Patents by Inventor BAS VAN TIEL

BAS VAN TIEL 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).

  • Locating a portable device based on coded light
    Patent number: 10062178
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus, a system and a method of locating a location of a portable device using coded light, the portable device comprising an image sensor and an inertial measurement unit, the method comprising: obtaining a first image comprising the coded light source from the image sensor and substantially simultaneously obtaining orientation information indicative of the orientation of the portable device or the image sensor from the inertial measurement unit; obtaining light source specific information in the form of: an identifier that allows retrieval of a three-dimensional location of the coded light source or a three-dimensional location of the coded light source; and computing the location of the portable device or image sensor based on the orientation information, a predetermined height estimate of the portable device or image sensor and the light source specific information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Constant Paul Marie Jozef Baggen, Peter Hoekstra, Benjamin Johannes Vos, Bas Van Tiel
  • LOCATING A PORTABLE DEVICE BASED ON CODED LIGHT
    Publication number: 20170178360
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus, a system and a method of locating a location of a portable device using coded light, the portable device comprising an image sensor and an inertial measurement unit, the method comprising: obtaining a first image comprising the coded light source from the image sensor and substantially simultaneously obtaining orientation information indicative of the orientation of the portable device or the image sensor from the inertial measurement unit; obtaining light source specific information in the form of: an identifier that allows retrieval of a three-dimensional location of the coded light source or a three-dimensional location of the coded light source; and computing the location of the portable device or image sensor based on the orientation information, a predetermined height estimate of the portable device or image sensor and the light source specific information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: CONSTANT PAUL MARIE JOZEF BAGGEN, PETER HOEKSTRA, BENJAMIN JOHANNES VOS, BAS VAN TIEL