Patents by Inventor Inge Van De Wouw
Inge Van De Wouw 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).
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Patent number: 10247385Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device for issuing a light beam in a main direction along an optical axis. The lighting device comprises a light source and a positive, refractive lens provided on the optical axis, the lens being movable with respect to the light source over the optical axis. The lighting device further comprises a mixing structure provided on the optical axis and having an added blurring strength FWHM, with FWHM being in a range of 3° to 15°.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Johannes Maria Thijssen, Fabio Fornasa, Rusian Akhmedovich Sepkhanov, Inge Van De Wouw
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Patent number: 10125946Abstract: A luminaire comprises a first lighting module for providing a first lighting effect such as task lighting. The first lighting module has a front light exit face and a support structure with a rear reflective portion. A second lighting module is for providing a second lighting effect such as decorative lighting, directed to the reflective portion of the support structure. The luminaire is capable of producing the two different lighting effects in different directions.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Berent Willem Meerbeek, Elsemieke Carola Manon Kuijpers, Inge Van De Wouw, Jochen Renaat Gheluwe, Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Bram Knaapen, Tim Dekker
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Publication number: 20180156415Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device for issuing a light beam in a main direction along an optical axis. The lighting device comprises a light source and a positive, refractive lens provided on the optical axis, the lens being movable with respect to the light source over the optical axis. The lighting device further comprises a mixing structure provided on the optical axis and having an added blurring strength FWHM, with FWHM being in a range of 3° to 15°.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: JOHANNES MARIA THIJSSEN, FABIO FORNASA, RUSIAN AKHMEDOVICH SEPKHANOV, INGE VAN DE WOUW
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Publication number: 20170299146Abstract: A luminaire comprises a first lighting module for providing a first lighting effect such as task lighting. The first lighting module has a front light exit face and a support structure with a rear reflective portion. A second lighting module is for providing a second lighting effect such as decorative lighting, directed to the reflective portion of the support structure. The luminaire is capable of producing the two different lighting effects in different directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Berent Willem MEERBEEK, Elsemieke Carola Manon KUIJPERS, Inge VAN DE WOUW, Jochen Renaat GHELUWE, Anthonie Hendrik BERGMAN, Bram KNAAPEN, Tim DEKKER
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Patent number: 9655191Abstract: A lighting device comprising a first light source issuing a first beam and a second light source issuing a second beam. Said first and said second light source are dimmable and together issue light with a total light flux. At a mutually equal light flux of the first and the second beam, the glare level of the second beam is lower than the glare level of the first beam. The lighting device further comprises at least one (programmed) controller which, during operation, moderates said dim levels such that in at least a range of the illumination level a ratio of the dim level of the second beam to the dim level of the first beam increases in a gradual manner with increasing total light flux.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Bianca Maria Irma Van Der Zande, Lucas Josef Maria Schlangen, Daniël Willem Elisabeth Schobben, Inge Van De Wouw, Leonie Maria Geerdinck, Remco Adrianus Gerardus Lansbergen, Willem Franke Pasveer
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Patent number: 9298169Abstract: A wake-up appliance (100; 200; 300) comprises: an alarm device (20) generating an alarm signal; a control device (10) controlling the alarm device; at least one controllable light-generating device (1000; 2000; 3000) controlled by the control device. When the control device finds that an actual time becomes equal to a predetermined alarm time, it activates the alarm device. When the control device receives a user input signal at a snooze input, it stops the alarm signal and increases the intensity of at least a portion of the light generated in a blue range of the light spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Inge Van De Wouw, Robert Godlieb, Vanja Hommes, Willem Henderikus Veldhuis
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Publication number: 20150373806Abstract: A lighting device comprising a first light source issuing a first beam and a second light source issuing a second beam. Said first and said second light source are dimmable and together issue light with a total light flux. At a mutually equal light flux of the first and the second beam, the glare level of the second beam is lower than the glare level of the first beam. The lighting device further comprises at least one (programmed) controller which, during operation, moderates said dim levels such that in at least a range of the illumination level a ratio of the dim level of the second beam to the dim level of the first beam increases in a gradual manner with increasing total light flux.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie VISSENBERG, Bianca Maria Irma VAN DER ZANDE, Lucas Josef Maria SCHLANGEN, Daniël Willem Elisabeth SCHOBBEN, Inge VAN DE WOUW, Leonie Maria GEERDINCK, Remco Adrianus Gerardus LANSBERGEN, Willem Franke PASVEER
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Patent number: 9107251Abstract: A wake-up lamp system (100; 1000) comprises: a light source (130) having a nominal light output intensity (Lmax); and a control device (110) for controlling the light source, the control device receiving a clock signal from a clock device (120). The control device, when operating in a wake-up mode, controls the light source such that its light output intensity is gradually increased from a minimum intensity value (Lmin) to a maximum intensity value (Lmu) and such that the color point of the light output is gradually changed to travel a predefined chromaticity path, with the position of the color point on said chromaticity path being set as a function of the light output intensity. Said chromaticity path has a starting point having a color temperature between 400K and 1500K associated with the minimum intensity and an end point having a color temperature higher than 2700K associated with the nominal intensity.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Vanja Hommes, Inge Van De Wouw
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Publication number: 20140354189Abstract: A wake-up lamp system (100; 1000) comprises: a light source (130) having a nominal light output intensity (Lmax); and a control device (110) for controlling the light source, the control device receiving a clock signal from a clock device (120). The control device, when operating in a wake-up mode, controls the light source such that its light output intensity is gradually increased from a minimum intensity value (Lmin) to a maximum intensity value (Lmu) and such that the colour point of the light output is gradually changed to travel a predefined chromaticity path, with the position of the colour point on said chromaticity path being set as a function of the light output intensity. Said chromaticity path has a starting point having a colour temperature between 400K and 1500K associated with the minimum intensity and an end point having a colour temperature higher than 2700K associated with the nominal intensity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: KONINKLI PHILIPSN.V.Inventors: Vanja Hommes, Inge Van De Wouw
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Publication number: 20140036642Abstract: A wake-up appliance (100; 200; 300) comprises: an alarm device (20) generating an alarm signal; a control device (10) controlling the alarm device; at least one controllable light-generating device (1000; 2000; 3000) controlled by the control device. When the control device finds that an actual time becomes equal to a predetermined alarm time, it activates the alarm device. When the control device receives a user input signal at a snooze input, it stops the alarm signal and increases the intensity of at least a portion of the light generated in a blue range of the light spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Inge Van De Wouw, Robert Godlieb, Vanja Hommes, Willem Henderikus Veldhuis