Patents by Inventor Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers
Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers 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).
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Patent number: 8655026Abstract: A basic idea of the present invention is to selectively employ one of at least two different feature extraction processes when generating a biometric template of an individual. An individual offers a physiological property, such as a fingerprint, an iris, an ear, a face, etc., from which biometric data can be derived, to a sensor of an enrollment authority. In the following, the property to be discussed will be fingerprints, even though any suitable biometric property may be used. From the fingerprint, a positional reference point of the biometric data is derived. The derivation of the positional reference point may be accomplished using any appropriate method out of a number of known methods. Such a reference point could be the location of a core, a delta, a weighted average of minutiae coordinates, or alike. Typically, the reference point includes a core of a fingerprint expressed as a three-dimensional coordinate denoted by means of xr, yr, and angle ?r.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Antonius Hermanus Maria Akkermans, Sabri Boughorbel, Dirk Jeroen Breebaart, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Berk Gokberk, Koen Theo Johan De Groot, Emile Josephus Carlos Kelkboom, Thomas Andreas Maria Kevenaar, Aweke Negash Lemma
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Publication number: 20130297087Abstract: The resource metering system comprises: an end-point device (25) consuming a resource, in particular for usage in a building (2) or in an outdoor lighting system, said device comprising a detection unit that produces status information and an indicator of usefulness; a smart meter (20) comprising: a communication circuitry provided with an interface adapted for receiving from said device status information and said indicator of usefulness; a metrology device connected to a medium (17) that provides the resource to said device; and a control circuitry connected to the metrology device for collecting resource consumption data, the control circuitry being connected to the communication circuitry and adapted to produce monitoring data to be securely transmitted to a server (10) after processing the status information and said indicator. Monitoring data are used when determining consumption tariffs, so as to encourage energy efficient usage of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Robert Paul Koster, Klaus Kursawe, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Paulus Mathias Hubertus Mechtildis anton Gorissen, Ileana Buhan, Petrus Johannes Lenoir, Sye Loong Keoh
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Patent number: 8312289Abstract: The invention provides a method for authenticating a physical object (OBJ) using a first helper data (W1) and a first control value (V1) associated with a reference object. The method comprises a step to generate a first property set (S1) using a noise compensating mapping (NCM) on information derived from the first helper data (W1) and a metric data (Y) associated with the physical object, and a step to establish a sufficient match between the physical object and the reference object using the first property set (S1) and the first control value (V1). The method further comprises a step to generate an update data (WUPD) for updating the first helper data (W1) using the first helper data (W1), the first property set (S1) and the metric data (Y). Also provided is a client terminal configured to carry out the method.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Koninklijke Philips ElectronicsInventors: Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Thomas Andreas Maria Kevenaar, Minne Van Der Veen, Antonius Hermanus Maria Akkermans
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Publication number: 20120283979Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor system comprising a sensor array, the sensor array comprising a substrate layer and a plurality of individual first sensor elements for measuring a desired parameter, which first sensor elements are arranged on said substrate layer and define a sensor plane, wherein the sensor array further comprises one or more second sensor elements for measuring a further desired parameter, and wherein the sensor system is configured to process sensor data from the first sensor elements in dependency of sensor data from the one or more second sensor elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Dirk Jeroen Breebaart, Sabri Boughorbel
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Patent number: 8187202Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for characterizing acoustical properties of an outer ear 130, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a first acoustic signal 125 towards the outer ear 130, receiving a second acoustic signal 150 from the outer ear 130, and characterizing acoustical properties 165 of the outer ear on the basis of the second acoustic signal 150. The method is characterized in that the first acoustic signal 125 comprises at least one of the following elements: music, and speech. The present invention further relates to a method and apparatus for enrolling, authenticating and identifying a person on the basis of acoustical properties of an outer ear 130.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2006Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Antonius Hermanus Maria Akkermans, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Vincent Van Der Leest
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Publication number: 20120087550Abstract: A basic idea of the present invention is to selectively employ one of at least two different feature extraction processes when generating a biometric template of an individual. An individual offers a physiological property, such as a fingerprint, an iris, an ear, a face, etc., from which biometric data can be derived, to a sensor of an enrolment authority. In the following, the property to be discussed will be fingerprints, even though any suitable biometric property may be used. From the fingerprint, a positional reference point of the biometric data is derived. The derivation of the positional reference point may be accomplished using any appropriate method out of a number of known methods. Such a reference point could be the location of a core, a delta, a weighted average of minutiae coordinates, or alike. Typically, the reference point includes a core of a fingerprint expressed as a three-dimensional coordinate denoted by means of xr, yr, and angle ?r.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Antonius Hermanus Maria Akkermans, Sabri Boughorbel, Dirk Jeroen Breebaart Breebaart, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Berk Gokberk, Koen Theo Johan De Groot, Emile Josephus Carlos Kelkboom, Thomas Andreas Maria Kevenaar, Aweke Negash Lemma
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Publication number: 20120075110Abstract: The application describes a child monitoring system and method for detecting and discriminating between children and adults passing under a sensor that is independent of the position of the sensor in relation to the subject. The system determines a distance to a surface on which a person can stand, and calculates a reference distance from this distance and a desired threshold. When a person enters the sensor range, the distance to the top of the person's head is compared with the reference distance to determine whether the person is an adult or a child. An alert can be provided when a child is detected as opposed to an adult, and alerts can be suppressed if an adult is in the vicinity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Sabri Boughorbel, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Koen Theo Johan De Grcot, Dirk Jeroen Breebaart
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Patent number: 8122260Abstract: The invention relates to a method of authentication of a physical object and an apparatus applying said method. The method uses a helper data (W1) and a control value (V1) associated with a reference object to generate a first property set (C1) using the helper data (W1) and a metric (Y) associated with the physical object. It further comprises a step to generate a second property set (S1) using a noise compensating mapping (NCM) on the first property set (C1), as well as a step to establish a sufficient match between the physical object and the reference object using the second property set (S1) and the first control value (V1). The method is characterized by a step that generates an error measure (ERR) by quantifying the noise removed by the noise compensating mapping (NCM) using the first property set (C1) and information derived from the noise compensating mapping (NCM). Error measure (ERR) is subsequently used for generating an authentication decision (D).Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: PRIV ID B.V.Inventors: Minne Van Der Veen, Thomas Andreas Maria Kevenaar, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Antonius Hermanus Maria Akkermans, Franciscus Maria Joannes Willems
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Publication number: 20110238685Abstract: A method of creating a user profile (24) for use in a brain computer interface (40) comprises performing a training exercise, measuring a user's brain signals (20) during the training exercise, mapping specific signals of the user's brain signals to predefined mental task descriptions, and creating a user profile (24) comprising the user's brain signals mapped to the mental task descriptions. The user profile so created can be used in a method of creating a brain computer interface for a user (18) for an application (34). This method comprises accessing a user profile comprising the user's brain signals mapped to mental task descriptions, accessing an application profile (38) comprising a plurality of properties of the application, matching one or more mental task descriptions from the user profile to a respective property from the application profile, and creating a brain computer interface accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2008Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Gary Nelson Garcia Molina, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Marijn Christian Damstra, Johannes Weda
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Publication number: 20110054909Abstract: The invention relates to localizing the position of a person speaking by using pictures of a pattern (21) on an object (20) worn by the person. The object (20) carries a complex pattern (21) that is optimized for determining the orientation of the object (20), the distance from the object to a microphone device (14) and/or to a camera (11). Moreover, the pattern (21) may be arranged for identifying the person carrying the object (20). The determination of the position of the person carrying the object (20) may be used to enhance speech recognition (SR) and/or to provide hands-free voice control of devices (DC), e.g. in hospitals or in industrial settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Bahaa Eddine Sarroukh, Thomas Andreas Maria Kevenaar
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Publication number: 20110022992Abstract: The invention relates to a method for modifying a representation based upon a user instruction and a system for producing a modified representation by said method. Conventional drawing systems, such as pen and paper and writing tablets, require a reasonable degree of drawing skill which not all users possess. Additionally, these conventional systems produce static drawings. The method of the invention comprises receiving a representation from a first user, associating the representation with an input object classification, receiving an instruction from a second user, associating the instruction with an animation classification, determining a modification of the representation using the input object classification and the animation classification, and modifying the representation using the modification. When the first user provides a representation of something, for example a character in a story, it is identified to a certain degree by associating it with an object classification.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Xiaoming Zhou, Paul Marcel Carl Lemmens, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Andrew Alexander Tokmakoff, Evelijne Machteld Hart De Ruijter-Bekker, Serverius Petrus Paulus Pronk
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Patent number: 7707241Abstract: In order to promote its “xxx” signal encoding algorithm, company X offers users of a particular encoder (21) the possibility to up-load (parts of) their .xxx files to the company's website. The company's web-server (1) checks whether the received file is indeed xxx-encoded material by (i) decoding the file using an xxx-decoder (11), (ii) deriving a fingerprint (12) from the decoded signal, and (iii) awarding the owner if the derived fingerprint corresponds to one of the fingerprints stored in X's database (14). A possible award is the transmission, to the user, of metadata associated with the signal such as title, artist, lyrics, etc.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2003Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventor: Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers
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Publication number: 20100090798Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for verifying identity of an individual by employing biometric data derived from a physical feature of the individual. A basic idea of the invention is that, rather than determining peak locations in cyclic signals such as ECG or PPG signals when using these signals as a representation of biometric data for verifying identity of an individual, shape or morphology of the signals is considered.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2007Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Gary Nelson Garcia Molina, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Cristian Presura, Marijn Christian Damstra
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Publication number: 20090327747Abstract: The invention provides a method for authenticating a physical object (OBJ) using a first helper data (W1) and a first control value (V1) associated with a reference object. The method comprises a step to generate a first property set (S1) using a noise compensating mapping (NCM) on information derived from the first helper data (W1) and a metric data (Y) associated with the physical object, and a step to establish a sufficient match between the physical object and the reference object using the first property set (S1) and the first control value (V1). The method further comprises a step to generate an update data (WUPD) for updating the first helper data (W1) using the first helper data (W1), the first property set (S1) and the metric data (Y). Also provided is a client terminal configured to carry out the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2006Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventors: Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Thomas Andreas Maria Kevenaar, Minne Van Der Veen, Antonius Hermanus Maria Akkermans
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Patent number: 7639599Abstract: Disclosed is a method of adjusting a supplementary data signal (wm(n)) to be embedded in an information signal (x(n)), for example an audio signal. The method comprises the steps of determining (301) a position where a predetermined property of the information signal exceeds a predetermined threshold, e.g. an attack position, and suppressing (302) the supplementary data signal in a predetermined neighbourhood of the determined position.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2002Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Civolution B.V.Inventors: Minne Van Der Veen, Jaap Andre Haitsma, Antonius Adrianus Cornelis Maria Kalker, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers
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Publication number: 20090217045Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of creating challenge-response pairs, a method of authenticating a plurality of physical tokens, a system for creating challenge-response pairs and a device for authenticating a plurality of physical tokens. A basic idea of the invention is to interconnect a plurality of physical tokens (101, 102, 103), such as a plurality of uncloneable functions (PUFs), in a sequence, provide the sequence with a challenge (Q and use a response of a PUF as a challenge to a subsequent PUF in the sequence. When a final PUF is reached in the sequence and produces a response (R), a challenge-response pair (CRP) has been created, which pair comprises the challenge provided to the sequence of PUFs and the response produced by the final PUF. At least the challenge of this CRP is then stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2006Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventors: Boris Skoric, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Pim Theo Tuyls, Willem Gerard Ophey
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Patent number: 7577696Abstract: A multirate filter according to the invention comprises, a) an input unit (10) for receiving an input signal (Sin) and for providing a plurality of intermediate signals (IS1, IS2) in response to said input signal, b) a filter unit (20) coupled to the input unit (10), and c) an output unit (30) coupled to the filter unit (20), for generating an output signal (Sout). The filter unit (20) comprises at least a first and a second filter module (21, 22), with a transfer function H0(z) and a transfer function H1(z) respectively, which are mutually related according to the relations H0(z)=c0(HB(z)+M?,?HB(z)) and, H1(z)=c1(HB(z)+M?,?HB(z)) wherein, M?,?(HB(z))=?z?2?HB*(z?1), and wherein Formula (I), being the z-transform of hb[m]. The multirate filter comprises a combination unit (11) coupled to said filter modules (21, 22) for generating a first combination signal (Ssum) and a second combination signal (Sdiff).Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2003Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: ST-Ericsson SAInventors: Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Antonius Adrianus Cornelis Maria Kalker
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Patent number: 7561688Abstract: Disclosed is a method of adjusting a supplementary data signal (wm(n)) to be embedded in an information signal (x(n)), for example an audio signal. The method comprises the steps of determining (107) a relative magnitude (g(n)) of a first property function (Mx(n)) of the information signal averaged over a region of a predetermined size and a second property function (Mwm(n)) of the supplementary data signal averaged over said region; and adjusting (407) the supplementary data signal according to the determined relative magnitude.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Koninklike Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Minne Van Der Veen, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers
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Patent number: 7533266Abstract: A method of controlling access to a resource using a verifying device uses watermarking device that embeds an authorization code in a signal using watermarking technology. The watermarked signal is then transmitted to a verifying device, e.g. as a television or radio program or as a commercial related to the resource. In the verifying device, the authorization code is extracted from the watermarked signal and an operation to be performed on the resource is authorized in dependence on the extracted authorization code. Preferably the authorization includes permission for executing a program, rendering and/or copying a multimedia object or for activating a cheat function in an electronic game.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2003Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Civolution B.V.Inventors: Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Arnoldus Johannes Lucas Maria Maandonks, Peter-Paul Mittertreiner, Johannes Francicus Echbertus Maria Verbruggen
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Patent number: 7486198Abstract: System for performing telemetric measurements, comprising a plurality of mobile communication devices (100), each communication device (100) being provided with at least one sensor (110) and a sensor control section (120) for performing measurements, a cellular communication network structure for the mobile communication devices, a server provided with communication means for receiving measurement data from the plurality of mobile communication devices (100), and for sending measurement instructions to respective sensor control sections (120) of the mobile communication devices (100) wherein the sensor control sections (120) are programmable by the server.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2002Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Minne Van Der Veen, Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers