Patents by Inventor Andrew Alexander Tokmakoff

Andrew Alexander Tokmakoff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8560091
    Abstract: The invention describes a method of guiding a user (1) from an initial position (S) to a destination (T), chosen from among a plurality of possible destinations (T), in a public area (2) over which is distributed a plurality of lighting arrangements (Li, L2, . . . , Ln) each of which can be driven to render one or more light patterns from a plurality of light patterns. The method comprises the steps of determining the chosen destination (T) by obtaining a destination descriptor (13) from the user (1), allocating a specific light pattern from the plurality of light patterns to the chosen destination (T), providing the user (1) with a depiction (VT) of the specific light pattern allocated to the chosen destination (T), selecting a number of lighting arrangements (L1, L2, . . . , Ln) between a starting point (S) of the user (1) and the chosen destination (T), and driving the selected lighting arrangements (L1, L2, . . . , Ln) such that the selected lighting arrangements (L1, L2, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Hans-juergen Reumerman, Andrew Alexander Tokmakoff, Adrianus Sempel, Matthias Wendt
  • Publication number: 20120232360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fitness test system for determining a fitness test result indicative of a user's fitness, for a plurality of components of physical fitness such as endurance, strength, flexibility, balance, and body composition. The fitness test system comprises a computing module (1) for accessing a collection of fitness tests and one or more peripheral devices (20-23), the one or more peripheral devices being communicatively connected to the computing module, and the one or more peripheral devices being adapted to measure one or more input parameters. The computing module is programmed for upon selection of a fitness test to determine the group of input parameters associated with the fitness tests and based on the determined input parameters to calculate and/or present a fitness test result indicative of a user's fitness related to the associated component of physical fitness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Sebastian Maueler, Herman Jan Ter Horst, Andrew Alexander Tokmakoff, Marek Burza
  • Publication number: 20110022992
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for modifying a representation based upon a user instruction and a system for producing a modified representation by said method. Conventional drawing systems, such as pen and paper and writing tablets, require a reasonable degree of drawing skill which not all users possess. Additionally, these conventional systems produce static drawings. The method of the invention comprises receiving a representation from a first user, associating the representation with an input object classification, receiving an instruction from a second user, associating the instruction with an animation classification, determining a modification of the representation using the input object classification and the animation classification, and modifying the representation using the modification. When the first user provides a representation of something, for example a character in a story, it is identified to a certain degree by associating it with an object classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Zhou, Paul Marcel Carl Lemmens, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Andrew Alexander Tokmakoff, Evelijne Machteld Hart De Ruijter-Bekker, Serverius Petrus Paulus Pronk
  • Publication number: 20110022201
    Abstract: The invention describes a method of guiding a user (1) from an initial position (S) to a destination (T), chosen from among a plurality of possible destinations (T), in a public area (2) over which is distributed a plurality of lighting arrangements (Li, L2, . . . , Ln) each of which can be driven to render one or more light patterns from a plurality of light patterns. The method comprises the steps of determining the chosen destination (T) by obtaining a destination descriptor (13) from the user (1), allocating a specific light pattern from the plurality of light patterns to the chosen destination (T), providing the user (1) with a depiction (VT) of the specific light pattern allocated to the chosen destination (T), selecting a number of lighting arrangements (L1, L2, . . . , Ln) between a starting point (S) of the user (1) and the chosen destination (T), and driving the selected lighting arrangements (L1, L2, . . . , Ln) such that the selected lighting arrangements (L1, L2, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Hans-juergen Reumerman, Andrew Alexander Tokmakoff, Adrianus Sempel, Matthias Wendt