Abstract: An interactive multimedia applications device and method for an interactive multimedia application comprises one or more live media capture devices providing a media stream, an engine comprising a real time media processing module for processing said media stream, and rendering means connected to multimedia output devices. In addition, said device comprises (i) a virtual scenario description repository adapted for storing a plurality of scenarios expressed in a scenario programming language; (ii) a memory module adapted for storing an internal representation of one of said scenarios, and an internal representation of a virtual scene and (iii) a parser/loader for parsing a selected one of said plurality of scenarios, and loading it in said memory module.

Abstract: An interactive multimedia applications device and method for an interactive multimedia application comprises one or more live media capture devices providing a media stream, an engine comprising a real time media processing module for processing said media stream, and rendering means connected to multimedia output devices. In addition, said device comprises (i) a virtual scenario description repository adapted for storing a plurality of scenarios expressed in a scenario programming language; (ii) a memory module adapted for storing an internal representation of one of said scenarios, and an internal representation of a virtual scene and (iii) a parser/loader for parsing a selected one of said plurality of scenarios, and loading it in said memory module.

Abstract: A kiosk device comprises a plurality of input devices for acquiring a plurality of input signals; a memory device for storing a set of contents; a memory device for storing a plurality of rules, said rules linking input conditions and events to said set of contents; a processor device for treating said input signals and detecting conditions prevailing and events occurring in the environment of said kiosk device, and for determining from said conditions and events and on the basis of said set of rules, the contents to be provided, and a plurality of output devices for providing said contents.

Abstract: An image processing system for automatically extracting image frames suitable for printing and/or visual presentation from a compressed image data is described. The image processing system includes a face detector that detects if an image frame contains at least a face. The image processing system also includes a blur detector that determines the blur indicator value of the image frame directly using the information contained in the compressed image data if the image frame is determined to contain a face. The blur detector indicates that the image frame is suitable for printing and/or visual presentation if the blur indicator value of the image frame is less than a predetermined threshold. The image processing system may also include a motion analyzer that determines if the image frame is a super-resolution image frame suitable for printing and/or visual presentation if the image frame does not contain any face.