Patents by Inventor Bartel Marinus van de Sluis

Bartel Marinus van de Sluis 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).

  • Publication number: 20240019091
    Abstract: A light-emitting assembly comprising a substrate adapted to be cut, a plurality of light strips and a first connection member extending longitudinally over at least part of the substrate for supplying power to the plurality of light strips is provided. A first group of linear light strips extend over the substrate from a first side of the first connection member, and a second group of linear light strips extend over the substrate from a second side, opposite to the first side, of the first connection member. The assembly further comprises a controller system configured to control a power supply to a light strip of the plurality of light strips via the first connection member. The plurality of light strips and/or the first connection member are adapted to be cut to customize a layout of the light-emitting assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Bartel Marinus VAN DE SLUIS, Leendert Teunis ROZENDAAL, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael KRIJN, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie VISSENBERG
  • Patent number: 11873989
    Abstract: A lighting device (1) is provided. The lighting device (1) comprises a cavity (10). The cavity (10) is extending along a longitudinal axis (L) of the lighting device (1). Further, the cavity (10) is defined by an interior surface (11) configured to reflect light impinging upon the interior surface (11) of the cavity (10). The cavity (10) has an opening (12) permitting light inside the cavity (10) to exit the cavity (10). The lighting device (1) further comprises an optical module (20). The optical module (20) is arranged in or at the opening (12) of the cavity (10), and is configured to transmit light impinging upon a surface (21) of the optical module (20) through the optical module (20). The light transmitted through the optical module (20) is emitted from the lighting device (1). The lighting device (1) further comprises a plurality of light emitting elements (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Leendert Teunis Rozendaal, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn
  • Publication number: 20240014248
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light emitting device (1) comprising a flexible and/or stretchable body (2), a plurality of nodes (3), and a plurality of connecting elements (4). Each node (3) of the plurality of nodes (3) is separated from at least one other node (3) of the plurality of nodes (3) by one or more connecting element (4) of the plurality of connecting elements (4). At least one of the plurality of nodes (3) and the plurality of connecting elements (4) are attached to the body (2). One or more nodes of the plurality of nodes (3) are at least one of a light source, a passive element, an electrically conductive element and a passive element. One or more connecting elements of the plurality of connecting elements (4) are at least one of a light source and an electrically conductive element. The connecting elements of the plurality of connecting elements (4) are at least one of flexible and stretchable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael KRIJN, I, Bartel Marinus VAN DE SLUIS, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie VISSENBERG, Leendert Teunis ROZENDAAL
  • Patent number: 11871189
    Abstract: A method (400) for configuring a distributed microphone system is disclosed. The distributed microphone system comprises a plurality of microphone devices connected via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jerome Eduard Maes, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Peter Deixler
  • Patent number: 11856675
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for assisting a user in configuring a lighting system (10), in which the lighting system comprises a lighting device (15-17) and a switch (34,35) for providing power to the lighting device. The system is configured to receive at least one signal, determine from the at least one signal that the lighting device has recently been power switched, and determine whether a user-defined power-switch light setting has been set for the lighting device. The power-switch light setting is a light setting that is activated when the lighting device is power switched. The system is further configured to provide a notification to a user in dependence on the lighting device having recently been power switched and no user-defined power-switch light setting having been set for the lighting device. The notification recommends the user to set the user-defined power-switch light setting for the lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Mustafa Tolga Eren, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Berent Willem Meerbeek
  • Publication number: 20230403986
    Abstract: The invention concerns a horticulture master lighting device (11) comprises a light source and a processor configured to determine one or more horticulture master light settings and control the light source to render horticulture master light based on the one or more horticulture master light settings. The horticulture master light illuminates a plant (3) from a first position and further comprises a modulated light communication signal. The invention further concerns a horticulture slave lighting device (21) comprises a light sensor, a light source, and a processor configured to receive, via the light sensor, the horticulture master light from the horticulture master lighting device, determine one or more horticulture slave light settings based on the modulated light communication signal, and control the light source to render horticulture slave light based on the one or more horticulture slave light settings. The horticulture slave light illuminates the plant from a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Bartel Marinus VAN DE SLUIS, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael KRIJN, Rob Franciscus Maria VAN ELMPT
  • Publication number: 20230375144
    Abstract: The invention provides a light generating device (1000) comprising s1 light sources (100) and a support (200) configured to support the s1 light sources (100), wherein the s1 light sources (100) are configured to generate light source light (101), wherein s1>1 and wherein: (a) the support (200) comprises n1 domains (210), wherein n1>3, wherein the support (200) comprises k1 fold lines (220), wherein k1>2, wherein at least three of the n1 domains (210) are separated by at least two of the k1 fold lines (220); wherein the domains (210) have a first domain side (211) and a second domain side (212); (b) the at least three of the n1 domains (210) and the at least two of the k1 fold lines (220) are configured parallel; and (c) the light generating device (1000) comprises m1 adhesive layers (400), wherein m1>2; and wherein at least two of the m1 adhesive layers (400) are functionally coupled to different domain sides (211,212) of one or more domains (210).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie VISSENBERG, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael KRIJN, Bartel Marinus VAN DE SLUIS, Leendert Teunis ROZENDAAL, Sr.
  • Patent number: 11818820
    Abstract: A system (1) for adapting a lighting control interface is configured to receive a signal indicative of conversational input from a user, analyze the conversational input, determine an activity and a location (14) based on the analysis, select a stored activity matching the activity from a plurality of activities stored in a memory, each of the plurality of activities being associated with a light setting in the memory, obtain a light setting associated with the selected activity from the memory, identify a light device (24) at the location based on the determined location, and adapt a lighting control interface (27) to allow the light device at the location to be controlled according to the determined light setting in response to receiving an input via the lighting control interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Berent Willem Meerbeek, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis
  • Patent number: 11817900
    Abstract: A mobile system (1,11) comprises a camera (3) and at least one processor (5). The at least one processor is configured to capture an image with the camera, e.g. of a light beacon (15), to determine whether a certain object is recognized in the captured image, e.g. by querying a database (19), and to start detecting and/or decoding data being communicated via visible light in dependence on the certain object being recognized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Dirk Valentinus René Engelen
  • Publication number: 20230319963
    Abstract: A method (500) of mapping a second light scene (ls2) onto a plurality of lighting units (110, 112, 114) is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: TOBIAS BORRA, DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS
  • Publication number: 20230313972
    Abstract: A lighting device, comprising an enclosure (120) comprising a plurality of partitioning elements (130a-f) to form within the enclosure a plurality of sub-spaces (140a-e) each comprising first and second reflective inner surfaces (170, 180), wherein each sub-space further comprises a light source (110) arranged to emit light with a light output, the light output comprising light beams in a blue wavelength range of 400-490 nm and in a non-blue wavelength range of 490-700 nm, a first part of the light output being incident on the first reflective inner surface of the sub-space and a second part of the light output being incident on the second reflective inner surface of the sub-space, wherein, for light within the blue wavelength range, the first reflective inner surface has a first blue reflectance (310) of >20%, and the second reflective inner surface has a second blue reflectance (320) of <20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie VISSENBERG, Bartel Marinus VAN DE SLUIS, Leendert Teunis ROZENDAAL, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael KRIJN
  • Publication number: 20230284361
    Abstract: A method of configuring a plurality of parameters of a lighting device (320); wherein the plurality of parameters are configurable in a configuration mode and in an augmented reality mode; wherein the method comprises the steps of: selecting, in the configuration mode, a configuration set comprising at least one of the plurality of parameters of the lighting device; adjusting, in the configuration mode, the at least one of the plurality of parameters of the selected configuration set; switching to the augmented reality mode upon adjustment of the at least one of the plurality of parameters of the configuration set in the configuration mode and/or based on a user input; rendering, in the augmented reality mode, a virtual model of the lighting device on an image rendering device (330) as an overlay on a view of a physical environment (310); wherein the model of the lighting device comprises the adjusted at least one of the plurality of parameters of the configuration set; automatically selecting, in the augment
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: JÉRÔME EDUARD MAES, CHRIS DAMKAT, BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, BRAM KNAAPEN
  • Patent number: 11716798
    Abstract: A controller and a method for controlling at least two light sources is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Berent Willem Meerbeek, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Leendert Teunis Rozendaal
  • Publication number: 20230189419
    Abstract: A sensor module (1) for insertion or integration into a lighting device comprises memory (7), at least one sensor (9), at least one output interface (4), and at least one processor (5) configured to obtain lighting device information when the sensor module is inserted or integrated into the lighting device and store the lighting device information in the memory. The lighting device information is indicative of a type of the lighting device. The at least one processor is further configured to select a processing method in accordance with the type of the lighting device, obtain sensor data from the at least one sensor, apply the selected processing method to the sensor data to produce sensing results, and output the sensing results via the at least one output interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, BERNARDUS JOHANNES PRONK
  • Publication number: 20230145323
    Abstract: A virtual window device (100), comprising (i) a display (110) arranged in a first plane (A), wherein the display (110) is arranged to provide a first output (120) for rendering a first image of a view through a window (130) onto a virtual planar surface (140) that is oriented parallel to the display (110) along an axis (C), perpendicular to the first plane (A), (ii) a frame (150) projecting from the display (110), and wherein an edge (160) of the frame (150), oppositely arranged the display (110), spans a second plane (B), (iii) a lighting element (170) configured to emit a second output (180) onto the virtual planar surface (140), wherein the lighting element (170) is arranged within the virtual window device (100) at a distance (D) from the second plane (B), along the axis (C), wherein the second output (180) has a directionality, the directionality being one or more of a spatial direction, a beam angle, a beam width, a light output distribution and a diffusivity, and (iv) a unit (190) configured to registe
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, MARCELLINUS PETRUS CAROLUS MICHAEL KRIJN, LEENDERT TEUNIS ROZENDAAL, MICHEL CORNELIS JOSEPHUS MARIE VISSENBERG
  • Publication number: 20230144497
    Abstract: A method and a system for monitoring a space by a portable sensor device (102) are disclosed. The portable sensor device (102) comprising a first sensor (120) of a first sensor type for providing first sensor data indicative of first environmental information in the space, and a second sensor (122) of a second sensor type for providing second sensor data indicative of second environmental information in the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, TOBIAS BORRA
  • Publication number: 20230137309
    Abstract: A lighting device (1) is provided. The lighting device (1) comprises a cavity (10). The cavity (10) is extending along a longitudinal axis (L) of the lighting device (1). Further, the cavity (10) is defined by an interior surface (11) configured to reflect light impinging upon the interior surface (11) of the cavity (10). The cavity (10) has an opening (12) permitting light inside the cavity (10) to exit the cavity (10). The lighting device (1) further comprises an optical module (20). The optical module (20) is arranged in or at the opening (12) of the cavity (10), and is configured to transmit light impinging upon a surface (21) of the optical module (20) through the optical module (20). The light transmitted through the optical module (20) is emitted from the lighting device (1). The lighting device (1) further comprises a plurality of light emitting elements (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: MICHEL CORNELIS JOSEPHUS MARIE VISSENBERG, BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, LEENDERT TEUNIS ROZENDAAL, MARCELLINUS PETRUS CAROLUS KRIJN
  • Publication number: 20230125027
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method comprising selecting a grow protocol, selecting an identifier of a container (45), associating the grow protocol with the container identifier, and determining an adjusted target value by applying an adjustment to a target value specified in the growth protocol. The method further comprises controlling an environmental control system (11-13, 27) based on the adjusted target value, obtaining measurement information associated with the container identifier from a device (23), determining a measured plant growth parameter value based on the measurement information, and comparing the measured plant growth parameter value with an expected plant growth parameter value. The method also comprises determining a merit related to a difference between the values and replacing the target value with the adjusted target value and the expected plant growth parameter value with the measured plant growth parameter value in dependence on the merit exceeding a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael KRIJN, Bartel Marinus VAN DE SLUIS, Rob Franciscus Maria VAN ELMPT, Thijs VAN DEN BERGH, Lambertus Antonius Johannes VAN DE WIJDEVEN
  • Publication number: 20230102916
    Abstract: A plant growth monitoring system comprises an image capture system for capturing images over time of a plant being monitored. The images are used to derive successive time instants corresponding to predetermined growth states of the plant. A temperature exposure parameter is obtained between the successive time instants, based on a monitored temperature vs. time function. Information relating to a plant health is derived from the temperature exposure parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Marc AOUN, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael KRIJN, Bartel Marinus VAN DE SLUIS
  • Publication number: 20230083233
    Abstract: A method (400) of controlling a plurality of lighting units (112, 114) in a space is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: TOBIAS BORRA, DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS