least one pre-registered shape of traffic sign; an automatic recognition unit (2) for detecting and identifying, in successive images, a traffic sign by searching image areas having a shape contained in said database; and a sound (5) and/or visual (4) indicator of an identified traffic sign.