Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Philips Lighting Holding B.v.

Koninklijkle Philips N.v.

Signify Holding B.v.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Johannes Weda

Mauro Barbieri

Tamara Mathea Elisabeth Nijsen

Steven Broeils Luitjens

Roel Peter Geert Cuppen

Hugo Hubertus Knobel

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis

Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu

Philip Steven Newton

Dirk Valentinus René Engelen

Johan Hendrik Klootwijk

Jonathan David Mason

Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers

Martin Ouwerkerk

Alwin Rogier Martijn Verschueren

Teunis Johannes Vink

Stefan Henricus Swinkels

Hong Li

Stijn De Waele

Pavankumar Murli Dadlani Mahtani

Esther Marjan Van Der Heide

Vincent Alexander Rudolf Aarts

Marjolein Irene Van Lieshout

Gary Garcia Molina

Marijn Christian Damstra

Ruud Johannes Theodorus Soers

Enno Ehlers

Marco Emanuele Campanella

Lieuwe Durk Jacobus Bos

Francesco Emanuele Bonarrigo

Pavlo Serhiyovych Mulyar

Tamara Mathea Elisabeth Nujsen

Yuanyue Wang

Dirk Valentinus Engelen

Jens Muehlsteff

Louis Nicolas Atallah

Aaron Robert Houssian

Gary N Garcia Molina

Marijn C Damstra

Francesco E Bonarrigo

Marco E Campanella

A method for synchronizing data for gas samples with volatile organic compounds. The data includes chromatographic data indicative of molecule retention times. The method includes identifying or selecting marker molecules and clustering the plurality of gas samples into a plurality of clusters according to a clustering criterion. Next, a first correction of retention time deviations is performed on the data for the gas samples between clusters by using the marker molecules as anchor points to provide a coarse reduction of retention time deviations between the data. Finally, a second correction of retention time deviations is performed on the data, so as to further reduce retention time deviations between the data. The method reduces significant retention time deviations to allow, e.g., breath sample fingerprints obtained by different equipment at different times to be compared in one database for use on a digital platform.

Alignment of breath sample data for database comparisons

Exhaled breath analysis in health and disease is an area of growing clinical interest with the potential to be adopted through the whole respiratory healthcare continuum. However, currently there is no standard for exhaled breath collection, and the optimal way to preconcentrate the highly humid exhaled breath is not known. Described is an optimized combination of sorbent materials and sample handling methods that allows quantitative capturing of exhaled molecules over a broad range in highly humid conditions. The invention can be applied in pre-concentration units of future devices for exhaled breath analysis, for example at the bedside.

Multi-bed sorbent tubes and use thereof

A gas analysis device suited for e.g. medical analysis of exhaled breath from a subject. A gas inlet receives a gas sample to a flow path for guiding the gas sample to two or more gas separators, e.g. gas chromatography columns, with respective molecule selectivity properties which are different. One or more detectors, each with a sensor, are arranged to generate respective responses to outputs from the two or more gas separators. A communication module generate output data in response to the respective responses from the one or more detectors, e.g. data indicative of selected molecules in the gas sample, e.g. data indicative of one or more diseases identified as a result of identified biomarkers in the gas sample. The device is suitable as a compact device, e.g. a handheld breath analysis device, since the use of a plurality of gas separators allows use of very molecule specific gas separators which can be implemented with a small size. E.g. a flow path with several parallel paths each comprising one or more gas separator may be used.

Compact gas analysis device and method

A visit duration control system comprises a sensor () for sensing one or more physiological parameters of a person over time allowing the quantification of stress load of said person, a visit detector () for indicating the start of a third party's visit to said person, a processor () for determining said person's stress load from said one or more physiological parameters during said third party's visit and a signaling unit () for issuing a warning signal if said stress load exceeds a predetermined level.

Visit duration control system and method

The invention is directed to a system and method for providing an ARDS indication of a patient comprising a sampling device for obtaining a gas sample of the exhaled breath of a patient, a measuring unit for measuring a content of n-octane in the exhaled breath of a patient, a controller which is able to distinguish if the patient has or may develop ARDS based on the content of n-octane in the exhaled breath of a patient resulting in a ARDS indication of the patient and provided with a protocol for providing output regarding the ARDS indication of the patient, and a user interface for indicating the ARDS indication to a user.

Method of detecting ARDS and systems for detecting ARDS

A lighting system () comprising a central lighting device (), at least one satellite lighting device (), and a controller () for adjusting light settings, is provided. The controller is arranged for transmitting, in response to a user request (), an association request over a first communication link (). The central lighting device is arranged for receiving the association request and re-transmitting the association request over a second communication link by means of coded light (). The satellite lighting device is arranged for transmitting, in response to receiving the association request, its identifier to the central lighting device. The identifier is only transmitted if an association process is enabled. The association process is enabled, in response to a user request, during a limited time period. The central lighting device is further arranged for associating, in response to receiving the identifier, the satellite lighting device with the central lighting device.

Setting up hybrid coded-light&#x2014;ZigBee lighting system

A method of providing a report of experiences of members of a group of users includes: making available a content data compilation compiled from at least items of content data obtained in association with different members of the group; &#x2014;obtaining data associated with at least one member of the group; and using the data associated with at least one member to cause at least one message to be output on at least one device (-) associated with at least one member of the group. At least part of the content data compilation is based on information provided in response to the at least one message by the at least one member with whom the device (-) is associated. In one embodiment, a 'family news reporter' scenario is proposed.

Method and system for providing a report of experiences of members of a group of users

The invention provides a user interaction system () and a method of controlling a lighting system. The user interaction system () comprises a display (), a means for receiving a location indication (), a location identification means () and an overlay image creator (). The display () displays a subarea image and an overlay image. The subarea image is an image of a specific subarea of the environment. The location identification means () detects which specific location in the environment is indicated by the location indication. The overlay image creator () generates the overlay image. The overlay image comprises information related to a lighting effect which is obtainable by the lighting system at the specific location. The obtainable effect is an effect of at least two controllable light sources of the lighting system. The information which is related to the obtainable lighting effect is based on a lighting system model () which represents effects that are obtainable in the environment by controllable light sources of the lighting system.

Method and a user interaction system for controlling a lighting system, a portable electronic device and a computer program product

A method of substituting a primary content () being transmitted on a primary channel () with a secondary content () corresponding to a content being transmitted on a secondary channel (), characterized by substituting the secondary content in response to a highlight occurring in the content transmitted on the secondary channel (-), said secondary content () being a summary of the content already transmitted on the secondary channel. A method as claimed in claim, wherein the program being transmitted on the secondary channel () corresponds to a live event.

Method of content substitution

A method of creating a user profile for use in a brain computer interface includes performing a training exercise, measuring a user's brain signals during the training exercise, mapping specific signals of the user's brain signals to predefined mental task descriptions, and creating a user profile including the user's brain signals mapped to the mental task descriptions. The user profile so created can be used in a method of creating a brain computer interface for a user for an application. This method includes accessing a user profile including the user's brain signals mapped to mental task descriptions, accessing an application profile including a plurality of properties of the application, matching one or more mental task descriptions from the user profile to a respective property from the application profile, and creating a brain computer interface accordingly.

Relating to brain computer interfaces

It is quite common for users to have both video and photo material that refer to the same event. Adding photos to home videos enriches the content. However, just adding still photos to a video sequence has a disturbing effect. The invention relates to a method to seamlessly integrate photos into the video by creating a virtual camera motion in the photo that is aligned with the estimated camera motion in the video. A synthesized video sequence is created by estimating a video camera motion in the video sequence at an insertion position in the video sequence at which the still photo is to be included, creating a virtual video sequence of sub frames of the still photo where the virtual video sequence has a virtual camera motion correlated to the video camera motion at the insertion position.

Merging of a video and still pictures of the same event, based on global motion vectors of this video

A method of suggesting accompaniment tracks for synchronised rendering with a content data item includes obtaining data descriptive of the content data item. A database query based at least partly on the data descriptive of the content data item to identify auxiliary content items to a user is resolved. The database (14;28) includes records, each configured to associate descriptive data with an auxiliary content data item for forming an accompaniment track. Data representative of a selection of an auxiliary content data item is received in association with the query, and a database record for the selected auxiliary content data item is caused to be amended to reflect the selection in association with at least part of the descriptive data included in the query.

Method of suggesting accompaniment tracks for synchronised rendering with a content data item

A system () for producing a depth map of a video sequence comprises a client (C) and a server (S) connected by a network (N). A secondary video sequence (M*) available at the client (C) is derived from a primary video sequence (M) available at the server (S), the primary video sequence (M) having a primary depth map (D). The server comprises a transmission unit for transmitting the primary depth map (D) to the client. The client comprises an alignment unit for aligning the primary depth map (D) with the secondary video sequence (M*) so as to produce alignment information (AI), and a derivation unit for deriving the secondary depth map (D*) from the primary depth map (D) using the alignment information (AI).

Video depth map alignment

A method of automatically generating metadata for association with a collection of content items accessible to a system () for processing data included in the content items, includes obtaining sets of metadata associated with the content items individually, each set of metadata including at least one attribute value associated with the content item. At least one distribution of values of an attribute over the sets of metadata associated with the respective content items is analyzed. At least one attribute value is selected in dependence on the analysis. The selected attribute value(s) are processed to generate the metadata for association with the collection, and the generated metadata are made available to the system () for processing data included in the content items in connection with an identification of the collection of content items.

Generating metadata for association with a collection of content items

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Johannes Weda