Abstract: ACR is used to identify content viewed by a person watching an AVDD such as a smart TV. Content searches of multiple sources and source types may be conducted and the results arranged for presentation by weighting each item of the search result according to the ACR identifications of historical viewing.

Abstract: A system for optical detection may include a focal plane array. The system may further include one or more lenses configured to focus a collimated light beam received at the one or more lenses onto the focal plane array, where a position of the collimated light beam on the focal plane array is based on an incident angle of propagation of the collimated light beam at the one or more lenses. The system may also include a micro-channel plate collimator positioned within an optical path of the collimated light beam. The system may include a processor configured to determine the incident angle of propagation of the collimated light beam and to retrieve data encoded within the collimated light beam.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a media server, a request to create a media content summary. The request includes a user-specified criterion. The method includes identifying segments of media content based on annotation data. The annotation data includes annotations associated with a first segment of the segments and a second segment of the segments. The first segment is identified based on a number of corresponding annotations. The method further includes generating the media content summary by automatically changing a first size of the first segment and a second size of the second segment such that a total size of the media content summary satisfies the user-specified criterion.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for temporally adaptive media playback. The method for adaptive media playback includes estimating or determining an amount of time between a first event and a second event, selecting media content to fill the estimated amount of time between the first event and the second event, and playing the selected media content possibly at a reasonably different speed to fit the time interval. One embodiment includes events that are destination-based or temporal-based. Another embodiment includes adding, removing, speeding up, or slowing down selected media content in order to fit the estimated amount of time between the first event and the second event or to modify the selected media content to adjust to an updated estimated amount of time. Another embodiment bases selected media content on a user or group profile.

Abstract: A streak tube comprising a photocathode for converting an optical image into a photoelectron beam, accelerating means for accelerating the photoelectron beam, deflecting means for deflecting the accelerated photoelectron means, focusing means for focusing the deflected photoelectron beam and a phosphor screen for receiving the focused photoelectron beam and forming a streak image corresponding to the optical image. The photoelectron beam emitted from the photocathode is deflected immediately after accelerated by the accelerating means, and subsequently is focused on the phosphor screen, to thereby eliminate the spread of the photoelectron beam on the phosphor screen upon sweeping of the photoelectron beam.

Abstract: The zoom focus and deflection assembly for an image-to-electron beam converting electron discharge device comprises a magnetic deflection yoke and a magnetic electron beam focusing coil having N sections each having its own adjustable current source such that at least the opposite end ones of the N sections have the magnitude of current therethrough changed simultaneously in the opposite direction, where N is an integer greater than one.

Abstract: An image tube for electrical measurement of optical images comprises a vacuum vessel having a photocathode at one end and a mesh intermediate its ends. The images are produced with high resolution when the distance from said photocathode to said mesh (L.sub.1) and the total extension (L.sub.2) along a central axis of the tube in the path of movement of the electrons are selected by means of the following mathematical relations: ##EQU1## the symbol n denoting an integer indicating the number of revolutions rotated by the electrons along their path of movement.

Abstract: An infrared tubular incandescent lamp provided with a cap assembly and current supply lead at each pinched end of the lamp vessel. The caps are not electrically conductive and are heat sinks. Each cap assembly includes a formed ceramic member enclosed by a cap with a good heat conductive mass embedded between each pinched lamp seal and its surrounding metal cap. A luminaire for this lamp is provided which contains means resiliently engaging the lamp cap so as to form a heat sink.

Abstract: An electron-optical image tube is provided which avoids the limitations imposed by photographic and image storage techniques and which enables a direct linear intensity profile of a pulse train to be obtained. The image tube, instead of having a phosphor screen, has a disc with one or more slit apertures therethrough and a photoelectron image is scanned across the aperture or apertures. The time spacing of the light pulses can be adjusted so that the time of the image tube coincides with the fixed aperture or apertures in the disc when a continuous circular scan is used.