Patents by Inventor Tom VERHOEVEN
Tom VERHOEVEN 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: 11355008Abstract: A lighting system for illuminating an environment, the lighting system comprising a plurality of lighting modules (111, 112, 113), the lighting modules comprising a light source (111a) for emitting light, illuminating an area, an acoustic sensor (111b) arranged for sensing noise in the area, a network interface configured to allow the lighting module to send noise data via a network, and a vehicle routing device (120) comprising: a first network interface (121) configured to receive noise data from the plurality of lighting modules via the network, a processor circuit arranged to calculate noise metrics for different regions (341-344) in the environment from the received noise data, compare the calculated noise metric with noise metric threshold values, dependent upon the calculated noise metric exceeding a noise metric threshold value for a particular region, generating a traffic rerouting signal, said traffic rerouting signal causing a traffic routing system to reroute traffic away from said particular regiType: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Ralf Gertruda Hubertus Voncken, Dominika Lekse, Alexandre Georgievich Sinitsyn, Judith Hendrika Maria De Vries, Tom Verhoeven
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Patent number: 11291098Abstract: A lighting system has at least one luminaire (1) for illuminating a thoroughfare (10). At least one sensor (11,12,13) detects that a fallen object (30) may be at least partially blocking said thoroughfare (10). A traffic flow monitor (11,12,13) monitors traffic flow along said thoroughfare (10). The light output by the luminaire (1) is controlled to be of a first pattern in accordance with a determination that a fallen object (30) is at least partially blocking said thoroughfare (10). The light output by the luminaire (1) is controlled to be of a second pattern in accordance with the traffic flow monitor (11,12,13) determining that traffic is flowing along said thoroughfare (10).Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Judith Hendrika Maria De Vries, Dennis Van De Meulenhof, Ralf Gertruda Hubertus Voncken, Dominika Lekse, Tom Verhoeven, Alexandre Georgievich Sinitsyn
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Publication number: 20210152781Abstract: A global object detection system comprising a plurality of local object detection systems, each arranged to monitor a respective area and comprising: an image capture device arranged to capture image data from its respective area; an illumination device for emitting light into its respective area; a local object detector for detecting objects in that area; a data interface for transmitting data from the local object detector to a central, remote image processing system; wherein the local object detector is configured to: control the illumination source to emit light having an identifiable characteristic; apply local image processing to the captured image data to detect objects in that area, as an absence of the identifiable characteristic in a shadow region created by the object; in response to an object being detected, transmit a portion of the image data including the detected object to the remote image processing system for further processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: RALF GERTRUDA HUBERTUS VONCKEN, ALEXANDRE GEORGIEVICH SINITSYN, JUDITH HENDRIKA MARIA DE VRIES, DOMINIKA LEKSE, TOM VERHOEVEN
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Publication number: 20210144834Abstract: A lighting system has at least one luminaire (1) for illuminating a thoroughfare (10). At least one sensor (11,12,13) detects that a fallen object (30) may be at least partially blocking said thoroughfare (10). A traffic flow monitor (11,12,13) monitors traffic flow along said thoroughfare (10). The light output by the luminaire (1) is controlled to be of a first pattern in accordance with a determination that a fallen object (30) is at least partially blocking said thoroughfare (10). The light output by the luminaire (1) is controlled to be of a second pattern in accordance with the traffic flow monitor (11,12,13) determining that traffic is flowing along said thoroughfare (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Judith Hendrika Maria DE VRIES, Dennis VAN DE MEULENHOF, Ralf Gertruda Hubertus VONCKEN, Dominika LEKSE, Tom VERHOEVEN, Alexandre Georgievich SINITSYN
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Patent number: 10674587Abstract: A surveillance system is presented that aims to improve image quality. The surveillance system comprises a plurality of lighting apparatuses comprising one or more lights; a surveillance imaging device arranged to capture image data of a monitored area illuminated by one or more of the lighting apparatuses; an image processor arranged to receive the image data from the surveillance imaging device, wherein the image data comprises a plurality of frames, and the image processor is arranged to analyse each frame of the image data to obtain an image quality parameter for each frame; and a controller arranged to determine a difference between a value of the image quality parameter for a current frame and a reference value of the image quality parameter, wherein if said difference is greater than a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Alexandre Georgievich Sinitsyn, Annemarie Paulien Buddemeijer-Lock, Tom Verhoeven, Judith Hendrika Maria De Vries
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Publication number: 20200126410Abstract: A lighting system for illuminating an environment, the lighting system comprising a plurality of lighting modules (111, 112, 113), the lighting modules comprising a light source (111a) for emitting light, illuminating an area, an acoustic sensor (111b) arranged for sensing noise in the area, a network interface configured to allow the lighting module to send noise data via a network, and a vehicle routing device (120) comprising: a first network interface (121) configured to receive noise data from the plurality of lighting modules via the network, a processor circuit arranged to calculate noise metrics for different regions (341-344) in the environment from the received noise data, compare the calculated noise metric with noise metric threshold values, dependent upon the calculated noise metric exceeding a noise metric threshold value for a particular region, generating a traffic rerouting signal, said traffic rerouting signal causing a traffic routing system to reroute traffic away from said particular regiType: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: RALF GERTRUDA HUBERTUS VONCKEN, DOMINIKA LEKSE, ALEXANDRE GEORGIEVICH SINITSYN, JUDITH HENDRIKA MARIA DE VRIES, TOM VERHOEVEN
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Publication number: 20200043345Abstract: A controller (160) for controlling a lighting system so as to guide a vehicle, comprising: an interface (166) arranged for communicating with at least one luminaire (116, 126, 136) for illuminating an environment in which at least one container (112, 122, 132) is located, the interface (166) further arranged to communicate with at least one sensor (114, 124, 134) for monitoring usage of the at least one container, the controller (160) arranged to receive and process information of the at least one container from the at least one sensor (114, 124, 134), so as to obtain status information of the at least one container (112, 122, 132); and the controller (160) arranged to receive positioning information from a vehicle (140) in the environment; the controller (160) arranged to use the status information of the at least one container and the positioning information of the vehicle (140) to cause the at least one luminaire (116, 126, 136) to be illuminated in a fashion that guides a driver of the vehicle relative toType: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Dominika LEKSE, Judith Hendrika Maria DE VRIES, Ralf Gertruda Hubertus VONCKEN, Alexandre Georgievich SINITSYN, Tom VERHOEVEN
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Publication number: 20190246477Abstract: A surveillance system is presented that aims to improve image quality. The surveillance system comprises a plurality of lighting apparatuses comprising one or more lights; a surveillance imaging device arranged to capture image data of a monitored area illuminated by one or more of the lighting apparatuses; an image processor arranged to receive the image data from the surveillance imaging device, wherein the image data comprises a plurality of frames, and the image processor is arranged to analyse each frame of the image data to obtain an image quality parameter for each frame; and a controller arranged to determine a difference between a value of the image quality parameter for a current frame and a reference value of the image quality parameter, wherein if said difference is greater than a threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Alexandre Georgievich SINITSYN, Annemarie Paulien BUDDEMEIJER-LOCK, Tom VERHOEVEN, Judith Hendrika Maria DE VRIES