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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7907989 | Imaging system for interventional radiology The invention relates to a system and an imaging method for visualizing areas (2) in a moving environment within the body of a patient (1), wherein the position of one or more markers, which are connected to an interventional device (4), is dete... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7873195 | Conformal segmentation of organs in medical images A method and an apparatus for segmenting contours of objects in an image is disclosed. It particularly applies to the segmentation of body organs or parts depicted in medical images. An input image containing at least one object comprises pixel data sets of at least... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7769635 | Weight management system with simple data input A weight management system comprises a cash register (CRS), a user client (UC) and a weight management module (WM), coupled via a wide area network (WAN). A user has a personal card (PC) with a code, the code identifying the user to the cash register and being relat... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7668349 | Three-dimensional segmentation using deformable surfaces An image processing system comprising 3D image data processing means of automatic mapping a 3-D Surface Model onto the surface of an object of interest in a 3-D image, for estimating a model-based 3-D segmentation surface, comprising visualizing means and further co... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7522951 | Electrode arrangement An electrode arrangement (10) comprises a knitted electrically conductive electrode portion (12) containing electrically conductive yarn and at least one portion (14) of moisture impermeable electrically conductive material attached to the elect... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7416787 | Medical equipment provided with a coating Disclosed is medical equipment, the surface of which being at least partially provided with a coating which is provided by means of a sol-gel process. By applying such coating staining of the medical equipment by iodine-containing agents is prevented. The sol-gel co... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7359633 | Adding metadata to pictures The invention relates to a method for adding in a device 1, which comprises a camera component 2, metadata to pictures. In order to extend the collection of metadata for such pictures, the method comprises in a first step taking a picture of an object ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356830 | Method and apparatus for linking a video segment to another segment or information source A given video segment is configured to include links to one or more other video segments or information sources. The given video segment is processed in a video processing system to determine an association between an object, entity, characterization or other featur... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7305618 | Methods for multimedia content repurposing Comprehensive multimedia content re-purposing relating to wireless communications employs content constructs that are compact representations of the content information. For video content, the constructs are content operators that represent 2D image regions and/or 3... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302434 | Transmission of data items A system is disclosed for transmitting a plurality of data items from a transmitter to one or more receivers. Each data item (Di) is identified by a unique number (i) within a given range. According to the invention, a field (F) comprising both ends (k1,k... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298871 | System and method for adapting the ambience of a local environment according to the location and personal preferences of people in the local environment A system and method for automatically controlling systems and devices in a local environment, such as a home. The system comprises a control unit that receives images associated with one or more regions of the local environment. The one or more regions are each serv... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7283238 | Method and apparatus for matching colours A portable color sampling device (10) facilitates comparison of a color sampled from an object using an optical sensor (11) with a database (30,42,43,44) of stored colors. The database (30,42,43,44) of stored colors includes a merchandise... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277947 | System and method for supporting ongoing activities and relocating the ongoing activities from one terminal to another terminal The invention relates to a system for supporting a plurality of activities which includes a plurality of terminals for interacting with said activities. The system allows the user to relocate activities from one terminal to another. The relocation can be simplified ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7245820 | Method and system for selecting chapter boundaries for digital video recordings A method for selecting a chapter boundary for a digital video recording is provided that includes examining cut-rates for the recording. A determination is made regarding whether a default chapter length has passed. A determination is made regarding whether the cut-... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7227550 | Processing module for a computer system device A processing module converts an input signal, which is generated in a computer system device, into a digital output signal at a video output. The digital output signal is adapted to be visualized by a display device. The processing module includes a scaler for scali... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7202791 | Method and apparatus for modeling behavior using a probability distrubution function A method and apparatus are disclosed for modeling patterns of behavior of humans or other animate objects and detecting a violation of a repetitive pattern of behavior. The behavior of one or more persons is observed over time and features of the behavior are record... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194734 | Method of executing an interpreter program A threaded interpreter executes a program having a series of program instructions stored in a memory. For the execution of a program instruction the threaded interpreter includes a preparatory unit for executing a plurality of preparatory steps making th program ins... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188766 | Item identification using electronic tags The present invention relates to a method and a system for identifying an item (1) to which a radio frequency tag is attached by means of a radio frequency tag detector (101), wherein radio frequency contact is established between the tag and the detec... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7183925 | Interactive system using tags An interactive system in which information read from two or more tags (10, 12 or 10, 12′) jointly determines a process to be carried out. One of the tags may identify a user by for example his/her store loyalty card number or by a personal identifyin... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7173650 | Method for assisting an automated video tracking system in reaquiring a target A method for reacquiring a target in an automated video tracking system is provided. The method includes the steps of: selecting a desired target to be tracked; switching the automated video tracking system to an automatic mode to initiate a tracking sequence to aut... | 02/06/2007 |
