Interdigital Madison Patent Holdings, Sas

Thomson Licensing

Interdigital Ce Patent Holdings

Interdigital Ce Patent Holdings, Sas

Thomson Licensing S.a.

Goulven Querre

Louis Chevallier

Catherine Serre

Thomas Morin

Sebastien Fraleu

Anthony Pesin

Karine Jegou

Sebastien Bergot

Gilles Morillon

Stephane Le Glatin

David Drugeon-Hamon

Stéphane Le Glatin

The disclosure relates to retractable display device () including a housing () having an internal space () defined therein, a rolling axle () positioned in the housing (), an electronic display and a support structure () attached to a rear surface of the electronic display. The support structure () includes a plurality of juxtaposed support elements () capable of being rolled around the axle () with the electronic display in a storage position and of being unrolled upward, at least partially out of the housing (), to provide a substantially planar front surface on which visual information may be displayed.

Retractable display device

A first interface of a device receives content from a further device, at least one hardware processor analyses the content to find active elements that will be visible on a screen when displayed, generates a page by overlaying a first part of the content that will be visible on the screen when displayed with graphic elements respectively corresponding to found active elements, sends the page to a third interface for display on the screen and activates a corresponding active element upon reception, via a second interface from a user input device, of a command comprising an identifier displayed in a graphic element. In case the identifier corresponds to a graphic element associated with a group comprising a plurality of active elements, graphic elements corresponding to each active element in the group are overlaid over the first image.

Device and method for navigation through active elements in a displayed page

A display device () obtains (S) an image, obtains (S) a current measure of inclination of a screen () of the display device (), rotates (S) the image to compensate for the inclination to render the image parallel with the horizon, scales (S) and displays (S) the image entire and horizontally on the screen. The image can be part of a video for which other images are processed to be displayed horizontally. The image can be scaled to maximise the size of the image when displayed on the screen (); this can be performed after a period of unchanged inclination.

Device and method for image display

An apparatus and method are provided for controlling the volume of a content. In one embodiment, sound associated with a content is received as well as a request for a volume change associated with the content. An equalization ratio is then obtained based on an amplification and a compression parameter. It is then analyzed whether a volume change will cause a coordinate change in the amplifier or compression levels associated with the content. If a volume change will cause a coordinate change in the amplifier or compression levels associated with the content, the volume change is limited.

Audio device with learning and adaptive quiet mode capabilities

An electronic program guide, EPG, comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a list of channels and, for each channel in the list, a list of scheduled audiovisual content. The second portion comprises a selection area or section and a first graphical element representing a time line. The selection section may be used to select scheduled audiovisual content according to a selection criterion. Second graphical elements that represent scheduled audio visual content resulting from the selection are then placed on the first graphical element. The relative position of the second graphical elements on the first graphical element is determined by chronological order.

Electronic program guide, method for an electronic program guide, and corresponding device

The disclosure relates to a method comprising: receiving, from a first network, a input signal conveying a plurality of audio and/or video channels; sending, on a second network, a first signal comprising a first digital stream conveying a first audio and/or video channel comprised in the input signal, the first signal comprising, for a second channel of said plurality of audio and/or video channels other than the first channel, and a second digital stream comprising an identifying information of the other second channel and requiring less bandwidth than a digital stream conveying the other second audio and/or video channel of the input signal. It also relates to a method comprising: receiving via a first network a digital signal comprising a plurality of streams, one stream conveying a channel, converting the digital signal to a signal; outputting the signal to a tuning device; upon obtaining a channel identifier representative of a tuning, sending, via the first network, a channel change request comprising the channel identifier to a transmitter of the digital signal. It also relates to corresponding signal, devices, system, computer readable program products and storage media.

Methods for processing audiovisual streams and corresponding devices, electronic assembly, system, computer readable program products and storage media

An object of the invention is to avoid or at least limit the aforementioned drawback by a specific processing of video images to display, notably on large size screens. For this purpose, a method for processing at least one image of a video sequence is described. The method includes defining at least two peripheral areas P, Pin the at least one image, and reducing contrast of pixels in the defined peripheral area(s) having a local contrast Rand/or Rabove a local contrast threshold Ror reducing contrast of pixels in subregionsi, . . . , N of these defined peripheral areas having a local contrast R, R'above a local contrast threshold R.

Image processing method based on peripheral reduction of contrast

The present disclosure relates to a method for locating a service, to be performed in a device belonging to a network of communication devices. According to an embodiment, the method includes checking an availability of the service on the network, when the service is not available on the network, obtaining an installation requirement representative of a capacity required from a candidate device for an installation of the service on the candidate device, sending the obtained installation requirement on the network, receiving an indication of a compliance, of a candidate device of the network, to the installation requirement, sending an order of installation of the service to the candidate device according to the indication of compliance. The present disclosure relates to corresponding proposing method, devices, system, computer readable program products and computer readable storage mediums.

Method for locating a service and method for proposing a service and corresponding communication network devices, system, computer readable program products and computer readable storage mediums

During reproduction of an audio or audiovisual document, a document is read from a recording medium. The audio or audiovisual content of the non impaired sequences, which represent sequences of the document which are not defective, are fully recorded. Impaired sequences of the document, which are defective sequences of the document are not recorded, but are represented by an identifier and information corresponding to the duration of the impaired sequences. The recorded sequences are then reproduced and a graphics menu representing the content of the document is displayed. The menu indicates the location of the impaired sequences with respect to the non impaired sequences and the duration of the impaired sequences.

Method and apparatus for indicating the impaired sequences of an audiovisual document

A method enables selecting items from a list, as well as functions associated with these items and with the list in general. Each item is identified by an icon displayed in a series of icons. A first command enables the item to be selected and a second command enables it to be activated. The series of icons comprises at least one additional icon. The user selects this additional icon, then at the end of a certain time a sub-menu appears presenting all the functions selectable via the second command. With the second command, the user can execute functions that apply to the list of items and no longer to a single item. Also provided is a device capable of executing the method of selection and executing an item and a function.

Method of selecting items and functions by displaying a specific icon, and device implementing the method

The present invention relates to a method of validating a number comprising a plurality of digits, the number having a maximum value, each digit being successively entered by a user during several stages. The method includes a test stage activated when the number of digits entered is equal to that of the maximum value minus a unit. This test consists in comparing the most significant digit entered with the most significant digit of the maximum value. The test validates the set of digits entered when the most significant digit entered is greater than the most significant digit of the maximum value. The invention also relates to a device capable of implementing the method.

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