Philips

About: Philips is a company organization based out in Vantaa, Finland. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Signal & Layer (electronics). The organization has 68260 authors who have published 99663 publications receiving 1882329 citations. The organization is also known as: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. & Royal Philips Electronics.

Electronic program guide viewing history generator method and system

Abstract: An electronic programming guide (EPG) system employs a preference engine and processing system that learns viewers' television watching preferences by monitoring their viewing patterns The system operates transparently to build a profile of a viewer's tastes The profile is used to provide services, for example, recommending or automatically recording television programs the viewer might be interested in watching To permit the personalization of the preferences database, a user interface is provided to allow the user to simulate various kinds of interaction with the system This allows the system to build a profile rapidly without requiring a long interaction history to personalize the system

SENSE‐DTI at 3 T

Abstract: While holding vast potential, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) with single-excitation protocols still faces serious challenges. Limited spatial resolution, susceptibility to magnetic field inhomogeneity, and low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) may be considered the most prominent limitations. It is demonstrated that all of these shortcomings can be effectively mitigated by the transition to parallel imaging technology and high magnetic field strength. Using the sensitivity encoding (SENSE) technique at 3 T, brain DTI was performed in nine healthy volunteers. Despite enhanced field inhomogeneity, parallel acquisition permitted both controlling geometric distortions and enhancing spatial resolution up to 0.8 mm in-plane. Heightened SNR requirements were met in part by high base sensitivity at 3 T. A further significant increase in SNR efficiency was accomplished by SENSE acquisition, exploiting enhanced encoding speed for echo time reduction. Based on the resulting image data, high-resolution tensor mapping is demonstrated.

Data processing device comprising a touch screen and a force sensor

Abstract: A data processing device comprises a touch screen with a touch position sensor. The position sensor is suitable to detect a touch position on the screen from a change in a current pattern in a conductive panel. The device also comprises a touch force sensor provided with a second conductive panel which extends substantially parallel to the touch screen. The screen is at least partly movable relative to the second panel in a direction transversely of the second panel. The force sensor is suitable to determine a force from a capacitance value between the touch screen and the second panel. The device is suitable for the combined processing of the position and force detected in response to touching.

Hand-held with auto-zoom for graphical display of Web page

Abstract: A mobile phone has a display with a touch screen. The device has a browser and is capable of retrieving a Web page from the Internet. The page is first displayed in its entirety. The user can recognize the page's general lay-out and presence of hyperlinks. When the user touches a particular location on the touch screen that corresponds to a portion of the page's image, the portion gets displayed so as to fill the display's area. Thus, the user can browse the Web with a display of limited size.

Detecting a watermark embedded in an information signal

Abstract: A watermark embedded in an information signal is detected by correlating said information signal with a plurality of watermarks Wj(n) The respective amounts of correlation C(i,j) are then evaluated to determine the watermark embedded in the signal xi(n) The invention provides a significant improvement of the detection by predictive filtering (25) the information signal and/or predictive filtering (26) the applied watermark prior to the process of correlating the signals