Patents Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
  • Patent number: 11947944
    Abstract: A method of reporting on a software update performed on a network composed of at least a plurality of wireless devices. The method comprises, at a centralized network element: i) detecting properties of two or more wireless devices in the network, ii) reading the update to determine functions of the two or more devices which the updated is programmed to implement, and iii) receiving an update report reporting whether or not the software update was successfully installed in memory of the at least one wireless device; for each update reported to be successfully installed in iii), comparing the functions determined in ii) against the properties detected in i) to establish which functions are now enabled within the network, and which existing functions are now disabled due to the update; and creating and outputting to a user a customized report indicating the enabled and/or disabled functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Elkady, Daniel Martin Goergen
  • Patent number: 11949452
    Abstract: The invention provides a computing device for determining and conveying a bandwidth coverage of an optical communication modality within a space, wherein the space comprises at least one optical transmitter arranged for communicating over said optical communication modality; wherein the computing device comprises a controller configured to: obtain configuration data characterizing a configuration of said space; obtain lighting data characterizing the at least one optical transmitter; determine the bandwidth coverage of the optical communication modality within the space based on the configuration data and the lighting data; wherein the computing device comprises an output interface configured to: convey a signal indicative of the bandwidth coverage of the optical communication modality within the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Michel Germe, Muhammad Hassan
  • Patent number: 11950341
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a proximity-detecting device configured to determine a signal-strength value (S) indicative of a received signal power amount of an identification signal of an originating lighting node that comprises lighting-node identification information and that is received via a signal input unit (102). It also comprises a proximity-detection unit (106) configured, upon determining that the received signal-strength value exceeds a predetermined proximity threshold value (Sth), to generate and provide a proximity-information signal (P) indicative of the proximity-detecting device being within a proximity area. It also comprises a threshold-determination unit (108) configured, upon determining fulfilment of a pre-stored threshold-updating criterion (C) comprising one or more updating-conditions associated with the lighting-node identification information, to update the proximity threshold value for the given originating lighting node, for redefining the adaptation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Hugo Jose Krajnc, Dzmitry Aliakseyeu, Berent Willem Meerbeek
  • Patent number: 11942990
    Abstract: A tunable laser based light source for Li-Fi communication comprising a laser (1), a first optical element (3), and a second optical element (4). The first optical element (3) is configured to reflect and/or refract a scanning beam (2) emitted from the laser (1). The second optical element (4) is configured to broaden the scanning beam (2) reflected/refracted by the first optical element (3). The scanning beam (2) is configured to scan a scanning area extending with a first scanning length in a broadening direction (SI) and a second scanning length in a scanning direction (S2). The second optical element (4) is configured to broaden the scanning beam (2) in the broadening direction (S1) to a width larger than the first scanning length, and the laser (1) and the first optical element (3) are configured to cooperate to enable the scanning beam (2) to be swept along the scanning direction (S2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Joris Jan Vrehen, Hugo Johan Cornelissen, Chin Wan Oh, Johan-Paul Marie Gerard Linnartz
  • Patent number: 11943850
    Abstract: A LED circuit comprises a current drive circuit for driving a current through the parallel combination of a LED arrangement and an output capacitor. An override arrangement overrides the current level setting to a default current level during start-up, and the override arrangement is disabled when a current flow is sensed by a sensor. The current setting of the driver is ignored until a threshold current is sensed through the LED arrangement. The delay associated with initial start-up charging of the output capacitor is thereby avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Bertrand Johan Edward Hontele, Theo Gerrit Zijlman
  • Patent number: 11940107
    Abstract: A lighting device (1) is provided. The lighting device (1) comprises a housing (10) and a flexible elongated carrier (20) having a first side (20a) and a second side (20b). The elongated carrier (20) comprises a plurality of first sections (21), each first section (21) comprising a plurality of solid state lighting elements (25) arranged on the first side (20a) of the elongated carrier (20). Each first section (21) is arranged at a distance (d1) from a surface (15) of the housing. The elongated carrier (20) further comprises a plurality of second sections (22). Each second section (22) is at least in part attached to the surface of the housing (15). The first sections (21) and the second sections (22) are alternatingly arranged in a succession along a longitudinal extension of the elongated carrier (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 11943857
    Abstract: A method of restricting control of one or more lighting units (110) in a lighting system (100) is disclosed. The lighting system (100) comprises the one or more lighting units (110), a first control device (130) for controlling the one or more lighting units (110) and a portable control device (120) for controlling the one or more lighting units (110). The method comprises: determining a position of the portable control device (120) relative to a surface (140), setting the one or more lighting units (110) to a first control mode or a second control mode in dependence on the position of the portable control device (120) relative to the surface (140).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Jerome Eduard Maes, Berent Willem Meerbeek
  • Patent number: 11943848
    Abstract: A controller (1) configured to control properties of light emitted from a light emitting device (4), the controller comprises a control device (2) and a processing unit (3). The control device (2) enables a user to select a color point of the light emitted from the light emitting device (4) in a color space of the light emitting device. The selection of the color point is done by the user providing a single input to the control device (2). The processing unit (3) being configured to change the color point of light emitted from the light emitting device based on the single input. The change of the color point is done along a meandering curve extending along the black body locus (BBL) in accordance with the received single input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 11943682
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mobile device comprising: a motion sensor configured to determine a motion of the mobile device; a radiofrequency transceiver configured to receive an advertisement of at least one node; a controller configured to receive the motion of the mobile device; a user interface. The controller is configured to (i) obtain and parse the advertisement of the at least one node, when the mobile device is in a first motion, and (ii) display a list comprising the parsed advertisement of the at least one node on the user interface, when the mobile device is in a second motion. The first motion is the mobile device moving along a path and the second motion is the mobile device not moving away from a location on the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Govind Narayan, Marco Haverlag, Sonia Kataria
  • Patent number: 11933488
    Abstract: An LED luminaire, which comprises an LED array of LED elements and an optical element. The optical element comprises one or more partially reflective or partially transmissive elements, which are positioned to lie perpendicular to a plane of the LED array. In this way, the partially reflective elements create virtual sources or virtual LED elements, by reflecting part of the light emitted by an LED element, whilst allowing the original or “real” LED element to still be visible by partially transmitting the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems, Olexandr Valentynovych Vdovin
  • Patent number: 11933487
    Abstract: A lighting device (100), comprising a plurality of light sources (110), a cover (120) comprising an at least partially light-transmissive material, wherein the cover at least partially encloses the plurality of light sources, and a plurality of reflectors (130) arranged within the cover and at respective peripheral portions of the cover, wherein a first set of light sources (140) is arranged within the plurality of reflectors such that the light sources within each reflector is configured to emit a respective bundle of light from the lighting device, and wherein a second set of light sources (150) is arranged outside the plurality of reflectors and configured to emit light from the lighting device, wherein the lighting device further comprises a control unit (160) configured to individually control the operation of the first and second sets of light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems
  • Patent number: 11937353
    Abstract: According to one aspect disclosed herein, there is provided a first lighting device for use in a lighting system, the lighting system comprising one or more lighting devices for illuminating an environment, the first lighting device is configured to perform, upon becoming active from a dormant state, the operations of: polling one or more neighboring lighting devices to determine whether they are part of a lighting scene being output by the lighting system and if so determining information about the lighting scene based on the polling; determining whether the first lighting device is part of the lighting scene; and based on the determined scene and the determination that the first lighting device is part of that lighting scene, ascertaining one or more lighting settings of the first lighting device and a light output to be rendered by the lighting device in order to join the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.
    Inventors: Rudi Johannes Leonard Köster, Remco Magielse
  • Patent number: 11935493
    Abstract: A virtual window device (100), comprising (i) a display (110) arranged in a first plane (A), wherein the display (110) is arranged to provide a first output (120) for rendering a first image of a view through a window (130) onto a virtual planar surface (140) that is oriented parallel to the display (110) along an axis (C), perpendicular to the first plane (A), (ii) a frame (150) projecting from the display (110), and wherein an edge (160) of the frame (150), oppositely arranged the display (110), spans a second plane (B), (iii) a lighting element (170) configured to emit a second output (180) onto the virtual planar surface (140), wherein the lighting element (170) is arranged within the virtual window device (100) at a distance (D) from the second plane (B), along the axis (C), wherein the second output (180) has a directionality, the directionality being one or more of a spatial direction, a beam angle, a beam width, a light output distribution and a diffusivity, and (iv) a unit (190) configured to registe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.
    Inventors: Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Leendert Teunis Rozendaal, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg
  • Patent number: 11933490
    Abstract: The invention provides alighting system (1000) configured to generate lighting system light (1001), wherein the lighting system light (1001) comprises one or more of (i) a first lighting system light component (1101) having a first component optical power Wopt,comp1, and (ii) a second lighting system light component (1201) having a second component optical power Wopt,comp2; wherein the lighting system (1000) comprises: —a first light source (110) comprising a first pump light source (10) configured to generate first pump light source light (11) and a luminescent material (200) configured to convert at least part of the first pump light source light (11) into luminescent material light (201), wherein the first light source (110) optionally in combination with first optics (115) is configured to provide the first lighting system light component (1101), wherein the first lighting system light component (1101) comprises at least part of the luminescent material light (201), wherein the first lighting system light
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 11933462
    Abstract: The invention provides a light generating device (1000) comprising (i) n laser light sources (10), (ii) focusing optics (20), and (iii) a luminescent body (200), wherein: (A) the n laser light sources (10) are configured to generate laser light source light (11); wherein the focusing optics (20) are configured to focus the laser light source light (11) into a focused beam (21) of laser light source light (11); wherein n?2; (B) the luminescent body (200) comprises a luminescent material (210), wherein the luminescent body (200) is configured in a light receiving relationship with the n laser light sources (10), wherein the luminescent material (210) is configured to convert at least part of the laser light source light (11) into luminescent material light (211); (C) the n laser light sources (10) and focusing optics (20) are configured to provide in an operational mode light spots (300) of laser light source light (11) on the luminescent body (200); wherein k sets of light spots (300) each have an individually
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Hugo Johan Cornelissen, Ties Van Bommel
  • Patent number: 11937352
    Abstract: A MOSFET circuit clamps a MOSFET gate voltage (either directly or via a gate control circuit) when the source voltage exceeds a threshold level, for example in response to a voltage surge event between the source and drain. In particular, the gate is held at a voltage relative to the source, to turn off the first MOSFET during such a surge event, but not during normal operation. This provides automatic protection against unwanted increases in the input voltage, especially when the MOSFET was in its on state during the switching. A threshold circuit is connected between a gate (or gate control node) and a reference voltage. When the voltage at the source exceeds a voltage threshold level, it conduct a unidirectional circuit component (D18) between the source and gate (or gate control node), and the threshold circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Chenghu Luo, Shaowei Han
  • Patent number: 11936437
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a signal-strength compensating unit (100) for providing a temperature-compensated received-signal-strength indication value of a wireless signal (W) received by an external wireless receiver from an external wireless transmitter (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Hugo Jose Krajnc, Peter Deixler, Hendrik Stevens
  • Patent number: 11937356
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving (222,224,226,232,234,236) information identifying power on/off-related behavior (e.g. shutdown moment and/or elapsed time) from each of the plurality of lighting devices and partitioning the plurality of lighting devices in groups of lighting devices, e.g. Group1: L1+L2 and Group2: L3, based on the received information. Each of the groups comprises only lighting devices with similar power on/off-related behavior. The method further comprises controlling (242) the lighting device in response to a user command, determining that a problem has occurred when controlling the lighting device, and identifying the group that comprises the lighting device. The method also comprises determining a power on/off state of at least one other lighting device in the identified group, determining diagnostic information based the determined power on/off states, and providing (243) the diagnostic information to the user. The diagnostic information indicates a likely cause for the problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jorge Gabriel Squillace, Serdar Buyuksarac, Remco Magielse, Ludolf Jan Woltjer
  • Patent number: D1017544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Priya Ranjan Haridasan, Walten Peter Owens
  • Patent number: D1018915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Wessel Peter Deurwaarder