Patents by Inventor Bertrand Chatelus

Bertrand Chatelus 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).

  • Method of setting up a luminaire and luminaire to apply the method
    Patent number: 8791649
    Abstract: A method of setting up a luminaire, said luminaire being part of a network of luminaires and each luminaire of said network of luminaires being a node of a wireless communication network, comprises, for said luminaire: receiving (S32) signals from neighboring luminaires; generating (S34) indicators from the received signals, wherein indicators give respectively indications of distances between the neighboring luminaires and said luminaire; ranking (S35) at least a part of the neighboring luminaires according to their respective indicators; providing (S36) a lighting scenario for said ranked neighboring luminaires depending on their respective ranks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Bertrand Chatelus
  • METHOD OF SETTING UP A LUMINAIRE AND LUMINAIRE TO APPLY THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20110115384
    Abstract: A method of setting up a luminaire, said luminaire being part of a network of luminaires and each luminaire of said network of luminaires being a node of a wireless communication network, comprises, for said luminaire: receiving (S32) signals from neighbouring luminaires; generating (S34) indicators from the received signals, wherein indicators give respectively indications of distances between the neighbouring luminaires and said luminaire; ranking (S35) at least a part of the neighbouring luminaires according to their respective indicators; providing (S36) a lighting scenario for said ranked neighbouring luminaires depending on their respective ranks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Bertrand Chatelus