Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the synchronization of a set of 3D devices suitable for the processing of data representative of at least one stereoscopic image comprising a first image and a second image.

Abstract: Method and system of access of a mobile terminal to information in an area The present disclosure relates to the field of information retrieval and provides a system and method allowing a mobile terminal (10) to access information in an area. It relies on a dynamic and reconfigurable association between a mobile terminal and a collection of relevant information stored in the database of the area. To this end, the mobile terminal obtains an authorization (13) to access the area, which also enables the mobile terminal to access information relating to objects located in the vicinity of the mobile terminal at the time it enters the area. Such information is stored in a database relative to the area.

Abstract: The present principles generally relate to audio apparatus, methods, and computer program products and in particular, to improvements that adjust the sound level or levels of one or more audio outputs of an audio system based on the determined origin and/or direction of propagation of a detected human voice in a location. Such an adjustment may be to decrease, mute, or increase the sound level of an audio output producing sound in the direction of the origin of the voice. A sound level produced by other audio outputs may be unchanged.

Abstract: A device and method for calculating scattering features for audio signal recognition. An interface receives an audio signal that is processed by at least one processor to obtain an audio frame. The processor calculates a first order scattering features from at least one audio frame and then calculates for the first order scattering features an estimation of whether the first order scattering features comprises sufficient information for accurate audio signal recognition. The processor calculates a second order scattering features from the first order scattering features only in case the first order scattering features does not comprise sufficient information for accurate audio signal recognition. As second order features are calculated only when it is deemed necessary, less processing power can be used by the device, which can lead to less power used by the device.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for detecting motion activity of an object are suggested. The apparatus includes an RSSI detecting unit for obtaining the RSSI values of wireless signals, a first calculating unit for calculating a first indication relating to the status of movement/stillness of an object as a function of the Standard Deviation (STDEV) value of the RSSI values of the wireless signals over a first threshold, a second calculating unit for calculating a second indication relating to the speed of movement of the object as a function of the number of times that the RSSI values cross a second threshold from down to up during a time period and a combining unit for outputting a third indication of the motion activity of the object by combining the first and the second indications.

Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader identifies in which room among several rooms the RFID reader is more likely to be located. The RFID reader includes a transmitter for transmitting an interrogating radio frequency (RF) signal. It includes a receiver for receiving RF signals generated in corresponding pairs of RFID tags. The RFID tag pairs are attached to corresponding regions of each of the rooms. Each of said RFID tag pair including a first RFID tag and a second RFID tag that are spaced from each other by a distance that is larger or equal to ?/4 and smaller than or equal to ?/2 with respect to a frequency of a responding RF signal originated in the pair of RFID tags. A processor selects a larger RSSI of the RSSPs of the signal pair. The processor determines a corresponding sum of the RSSI's selected from each signal pair associated with each room. The processor evaluates in accordance with determined sums, the location in which said RFID reader is more likely to be located.

Abstract: Method for providing a personalized content having a determined sequencing of media contents, comprising steps of: receiving, in a control channel, a control stream comprising temporal control information describing the content sequencing; receiving media streams comprising the media contents of the sequencing; and controlling a rendering of the personalized content by using said control information, wherein the sequencing comprising a first live program followed by a second live program, the method further comprises a step of detection of an overlap of the first and second live programs.

Abstract: A device is intended to obtain content by means of at least two transport protocols having different requirements in terms of available network bandwidth. Such content is available in different versions on at least a content server and the versions correspond to different transmission binary bit rates and are subdivided into chunks adapted to be transmitted via a communication network. This device is arranged to request to said at least one server a transmission of at least one chunk according to a version of a content and according to a transport protocol, the transport protocol and the version being selectable in response to a current value of the available bandwidth of said communication network.

Abstract: This method of detection of a mobile device location, comprises the steps of: building sound datasets associated with respective candidate locations, each dataset storing a plurality of sounds already captured in the associated candidate location; capturing at least one surrounding sound; comparing the captured surrounding sound with the stored sounds within the sound datasets; identifying the mobile device location on the basis of the comparison result; and sharing at least one built dataset with at least another user.

Abstract: A method to distribute an access credential to multiple devices using ultrasonic communication includes a master device receiving the number of slave devices to receive the access credential and determining a distribution sequence for ultrasonic distribution communication between the master device and the plurality of slave devices. The access credential is divided into multiple credential chunks and one of the credential chunks is transmitted to each of the slave devices using the distribution sequence. The slave devices then share the credential chunks according to the distribution sequence and reconstruct the access credential which can then be used by the slave devices to access a wireless network.

Abstract: Method of identification of an appliance user from a plurality of users of an appliance, comprising: a) monitoring (52) at least one interaction of the appliance user with the appliance; b) monitoring (54) at contextual information relative to the appliance environment; c) using (60) said interaction monitoring and contextual information monitoring results to identify the appliance user.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transmitting an information representative of a disparity setting of a stereoscopic image, the stereoscopic image comprising a first image and a second image representative of a same scene according to two different viewpoints. The method comprises a transmission step of said setting information at a given time, the transmission time being determined according to a time period associated with a transition time between the sequential display of the first and second images. The invention also relates to a disparity setting method according to the disparity information received as well as a device configured for the transmission of an information representative of a disparity setting.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit that communicates with a tag located within a target region when the communication unit is active within the target region, and a processor configured to monitor an activity within the target region based on status information from the tag received by the communication unit, wherein the activity comprises at least one of opening and closing of a member arranged within the target region

Abstract: The invention relates to a storage device management method allowing to manage the storage space, on a storage device, by proposing to an end user to store a new content he was going to consume if its storage determined size is lower than an already stored content size.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of resending at least one digital signal, comprising a step of reception by cable of the signal comprising signaling information, a step of resending of this signal at a resend frequency by an antenna, and also comprising a step of selecting the resend frequency as a function of the signaling information; a step of transposing the signal into the selected frequency of the resend signal and a step of monitoring and adjusting the frequency of the resend signal as a function of the selected frequency of the resend signal.

Abstract: Method for providing a personalized content having a determined sequencing of media contents, comprising steps of: receiving, in a control channel, a control stream comprising temporal control information describing the content sequencing; receiving media streams comprising the media contents of the sequencing; and controlling a rendering of the personalized content by using said control information, wherein the sequencing comprising a first live program followed by a second live program, the method further comprises a step of detection of an overlap of the first and second live programs.

Abstract: Method of monitoring a first device proximity to a second device, comprising: a) monitoring at least one wireless link between said first device and said second device; b) if said wireless link is disrupted while an event stored in an electronic calendar is imminent, notifying a user about a loss of proximity of said first device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the synchronization of a set of 3D devices suitable for the processing of data representative of at least one stereoscopic image comprising a first image and a second image.

Abstract: A device is intended to obtain content by means of at least two transport protocols having different requirements in terms of available network bandwidth. Such content is available in different versions on at least a content server and the versions correspond to different transmission binary bit rates and are subdivided into chunks adapted to be transmitted via a communication network. This device is arranged to request to said at least one server a transmission of at least one chunk according to a version of a content and according to a transport protocol, the transport protocol and the version being selectable in response to a current value of the available bandwidth of said communication network.

Abstract: This method of detection of a mobile device location, comprises the steps of: building sound datasets associated with respective candidate locations, each dataset storing a plurality of sounds already captured in the associated candidate location; capturing at least one surrounding sound; comparing the captured surrounding sound with the stored sounds within the sound datasets; identifying the mobile device location on the basis of the comparison result; and sharing at least one built dataset with at least another user.