Patents by Inventor Roland BÁTAI

Roland BÁTAI 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: 11528452
    Abstract: A method and system, the method including transmitting a unique identifier of at least one radio frequency (RF) transmitter to a device in a vicinity of the RF transmitter; acquiring images of objects by a vision system, the vision system comprising at least one image capturing device and an image processing unit to determine objects in the images acquired by the image capturing device; determining, by a controller, a location of the device based on, at least in part, the unique identifier of one of the at least one RF transmitters; and determining, by the controller, a precise location of the device based on a correlation between the location of the device determined based on the unique identifier and the objects captured in the images acquired by the image capturing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Gábor Törös, Tamás Varjasi, István Maros, Roland Bátai
  • Patent number: 10849205
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system, the apparatus including a housing; a light source, disposed in the housing, including at least one source of illumination; a radio frequency (RF) transmitter located on or in the housing; and at least one directional radiating element at least partially enclosed by the housing and coupled to RF transmitter, the at least one directional radiating element directing a RF signal transmitted by the RF transmitter in a predetermined direction away from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Roland Bátai, Selaka Bandara Bulumulla, Gábor Fehér, Michael J. Hartman, Róbert Horváth, Gábor Balint Törös
  • Patent number: 10222042
    Abstract: A connection module is configured for installation between a first luminaire and a second luminaire. The module includes a mounting unit. The mounting unit has a left side configured for docking to a right end of the first luminaire and a right side configured for docking to a left end of the second luminaire. The module also includes a device holder that is shaped and sized to hold at least one electronic device. The device holder is removably mounted to the bottom side of the mounting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Gabor Dull, Roland Batai, Gabor Balint Toros, Istvan Maros
  • Patent number: 10203415
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods, the methods including installing a plurality of lighting fixtures, each of the lighting fixtures being installed at a location where they are to be operated and including at least one of a motion sensor and a global positioning system (GPS) device; receiving a signal from the plurality of lighting fixtures; storing a dataset including data representing the signals from the plurality of lighting fixtures; determining a correlation between the plurality of lighting fixtures and/or determining neighboring lighting fixtures for the plurality of lighting fixtures; and determining a topology of the installed lighting fixtures based on the determined correlation between the plurality of lighting fixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: István Maros, Gábor Törös, Roland Bátai, Ténia Alexandra Kovács, Tamás Both, Tamás Varjasi, Gábor Csaba Hencz
  • Publication number: 20180356058
    Abstract: A street lighting assembly includes an LED lighting device and a printed circuit board disposed within the LED lighting device. The printed circuit board includes an LED light module and an LED driver, the LED driver being electrically coupled to the LED light module. An optical cover is disposed over the LED light module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Andras KUTI, Daniel LORINCZ, Roland BATAI, Norbert KOVACS, Laszlo BALAZS, Andras SINKA, Monika JEHN, Istvan MAROS, Peter SCHWARCZ, Tamas PANYIK
  • Patent number: 10104746
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor system for an outdoor lighting system including at least one sensor physically connected with an external connector of a lighting fixture of the outdoor lighting system. The sensor performs sensing and wireless data and power connection, via a wireless power source and a wireless data source, with the outdoor lighting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Roland Batai, Gleb Geguine, Francois Giguere
  • Patent number: 10007778
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system and method provide a lighting fixture including at least one socket, wherein each socket is operative to receive an auxiliary device; and a fixture authentication module operative to authenticate each received auxiliary device. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: István Maros, Roland Bátai, Sándor Levente Szücs
  • Patent number: 10007958
    Abstract: A lighting audit system includes a lighting audit docking station in communication with the smart device and a database, where the lighting audit docking station includes a targeting unit and a camera. A lighting audit method includes providing a physical parameter to a lighting audit table for a space-under-study, representing the space-under-study on a virtual map presented on a display, adding surface characteristic data for the space-under-study into the lighting audit table, measuring the physical dimensions of the space-under-study using the targeting unit, the physical dimension measurements being stored in the lighting audit table, entering into the lighting audit table parameters for a luminaire located in the space-under-study, and calculating a lighting audit for the space-under-study based on data in the lighting audit table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: László Balázs, András Kuti, Roland Batai
  • Patent number: 9927108
    Abstract: A luminaire having a body that includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion including two or more apertures. At least one of the two or more apertures being sized to match a main lighting component, at least one other of the two or more apertures being sized to match a first function module, and at least another of the two or more apertures being sized to match a second function module. One of the first function module and the second function module is one of a motion detector, a camera, an air pollution sensor, and a communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Andras Kuti, Roland Batai, Norbert Kovacs, Daniel Lorincz
  • Publication number: 20170325317
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor system for an outdoor lighting system including at least one sensor physically connected with an external connector of a lighting fixture of the outdoor lighting system. The sensor performs sensing and wireless data and power connection, via a wireless power source and a wireless data source, with the outdoor lighting system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Roland BATAI, Gleb GEGUINE, Francois GIGUERE
  • Patent number: 9750110
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor system for an outdoor lighting system including at least one sensor physically connected with an external connector of a lighting fixture of the outdoor lighting system. The sensor performs sensing and wireless data and power connection, via a wireless power source and a wireless data source, with the outdoor lighting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Roland Batai, Gleb Geguine, Francois Giguere
  • Patent number: 9743493
    Abstract: In an aspect, a controller is configured to: receive traffic information; determine a characterization based at least in part on a portion of the traffic information that is associated with traffic from days prior to a current day; determine whether the characterization that is based at least in part on the portion of the traffic information associated with traffic from days prior to the current day satisfies a criteria; provide on the current day, an output based at least in part thereon; determine a characterization based at least in part on a portion of the traffic information that is associated with traffic from the current day; determine whether the characterization that is based at least in part on the portion of the traffic information associated with traffic from the current day satisfies a criteria; and provide on the current day, an output based at least in part thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: István Maros, Gábor Törös, Roland Bátai, Ténia Alexandra Kovács, Gabor Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20170187991
    Abstract: A method and system, the method including transmitting a unique identifier of at least one radio frequency (RF) transmitter to a device in a vicinity of the RF transmitter; acquiring images of objects by a vision system, the vision system comprising at least one image capturing device and an image processing unit to determine objects in the images acquired by the image capturing device; determining, by a controller, a location of the device based on, at least in part, the unique identifier of one of the at least one RF transmitters; and determining, by the controller, a precise location of the device based on a correlation between the location of the device determined based on the unique identifier and the objects captured in the images acquired by the image capturing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Gábor TÖRÖS, Tamás VARJASI, István MAROS, Roland BÁTAI
  • Publication number: 20170167864
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods, the methods including installing a plurality of lighting fixtures, each of the lighting fixtures being installed at a location where they are to be operated and including at least one of a motion sensor and a global positioning system (GPS) device; receiving a signal from the plurality of lighting fixtures; storing a dataset including data representing the signals from the plurality of lighting fixtures; determining a correlation between the plurality of lighting fixtures and/or determining neighboring lighting fixtures for the plurality of lighting fixtures; and determining a topology of the installed lighting fixtures based on the determined correlation between the plurality of lighting fixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: István Maros, Gábor Törös, Roland Bátai, Ténia Alexandra Kovács, Tamás Both, Tamás Varjasi, Gábor Csaba Hencz
  • Publication number: 20170171942
    Abstract: In an aspect, a controller is configured to: receive traffic information; determine a characterization based at least in part on a portion of the traffic information that is associated with traffic from days prior to a current day; determine whether the characterization that is based at least in part on the portion of the traffic information associated with traffic from days prior to the current day satisfies a criteria; provide on the current day, an output based at least in part thereon; determine a characterization based at least in part on a portion of the traffic information that is associated with traffic from the current day; determine whether the characterization that is based at least in part on the portion of the traffic information associated with traffic from the current day satisfies a criteria; and provide on the current day, an output based at least in part thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: István Maros, Gábor Törös, Roland Bátai, Ténia Alexandra Kovács, Gabor Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20170140485
    Abstract: A lighting audit system includes a lighting audit docking station in communication with the smart device and a database, where the lighting audit docking station includes a targeting unit and a camera. A lighting audit method includes providing a physical parameter to a lighting audit table for a space-under-study, representing the space-under-study on a virtual map presented on a display, adding surface characteristic data for the space-under-study into the lighting audit table, measuring the physical dimensions of the space-under-study using the targeting unit, the physical dimension measurements being stored in the lighting audit table, entering into the lighting audit table parameters for a luminaire located in the space-under-study, and calculating a lighting audit for the space-under-study based on data in the lighting audit table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: László BALÁZS, András KUTI, Roland BATAI
  • Publication number: 20170138579
    Abstract: A luminaire having a body that includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion including two or more apertures. At least one of the two or more apertures being sized to match a main lighting component, at least one other of the two or more apertures being sized to match a first function module, and at least another of the two or more apertures being sized to match a second function module. One of the first function module and the second function module is one of a motion detector, a camera, an air pollution sensor, and a communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Andras KUTI, Roland Batai, Norbert Kovacs, Daniel Lorincz
  • Publication number: 20170122540
    Abstract: A connection module is configured for installation between a first luminaire and a second luminaire. The module includes a mounting unit. The mounting unit has a left side configured for docking to a right end of the first luminaire and a right side configured for docking to a left end of the second luminaire. The module also includes a device holder that is shaped and sized to hold at least one electronic device. The device holder is removably mounted to the bottom side of the mounting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Gabor DULL, Roland BATAI, Gabor Balint TOROS, Istvan MAROS
  • Publication number: 20170111980
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system, the apparatus including a housing; a light source, disposed in the housing, including at least one source of illumination; a radio frequency (RF) transmitter located on or in the housing; and at least one directional radiating element at least partially enclosed by the housing and coupled to RF transmitter, the at least one directional radiating element directing a RF signal transmitted by the RF transmitter in a predetermined direction away from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Roland BÁTAI, Selaka Bandara BULUMULLA, Gábor FEHÉR, Michael J. HARTMAN, Róbert HORVÁTH, Gábor Balint TÖRÖS
  • Patent number: 9546776
    Abstract: A luminaire having a body that includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion including two or more apertures. At least one of the two or more apertures being sized to match a main lighting component, at least one other of the two or more apertures being sized to match a first function module, and at least another of the two or more apertures being sized to match a second function module. One of the first function module and the second function module is one of a motion detector, a camera, an air pollution sensor, and a communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Andras Kuti, Roland Batai, Norbert Kovacs, Daniel Lorincz