Patents Assigned to KONINKLIJKE
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Patent number: 11995746Abstract: The invention relates to a system for reconstructing an image of an object. The system (100) comprises means (110) providing projection data acquired by an imaging unit, like a CT system, with an FOV, means (120) generating estimated image data indicative of a part of an object (20) located outside the FOV (210), means (130) estimating virtual projection data based on virtual settings of a virtual imaging unit comprising a virtual FOV, means (140) generating fused projection data by fusing the provided projection data with the virtual projection data, and means (150) reconstructing a final image. This allows basing the reconstruction on a complete set of projection information for the object and thus providing an image with a high image quality.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Claas Bontus, Thomas Koehler, Bernhard Brendel
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Patent number: 11992149Abstract: The invention provides a beverage maker comprising a pressure-controlled switching valve (1) that comprises the following components: a valve body (20) comprising an internal switching space (21); a switching device (40) being movably arranged in the internal switching space (21) and comprising two functional valve members (41, 42) that are arranged and configured to seal respective fluid outlet openings (23, 24) of the valve body (20) in respective positions of the switching device (40); a position setting device (30) for displacing the switching device (40) under the influence of fluid pressure acting on the position setting device (30) at one side thereof; and a biasing mechanism (70) acting on the entirety of the switching device (40) and the position setting device (30) coupled thereto. One side of at least a functional portion (31) of the position setting device (30) is open to a conduit system of the beverage maker.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Joeke Noordhuis
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Patent number: 11991285Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a first electronic network node is provided (110) configured for a cryptographic operation. The first network node is configured to receive as input a difficulty parameter (d), and a structure parameter (n), and to obtain a shared matrix (A), the shared matrix being shared a second network node through a communication interface, entries in the shared matrix A being selected modulo a first modulus (q), the shared matrix (A) being a square matrix (k×k) of dimension (k) equal to the difficulty parameter (d) divided by the structure parameter (n), the entries in the shared matrix (A) being polynomials modulo a reduction polynomial (ƒ) of degree equal to the structure parameter (n), said cryptographic operation using the shared matrix.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Oscar Garcia Morchon, Ludovicus Marinus Gerardus Maria Tolhuizen, Sauvik Bhattacharya, Jose Luis Torre Arce
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Patent number: 11988785Abstract: The present invention relates to photon counting. In particular, a photon-counting data acquisition module is provided. The photon-counting data acquisition module comprises a signal input unit and one or more data acquisition channels, each channel adapted for converting at least one train of pulses received from the signal input unit to a counter signal. Each data acquisition channel comprises a pulse maximum identifier and a discriminator/counter pair comprising a discriminator and a counter. The pulse maximum identifier is configured to identify a maximum of a pulse in the at least one received train of pulses. The discriminator is configured to be triggered, by a detection of a maximum of a pulse in the at least one received train of pulses, to compare the pulse with at least one signal threshold to generate the counter signal. Alternatively, the counter is configured to be enabled in response to a detection of a maximum of a pulse to generate the counter signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Roger Steadman Booker, Christoph Herrmann
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Patent number: 11991698Abstract: A control information sending method and a control information receiving method include: a transmitter determining a first frequency-domain bandwidth occupied by user data to be sent; the transmitter selecting, according to the first frequency-domain bandwidth, from n candidate frequency-domain bandwidths, a second frequency-domain bandwidth occupied by control information corresponding to the user data, wherein n is an integer greater than 1; the transmitter sending the control information to a receiver according to the second frequency-domain bandwidth; the receiver determining that the transmitter sends the n candidate frequency-domain bandwidths of the control information; and the receiver performing blind detection on the control information according to the n candidate frequency-domain bandwidths.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventor: Qun Zhao
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Patent number: 11990232Abstract: The following relates to an improved system and method for displaying medical information. In one aspect, a root concepts circle including at least one clinical concept category is displayed. A children concept ring, which may be built based on a user-selected clinical concept category of the at least one clinical concept categories, may surround or partially surround the root concept circle. A ring fashion timeline may also be displayed, and may be built based on a user-selected clinical concept of the at least one clinical concepts.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Lucas de Melo Oliveira, Douglas Henrique Teodoro, Yuechen Qian
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Patent number: 11986356Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide ultrasound systems and devices that provide for reduction of reverberation artifacts in ultrasound images by automatically changing imaging settings such as PRI or transmit/receive configuration based on detected amounts of reverberation in ultrasound images. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor circuit in communication with an ultrasound probe. The processor circuit obtains a plurality of ultrasound images obtained using a plurality of different PRIs and/or pulse sequences, calculates an amount of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images, selects a pulse repetition interval and/or pulse sequence based on the amounts of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images, and controls the ultrasound transducer to obtain a reduced-reverberation ultrasound image using the selected pulse repetition interval or pulse sequence. The reduced-reverberation ultrasound image is then output to a display.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Paul Sheeran, Charles Tremblay-Darveau, Thanasis Loupas, Allison Arden Daniels
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Patent number: 11988661Abstract: The invention relates to an assay for diagnosing a disease or affliction that affects fluid uptake or secretion or for studying the effectiveness of one or more drugs for treating the disease or affliction, wherein the assay comprises measuring swelling of one or more organoids.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignees: UMC Utrecht Holding, B.V., Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van WetenschappenInventors: Jeffrey Matthijn Beekman, Johanna Florentia Dekkers, Cornelis Korstiaan Van Der Ent, Johannes Carolus Clevers
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Patent number: 11991274Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a system with a first cryptographic device (10) and second cryptographic device (20). The devices may compute a final seed from a preshared secret known to the devices, and on a pre-seed that exchanged between them. The final seed may be used to derive a common object (a).Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Oscar Garcia Morchon, Ludovicus Marinus Gerardus Maria Tolhuizen, Sauvik Bhattacharya
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Patent number: 11986275Abstract: An optical vital signs sensor is provided which comprises a PPG sensor (100), a pre-processing unit (130) which adapts the sampling rate or the number of pulses per sample, a processing unit (140) which executes at least one processing algorithm based on an output signal of the pre-processing unit and a sensor control unit (150). The sensor control unit is configured to control the PPG sensor by adapting the sampling rate and/or the number of pulses per sample.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Alphonsus Tarcisius Jozef Maria Schipper, Paulus Henricus Antonius Dillen, David Antoine Christian Marie Roovers
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Patent number: 11986856Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer probe comprises an array transducer and a microbeamformer ASIC (46a, 46b) containing transmit amplifiers and receive circuitry for operation of the array transducer. For higher power operation, the drive current of the amplifiers is increased, rather than the transmit voltage. The elements of the array present a low impedance to the transmit amplifiers for increased drive current by their construction of thin layers (12) of piezoelectric material which are electrically coupled in parallel to an amplifier while being mechanically coupled in series for ultrasound transmission.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Andrew Lee Robinson, Haifeng Wang
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Patent number: 11986355Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system comprising: an image processor configured to receive at least one set of volume data resulting from a three-dimensional ultrasound scan of a body and to provide corresponding display data, an anatomy detector configured to detect a position and orientation of an anatomical object of interest within the at least one set of volume data, a slice generator for generating a plurality of two-dimensional slices from the at least one set of volume data, wherein said slice generator is configured to define respective slice locations based on the results of the anatomy detector for the anatomical object of interest so as to obtain a set of two-dimensional standard views of the anatomical object of interest, wherein the slice generator is further configured to define for each two-dimensional standard view which anatomical features of the anatomical object of interest are expected to be contained, and an evaluation unit for evaluating a quality factor for eType: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Irina Waechter-Stehle, Jurgen Weese
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Patent number: 11988783Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system scans a plurality of planar slices in a volumetric region which are parallel to each other. Following detection of the image data of the slices the slice data is combined by projecting the data in the elevation dimension to produce a “thick slice” image. Combining may be by means of an averaging or maximum intensity detection or weighting process or by raycasting in the elevation dimension in a volumetric rendering process. Thick slice images are displayed at a high frame rate of display by combining a newly acquired slice with slices previously acquired from different elevational planes which were used in a previous combination. A new thick slice image may be produced each time at least one of the slice images is updated by a newly acquired slice. Frame rate is further improved by multiline acquisition of the slices.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Karl Thiele
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Patent number: 11986339Abstract: System (10) for determining a position of an interventional device (11) respective an image plane (12) defined by an ultrasound imaging probe (13). The position is determined based on ultrasound signals transmitted between the ultrasound imaging probe (13) and an ultrasound transducer (15) attached to the interventional device (11). An image reconstruction unit (IRU) provides a reconstructed ultrasound image (RUI). A position determination unit (PDU) computes a lateral position (LAPTOFSmax, ?IPA) of the ultrasound transducer (15) respective the image plane (12) based on a time of flight (TOFSmax) of a maximum detected intensity (ISmax) ultrasound signal. The position determination unit (PDU) also computes an out-of-plane distance (Dop) between the ultrasound transducer (15) and the image plane (12).Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Mischa Megens, Hendrik Roelof Stapert, Mustafa Hakan Gokgurler, Stefan Van De Pas, Jeroen Kortsmit, Franciscus Hendrikus Van Heesch, Harm Jan Willem Belt, Ameet Kumar Jain, Kunal Vaidya
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Patent number: 11990226Abstract: A system and method for selecting image sequences of echocardiogram studies for visual comparison by a user. The method includes receiving image sequences from a current study and a prior study to be compared. The method includes determining a relevant view of the image sequences of the current and prior studies and selecting an image sequence from one of the current and prior studies to a user via an interactive comparison panel. The method includes determining which image sequence of the relevant view of an other of the current and prior studies that most closely matches the selected image sequence via the interactive comparison panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Merlijn Sevenster
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Patent number: 11986336Abstract: A non-spectral computed tomography scanner includes a radiation source configured to emit x-ray radiation, a detector array configured to detect x-ray radiation and generate non-spectral data, and a memory configured to store a spectral image module that includes computer executable instructions including a neural network trained to produce spectral volumetric image data. The neural network is trained with training spectral volumetric image data and training non-spectral data. The non-spectral computed tomography scanner further includes a processor configured to process the non-spectral data with the trained neural network to produce spectral volumetric image data.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Chuanyong Bai, Yang-Ming Zhu, Sheng Lu, Shiyu Xu, Hao Dang, Hao Lai, Douglas McKnight, Hui Wang
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Patent number: 11983800Abstract: The invention provides for a medical instrument comprising a memory storing machine executable instructions and an image transformation neural network trained for transforming an optical image of a subject into an output image. The output image comprises a pseudo radiographic image. The pseudo radiographic image is aligned with the optical image. The medical instrument further comprises a processor configured to control the medical imaging system. Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to: receive the optical image of the subject and generate the output image by inputting the optical image into the image transformation neural network.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventor: Erkki Tapani Vahala
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Patent number: 11982722Abstract: The invention provides for a magnetic resonance imaging system (100, 300). The magnetic resonance imaging system comprises: a subject support (120) configured for moving a subject between a loading position (121) and an imaging position (200); a receive magnetic resonance imaging coil (114) configured for being placed on the subject; and a light detection system (115) comprising at least one ambient light sensor for measuring light data (144). The light detection system is any one of the following: mounted to the main magnet such that the light data is measured from the imaging zone and mounted to the receive magnetic resonance imaging coil.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Peter Vernickel, Christoph Gunther Leussler, Oliver Lips, Ingo Schmale, Christian Findeklee
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Patent number: 11980494Abstract: The invention relates to a control module for controlling an x-ray system (140) during the acquisition of step images for phase imaging. The control module comprises a step image quantity providing unit (111) for providing a step image quantity, a detector dose providing unit (112) for providing a target detector dose, an applied detector dose determination unit (113) for determining an applied detector dose absorbed by a part of the detector (144) during the acquisition of a step image, and a step image acquisition control unit (114) for controlling the x-ray imaging system (140) during the acquisition of each step image based on the applied detector dose, the target detector dose and the step image quantity. The control module allows to control the x-ray imaging system such that the target detector dose is not exceeded while at the same time ensuring a sufficient quality of the step images.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Andriy Yaroshenko, Thomas Koehler, Hanns-Ingo Maack
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Patent number: D1028226Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Volker Barnhart Verschoor, Aydin Mert, Franciscus Reiner Antonius Van Der Linde, Adrianus Johannes Josephus Van Der Horst