Patents by Inventor Allard Feije Boer

Allard Feije Boer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Luminaire and method for controlling a luminaire
    Patent number: 9243764
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a luminaire comprising a plurality of directed light sources arranged in a surface of a three-dimensional body and a controller for controlling the operational state of the luminaire. The controller comprises a three-dimensional touch-sensitive surface. Each point on the touch-sensitive surface is allocated to a position of the body surface such that an operational state of at least one light source at a position of the body surface is changeable by touching a point on the touch-sensitive surface allocated to this position. A corresponding method for controlling a luminaire comprises the steps of detecting a touch at a point on a three-dimensional touch-sensitive surface and changing an operational state of at least one light source at a position of the body surface allocated to the touch point on the touch-sensitive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Bianca Maria Irma Van Der Zande, Petrus Johannes Bremer, Allard Feije Boer, Bram Michiel Hendrikus Geenen
  • LUMINAIRE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LUMINAIRE
    Publication number: 20120181951
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a luminaire comprising a plurality of directed light sources arranged in a surface of a three-dimensional body and a controller for controlling the operational state of the luminaire. The controller comprises a three-dimensional touch-sensitive surface. Each point on the touch-sensitive surface is allocated to a position of the body surface such that an operational state of at least one light source at a position of the body surface is changeable by touching a point on the touch-sensitive surface allocated to this position. A corresponding method for controlling a luminaire comprises the steps of detecting a touch at a point on a three-dimensional touch-sensitive surface and changing an operational state of at least one light source at a position of the body surface allocated to the touch point on the touch-sensitive surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Bianca Maria Irma Van Der Zande, Petrus Johannes Bremer, Allard Feije Boer, Bram Michiel Hendrikus Geenen