Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus has an interface for receiving media information, wherein the media information indicates a segment data rate for each of a plurality of media data segments and further indicates a quality value for each of the plurality of media data segments. Moreover, the apparatus has a processor for selecting one or more selected segments from the plurality of the media data segments depending on the segment data rates of the plurality of media data segments, depending on the quality values of the plurality of media data segments and depending on an available data rate of a communication resource. The interface is configured to transmit a request requesting the one or more selected segments. Moreover, the interface is configured to receive the one or more selected segments being transmitted on the communication resource.

Abstract: A streaming media playback device is provided for playing multimedia presentations with segments encoding video data at different quality levels for adaptive streaming through a network from a server, for example based on MPEG DASH. The streaming media playback device selects segments at a given quality level from those available at the server based on an adaptive bitrate setting and an oscillation measure. The adaptive bitrate setting is selected based on network bandwidth conditions. The oscillation measure provides an indication of how often the device switches between segments of different quality levels. The next segment is selected based on the adaptive bitrate setting unless the oscillation measure exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus has an interface for receiving media information, wherein the media information indicates a segment data rate for each of a plurality of media data segments and further indicates a quality value for each of the plurality of media data segments. Moreover, the apparatus has a processor for selecting one or more selected segments from the plurality of the media data segments depending on the segment data rates of the plurality of media data segments, depending on the quality values of the plurality of media data segments and depending on an available data rate of a communication resource. The interface is configured to transmit a request requesting the one or more selected segments. Moreover, the interface is configured to receive the one or more selected segments being transmitted on the communication resource.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting user data to a server system including one or more servers includes a content encoder for encoding a plurality of portions of the user data to obtain a first data stream, wherein the content encoder is configured to encode each of the plurality of portions with a bandwidth-dependent quality which depends on a bandwidth that is available for transmitting the first data stream from the apparatus to the server system, and includes a transmitter for transmitting the first data stream from the apparatus to the server system. The content encoder is configured to encode two or more of the plurality of portions of the user data to obtain a second data stream, wherein the content encoder is configured to encode each of the two or more of the plurality of portions with a predefined quality.

Abstract: A streaming media playback device is provided for playing multimedia presentations with segments encoding video data at different quality levels for adaptive streaming through a network from a server, for example based on MPEG DASH. The streaming media playback device selects segments at a given quality level from those available at the server based on an adaptive bitrate setting and an oscillation measure. The adaptive bitrate setting is selected based on network bandwidth conditions. The oscillation measure provides an indication of how often the device switches between segments of different quality levels. The next segment is selected based on the adaptive bitrate setting unless the oscillation measure exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: A reduction in bitrate oscillation penalties is achieved by determining an oscillation measure measuring a balance of bitrate increase and bitrate decrease of the varied bitrate at which recently retrieved segments of the sequence of segments have been retrieved and setting the bitrate at which a current segment of the sequence of segments is to be retrieved depending on the oscillation measure.

Abstract: Client configured for retrieving a video data representation of an immersive video scene streamed by a server using a streaming protocol, wherein the server is configured for providing a plurality of streams to the client, wherein each of the streams comprises a portion of the immersive video scene, the client comprising: a sending interface; a reception interface; a viewing direction receiving unit; and a stream selecting unit; wherein the sending interface is configured for transmitting a streaming request for streaming the one or more selected streams as the video data representation of the immersive video scene, wherein the sending interface receives from the stream selecting unit a selected stream information identifying the one or more selected streams, wherein the selected stream information is created by the stream selecting unit based on the viewing direction of the user of the client and based on the manifest.

Abstract: Client configured for retrieving a video data representation of an immersive video scene streamed by a server using a streaming protocol, wherein the server is configured for providing a plurality of streams to the client, wherein each of the streams comprises a portion of the immersive video scene, the client comprising: a sending interface; a reception interface; a viewing direction receiving unit; and a stream selecting unit; wherein the sending interface is configured for transmitting a streaming request for streaming the one or more selected streams as the video data representation of the immersive video scene, wherein the sending interface receives from the stream selecting unit a selected stream information identifying the one or more selected streams, wherein the selected stream information is created by the stream selecting unit based on the viewing direction of the user of the client and based on the manifest.

Abstract: A reduction in bitrate oscillation penalties is achieved by determining an oscillation measure measuring a balance of bitrate increase and bitrate decrease of the varied bitrate at which recently retrieved segments of the sequence of segments have been retrieved and setting the bitrate at which a current segment of the sequence of segments is to be retrieved depending on the oscillation measure.

Abstract: A reduction in bitrate oscillation penalties is achieved by determining an oscillation measure measuring a balance of bitrate increase and bitrate decrease of the varied bitrate at which recently retrieved segments of the sequence of segments have been retrieved and setting the bitrate at which a current segment of the sequence of segments is to be retrieved depending on the oscillation measure.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus has an interface for receiving media information, wherein the media information indicates a segment data rate for each of a plurality of media data segments and further indicates a quality value for each of the plurality of media data segments. Moreover, the apparatus has a processor for selecting one or more selected segments from the plurality of the media data segments depending on the segment data rates of the plurality of media data segments, depending on the quality values of the plurality of media data segments and depending on an available data rate of a communication resource. The interface is configured to transmit a request requesting the one or more selected segments. Moreover, the interface is configured to receive the one or more selected segments being transmitted on the communication resource.

Abstract: A system is provided, having a server, a first device for receiving a first plurality of segments of a media data stream from the server, and a second device for receiving a second plurality of segments of the media data stream from the server. A processor of the second device is configured to select said second plurality of segments of the media data stream depending on the context information, and depending on a replay offset or on a segment being rendered last by the first device or on a segment being received last by the first device. The interface of the second device is configured to request said second plurality of segments from the server. The server is configured to transmit said second plurality of segments to the second device.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting user data to a server system including one or more servers includes a content encoder for encoding a plurality of portions of the user data to obtain a first data stream, wherein the content encoder is configured to encode each of the plurality of portions with a bandwidth-dependent quality which depends on a bandwidth that is available for transmitting the first data stream from the apparatus to the server system, and includes a transmitter for transmitting the first data stream from the apparatus to the server system. The content encoder is configured to encode two or more of the plurality of portions of the user data to obtain a second data stream, wherein the content encoder is configured to encode each of the two or more of the plurality of portions with a predefined quality.

Abstract: A reduction in bitrate oscillation penalties is achieved by determining an oscillation measure measuring a balance of bitrate increase and bitrate decrease of the varied bitrate at which recently retrieved segments of the sequence of segments have been retrieved and setting the bitrate at which a current segment of the sequence of segments is to be retrieved depending on the oscillation measure.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air-permeable tongue for shoes (1) which adapts to an individual instep and can be connected to shoes, the tongue comprising the following: a flexible yet rigid tongue part (1), which substantially represents the outwardly facing upper face of the tongue and which has an elongate tongue shape having a proximal end (2) and a distal end (3) and substantially consists of a rigid, solid material; and padding (14), which is arranged beneath the rigid tongue part (1) toward a foot in order to protect the foot from pressure points by the rigid tongue part (1) after the shoe has been fastened; the rigid tongue part (1) being characterized in that an inner elongate slot (6; 6a; 6b), and extending therefrom inner transverse slots (7), are introduced into the tongue part substantially in the center along the longitudinal axis of the rigid tongue part (1), whereby rigid segments, which in their interior are not interrupted by the elongate slot (6; 6a, 6b) or by transverse slots (7), are produc

Abstract: The invention relates to a shoe comprising an element for variably adjusting shoe width, wherein the shoe comprises a shoe shaft (3) having at least one medial and/or at least one lateral opening (4) and a shoe sole (2), wherein the element comprises the following for each of the openings (4): at least one support cap (5), a flexible element (92) which can be adjusted with the support cap (5) and which is provided on the part of the support cap (5) which faces the foot and can be fixed to the edge of the opening (4) in the shoe shaft in order to close the opening (4), wherein the flexibility of the element (92) is greater than that of the shoe shaft (3), an anchoring element (8) which can be rigidly integrated into the shoe sole (3) and comprises at least one borehole channel (82) extending in the direction of the support cap (5), and at least one adjusting means (7); which connects the support cap (5) to the anchoring element (8) and is guided adjustably along the borehole channel (82), wherein the support c

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tongue for shoes comprising: a basic structure of an essentially non-elastic material, having a top side facing away from a foot, and a bottom side facing the foot; a retaining device on the top side of the basic structure, wherein the retaining device is structured such that it can fixedly accommodate at least one pulling element; and a padding on the bottom side of the basic structure, wherein the basic structure is designed such that across the entire surface, the tongue can lie form-fittingly on the foot, and that both on the right and the left side, the tongue is pre-molded according to the anatomy of the dorsum of the foot, and wherein in the tongue a plurality of perforation is provided. The present invention further relates to an interlocking system for shoes, which includes same tongue.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating fractures in extremities and regions of extremities which is in particular provided for the treatment of extremity fractures in the region of the lower leg, thigh, lower arm and upper arm has at least two shell parts which can be clamped relative to one another which enclose the extremity to be surrounded. Deformable and evacuatable vacuum-tight cushions having at least one valve and in which there are located a plurality of filling bodies, which are movable relative to one another, in particular small grained filling bodies, are provided between the shell parts and the extremity.