摘要:
The invention relates to a method and a device for storing audio/video data in a home network. They allow addition of storage possibilities to apparatuses of the set-top box type which do not have or cannot develop them so as to extend the functionality of the apparatus without a software update, dependent on connections/disconnections of peripheral storage equipment. To this end, the invention provides a virtual management of the storage possibilities within one and the same apparatus. An abstraction layer is realized above the physical storage support by software storage means co-operating with control means so as to hide details on the used peripheral storage unit or units from the application. For an application requiring storage of audio/video data, the operation is transparent. The peripheral storage units are detected when they are “hot”, dependent on their connection/disconnection, and are taken into account by the control means at the level of the available storage capacity. The application conducts a dialogue only with a single interface for its storage needs, while the control means co-operate with the software storage means for managing the transfer of data to and from the different peripheral storage units.
摘要:
The invention relates to a coding method applied to digital video data available in the form of a video stream consisting of consecutive frames. These frames, divided into macroblocks, include at least I-frames, independently coded, or P-frames, temporally disposed between said I-frames and predicted from at least a previous I- or P-frame, or B-frames, temporally disposed between an I-frame and a P-frame, or between two P-frames, and bidirectionally predicted from at least these two frames between which they are disposed, said predictions of P- and B-frames being performed by means of a weighted prediction with unequal amount of prediction from the past and the future. According to the invention, this coding method comprises the following steps: a structuring step, provided for capturing coding parameters characterizing the said weighted prediction; a computing step, for delivering statistics related to said parameters; an analyzing step for determining a change of preference regarding the direction of prediction; a step provided for detecting the occurrences of gradual scene changes; a step provided for generating description data of said occurrences; and a step for encoding the description data thus obtained and the original digital video data.
摘要:
The invention relates to a display apparatus with a display unit, having means for background lighting at the back of the display apparatus. According to the invention, the means for background lighting comprise two illumination units being provided at the right-hand and left-hand of the display apparatus, said illumination units being formed as substantially vertically positioned, longitudinal light guides comprising means for coupling out light, each of the light guides being provided on at least one of its ends with a light source. The light sources preferably comprise coloured LEDs.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a lighting device including at least a light source (LS) for emitting light rays and means for guiding said light rays on a projection plane (PP). The guiding means are formed by a lens (OD) presenting a cylindrical portion (CYL) extending along an axis (AX) perpendicular to said projection plane and at least a convex shaped surface (CSH) extending at an extremity of said cylindrical portion. The convex shaped surface is adapted to direct a portion of the light rays emitted from said light source towards said projection plane. The invention enables to project the light towards a projection plane quasi parallel to the beam direction without using any guiding means on the projection plane itself. This solution is consequently relatively compact.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a lamp comprising a lamp vessel (101) having an inner diameter and an incandescent body (102) arranged in the lamp vessel and connected to current supply conductors (106). The lamp further comprises a filament (103) arranged around said incandescent body along at least half the length of said incandescent body, which filament has an outer diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter of the lamp vessel.
摘要:
Assembly (1) and optical player comprising such an assembly. The assembly is provided with a component (4) provided with a sensitive element (6), which component (4) is connected to a base (3). The base (3) comprises an elongated support surface (5) supporting the component (4), such that the component (4) is connected to said support surface (5) only by a side without said sensitive element. The sensitive element is, for example, a mirror.
摘要:
Disclosed is a transmission system comprising a transmitter, at least one receiver and a data network coupling the transmitter and the receiver, whereby the at least one receiver comprises a dejitter mechanism. The transmitter comprises jitter means for introducing jitter into data on the network, and the dejitter mechanism is provided with a jitter control input for controlling an extent of dejitter. In pay per view applications this provides a means for gradually controlling the video and audio quality at the customers' premises.
摘要:
A system (1) is described which is suited for suppressing audio distortion. The system comprises echo cancelling means g1, g2 coupled between an audio output (4) and a distorted desired audio sensing microphone array (3), and a filter arrangement (7) coupled to the echo cancelling means g1, g2 and/or the microphone array (3). The filter arrangement (7) includes filter coefficients representing at least a part of the audio distortion, such as reverberation. The system also comprises an at least partly mirrored circuit arrangement g′, 7′ for copying thereby simulated audio distortion representative filter coefficient values into the filter coefficients of said filter arrangement (7). Such copied values can be then used for suppressing reverberation in a distorted desired signal by the filter arrangement (7).
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method, apparatus and computer program product for providing contour information related to images. An image obtaining unit obtains a set of interrelated images (step 26), an image segmenting unit segments said images, (step 28) and a contour determining unit (22) extracts at least two contours from the segmentation (step 30), selects interest points on the contours of each image (step 32), associates interest points with corresponding reconstructed points by means of three-dimensional reconstruction (step 34), projects reconstructed points into the images (step 36), and links reconstructed points not projected at a junction or their projections to each other in order to provide a first set of links (step 38), such that at least a reasonable part of a contour of an object can be determined based on the linked reconstructed points.
摘要:
All of LEDs 12a-12d are switched on in a case of illuminating a main display 21 mainly. Thus, each LED 12a-12d has a lighting region 22a-22d respectively, thereby illuminating the main display 21 entirely. Central LEDs 12b, 12c in LEDs 12a-12d are switched on in a case of illuminating a sub-display mainly. Thus, each LEDs 12b, 12c has a lighting region 22b, 22c respectively, thereby illuminating the sub-display 21b.