Patents by Inventor Bastiaan De Groot

Bastiaan De Groot 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).

  • Patent number: 9480127
    Abstract: In one embodiment there is provided an ambient lighting control system 1 comprising a controller (2) and a sensor node (3a). The sensor node (3a) comprises an arrangement including a light energy collecting element (8) such as a solar cell, an energy storage element (9) and a transmitter (11). The collecting element (8) charges the storage element (9). The transmitter (11) is arranged to transmit signals to the controller (2) using energy stored by the energy storage element (9), wherein the number of signals provided during a time interval to the controller (2) is proportional to a light intensity at the light energy collecting element (8). The controller (2) may thus output a control signal C for controlling an amount of ambient lighting, wherein the control signal is based on the determined number of received signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Bastiaan De Groot, Raj Dayal Natarajan, Henricus Antonius Gerardus Van Vugt
  • Patent number: 9008806
    Abstract: The invention relates to automatically configuring of a lighting created by a lighting system, particularly to creating a lighting, which follows a person, with a networked lighting system. A basic idea of the invention is to adapt the learning based processing of activations of lamps and presence detectors received as input data to changes in a system for automatically configuring lighting with a variable adaptation rate in order to make the automatic lighting configuration more robust with regard to system changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Koninklijkle Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Bastiaan De Groot
  • Publication number: 20140217261
    Abstract: In one embodiment there is provided an ambient lighting control system 1 comprising a controller (2) and a sensor node (3a). The sensor node (3a) comprises an arrangement including a light energy collecting element (8) such as a solar cell, an energy storage element (9) and a transmitter (11). The collecting element (8) charges the storage element (9). The transmitter (11) is arranged to transmit signals to the controller (2) using energy stored by the energy storage element (9), wherein the number of signals provided during a time interval to the controller (2) is proportional to a light intensity at the light energy collecting element (8). The controller (2) may thus output a control signal C for controlling an amount of ambient lighting, wherein the control signal is based on the determined number of received signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Bastiaan De Groot, Raj Dayal Natarajan, Henricus Antonius Gerardus Van Vugt
  • Patent number: 8786198
    Abstract: The invention relates to automatically configuring of a lighting, particularly to creating a lighting, which follows a person, with a networked lighting system. A basic idea of the invention is to configure lighting in a network of lamps in that a lamp of the network adjusts its light emission depending on presence detection in its own direct environment and the presence detected in the environment of other lamps of the network. An embodiment of the invention relates to a system (10) for automatically configuring a lighting, wherein the system comprises a network of lamps (12), in which every lamp is coupled to a presence detector (14) and can receive signals from other lamps in the network, wherein a received signal indicates an activity detected by the presence detector coupled to the lamp, which transmits the signal, and wherein every lamp adjusts its light emission depending on the signal received from other lamps and the measurement of its presence detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Bastiaan De Groot
  • Publication number: 20130293115
    Abstract: The invention relates to automatically configuring of a lighting created by a lighting system, particularly to creating a lighting, which follows a person, with a networked lighting system. A basic idea of the invention is to adapt the learning based processing of activations of lamps and presence detectors received as input data to changes in a system for automatically configuring lighting with a variable adaptation rate in order to make the automatic lighting configuration more robust with regard to system changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventor: Bastiaan De Groot
  • Publication number: 20120091895
    Abstract: The invention relates to automatically configuring of a lighting, particularly to creating a lighting, which follows a person, with a networked lighting system. A basic idea of the invention is to configure lighting in a network of lamps in that a lamp of the network adjusts its light emission depending on presence detection in its own direct environment and the presence detected in the environment of other lamps of the network. An embodiment of the invention relates to a system (10) for automatically configuring a lighting, wherein the system comprises a network of lamps (12), in which every lamp is coupled to a presence detector (14) and can receive signals from other lamps in the network, wherein a received signal indicates an activity detected by the presence detector coupled to the lamp, which transmits the signal, and wherein every lamp adjusts its light emission depending on the signal received from other lamps and the measurement of its presence detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Bastiaan De Groot