Patents by Inventor Bernard Jan Gerrit Schreurs

Bernard Jan Gerrit Schreurs 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: 9955674
    Abstract: A system comprising an animal management label, a pedometer, each provided with a transmitter and receiver device, and a smart tag for detecting movements of an animal provided therewith. The system comprises a plurality of readers for wirelessly reading out the label, and a central computer configured for communication with the readers. The system is configured for updating the label. The central computer is configured to supply update data the readers. A random one of the readers transmits the update data when the label is within wireless reading distance. The system comprises recording means for keeping a record of data received by the label. The random one of the readers resumes transmitting update data within, which update data according to the recording means was not yet received by the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: N.V. NEDERLANDSCHE APPARATENFABRIEK NEDAP
    Inventor: Bernard Jan Gerrit Schreurs
  • Publication number: 20160106070
    Abstract: A system comprising an animal management label, a pedometer, each provided with a transmitter and receiver device, and a smart tag for detecting movements of an animal provided therewith. The system comprises a plurality of readers for wirelessly reading out the label, and a central computer configured for communication with the readers. The system is configured for updating the label. The central computer is configured to supply update data the readers. A random one of the readers transmits the update data when the label is within wireless reading distance. The system comprises recording means for keeping a record of data received by the label. The random one of the readers resumes transmitting update data within, which update data according to the recording means was not yet received by the label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Bernard Jan Gerrit SCHREURS
  • Patent number: 8798315
    Abstract: A method for detecting, in particular counting, animals that pass a predefined place in a walk-through direction with the aid of at least a camera, wherein the camera successively records pictures of the defined place and wherein the camera generates signals that represent these pictures and supplies these signals to signal processing means for further processing, wherein a multiplicity of the recorded pictures are processed with the aid of the signal processing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: N.V. Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek Nedap
    Inventors: Jeroen Martin Van Dijk, Bernard Jan Gerrit Schreurs, Vincent Hakvoort
  • Publication number: 20120020517
    Abstract: A method for detecting, in particular counting, animals that pass a predefined place in a walk-through direction with the aid of at least a camera, wherein the camera successively records pictures of the defined place and wherein the camera generates signals that represent these pictures and supplies these signals to signal processing means for further processing, wherein a multiplicity of the recorded pictures are processed with the aid of the signal processing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Jeroen Martin Van Dijk, Bernard Jan Gerrit Schreurs, Vincent Hakvoort