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  • Preparing and dispersing surface-modified colour pigments
    Patent number: 8313576
    Abstract: A method of preparing a pigment includes the steps of: a) providing a mixture including: a pigment selected from the group of pigments including at least 50 wt % of C.I. Pigment Violet 23, C.I. Pigment Red 146, C.I. Pigment Red 176, C.I. Pigment Red 177, C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and C.I. Pigment Orange 13 based on the total weight of the pigment; alkyl nitrile; and at least one acid selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid and chlorosulfuric acid, with the acid present in the mixture in amount of more than 2 wt % based on the total weight of the pigment; b) heating the mixture for more than 2 hours to a temperature of at least 70° C.; and c) filtering the mixture and washing the filtrand with a washing liquid containing water until the filtrate has a pH between 4 and 7. Pigments obtainable by the method and non aqueous pigment dispersions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: AGFA-GEVAERT N.V.
    Inventor: Geert Deroover
  • Consistent colour calibration in LED-based lighting infrastructure
    Patent number: 8314563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to color generation in an indoor or outdoor lighting device, and more particularly to a control method which provides spatially consistent color control of a lighting device designed for use in, e.g., spatially extended premises or environments containing obstacles, and thus including multiple light sensors to allow efficient control. Color consistency is achieved by an arrangement where light of one or more of the light sources impinges on more than one light sensor. If constructional detector features, such as filter characteristics, coincide, then these sensors should in principle, after the appropriate processing, report identical color points of the light source under consideration. Indeed, color is a path-independent property of light, and this is the basis for a mutual calibration scheme of the detectors according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Paulus Henricus Antonius Damink, Sel Brian Colak
  • Baby monitoring systems
    Patent number: 8314696
    Abstract: There is provided a baby monitoring system comprising a baby unit and a parent unit, the baby unit being for use in the vicinity of a baby or child, the baby unit detecting noise and transmitting a corresponding stream of audio samples to the parent unit, the parent unit comprising a visual indicator; and a processor for analyzing the stream of audio samples to determine a noise history and for providing a first control signal to the visual indicator such that the visual indicator provides a visual indication of the noise history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph Stut
  • ARQ system with status and packet acknowledgement
    Patent number: 8315210
    Abstract: A communication system includes a downlink indicator channel for the transmission of an indicator signal indicating that a data packet is scheduled to be transmitted on a downlink data channel from a primary station to a secondary station. In response to detection of the indicator signal, the secondary station transmits a status signal, for example a negative acknowledgement signal, on an uplink channel to the primary station immediately before transmission of a positive or negative acknowledgement signal to indicate the status of the received data packet. By providing the primary station with two chances to detect the case where the secondary station fails to detect the indicator signal, peak power requirements of the uplink channel can be reduced, thereby reducing system interference levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignees: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Sharp Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew P. J. Baker, Timothy J. Moulsley
  • Grid and method of manufacturing a grid for selective transmission of electromagnetic radiation, particularly X-ray radiation for mammography applications
    Patent number: 8314412
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a grid (1) for selective transmission of electromagnetic radiation, particularly X-ray radiation, is proposed. The method comprises: providing a support element (3) having self-supporting stability, wherein the support element (3) is made with a material which essentially absorbs no electromagnetic radiation to be selectively transmitted through the grid; applying a metal layer (5) at a surface of the support element (3); and building a selective transmission structure (7) at a surface of the metal layer (5) with a material which absorbs electromagnetic radiation to be selectively transmitted through the grid, wherein the transmission structure is build using selective laser sintering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electrnics N.V.
    Inventor: Geroen Vogtmeier
  • Methods for preparing polymer microparticles
    Patent number: 8313676
    Abstract: The present invention describes methods and tools for preparing a population of monodisperse polymer microparticles, which are of particular interest in the field of drug delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Marcel Rene Bohmer, Johannes Antonius Maria Steenbakkers, Suzanna Helena Petronella Maria De Winter
  • Handheld, repositionable ECG detector
    Patent number: 8315687
    Abstract: An ECG monitoring device comprises an integral handheld device including a ECG electronic module and an electrode patch having a plurality of electrodes which contact a subject by conductive hydrogel. A release liner covers and protects the hydrogel prior to use and is removed to expose the hydrogel. A second release liner is removed to expose a pressure sensitive adhesive by means of which the device is attached to a subject. The first and second release liners may be parts of a single release liner layer. After use the electrode patch is disposable and the ECG electronic module is detached from the patch for reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Brett Cross, Shannon Fong, Stacy E. Gehman, Kim J. Hansen, Earl C. Herleikson, Steven C. Hugh, Thomas D. Lyster, Thomas A. Solosko
  • Wireless control system and method in an illumination network
    Patent number: 8314786
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a wireless control system and method which may be mainly used in illumination networks. The wireless control system and method of the invention distributes data signals to be transmitted at a control terminal in different time slots of different frequencies for transmission, while each node in the system will only receive its corresponding data signal in a predetermined time slot of a predetermined frequency. Thus a high operating rate can be obtained at the control terminal while maintaining the operating rate of the node unchanged. This helps to greatly reduce the cost of the wireless transceiver of each node, thereby correspondingly reducing the cost of the whole system and realizing a high expansibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Xuecheng Qian, Lei Feng
  • Herbicide tolerant rice plants and methods for identifying same
    Patent number: 8313909
    Abstract: The invention provides specific transgenic rice plants, plant material and seeds, characterized in that these products harbor a specific transformation event at a specific location in the rice genome. Tools are also provided which allow rapid and unequivocal identification of the event in biological samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience N.V.
    Inventors: Marc De Beuckeleer, Kirk Johnson, Frank Michiels
  • Integrated pulse oximetry sensor
    Patent number: 8315682
    Abstract: In a medical pulse oximetry sensor (10) at least two light emitting diodes (16, 18) are disposed to emit red light and infrared light through a portion of a subject's anatomy with a typically high oxygenated blood throughput. Typically, this area is also relatively narrow, to allow the light to pass through the area with acceptable attenuation, such as a finger or an earlobe. Light emitted from the LEDs (16, 18) is incumbent upon an integrated circuit (22) printed from a single CMOS substrate (21). The integrated circuit (22) includes all preprocessing and post-processing elements needed to convert the detected light signals into a pulse oximetry measurement. These elements include a photodetector (20), a photo pre-amplifier (40), a sampler/holder (42), an analog to digital converter (44), a microprocessor (46) a rangefinder (48), a timing control circuit (50) and an LED control circuit (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Olaf Such, Josef Lauter, Robert Pinter, Jens Muehlsteff
  • Semiconductor light emitting device with a contact formed on a textured surface
    Patent number: 8314443
    Abstract: A device includes a semiconductor structure comprising a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region. The semiconductor structure includes an n-contact region and a p-contact region. A cross section of the n-contact region comprises a plurality of first regions wherein portions of the light emitting layer and p-type region are removed to expose the n-type region. The plurality of first regions are separated by a plurality of second regions wherein the light emitting layer and p-type region remain in the device. The device further includes a first metal contact formed over the semiconductor structure in the p-contact region and a second metal contact formed over the semiconductor structure in the n-contact region. The second metal contact is in electrical contact with at least one of the second regions in the n-contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignees: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Philips Lumileds Lighting Company LLC
    Inventor: John E Epler
  • Coding of data stream
    Patent number: 8316282
    Abstract: Coding a data stream is provided, wherein the data stream comprises at least one packet having a given packet length and respective partitions of the at least one packet are coded with different error protection rates, the respective lengths of the respective partitions being determined by respective predetermined percentages of the packet length or a fraction of the packet length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Maria Giuseppina Martini, Marco Chiani
  • Light wand for lighting control
    Patent number: 8314569
    Abstract: A lighting system (100) includes light sources (110, 115, 120) and a light wand (250) configured to control the light sources in response to user input. The light wand (250) is configured to copy a light attribute of a first light provided from a first light source, and paste the copied light attribute into a second light source so that the second light source provides a second light having the light attribute of the first light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronic N.V.
    Inventors: Tony Adamson, Erik Nieuwlands, Kumar Arulandu, Per Ambrosiussen
  • System for adapting the resonant operation of a personal care appliance during the lifetime thereof
    Patent number: 8314586
    Abstract: The adapting system for a resonant drive appliance includes a circuit for measuring the back EMF induced in the stator coil of the motor following turn-off of the appliance. The frequency of the back EMF signal is determined from the zero crossings of the EMF signal. The determined frequency is then compared with a running average of previous frequency determinations, and the drive frequency of the appliance is adjusted if the difference between the compared frequencies is greater than a threshold value, e.g. 1 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philipes Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Ari Lumbantobing, Kevin Miller, Meindert Norg, Pieter Johannes Bax
  • Trigger controller
    Patent number: 8312946
    Abstract: A trigger 52a control apparatus is provided for operating a transmission 44 of a self-propelled mowing machine 20 via a cable 42 between a halt condition and an advancement condition. The trigger 52a control apparatus includes a housing 100, and a plurality of independently operable triggers 52a rotatably coupled to the housing 100 for movement between an engaged and a disengaged position 104. Each trigger 52a includes an operation member 108a. A cam 114 is rotatably coupled to the housing 100 about a cam rotation axis 116 and operatively coupled to the cable 42, wherein rotation of the cam 114 in a first direction relatively increases tension in the cable 42. An actuation member 138 is coupled to the cam 114 a distance from the cam rotation axis 116.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Husqvarna Consumer Outdoor Products N.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Clint Lahey, Matthew Lambert
  • Apparatus, method, computer-readable medium, and use for therapy planning in treatment of a patient
    Patent number: 8315810
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, computer-readable medium and use for individual patient therapy planning of diseases such as cancer for different therapy modalities, such as radiation therapy and chemotherapy is provided. A new aspect of the invention is that the degree of bone marrow depression of the patient is related to the count of immature blood platelets, which are measured before each treatment. Some embodiments of the invention provide an advantage allowing reducing the level of uncertainty in the prediction of the risk of bone marrow depression, and thus enabling to safely improve the therapy effect by an increase of the radiation dosage and/or chemical dosage to the individual patient while the risk for bone marrow depression is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Heinrich Von Busch, Bernd Schweizer, Jens Christoph Georgi
  • Cleaning apparatus for releasing and transporting particles away from an area to be cleaned
    Patent number: 8312592
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning apparatus (10) for releasing and transporting particles away from an area to be cleaned, comprising: a housing (6) having an opening (8) to be positioned on an area (1) to be cleaned;—a member that is movable within the apparatus for generating an airflow to release and transport particles away from the area; wherein the member comprises an airflow-generating surface (12) arranged within the housing (6), said airflow-generating surface in its operating condition lacing the area (1) to be cleaned and having a direction of movement that is substantially parallel to said area so as to cause an airflow parallel to said area. The apparatus according to the invention requires less energy for releasing and transporting particles away from an area to be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Fokke R. Voorhorst, Johan Pragt, Freddy Moes, Jan Hans Benedictus, Lorcan Jarlath Kemple
  • Recording of a key in an integrated circuit
    Patent number: 8316221
    Abstract: A method and a system for personalizing electronic elements, by replacing, in a non-volatile memory of each of the electronic elements a first secret key with a second secret key, by a secure authentication module automatically generating the second key after having restored the first one from an identifier of the element being personalized, including conditioning, on the authentication module side, the provision of the second key to a current element to the reception of a message confirming the key replacement of at least one preceding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Proton World International N.V.
    Inventors: Joan Daemen, Thierry Huque, Paul Fontaine
  • Lamp cap and method of manufacturing thereof
    Patent number: 8313348
    Abstract: A lamp cap (100) comprising a base part (101) defining a cavity (102) for receiving a socket (203) of a lamp, the base part (101) having a lateral wall arrangement (103) limiting the cavity (102) and a ring shaped bottom side (104) surrounding an aperture (105); an electrical insulating interface (106) fixed to the bottom side of the base part (104) in such a manner that it covers the aperture (105), a space (102) being defined between the electrical insulating interface (106) and the lateral wall arrangement (103); and an electrical connector assembly (120) extending through the electrical insulating interface (106) to provide an electrical connection between the lamp socket (203) and an electrical power supply. A method of and apparatus for manufacturing a lamp cap is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Juergen Mertens, Vincent Deurwaarder, Piet Verburg, Henk Te Loos
  • 2D/3D image display
    Patent number: 8314897
    Abstract: A display comprises a display panel, a polarizer, a polarization rotator, and a scatterer arranged to scatter light having a first polarization as compared with a second polarization. The display can be switched between 2D and 3D modes by operating the polarization rotator. In 3D mode, the polarization rotator transmits light with relatively little change to its polarization. Light transmitted by the scatterer is used to present three-dimensional images. In 2D mode, the polarization rotator alters the polarization of the light, and light that is scattered by the scatterer is used to present a two-dimensional image. The polarization rotator may be arranged so that light incident on a first area thereof undergoes a different change in polarization to light incident on a second area, to simultaneously present 2D and 3D images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Willem L. Ijzerman, Hugo J. Cornelissen