Patents by Inventor Paulus H. A. Damink

Paulus H. A. Damink 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: 9363855
    Abstract: The invention relates to control system configured for controlling at least one controllable device. The device has been assigned a corresponding identifier and is configured for transmitting an identification signal comprising the identifier of the device. The control system comprises a display for displaying a control item configured for controlling the controllable device. The control system also comprises a receiver configured for wirelessly receiving the identification signal comprising the identifier. The control system is configured for assigning a position of the control item on the display to the device identified by means of said received identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Feri, Tim C. W. Schenk, Hendricus T. G. M. Penning De Vries, Paulus H. A. Damink
  • Patent number: 9025966
    Abstract: A method for driving a lamp (2) comprises the steps of: generating a lamp current (ICONST) having a constant magnitude; defining a commutation period having a duration TCOMM; defining a time base of original commutation moments, having fixed mutual intervals of 0.5*TCOMM; receiving data to be embedded in the light output; commutating the lamp current at commutation moments; wherein individual commutations are time-modulated in order to encode said received data. Preferably, a commutation moment is: either equal to an original commutation moment if there are no data to embed; or advanced over a modulation distance (?) with respect to the corresponding original commutation moment in order to encode data having a first value (“0”); or delayed over said modulation distance (?) with respect to the corresponding original commutation moment in order to encode data having a second value (“1”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Koninklijkle Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Tim C. W. Schenk, Sel B. Colak, Johannes P. Wernars, Johan P. M. G. Linnartz, Lorenzo Feri, Paulus H. A. Damink, Hendricus T. G. M. Penning de Vries
  • Publication number: 20120105266
    Abstract: A method for driving a lamp (2) comprises the steps of: generating a lamp current (ICONST) having a constant magnitude; defining a commutation period having a duration TCOMM; defining a time base of original commutation moments, having fixed mutual intervals of 0.5*TCOMM; receiving data to be embedded in the light output; commutating the lamp current at commutation moments; wherein individual commutations are time-modulated in order to encode said received data. Preferably, a commutation moment is: either equal to an original commutation moment if there are no data to embed; or advanced over a modulation distance (?) with respect to the corresponding original commutation moment in order to encode data having a first value (“0”); or delayed over said modulation distance (?) with respect to the corresponding original commutation moment in order to encode data having a second value (“1”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Tim C. W. Schenk, Sel B. Colak, Johannes P. Wernars, Johan P.M.G. Linnartz, Lorenzo Feri, Paulus H.A. Damink, Hendricus T.G.M. Penning de Vries
  • Publication number: 20110276151
    Abstract: The invention relates to control system configured for controlling at least one controllable device. The device has been assigned a corresponding identifier and is configured for transmitting an identification signal comprising the identifier of the device. The control system comprises a display for displaying a control item configured for controlling the controllable device. The control system also comprises a receiver configured for wirelessly receiving the identification signal comprising the identifier. The control system is configured for assigning a position of the control item on the display to the device identified by means of said received identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Feri, Tim C. W. Schenk, Hendricus T. G. M. Penning De Vries, Paulus H. A. Damink
  • Patent number: 7898999
    Abstract: Methods for exchanging signals via a network with nodes (11-15) improve the performance of the network by letting a destination node (12) s receive the signals originating from a source node (11) via different first and second signal routes, and by processing and correlating these signals in the destination node (12). In dependence of a correlation result, a process for processing a signal in a node (11-15) is adjusted. This process may be situated in the destination node (12), or in the source node (11) or an io intermediate node (13-15), in which case a control signal is to be exchanged. A learning algorithm for the adjusting of the process can be run in the nodes (11-15). Label switched routing can be introduced, whereby the label signal is sent from the source node (11) to the destination node via a third signal route different from the first and second signal route, to improve the efficiency of the nodes (11-15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Sel B. Colak, Johan P. M. G. Linnartz, Ludovicus M. G. M. Tolhuizen, Maurice H. J. Draaijer, Paulus H. A. Damink, Luca Giangaspero, Ronald Rietman
  • Publication number: 20100271476
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for processing light in a structure, such as a room or a part thereof, a vehicle, etc., where several light sources are arranged in the structure. The light sources emit light carrying individual codes. A camera is arranged in a camera position of the structure and registers images of spots of the light. The spots can be, “for instance, illuminated areas of a floor or the direct light images of the light sources. The individual codes are derived from the registered images and one or more properties, such as for instance light source position or light intensity, related to the associated light source, is determined. The method is performed by means of a lighting system having several light sources, a camera, and a signal processing apparatus. Typical applications for the invention are light source commissioning and real time foot-print measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Paulus H.A. Damink, Sel B. Colak, Lorenzo Feri, Hendricus T.G.M. Penning de Vries
  • Publication number: 20100271617
    Abstract: A vehicle position measurement system (100) and method to determine the (relative) position of a vehicle (110) and an object (120) are proposed. The system comprises at least two light sources (131, 132) capable of emitting light and positioned at a predetermined distance (140) to each other. Furthermore the system comprises at least one detector (150/151, 152) capable of measuring the light emitted. The light emitted by the light sources comprises synchronized light source identification codes. The detector is arranged to determine the position of the vehicle (110) and object (120) on the basis of a phase-difference measurement between the light originating from the individual light sources (131, 132) and a comparison phase. The vehicle (110) may comprise the at least two light sources (131, 132) and the detector (151, 152), while the phase-difference is measured between light reflected from the object (120) and the comparison phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Paulus H.A. Damink, Sel B. Colak, Cornelis R. Ronda, Lorenzo Feri, Tim C.W. Schenk
  • Publication number: 20100254712
    Abstract: It is presented a method for transmitting lighting device data. The method comprises the steps of obtaining, in a lighting device, a subset of lighting device data, the lighting device data containg information of the lighting device, transmitting, from the lighting device, using light, the subset of lighting device data, and repeating the above steps until all subsets jointly corresponding to the complete lighting device data have been transmitted. A corresponding lighting device and lighting system are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Johan P.M.G. Linnartz, Hendricus T.G.M. Penning De Vries, Lorenzo Feri, Sel B. Colak, Paulus H.A. Damink
  • Publication number: 20100225484
    Abstract: Proposed is an object localization method, system and user interface device for locating a (misplaced) object (10) in an area of a construction (1). The method comprises the steps of (i) identifying the object (10), (ii) providing an illumination device (20) comprising a plurality of light sources (30) modulated to emit light comprising light source identification codes (35), (iii) illuminating the tag (11) with light emitted by the light sources (30), (iv) requesting the tag (11) to measure the illumination and to identify the light sources (30) illuminating the tag by their light source identification codes (35), (v) transmitting object location data from the tag (11) relating to the measured illumination and light source identification codes (35) to a master controller (25) arranged to control the illumination device (20), (vi) providing a feedback signal related to the object (10) using the master controller (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Bartel M. Van De Sluis, Lorenzo Feri, Tim C.W. Schenk, Sel B. Colak, Paulus H.A. Damink, Hendricus T.G.M. Penning De Vries
  • Publication number: 20080165718
    Abstract: Methods for exchanging signals via a network with nodes (11-15) improve the performance of the network by letting a destination node (12) s receive the signals originating from a source node (11) via different first and second signal routes, and by processing and correlating these signals in the destination node (12). In dependence of a correlation result, a process for processing a signal in a node (11-15) is adjusted. This process may be situated in the destination node (12), or in the source node (11) or an io intermediate node (13-15), in which case a control signal is to be exchanged. A learning algorithm for the adjusting of the process can be run in the nodes (11-15). Label switched routing can be introduced, whereby the label signal is sent from the source node (11) to the destination node via a third signal route different from the first and second signal route, to improve the efficiency of the nodes (11-15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONIC, N.V.
    Inventors: Sel B. Colak, Johan P.M.G. Linnartz, Ludovicus M.G.M. Tolhuizen, Maurice H.J. Draaijer, Paulus H.A. Damink, Luca Giangaspero, Ronald Rietman