Patents by Inventor Joseph L. Stuyfzand

Joseph L. Stuyfzand 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).

  • Lighting arrangement comprising a carpet with back lighting for providing dynamic light effects with the carpet
    Patent number: 9927115
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement comprises a carpet structure and a control unit. The carpet structure includes a carpet back lighting system comprising a carpet back lighting unit having a lighting unit front face and a plurality of light sources. The carpet structure further includes a light transmissive carpet unit comprising a carpet unit front face and a carpet unit back side. The lighting unit front face and the carpet unit back side are adjacent. The carpet unit is arranged to transmit at least part of the light travelling in a direction from the carpet unit back side to the carpet unit front face. The control unit is configured to receive one or more input signals and is configured to generate, in response to one or more input signals, one or more output signals to control the light generated by the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen, Joseph L. Stuyfzand, Anjalika Bose, Thomas Schaper, Sr., Tim Dekker
  • LIGHTING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A CARPET WITH BACK LIGHTING FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC LIGHT EFFECTS WITH THE CARPET
    Publication number: 20110203147
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting arrangement comprising a carpet structure, and a control unit, The carpet structure comprises a carpet back lighting system comprising a carpet back lighting unit having a lighting unit front face and a unit back face. The lighting unit front face comprises a light source arranged to generate light. The carpet back lighting system comprises a plurality of said light sources. The carpet structure comprises a light transmissive carpet unit comprising a carpet unit front face and a carpet unit back side. The light transmissive carpet unit is selected from the group consisting a carpet and a carpet tile. The lighting unit front face of the carpet back lighting unit and the carpet unit back side of the light transmissive carpet unit are adjacent. The light transmissive carpet unit is arranged to transmit at least part of the light travelling in a direction from the carpet unit back side to the carpet unit front face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen, Joseph L. Stuyfzand, Anjalika Bose, Thomas Schaper, Tim Dekker