Patents Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
  • Patent number: 10317766
    Abstract: The display device (10) comprises an array of rows and columns of pixels. The display device further comprises a plurality of commonly controlled first electrodes (FE) for supplying a common signal (DS1) to each pixel (13), a plurality of commonly controlled second electrodes (SE) for supplying a further common signal (DS2) to each pixel, and a plurality of pixel addressing electrodes (AC1, AC2, AC3, AC4) for addressing the individual pixels. At least the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are routed parallel to one another, such that crossovers between the commonly controlled electrodes are eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Alwin Rogier Martijn Verschueren
  • Patent number: 10317045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light emitting apparatus comprising, an element (104) arranged to convert light of a first wavelength (110) into light of a second wavelength (112), emit the light of the second wavelength (112), and to reflect light of the first wavelength (110), a reflector (106) arranged to reflect light of the first wavelength (110), and transmit light of the second wavelength (112), a light source (102) emitting light of the first wavelength (110) on the reflector (106) such that the reflected light of the first wavelength (110) is directed towards the element (104), a lens (108) arranged to focus light of the first wavelength (110) reflected by the reflector (106) onto the element (104), and to collect light emitted and reflected from the element (104), wherein the element (104) is arranged to emit light of the second wavelength (112) with an angular distribution (116) within a collection angle of the lens (108), wherein the element (104) is further arranged to reflect light of the fir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Petrus Theodorus Jutte, Olexandr Valentynovych Vdovin
  • Patent number: 10320711
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to Low-power and Lossy Wireless Networks. The proposed solution takes advantage of the fact that retry mechanism and back-off mechanism are already present in trickle-based algorithms. This way, it is possible to disable the equivalent features present at the MAC level which are the main causes of the large maxima of the fluctuating end-to-end delay. Also, it has been done away with the additional waiting time which comes from the packet waiting in the buffer in the MAC. Therefore, it has been provided a real-time layer with a limited size buffer able to allocate a deadline to a multicast packet and to select packets for transmission or rejection on the basis of the packet deadline. This way, it is kept a tighter hold on the rejection and waiting of the packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Theodorus Jacobus Johannes Denteneer, Petrus Desiderius Victor Van Der Stok
  • Patent number: 10317055
    Abstract: A lighting device (1) is provided. The light device (1) comprises a first part (2) and a second part (2) which is flexibly connected to the first part (2) so that the lighting device (1) can be in at least two configurations. There is a sensor (7) which detects the configuration of the lighting device (1) and a controller for receiving the sensor signal from the sensor (7) and for providing an output to first light sources and second light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Anika Nelleke Siepel, Marjolein Dimmie van der Zwaag, Anthonie Hendrik Bergman
  • Patent number: 10317579
    Abstract: An optical device (100) is disclosed, comprising a collimator (110) and a first lenslet array (130, 430) and a second lenslet array (140, 440). The first lenslet array and the second lenslet array are provided with the same tessellation pattern, aligned with each other and arranged such that a projection (150) of a light source (122) is focused on the second lenslet array, which is configured to emit non-focused light. At least some of the lenslets of the second array are formed such that a ratio of their sagittal and meridional dimensions varies at least along the meridional direction (M) of the second lenslet array, based on the varying shape of the projection of the light source as seen by said lenslets, so as to achieve an improved mixing, intensity and uniformity of light emitted from the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Oliver Dross
  • Patent number: 10309640
    Abstract: The invention provides a floor covering system (10) with (a) a PVC-based floor covering (100) and (b) a lighting system (200) arranged to generate light (210). The PVC-based floor covering (100) has a user side (101) and an opposite back side (102). The lighting system (200) is arranged at the back side (102) of the PVC-based floor covering (100). The PVC-based floor covering (100) has a light transmission for light (210) generated by the lighting system (200) in the range of 0.5% to 30%, especially in the range of 1% to 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn
  • Patent number: 10309856
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a sensor, comprising: —determining a position of the sensor; —providing sensor data comprising identification data and the position of the sensor to a calibration data provider; —obtaining calibration data from the calibration data provider; and —calibrating the sensor in accordance with the calibration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dennis Van De Meulenhof, Johannes Arnoldus Cornelis Bernsen
  • Patent number: 10309585
    Abstract: A light emitting device (1) comprising at least one light source (2), and a light guide unit comprising at least a first light guide (3) and a second light guide (4) each comprising a light input end surface (6, 31, 41) arranged to, when in operation, receive light emitted from the at least one light source and a light output surface (7, 32, 42), at least a part (8) of the first light guide and the second light guide near the light output end surface being bent in a bending radius (R), at least the first light guide of the light guide unit being ring-shaped in cross section, and the first light guide and the second light guide of the light guide unit being arranged in a nested relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems, Peter Johannes Martinus Bukkems, Abraham Vamattathil Scaria
  • Patent number: 10312730
    Abstract: An apparatus and method employ a pair of input terminals to receive an input voltage from a charging power source for charging a backup power supply for an emergency lighting system, the input voltage corresponding to any one of a plurality of nominal operating voltages. A voltage level detector produces, in response to the received input voltage, an input voltage level signal indicating which of the nominal operating voltages is being received. A temperature detector determines whether the temperature of the backup power supply exceeds a threshold and produces a temperature signal in response thereto. A heater includes a plurality of heating elements, and is activated to heat the backup power supply when the temperature of the backup power supply is less than the threshold. The input voltage level signal determines which of the heating elements is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Stefan-Cristian Rezeanu, Jon P. Baker, Long Wang
  • Patent number: 10314145
    Abstract: The invention relates to a PoE lighting system (1) comprising an emergency lighting device (4), a first PSE device (6) and a second PSE device (2). The first PSE device is adapted to provide power based on a) first power received from a first power source or b) second power received from a second PSE device via a first fire-resistant PoE connection (3) in case of emergency. The first PSE device is adapted to detect whether power is received from the second PSE device and to provide power to the emergency lighting device based on the second power via a second fire-resistant PoE connection (7), if it has been detected that power has been received from the second PSE device. This can allow for a provision of PoE emergency lighting in case of fire, even if a communication via the fire-resistant PoE connections is not possible anymore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dave Willem Van Goor, Leenart Yseboodt, Matthias Wendt
  • Patent number: 10310277
    Abstract: A light emitting device (1) comprising a first light source (21) and a second light source (22), a luminescent element (4) comprising a first light input surface (41), a second light input surface (42), a light exit surface (43), a first further surface (44) and a second further surface (45), a first cooling assembly (5) and a second cooling assembly (6), the first cooling assembly (5) comprising a first cooling element (52) and a first light source board (51) on which one of the light sources is mounted, and the second cooling assembly (6) comprising a second cooling element (62) and a second light source board (61), on which the other one of the light sources is mounted, and the second cooling assembly (6) being arranged with a surface (621) in mechanical and thermal contact with the first further surface (44) of the luminescent element thereby forming a first interface and the first cooling assembly (5) being arranged with a surface (521) in mechanical and thermal contact with the second further surface (4
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dominique Maria Bruls, Vincent Stefan David Gielen, Georges Marie Calon, Mohammad Mirsadeghi, Leendert Van Der Tempel
  • Patent number: 10313138
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powered device (2) like a luminaire for being used in a power distribution system (100), which is preferentially a PoE system and which comprises a power sourcing device (1) for sourcing a power to the powered device. The powered device comprises an electrical load like an LED and an electrical load power providing unit for generating from the sourced power an electrical load power and for providing the electrical load power to the electrical load, wherein the electrical load power providing unit is adapted to generate the electrical load power with a power level such that an input current drawn by the powered device from the power sourcing device is maximized below a predefined upper input current threshold. This allows increasing the power consumption of the powered device in comparison to the power consumption of powered devices in accordance with the PoE standard IEEE 802.3at.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Lennart Yseboodt, Matthias Wendt
  • Patent number: 10314135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an LED retrofit lamp (1) for being connected to a high frequency electronic ballast (26), the high frequency electronic ballast (26) being adapted for providing a voltage and a current to the LED retrofit lamp (1). The LED retrofit lamp (1) comprises an LED unit (4), an adapting unit (30) for adapting the voltage and the current provided by the high frequency electronic ballast (26) to a voltage and a current for operating the LED unit (4), a detecting unit (40) for detecting an electrical value that depends on the current provided by the high frequency electronic ballast (26), and a ballast protection unit (60) for performing, in dependence of the detected electrical value, an operation for protecting the high frequency electronic ballast (26) from an overcurrent situation. This allows avoiding an unsafe situation, such as when the high frequency electronic ballast (26) is overheated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Borong Su, Bernhard Christiaan van Dijk, William Peter Mechtildis Marie Jans, Haimin Tao
  • Patent number: 10314134
    Abstract: A retrofit lamp is for use with a fluorescence lighting ballast. The retrofit lamp comprises a filament emulation circuit. A detection circuit detects (at least) if a connected ballast is an instant start electronic ballast or an electromagnetic ballast by detecting a potentially existing heating voltage across the filament emulation circuit. In response, an LED arrangement may be connected in a series configuration (for an instant start electronic ballast) or in a parallel configuration (for an electromagnetic ballast). In this way, the output power is managed to ensure efficient operation. A different pin safety function may also be provided in the different configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Xiujuan Wu, Han Lu, Jing Xu Zhou, Jason J Yang, Jessie Wang, Tian Ella
  • Patent number: 10314144
    Abstract: A luminaire comprising: at least one light source for emitting light to illuminate an environment; an optical sensor comprising an array of photodetectors, the sensor configured to output image data indicative of the intensity of light incident on the photodetectors; and a controller arranged to receive the image data, the controller comprising: a presence detection module configured to process the image data to detect whether a being is present in said environment, and control the light emitted by the light source(s) responsive to said detection; a light sensing module configured to process the image data to determine a light level in said environment and control the light emitted by the light source(s) based on said light level; and a commissioning module configured to control the controller to operate in a commissioning mode based on the image data; and configure the luminaire in accordance with a commissioning command received whilst the controller is operating in the commissioning mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Marco Haverlag, Mareel Beij, Harry Broers, Hugo Jose Krajnc, Ruben Rajagopalan
  • Patent number: 10313009
    Abstract: A device comprising: an input for receiving a signal from a rolling-shutter camera which captures frames by exposing a lines of each frame in sequence, the signal comprising a coded light signal; and a signal processing module arranged to obtain a respective sample of the coded light signal from each of a number of said lines, being a substantially smaller number of the lines than exposed by the camera in each frame. The coded light signal comprises a message having a duration longer than this number of lines, and the message is repeated multiple times with a timing such that a different part of the message is seen by the camera in each of a plurality of different ones of said frames. The signal processing module is configured to time align the different parts of the message from the plurality of different frames, and reassemble the message from the time-aligned parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Constant Paul Marie Jozef Baggen, Ronald Rietman, Paul Henricus Johannes Maria Van Voorthuisen
  • Patent number: 10302274
    Abstract: A luminaire is disclosed comprising a cover plate including an light exit window and a region surrounding the light exit window, at least a part of said region comprising a plurality of first fixing members selected from one of a plurality of holes and a plurality of protrusions dimensioned to extend through said holes; a reflector having an inner volume and comprising at least one edge comprising a plurality of second fixing members, selected from the other of the plurality of holes and the plurality of protrusions dimensioned to extend through said openings; and a plurality of solid state elements within the inner volume, wherein the protrusions extend through the holes, each protrusion having a portion extending beyond the opening through which the protrusion extends, said portion being bent over an edge of the opening to secure the reflector on the cover plate, wherein the inner volume is delimited by the reflector and the cover plate and the solid state lighting elements are arranged to direct their lumi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Alex Feng Liu, Riemer Adema, Mariusz Jankow, Aleksander Zach
  • Patent number: 10306737
    Abstract: A configuration system (100) for configuring a first device (130) in a lighting system is disclosed. The configuration system (100) comprises a memory (102) arranged for storing one or more light settings (110), which light settings (110) are defined by one or more light setting rules (112). The configuration system (100) further comprises a communication unit (104) arranged for communicating with the first device (130). The configuration system (100) further comprises a processor (106) arranged for identifying a device property (132) of the first device (130) based on information received from the first device (130) via the communication unit (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Antonie Leonardus Johannes Kamp, Philip Steven Newton, Leendert Teunis Rozendaal, Sanae Chraibi, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Dirk Valentinus Rene Engelen
  • Patent number: D851316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Dennis Gregory
  • Patent number: D851321
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Frederik André Martin Vanslambrouck