Patents by Inventor Jacob Hendrik Botma

Jacob Hendrik Botma 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: 10766154
    Abstract: A treating system includes a controller and a treating device having a treating unit for treating a part of a body of a subject. An imaging arrangement is configured to obtain image data. The controller is configured to analyze the image data to identify a boundary between the part of the body of the subject and the environment around the part of the body; and determine the position of the treating device relative to the part of the body of the subject based on a position of the boundary in the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Kin Fatt Phoon, Jacob Hendrik Botma
  • Publication number: 20190337172
    Abstract: There is provided a treating system, comprising a controller; and a treating device, the treating device comprising a treating unit for treating a part of a body of a subject; and an imaging arrangement that is configured to obtain image data; wherein the controller is configured to analyse the image data to identify a boundary between a part of a body of a subject and the environment around the part of the body; and determine the position of the treating device relative to the part of the body of the subject based on a position of the boundary in the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: KIN FATT PHOON, JACOB HENDRIK BOTMA
  • Patent number: 10317849
    Abstract: A tap sensitive alarm clock has a housing (20), a vibration sensor (22) mechanically coupled to the housing for receiving a shock due to a user tapping the housing, and a control circuit (24) coupled to the vibration sensor for controlling a function of the alarm clock. An audio unit (26) is coupled to an audio circuit (25) for generating sound, e.g. a loudspeaker in an alarm clock or a wake up light. To avoid interference of the sound and the vibration sensor, the alarm clock is provided with a filter (23) coupled to the vibration sensor and the control circuit. The filter has a filter curve matched to block frequencies occurring in the sound. Advantageously it is avoided that the sound frequencies trigger the function, while the sensor is sensitive to other frequencies up to the frequency range of the sound for reliably detecting the tapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Schelte Heeringa, Roelof Jan Wind, Frans Wiebe Rozeboom, Jacob Hendrik Botma, Hielke Simon Van Oostrum, Michiel Allan Aurelius Schallig, Robert Godlieb
  • Publication number: 20160091868
    Abstract: A tap sensitive alarm clock has a housing (20), a vibration sensor (22) mechanically coupled to the housing for receiving a shock due to a user tapping the housing, and a control circuit (24) coupled to the vibration sensor for controlling a function of the alarm clock. An audio unit (26) is coupled to an audio circuit (25) for generating sound, e.g. a loudspeaker in an alarm clock or a wake up light. To avoid interference of the sound and the vibration sensor, the alarm clock is provided with a filter (23) coupled to the vibration sensor and the control circuit. The filter has a filter curve matched to block frequencies occurring in the sound. Advantageously it is avoided that the sound frequencies trigger the function, while the sensor is sensitive to other frequencies up to the frequency range of the sound for reliably detecting the tapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: SCHELTE HEERINGA, ROELOF JAN WIND, FRANS WIEBE ROZEBOOM, JACOB HENDRIK BOTMA, HIELKE SIMON VAN OOSTRUM, MICHIEL ALLAN AURELIUS SCHALLIG, ROBERT GODLIEB
  • Patent number: 8908478
    Abstract: A tap sensitive alarm clock has a housing (20), a vibration sensor (22) mechanically coupled to the housing for receiving a shock due to a user tapping the housing, and a control circuit (24) coupled to the vibration sensor for controlling a function of the alarm clock. An audio unit (26) is coupled to an audio circuit (25) for generating sound, e.g. a loudspeaker in an alarm clock or a wake up light. To avoid interference of the sound and the vibration sensor, the alarm clock is provided with a filter (23) coupled to the vibration sensor and the control circuit. The filter has a filter curve matched to block frequencies occurring in the sound. Advantageously it is avoided that the sound frequencies trigger the function, while the sensor is sensitive to other frequencies up to the frequency range of the sound for reliably detecting the tapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Schelte Heeringa, Roelof Jan Wind, Frans Wiebe Rozeboom, Jacob Hendrik Botma, Hielke Simon Van Oostrum, Michiel Allan Aurelius Schallig, Robert Godlieb
  • Publication number: 20130135973
    Abstract: A tap sensitive alarm clock has a housing (20), a vibration sensor (22) mechanically coupled to the housing for receiving a shock due to a user tapping the housing, and a control circuit (24) coupled to the vibration sensor for controlling a function of the alarm clock. An audio unit (26) is coupled to an audio circuit (25) for generating sound, e.g. a loudspeaker in an alarm clock or a wake up light. To avoid interference of the sound and the vibration sensor, the alarm clock is provided with a filter (23) coupled to the vibration sensor and the control circuit. The filter has a filter curve matched to block frequencies occurring in the sound. Advantageously it is avoided that the sound frequencies trigger the function, while the sensor is sensitive to other frequencies up to the frequency range of the sound for reliably detecting the tapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Schelte Heeringa, Roelof Jan Wind, Frans Wiebe Rozeboom, Jacob Hendrik Botma, Hielke Simon Van Oostrum, Michiel Allan Aurelius Schallig, Robert Godlieb
  • Patent number: 6427580
    Abstract: A device is provided for heating a liquid in a holder, having a heater element (31) designed to be placed in said holder and to be immersed in liquid in said holder, a temperature sensor (65) for measuring the temperature of the liquid in the holder and coupled to a control unit (41) for the thermostatic control of power supply to the heater element (31), a thermal safety cut-out (60) for interrupting the power supply to the heater element in response to heating-up of the heater element to above a given temperature, which safety cut-out (60) is in thermally conductive contact with the heater element (31), and a carrier (50) which is thermally coupled by means of a thermal coupling to a portion of said heater element which is immersed in the liquid in said holder in the operational state, the temperature sensor (65) of the thermostat being situated on said carrier (50) at a distance from said thermal coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Jan Hans Benedictus, Jacob Hendrik Botma, Klaas Kooyker
  • Publication number: 20020053289
    Abstract: Device for heating a liquid in a holder, comprising a heater element (31) designed to be placed in said holder and to be immersed in liquid in said holder, a temperature sensor (65) for measuring the temperature of the liquid in the holder and coupled to a control unit (41) for the thermostatic control of power supply to the heater element (31), a thermal safety cut-out (60) for interrupting the power supply to the heater element in response to heating-up of the heater element to above a given temperature, which safety cut-out (60) is in thermally conductive contact with the heater element (31), and a carrier (50) which is thermally coupled by means of a thermal coupling to a portion of said heater element which is immersed in the liquid in said holder in the operational state, the temperature sensor (65) of the thermostat being situated on said carrier (50) at a distance from said thermal coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Jan Hans Benedictus, Jacob Hendrik Botma, Klaas Kooyker