Abstract:
A video content receiving apparatus (103a; 103b) includes an interface (209, 301) for interfacing to at least one associable video reproducing apparatus (102), and including: a receiver for receiving video contents from at least one source of contents (104) through a connection (201a, 203a; 201b, 203b) connected to a plurality of distribution platforms (105, 106), wherein a first connection (203a; 203b) to a first distribution platform (105) is of the broadband type, and wherein a second connection (201a; 201b) to a second distribution platform (106) is of the broadcast type; a first identifier for identifying a video content to be reproduced; a second identifier for identifying at least one active distribution platform on which said video content to be reproduced is currently being transmitted by the source of contents (104); a selector for selecting the reception of the video content through the active distribution platform; a switch for switching between the first connection (203a; 203b) and the second connection (201a; 201b), or vice versa, on the basis of a command signal received by the receiving apparatus (103a; 130b); and a video processor for generating a video signal (220; 310) that includes the video content in a form that is reproducible by a reproducing apparatus (102) associable with the receiving apparatus (103; 103a; 103b) through the interfacer.
Abstract:
A method for broadcasting messages in a cellular mobile communications system with broadcast functionality includes the steps of: selecting a geographic area over which the message broadcasting must be carried out; obtaining information adapted to identify the languages used in mobile terminals referring to the cellular mobile communications system within the geographic area; composing the messages in the set of the identified languages, thus obtaining one or more multilanguage messages; broadcasting the one or more multilanguage messages to said mobile terminals.
Abstract:
A method for reconstructing the map of an environment (20) surrounding a wireless device (100), the environment (20) being equipped with one or more radio frequency tags (1) set in a number dependent on the level of detail to be obtained in the reconstruction, the method including the steps of: receiving identification and localization data of the one or more radio frequency tags (1) over a wireless connection by at least one wireless receiver (3) of the wireless device (100); storing the identification and localization data of the one or more radio frequency tags (1) into a filing and/or storage component (5,6) by a processor (2) of the wireless device (100); and providing on an output component (7) of the wireless device (100) at least one map of the environment (20) built on the basis of the identification and localization data of the radio frequency tags (1).
Abstract:
A method and a user equipment (105) includes a communication device adapted to attempt to access a mobile telecommunications network (107) and to receive from the network (107) information about the presence of access restrictions to the network (107); the equipment (105) also includes an access management module (106) configured for determining, in the presence of access restrictions to the network (107), a wait time (Tbarring) that must elapse, at the least, between successive verifications of the possibility of accessing the network (107), wherein the wait time (Tbarring) is determined at least on the basis of the result of at least one previous attempt to access the network (107) by the user equipment (105).
Abstract:
A method for composing electronic mail messages in an electronic mail program or service includes (a) activating a merge function for merging two or more existing messages, including creating an empty merge message; (b) selecting a first message of the two or more existing messages; (c) automatic entry of the contents of at least a part of the text and subject fields of the selected first message into the text and subject fields of the merge message, as well as of at least one of the addresses in the sender's address field (“From:”) and the recipients' address fields (“To:”, “Cc:”, “Bcc:”) of the first message into at least one of the recipients' address fields (“To:”, “Cc:”, “Bcc:”) of the merge message; (d) selecting at least a second one of the two or more existing messages; (e) automatic entry of the contents of at least a part of the text and subject fields of the selected second message into the text and subject fields of the merge message, as well as of at least one of the sender's address (“From:”) and the recipients' addresses (“To:”, “Cc:”, “Bcc:”) of the at least one second message into at least one of the recipients' address fields of the merge message; (f) automatic entry of any attachments of the first message and at least one second message into the attachments field of the merge message, and (g) storing in a non-volatile manner, discarding, or sending the merge message thus created.
Abstract:
A method for reconstructing the map of an environment (20) surrounding a wireless device (100), the environment (20) being equipped with one or more radio frequency tags (1) set in a number dependent on the level of detail to be obtained in the reconstruction, the method including the steps of: receiving identification and localization data of the one or more radio frequency tags (1) over a wireless connection by at least one wireless receiver (3) of the wireless device (100); storing the identification and localization data of the one or more radio frequency tags (1) into a filing and/or storage component (5,6) by a processor (2) of the wireless device (100); and providing on an output component (7) of the wireless device (100) at least one map of the environment (20) built on the basis of the identification and localization data of the radio frequency tags (1).
Abstract:
A method is described for generating a colour image composed of a plurality of components (Y, U, V) by starting from at least one depth or disparity map (DM1, DM2), wherein a first set of pixels of said at least one depth or disparity map (DM1, DM2) is entered into the luminance component (Y) of said colour image, and wherein a second and a third sets of pixels of said at least one depth or disparity map (DM1, DM2) are entered into the two chrominance components (U, V) of said colour image.
Abstract:
A method for encoding a raw lenselet image (f), comprising a receiving phase (705), wherein at least a portion of a raw lenselet image (f) is received, said image (f) comprising a plurality of macro-pixels (650, 1320, 1340), each macro-pixel (650, 1320, 1340) comprising pixels corresponding to a specific view angle for the same point of a scene and an output phase, wherein a bitstream (f d ^) comprising at least a portion of an encoded lenselet image (f) is outputted. The method comprises an image transform phase (710), wherein the pixels of said raw lenselet image (f) are spatially displaced in a transformed multi-color image (660) having a larger number of columns and rows with respect to the received raw lenselet image, wherein dummy pixels (610, 620) having undefined value are inserted into said raw lenselet image (f) and wherein said displacement is performed so as to put the estimated center location of each macro-pixel (650, 1320, 1340) onto integer pixel locations. Moreover, the method comprises a sub-view generation phase, wherein a sequence of sub-views (f d ') is generated, said sub-views (1310, 1510, 1620) comprising pixels of the same angular coordinates extracted from different macro-pixels (650,1320,1340) of said transformed raw lenselet image (f). Finally, the method comprises a graph coding phase, wherein a bitstream (f d ^) is generated by encoding a graph representation of at least one of the sub-views (1310, 1510, 1620) of said sequence (f d ' ) according to a predefined graph signal processing (GSP) technique. The method comprises outputting said graph-coded bitstream (f d ^) for its transmission and/or storage.
Abstract:
A wireless command device adapted to cooperate with a command regenerator device is described, said command device comprising: - a command transmitter adapted to issue a command signal receivable by the command regenerator device; - an activation transmitter adapted to send an activation signal for activating the command regenerator device; - energy collecting means arranged to collect energy from electromagnetic waves picked up by a main antenna connected thereto; - processing means configured for determining if said command device has sufficient energy to issue the command signal; said activation signal being adapted to activate energy irradiating means included in the command regenerator device, said energy irradiating means being adapted to irradiate electromagnetic waves with at least a first power value Pc capable of powering the command device for the purpose of issuing the command signal.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a distribution system (101; 201) for audiovisual contents, comprising at least one input interface (111) adapted to receive (801) at least one first radioelectric signal (S1) in a first frequency band, containing at least one video stream comprising at least one audiovisual content; at least one tuner (113) operatively associated with the input interface (111) and adapted to select the video stream from the first radioelectric signal (S1) in the first frequency band; at least one demultiplexer (114) operatively associated with the tuner (113) and adapted to extract an audiovisual content from the video stream; at least one IP encapsulator (116) operatively associated with the demultiplexer (114) and adapted to encapsulate the extracted audiovisual content into a packet data stream coded according to an IP protocol; at least one radiofrequency transceiver (119, 219, 319) configured to generate a second radioelectric signal (S2; S2') containing the IP data stream; and at least one coaxial interface (124, 125) for a coaxial cable (130, 131), operatively connected to the transceiver (119, 219, 319) and configured to emit the second radioelectric signal (S2; S2') on the coaxial cable (130, 131); at least one splitter (112) operatively connected to the input interface (111) and configured to receive the first radioelectric signal (S1) and split it so as to send it on one side to the coaxial interface (124, 125) and on another side to said tuner (113); at least one diplexer (121, 122) configured to receive the first radioelectric signal (S1) from the splitter (112) and send it to the coaxial interface (124, 125) for emitting a third radioelectric signal (802; 803) comprising the first radioelectric signal (S1) on the coaxial cable (130, 131) in the first frequency band, and further configured to receive the second radioelectric signal (S2; S2') from the transceiver (119, 219, 319) and send it to the coaxial interface (124, 125) for emitting the third radioelectric signal (802; 803) comprising the second radioelectric signal (S2; S2') on the coaxial cable (130, 131) in a second frequency band (816, 817; 818, 819), which is different from the first frequency band (811, 812, 813, 814, 815). The present invention also relates to an associated transceiving system ( 102, 103, 202, 203, 501) for transmission/reception of audiovisual contents in an environment.