Patents Assigned to Koninklijke Philip Electronics
  • Patent number: 9778470
    Abstract: A multi-view display is switchable between single view and multi-view modes, and uses lenticular arrangement over a display panel which includes birefringent electro-optic material adjacent to a non-switchable optically transparent layer. The non-switchable optically transparent layer has a refractive index substantially equal to the extra ordinary refractive index of the birefringent electro-optic material. In the single view mode, the birefringent electro-optic material defines a non-switched state, and the polarization of the light from the display panel and incident on the lenticular arrangement is linear and aligned with the optical axis of the birefringent electro-optic material at the surface where the display output light is received. In the multi-view mode, the birefringent electro-optic material defines a switched state in which the optical axis is aligned perpendicularly to the display output surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Fetze Pijlman, Jan Van Der Horst
  • Patent number: 9737234
    Abstract: A diagnostic imaging system includes a first controller that detects any unsafe or dangerous conditions in a diagnostic scanner and generates safety/emergency data indicative of the unsafe or dangerous conditions. A communication unit generates a safety/emergency signal from the safety/emergency data using a digital protocol and communicates the safety/emergency over a local digital network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Filips Van Liere, Henricus Gerardus Roeven
  • Patent number: 9730677
    Abstract: A matrix array ultrasound probe passively dissipates heat developed by the matrix array transducer and beamformer ASIC away from the distal end of the probe. The heat developed in the transducer stack is coupled to a metallic frame inside the handle of probe. A metallic heatspreader is thermally coupled to the probe frame to convey heat away from the frame. The heatspreader surrounds the inside of the probe handle and has an outer surface which is thermally coupled to the inner surface of the probe housing. Heat is thereby coupled evenly from the heatspreader into the housing without the development of hotspots in the housing which could be uncomfortable to the hand of the sonographer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Richard Edward Davidsen, Steven Russell Freeman, Bernard Joseph Savord
  • Patent number: 9726985
    Abstract: A movable stage system is configured to support an object subjected to a lithography process. A short stroke part (SS) is configured to support the object (W) and a long stroke part (LS) is configured to support the short stroke part. The short stroke part is movable over a relative small range of movement with respect to the long stroke part. The long stroke part is movable over a relative large range of movement with respect to a base support arranged to support the long stroke part. A shielding element (SE) is arranged between the short and long stroke parts. A position control system (PCS) maintains a substantially constant distance between the shielding element and the short stroke part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: ASML Netherland B.V., Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Bastiaan Lambertus Wilhelmus Marinus Van De Ven, Antonius Franciscus Johannes De Groot, Johannes Petrus Martinus Bernardus Vermeulen, Theodorus Petrus Maria Cadee, Robertus Mathijs Gerardus Rijs, Richard Henricus Adrianus Van Lieshout
  • Patent number: 9726476
    Abstract: An instrument system that includes an image capture device, an elongate body, an optical fiber and a controller is provided. The elongate body is operatively coupled to the image capture device. The optical fiber is operatively coupled to the elongate body and has a strain sensor provided on the optical fiber. The controller is operatively coupled to the optical fiber and adapted to receive a signal from the strain sensor and to determine a position or orientation of the image capture device based on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Bhaskar S. Ramamurthy, Neal A. Tanner, Robert G. Younge, Randall L. Schlesinger
  • Patent number: 9720003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring Troponin I in a sample comprising the steps of providing a sample, contacting the sample with a monoclonal anti-Troponin I antibody coupled to a magnetic label, contacting the sample with a polyclonal anti-Troponin I antibody coupled to a sensor surface and detecting the magnetic label on the sensor surface. The invention further relates to a device and a cartridge for measuring Troponin I in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Wendy Uyen Dittmer, Toon Hendrik Evers, Peggy De Kievit, Ricky Kamps, Joost Lambert Max Vissers, Michael Franciscus Wilhelmus Cornelis Martens, David Walterus Cornelis Dekkers
  • Patent number: 9702969
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces audio Doppler from detected Doppler signals. The Doppler signals are detected in a band of frequencies which corresponds to the velocity of blood flow signals, and Doppler information is displayed based on the detected band of frequencies. The audio Doppler system produces Doppler audio in a frequency band which is shifted in pitch from the detected band of frequencies. The operator of the ultrasound system is provided with a user control by which the degree of pitch shifting can be controlled. The ultrasound system displays Doppler blood flow velocities referenced to a transmit Doppler frequency f0, with the audio Doppler being shifted in pitch from the frequencies corresponding to the blood flow velocities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: David Hope Simpson, David Clark, Anup Agarwal
  • Patent number: 9689945
    Abstract: A virtual coil emulation method is used in a magnetic resonance imaging scan for acquiring a magnetic resonance image of an object (10). The scan is performed by an MR system (1) using a physical coil arrangement (9; 11; 12; 13) including a set of individual transmit coils. The coils are adapted for transmission of a desired RF transmit field to the object (10) for magnetic resonance spin excitation of the object (10). Each coil is associated with a physical transmit channel. The RF transmit field corresponds to a virtual arrangement of two or more of the coils. Virtual transmit channel properties include virtual transmit channel weights are assigned to the RF transmit field which describe the virtual complex RF field amplitudes with respect to each individual coil of the virtual coil arrangement to be applied to the physical coils (9; 11; 12; 13) for generating the RF transmit field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Kay Nehrke, Peter Boernert
  • Patent number: 9689941
    Abstract: Coil elements (18) generate a B1 excitation field in an examination region (14), which B1 excitation field is distorted by patient loading (e.g., wavelength effects). Passive shimming elements (22, 24) are disposed between the coil elements and the subject in order to improve the B1 field uniformity. In one embodiment, passive shimming elements include one or more dielectric rods (55) disposed below the subject which generate no substantial MR proton signal and which have a permittivity of at least 100 and preferably greater than 500. In another embodiment, tubes (24) adjacent each coil element are supplied with a dielectric liquid, a thickness of the dielectric liquid between the coil element and the subject adjusting a phase of the B1 field generated by the coil element. Active B1 shimming may be combined with passive shimming elements (22, 24) to effect an improved RF field homogeneity result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Zhiyong Zhai, Michael Andrew Morich, Paul Royston Harvey, Miha Fuderer
  • Patent number: 9677873
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program for measuring a distance using a self-mixing interference (SMI) unit that generates an SMI signal. The SMI unit comprises a laser emitting a first laser beam directed to an object and wherein the SMI signal depends on an interference of the first laser beam and a second laser beam reflected by the object. A peak width determination unit determines a peak width of the SMI signal, and a distance determination unit determines a distance between the object and the SMI unit depending on the determined peak width of the SMI signal. Since the distance is determined depending on the peak width of the SMI signal, without requiring a laser driving current modulation, advanced electronics for modulating the driving current of the laser are not needed. This reduces the technical efforts needed for determining the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Alexander Marc Van Der Lee, Mark Carpaij
  • Patent number: 9669238
    Abstract: We provide a radiotherapeutic apparatus comprising a patient support, magnetic coils disposed around the patient support for creating a magnetic field therewithin, a radiation source producing a beam of radiation directed toward the patient support and mounted on a rotatable support thereby to rotate the radiation source around the patient support, a slip ring for conveying electrical power to the radiation source and located around the patient support, including at least one electrical interruption therein. This creates a slip ring in which there is no continuous circumferential path, and one in which the current is therefore forced to take a route via one side or the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: Elekta AB (publ), Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Christopher Knox, Duncan Bourne, Johan Overweg, Jan Rietema
  • Patent number: 9658304
    Abstract: A motion-corrected magnetic resonance imaging method comprises: sequentially acquiring a plurality of interleaved magnetic resonance radial acquisition datasets using a magnetic resonance scanner; reconstructing each magnetic resonance radial acquisition dataset into a corresponding image to generate a set of images, the reconstructing including expanding radial k-space lines of the magnetic resonance radial acquisition dataset into corresponding radial bands in k-space using a generalized auto-calibrating partially parallel acquisition (GRAPPA) operator; selecting a reference image from the set of images; performing three-dimensional spatial registration of each image of the set of images except the reference image with respect to the reference image to generate a spatially registered set of images; and combining the spatially registered set of images to generate a motion corrected image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Wei Lin, Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 9606206
    Abstract: A radiation therapy system comprises: a radiation therapy subsystem (20, 22, 32) configured to perform radiation therapy by applying radiation pulses to a region of a subject at pulse intervals (Tpi); a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging subsystem (10, 16, 30, 36) configured to acquire a dataset of MR imaging data samples from the region of the subject over one or more MR sampling intervals (TAQ) that are longer than the pulse intervals, the one or more MR sampling intervals overlapping at least some of the pulse intervals; a synchronizer (40) configured to identify MR imaging data samples of the dataset whose acquisition times overlap pulse intervals; and a reconstruction processor (44) configured to reconstruct the dataset without the measured values for the MR imaging data samples identified as having acquisition times overlapping pulse intervals to generate a reconstructed MR image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Peter Boernert, Johannes Adrianus Overweg
  • Patent number: 9579079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (8) for determining tissue layer boundaries of a body (14), comprising a probe (10) for acquiring (S12) two or more ultrasound images (36) at adjacent positions of a surface (12) of the body (14), a converter (44) for converting (S14) said ultrasound images (36) separately to depth signals (46), wherein a depth signal (46) is obtained by summing intensities of one of said ultrasound images (36) along a line (66) of substantially constant depth in the body (14), a detector (48) for detecting (S16) a set of candidate tissue layer boundaries (50) for an ultrasound image (36) by thresholding the depth signal (46) obtained for said ultrasound image (36), a selection means (52) for selecting (S18) from a set of candidate tissue layer boundaries (50) a nearest candidate tissue layer boundary (54) that is nearest to the surface (12) of the body (14), and a processing means (56) for determining (S20) an actual tissue layer boundary (58) from the nearest candidate tissue layer
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Vincent Jeanne, Sebastian Maeueler, Caifeng Shan
  • Patent number: 9575154
    Abstract: At least a portion of a body (10) of a patient is positioned in an examination volume of a MR device (1). The portion of the body (10) is subject to a calibration sequence including RF pulses and switched magnetic field gradients controlled in such a manner that a calibration signal data set is acquired by a multi-point Dixon technique at a first image resolution. Calibration parameters are derived from the calibration signal data set. The portion of the body (10) is subject to an imaging sequence including RF pulses and switched magnetic field gradients controlled in such a manner that a diagnostic signal data set is acquired at a second image resolution which is higher than the first image resolution A diagnostic MR image is reconstructed from the diagnostic signal data set. The MR device (1) is operated according to the derived calibration parameters with fat saturation during acquisition of the diagnostic signal data set and/or during reconstruction of the diagnostic MR image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Arjan Willem Simonetti, Henri Gwenael Herigault
  • Patent number: 9575153
    Abstract: At least a portion of a body (10) of a patient positioned in an examination volume of a MR device (1). A portion of the body (10) is subject to a calibration sequence including RF pulses and switched magnetic field gradients controlled in such a manner that a calibration signal data set is acquired by a multi-point Dixon technique at a first image resolution. Calibration parameters are derived from the calibration signal data set. The MR device (1) is controlled according to the derived calibration parameters. The portion of the body (10) is subject to an imaging sequence including RF pulses and switched magnetic field gradients controlled in such a manner that a diagnostic signal data set is acquired at a second image resolution which is higher than the first image resolution. A diagnostic MR image is reconstructed from the diagnostic signal data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Arjan Willem Simonetti, Gwenael Henri Herigault, Peter Boernert
  • Patent number: 9575146
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of characterizing the RF transmit chain of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner (1) using a local transmit/receive coil system (204; 210), comprising a first local NMR probe and a first local magnetic resonance coil, the first NMR probe being spatially located in immediate neighborhood to the first coil, a local receive coil system (206; 208), comprising a second local NMR probe and a second local magnetic resonance coil, the second NMR probe being spatially located in immediate neighborhood to the second coil, wherein the transmit chain comprises an external MR coil (9; 11; 12; 13), the method comprising: determining with the first magnetic resonance coil, a first MR signal phase evolution of the local RF transmit field generated by MR excitation of the first probe using the first magnetic resonance coil by measuring the RF response of the first probe upon said excitation, determining with the second magnetic resonance coil a second MR signal phase evolution of the local RF
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Johan Van Den Brink, Ingmar Graesslin, Sascha Krueger, Steffen Weiss, Peter Vernickel
  • Patent number: 9568578
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging scan using a MR scanner receives via a user interface a MR imaging protocol categorizable into a MR scan type of a predefined set of MR scan types. Further, a database is queried by providing to the database scan information permitting the database to identify the MR scan type of the MR imaging protocol. Statistical information on the MR scan type which can include statistics on modifications of individual scan parameters of the MR scan type is received from a database, and the statistical information is provided to the user interface. Modifications of the MR imaging protocol can be received from the user interface, resulting in a modified MR imaging protocol, according to which the MR imaging scan can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Julien Senegas, Jens Von Berg, Eric Cohen-Solal, Sebastian Peter Michael Dries, Michael Chun-Chieh Lee, Tim Nielsen, Stefanie Remmele, Torbjorn Vik
  • Patent number: 9541618
    Abstract: A state space feedback controller operates in the digital domain for the regulation of the current supply to MRI gradient coils from a multiple-bridge PWM power amplifier. The P1-controller includes an integration part (for the integration of the difference between the demand current and the measured gradient coil current) and a subsequent P-controlled system which in turn includes a delay compensator/stabilizer and a plant. The delay compensator/stabilizer includes a multi-path feedback loop by means of which its digital output signal is fed back through delay blocks, on the one hand, and through filter units, on the other hand. The filter units model the transfer functions of a gradient coil output filter for the gradient coil voltage and the output current of the amplifier inverter units, respectively. In the plant, a filter unit, which models the gradient coil transfer function, is connected in series to a delay chain for the delay of the measurement value of the gradient coil current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Scheel, Christian Hattrup
  • Patent number: 9541609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a digital amplifier for providing a desired electrical output power, the amplifier comprising a power source (100) for generating the electrical output power, the amplifier further comprising: a digital input adapted for receiving a digital input signal (112), the digital input signal (112) representing the desired electrical output power level, a reference power generator (124) for generating an analog reference power controlled by the digital input signal (112), a power measurement component (142; 128) adapted for measuring the power differential between the electrical output power provided by the power source (100) and the analog reference power, an analog-to-digital converter (130) adapted for converting the power differential into a digital power differential value (132), a combiner adapted for providing a combined digital signal (136) by adding the digital power differential value (132) to the digital value input to the reference power generator (124) for generating the analog r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Martin Hollander