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).

  • Patent number: 11149925
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting device (100) comprising a surface-mountable elongated carrier (200) for positioning relative to a surface (300), at least one light source (400), and an adjustable cover (500); wherein the elongated carrier (200) comprises opposite to each other a first face (210) on a first side and a second face (220) on a second side, the at least one light source (400) is located on the first (210) and second face (220); and 5 wherein the elongated carrier (200) comprises a third face (230) on a third side for facing the surface (300) in mounted position; and wherein the adjustable cover (500) is in connection with the carrier (200) and is positioned on a fourth side of the carrier (200) opposite to the third side, and wherein the adjustable cover (500) is movable relative to the elongated carrier (200) for controlling a light effect (600) originating from the at least one light source (400) 10 wherein the at least one light source (400) comprises a LED light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Signify Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Tim Dekker, Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis
  • Patent number: 11151797
    Abstract: An electronic device (1) is configured to obtain an image captured with a camera, determine a location for a sensor, determine a detection zone of the sensor in relation to the image based on the location determined for the sensor, and display the image, a virtual representation (54) of the sensor and a virtual representation (55) of the detection zone superimposed over the image. The electronic device is configured to allow a user to specify or adapt at least one property for the sensor (17). This at least one property includes the location for the sensor and may further include the orientation and/or the settings of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Berent Willem Meerbeek, Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Anthonie Hendrik Bergman
  • Patent number: 11150101
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an improved device for positioning information at a location in an image. Hence the invention provides a device (100) for positioning information (18) at a location (17) in an image (13), the device (100) comprising: a detector (10) for recording the image (13), the image (13) comprising a light source (14), wherein a lighting characteristic (15) of the light source (14) comprises a code (16) indicative of the information (18) and the location (17) where to position the information (18) in the image (13); a processor (11) arranged for processing the image (13) to retrieve the code (16), retrieving the information (18) indicated by the code (16), retrieving the location (17) indicated by the code (16), processing the image (13) into a processed image (19) by positioning the information (18) at the location (17) in the image (13); an image rendering device (12) for rendering the processed image (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Jérôme Eduard Maes, Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis
  • Publication number: 20210289606
    Abstract: A controller 100 for controlling a lighting device 120 is disclosed. The controller 100 comprises a receiver 102 arranged for receiving a plurality of light scenes, wherein each light scenes is associated with a word, a display 104 for displaying a plurality of words, a user input element for receiving user input indicative of a selection of one of the plurality of words, a processor 106 for generating a lighting control command 110 based on the light scene associated with a selected word, and a communication unit 108 arranged for communicating the lighting control command 110 to the lighting device 120, wherein the processor 106 is arranged for receiving a relevance value of each light scene, and for rendering each of the plurality of words with a text property representative of the respective relevance value of the associated light scene and in a text color that matches a light color of the associated light scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, BERENT WILLEM MEERBEEK, BAS DRIESEN
  • Publication number: 20210274620
    Abstract: A method and controller for selecting media content based on a lighting scene, the method comprising: selecting the lighting scene, the lighting scene having properties comprising one or more lighting properties; determining one or more of the properties of the selected lighting scene; selecting media content based on the determined one or more of the properties, wherein the media content comprises audio content; controlling a media device to output the selected media content; and adjusting one or more of the lighting properties based on the audio content of the selected media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: BERENT WILLEM MEERBEEK, ALEKSANDAR OSTOJIC, BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, GERHARDUS ENGBERTUS MEKENKAMP
  • Patent number: 11094091
    Abstract: A method (400) of rendering virtual objects is disclosed. The method (400) comprises: detecting (402) light (122) emitted by a lighting device (120), which light (122) comprises an embedded code representative of a property of the lighting device (120), obtaining (404) a virtual object, determining (406) an appearance and/or a behavior of the virtual object based on the property of the lighting device (120), and rendering (408) the virtual object on an image rendering device (104) according to the determined appearance and/or behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Jérôme Eduard Maes, Bartel Marinus van de Sluis
  • Publication number: 20210243870
    Abstract: An electronic device is configured to identify a dynamic light scene (81) to be rendered, determine one or more current, previous and/or planned light settings (91, 92) for one or more lights (22, 23), determine a target dynamic light scene (83) based on said identified dynamic light scene and said one or more light settings, and render said target dynamic light scene on at least one light (22, 23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: ANTONIE LEONARDUS JOHANNES KAMP, BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS
  • Patent number: 11080437
    Abstract: A method of specifying a lighting effect to be emitted by an illumination source in order to illuminate a target object. The method comprises: placing a camera at a position at which the illumination source is installed or to be installed, or elsewhere on a straight line between that position and the target object; directing the camera along this line toward the target object; with the camera so placed and directed, using the camera to capture at least one image of the target object; automatically determining one or more parameters of the target object based on the at least one captured image; automatically specifying one or more properties for the lighting effect in dependence on the one or more parameters of the target object as determined based on the at least one captured image; and instigating creation of the lighting effect to include the one or more specified properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe
  • Patent number: 11044013
    Abstract: An electronic device (1) is configured to use a sensor, e.g. a camera, to receive data from multiple light beacons (51, 54, 56) via visible light, the data enabling reproduction of content items associated with the light beacons, to select one content item, e.g. a content stream, from the content items associated with the light beacons (e.g. by selecting a content item associated with a selected light beacon (54)) based on one or more properties determined by the electronic device, and to reproduce, e.g. display, the selected content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Dirk Valentinus René Engelen
  • Patent number: 11036894
    Abstract: The invention relates to computer implemented method that enables the generation of a virtual design of a lighting device and that determines the components for the virtually designed lighting device. The computer implemented method comprises four main steps and will be performed on a computing device or system. First 100, the computing device receives desired lighting output information indicative of a desired lighting output. Then 102, it selects an initial virtual lighting device able to generate the desired lighting output. Subsequently 104, it adapts parameters of the initial virtual lighting device for generating the virtual design of the lighting device while retaining the desired lighting output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Bram Knaapen, Tim Dekker, Anthonie Hendrik Bergman
  • Publication number: 20210150816
    Abstract: An electronic device (1) is configured to obtain an image captured with a camera, determine a location for a sensor, determine a detection zone of the sensor in relation to the image based on the location determined for the sensor, and display the image, a virtual representation (54) of the sensor and a virtual representation (55) of the detection zone superimposed over the image. The electronic device is configured to allow a user to specify or adapt at least one property for the sensor (17). This at least one property includes the location for the sensor and may further include the orientation and/or the settings of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Berent Willem MEERBEEK, Dirk Valentinus René ENGELEN, Jochen Renaat VAN GHELUWE, Bartel Marinus VAN DE SLUIS, Anthonie Hendrik BERGMAN
  • Patent number: 11013090
    Abstract: A method (700) of generating a dynamic light effect on a light source array (110) is disclosed. The light source array (110) comprises a plurality of individually controllable light sources (112). The method (700) comprises: obtaining (702) or generating (702) a vector, wherein the vector has a plurality of behavior parameters comprising at least a speed and a direction, and the vector has one or more appearance parameters comprising at least a color and/or a brightness, mapping (704) the vector onto the light source array (110) over time according to the behavior parameters of the vector, and controlling (706) the light output of the plurality of light sources (112) over time according to the mapping of the vector onto the light source array (110) and according to the appearance parameters of the vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Jochen Renaat Gheluwe, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Ramon Antoine Wiro Clout
  • Publication number: 20210143907
    Abstract: A mobile device comprising: a processor configured to execute a two-way messaging application, comprising: a message leaving component configured to leave a message to be retrieved via a luminaire by: generating message content according to message generation inputs from a user of a mobile device; using at least one light sensing device to extract, from light emitted by the luminaire, a code embedded in the light as non-visible modulations; and using the received code to cause the message content to be stored in association with the luminaire for retrieval by one or more recipient users; and a message retrieving component configured to retrieve a message via a luminaire of the lighting system by: using the at least one light sensing device to extract the message content or data for retrieving the message embedded in the light as non-visible modulations, and output the message content via a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: DIRK VALENTINUS RENÉ ENGELEN, BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU
  • Publication number: 20210119700
    Abstract: The invention provides a device for image based services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Bartel Marinus VAN DE SLUIS, Dzmitry Viktorovich ALIAKSEYEU, Mustafa Tolga EREN, Stephanus Joseph Johannes NIJSSEN
  • Patent number: 10976905
    Abstract: A method (600) of rendering virtual objects is disclosed. The method (600) comprises obtaining (602) a set of parameters, the set of parameters comprising a current color and/or brightness of light emitted by a light source (120), selecting (604) a virtual object from a virtual object database (106), which virtual object is associated with the set of parameters, and rendering (606) the virtual object on an image rendering device (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Dirk Valentinus René Engelen
  • Publication number: 20210088618
    Abstract: A system (100) for communicating a presence of a device via a light source (110) configured to emit light comprising an embedded code is disclosed. The system (100) comprises: a controller (102) comprising: a receiver (106) configured to receive a response signal from a first device (120), which response signal comprises an identifier of the first device (120), and which response signal is indicative of that the embedded code has been detected by the first device (120), and a processor (104) configured to correlate the embedded code with the identifier of the first device (120), such that the embedded code is representative of the identifier of the first device (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, MUSTAFA TOLGA EREN, BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS
  • Publication number: 20210090151
    Abstract: A processor (21) receives an output from at least one component (3, 5, 6) of a lighting system (2), the output indicating usage of the lighting system (2) by a user. The processor (21) accesses a database (40) of available lighting system products. The processor (21) selects a lighting system product from the database (40) in view of the usage of the lighting system (2) by the user. The processor (21) arranges for an indication of the selected lighting system product to be provided to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: ANTHONIE HENDRIK BERGMAN, DIRK VALENTINUS RENÉ ENGELEN, BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, BERENT WILLEM MEERBEEK, JOCHEN RENAAT VAN GHELUWE
  • Publication number: 20210092817
    Abstract: A method (700) of generating a dynamic light effect on a light source array (110) is disclosed. The light source array (110) comprises a plurality of individually controllable light sources (112). The method (700) comprises: obtaining (702) or generating (702) a vector, wherein the vector has a plurality of behavior parameters comprising at least a speed and a direction, and the vector has one or more appearance parameters comprising at least a color and/or a brightness, mapping (704) the vector onto the light source array (110) over time according to the behavior parameters of the vector, and controlling (706) the light output of the plurality of light sources (112) over time according to the mapping of the vector onto the light source array (110) and according to the appearance parameters of the vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Anthonie Hendrik BERGMAN, Jochen Renaat GHELUWE, Bartel Marinus VAN DE SLUIS, Ramon Antoine Wiro CLOUT
  • Patent number: 10959303
    Abstract: A lighting device comprises an array of controllable light emitting pixels, each pixel having an adjustable light output colour. A controller is configured to receive a limited set of light output colours and to locally process these light output colours to form a colour gradient pattern to be displayed across pixels of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Markus Jozef Maria Kurvers, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Bas Driesen, Berent Willem Meerbeek
  • Patent number: 10902501
    Abstract: A method (900) of storing object identifiers is disclosed. The method (900) comprises detecting (902) light emitted by a light source (110), which light comprises an embedded code representative of an identifier of an object (120), retrieving (904) the code from the light, retrieving (906) the identifier from the code, receiving (908) a user input indicative of a selection of the object (120), storing (910) the identifier of the object (120) in a memory upon receiving the user input, and changing (912) the color, saturation and/or the intensity of the light emitted by the light source (110) upon receiving the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu