Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Stijn De Waele

Larry Nielsen

Stefan Winter

Alexander Cornelis Geerlings

Hanqing Cao

Philip Steven Newton

Nicolaas Lambert

Mauro Barbieri

Wilhelmus Hendrikus Alfonsus Bruls

Frederik Jan De Bruijn

Brian David Gross

Harald Greiner

Adrienne Heinrich

Kwok Pun Lee

Karel Johannes Gerhardus Hinnen

Hong Li

Johannes Weda

Wilhelm Meier

Teun Van Den Heuvel

Joanne Henriette Desiree Monique Westerink

Fei Zuo

Mohammed Saeed

Ralph Braspenning

Joseph James Frassica

Abigail Acton Flower

Ralph Antonius Cornelis Braspenning

Bastiaan Feddes

Thomas Gerhard Emmrich

Vincent Alexander Rudolf Aarts

Joanne Henriëtte Desirée Monique Westerink

Lena Gourmelon

Steffen Zimmermann

Michael Verberne

Larry James Eschelman

Davy Hin Tjiang Tjan

Guenther Gegner

The present invention relates to systems and methods for characterizing at least one anatomical parameter of an upper airway of a patient by analysing spectral properties of an utterance, comprising: a mechanical coupler comprising means for restricting the jaw position of the patient; means for recording an utterance; and processing means for determining at least one anatomical parameter of the upper airway from the recorded utterance and comparing the recorded utterance to a threshold value. In addition the present invention relates to the use of the above mentioned systems as a diagnostics tool for assessing obstructive sleep apnea.

System and method for characterizing an upper airway using speech characteristics

A system, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium used to control the display of a display device. Controlling of the display device includes receiving data including a plurality of data points, each of the data points including a value along a first axis and a value along a second axis, dividing the data into a plurality of bins along the first axis, wherein the data is divided based on a physical attribute of the display device, determining, for one of the bins, whether an alternative data representation should be used, and displaying a plot of the data, wherein the alternative data representation is used for the one of the bins when it is determined that the alternative data representation should be used, wherein line plotting is used for the one of the bins when it is determined that the alternative data representation should not be used.

Apparatus, method and system for resolution dependent graphical representation of signals

A system to generate medical monitor alarm settings () which includes a normative analyzer () and/or observational analyzer () configured to receive () data from logs () of a plurality of medical monitors (), and generate () one or more suggested alarm settings () based on a constructed model of the received log data.

Usage of observed alarm settings for alarm management

A method, and corresponding system (), for monitoring patients based on activity state and posture. Activity state and/or posture of a patient are measured. Further, one or more vital signs of the patient are measured according to a schedule. Based on the measured activity state and/or posture of the patient and the measured one or more vital signs, the schedule is adjusted and/or patient deterioration is monitored for.

Patient monitoring for sub-acute patients based on activity state and posture

A method is disclosed for determining anatomical properties of a patient, the patient having an oral cavity and a throat, comprising a) projecting at least one structured light pattern into the patient's oral cavity; b) detecting at least one reflected light pattern, each of the reflected light patterns emanating from reflection of a corresponding projected structured light pattern; c) analysing the at least one reflected structured light pattern in view of the at least one structured light pattern, thereby determining anatomical properties of the patient; and an associated imaging device.

Method and apparatus for determining anatomic properties of a patient

A system () generates patient alarms using a stepped alarm scheme. The system () includes one or more processors () programmed to receive physiological scores and/or physiological parameter values; compare the physiological scores and/or the physiological parameter values to a plurality of alarm levels; in response to a physiological score and/or physiological parameter value falling within an uninhibited zone of the alarm levels, issue an alarm; and set a first inhibition period for the uninhibited alarm level after issuing the alarm.

Stepped alarm method for patient monitors

A method of generating data for controlling a rendering system () includes obtaining data representative of a recording of at least intervals of an event, the recording having at least two components () obtainable through different respective modalities. The data is analyzed to determine at least a dependency between a first and a second of the components (). At least the dependency is used to provide settings () for a system () for rendering in perceptible form at least one output through a first modality in dependence on at least the settings and on at least one signal for rendering in perceptible form through a second modality.

Method and system for generating data for controlling a system for rendering at least one signal

A method of generating data for controlling a rendering system includes obtaining data representative of a recording of at least intervals of an event, the recording having at least two components obtainable through different respective modalities. The data is analyzed to determine at least a dependency between a first and a second of the components. At least the dependency is used to provide settings for a system for rendering in perceptible form at least one output through a first modality in dependence on at least the settings and on at least one signal for rendering in perceptible form through a second modality.

Clusters of pixels are defined for use in image compression and decompression. The image information used to define the clusters may include pixel values at predetermined positions relative to a pixel or related motion vectors, gradients, texture etc. During compression of images the image information relative to pixels is examined to determine the cluster to which it belongs. Thus pixels can be classified according to the cluster for their image information. In an embodiment the definitions of the clusters are selected dynamically, dependent on image content. For each cluster a control parameter set is computed for a post-processing operation, such as filter coefficients for filtering or statistical data for locally generating texture. The control parameter set is selected dependent on the image content so that, when the post-processing operation is applied to the image after decompression it will improve image quality for the pixels that are classified as belonging to the cluster. The compressed image and the control parameter sets are transmitted to a decompression apparatus. Upon decompression, the image information that represents the decompressed image is examined to classify pixels according to the clusters and the different control parameter sets for the selected clusters are used to control post-processing at the locations of the pixels.

Image compression and decompression

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

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Stijn De Waele