Patents Assigned to Barco N.V.
  • Patent number: 11635677
    Abstract: A projection screen apparatus and method of making the same. The apparatus has a perimeter frame and a projection screen where the perimeter frame includes an upper frame member, a lower frame member, a left frame member and a right frame member, where at least two of the frame members have a groove or track. The projection screen has fastening edges on at least two opposite sides for fastening the projection screen to the perimeter frame by inserting the fastening edge in the groove or track of a frame member. An auxiliary element is inserted in the groove or track next to a fastening edge, to prevent the fastening edge from exiting the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Stefaan Ducasteele, Nursen Avci, Johan Cyriel Decock
  • Publication number: 20230106594
    Abstract: A method, device and system for providing user-centric connections to a location comprising digital collaboration tools, as well as software for carrying out the method. The method includes a network device having a beacon system for proximity detection and a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). A confirmed BYOD proximity can be used to initiate the setup of a data channel between the network device and the BYOD, and further join the BYOD to a UC (Unified Communications systems and tools) session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Michaƫl Toon Andre Arthur VANDERHEEREN, Gauthier RENARD, Laurens Cyrille VANDENBROUCKE, Johan Peter Frans DEGRAEF
  • Publication number: 20230093084
    Abstract: An angle selective filter for a light projection system including a wavelength conversion material illuminated by an excitation light source in a first wavelength range, the wavelength conversion material re-emitting light in a second wavelength range after excitation by the light in the first wavelength range. The filter is configured to have a first average transmission which is high for light in the first wavelength range and for angles of incidence in the range [?1,?2], in a third wavelength range, the filter is configured to have a second average transmission which is high for light having an incidence angle in the range [?1,?2], and a third average reflectivity which is high for light having an incidence angle in the range [?2,?3], after reflection on the wavelength conversion material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Mihaela TARPAN, Bart MAXIMUS, Kristiaan NEYTS
  • Publication number: 20230089340
    Abstract: A cooling sub-assembly for cooling a heat dissipating electronic device. The sub-assembly may include a vapor chamber, a peltier element and a coldplate placed on top of each other forming a stack such that the peltier element is sandwiched between the vapor chamber and the coldplate. The vapor chamber has a head facing the peltier element, a foot for facing the heat dissipating electronic device, and a wall extending between the foot and the head. The area of the head is larger than the area of the foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Zhi Qiang FANG, Alexander VON PONCET, Bart MALFAIT, Wouter Maurice S JANSSENS
  • Publication number: 20230069929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, the support substructure being characterized in that it is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard DEWAELE, Frank Michael FISCHER, Stephan Frank HENRY
  • Patent number: 11588077
    Abstract: A display device including an array of pixels, each pixel including at least three sub-pixels having a LED device emitting light with a blue color point. The first sub-pixel is designed to emit red light having a first color point, the second sub-pixel is designed to emit green light having a second color point, where the LED device of the third sub-pixel is covered with a third wavelength converting layer designed to emit light having a fourth color point. The fourth color point being such that the combination of light emitted by the LED device not converted by the wavelength converting layer and the light converted by the wavelength converting layer results in light having a third color point, where the first, the second and the third color points define a second color space in which a set color space is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Claude Daniel Tydtgat, Jasper Irene Lambert, Stephanie Cyriel Adrianna Van Haecke
  • Publication number: 20230014373
    Abstract: A laser reflection unit for a laser phosphor projector. The unit includes a housing and a wheel rotatably drivably received in the housing. The wheel has a top side provided with a phosphor layer for an converting incident laser light beam into a reflected light beam. Further, the wheel has a bottom side opposite to the top side, the bottom side being provided, at a radial outward annular portion from a center axis of the wheel, with cooling fins inducing an air flow flowing in a radial outward direction. The laser reflection unit further includes a heat exchanger received in the housing for cooling the air flow flowing from the wheel, the heat exchanger extending along a mainly circumferential contour coaxial with the center axis of the wheel. The housing is provided with an inner surface guiding the air flow from the wheel towards and along the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Peter Sigmund HANSEN, Petter RUUD
  • Publication number: 20220383814
    Abstract: A current control circuit for LED or OLED sub-pixels or pixels of an active matrix display is able to store bits or a bit of a control signal used to drive a pixel or sub-pixel, in a memory associated with each pixel or sub-pixel. The control circuit elements can be made compatible with thin-film processing such as to produce thin-film transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Wim VAN EESSEN, Patrick WILLEM, Peter GERETS
  • Publication number: 20220374191
    Abstract: A method, a system and devices for data sharing by teleconferencing with local projection of the same shared data in a local meeting room. A method, a system and devices for synchronizing display of content in a local room and remote sharing of the same content as well. A method, a system and devices for providing access to shared multimedia content within a defined room environment as well as with a remote user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Steven LIEN, Madhwan MISRA, Audi HSU
  • Patent number: 11489883
    Abstract: A method, device and system for providing user-centric connections to a location including digital collaboration tools, as well as software for carrying out the method. The method including a network device having a beacon system for proximity detection and a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). A confirmed BYOD proximity can be used to initiate the setup of a data channel between the network device and the BYOD, and further join the BYOD to a UC (Unified Communications systems and tools) session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Michael Toon Andre Arthur Vanderheeren, Gauthier Renard, Laurens Cyrille Vandenbroucke, Johan Peter Frans Degraef
  • Patent number: 11463665
    Abstract: A method for driving a projection system and a projection system including a phase modulator and at least one amplitude modulator. The phase modulator is configured to generate a highlight image incident on the amplitude modulator, the projector system further includes at least one image sensor configured to receive at least a portion of an illumination pattern substantially equivalent to the illumination pattern incident on the amplitude modulator, and the image sensor is being used to provide feedback to the controller of the projection system to improve the highlights projected by the projection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Maes, Peter Gerets, Gerwin Damberg
  • Patent number: 11443663
    Abstract: A support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, where the support substructure is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele, Frank Michael Fischer, Stephan Frank Henry
  • Publication number: 20220276974
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting a processing device to a functional device connected to or in a base unit of a communications network, the base unit having a transmitter and the processing device having a memory, a display and an operating system. A first peripheral device is adapted to be coupled to the processing device via a generic communications protocol, the first peripheral device having a receiver and at least one fixed or configurable endpoint of the functional device exposed on the first peripheral device. The base unit and the first peripheral device is adapted to transmit and receive data respectively over the communications network from the functional device to the processing device via the at least one fixed or configurable endpoint using the generic communications protocol for communication between the processing device and the first peripheral device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Gauthier RENARD, Johan Peter Frans DEGRAEF
  • Publication number: 20220269634
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting a processing device to a functional device connected to or in a base unit of a communications network, the base unit having a transmitter and the processing device having a memory, a display and an operating system. A first peripheral device is adapted to be coupled to the processing device via a generic communications protocol, the first peripheral device having a receiver and at least one fixed or configurable endpoint of the functional device exposed on the first peripheral device. The base unit and the first peripheral device is adapted to transmit and receive data respectively over the communications network from the functional device to the processing device via the at least one fixed or configurable endpoint using the generic communications protocol for communication between the processing device and the first peripheral device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Gauthier RENARD, Johan Peter Frans DEGRAEF
  • Patent number: 11422951
    Abstract: An electronic meeting tool for communicating arbitrary media content from at least a first user and a second user at a meeting. The method including operating a base unit of a wireless communications network, the base unit being adapted to receive user selected arbitrary media content from at least a first processing device from the first user and to send the user selected arbitrary media content to at least a second processing device. The method further includes connecting a peripheral device to a port of the first processing device and communicating the user selected arbitrary media content to the base unit of the wireless communications network; and sending the user selected arbitrary media content from the base unit to a second peripheral device connected to the second processing device of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Koen Simon Herman Beel, Yoav Nir, Filip Josephine Johan Louwet, Guy Coen
  • Patent number: 11415824
    Abstract: A frame for a display tile made of a first material with a first coefficient of thermal expansion and fastened to a first substrate made of a second material with a second coefficient of thermal expansion. The frame is divided into three parts: a first part to be glued by the adhesive to a lateral side of the substrate, a third part to serve as fastening interface to another structure and a second part to isolate the third part from strain in the first part. Grooves are formed in the second part, the grooves being substantially straight and substantially parallel to the first substrate, the frame having at least one opening made in one of the grooves etched in the metal frame to locally adjust the bending stiffness of the metal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Barco N.V.
    Inventors: Soeren Dambach, Nico Michael Naas
  • Patent number: 11403237
    Abstract: An electronic meeting tool and method for communicating arbitrary media content from users at a meeting comprises a node configuration means adapted to operate a display node of a communications network, the display node being coupled to a first display. The node configuration means is adapted to receive user selected arbitrary media content and to control display of the user selected arbitrary media content on the first display. A peripheral device adapted to communicate the user selected arbitrary media content via the communications network is a connection unit comprising a connector adapted to couple to a port of a processing device having a second display, a memory and an operating system, and a transmitter. A program is adapted to obtain user selected arbitrary media content, said program leaving a zero footprint on termination. The user may trigger transfer of said user selected arbitrary media content to said transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Koen Simon Herman Beel, Yoav Nir, Filip Josephine Johan Louwet, Guy Coen
  • Publication number: 20220229355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to image projection and provides a method and system for performing color calibration of light sources and correction towards a color target, for example a whitepoint target. The calibration and correction considers the ambient temperature and that the projector output has an arbitrary dimming level. The correction can be made automatic and can be performed by an operator in the field by pressing a button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Arnout Robert Leontine VETSUYPENS, Peter Eric Rita JANSSENS
  • Publication number: 20220215504
    Abstract: A method and system for training a neural network to perform processing of digital data. The input data can be heterogeneous and the method or system obtains a multiple of loss signals. The input data can be selected so that the loss signals are balanced and can fulfill several conditions of the output data. When running a trained neural network on digital frame images, intermediate results of processing a frame can be used on later frames and in this way processing delay can be decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventor: Karel Jan Willem MOENS
  • Publication number: 20220206963
    Abstract: An electronic meeting tool and method for communicating arbitrary media content from users at a meeting is described. These can include a node configuration means adapted to operate a display node of a communications network, the display node being coupled to a first display. The node configuration means is adapted to receive user selected arbitrary media content and to control display of the user selected arbitrary media content on the first display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Koen Simon Herman BEEL, Yoav NIR, Filip Josephine Johan LOUWET, Guy COEN