Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Jaap Knoester

Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks

Gereon Vogtmeier

Steffen Weiss

Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen

Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts

Christian Reich

Elise Claude Valentine Talgorn

Michael Gunter Helle

Pei-Yin Chao

Klaas Cornelis Jan Wijbrans

Johan Partomo Djajadiningrat

Johannes Antonius Van Rooij

Niels Laute

Hyelin Lee

Monique Hendriks

Ivo Don Stuyfzand

Reinoud Bosman

Wing Lam Lui

Tomq Djajadiningrat

Hendirkus Petrus Maria Sterken

Paul Kaufholz

Marleen Johanna Jacoba Van Leengoed

Rithesh Sreenivasan

Krishnamoorthy Palanisamy

Sudipta Chaudhury

Seyoung Kim

Disclosed herein is a medical system () comprising: a memory () storing machine executable instructions, at least one set of predetermined coordinates (), and a position identifying algorithm (). The position identifying algorithm is configured for outputting a set of current coordinates () for each of the at least one set of predetermined coordinates in response to receiving a current image descriptive of an object (). The execution of machine executable instructions () causes a computational system () to repeatedly receive () a current image () from a camera system (). The execution of machine executable instructions () causes a computational system () to perform the following for the current image: receive () the set of current coordinates for each of the at least one set of predetermined coordinates in response to inputting the current image into the position identifying algorithm; calculate () a positional difference () between the at least one set of predetermined coordinates and its set of current coordinates; calculate () a one-dimensional value () from positional difference using an objective function; and provide () a one-dimensional position indicator () for each of and controlled by each one-dimensional value in real time using a user interface ().

One-dimensional position indicator

The invention is directed to a sensor system () for increasing security of a use of at least one magnetic object () in vicinity of an MR imaging device (), wherein at least one magnetic property of the magnetic object () can be measure and evaluated in order to increase the safe use of the magnetic object () within MR environments.

Sensor system for increasing security in MR environments

The present invention relates to an optical fiber connector for mating a first group of one or more optical fibers () with one or more corresponding optical fibers in a second group of one or more optical fibers (). The optical fiber connector includes a shutter (), which prevents the ingress of debris into the connector, and provides an optical reference surface with which to calibrate optical fibers that are inserted into the connector. The optical fiber connector finds application in the general optical fiber field, and more particularly finds application in the medical field in which it may be used to connect optical fibers in a photonic needle application.

Optical fiber calibration connector

Apparatuses () for controlling elements (-) possibly shown on screens () or items () possibly represented by the elements () comprise detectors (-) for detecting features of objects () such as body parts in first and second dimensions and converters () for converting first features into actions for the elements (-) or the items (). By making the actions dependent on second features, a number of possibilities is increased. First features may be movements of the objects () and second features may be absolute or relative positions of the objects (). First dimensions may be parallel to the screens () and second dimensions may be perpendicular or parallel to the screens (), or vice versa. Actions may comprise browsing groups (-) of elements (-) at position dependent speeds or browsing one or more groups (-) depending on the positions. The items () may be lamps, appliances, audio players, video players, whereby their parameters may be adjusted in dependence of the movements and the positions.

Gesture based control of element or item

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Jaap Knoester