Sony Corporation

Chris Minnoy

Philip Marivoet

Christopher Michael Rutherford

Yoeri Apts

Alfred Spiessens

Hamish Guthrie

Conor Aylward

Tom Hostyn

Jan Spooren

Olivier Demarto

Magdalena Wasowska

Gaetan De Brucker

Teemu Veikko Tapani Pohjola

Joachim Giard

Kenny Helsens

Valentin Aurelian Mesaros

It is described an apparatus for determining trends in picture taking activity. The apparatus comprises a meta information accessing unit for accessing a set of meta information, each meta information in the set of meta information being associated with a picture having been taken with a camera device at a respective geographic location and at a respective time. The apparatus further comprises a processing unit for determining trends in picture taking activity based on the set of meta information accessible by the meta information accessing unit.

Apparatus and method for determining trends in picture taking activity

A method of controlling power to a device which consumes energy from an energy network. The network has a renewable energy generator and a mains supply connected thereto to supply energy to the network. The method includes determining energy requirements of the device, and determining a renewable energy component of the supplied energy generated by the renewable energy generator. The method compares the energy requirements of the device with the renewable energy component of the supplied energy, and controls the energy to the device in accordance with the comparison between the energy requirements of the device with the renewable energy component of the supplied energy.

Method, apparatus and graphical user interface for controlling power

A method of controlling access to an electrical power network, comprising: receiving a power network access rule from a power network, the power network access rule defining an access condition which permits a device to access the power network; receiving a device usage rule, the device usage rule being a condition when the device is permitted use of the power network; comparing the device usage rule with the received power network access rule; and permitting the transfer of energy between the power network and the device upon a positive comparison between the device usage rule and the power network access rule.

Energy access control

A method of controlling power to a plurality of devices on an energy network, wherein each device has an identifier which uniquely identifies the device on the network, the method comprising: forming a group of devices from said plurality of devices; and controlling the power of other devices in said group in accordance with the state of the power supplied to a first device in said group.

Apparatus and method for controlling power

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Holsbeek, Belgium

Chris Minnoy