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  • Method and device for microwave-heating prepared meals sealed in trays
    Patent number: 6906297
    Abstract: Trays placed in an autoclave are coupled with microwaves from microwave generators and move back and forth as they are processed to ensure even heating. The generators are placed at the side of the autoclave so each generator connects to a wave guide in the autoclave with upwardly directed decoupling openings immediately below the tray to be heated. The distance between the decoupling opening and the tray is maintained at less than one-half wavelength. The foods on the tray are heated first from below and then the heat rises. When water in the lower food layers is heated, steam forms and must pass through the cooler upper layers to escape. As it does so, it loses heat to these layers, warming them and preventing scorching on the food's surface as well as any bursting of the trays' seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Tops Foods, N.V.
    Inventor: Rudy Tops
  • Method of and device for generating an image having a desired brightness
    Patent number: 6905216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of generating an image having a desired brightness, which image is generated by means of a device provided with at least one light source, at least one electro-optical light modulation panel and at least one light-control device. The light from the light source is converted into an image having a desired brightness via at least the electro-optical light modulation panel and the light-control device. The image to be projected is analyzed in a regulator, whereafter the electro-optical light modulation panel and the light-control device are driven, while a too bright image is generated by means of the electro-optical light modulation panel, which image is converted by means of the light-control device into an image having a desired brightness and a desired contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Stanton, Martinus V. C. Stroomer, Adrianus J. S. M. De Vaan
  • Mobile communication apparatus having an accessory unit including at least the transponder circuit of a transponder unit
    Patent number: 6907266
    Abstract: A mobile communication apparatus (1) includes a transponder unit (15) having transmission means (16) and a transponder circuit (17) and is adapted to accommodate an accessory unit (ESIM), the accessory unit (ESIM) being provided with at least the transponder circuit (17) of the transponder unit (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Andreas Muehlberger
  • Method of reproducing a gray scale image in colors
    Patent number: 6906727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of reproducing a gray scale image (1) in colors on a color monitor (6), in which method each shade of gray (2) is assigned, using a look-up table (4, 5), a given output value (R, G, B) for driving the electron guns (8R, 8G, 8B) of the color monitor. Assignment is performed in such a manner that a given color deviation is imparted to successive shades of gray, which deviation enables differentiation of the shades of gray by a human observer without such deviations becoming disturbing. Consequently, the information concerning the optical density of the original gray scale image (1) is preserved; this is important notably for the interpretation of medical images. Additionally, the special display properties of the monitor (6) and/or the ambient circumstances can be taken into account in the look-up table (4, 5) in order to optimize the reproduction of the gray scale image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Martin Weibrecht, Peter Quadflieg, Gerhard Speckowius
  • Cooking oven with a cooled door that permits pyrolysis
    Patent number: 6904904
    Abstract: A cooking oven includes a heatable oven chamber (6) that can be loaded with product from the outside area (A) through a loading port (8). An oven door (10) serves to close off the loading port (8) of the oven chamber (6) from the outside area (A). An inner pane (50) faces the oven chamber (6), an outer pane (48) faces the outside area (A), and one or several intermediate panes (52) are positioned between the inner pane (50) and the outer pane (48). An outer cavity (54) is between the outer pane (48) and the neighboring intermediate pane (52) and an inner cavity space (56) is between the inner pane (50) and the neighboring intermediate pane (52). A cooling system moves cooling air (K1) through the outer cavity (54) while thermally insulating air (I) can be held stationary in the inner cavity (56).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Walther, Harald Porner, Vladmir Pelic, Robert McKechnie, Patrice Murguet, Dietmar Hildner
  • ATM connection admission control device for DBR connections
    Patent number: 6907467
    Abstract: A device for Connection Admission Control for an ATM switch, intended for admitting to the switch a requested ATM connection of the DBR type, such that the “Quality of Service” of all ATM connections of the DBR type in said switch continues to satisfy certain conditions. For the composite traffic stream of DBR connections at an output port with capacity C, a single buffer with capacity B is available, while as boundary condition it holds that the total average load of the output port does not amount to more than ?×C, where ? is a constant with a value between 0 and 1. The CAC device comprises two sub-devices, which each execute a—rather complex—partial calculation, resulting in a positive or negative admission signal. The new ATM connection is only granted admission to the switch if both sub-devices emit a positive admission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke KPN N.V.
    Inventor: Pieter Hendrik Albert Venemans
  • Method and device for manufacturing brushes
    Patent number: 6905176
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing brushes, whereby, on one hand, fibers (3) are supplied to at least one filling tool (4) by means of at least one auxiliary device (15) comprising at least two fiber loading chambers (16-20) and, on the other hand, said fiber loading chambers (16-20) are replenished by taking up fibers (3) from at least two respective fiber supply channels (8-12), whereby, by means of the filling tool (4), the fibers (3) are inserted into brush bodies (6), wherein, on one hand, the supply of the fibers (3) from the fiber loading chambers (16-20) to the filling tool (4) and, on the other hand, the replenishing of the fiber loading chambers (16-20) with fibers (3) from the fiber supply channels (8-12) is realized by means of working cycles which as such are independent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Firma G.B. Boucherie N.V.
    Inventor: Bart Gerard Boucherie
  • Method of simultaneous format reduction and decoding of encoded video signals
    Patent number: 6907076
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of video processing applied to N encoded video input signals, for decoding and reducing by a factor N the format of said encoded video input signals, and for generating a set of decoded video signals in the pixel domain, each encoded video input signal comprising DCT blocs. The method according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises a first and second inverse DCT step, each inverse DCT step being applied simultaneously on a plurality of DCT blocs of reduced size extracted from said N encoded video input signals. Thus are generated N output blocs of reduced size defining one of said decoded video signal of reduced format by a factor N. This invention can advantageously be used for the composition of mosaic video signals from a set of encoded signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Joseph Adelaide, Robin Didier, Olivier Elbaz
  • Method for efficient retransmission timeout estimation in NACK-based protocols
    Patent number: 6907460
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for estimating retransmission timeout (RTO) in a real-time streaming applications over the Internet between a server and a client. Accordingly, the present invention employs retransmission timeout (RTO) in NACK-based applications to support multiple retransmission attempts per lost packet, wherein the RTO is estimated by an actual around-trip delay (RTT) and a smooth inter-packet delay variance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Dmitri Loguinov, Hayder Radha
  • Method and apparatus for data reproduction
    Patent number: 6907559
    Abstract: DVD data is read from an optical disc. Double buffering is used for outer error correction syndromes, the syndrome for one ECC frame being accumulated in one syndrome buffer, while error correction calculations for preceding data block are performed using a syndrome accumulated previously in another syndrome buffer). The syndrome buffers are used in alternating fashion as further blocks of data are received, while the flow of data to a main buffer is uninterrupted. This reduces buffering requirements in the decoder, and relaxes time constraints on the error correction calculations. A multi-beam implementation is disclosed, providing higher throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Trevor G.R. Hall, Bruce Murray
  • Polarized-light-emitting waveguide, illumination arrangement and display device comprising such
    Publication number: 20050123229
    Abstract: A side-lit illumination arrangement comprises a polarized-light-emitting waveguide comprising a polarization-selective beam-splitting interface formed at an interface of a waveguiding layer and a polarization-selection layer. In order to avoid alignment problems occurring during the manufacture of the waveguide which impair the proper functioning of the polarization-selective beam-splitting interface, the polarization-selective beam-splitting interface is planar. Waveguided light polarized and transmitted by the polarization-selective beam-splitting interface into the polarization-selection layer is coupled out by a relief-structured surface via an exit surface. Display devices having such waveguides, in particular if used in a front light, have a high brightness and efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2002
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Hubertina Huck, Hugo Cornelissen
  • Method of manufacturing an electronic device
    Publication number: 20050121413
    Abstract: The electronic device (100) comprises an electrical element (30), for instance a MEMS capacitor or a BAW filterin a cavity (37) that is protected from the environment by a cover (38). The cover (38) is a patterned layer which is mechanically embedded in isolating material (7) present beside the cavity (37) and may further include contact pads (41). The device (100) may be suitably manufactured from an accurately folded foil including a patterned layerand a sacrifice layer. After applying the foil to the cavity (37) the isolating material (7) is provided and the sacrifice layer is removed. The patterned layer, or part thereof, stays behind and forms the cover (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.C.
    Inventor: Johannus Weekamp
  • Display device
    Publication number: 20050122281
    Abstract: A display device is provided with a display screen (30) for displaying image information, having a predetermined number of luminescent picture elements (35). In operation, an electron beam (45) is generated by an electron gun (40) and entered into a two-dimensional slalom guide (10), wherein the beam is guided in two mutually perpendicular directions by means of slalom focusing. Subsequently, the electron beam (45) is extracted from a selected cell (56) of the slalom guide (10) towards a corresponding picture element (35). The path of the electron beam (45) in the slalom guide (10) can be fully customized within the guidance plane. Preferably, the guidance plane extends substantially parallel to the display screen (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Michel Cornelis Josephus Vissenberg
  • Grid for the absorption of x-rays
    Publication number: 20050123099
    Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-scatter grid for the absorption of X-rays, wherein the wall elements (3) of the grid consist of a thermoplastic (7) with heavy metal particles (8) embedded therein. By using such a mixture, it is possible to produce the wall elements by injection molding, whereby even very finely and complicatedly shaped, in particular two-dimensional, grids may be produced in cost-effective manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V
    Inventors: Stefan Schneider, Wolfgang Eckenbach
  • In an amine or nitrile embedded passivated hydrogenation catalyst
    Publication number: 20050124833
    Abstract: The invention relates to a passivated hydrogenation catalyst that is embedded in a primary amine, a derivative thereof, and/or a nitrile, the process to make such catalysts, as well as the use of such catalysts in a hydrogenation process in which an amine or a derivative thereof is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Thale Ottens, Jacobus Van Den Berg, Paul Van Poecke
  • Container for a substance to be sprayed, cap for such container and method for manufacturing such container
    Publication number: 20050121475
    Abstract: A container for a substance to be sprayed, wherein the container comprises a reservoir for the substance, wherein the container is provided with operable spraying means connected to the reservoir for spraying the substance, wherein the spraying means are provided with at least two spaced apart outflow openings which can be brought into fluid communication with the reservoir for spraying the substance in at least two spray beams to surroundings. The invention further relates to a cap, evidently destined for such a container. Additionally, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing such a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Sara Lee/DE N.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Antonius Zigmans
  • Noise reduction in a power converter
    Publication number: 20050122056
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a control device (28) for a switching power converter (10), a switching power converter and a method of controlling a switch in a power converter for reducing audible noise. The power converter comprises the control device (28) and at least one switch (26) for regulating the power conversion. The control device (28) comprises a timer (45) for monitoring a switching frequency of the switch (26) to indicate when the frequency has dropped to a certain level, and a gate driving circuit (32) connected to the timer and arranged to regulate the switching of the switch in dependence of the indication from the timer, so that the frequency rises above said certain level in order to reduce generation of audible noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Hinderikus Langeslag, Joan Strijker
  • Controlling application devices simultaneously
    Publication number: 20050125718
    Abstract: A method and a system of controlling application devices simultaneously. The application devices can be a Web tablet, a set-top box, a VCR, a TV, and PDA, a lamp, a coffee machine, a radio, a telephone, a background wall, a DVD player or an electronic information panel. The method includes four steps controlled by a server: retrieving first documents (501) from a first set of application devices; retrieving identification (502) of a user; generating (505) second documents, each comprising an instruction, on the basis of at least a part of the retrieved identification of the user and at least a part of the first documents; simultaneously sending (506) at least one of the second documents to each device of a second set of the application devices; and performing (507) for a given device of the second set one instruction from at least one of the second documents received in the given device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V
    Inventor: Markus Gerardus Van Doorn
  • Executing processes in a multiprocessing environment
    Publication number: 20050125789
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and a system for executing processes with different priorities in a multiprocessing environment comprising execution of a low priority process and a high priority process where the high priority process and the low priority process (T1) share a given resource, the method comprising the step of: raising the effective priority of the low priority process when the low priority process is going to use the shared resource, where the effective priority is raised to above other processes in the multiprocessing environment. This allows for as short delay, by other processes, of the high priority process as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Groenewoudseweg 1
    Inventors: Hendrik Dijkstra, Antonie Dijkhof, Simon Dekker
  • Cardiac perfusion analysis
    Publication number: 20050124861
    Abstract: In a method of analyzing a quantity having temporal and spatial variations a multidimensional output data array is formed. The multidimensional output data array comprises array positions arranged along at least a first data-axis and a second data-axis, such as a spatial axis and a temporal axis. Values of the quantity are entered in the multidimensional output data array. Values of the quantity at substantially the same instant are entered at respective positions in the multidimensional output data array at equal positions along the first data-axis. Values of the quantity at substantially the same spatial position are entered at respective positions in the multidimensional output data array at equal positions along the second data-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Marcel Breeuwer