Abstract: A measuring station includes a left set of electrodes, including at least two electrically independent electrodes arranged to contact the underside of a user's left foot, a right set of electrodes, including at least two electrically independent electrodes arranged to contact the underside of a user's right foot, a direct voltage source, a switch configured to activate and deactivate a DC configuration in which at least one electrode of at least one set of electrodes is connected to the direct voltage source.

Abstract: A method to evaluate an electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) of a user body using a measurement device, the measurement device including a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, a direct voltage source, a measurement resistor, control circuitry configured to set the electrical resistance value of the measurement resistor and to set the value of the direct voltage, wherein the method includes, by the control circuitry pre-stabilizing during a pre-stabilizing period, measuring during a measurement period following the pre-stabilization period.

Abstract: A thermometer device for temporal artery area measurement, configured to be used in a skin-touching stationary position, comprising an elongated body and a front portion having an end border arranged on a sensing plane (P), an array of N infrared sensors, with N greater than 8, a sensing region (SR) extending in the sensing plane over an area denoted SRA, at a distance denoted LF from a plane P2 containing the infrared sensors, the sensing region being encompassed within the border of the front end, an optical lens, interposed between the infrared sensors and the sensing region, to deviate light rays, wherein LF2<K×SRA, with K=3.

Abstract: A thermometer device for temporal artery area measurement, configured to be used in a skin-touching stationary position, comprising an elongated body and a front portion having an end border arranged on a sensing plane (P), an array of N infrared sensors, with N greater than 8, a sensing region (SR) extending in the sensing plane over an area denoted SRA, at a distance denoted LF from a plane P2 containing the infrared sensors, the sensing region being encompassed within the border of the front end, an optical lens, interposed between the infrared sensors and the sensing region, to deviate light rays, wherein LF2<K×SRA, with K=3.

Abstract: Method to determine the arterial stiffness of an individual user (U) standing on a personal electronic scale having a top surface with at least three conductive pads on one of the left or right side of the scale, /a/—acquiring weight variations, and extracting therefrom a ballistocardiogram of the user's heart beat, /b/—acquiring impedance plethysmography signals across one of the foot of the user, and extracting therefrom a blood pulse signal at the foot, /c/—calculating a time delay (DT) between the heart beat and the blood pulse signal arriving at the foot, /d/—deducing therefrom a value of the arterial stiffness of the user

Abstract: The concurrent presentation technique provides information about content related to a source media currently being presented to a user in a fashion that allows the user to keep viewing the source media while either interactively or non-interactively perusing a list of related content. Thus, the user can see a list of related content without interrupting the presentation experience, and if desired, the user can choose to interact with the list to obtain further information about available related content.

Abstract: Search results are provided in a format that allows users to efficiently determine whether audio or video documents identified from a search query actually contain the words in the query. This is achieved by returning snippets of text around query term matches and allowing the user to play a segment of the audio signal by selecting a word in the snippet. In other embodiments, markers are placed on a timeline that represents the duration of the audio signal. Each marker represents a query term match and when selected causes the audio signal to begin to play near the temporal location represented by the marker.

Abstract: The best features of both Internet video search and television-type viewing experience have been combined. A user may use a remote control to enter search terms on a television monitor. A search engine may then search for video files accessible on the Internet that correspond to the search terms. Indicators of relevant search results may then be shown on the television monitor, enabling the user to select one to play. This enables the user to search for and view Internet video content in a television-like experience.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of indexing a speech lattice for search of audio corresponding to the speech lattice is provided. The method includes identifying at least two speech recognition hypotheses for a word which have time ranges satisfying a criteria. The method further includes merging the at least two speech recognition hypotheses to generate a merged speech recognition hypothesis for the word.

Abstract: An abrasive handheld tool and method of making same are provided. The hand-held tool can be used to finely sand and/or polish relatively small-scale working surfaces having various contours such as those found on miniatures, models, dollhouses, and the like. The substrate can be a unitary one-piece substrate including a handle and a working portion. The working portion can be continuously tapered along a length thereof from the handle to a tip end. An abrasive surface can be provided on the working portion of the substrate.

Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing the content of audio/video files using speech recognition and data mining technologies are provided. As it can generally be assumed that a user's interest is highly correlated with an audio/video clip or television program the user may be watching, methods and systems for utilizing the results of speech recognition and data mining technology implementation to retrieve relevant advertising content for display are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer firewall system, comprising an electronic erasable memory, a magnetic sector comparator, an interrupt output, and a firewall firmware, and being placed into a hard disk controller or in the internal circuit of the hard disk drive; the hard disk drive is divided into a plurality of partition areas, and the system monitors the data access of the partition areas by the program in order to prevent the operating system from being damaged and to protect the desired data or specific partition areas, thereby the users can feel ease to use the computer because the present invention has the function of minimizing the fear feeling of computer virus, computer hacker, unintentional delete, bad-intention delete, or data damage.

Abstract: A kind of “Management System Kit Used for the Host of Serial PDA or Handheld PC (HHPC)” that can be used by the host of PDA or handheld PC to manage or access data and brings unlimitedly expandable capability to PDA with small memory capacity. It is small and easily portable, and mainly composed of a memory management system and a data conversion control mechanism installed with a serial input/output device, CPU, firmware program, storage device and power supply. The data and programs in both of the PDA host and the data conversion control mechanism are managed and mutually delivered by embedding the memory management system in the PDA host and connecting the PDA host to the data conversion control mechanism through a serial port.