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(WO 2008/014445) MICELLE SOLUTION TO REDUCE DIELECTRIC RESONANCE EFFECTS IN MRI PHANTOMS
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31.01.2008
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G01R 33/58
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PCT/US2007/074574
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.
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A micelle solution for use in MRI phantoms (10) comprises a non-hydrogen bearing oil or oil-like fluid (26), a surfactant (29) and water (28) mixed to form a micelle solution and held in a non-ferromagnetic, non-conductive container (12) sized to be received by the MRI machine.
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(WO 2008/014432) AUTOMATIC TRANSFER AND IDENTIFICATION OF MONITORED DATA WITH HIERARCHICAL KEY MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
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31.01.2008
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A61B 5/00
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PCT/US2007/074544
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
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A measurement device (14) includes a measuring unit (42) for obtaining health related parameters of a patient (12), and a body-coupled communication unit (40) for sending at least measurement results. An identification device (20), associated with the patient, includes a body-coupled communication unit (26) for receiving and sending out the measurement results. A gateway device (72) includes a body-coupled communication unit (78) for receiving patient's measurement results. Additionally, a hierarchical relational deployment model (100) facilitates grouping wireless devices in a healthcare environment into subgroups based on relationships between the devices, and a hierarchical key pre-distribution scheme (110) permits distribution of unique...
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(WO 2008/014154) DISTRIBUTED SHARED DATA SPACE FOR PERSONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
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31.01.2008
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G06F 19/00
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PCT/US2007/073735
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
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A system for data acquisition, storage, and access includes a plurality of electronic devices (10, 12, 14, 150, 154) having storage. Interfacing software defines setup instructions (70) for establishing on each electronic device a shared data space (30, 130) configured to store one or more data streams (32, 34, 132, 134) of temporally ordered time stamped values, acquisition instructions (76) executable by at least one device (10, 12, 150) of the one or more electronic devices to acquire and store in a first data stream (32, 132) of the shared data space time stamped samples acquired from a first data source (16, 116) at a first temporal acquisition frequency, output instructions (78) executable by at least one device (12, 14, 150, 154) of ...
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(WO 2008/012772) SWITCH MODE POWER SUPPLY WITH A T RANSIENT VOLTAGE SUPPRESSION DEVIDE FOR LINE INDUCED TRANSIENTS AND A MECHANISM FOR SUPPRESSING UNWANTED OSCILLATIONS IN THE DRIVER STAGE
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31.01.2008
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H02M 7/217
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PCT/IB2007/052974
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
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A switch mode power supply (15) employs a rectifier (20), a converter (50) and converter driver (60). The rectifier (20) generates a rectified supply voltage (V<sb>RS</sb>) based on an in-line voltage (V<sb>LN</sb>), and the converter driver (60) generates one or more driving voltages (V<sb>DR</sb>) to facilitate a conversion by the converter (50) of the rectified supply voltage (V<sb>RS</sb>) to a DC bus voltage (V<sb>DC</sb>) based on the driving voltage(s) (V<sb>DR</sb>). The converter (50) may include a transient voltage suppression device (52) to suppress the rectified supply voltage (V<sb>RS</sb>)...
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(WO 2008/012766) MAC PROTOCOL FOR CENTRALLY CONTROLLED MULTICHANNEL WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS
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31.01.2008
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H04L 12/28
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PCT/IB2007/052950
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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A wireless system and method of wireless communication are described, which method comprises: providing a plurality of code channels in a single frequency channel; allocating at least one contention free period in at least one of the code channels; and allocating at least one contention period in another code channel commencing concurrently with the contention free period.
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(WO 2008/012761) MOULDED CABLE TRAPS
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31.01.2008
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H05K 9/00
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PCT/IB2007/052933
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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An overmoulded cable trap (302) for improved performance of an RF trap (102) is disclosed, wherein the RF trap (102) is placed on a section of an electrical cable (104) and fixed in position by overmoulding a thermoplastic material over both the RF trap (102) and the section of the electrical cable (104). The overmoulded cable trap (302) disclosed herein provides an RF trap (102) that has better shock protection, increased resistance to moisture, improved smoothness, is easier to handle and clean, is cheaper, can be created in very small packages where space is limited, can easily be sized to a range of diameters and lengths, is more reliable with respect to maximum rated voltage and less electromagnetic coupling to the environment, and gen...
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(WO 2008/012755) VISUALIZATION OF STRESS LEVEL CARDIAC FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS RESULTS
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31.01.2008
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G06T 7/00
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PCT/IB2007/052915
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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The invention relates to a system (100) for visualizing a cardiac parameter at a plurality of positions in a myocardium and at a plurality of stress levels, the system comprising a determination unit (110) for determining a value of the cardiac parameter at a position from the plurality of positions in the myocardium and at a stress level from the plurality of stress levels on the basis of stress level cardiac functional data, and a visualization unit (120) for visualizing the determined value of the cardiac parameter by displaying a point in a viewing plane. The visualized points are defined by their polar coordinates in a polar coordinate system in the viewing plane. A radial coordinate of the point visualizes the determined value of the ...
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(WO 2008/012754) VOLUMETRIC DATA PROJECTION
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31.01.2008
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G06T 15/00
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PCT/IB2007/052913
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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A system and method for computing a projection image from a volume data set, in particular a medical imaging volume data set, involving determining 502 a plurality of rays intersecting the volume. Each ray 504 is associated with a respective pixel in a projection plane. For each ray 504, a plurality of intensity values is collected 504 associated with voxels in a neighborhood of the ray. Each weight of a plurality of predefined weights is associated 508 with a respective intensity value of the plurality of intensity values in dependence on an ordering of the plurality of intensity values with respect to intensity. At least two weights of the plurality of weights are nonzero and at least two weights of the plurality of weights have a mutuall...
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(WO 2008/012749) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CURVED MULTI-SLICE DISPLAY
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31.01.2008
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G06T 17/40
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PCT/IB2007/052906
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
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A method of generating a curved multi-slice display (50) comprises selecting a multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) source view from ultrasound data representative of a 3D volume of at least one structure in a body, generating a reference view (40) from the source view, the reference view including a reference point (42) on a curved reference line (44), wherein the curved reference line (44) corresponds to a curvature of the at least one structure, and generating a plurality of orthogonal slice views (46) from the ultrasound data along the curved reference line, the plurality of orthogonal slice views (46) being spaced apart from adjacent ones thereof and disposed along the curved reference line (44).
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(WO 2008/012748) ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER FEATURING A PITCH INDEPENDENT INTERPOSER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
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31.01.2008
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B06B 1/06
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PCT/IB2007/052905
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
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An ultrasound transducer 10 comprises an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) 14, an array of acoustic elements 20, and a pitch independent interposer 12. The ASIC 14 includes a plurality of contact pads 16 on a surface of the ASIC that are separated from adjacent ones thereof by a first pitch. The acoustic elements 22 of the array 20 are separated from adjacent ones thereof by a second pitch. In addition, the pitch independent interposer 12 features a plurality of conductive elements 26 separated from adjacent ones thereof by a third pitch different from both the first pitch and the second pitch. The pitch independent interposer 26 is electrically coupled (i) on a first side to the ASIC via a first subset of the plurality of cond...
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(WO 2008/012745) OPTICAL DRIVE AND READ POWER ESTIMATION METHOD
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31.01.2008
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G11B 7/125
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PCT/IB2007/052896
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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A method of determining a maximum allowable read power for a drive- record carrier combination is described. The method finds a forward-sense setpoint value to control a light power control loop, by reading data from the record carrier at which degradation of the data occurs. This technique is useful for all optical storage devices such as CD, DVD and Blu-ray players and recorders.
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(WO 2008/012729) LOW-PRESSURE MERCURY VAPOR DISCHARGE LAMP
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31.01.2008
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H01J 61/20
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PCT/IB2007/052849
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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The invention relates to a low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp provided with a discharge vessel (10; 210; 310) which encloses a discharge space (11; 211; 311) comprising a filling of mercury and a rare gas in a gastight manner. The discharge vessel (10; 210; 310) further comprises an amalgam (63; 263; 363) which communicates with the discharge space (11; 211; 311). The lamp has discharge means (41a, 41b; 234; 341a, 341b) for maintaining an electric discharge in the discharge vessel (10; 210). The amalgam (63; 263; 363) comprises a bismuth-tin-indium compound having a bismuth (Bi) content in the range between 30 < Bi < 70 wt. %, a tin (Sn) content in the range between 25 < Sn < 67 wt. %, and an indium (In) content i...
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(WO 2008/012728) DEVICE FOR MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS
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31.01.2008
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C12Q 1/68
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PCT/IB2007/052842
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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The present invention relates to biological detection devices wherein melting curve analysis is performed using an electrical sensor and a programmable heating element. The device optionally further comprises means for optically detecting nucleic acids within the device.
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(WO 2008/012727) DISPLAY DEVICE
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31.01.2008
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G09F 9/30
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PCT/IB2007/052829
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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A display device (10) comprises a first, light emitting display panel (12) and a second, bistable display panel (14) provided on top of the first display panel. The device is operable in a first mode in which the second display panel (14) is in a transparent mode to allow viewing of a display output from the underlying first display panel, and a second mode in which the second display panel (14) is in a reflective display mode to provide a reflective display output and the first display panel is turned off. The display can function as a normal display device, or can function to provide a reflective image for example taking the appearance of a framed picture.
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(WO 2008/012725) A DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH THERMOSWITCHABLE MEMBRANES
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31.01.2008
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A61K 9/00
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PCT/IB2007/052809
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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The present invention provides a device for controlled release of molecules. The device is particularly suitable for controlled release of therapeutic drugs to a patient. The device includes a housing with an opening for release of the molecules from the housing. The housing also comprises a reservoir for containing the molecules, in particular therapeutic drugs. The reservoir is arranged in the housing to allow release of the molecules through the opening. The device also comprises at least one thermoswitchable membrane and at least one heating element for at least partially heating the membrane. The device is configured for modulating the release of the molecules at the opening by heating the membrane, using the heating element. Optionall...
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(WO 2008/012724) OPTICAL TRACKING AND POSITION DETERMINATION FOR DETECTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS
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31.01.2008
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G01N 21/64
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PCT/IB2007/052800
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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A tracking system (106) is described for tracking areas on a substrate (104) using an irradiation beam. The irradiation beam typically has an irradiation beam projection (202) on the substrate (104) whereby at least one dimension of the irradiation beam projection (202) is substantially larger than a wavelength of the irradiation beam. The tracking system (106) typically comprises a detecting means (108) adapted for detecting a variation of an optical characteristic of at least part of the irradiation beam induced by interaction with different regions (204, 206) of the substrate having different irradiation modulating properties, for locating said irradiation beam with respect to said substrate (104). The tracking system typically is adapte...
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(WO 2008/012723) A DETECTOR FOR AND A METHOD OF DETECTING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
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31.01.2008
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G01T 1/24
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PCT/IB2007/052783
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PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GMBH
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A detector unit (301) for detecting electromagnetic radiation (106), the detector unit (301) comprising a conversion material (332) adapted for converting impinging electromagnetic radiation (106) into electric charge carriers, a charge collection electrode (331) adapted for collecting the converted electric charge carriers, a shielding electrode (334, 335) adapted to form a capacitance with the charge collection electrode (331), and an evaluation circuit (312 to 315) electrically coupled with the charge collection electrode (331) and adapted for evaluating the electromagnetic radiation (106) based on the collected electric charge carriers.
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(WO 2008/012722) DETERMINING OUTPUT VOLTAGE OR CURRENT IN AN SMPS
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31.01.2008
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H02M 3/335
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PCT/IB2007/052779
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PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GMBH
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An apparatus and method for determining an output voltage or output current in an SMPS circuit 10 are described. The SMPS circuit comprises a switching element 18 which in operation is switched according to consecutive switching cycles. An electrical value I<sb>L</sb> within the SMPS circuit 10 is compared to a reference value I<sb>ref</sb>. The electrical value I<sb>L</sb> varies within the switching cycle such that is equal to the reference value at least once during each cycle. The comparator signal comp is evaluated to determine timing information t of an instant of change in the signal. The timing information t is used for determining the output voltage V<sb>out,Av...
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(WO 2008/012721) LAMP-HOLDING DEVICE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING LAMP-HOLDING DEVICES AND A WIRELESS CONTROLLER
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31.01.2008
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H05B 37/02
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PCT/IB2007/052777
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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The invention relates to a lamp-holding device (1) which is capable of accommodating at least one light source (2) for emitting light. The lamp-holding device comprises a receiver (6) arranged to receive at least one electromagnetic signal (5) from a wireless controller (3). The lamp-holding device further comprises means (7) for sensing the intensity of said received electromagnetic signal and means (8) for controlling said at least one light source in accordance with said sensed intensity of said received electromagnetic signal. By sensing the intensity of the electromagnetic signal of the wireless controller at the lamp-holding device and controlling the behavior of the light source in such a way that it is dependent on the sensed intens...
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(WO 2008/012720) METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A THIN-LAYER BATTERY STACK ON A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SUBSTRATE
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31.01.2008
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H01M 10/04
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PCT/IB2007/052767
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a thin-layer battery stack on a three-dimensional substrate. The invention further relates to a thin-layer battery stack on a three-dimensional substrate obtainable by such a method. Moreover, the invention relates to a device comprising such a battery stack. The method according to the invention provides a rapid way to manufacture battery stacks on three-dimensional substrate, and the obtained products are of superior quality.
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(WO 2008/012719) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPACE-TIME-FREQUENCY ENCODING AND DECODING
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31.01.2008
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H04L 1/06
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PCT/IB2007/052759
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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The present invention provides a space-time-frequency encoding and decoding method and apparatus used in a wireless communication system. With the encoding method provided in the invention, transmission code words and their redundant elements are properly allocated on space-time-frequency units, so that the transmission codes and their partial redundancies can be transmitted via different antennas. Accordingly, at the receiving side, the redundant elements and the corresponding code word elements can be combined, so as to enhance the SNR and diversity gains for a part of the elements in the code words, and hence enhance the reception quality for the overall data stream.
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(WO 2008/012718) OPTICAL DISC DRIVE WITH DISC RECOGNITION
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31.01.2008
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G11B 19/12
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PCT/IB2007/052738
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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The present invention relates to an optical disc drive (20) and a method for operating an optical disc (10) having a data side (14) and a label side (13). As it is known, a considerable amount of time is spent in establishing the disc type during a start-up time, when the optical disc is inserted in the drive. In order to shorten such start-up time, when the optical disc (10) is 'known' to the optical disc drive (20), i.e. when the optical disc (10) has been already inserted in the optical disc drive (20) before, according to the invention the optical disc drive inspects the label side of the optical disc so as to derive identification data and subsequently compares said identification data with a plurality of identification data of discs p...
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(WO 2008/012717) GAZE INTERACTION FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY OF GAZED ITEMS
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31.01.2008
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G06F 3/01
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PCT/IB2007/052737
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.
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An interactive method and system include at least one detector (210) configured to detect gazes of at least one viewer (250) looking at items (230, 232, 234). A processor (130) is configured to calculate gaze durations, such as cumulative gaze durations per item of the items, identify the most looked at item(s) in accordance with the cumulative gaze durations, and provide information related to the most looked at items. A display device (240) displays the information, a list of the most looked at items, representations of the most looked at items, and/or audio/visual show related to at least one item of the most looked at items. At least one item (290) and/or item representation may be displayed more prominently than others ones of the most...
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(WO 2008/012716) PRIVATE SCREENS SELF DISTRIBUTING ALONG THE SHOP WINDOW
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31.01.2008
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G09F 27/00
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PCT/IB2007/052736
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.
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An interactive method and system include at least one detector (210) configured to detect the position of at least one user (240) in proximity of a panel (205), such as a transparent panel of a shop window (205). A processor (120) is provided which may be configured to activate a portion of the panel to display information. This portion, referred to as a private screen (230), may be substantially near the user's position. The processor (120) may be further be configured to move the private screen (230) so that it follows movement of the user (120). When a second user (245) is detected, then a second private screen (235) is activated substantially near the second user (245). The location of the second private screen (235) relative the locati...
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(WO 2008/012715) AN INTEGRATED IMAGE RECOGNITION AND SPECTRAL DETECTION DEVICE AND A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING THE SETTINGS OF A LIGHT BY IMAGE RECOGNITION AND SPECTRAL DETECTION OF THE LIGHT
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31.01.2008
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G01J 3/28
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PCT/IB2007/052734
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KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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The invention relates to an integrated image recognition and spectral detection device particularly suitable for monitoring settings of a light. The invention also relates to automatically controlling the settings of a light by image recognition and spectral detection of the light, particularly to automatically controlling the color point of the light in response to the image recognition. The invention provides an integrated image recognition and spectral detection device (10) comprising an image sensor array (12) for recognizing images and motion, and a light filtering structure (14) for detecting spectral components of received light which covers at least a part of the light-sensitive surface of the image sensor array (12). The invention ...
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